After the house show, Jasmine and the others gave each other high fives for a job well done. There were no hiccups during the show and it ran well.
Eli smiled at Jasmine, "Good job, Miss."
Jasmine smiled, "Thanks, Mr Director."
Eli looked at his crew, "It's time to pack up and head to the next city!"
Everyone nodded, including Jasmine and as she was about to carry on with the pack up, Eli stopped her.
"Uh-uh, miss." Eli said, "You're clear to go off early."
"Why?" Jasmine said
"Because you were doubling up as a floor manager today." Eli said
"And for that, we all agreed you should have the night off." Matthew said
"So shoo!" Caroline said
Jasmine looked at her colleagues and smiled, "Thanks you guys."
"No problem." Eli said, "But I expect to see you tomorrow morning and you still have to be on time!"
She smiled and gave a salute, "Yes, sir!"
Jasmine smiled as she met up with her friends at the nearest diner. They normally had supper right after house shows since they all had dinner early.
"Oh!" Celeste said, "There she is!"
Celeste waved Jasmine over just as Bryan and Glenn turned to smile at her. Jasmine sat down next to Celeste in the booth.
"We ordered already." Bryan said, "Including your share."
"And you know what I want?" Jasmine asked
"Your usual supper. Chocolate chip pancakes and scrambled eggs." Glenn replied
Jasmine smiled, "Aww shucks. You guys know me so well!"
They all laughed and began to talk before Bryan nudged Glenn.
"What?" Glenn said
"That kid left the pinball machine!" Bryan exclaimed
Glenn looked at where Bryan was looking and true enough, no one was standing at the pinball machine.
"Wanna play?" Bryan asked
"Fine." Glenn replied, "If you want to lose to me again."
Bryan squinted at Glenn, "You're on."
The two guys got out of their seats and headed towards the pinball machine. Jasmine stood up, wanting to go watch since it was always funny when Bryan lost a game to Glenn. But before she could head out, Celeste held onto her wrist.
"Oh no you don't." Celeste said
"What? Why?" Jasmine said
"Because I want to hear what happened between you and Jonathan." Celeste said
"But Bryan's gonna throw a hissy fit when he loses and I wanna see that!" Jasmine said
"Not before you tell me what happened!" Celeste said
Jasmine sighed, "Fine, fine…"
She sat back down and Celeste smiled widely.
"So?" Celeste asked, "What happened?"
Just as Jasmine was about to say something, Celeste stopped her.
"And don't say that I was mistaken and that nothing happened." Celeste said, "Because, I did see the both of you going out to dinner."
"Well, we just had dinner as friends." Jasmine said, "We've been friends since NXT so it was just like any other normal dinner between good friends."
Celeste cocked an eyebrow, "Are you sure that's all?"
Knowing her friend was real good in sniffing stuff out, Jasmine sighed.
"Not really.." Jasmine said
"Why not really? What else happened?" Celeste asked
"When we had to go separate ways after dinner, he pushed up my glasses for me." Jasmine replied
"Well, that's normal right? You two are pretty good friends." Celeste said
"Yeah but no one's ever done that for me except my sister. Anyway, that wasn't the really weird part…" Jasmine said
Celeste grinned a little, "There's more?"
"He asked for a hug." Jasmine said
Celeste made an 'o' with her mouth before she said, "Well, that is weird. Since we all know Jonathan isn't really the touchy-feely kinda guy."
"I know." Jasmine said, "But I'm just thinking it's cause we're pretty close."
"Then that's what it is." Celeste said, "Don't worry about it."
Jasmine nodded and took a sip of the milkshake in front of her just as the boys slid back into the booth.
"You cheated!" Bryan exclaimed
Glenn looked at Bryan, "I cheated? How am I suppose to cheat? It's a pinball machine!"
"You must have done something to it then!" Bryan said
"Yes, Bryan. I must have." Glenn said, "I must have gotten someone to change the pinball machine so that I'll win when I play. Because I knew we were coming here and you were going to challenge me."
Jasmine nudged Celeste and they both chuckled seeing the two guys quarrel in front of them.
Bryan looked at Glenn, "Are you mocking me, big guy?!"
Before Glenn could answer, their food came.
"Food's here!" Glenn exclaimed
Bryan narrowed his eyes, "We'll settle this later."
The next day, Jasmine was going through the notes for the Smackdown taping with the crew when she spotted Phil walking in. She excused herself from the crew as she went to Phil's locker room.
She knocked on the door once and was going to knock again when she heard Phil say come in.
Jasmine walked in to see Phil seated down on a chair, his crutches resting on the wall. He looked up and though he was a little surprised, he tried not to show it.
"Hey." Phil said
"Hi." Jasmine said, "How's your knee?"
"It's getting better." Phil said
"Good…" Jasmine said
She sat down on a chair opposite him and continued, "Well, I'm just here to tell you that I'll be helping Paul keep an eye on you."
"I know." Phil said
Jasmine nodded and sensing the awkwardness between them, she decided to clear the air.
"Look…" Jasmine said, "I know that we didn't exactly start off on the right foot and I just want to clear the air between us."
Phil nodded, "Okay."
Jasmine sighed and put out her hand, "Hi. I'm Jasmine."
Phil smiled and shook her hand, "I'm Phil."
"Nice to meet you, Phil." Jasmine said, "And don't worry, I'm not going to be like your mom. I'm just going to check in on you every now and then."
Phil chuckled, "You don't look like a mom but okay, I get it."
Jasmine smiled a little and gave a nod before she stood up.
Before she walked to the door, she turned to Phil.
"No hard feelings, right?" Jasmine asked
"No." Phil replied
She gave him another nod as she gave him a small smile before leaving Phil's locker room.