It had took nearly two weeks total for Melina to finally say yes to meeting up, just to talk about it. Huey couldn't wrap his head around why she was so reluctant to it when it was her idea in the first place. Of course, he could've reacted better but there was no way that she was expecting a positive reaction to her saying she was pregnant.
They agreed to meet in his secret hiding spot, so he skipped lunch to meet her there. He was nervous and he felt like he was going to throw up again, so he took tiny sips of water to try and calm himself. He felt like he was overthinking everything but not unreasonably overthinking. His life would change completely if he was a dad.
He never took the time to think as far as pregnancy. In his mind, there were no "what if's". In hindsight, he probably deserved this. He got too confident in the fact that his pullout game was too strong. He was obviously more than wrong. Having Jazmine take him to the clinic was embarrassing but he was forever grateful that she did, because he wouldn't have went otherwise.
He definitely deserved this. He needed an ego check. Huey shook his head and sighed.
He checked his phone every few seconds, wondering how long it'd take her to get here. She had managed to avoid him so well, he hadn't even physically seen her. Would she look any different? He hadn't heard anything about her going around either, so she must have kept it quiet.
There was a small knock on the door and Melina peeked her head in, "Hey Huey."
"Hey," he nodded, "Long time, no talk."
"Yeah… So, about that," she paused for a second, closing the door behind her and sitting down on the chair in front of Huey, "I went to the GYN and I'm four months pregnant."
She glanced down at her hands, wringing them slightly back and forth. Huey's breath caught in his throat for a second.
"I thought you said you were two weeks late?" Huey felt the world start to lift off his shoulders. They weren't talking four months ago.
"I was skipping the placebo for my birth control so I wouldn't get my period. My last pack I took the placebo pills and was expecting my period… so of course I freaked out and blamed you."
"So, you're pregnant but it's not mine?" Huey asked for clarification. God forbid that he didn't and she popped up months later saying it was his baby.
"Yeah, it's why I was avoiding you. And thanks, for not telling anyone. I was so scared everyone in school was gonna be talking about it. And I'm sorry for hitting Jazmine, I know you guys have something special. I just really like you, I don't know why, but I do."
Huey just nodded, taking in the news. He wasn't going to be a dad. "Something special?"
"You're like any other typical nigga. You are so dense. I can tell you feeling Jazmine heavy and she's feeling you too. But you too busy fucking around to settle down with someone good for you, right?" Melina sucked her teeth and shook her head, mostly to herself. The situation was way too familiar to her. She knew it all too well considering she was four months pregnant with a baby who's father was too busy fucking around to settle down.
"She's a friend to me," Huey shrugged. He knew how Jazmine felt but that didn't change his mind. There was no reason to be in a relationship when he was so young. It wasn't beneficial.
"You say that now, until she finally moves on and gives up on you. Then you'll be stuck feeling like you lost someone you could've been happy with. What are you scared of?"
The question had caught Huey off guard. Scared? He wasn't scared of anything. "Huh?"
"Why are you scared of commitment? What made you that way?" Melina sucked get teeth at him, not expecting much of an answer but to her surprise, Huey replied almost immediately.
He shrugged, "My first girlfriend cheated on me."
"And when was this?" Melina asked, tilting her head and raising her eyebrows. This was something she had heard all the time and if he said what she thought he was gonna say, she might just slap him.
"Middle school?" Huey asked. He wasn't sure why she was really asking.
"Boy. Are you dumb? How old are you? Damn near 20 holding on to some shit a lot 13 year old did to you? Deal with that shit and move on." She snapped, and before giving him a chance to reply, Melina stood up and Huey could see the small bump through her t-shirt, "See you around Huey.
"Yeah," Huey nodded and watched her walk out.
It wasn't the idea of being with Jazmine that was unappealing, it was the idea of being in a relationship with anyone that was unappealing. And it wasn't that there wasn't feelings there that couldn't be explored but it didn't seem like a smart idea to mess up a lifelong friendship for the possibility of a relationship that'd last for a little while.
Huey shook the thoughts out his head and left the small closet, locking the door behind him. He had some good news to tell the boys mostly, but in turn probably Jazmine and Cindy, too. There was a good ten minutes left for lunch so he walked as fast as he could to the usual spot where everyone sat outside for lunch on nice days.
Everyone was there, save for Jazmine. Weird, considering she always hung out for lunch.
"Where were you?" Cindy asked. She was the first to notice that he was walking up. She was back to talking to Riley again, even though he was still bitter about the situation. Huey would never admit it but it felt weird when Cindy wasn't around when everyone else was hanging out.
Huey smirked, sitting down between Caesar and Riley, "I got news. Where's Jaz?"
"What news nigga?" Riley asked as he swallowed a bite of his lunch.
Caesar shrugged, "she didn't show up for lunch."
Everyone looked at Cindy, "What? Damn, stop looking at me like I know everything she does."
"You do," All four boys chimed in at the same time.
Cindy sucked her teeth and crossed her arms, "Don't you have news? You can tell Jaz later."
Huey took a deep breath, "I'm not gonna be a baby daddy."
Cindy started to say congratulations but it was drowned out by the excessive yelling from Riley, Caesar, and Hiro. She leaned back away from the noise, not that it helped. Everyone was looking at them, wondering what was going on and why they were yelling. Cindy rolled her eyes, "Acting like it's Jerry Springer or some shit… You are not the father."
"That's exactly what it is!" Riley shouted. They were all pulling and grabbing at Huey's shirt happily. "My nigga!"
Sometimes, Cindy couldn't understand guys. Obviously it was good news but guys always had to say something about how girls were extra? They were the ones who were extra. Jazmine would be happy to hear the news, though. She was tired of hearing Jazmine talk about how worried she was about Huey.
The yelling had subsided and Huey was left with a stretched out white tee and a goofy grin on his face. Regardless of how extra they were, it was really great news. Cindy couldn't imagine Huey being a dad. She believed that anybody could be a good dad if they wanted to, and she didn't think he'd be a bad dad, but she just couldn't imagine Huey walking around with a little kid. She couldn't lie though, he'd make some cute babies.
After the excitement of Huey's new had died down, the group spent the rest of their lunch talking and joking around. Jazmine still hadn't shown up by the end of their lunch period, so Cindy texted her to find out that she had went home early because she wasn't really feeling up to school.
The rest of the day she was on the mind of Huey and Caesar. Once Huey got home, he dropped his stuff off at his house and walked across the street and rung Jazmine's doorbell. When she opened it, she was in pajamas with her hair up in a bun. "Hey? What's up?" She asked, moving out the way to invite Huey in.
"Nothing, Cindy said you weren't feeling good. Are you okay?" Huey walked in and shut the door behind him. He slipped off his shoes and followed Jazmine into the living room.
"I'm fine, just senioritis. I have no motivation to do anything," Jazmine whined as she plopped down on the couch. "Thanks for checking though. Did anything interesting happen today? It feels like everytime I'm not at school, something happens."
Huey shrugged his shoulders but truthfully, he was excited to tell Jazmine. More excited than he was to tell everyone else. He didn't know why but attributed it to the fact that she helped him through that short but long period of time. He sat down next to her and took a deep breath.
"Melina's pregnant but it's not mine."
"What? How do you know it's not yours?" Jazmine asked, obviously excited but wanting to make sure Huey got his shit straight.
"She's four months. We haven't been talking that long," Huey smiled and nodded his head. He really was happy.
Next thing he knew, Jazmine was hugging him with her face buried in his neck. It had caught him off guard but he slowly wrapped his arms around her. He didn't deserve her, as kind and loving as she was. She was talking into his neck but he could barely hear her. "Jazmine, I can't hear you."
She pulled her face away, eyes slightly watery, "I'm just so happy for you I mean you were so stressed and I was so worried about you and I just didn't know how everything was going to turn out with this whole situation but this is just great and I'm so glad that you won't be having a baby and this is just so good."
"Take a breath, please." Huey laughed. If he hadn't known her for so long, she would have lost him in the beginning. Instinctively, Huey reached up to touch her face. They were so close she was practically on his lap. She smelled good and her skin was so soft. "Thank you Jazmine."
"No problem," Jazmine blushed, trying her best not to look him in the face. He was staring at her so intensely. "I'm sorry for all that. I'm just really happy."
Huey shook his head and wrapped his arm around her waist lightly, "You're good." Something was balling up in the pit of his stomach but he wasn't sure what or why. He just knew he felt like kissing Jazmine. And not because she looked good like the last time. Not that she didn't look good now, in her shorts and tank top, but it was just different this time. He bit his bottom lip and looked up at her.
"Huey are you okay? You're not sick again are you?" Jazmine asked, feeling his forehead and neck to see if he was hot. She started to get off the couch to get an ice pack, because he was a little bit warm but he stopped her. "Huey?"
He took a deep breath, nervous for the first time in forever. He was never nervous when it came to girls. And for kissing? Kissing was nothing. So why was he shaking a little bit? And why could he feel his cheeks warming up in a blush? "Jaz, can I kiss you?"
She felt the blood rush to her face and a pang in her chest. Not this again. He couldn't just do this to her just because she was convenient for him at the moment. "Why would you even wa-"
"Please?" Huey asked, his voice a bit deeper than before. It sounded so sincere that it sent a shock down her center.
Jazmine's heart was beating a mile a minute in her chest. She swallowed and nodded her head once. It wasn't that she didn't want to kiss him. "I just don't understand why…"
Huey started to talk but stopped. He wasn't good at articulating his feelings especially when he didn't know what he was feeling. He wrapped his arm tighter around Jazmine's waist and pulled her closer to him. She quickly resituated herself next to his side with her legs folded up under her.
He let her lean in for the kiss, so she didn't feel rushed or forced. He didn't really know what he was expecting, would it be different? Would it feel the same as with any other girl? Then their lips touched in touched in such a gentle way that he felt like he was having his first kiss again.
Jazmine deepened the kiss, wrapping her arm around the back of Huey's neck and pulling herself closer to him. She had wanted to kiss him for so long and she was finally kissing him. She grabbed his other hand, wanting him to touch her as much as possible, and placed it on her hip.
It felt good to kiss Jazmine. Most importantly, it felt different. He was still sweaty and nervous. There was a tingle in his chest and the pit of his stomach. She pulled away for a second to kiss his jaw, rubbing the opposite side with her thumb and rubbing his beard. Then she kissed down to his neck. It was hot but not what he wanted, he wanted his lips against hers.
Huey leaned back slightly and pulled her back up to him so they were face to face, and kissed her, this time leading.
They kept kissing for who knows how long, before Jazmine heard the front door lock click. She jumped up from the couch, almost bumping Huey in the head with hers in the process. She fanned herself off and snapped at him to stand up, knowing that it was her dad who was home first.
"Hey sweetie, where are you?" Tom called, still in the foyer area taking off his shoes. "Is someone else here?"
"Hey Daddy! We're in the living room." She smiled, fixing her shirt and pants before walking to the foyer to see her dad. "Huey dropped by to give me some homework and we started watching the news. Did you hear about what Trump said?"
Huey smirked, she was a smart girl. Tom completely forgot about about Huey and started to rant about the president. Huey took this as his chance to leave without being questioned. Jazmine gave him a look before he left that said "thank me later" because she had a feeling this rant was going to last for awhile.
yall i rewrote this like 4 times but i like where it ended up. i had to add the part where he said he was hurt in middle school cause its so true! these guys be out here grown thinking about the girl that hurt him in middle school. boy bye. but let me know what you guys think :)