Jazmine and Huey made their way home in complete silence. Jazmine was physically shaking and had silent tears running down her face, the ones from earlier already dried on her face. It wasn't Huey's first time being pulled over but it was the first for Jazmine and you could tell that this had impacted her the most.
He quickly parked in his driveway and put the shopping inside his house before walking back over to Jazmine's house, where she had waited for him on her doorstep still in a shocked state. He helped her inside and made their way into the kitchen to get them both something to drink. He gave her the bottle of water and she just looked down at it in her hand, just stared out it. Huey was concerned about Jazmine, she was always someone who never stopped talking so when she was silent, it was deadly.
Suddenly, the water bottle flew across the room. Jazmine got up and started screaming and crying and it shocked Huey. At first, he didn't know what to do but knew he had to calm her down. He reached forward and grabbed her into his arms and just held her tight, showing her that he was not letting her go anywhere as she cried into his arms.
"Why does this continue to happen? Why can't people just live in peace and not be a racist piece of shit? I could have lost... I don't even want to say it. I was so scared I froze. I'm so stupid. I should have said something more or did something. I should have taken out my phone to make sure our side of the story was told the right way. I should have told him my parents are well respected lawyers maybe then he would have backed away quicker. Oh Huey, I'm so sorry." Jazmine sobbed into his arms as he just looked down at her shocked. He pulled her away so she could see and hear what he had to say to here as he stared right into her pool of green eyes.
"Jazmine there is nothing you could have done. You did what I told you which was to keep your hands on the dashboard and nothing happened to us. I know we got lucky but still, we are alive to live another day. You didn't know that a crooked cop would pull up on us so don't you worry about that, just know that I will never let anything happen to you. Like how I said when Trevor grabbed you, I will always protect you Jazmine and I will never lose you." He told her and he meant every word of it and kissed her on both her cheeks.
Jazmine finally relaxed a bit before pulling him into a hug. "Thank you, Huey. For just being you."
"Anytime. Now let's have some food, we haven't eaten in so long." They gave each other a kiss before looking for something to eat. The conversation now had ended but it was not anywhere near over. The atmosphere was still tense but they needed to try and relax. They ate and had a light hearted conversation but when Huey tried to leave to go home, Jazmine was not having it.
"Huey, please don't go yet. I'm sleepy but still scared and my parents are not going to be home for at least another hour so by the time I fall asleep, you can leave and they won't catch you." Jazmine begged him, she was so scared to let him go and he understood why she was very attached.
"Alright, I'll stay." He told her. She jumped up glad that he agreed and made her way upstairs to get changed, Huey trailing behind. They relaxed into the bed with Huey holding onto her and her cuddled tightly onto him. It was as if she felt that if she let go, he would disappear so while she was awake, she did not let him go.
It took Jazmine about 10 minutes to fall asleep. Huey looked down at her peacefully sleeping, she looked completely different than how she was an hour ago and he was mad at himself that the Jazmine had to witness something like that. She may have matured a lot over the years but these types of things will affect Jazmine more than she will let on.
He had trained himself from the age of 10 on what to do in these situations but he never prepared himself for it happening with someone he cared about being in the car. He felt stupid for not telling his friends what to do, he barley told his own brother which was dangerous because Riley spoke his mind whenever he could and that can land him in trouble. Just thinking about it now makes him feel like a bad older brother, he is supposed to be his brother's keeper and it didn't feel like it now.
He never thought that Jazmine would be the one to witness what happened and it frighten him to see her frightened face. He will never forget how the colour from her face instantly drained or the screaming, begging and crying she had done. She really tried her best to hold it in but it wasn't working and he was glad that she let it out instead of burying it deep, which would have made her feel worse.
Huey tried to calm himself down, reliving that moment was making him angry and he didn't want to wake Jazmine. She needed the rest. He slowly but carefully detangled himself from her and made sure she was still comfortable; she stirred a little but remained asleep. Huey gave her a quick kiss and made sure everything were shut before making his way across the street into his home, Riley had just come home from wherever he went so he took it upon himself to just go up to his room and complete some work to get his mind off of other matters.
The next day, Huey had just gotten out the shower when he got a text from Jazmine, it was strange since they were not leaving for school for another half hour and the text said she was coming over now. Just as he finished reading it, there was a knock at the door, which was opened a few seconds later and he could hear the footsteps stopped at the room.
There was a light knock at the door before a bob of hair popped through the door. Jazmine timidly walked into the room and wrapped her arms around Huey's naked torso and held onto him tight.
"How did you sleep?" He asked as they pulled away allowing him to get dressed.
"Alright, I guess. I woke up in the middle of the night but didn't want to disturb you." She quietly said as she sat on his double bed. Huey looked over at her and saw her face looked tired.
"If you needed me, you should have just called. No matter what time it is I will always be there for you Jazmine. Now come let's go eat and get ready for school." The young couple kissed before making their way downstairs.
Hopefully Jazmine feels a bit better soon, we will have to wait and see.
-TBG
