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Jazmine's POV

I walked in the house and threw my bag on the floor in front of the couch. I sighed and leaned against the back of the couch and put my face in my hands.

I can't believe I almost kissed him. It was everything I ever dreamed of but our friendship is just getting back on track. I can't ruin it with my feelings.

I dragged my hands down my face and pulled my phone out of my pocket. I didn't have any new messages or missed phone calls.

I was about to head upstairs when I heard voices in the dining room. No one should have been there but my dad so, naturally I went to investigate. I peeked around the corner and saw my father but not who he was talking to.

"She's my daughter and I will raise her how I see fit."

I tried to peek around the corner and see them without being seen because I wanted to hear the conversation. Call me nosy, I don't care. I guess whoever was in there was so deep in the room I couldn't see them from my hiding spot.

"Don't shake your head at me. It's bad enough she's back hanging out with Huey. I need to know she's safe at all times and she can't be running around after school without at least checking in first. It's nearly six o clock and I had to call her to get her to come home."

"Tom, you're overreacting Jazmine is seventeen, almost eighteen, she doesn't have to check before hanging out after school and please don't get me started about you interfering with Huey and Jazmine's relationship. I'm still very upset about that. I'm just glad that their friends again and the damage you caused wasn't permanent."

Mom's home? I didn't see her car in the driveway. But, I guess I really didn't look. What is she talking about though. Dad didn't have anything to do me and Huey, right?

I tried to wait for the conversation to continue but I guess I leaned forward and fell flat on my face.

"Jazmine?!"

Both of my parents rushed over to me to make sure that I was okay. They should have known by now that I was a clumsy mess. I took the hands they had reached out for me to grab and stood up on my feet and brushed myself off.

I reached for my mom and hugged her tight. "Mom, I missed you."

"I missed you too sweetie," she kissed my cheek and step back next to my father who was looking at me with a bit of anger and question on his face.

"Jazmine were you eavesdropping on me and your mother."

I rubbed the back of my neck and forced a smile at him.

"Not exactly Daddy, I heard you talking when I came in so I just wanted to see who you were talking too and then I didn't want to interrupt."

Mom put her hand on my shoulder. "It's okay sweetie. Just make your presence known when you come into the room."

I smiled at her easily. "Sure thing mom, no problem."

I know you aren't supposed to have a favorite parent. But, if I had to choose who to spend time with I'd choose my mom every time. Not saying I didn't love my dad as much as I did my mom. He was just really high strung and super strict at times. Mom was more like a friend to me.

I turned to grab my bookbag but stopped at the tone of my dad's voice. He put his finger up angrily in the air.

"Wait just a minute young lady! You still haven't explained to me where you've been, what you were doing, and who you were doing it with. I need to know all of these things right now."

"Daddy I thought I told you that I was with Huey."

"Well!" He slowly put his finger down. "You did. But, that still doesn't excuse you not coming home first."

I sighed. "I'm sorry Daddy, it won't happen again."

"You're right Jazmine. It will not happen again because you… are grounded."

I scoffed at the same time that my mom elbowed my dad in his side.

"Ow, Sarah!"

"Sweetie," my mom continued ignoring my father, "you're not grounded. We just need to know where you are. Your dad is overreacting but just let us know from now own. You can go upstairs."

I nodded and grabbed my stuff and went upstairs. I could clearly hear them arguing. But, they were usually able to argue and snapback to being a happy couple. Unfortunately, I could hear the snapback from my bedroom. The loudest I had ever heard my dad moaned was after their fight over Usher.

I shut the door to my room, threw my bag into the corner, and flopped face up onto my bed. I stared at the ceiling as I thought about my day.

The flowers and the food from Manny were great but I wasn't easily bought and I'm not quite sure what he wants from me. I'm not going to fall for flowers and food… even if it is my favorite. And then Huey, god Huey, he was just amazing to me period. It is possible that I'm slightly biased because I have loved him since I was 10 years old.

Just thinking about him holding me in his arms even for that short amount of time was all my girlhood dreams come true.

I grabbed the pillow from under my head and put it over my face. I screamed into it at the embarrassing yet heart clenching thought of me almost kissing Huey. It wasn't exactly as I had imagined it, seeing as I didn't go through with it, but it still was going to a day that I would remember forever.

Buzz. Buzz.

I took the pillow off my head and pulled my phone out of my pocket. It was a message from Emmanuel.

E: So, did you like your gifts.

J: Yeah, I did thank you. Why'd you do that though?

E: Because you deserve that and so much more.

E: Also, because I felt kind of foolish for what happened Saturday… I just like you so much and I don't want this to end before it even begins.

I blushed at that message. I really didn't know how to respond to that. Did I even want a relationship with him?

E: I don't know if you're feeling me the way I'm feeling you but, I'd like to take you out on a date.

E: If that's okay with you of course.

It couldn't hurt, right?

J: Sure, what do you have in mind

E: You'll see ;) I'll pick you up at six. Sound good?

J: Sure, I'll see you then.

E: Alright I've got to go make plans. I'll talk to you later Jazzy.

J: Bye.

Jazmine sighed and locked her phone.

I guess it won't be so bad. I mean things haven't worked out with Huey so it would be okay for me to move on and at least Emmanuel a chance.

Jazmine unlocked her phone and opened a message thread.

J: Hey, I'm sorry about what happened this afternoon. I don't know what came over me but I hope it doesn't affect our friendship.

*Flashback*

"Huey."

Huey looked up from his newspaper. "Yes, Jazmine."

Jazmine and Huey were sitting up on the hill. Jazmine was drawing the view of the sunset from the hill in her notebook. Even at an early age Jazmine had an amazing eye for drawing and loved to do it for fun. She would have taken a class, her parents had even offered it for her but, that would take away from time she could spend with her best friend and the one who held her heart in his young, revolutionary hands.

Huey was reading his newspaper. He had just finished writing up an agenda for a protest that was going to happen that weekend. He wasn't really paying attention to his paper at all it was filled with the same old same old.

Bush says something ridiculous. The country is in an uproar. War is on the brink. The usual.

He was preoccupied with the girl sitting on his left. She didn't know it but she held his heart in her hands as well. He had a feeling that she had feelings for him but he knew what he felt wasn't a mere crush, it was true love. He didn't want to put his heart on the line and she only had a crush on him.

"Do you think that we'll be friends forever?"

Huey sat up at her words. He put on his face and turned to her with his eyebrow raised.

"It's a possibility, your house is directly in front of mine." Jazmine giggled and smiled at him in a way that affected him in ways she wouldn't understand. Jazmine grabbed his hand and stood up pulling him along with her,

"Huey Percy Freeman I want you to make me a pinky promise that we'll be friends forever." She stuck out her pinky waiting for him to do the same.

Of course, everyone knows that wrapping your pinky around another's does not make them anymore trustworthy than if they had made a promise with no physical touch. Huey knew this very well but that didn't stop him from bringing his pinky up to hers and smiling in his mind, keeping his stoic face on the outside to not let her in on his feelings.

"I promise."

Jazmine laughed threw her arms around his neck and hugged him close. Huey stood still for a minute but eventually put his arms around her frame. Which only made her squeeze him tighter.

*End Flashback*

After sending the text to Huey, Jazmine shut her phone off and decided to take a nap. Just missing Huey's text response.

H: Jazmine it wasn't a mistake. We need to talk soon.

Huey's POV

"Okay I am going to take action as soon as possible," Huey said to an empty room after waiting two hours from a text back from Jazmine. When no response came he called her phone when it was sent straight to voicemail.

Which brought him to where he was now standing in front of his window looking at her house. He was going to head over there to talk face to face but he saw that Sarah had returned from their trip and he was very aware of Tom and Sarah's "routine" and really didn't want to interrupt that.

He couldn't just text Jazmine how he felt about her so the next best thing would be to spit It out in person as soon as possible which is exactly what he planned on doing.

A/N: Fun fact I wrote that flashback on January 3rd 2012 with a 141 words. Also, if you're into anime and want something to watch I recommend Ouran High School Host Club I just finished it for the like third time and it's amazing. I go back to school the eighth so I should have more free time to right I just want to keep my writing as a hobby and prevent it from feeling like an assignment that I have to hurry and get done. So that's why this took so long.