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Jazmine was wiping herself up when she tensed up as a thought hit her: they were having unprotected sex. A lot of it. And those birth control pills she was taking a few months ago? Completely forgotten about with all the stressful things going on in her life lately. Now that she thought about it, when was her last period? She put on a weak smile and looked at her boyfriend. "Uhh… Huey?" He was over by his drawer, putting on a new pair of boxers and a t-shirt. "Yeah Jazmine?"
She bit at her bottom lip, "We haven't used a condom in a while." Huey spun around on his heels to look at her, a weird look on his face. She could tell he was thinking so she sat quietly watching him. "You're on the pill, aren't you?"
"I haven't been for months." she mumbled, feeling the anxiety creep up on her. What would they do if she was pregnant? They would be starting college soon and they had only been together for a little under two months. She couldn't imagine herself as a mom so young, no way. Huey walked over to his bed and sat down next to Jazmine, who was now getting dressed. "I… I uh… I don't know? Do you wanna go get a pregnancy test?" he sighed heavily and looked everywhere but at Jazmine. Jazmine stared at her boyfriend, furious. "That's all you have to say, Huey?"
Huey shot her a confused look, "What else am I supposed to say? You want me to act excited, want me to go buy a nursery and paint the guest room? I'm starting college in three months, I don't want a kid." The sarcastic tone in his voice made tears sting at Jazmine's eyes.
"Huey Freeman, don't talk to me like that." she shot back as she wiped at her eyes. "I… I don't expect you to be excited, but I didn't get myself pregnant. W...what would we do? I'm starting college too, you know?" Huey shrugged his shoulders, any good mood that he might've had was gone now. "Maybe we should buy you two or three on the way when I'm taking you home."
Jazmine scoffed, "what, so now that I might be pregnant you don't wanna be around me? I can't believe you." Jazmine got up off the bed and made her way out the room and down the steps. Huey followed after her quickly. "Jazmine, cut it out. I didn't mean it like that. You know that." Jazmine flipped him off as she slipped on her shoes, "Leave me alone, I'm going home."
"What the hell, how? There's no way I'm letting you walk." Huey argued. Jazmine shrugged, "I'll take the bus."
"You know they're slow as hell this time of night. Just stay… or if you really wanna go home that bad, I'll take you." Jazmine stood at the door with her arms crossed and Huey took that as 'Yup, take me home.' He rolled his eyes at the dramatics, ran up the steps to grab his phone and the car keys and met Jazmine at the car.
It was dead silent except for the sound of the engine and the radio. Jazmine stared out at the window, not wanting to even look in Huey's direction. They stopped at the drugstore and picked up three pregnancy tests, just to be sure and were back on the way to Jazmine's house. Twenty more awkward minutes later and Jazmine was climbing out of Dorothy. "Bye Huey, love you."
"I'll text yo-?" He was cut off by the passenger door slamming. He grunted and gripped the wheel. Why was she being so damn difficult? "Damn." he muttered. He watched her walk up to her floor before backing out the parking space and leaving. It was almost four in the morning and he'd have to pick up his brother and granddad soon. All he wanted to do was get some sleep.
~IMLD~
When Jazmine woke up, the first thing she remembered was the pregnancy tests that were hiding underneath her bed in a plastic bag. She was too nervous to do it alone. Maybe if Huey wasn't being such a jerk, he could've been there with her. It would've been even better if Cindy was still her friend. The old Cindy would've been at her house as quick as possible, holding her hand and letting her get everything out.
Too bad that wasn't a possibility anymore.
Jazmine sighed and went out into the kitchen. She peeked into her mom's room and saw that it was empty, as well as the rest of the house. It was the weekend, so Sarah didn't have to work so Jazmine figured she was running errands. Jazmine poured herself a glass of orange juice and sipped at it slowly, trying to calm her stomach. She prayed she wasn't pregnant. That was the last thing she wanted at this point in her life. What would she do with the baby? Keep it, give it up for adoption, or abort it? It made her sad that she already knew the answer.
Deciding that maybe she needed to be anywhere but in her house, Jazmine slid on her flip flops, locked the door behind her and walked to the little clubhouse in her complex. It was warm outside, with a nice breeze going. The clubhouse was cool from the air conditioner and quiet. One man sat in the corner, typing on his computer and other than that it was empty. Jazmine plopped down on the couch and turned on one of the TVs. Even though she was following along with Spongebob, her thoughts were going crazy and she could feel the frown on her face. She was startled out of her thoughts when someone spoke to her. "You okay?" Jazmine turned towards the voice and looked at the girl. "Sorry, it's just that you look reaaaaally upset."
Jazmine shook her head and smiled, "No, it's fine. It's just been really stressful for me lately, you know?"
"Yeah I feel you. Don't worry, everything will work itself out, no matter what the problem is." The girl smiled wide at Jazmine and stuck her hand out. "I'm Kayla." Jazmine nodded and shook Kayla's hand. "Jazmine."
"Well, I just came to check the mail and saw you sitting here. So I should probably get going, I'll see you around?" Kayla said as she stood up. They said their goodbyes and once Jazmine was alone, she let out a sigh. Kayla seemed like a nice person and Jazmine was hopeful that they did see each other around, it was time to have another female friend.
~IMLD~
Huey and Riley sat in their rooms, Riley playing a game on his laptop and Huey reading a book. Huey was exhausted, he hadn't gotten any sleep after getting home from dropping off Jazmine and it was because he couldn't shake the idea of her being… pregnant. He knew why she had gotten upset, but that didn't change anything. He still didn't want any baby Huey's running around. The anger was mostly pointed at himself, because Jazmine was right, she didn't get herself pregnant. And it wasn't like they didn't have protection, there was a box in his nightstand. They just always got caught up in the moment, too horny to care about wearing a condom. Huey grit his teeth and closed his book. "Riley, can we talk?"
His little brother turned to look at him. Riley's face was still swollen and bruised up, painfully so, but his pain meds had dealt with that quickly. "About?" his busted lip made him sound funny. Huey pinched the bridge of his nose and shook his head. "Jaz might be pregnant."
Riley chuckled and shook his head. "Nigga, you funny! You wouldn't knock up nobody!"
"I'm serious Riley!" Huey rested his face in his hands.
"Wait, are you forreal?" When Huey didn't say anything all Riley could say was, "Awwww shit, Granddad gon kill yo ass."
"I don't know what to do." Huey sighed and fell back onto his pillow. Riley shrugged, "Don't really care no way. Jazmine a hoe anyways."
"Excuse me?" Huey's head snapped in Riley's direction and he sat back up. "Don't talk about Jazmine like that."
"What? She is. That hoe strung you along while she was fuckin wit that other nigga and obviously did some shit to get him mad and guess who he took it out on? Me! I almost died cause of that lightskin broad you call ya girl." Riley shouted, getting angrier by the minute. The tension in the room rose. "Fuck her." Riley spat.
Huey clenched his jaw and left the room immediately. What was he gonna do? Beat up his brother even more? Huey squeezed his fists and slid on his shoes before walking out the door. All he needed was a walk to get everything off his mind, but it would've been better if Jazmine wasn't mad at him so he could've at least went to her to talk.
