The morning had started out great. She got ready, ate breakfast, talked to her parents briefly before they left for work. She didn't have to swing by to pick up Cindy, so it was just her and her music. She hit all the green lights. She even found a great parking spot that was close to the building.

But when she got up to the second floor of the school and saw Huey standing and talking to a girl she only knew by name, Amani, she couldn't believe her eyes. Huey's back was facing her, so she couldn't see his expressions but Amani had to most obvious "fuck me" eyes Jazmine had ever seen in her life. They were a little too close for comfort in Jazmine's opinion and Huey's body language was extremely relaxed.

Her heart sped up in her chest and she ducked down the hall, almost bumping into someone, and went the other way around to get to class.

Jazmine sat at her desk and barely looked at anyone. As time passed, the pace that she bounced her leg got faster and faster. She had barely spoken a word for the past thirty minutes, something that was rare for her to do in this class especially. She just felt like if she spoke, she might cry, or yell, or do something else that would completely embarrass her.

All she could think about was what they could have been talking about. Plans? Hooking up? But maybe he had a project with her, maybe they were just friends? Jazmine could see Amani's face but it wasn't like she saw Huey's.

She felt dumb. She felt like she was overreacting.

The worst part was that she couldn't even tell Cindy because Cindy would say "I told you so" straight to her face. And if she did tell Cindy and she was wrong, Huey would never let her live it down.

I mean, she definitely could've just read the situation wrong, right? It wasn't a crime to talk to another girl and she left so fast because she assumed the worst that she didn't really know what was going on. She just assumed the worst of Huey because he was well… Huey. He did deserve the benefit of the doubt. She owed him that. Did he even owe her anything? They weren't together… He didn't owe her anything.

Jazmine was so stuck in her own head that every girl she looked at, she just wondered if Huey had ever been with her. She knew of a few girls, but of course, she didn't know everyone. Just how many girls had Huey been with in this school? In Woodcrest?

Did he really get around as much as everyone claimed he did or was that just an over exaggeration? She was the most sex-positive person in the world but did she want to be with someone who had been with so many people? She knew of maybe 10 or so girls… but there was obviously more. And Huey didn't date, so they were just hooking up then, right?

Did she want to be with somebody who had been with so many people? Had so much experience? Why would he want to be with her? She could count on one hand how many guys she's slept with and still have fingers left over. But she was a girl, so that was technically a good thing? She shook her head and went back to Huey.

What if him and Amani were in that broom closet fucking right now? And she would have to act like nothing had happened at all until they had a moment alone.

Her phone buzzed and the screen turned on. Of course, it was Huey, right when she was obsessing over him.

You doing anything in class?

No, why?

You should skip the rest

She's not gonna let me

She hasn't looked up from her book in the past 10 minutes

Jazmine rolled her eyes as she locked her phone. She was upset with him and here he was, convincing her to ditch class. She quietly zipped up her bag and stood up, trying to get a pained look on her face as she walked over to the desk. "Is it okay if I go to the nurse's office?"

Her teacher glanced up at her, "Is it something that can't wait for passing time?"

Jazmine continued that pained look, hoping her next trick would work. It always worked with male teachers but it was hit or miss with a female. "It's my period, I didn't bring anything and I think I'm bleeding out…"

"Oh, why didn't you just say so honey? Let me write you a pass." The teacher dogeared her book and wrote out a nurses pass quickly. Jazmine took the pass and tried to walk out like she was holding blood in just to keep up with the act.

As soon as she was out the door, Huey was standing there with a smirk on his face. She wanted to smile at him but those anxious thoughts that were creeping up on her earlier started to re-emerge.

"So, how was class?" Huey asked as he offered to take her bag. She let him take it but didn't bother to respond to him. They kept walking, Huey leading the way since she had no idea what he planned to do. "What's wrong?"

Jazmine took a deep breath, tears welling in her eyes. "I saw you this morning. With Amani. Looking at you like she wanted to fuck you. I thought I told you not to make me look stupid?!"

It all embarrassingly came tumbling out. She stuttered a few times. At least she managed not to let the tears drop.

Huey stopped abruptly, grabbing Jazmine wrist. "Why didn't you just walk up and say something? Or text me and ask? Since you're so upset about it. She asked me out and I told her no."

"You told her no?" Jazmine repeated softly.

"I told her no," Huey pinched the bridge of his nose. "You should've just asked. Are you always gonna act like that cause I can't stop what other people do?"

Jazmine bumbled over the next few words that came out of her mouth but ultimately ended with an apology. "I just kept thinking about it. It wasn't all bad. I was like, what if she's a partner for a project or something? Or if you're doing it in the bathroom."

Huey wrinkled his nose in disgust, "you should think higher of me than that."

"I know. I'm sorry." Jazmine repeated herself. Even though she felt bad, she felt relieved. There was some doubt in the back of her head but she shoved it even further back. "Why did you want me to cut class?"

"So we can spend time together?" Huey answered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. And… actually, it was.

"Couldn't we do that after school?" Jazmine has only skipped a few times in all of her school career and it was only ever because of someone else coaxing her to do so.

"I want to hang out after school too. All day actually." Huey smirked.

Jazmine shook her head, "Oh no, no, no. You want me to skip the whole day. Huey, don't you know who I am? I don't skip."

"You just did. We have to hurry up or we'll get caught. You should spend the day with me." Huey looked at her expectantly. Like she should obviously choose hanging out with him. He felt like rolling his eyes, she was so stubborn. "It's the last few days of school and no one is doing anything. Everyone has clocked out. It's fine."

Jazmine started to retort something but heard the booming voice of a familiar administrator calling out in their direction. They both said "oh shit" and started to run in the direction of the parking lot. "Wait, my car?"

"Mine. I'll bring you back after." Huey said before leading her to where he parked this morning. As soon as they were in the car, Huey was backing out of his spot and driving off.

"So, did you have plans of what we're gonna do today?" Jazmine asked, looking at Huey as he drove. She didn't know why but he looked so good driving. Not that he didn't look good when he wasn't driving, but there was something about it. She bit her bottom lip.

"Yeah, I'm taking you out."

"Taking me out? Like a date? I didn't even really get ready? You can't just kidnap me and say you're taking me out." Jazmine spilled out. She was being serious. She half-assed got ready today because it was the last few days of school. She didn't even do her hair, it was an old twist out that she had to wrap up to even be presentable.

"I think you look great," Huey complimented, taking a moment to glance at her. It wasn't like her was just meeting her and she had to doll up just to hang out with him. Her shorts, t-shirt, usual big hoops, and bun was nothing out of the ordinary so he didn't see the big deal.

"It's just the principal of it. What if I didn't brush my teeth this morning?" Jazmine tried to find an excuse.

"Did you brush your teeth this morning?" Huey asked, an eyebrow raised.

"Well, yes bu-" Jazmine started only to be cut off by Huey.

"Okay, so you're fine."

"Fine. What are we gonna do?" She had no idea Huey could be so spontaneous when it came to dates.

"Well, we're gonna go to the hill. I have snacks and drinks and a blanket up there all ready. Oh and music too. I hope that it's enough since this would be our first date and everything."

Jazmine gushed, "a picnic on the hill?! Oh that's amazing Huey it's so cute!"

The nervousness that Huey was feeling lifted off his shoulders. He was worried that Jazmine wasn't going to like it and the whole morning he was hitting himself over the head and saying that he should have just asked her what she would want to do. It was a relief that she was excited over it.

They parked in Huey's driveway. He knew his granddad wouldn't bother to glance outside. Jazmine hadn't been too worried either because as long as her car wasn't on the street her parents wouldn't be suspicious of anything.

The two walked up the road and to the hill in without saying much. Huey because he hoped that Jazmine liked the layout and Jazmine because she was just so excited to see it.

At the top, there was the big blanket Huey had mention right underneath the tree where the shade was always best. A small cooler was at the base of the tree next to the blanket and on top of that was Huey's speaker. All of it was facing towards the city of Woodcrest.

"This is amazing, Huey," Jazmine sighed breathlessly. No one had ever done anything like this for her before. It was so sweet, so romantic. Especially considering how many memories between them were right here at the hill. She walked closer to him and kissed his cheek quickly. "Definitely worth skipping school for."

"I'm glad," Huey felt like he was going to blush so he walked towards the blanket, kicked off his shoes and sat down. He messed around before turning on the Bluetooth and hooking up his phone. He had spent a majority of his night making a playlist full of songs he knew Jazmine liked and songs that he thought she would like.

A kiss on the cheek had him acting all shy and he felt like punching himself.

Moments later, Jazmine joined him on the blanket. Underneath the shade, it was much cooler and there was a nice, constant breeze that felt good in the warmth. She leaned in next to him and kissed his cheek again, trying to get his attention. "Huey."

"Hm?" Huey turned to look at her.

"Thank you, this really is beautiful." She smiled and kissed him on the lips tenderly. Not that she hadn't noticed before but his lips were so nice, so full and so soft. She kissed him again and this time he kissed her back.

Once they finally pulled apart, Huey admitted how he didn't really know what he was doing. How he didn't know if she would like something like this. Jazmine comforted him between kisses on his jaw and his neck. How she would love doing anything with him. How no one had done this for her before.

For Jazmine, it didn't feel out of place to feel so vulnerable and tender. She was like this regardless, everything out in the open to bare. But for Huey… it felt like all was in place. It had only been, what, 5 days since they started officially "talking"? And he already knew that this was right. Him and Jazmine were right. There was no need for any other explanation.

It wasn't love, but it was something.

Huey laid back and looked up at the sky. "You hungry?"

"You know, I ate before school so I'm not really hungry," Jazmine laughed, following suit and laying down with him, resting her head on his shoulder.

"We have all day," Huey said softly.

"That's a good thing, right?" Jazmine teased, "This music is nice."

"I made the playlist for you," Huey shrugged, wrapping his arm around her so he could rub her hips.

"You know me too well," Jazmine slid her hand under the waistband of Huey's basketball shorts. She felt his whole body stiffen and then relax. "You know, earlier, I worried that I wasn't experienced enough for you."

It was random, but the timing felt right. She just hoped that this conversation wouldn't ruin the day.

"Not experienced enough? Why?" Huey tried not to focus on the fact that her hand was halfway down his pants. They hadn't done anything since he ate her out but it wasn't like he hadn't thought about that and more over the course of the last few days.

"You've just been with more people than me, I guess? And you know what you're doing. And I really don't know what I'm doing at all. So why would you want to be with me?"

"I don't really care about that. It doesn't bother me. Do you just lay there?" Huey asked. He already had a feeling that she didn't, but it wasn't anything that they couldn't work on if she did.

"No? That's boring."

"Alright, so there's nothing to worry about. Anything else I can teach you. You might teach me some things too. It's not a big deal. Besides, I want you so it's gonna be good."

"You want me?" Jazmine blushed.

"I thought it was obvious," Huey smiled and kissed her forehead. "You wearing these shorts doesn't help either."

Huey slid his hand down and cupped her ass. He had always thought the new biker shorts trend that was popular at the moment was dumb but Jazmine looked so good in them.

"How many girls have you been with?" Jazmine asked quietly. Huey stopped rubbing her and almost lifted his hand up. He didn't know why the question had caught him so off guard, it was bound to be asked eventually.

It wasn't that he was ashamed of how many girls he'd been with. But he definitely didn't want Jazmine to know. Well, maybe that did mean that he was ashamed. "I don't know… maybe 22? I don't know for sure."

He definitely did know for sure. It was a solid 26, but an underestimation wouldn't kill anybody.

Jazmine took it in stride, she already had a feeling that it was a high number. But, she knew he was clean. There was no reason to judge how many people he'd been with in the past. She was definitely going to press the importance of sexual responsibility to him from now on though.

"Okay. 22. I've only been with 2 guys."

"Does my number bother you?" Huey asked, a little worried. They were both worried that today was ruined.

"A little bit, but I'll get over it. It's fine. I'm glad we had this conversation." Jazmine kissed him reassuringly and smiled.

"Well, if it helps. I only want you."

And it wasn't a lie, Huey did only want her. But a part of Jazmine felt as though he was saying it because that's what she wanted to hear.

I've written this chapter like 3 times. This was the best out of all of them so let me know how you feel about this one cause I'm kinda iffy