It was the next day since the meet-up we had at Cici's Pizza. I was currently at the soccer field with both Caesar and Hiro.
Caesar was practicing his soccer skills while Hiro was at his station. He would carry around his DJ equipment just so he would have something to do. Me on the other, I was sitting on the bleachers with Hiro reading my book.
It was quiet between the three of us until Hiro had asked, "Is it me, or was lunch at Cici's weird?"
"What exactly do you mean?" I asked looking up from my book as Caesar stopped juggling his ball.
"Y'all didn't feel like a weird vibe while we were all talking to each other?" he asked. "I did, I just ignored it the whole time while we were there," Caesar simply said.
"Same, I think we all know what was going on there," Hiro said as I cocked my eyebrow up. "Of course we did, it was obvious, even Jazmine caught onto it. Makayla was envious as hell!" Caesar exclaimed.
"Yeah, ya think?" I rhetorically asked.
"The whole entire time she kept giving Jazmine a nasty look. I'm surprised she didn't launch over the table and attack Jazmine," Hiro said. "Poor girl was in a situation like that with your ex," Hiro said shaking his head.
"By the way, why did you bring Jazmine as your date instead of going alone?" I curiously asked him. I felt like I already knew the answer, but I wanted to hear it come out of his mouth.
"Was this your little favor of yours?" I questioned as he gave me an odd look. "Favor, how did you know about that?" he sternly asked.
I had forgotten for a second that he sent that message to Jazmine only. I can't have Caesar get suspicious about me seeing the message. "She told me at school when I asked her," I lied.
"Oh okay! If you must know, I asked Jazmine since she was the only girl I could ask on such short notice, plus I'm not friends with that many girls," Caesar simply explained.
"I mean how could you be friends with that many girls if you dated the majority of them," Hiro rhetorically asked laughing at his own statement.
"Exactly; and most of them still can't get over me! Plus the only girls I'm friends with that I haven't been in a relationship with are Jazmine, Cindy, and Ming. I figured I couldn't ask Cindy nor Ming because you and Riley would trip about that. So since Jazmine is single, I thought why not ask her. I don't see any niggas chasing after her, so that want lead to conflict with whoever got a crush on her," Caesar explained making me roll my eyes.
"She agreed and in return, I paid for her meal," he simply said.
"Okay, but dude, you do know that people that got a crush on somebody ain't gonna make that obvious. You know how many guys and girls like Jazmine?" Hiro exclaimed.
"I don't know the exact number, but for a second I thought she was going to hook up with Austin. Since those two didn't seem to vibe with each other, I figured I was in the clear to ask her," Caesar said.
"Well, at least it was a one-time thing," I said relieved. "Yeah, but I don't want it to be a one-time thing. Even though it was a fake date, I still enjoyed my time talking and laughing with Jazmine," Caesar surprisingly said.
"Honestly, I wouldn't mind her meeting my parents. They would be proud that I'm dating a girl that meets their expectations," he said smiling at the idea. I just looked at him funny because he was really considering dating Jazmine.
"Expectations?" Hiro questioned.
"Yeah, I mean even though she not fully black, there's nothing wrong with that. She is smart, funny, beautiful, and she don't act like she for the streets like most girls do," he said stating the good qualities about Jazmine.
"Okay, but don't you realize your history with other females? It's like as soon as you get in their pants you're done with them Caesar," I said calling him out.
"It's their own fault! Every girl likes to play the victim but they don't even reflect back on their own actions. They all think I'm just their sex toy, but I don't always want a sexual relationship unless it's consensual. For instance, I didn't want to have oral sex with Makayla, but she forced herself on me. How am I supposed to feel about that?" he asked defending himself.
I guess he had a point right there. "I don't blame you dude, I think we've all been in situations like that," Hiro sighed.
"Yeah, so I think if I was to be in a relationship with Jazmine, we would both respect each other and our choices," he exclaimed. "Okay, but you still gotta ask her out," Hiro said.
"I know, I just gotta find the perfect time," he said making me shake my head. Now Caesar has a crush on Jazmine, great!
"Since Caesar admitted he likes Jazmine, who do you like Huey?" Hiro asked looking at me. "No comment!" I immediately answered.
"The lies you tell," Caesar said laughing. "He likes Aaliyah!" Caesar said making me look at him funny.
"No, I don't," I argued. "Who's Aaliyah?" Hiro asked interested. "Aaliyah is a new member in our club, she had joined a month ago, and she and Huey are always talking with each other," Caesar said giving me a smug look.
"Okay, just because I talk to Aaliyah doesn't mean anything dumbass," I denied.
"You don't talk to anyone else in our club, so it must mean something if you talking to her. You guys have a lot in common and you also see eye to eye with each other," Caesar argued.
"You know, if you two ever go out with the girls you like, you should both go on a double date," Hiro suggested as I rolled my eyes.
"I'm out of here," I angrily said closing my book. I got up from the bleachers and started heading to my car. From behind me, I could hear both Caesar and Hiro laughing at me. "Tell Aaliyah we said hi if she calls or texts you," I heard Caesar yell from afar.
I just ignored his comment and unlocked my car door. "Assholes!" I mumbled under my breath as I drove home. I hated the idea of Caesar being under the influence that he thought I liked Aaliyah when in reality I had feelings for Jazmine.
I also was envious that he wanted to shoot his shot with her. Knowing Caesar, he wasn't afraid to shoot his shot with Jazmine. He was very confident in his social skills with girls.
The worse part was that he wasn't trying to take advantage of her like would with any other girl. It was good that he wanted to have a different approach with Jazmine, but why did it have to be her. It could have been some other girl that wanted to date him.
I pulled up in front of my house and turned off my engine. I got out of the car and headed towards the front door where I heard people talking and coming from upstairs. When I opened the door I had seen Riley and Jazmine playing around with each other.
It shocked me because Riley usually doesn't play around like that. He would have said something smart. This just didn't sit right with me.
Both Jazmine and Riley had seemed to notice my presence and stopped with what they were doing. "Aye Huey, Jazmine, and I are going to head the baseball field," Riley said walking past me as if nothing happened.
Jazmine seemed hesitant about coming near me. I just looked down and shook my head in disappointment. She was about to walk past me until I grabbed her arm. "I don't know what you think you're doing is cute, but you need to stop!" I sternly said.
I feel like she's been acting funny because she went out with Caesar (I don't care if it was a favor or not), flirted with Austin, and is doing something with Riley.
"Huey, forgive me for this, but I don't know what you're talking about," she said acting like she was so innocent. I let go of her arm because I wasn't even fin to argue with her.
Before she left she sternly said: "I don't know what I did to make you upset, but you need to tell me instead of giving me the cold shoulder every time I try to ask you!"
She and Riley had left and headed towards the baseball field. I decided I was going to head upstairs to see what happened. She looked guilty when she came downstairs and a little sweaty.
I decided I was going to head upstairs and look around Riley's room. It looked like a hot mess because he had dirty clothes and food on the ground. I was so glad when Granddad finally gave me my own room.
It was a better way for me to separate from Riley and his mess. I looked under his bed and under the sheets to see an unpackaged condom that was ripped open. They must have been fooling around while I was gone.
I then over to his drawers to see if I could find anything in there. I ruffled through his clothes to find a box of condoms, a pregnancy test, and Plan B. "Don't know what I'm talking about my ass," I mocked.
She knows exactly what she is doing. Is she that mad at me or is she being petty?
Thank you for reading!