It feels good to be updating again. I even got a new story, I think I'm gonna post it up soon seeing as this one is coming to a close soon. Not sure how many chapters I got left on this. Maybe 2 or 3, we'll see anyway.
Thanks to my reviewers, I know it was long so you might not even have remembered the story all that clearly but thanks for leaving me a review anyway. & those who have been putting this story on alerts this week, thanks.
Toondoon: Thanks for your review and I changed the rating too thanks for that.
AkiraHadassah - Thanks so much for your review, I love the dynamic of Huey and Jazmine they're my fav pairing. Also writing Huey character is always one of the ones that I hope people like, I think it's easy to get him out of character so I try to keep elements from the show in there but he's older so there's gotta be some growth there too. Thanks again
LovingHueyFreeman: Loool thanks for dropping me a review, its always nice to see a silent reader come out and say Hey. & yeah Tom isn't that bad but he really lacks in the masculinity area, so I figure dudes like Daniel can throw some idle threats his way and he'll cave. He stuck in his wimpish ways. As for Huey you find out what happened to him in this chapter. LOL Jazmine isn't thinking outside herself right now, I mean the girl needs to priortise right lol GO SEE YOUR MAN. I can't say she's any better in this chapter so yeah bare with it, she'll redeem herself soon. Thanks again :D
Paige1292: LOOL girl you had me laughing in public when I read that I love that song too. But yeah Tom ugh, what do I say about him that we don't know already. He's a fuck boy that's for sure, he really needs to get a handle on his life, shit I might even have him demoted for that bs he pulled at the court case lol. Thanks again.
Jazmine yawned as she rose from her bed. She had taken to having a nap when she got home and was looking through her phone when her heart stopped.
Huey in the hospital, where you at – Riley
Jazmine did a double take on the message. Of course now wasn't the time for the young mulatto to have a blonde moment, but her heritage deceived.
What do you mean in the hospital like he dropped someone off or…
You slow or something, he got fucked up and put in hospital – Riley replied. Jazmine throat went dry, so he was hurt. Huey was hurt and she was,
"OMG" she jumped out of her bed and started looking for some clothes to wear.
"Where you going Honey" Tom tried gently as she whizzed past him
"the hospital" she said hurriedly.
"Oh Huey's not in Woodcrest, he's in Chicago" Tom revealed calmly.
"Chicago!" Jazmine exclaimed, Tom eyes narrowed a little
"You're still kinda on punishment you know" he said eyeing her, she rolled her eyes.
"Dad, spare me" she said dryly. Huey was in Chicago how did he get there. She tried calling Riley but his phone just went straight to voicemail.
"Roberts bringing him back now I believe" she heard her dad say
"Is he ok?"
"He's breathing" Tom chuckled, Jazmine didn't share the humour so she walked out of the room and back up to bedroom. She walked over to her window ledge and looked across at the Freemans. She sighed deeply. She was now the worst girlfriend in history.
Huey's usual scowl was engraved on his features as arrived back in woodcrest with his grandfather and riley. The hospital had wanted to keep him for some checkups but he gave them such a hard time they were more than happy to discharge him earlier. Granddad cursed the whole way back; Riley teased him about getting fucked up.
"How did you find me, the docs were still running my information when you arrived"
"I got a message" Granddad stopped mid rant to answer
"From who?" he was suspicious to say the least.
"From GOD Huey" his granddad replied sarcastically, Riley snickered
"Yeah god was like no hating niggas in heaven" Riley said, Huey didn't respond to either of them.
"So can you like remember like your situation"
"My situation" Huey humoured his brother for a moment.
"Yeah like dude, you and jasmine don't date no more. No you and Sasha yall be poppin and"
"Riley shut up, I remember that Jazmine is my girl and I can't stand Sasha"
"Damn"
"Well you promised to mow the lawn Friday" Riley said, now Huey glared at his brother because he couldn't remember yesterday so he didn't know if he was lying or not. Riley grinned
"Huey gon mow the lane Granddad"
"With what, his face. He only got one arm Riley. No you gonna be doing all his chores" Granddad announced, Huey smirked and Riley gaped in surprise.
"What, Yo, you picking favourites granddad" he begun to whine.
"Nigga you will you be picking my foot out your ass if you don't stop messing with your brother" Huey continued to smirk at Riley when he started mean mugging him.
"Lil bitch" Riley muttered under his breath. Huey was starting to see some scenery most familiar to him.
It still bothered him that he couldn't remember last night and that some random person had dropped him in Chicago way away from his actual home. It felt like someone was trying to get rid of him and according to the doctors had the blow to the head been any harder it would have been fatal. So yeah you could say someone trying to kill him was something that bothered him a lot.
When they did reach home, he trudged out of the car and was frustrated when he realised he had to wait for either Riley or granddad to open the door because his arm was in a sling. That shit had to go he thought, he couldn't be rocking a cast. He was Huey Freeman. Niggas would get carried away, no whatever went on last night was organised. A bunch of dumb niggas couldn't have jumped him and got away with this shit.
The day was progressing slowly for him, Cindy and Caesar came round asking a million questions about his failed assassination as Huey was calling it. They were drawing up all sorts of scenarios and characters and Huey was pretty much done listening to it. Then Sasha and her grandmother turned up and Huey had to admit he was even surprised Sasha was here but she used the excuse that her grandmother was crushing on his granddad and just felt compelled to bring her along because of their friendship. She did mention she used friendship loosely. She unlike Ceez and Cindy didn't ask many questions, she for the most part acted the most normal around him. She was amused he couldn't remember the events that took place, and had been annoying him all day.
"You really don't remember what happened, why hasn't anyone told you" Sasha asked interestedly
"Told me what" Huey asked wondering if it was information about his attackers, maybe he had a fight earlier in the day.
"Well you beat your case and it was Jasmines birthday…remember" she asked him,
"Oh yeah nigga, yo the party was the bomb like you should have been there" Cindy and Sasha looked at Caesar unimpressed with his comment and the dread locked youth gulped a little
"You know what I mean dude, like if you weren't in limbo or whatever. Should have rolled through"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"Shut up" Cindy instructed her boyfriend, Caesar smiled apologetically. Huey didn't respond he was too busy trying to collect his thoughts, giving himself a headache.
"Where's Jazmine" He asked importantly, the couple shrugged Sasha pulled a face of thought
"Don't know, maybe she don't know you're back"
"Does she know"
"Well she should know, Riley told her first for obvious reasons. Besides she was trying to call you all morning yesterday before your granddad found out where you were"
"I'll call her" Sasha said quickly.
Huey watched as Sasha waited for Jazmine to pick up, she was tapping herself on the knee and then she started to speak.
"Jaz, where you"
"Cleaning" Sasha exclaimed, she pulled a face of confusion.
"Um, are you coming over"
"No, I'm not at my house. Huey's I mean"
"Jaz fareal, CLEANING"
"Ok, whatever" Sasha dropped the phone with a quizzical expression
"Is she coming" Caesar asked before Huey could question, when Sasha shrugged. Huey heart dropped a little. She was still mad at him, ugh his life sucked right now.
"Um, she's coming but she's um cleaning for her mom and wants to finish" the room was silent for a moment before Cindy could be heard laughing, Cindy laugh filled the room
"Cindy, what's funny"
"I'm not trying put you out or nothing Huey but we all know jazzy and chores is a damn myth…and why the hell would ms Dubois have her cleaning she still in birthday mode"
"She does chores" Huey started
"Nigga please, she's your brat. You know better" Cindy scolded lightly laughing.
"You can talk" Huey retorted he didn't really like where this was going
"Ay cindy whatever, if she's got housework let her do it. It aint like she said she's not coming round" Caesar defended, giving Huey a reassuring nod. Huey didn't feel too good about that,
"I gotta go take my tablets" he lied and left his friends to speculate about Jazmines odd behaviour.
Cindy had a point though, Jazmine did do chores but she kind of only did them when she felt like it. Huey grimaced at thought, how love could really put you in a relationship with your complete opposite and you have no choice but to accept it. Huey went downstairs and observed his grandfather blushing nad laughing with Sasha's grandmother. It was good to see the old man happy, but damn did it have to be with Sasha's grandmother. He leant against the counter in the kitchen, replaying the horrible scene with his grandfather back. Everything that went down was just crazy to him; he didn't even feel like he was himself. He took a deep breath, she wasn't coming over. He knew that much and as much as he didn't want to admit, that hurt. At the same time, she better is breaking up with him cos he was pretty sure he'd lose his mind if she decided to get cute on him.
Jazmine sat mindlessly watching the TV, she didn't really care for what was showing. She was just trying to distract herself from thinking about Huey. It wasn't working very well. Her dad told her that Huey had been brought back almost hours ago and well it was hitting late evening and she still couldn't bring herself to show up. She knew all her friends were there and she even gave Sasha that lame excuse about cleaning which she was sure she didn't believe. Truth was, she didn't really know why she wasn't over there by his side, instead she was sitting in her room like a punk watching the E channel.
It wasn't long before she started getting some messages from Cindy and Sasha asking her where she was. Well she was obviously down the road, being a punk she thought to herself. She'd see Huey in her own time, they would sit down and they would work it out. Or was this a deal breaker, if she had been pissed at him for not turning up to her birthday she couldn't even imagine the rage he must feel that she wasn't there to see him after his horrible ordeal. The more she thought about it the more she felt like crying. However the doorbell didn't give her enough time. She heard it go, then her mom was talking to someone and she heard some footsteps.
Her heart sped up a little, now if it was Huey. She was going to die right here in her spot.
"Some cleaning, your room looks like shit" Sashas oh so friendly voice chimed through the air. Jazmine let out a breath or relief but still frowned a little at her friend
"You're too pretty to frown" Sasha directed as she sat on her bed, making herself comfortable.
"Soo" Sasha started
"Arent you supposed to be"
"Over at your boyfriends, yeah. You too apparently"
"Can we not" Jazmine just wasn't in the mood for Sashas in your face way of conversation.
"Jaz, what you doing"
"What's it look like, I'm watching TV" she bit out. Sasha eyes opened a little wider
"Oh sorry, your boyfriend gets left for dead and Heidi Klum and Seals marital breakdown is important"
"Since when were you pro Huey" Jazmine replied dryly.
"I'm not but you know, hes hurt I think he wants to see you. I think he needs youuuu" Sasha poked her side with a playful smile.
"That's not funny" she warned
"Seriously girl, what's wrong"
"Nothing, I'm sure he needs his rest and he's got a bunch of people over."
"Bullshit" Sasha stated simply. She then propped one of her pillows up and rested her head on it and looked at the ceiling.
"It's not your fault you know" Sasha started, Jazmine continued to look at the TV and ignore her friend.
"Huey's just a hothead, you know this. He doesn't blame you"
"He thinks I'm weak"
"He probably doesn't"
"This is Huey"
"True, Jazmine you're making this worse. You got that boy over there probably thinking you don't give a damn about him"
"I doubt that"
"You're underestimating him" she threw back
"You're speaking of him highly" Jazmine replied as they yoyoed replies at each other
"I'm being observant" Sasha told her,
"So, yeah you're underestimating his feelings" Sasha continued, she waited for her to respond to which she was silent. Jazmine didn't want to talk about this right now.
"All I know is, that if a boy is willing to catch a body for you. Then he's gotta love the hell out of you cos that's some crazy risk and even worse consequence"
"He was helping all of us" Jazmine added in,
"Huey only cares about you, and he only cares about you being at his house now" Sasha continued.
"Forget Rome, he got what was coming. It might be insensitive but it's real. Huey did the right thing; you can't take on other peoples situations because you feel guilty. He had it coming, Huey gave it to him. Granted it looks like someone gave it back to Huey but whatever."
"I know I just feel bad"
"So feel bad about it, don't take it out on Huey"
"Seriously, you're really going hard for Huey right now"
"Bitch whatever, yall just remind me of my parents" Sasha revealed. Now this intrigued Jazmine. She'd known Sasha a long time now and she never spoke about her parents. All she knew was that her mom was dead and her dad was in prison. She knew her family pretty well and was cool with her sisters and grandmother but the topic never came up, nothing was mentioned.
"Is that a good thing or a bad thing"
"Not sure" Sasha replied
"And why's that"
"Well my mom, decided not to go and see my dad when he needed her the most and he ended up getting into a bad situation" Jazmine heard some bitterness in her tone.
"It's not that serious" Jazmine reassured her
"Is that why you can't stand Huey, cos he reminds you of your dad"
"A little, they are very driven. A little too much actually, he was in the army. But you know they're overprotective, jealous, controlling, crazy. but my dad used to beat my mom so there's not comparisons there"
"Oh"
"Yeah but my mom was victim to unconditional love, so she stayed with him."
"And"
"And, he ended up beating her to death"
"WHAT" Jazmine exclaimed
"Sash, how is this supposed to help" Jazmine didn't even know how to act, Sasha dropped all this information so casually that she hated to say it but she wasn't even sure if she was telling the truth. You don't just say you're mom got beat to death in idle girl chat. And she had to be out of her mind to be drawing comparisons too.
"It's not, I'm just saying if you're going to be mad at him, at least be mad at him for something that's real to you, not that Rome business"
"Then when you finished being mad just kiss and make up. I mean you're wrong for not being with him right now. I swear when that niggas mad at you he just be in your space all the same. I think you should follow suit, all this avoiding shit doesn't help. Plus It aint like we don't know yall doing this forever thing" Jazmine glanced at her friend.
"I don't want him hurting people" she said meekly
"He's hardly a hitman" Sasha unconvinced tone was loud and clear. She was starting to feel like she was being melodramatic.
"He said something similar" she admitted quietly.
"Get a grip, this was a long drawn out nigga moment" Sasha told her, now when she thought about it like that, it made a lot more sense.
"So I'm being a coward" Jazmine questioned.
"Yeah" Sasha replied bluntly. Why weren't Huey and her friends, they were kind of similar.
"And you think me and Huey are going to be together forever" Jazmine asked again, her heart did a little dance inside when her friend first said this.
"Well I sure as hell hope so, otherwise there's no hope for any of us".
"So you don't hate Huey"
"…"
"Why did you tell me about your parents"
"Cos, unconditional love is crazy. And Huey's crazy but unconditional love is special and should be treated as such" she told her
"I don't get it" Jazmine had no idea how Sasha's parents awful relationship compared with her and Huey. She had no idea how this made any sense to Sasha so she figured Sasha was blowing off steam and sharing something intimate with her for girls talk sake. She couldn't see how it made any sense, she wasn't in an abusive relationship, Huey was a few things that she listed but it still didn't sit with her.
"No offence but whatever this was flew over my head"
"Lighties" Sasha muttered,
"Leave the wisdom to Huey" Jazmine managed to joke, Sasha laughed
"Shut up lightie. I know I made sense"
"You really didn't" Sasha's phone started going off in the middle of their moment.
"Oh we're leaving now, wanna walk me over" Jazmine clammed up again, she did get that Sasha was actually pushing her towards Huey which was unlikely and quite nice of her but she wasn't ready.
"Nah, I'm pretty tired" she lamely said back.
"Jazmine were you even listening to me" Sasha brows formed into a confused frown.
"Of course, you just told me about your parents, which might I add was the first time ever. I feel like we're like super dupa close now" Sasha rolled her eyes at Jazmine
"Fine, suit yourself. What would you like me to tell Freeman"
"Nothing, don't tell him anything" she instructed firmly.
"Well are you going to call him" she continued to pry, Jazmine sighed loudly. She wasn't annoyed with her friend she was annoyed at herself and the situation.
"I'm going to sleep then maybe I'll call him" Jazmine told her, Sasha studied her for a quick second.
"You scared he's gonna reject you" Sasha announced,
"NO" Jazmine voice crept higher in tone, that was not the problem she thought nervously.
"Yeah you are"
"No I'm not"
"You trying to save yourself the embarrassment if he turns you away" Sasha continued with her rubbish analysis. She could really be a pain sometimes, Jazmine tried turning the volume of her TV up so she wouldn't have to hear her.
"I wouldn't be so selfish" Jazmine shot back.
"Oh but you are being, that selfish" Sasha gave it right back to her. Is she for real right now.
"Sasha"
"Jazmine, he's your boyfriend I thought you loved him" her voice was unimpressed and Jazmine groaned.
"And I thought you hated him but over the last 15 minutes or so I'm starting to think differently. Are you carrying a torch for my boyfriend"
"At this rate I don't know how much longer he'll be that. You really think you can keep a dude like Huey on a string" Sasha asked her seriously, Jazmine didn't like this comment and was quiet once again.
"I'm not keeping him on a string, I will see him. It's just, look I was partying away while he was hurt that's like"
"OMG not this again. How were you to know, the same way you weren't to know Rome was a crazy ass nigga"
"I guess"
"Jazmine you're my best friend I love you dearly, but girl. Get a goddamn GRIP you're acting like a self obsessed white girl" Sasha told her, Jazmine squinted
"I'll tell Huey you can't come out. That way he won't feel completely rejected by you and you can salvage your relationship tomorrow. Understood." She announced but didn't wait for a reply because she said Bye and walked out of her room. Jazmine crossed her arms over her chest.
Well that was rude, why did she have such harsh friends. They couldn't let her wallow in self pity for a while. No, they always had to 'Keep it real' 'Keep it 100'. Damn them but at the same time she loved them and she understood a bit of Sasha's ramble. Huey did do the right thing and she knew he would do the same thing again; it was just how he was. She couldn't be mad at him for that, well she could but I guess she had to get over it eventually. She wasn't looking for anyone else but him. Jazmine shook her head a with a small smile, Sasha actually did something positive for her relationship.
The world was truly coming to an end, if Sasha was in Hueys corner.
Huey didn't sleep much that night; he was plagued with glimpses of his attack. Then riddled with his feelings for Jazmine which were mixed in with his painkillers, it was safe to say the young revolutionary had, had enough. He sat up in his bed and stared into the darkness, he wanted to call her but realised he had lost his cellphone. He closed his eyes and decided to meditate, whilst doing so, he wrote an open letter to his love.
1ST things first, you're crazy. I'ma hold that against you for a little while you'll get used to , I'm sorry. I'm sorry I scared you and I'm not saying it again. I'm also not apologizing for kicking that piece of shit to a curb. He was messing with you, and our friends. I'm not one tolerate such actions when the people I care about are involved. Hate me for that if you want but it is what it is. I will say though, I don't think your weak, I was mad I was trying to get one over you. You're sensitive as fuck, don't get mad we both know its true. Ok, lastly this is a little weird for me to say and I'm actually glad I'm just thinking this and not actually writing this because I don't think I'm ever going to tell you this. You're just going to have to figure that shit out for yourself. Is that I..I.
Huey opened his eyes for a moment, contemplating his next words in his metaphysical letter.
I need you, yeah that's right I need you. I feel like shit right now and while the doctors say I need to take these tablets and do these exercises, I feel like shit all the same. Because you're not here because you're over there cleaning, by the way I know that's a lie too. And I'm a little I don't know, I won't say scared, I'm not scared of anything so I'll say disturbed I'm disturbed by the fact that you're over there actually not thinking about me, I'm disturbed that you're over there thinking that I don't need you and that I can just be here with no worries. That's disturbing, cos that can only mean one of two things. You don't care or you don't know that I need you. If I go with the first, I'd be fooling myself and looking for the easy way out. So I'm going with the latter, and well that means you're either missing the signs or I'm not doing the right things. However, I sat through Titanic with you so I'm thinking you're just missing the signs. Anyway, I'm going to see you tomorrow whether you like it or not because I'm your man and well I got rights like that.
Huey felt a lot better and he even smirked in the darkness. Tomorrow he was going to end all this awkwardness between them and he didn't care if she wanted to sulk about it then she could. But they weren't breaking up because of it. Huey adjusted his arm, trying to avoid causing discomfort. He had no idea how people slept with casts on, it was annoying as hell. He closed his eyes again feeling more at peace with himself.
Huey's attack .
Huey was walking down the road; he had Jazmine playing heavy on his mind. He fingered his gift for her in his pocket. His mind drifted back to that sham court case he was in. Tom was actually lucky Jazmine was his daughter because the way Huey just wanted to kick his ass for the bullshit he's put them through was unreal. He walked down the same streets that the rioting took place, they were very peaceful and empty. He saw some houses that were boarded up because they set alight and some damage to the area. It was nothing compared to how much they would tax the poorest people, when it came to the damages. He wanted to feel bad about the situation but really couldn't, Woodcrest need some shaking up and well it was a big issue for them. Racism was still alive and kicking in America and these white people thought because they put a black man in charge that shit would change. Nope it was still here, loud and clear.
He got his mind off that and tried to think of a good way to apologize to Jazmine. He wasn't fond of apologies; they were annoying reminders that he got things wrong and messed up. Annoying reminders he was in fact not exempt for human errors. It wasn't like he thought he was perfect or didn't have any flaws but he was a pretty well rounded dude. Compared to some anyway, and definitely if his little brother was anything to go by. While the revolutionary was reflecting on his life a little bit, he stopped at the crossing, waiting for the cars to pass. Huey noticed the car that had pulled up and looked at the latino dude sitting in the drivers seat just staring at him. Huey scowled back at the guy. The lights changed green and the guy continued to stare. One thing about Woodcrest was that it was so quiet at times like these when you need a bit of ambience. Huey shook his head and proceeded to cross anyway. He didn't see the guy motion to, two other dudes to follow him. He looked back to see the car had turned the corner and was driving down the same road as him. Huey balled up his fist and looked behind him and saw two guys following him. He closed his eyes briefly then stopped abruptly and turned around.
"Can I help you" he asked them tightly. They smirked and looked at each other
"Yeah nigga, you better lay down" The first black guy said
"Sorry I'm straight" Huey replied, the men frowned
"Get this little nigga" one of the instructed. The dude lunged forward and Huey dodged and gave him a mean right hook to the jaw. The second idiot started to come at him as well, again he was dodging and jabbing at the men till they looked a mess on the damn street. He got kicked in his leg and fell down momentarily but it was enough for one of the guys to jump on top of him. They were wrestling and he noticed a shank in the others hand as he approached them.
Were these niggas for real, as the other dude came.
"Yo, you upset a friend of ours, he wanted to express himself" the guy started to say. He was still struggling with the first dude who had a death grip on him. He kick upwards but it didn't work, he managed to throw the first guy off of him but just as he was going to flip up.
"Argh" he yelled as the other stomped on his arm. Fuck that hurt, his arm was burning up with pain and he didn't notice the shank finding its way to his body at first, then rolled. Missing it narrowly. The black guy tried to grab him and as he used his arms to support him he failed as his right arm was truly fucked up.
"Fuck" he muttered as he faced the pavement.
"Come here little nigga" Huey kicked the dude in the nuts and used his back to spring back onto his feet.
"Message from Tom nigga" Huey didn't get to hear anything else as a little white light went off in his head.
The first guy wiped his bloody nose and spat blood onto the street. He looked at his amigo who had delivered the final blow to that little kung fu nigga.
"Aiight, where the gun at" he asked him anxiously.
"Nah, he lives today. Dan said he wanted the nigga to know it was this nigga Tom that ordered this shit."
"What the fuck for"he asked in frustration.
"I don't know"
"Ay, yall finished" the latino man asked from the car he parked on the side of the street. While he watched the action go down.
"Get this nigga in the car" The black guy instructed his partner.
"Nigga what, that nigga fucked up my nose" he complained, he carelessly stood by the kid and looked around kickly and delivered a swift kick to his side. Then he picked him up a little more satisfied. He heard something drop on the ground, he looked at the little box. Bending down slightly and picking it up, flicking it open. It was a tennis bracelet, he grinned. He could get a good couple hundred for that.
"Nice" he whispered to himself as he pocketed the gift. He then looked at the vacant face of the teen on his shoulder and slapped his face
"Thanks nigga, you shouldn't have" he said laughing to himself as the other guys hollered from the car for him to hurry up.
"Ay, we drop him off out of town and let this shit play out. That's the instruction" the driver told them firmly.
"That's some bullshit" the black guy had said as the teens head drooped onto his side of the car he pushed him off.
They sped off, Huey unconscious in the back of the car. The revolutionary did wake once but was knocked out quickly again.
By the way, Huey's attack is just for the readers, it's not Huey actually remembering what went down. I'm not sure if he will, maybe just glimpses.
What'd you think of his little letter, ha he got plans for that ass. Jazmine stop being a punk right ?
R&R lovelies.