I was walking towards a place I always feel comfortable: the hill. Whenever I go to the hill it's always relaxing and breathtaking when I view the setting from the top. I haven't been up here in a while. I usually come here to clear my mind, but that rarely happens. I've been so busy lately that I haven't had time to come to the hill.

I didn't know if it was me or if this hill was steep. I feel like I'm out of shape because I'm tired already. Maybe it's because I just came from dance practice. I had to do the routine over and over again until everybody had got it. I made a video before I left school and post it in the group chat. Bella told me if they can't get the routine by tomorrow then they don't need to be in the dance.

We don't have that many people on our dance team because a bunch of boys and girls got cut from the team. The reason why they got cut was that they either were failing their classes, lack of attendance in class, not showing up to practice, not getting the routine down, or being irresponsible. So they weren't making the best decisions.

I don't want to cut anybody from the dance routine because then I'll look like the bad guy. I don't want to be the bad guy, but if they can't get their stuff together then I'll have to cut them from the dance. And if they are still not doing what is asked then Bella cuts them from the team. If you get on her good side then she's a cool coach, but then if you get on her bad side she'll just straight up be mean to you.

I finally made it up the hill and I saw someone who I always see up at the hill: Huey! He was reading his book as usual when he comes up here. He doesn't say much to me when he's up here. This is the place where he likes his peace and quiet. I try my best not to mess with him and mind my own business. So to keep myself occupied I either play a game on my phone, look at the sky, do my homework, read a book, or roll down the hill. Today I was just going to stare at the sky. The sky always calms my nerves because I have the clouds to set my imagination on.

I saw Huey look at me and I just had looked away from him. I walked on the opposite side of where he was sitting and laid down. I couldn't hear anything but Huey's soft breathing. It was weird because he's always so quiet. The silents between us was bothering me. We haven't talked to each other for almost two weeks and it was just making me upset. Every time I try to talk to him he always gives me the cold shoulder.

I sat up a little bit and leaned against the tree. I looked down at the ground while holding both of my legs tight to my chest. "Huey...why are you mad at me?" I simply asked him. I didn't hear him say anything and I got a bit nervous. "Did I do anything to upset you when you left my house?" I still didn't hear him say anything. I looked the other way to see if he was listening and I saw him walking down from the hill.

There he goes again giving me the cold shoulder! I got up off the ground and ran after him. I was following behind him while he was heading back home. "Why do you keep giving me the cold shoulder Freeman? Every time I try to talk to you or even say 'hi' you always ignore me. What's the deal with that. You've been mad at me ever since you left my house," I said trying to talk to him. He was at the front door and unlocked it with his key.

He entered his house and closed the door behind him. Thank God he didn't lock it. I enter the house as well and he was heading upstairs. I was still following behind him and he had gone to his room. He removed his shoes then had laid down in his bed. He once again was reading his book which upset me more.

I got so mad that I grabbed his book out of his hand and threw it across the room. I never did something this mean to somebody. I don't like grabbing and throwing people's stuff, but Huey made me so upset that I had just snapped. "What's your problem goddammit!" he yelled at me. He got out of his bed and was scowling at me. "My problem, what's yo' down problem? I've been trying to resolve whatever issue we got between the two of us, but you keep ignoring me," I yelled at him.

"Huey I know you don't like sharing your feelings, but can you at least tell me why you are mad at me?" I asked almost about to cry. I didn't want him to see me cry so I walked away from him with my hands in my hair trying to hold it in. I looked at him to see he was still scowling and then he started to grit his teeth. "You wanna know why I'm so pissed at you?" he hissed. "Yes, I do!" I crossed my arms.

"How can a girl I had deep feelings for just play me like that," he angrily stated. I was surprised when he said deep feelings. "What-How did I play you?" I asked him. I was confused because I never had any intention of playing Huey. "Let's see; you going out with Ceasar, flirting with Austin even though he has a girlfriend who doesn't like you, along with messing around with my brother," he was even more upset at the last part. "Excuse what, messing around with Riley? How am I messing around with a 14-year-old who's dating my best friend?" I was still confused.

"Don't play dumb Jazmine," he said getting up in my face. "You think I didn't see the condoms, the pregnancy test, and Plan B?" he rhetorically asked. "Huey please let me explain?" I pleaded. "FINE GO AHEAD AND EXPLAIN YOUR FUCKING GOD DAMN REASON FOR MESSING AROUND WITH MY BROTHER!" he yelled. "First you gonna tap down and stop yelling at me!" I looked at him seriously. It made me a little tingly that he was yelling at me and that bothered me. For some reason, I just wanted to just kill him. I don't know if that was the black side of me thinking this or just me.

He had seemed to calm down and just sit down on the bed. He was moving one of his legs very quickly while he was waiting for me to answer. "Huey I never messed around with Riley, Ceasar, or even Austin. Austin just randomly flirts with me, Ceasar took me on a fake date to make his ex-girlfriend jealous, and Riley had just picked me up to go get condoms, pregnancy test, and Plan B," I explained to him. "What you need those three things for?" he asked.

"I needed Plan B because when we had coitus I noticed we didn't use protection. Then the pregnancy test was just-in-case it didn't work and we were going to have to be sure I was pregnant or not. Last but not least, Riley had bought me the condoms for me to take home. I didn't want my parents to go through my room and find a box of condoms, so I kindly asked Riley if he could hide them away in his room," I explained.

He didn't say anything, all he did was zone out. "Huey, I had no idea that you had liked me, but why didn't you just come to talk to me instead of giving me the cold shoulder?" I simply asked him. I went and sat right next to him and he had sighed. "Jazmine I honestly don't like talking about stuff," he told me. "Well you can't keep it contained all the time, that just makes it worse, not for you, but everybody else. We all were wondering why you were upset, so if you have something to say then say it," I told him.

"Ok, I didn't like how you just brushed me off after having sex," he told me looking down. "You told me you didn't want a relationship, so I was going to respect your wishes and not catch any feelings," I said. "Yeah ok," he mumbled. It was an awkward silence between the two of us and I had looked at him. "Huey was I your first or did you already lose it to someone else?" I sadly asked him. I was afraid of him saying that I wasn't his first. I always wanted to be somebody's first along with me being their first.

I kinda held my breath without him noticing and started to get nervous. "Umm you were my first, I honestly didn't think about having sex with anybody because it leads to drama if something goes wrong," he told me as I finally had breathed. "Oh, well did it mean something to you, even just a little?" I nervously asked him. "I hate to say it, but yes. Jazmine, drama had just calmed down in my life ever since I moved here, and I don't want you to be involved in that drama," he said. "I understand, but can we at least try dating? Just to get you out of your comfort zone?" I simply asked him.

"Jazmine-" "Look Huey, just try it for once. You're a human being and you only get to live life once, so at least try to enjoy life the best you can instead of always having these strict rules. How about I make a proposal for you?" I asked him. "A proposal?" he re-questioned. "Yes!" I exclaimed. "Okay, what is your proposal Jazmine?" he looked at me. Surprisingly, he wasn't giving me the scowl, he was more like giving me a confused look. "How about until New Year we date and if you're uncomfortable with dating by then; then we can break up?" I proposed.

I had my hand out for him to shake and he seemed to be in thought about it. He hesitantly shook my hand and he said: "No one has to know about this right?" "Yes, no one has to know, this can just be between me and you," I smiled pointing at the both of us. "Ok, so how do I tell you that I want the relationship to keep going?" he simply asked.

"Since everybody kisses when it hits 12 on New Years, how about a kiss for yes, and no kiss to say no," I told him. "Alright, I'll go along with that proposal," he finally fully agreed to it. "Okay, bye I'm going home!" I quickly kissed him on the cheek and left. I left his house and was walking across the street to my house.

I'm glad me and Huey had made up, but I wonder how this was going to play out. I didn't think this through. What if we do a preview of dating and then in the end he rejects me. Huey is known to not like anything. For instance, if we go out to eat all he's gonna do is most likely complain about how the food is gonna kill us. I remember when we were little I drunk half a bottle of Snapple and he said I was drinking the white man's poison. I didn't care because it tasted good. He hasn't changed much, but I want to see how this is going to play out!

I feel that the hill really makes me and Huey connect. I know we didn't stay as long as we usually do, but still. I think it just gets us talking to each other more. We haven't talked for almost two weeks and today we had solved our problem. Or more like his problem with me, but still, we're going to solve his issue with dating by New Year's.

Thank you for reading!