-IX-
FIRST DATE

Yasmin sat with Cloe, Sasha and Jade on the couch at Cloe's house, Sasha and Yasmin with their arms around Cloe as she held a tissue in her hand, having just cried quite loudly for a few minutes.

"I just… I thought they were kidding," Cloe whimpered, sniffing loudly. "I thought, it would just blow over. But now, it's happened and… it's just, so hard."

Cloe lent her head on Yasmin's shoulder, none of the girls sure of what to say to help as none of them had really been through what Cloe was going through. Yasmin could sort of relate as her father had died when she was young so she had only had her mother, however it wasn't as if he wanted to leave, sickness took him away.

"Have you called your sister?" Yasmin asked, finally.

"Sonya is sitting her midterms soon," Cloe responded. "I don't want to bother her. I just, I just really don't need something like this right now… especially with…"

Cloe trailed off, sitting upright and wiping her eyes as she began to cry again.

"Have you done a test yet?" Jade asked, leaning over Yasmin.

Cloe shook her head.

"No, I'm too scared," Cloe responded. "I'm still late, I've missed out on this whole month."

"You've got to take a test Angel," Sasha said, slowly. "It's the only way you'll know for sure-'

"I don't want to know for sure!" Cloe cried, standing up suddenly and facing the girls. "I'd rather just walk into the desert, crawl under a rock and cry loudly for the rest of my life! And then when they find my body, I'll be all 'skeletonny' and gross, with bugs crawling in my eye sockets and my hair will be all rough and sandy! AH!"

"Angel, chill!" Sasha cried, standing and placing her hands on shoulder's as she began to freak out. "Breath in, and out… slowly!"

Cloe started to calm herself down, Sasha only letting go when Cloe retained her normal composure.

"Would you like me to buy the test for you?" Jade offered and Cloe nodded a little, sighing loudly. "I'll do it tomorrow after work."

"Thanks Kool Kat," Cloe responded. "You better go, mom wants to 'chat' after lunch."

"It's fine," Yasmin answered, each of the girls hugging Cloe before making their way out of her house.

Sasha drove Jade and Yasmin home before heading off herself, Yasmin going inside and telling her mother about how sad Cloe was, Yasmin's mother and Cloe's mother being quite close friends.

Yasmin made her way up to her room, sitting down at her desk before logging onto her Bratz account which told her how many copies of the magazine had been sold. So far, over a thousand copies had been purchased since the release last night, which was a record for the magazine.

Yasmin smiled, wondering how anything could top that before her phone suddenly rang. She opened the flip top and smiled again, lifting the phone to her ear.

"Yas here," she said, sweetly.

"Hey… um… Yasmin?" Eitan's voice asked on the other side of the line. "It's Eitan. How are you?'

"Good," Yasmin answered. "How about you?"

"Great," Eitan responded. "Sorry I didn't get to spend much time with you last night, it was mainly because I was trying to ask you something, but I kind of kept chickening out."

Yasmin starting to smile uncontrollably, her stomach beginning to fill with butterflies.

"Oh really? And what did you want to ask me?" Yasmin asked, trying to sound more confident then she really was.

"Um… well… I…" Eitan stuttered. "Would… you… like to… go…"

"I'd love to," Yasmin cut off.

"Really?"

"Of course!" Yasmin beamed.

"Awesome!" Eitan cried, seeming much more relaxed now. "Pick you up at around five?"

"Sounds great," Yasmin answered, standing and practically jumping around on the spot. "See you then, bye."

"Goodbye Yasmin," Eitan said and they hung up, Yasmin smiling broadly.

Yasmin had never really discussed with anyone her feelings for Eitan; after all she was much better at helping others then helping herself. It was no secret that he was clearly her closest male friend and he had stuck with her all through the start of the year when she had felt quite lonely, Yasmin feeling like there was no one she could trust more than Eitan.

She had never really been on a date before, and even though she had just said goodbye to the girls, she needed their advice and in less than half an hour, Sasha, Jade and Cloe were over in her bedroom helping her choose clothes for the date.

"How was the conversation with you mom Cloe?" Sasha asked, as Yasmin was in her bathroom changing into the next dress.

"It just made me more depressed," Cloe responded. "I needed to think about something else, and there was no way I wasn't going to help my Pretty Princess out on her first date with EITAN!"

The three girls laughed and made little, "Ooo!" noises before Yasmin emerged from her bathroom, wearing a very tight black dress Cloe had brought for her.

"Slammin'!" Sasha beamed.

"Hot!" Cloe cried.

"Stylin'!" Jade commended.

Yasmin looked at herself in the dress. It was very low cut, and there was way too much cleavage showing for her liking, not to mention it left very little to the imagination, the dress being one of the shortest she had even worn.

"I can barley move," Yasmin admitted, trying hard to breathe.

"You don't need to," Cloe pointed out. "He's taking you out at night, clearly for dinner."

"I'm afraid that if I eat in this, it will burst," Yasmin responded and Cloe shook her head.

"It's pretty stretchy," Cloe explained but it didn't convince Yasmin.

"What else?" Yasmin asked and Jade picked up a very see through blouse. "No. You know, I think I'll just wear something casual like jeans and top."

"No, no, no!" Sasha snapped. "You got to show off the goods girl!"

"Eitan isn't asking me out for my 'goods'," Yasmin retorted. "It's not even a date, it's just, going out somewhere."

"You want to make a good impression right?" Jade asked.

Yasmin sighed loudly, before Jade pushed the blouse into her hands.

After another hour, the girls settled on a very tight pair of black leather shorts and a matching leather black jacket, with high boots. Cloe messed up Yasmin's light brown hair and applied dark red lipstick with heavy eye make-up.

"Love it!" Cloe, Jade and Sasha cried as Yasmin struggled down the stairs into the main hallway of her house, Yasmin looking incredibly uncomfortable with a slightly large bag slung over her shoulder.

"Hate it," Yasmin stated quietly, when she reached the bottom.

"You are totally going to get some tonight girl," Sasha exclaimed and Yasmin shook her head.

"I don't think I'll even be able to move out of the door," Yasmin smirked, her shorts squeaking together as she moved, "let alone get any action."

Suddenly the doorbell rang behind them and the three girls squealed, Yasmin just sighing a little before her butterflies from earlier returned.

Cloe, Sasha and Jade raced to the door and opened it, Eitan standing gingerly behind it with a bouquet of bright sunflowers in his hand.

"Hi Eitan," the three said together, grinning and giggling loudly.

"Hi girls," Eitan said, shyly. "Where's Yasmin?"

The three girls parted to reveal Yasmin standing awkwardly by the stairs; Eitan raised his eyebrows at her appearance as she walked over, tripping slightly but recovering.

"Hi Eitan," she managed, and Eitan smiled a little before handing her the flowers, her favorites. "Thank you! They're gorgeous."

"Time to go?" Eitan asked and Yasmin nodded, handing the flowers to Sasha before Jade suddenly noticed Yasmin's bag.

"What is in your bag girl?" Jade asked and Yasmin moved quickly out of the door. "A kitten?"

"Just necessities," she answered, quickly, standing behind Eitan. "Anyway, let's go."

Eitan turned around and Yasmin led him down the front path.

"And I want you home before elven!" Jade teased.

"Not unless you're too busy!" Sasha added and the three girls giggled again.

"Goodbye girls," Eitan said, and the three girls giggled even louder.

Yasmin and Eitan walked along the side walk towards Eitan's car, Yasmin's shorts squeaking loudly and she groaned angrily.

"Let me guess, this look is their doing?" Eitan asked and Yasmin nodded.

"I feel stupid," she sighed.

"You look… okay," Eitan managed, and Yasmin stopped.

"I look like a biker," Yasmin answered.

Eitan laughed.

"Where are we going?" Yasmin asked, as they reached his car and he held open the door for her. "The girls figured it would be dinner, they wanted me to wear this terribly tight dress."

"It's not dinner," Eitan responded. "Although, I'm not sure how well that outfit will go with where we're going?"

"Which is?" Yasmin asked.

"A surprise," Eitan answered. "Although, maybe we should swing by the mall and I'll buy you something more, normal to wear."

"Don't worry about it, I've got that covered," Yasmin said, gesturing to her bag. "I didn't think I'd last in this outfit anyway."

Eitan laughed again, the two hopping into the car and taking a detour to the mall. Yasmin changed into her casual three quarter jeans and plain white top and removed some of her make-up so she looked natural.

"Much better," Eitan said when she emerged from the restroom.

They returned to Eitan's car and they drove away from the mall, talking about half an hour to pull up around the woods and the camping grounds where the girls got lost in last year.

"What are we doing here?" Yasmin asked, as they got out of the car and Eitan led her into the woods.

"Surprise," he reminded her.

He led her through the woods; the sky was getting darker as it got closer to sunset. The trees got thicker and thicker and they climbed up a steep hill before they emerged to a sweet little clearing that overlooked the whole city, with the ocean beyond it and the sun just setting below the horizon. Yasmin looked down, spying a picnic rug and basket sitting in the center.

"You did all this?" Yasmin smiled as he helped her sit down on the picnic rug.

"Well, obviously not the sunset," Eitan joked and Yasmin smiled. "That was just good timing, but everything else, yeah. I found this place a few months ago when I went hiking with my dad, I come back here all the time. I figured the only other person who would admire this place as much as me would be you."

"It's beautiful," Yasmin beamed.

"With you here it is," Eitan replied and Yasmin smiled gingerly.

In the basket was an array of foods which had been prepared by Eitan's mother who owned a restaurant- it seemed that a knack for cooking ran in his family. The pair talked and ate for a long time, watching the sun fall behind the horizon before Eitan took out some scented candles and he and Yasmin lit them, the air smelling like lavender.

"Yasmin, I just wanted to say that I had a wonderful night," Eitan said, as they sat back on the blanket and looked out at the lights of the city. "I'm really glad you came."

"Me too," Yasmin answered, sweetly.

"And, I understand if this is a little strange but," Eitan began, moving to the picnic basket and pulling out a small box, handing it to Yasmin. "I want you to have this. It's not anything special, not a thousand dollar diamond, but it's the best I could do on smoothie tips."

Yasmin opened the box to reveal a sweet necklace with a pretty purple gem, the gem sparkling in the moonlight.

"Eitan it's lovely," she said, immediately putting it on and looking down at it. It was by far the best present she had ever received.

"I want you to remember this moment," Eitan explained. "No matter what happens."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, it's your senior year Yasmin," Eitan answered. "A lot of things change. In a few months' time, you'll be graduating and off to Bratify the world, small town boys like me won't even be in your sites. I just want you to know that in this very moment, you're the most important person in my life."

Yasmin's eyes started to water. No-one had ever said anything like this to her before, and she had no idea what to say back, even though she felt exactly the same.

She had no idea what possessed her to do it, it was something she was incredibly nervous about, but to her it just felt like the right moment… she kissed him.

And Eitan kissed back.


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