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What the hell is wrong with you Cindy? You can't keep doing this!" Ronnie yelled through his teeth. He couldn't take his eyes off of Cindy's scarred stomach. New scars, old ones. Just looking at them made him sick to his stomach. He looked at McPhearson, grabbed her shoulders and shook her gently. "Cindy I'm… I can't help you if you don't tell me what's wrong." Cindy pushed Ronnie off of her and shook her head. "No, Ronnie! Just get off of me! You wouldn't ever understand." She paused, daring to say the words that would decide their future together. "Actually, you're part of the reason! Do you know how guilty I feel betraying Jazmine like this?! All because of you. It's all your fault. I fucking hate you. And now Huey knows! He'll tell Jazmine for sure!" Cindy yanked her shirt down and began to slide on her shoes. "I'm going home!" Ronnie got up and grabbed her arm roughly and looked at her. "What? Nah Cindy. Y-you don't know what you're talking about. And I'm not the only one at fault. It takes two people to cheat. Not one. You had just as big a part in it as I did." Ronnie sighed. "I'm not sayin' what we did to Jazmine ain't right but why throw away something like this? I ain't ever felt like this before. WIth nobody. And I know you feel the same way babe." Ronnie reached up and stroked his finger against Cindy's cheek before kissing her.
This was all wrong. Every single second of it. What was the whole point of visiting him if they were just going to make up again? Actually, why had she been dumb enough to think it'd go differently this time? Cindy couldn't count on her fingers how many times she had tried to end it with Ronnie, but every single time her attempt to do so failed. It wasn't just his words that pulled you in, either. He was so convincing with his body language and how he looked at her. A shiver ran down Cindy's spine as Ronnie's hands found her waist when they reached the couch. He ran his lips against her neck, against her jaw and up to her lips. A blush covered Cindy's cheeks as Ronnie undressed her, and them himself. How can something so wrong feel so right? Why did love make people do crazy shit? Cindy stopped resisting and gave into Ronnie, letting him make love to her. This was all she ever wanted. What she had with Ronnie was true love. She'd do anything to be with him, even if it meant losing her best friend. 'I'm so sorry Jazmine.'
~IMLD~
When Jazmine woke up, Huey was no where to be found. She had been moved up onto his pillow and covered up with his blankets. She stretched as much as she could with her arm in a sling and groaned in pleasure. She sat up and got off the bed and slowly made her way downstairs. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes as she reached the living room where all the Freemans were sitting down watching tv. Robert turned and looked at her, "Well, hi there cutie pie. How ya feeling?" Jazmine smiled and nodded her head. "I'm feeling okay Mr. Freeman, thank you." Robert smiled and turned his attention back to the tv. They were watching Django, and from the looks of it, it had just started. Jazmine walked towards where Huey was sitting on the couch and sat down next to him, ignoring the snickers coming from Riley. Huey looked at Jazmine from the corner of his eye and wrapped his arm around her waist before turning his attention back to the tv. Jazmine smiled, wrapped her arm across his stomach and laid her head on his shoulder. He tilted towards Jazmine and kissed the top of her head. Jazmine giggled as she noticed how slow it took him to actually kiss her, he was probably trying to be subtle because Riley and Robert would get a hoot out of seeing Huey show his affectionate side.
Jazmine stayed with the Freemans until the sun started to go down. The movie wasn't over, but it was getting late and she really really wanted to just lay down in her bed. She nudged Huey and leaned over to whisper in his ear that she was leaving. "Huey, I'm gonna go home now. Text me when the movie's over okay?" She pecked him on the cheek and started to get up before Huey grabbed her hand and stood up with her. "What's wrong Huey?"
"Nothing? I'm walking you home." He wrapped his arm back around Jazmine's waist and led her to the front door. Jazmine said her goodbyes and Huey rushed her along. Leave it to Jazmine to be polite at all times. Before he opened it he stopped, "I'll be right back Granddad." Robert waved his hand to shoo Huey away and Riley started snickering again. "Haha! Huey bitch ass wrapped around Jazmine's little finger."
Before Huey could even reply to his brother, Jazmine yanked him out the house and closed the door behind them. She busted out laughing and Huey arched an eyebrow at her. "You and Riley are ridiculous! Come on, walk me home." Huey smirked as Jazmine walked away with a sexy sway in her hips. He walked her across the street but stayed behind her just to watch her hips more right to left. He bit his bottom lip and groaned inwardly when they reached her door and she turned around. "I know you were staring Huey."
His voice was a bit deeper than usual, and it sent shivers down Jazmine's spine and through her core. "How could I not? You should know what you do to me by now." He smirked as he pulled Jazmine against him and kissed her passionately. His hands slid down her sides and to her ass and he squeezed it gently. He groaned softly when Jazmine pulled away. "There's always tomorrow, you know. Bye babe." Jazmine pecked Huey on the lips one more time before unlocking the door and walking in. "Bye Jaz." He waved and then she closed the door. Huey walked back across the street to his house. When he got back home he continued watching Django, but Jazmine kept crossing his mind.
There weren't words for the feeling in his chest when he thought about her.
~IMLD~
When Jazmine walked in the house, her mom and dad were sitting at the kitchen table. Her dad didn't look like he was drunk, and instead of his usual angry demeanor, he looked unbelievably sad. Her mom on the other hand, looked relieved. Jazmine slid off her shoes and slowly walking into the dining room area. "Mom… Dad? What's going on?" Jazmine asked hesitantly. She knew exactly what was going on and it made her unbelievably sad. Was it the right thing to let her father get his shit together? Yes. But that didn't make it any less painful leaving him behind. She pulled out the chair that was in the middle of the table. Her dad was sitting to the right of her at the end of the table and her mom on the left at the other end of the table. They looked at each other, probably wondering who would actually break the news out loud to the whole family. Tom cleared his throat, but it was still wobbly as he spoke. "Jazmine baby, I'm sorry. Sorry isn't even the right word but that is all that I can think of. I'm sorry. For… For everything. I'm sorry for mistreating you, mistreating your mother. I just have demons I need to face and I apologize deeply for lashing out on you and your mother, my family." Tears fell silently down Tom's cheeks. They had never discussed the problem as a family before. It was either Tom and Sarah talking or Sarah and Jazmine.
Jazmine took a deep breath. "Daddy, I just want you to get better. I-I can't lie and say that right now, at this moment, that I don't hate you but… we're family and I'll give you as many chances to get better as you need, but I refuse to stay in a house where there's no love. Where there's only anger." Jazmine took another deep breath and it turned into a sob. Tears were streaming down her face but she was determined to let her father knew how he felt. She wasn't a ten year old anymore, she was a young woman and she demanded to be heard. "I don't know what Mommy has said to you but, it's not fair to either of us that you can drink yourself pissy drunk, come home and abuse us. How long will it take for those abusive words to turn physical?!"
Tom stood up, slammed his hands and the table and cried out no. "Jazmine! I'd never lay a hand on you or your mother!" Jazmine wiped her eyes and shook her head angrily, "You're a liar! The other day you shoved me into the counter! I have the bruise on my back to show for it! And even if you hadn't, you think that I'll actually stay in a house where there's a chance?! After all that's happened to me?!" Truthfully, Jazmine felt slightly guilty for raising her voice at her father and possibly breaking his heart. She had been raised to be respectful towards her elders. Tom had nothing more to say and slowly sunk back down into his chair, a dejected look on his face. "I understand, sweetie."
Sarah watched as her daughter and husband went at it. She couldn't lie, she was awfully proud of Jazmine standing up for herself. Rarely did Jazmine ever do so in such a manner as yelling and screaming, it just wasn't her personality. Jazmine was a soft-spoken girl, always had been. Sarah cleared her throat and waited for Jazmine and Tom to stop sniffling. "Well, now that that's out in the air." She looked at her daughter. "Jazmine, we'll be moving into an apartment within a month. We'll try to find a place in Woodcrest, if not, at least around town. You can move in with me, stay with your father or find your own place, it's up to you since you're eighteen now. If you move in with me, I expect that you'll help with a few bills, get a job. Be an adult, basically. If you get your own place, me and your father have both decided on helping you pay bills until you get a job and can pay them on your own. Even then, we'll help you when you need help."
Jazmine nodded her head at the information. It was time that she got a job, all though she doubted that minimum wage would cover any bills. Especially in a rich neighborhood like Woodcrest. It didn't take longer than a minute to make her decision. "I'll move in with mom… Get a job, save some, help with bills." Both her parents nodded and said she was free to do whatever she wanted. They stayed in the dining room, talking about any and everything they felt they needed to talk about. The mulatto didn't really know what to do… She just left Huey's place, it made no sense to go back, especially when they were watching a movie together. She didn't really think that Huey would mind though, she just knew that any relationship, whether it was your boyfriend or bestfriend, needed space or things would turn sour. So Jazmine went up to her room and called Cindy. Hopefully this time around she'd get an answer. Jazmine called four times before Cindy picked up and she was oddly silent, an unusual trait for the blonde haired teen. Jazmine felt her heart jump with joy, Cindy couldn't have been mad at her now that she had picked up, right? "Cindy! What's...What's going on? You haven't hit me up or anything. You didn't even visit me at the-" Cindy cut off Jazmine, "I'm sorry Jazmine?"
"No… it's okay, really. I forgive you, I mean it wasn't like I was alone… It just would've been great if you had visited me too. Ya know?" A small smiled graced Jazmine's pink lips. Her best friend was finally talking to her again. That was all that mattered. Jazmine was so excited she hadn't noticed the awkward silence that was going on for five minutes. "No, Jazmine. I did something worse than not visit you at the hospital."
"Huh? Cindy what the heck are you talking about?" Jazmine had no idea what Cindy could do to her that would be worse than not visiting her and ignoring her. For a few moments, Jazmine tried to rake through the reasons in her mind as to what Cindy could have possibly done. "I'm drawing a blank here Cindy. I'm sure it's not that ba-"
"I'm the girl Ronnie cheated on you with."
Jazmine felt her heart drop into her stomach. She tried to speak but the words couldn't find their way out of her mouth. What made matters worse was that Cindy kept going. What Jazmine had thought might've been a sick, sick joke was proving to be true. "Me and him have been together for five months." Jazmine shook her head angrily and sputtered on her own words. "No… Cindy… What the hell? Why the hell are you saying this stuff?! This isn't funny!" Jazmine screamed. Part of her was angry, and another part was drowning in despair.
"I'm telling you the truth Jazmine, I'm sorry." Cindy was on the other side of the phone crying, but Jazmine couldn't have cared less. Her best friend, the girl she told everything to, had betrayed her. The girl who told her not to get with Ronnie. The girl who told her to keep giving Ronnie chances when she thought something was going one. The girl who had the audacity to lie in her face and act like she wasn't the bitch that Ronnie was cheating with. 'How could I have been such an idiot?' Jazmine turned off her phone, flung it onto the floor and fell face down into her pillows and cried her eyes out until she fell asleep.
So much happened in this chapter! Jazmine found out about Cindy and Ronnie, and it's official that Jazmine and her mom will be moving out. These two events are pretty important, you'll see why soon. Some more Juey moments next chapter and I'll flesh out the Cindy/Jazmine situation a bit more too!
I'm glad you guys are so proud of Jazmine for standing up and letting her momma know! Domestic abuse is scary and a very serious problem. Never let anyone abuse you; physically, verbally or mentally. TNT!
