Ben's POV
Indiana. It was colder but not too cold. I should have brought a jacket but oh well. I changed into my human form. I walked around a bit and said hello to a couple of nice people. I was walking on a sidewalk in a neighborhood when I came across something. It was reflecting light from the sun. I picked it up examining it. It was in the shape of a... cat. The word 'Kudos' was on the collar of the cat. I chuckled and flipped it over. A couple of words were printed on the back. 'Yazi, Hope's best friend.' Hm. Who was Hope? Who was this Yazi? I stuck the object in my pocket and walked around thinking about the name, Yazi. It sounded unique.
Yasmîn's POV
Where was it? If I lose it then Hope would fucking kill me. Besides that cat charm meant a lot to me. I had to find it. I retraced my steps from my house to the neighborhood park. I was so close to tears. I sat down on the concrete and started crying. This cat charm was something that Hope, my best friend, had gotten me. As I sat there crying, I felt a shadow fall over me.
"Why are you crying?" a concerned and gentle voice spoke. I fell silent and wiped away my tears with my sleeve along with running mascara.
"Oh um. I'm not crying. I um have an eye condition." I lied. That was a weird lie.
"Are you sure?"
"No," I looked up at the person talking to me. "Who are you anyways?"
"Oh um, I'm BEN. BEN Drowned."
Okay. Ben was a normal name but who in the hell has a last name like Drowned?
"Uh I'm Yasmîn." I replied.
"So why are you not okay?" he asked offering his hand to pull me up.
"Oh um. I lost something really important to me. Something my best friend got me." i answered.
Why was I telling him all of this personal stuff? I just met him. But he did seem like a nice guy. At least he listened to me and understood. And he was kind of cute. Okay he was extremely cute. I had a crush on Ben Drowned. I wanted to see this guy a lot. We ended up going to the park. We sat on the swings and talked awhile before it started getting dark.
"Um. Hey I have to go but, um want to hang out again tomorrow?" I asked him desperately.
"Sure. Can I have your phone number?" he asked.
"Okay." I gave him my number and started walking away.
BENs POV
She started walking away when I remembered.
"Wait!" I called after her.
"Yeah?" she asked.
"Here." I gave her the cat charm. Her face lit up.
"Oh my god. I could fucking kiss you right now!" she squealed.
"Oh um." I blushed. She blushed.
"Um. Hey you want to meet up in those woods over there tomorrow?" she asked pointing to a huge wood like place. They were the woods I had come from when I first got here.
"Sure." I replied smiling.
"Great." she smiled looking down embarrassed. Damn she was cute.
"Later Yasmîn!" I called after her.
"Bye!" she called out.
BENs POV
I went back and told all the guys (Jeff was nowhere to be found) about Yasmin.
"So what's her name?" EJ asked.
"Yasmîn." I told them.
"What did you guys do? How did you meet?!" Toby Ticked.
"Calm down, Toby."
"Wow. She likes you, BEN! Tell us about her! What kind of name is Yasmin?" EJ asked.
"Um well her dad is Mexican, so she's half Mexican. That's why her name different than what it is spelled like. I like her name. Yasmîn." I replied.
"What do you mean?" Toby asked confused.
"So. Her name is spelled Y-A-S-M-I-N, but in the Spanish language, they pronounce the 'I' with an 'ee' sound." I explained to them.
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. So what does she look like?" asked Jeff coming through the doorway of the dining room.
"Uh. Well she has brown-reddish hair. It's um like a wavy curly type of hair, medium. Oh and she has greenish-grey eyes. And, she's shorter than me. "I explained glaring at Jeff and putting the emphasis on 'shorter'.
"Where have you been, Jeff?" I asked him.
"Um I got drunk again last night." he replied ashamed.
"Oh my Zalgo. Again?! You're not going to become an alcoholic are you?" asked EJ laughing.
"No! You son of a bitch! Fuck you!" Jeff hissed.
"Sure you're not." EJ commented.
"I'm not going to! I'm not going to be that way!-" Jeff started to yell.
Great. Here we go. Another fight.
Yazi's POV
"No, I started to walk away and he said 'wait.' and I was like 'yeah?' and he fucking found the charm, Sophie! Then I was like 'I could fucking kiss you right now.' and then he blushed and in my mind I was like 'oh shit. That was stupid!' Then I blushed, dammit! But he blushed before me." I explained to Sophie, holding my phone between my shoulder and ear while arranging things on my dresser.
Sophie was one of my other friends. We had a group of four in which we exchanged our secrets and we did and said weird things together. Sophie is a sweet girl when you first meet her then she gets mean as you get closer to her. Like me. She wasn't mean like that. She was the casual girly girl- dresses, skirts, cute sweaters. She could be popular, honestly. But she chose to hang with us. She had really curly black hair. She had pale skin and braces. She was the smartest out of all of us. All honors classes. Never got a B in her life. She didn't brag about it. They all usually said I was the smartest of the group. Why? I have no idea.
"Well that's interesting." she sounded bored. I would have told this story to Hope but then she would have killed me for (almost) losing the special charm.
"Okay well since you're bored out of your mind. I guess I'll hang up." I sighed.
"Okay. See you tomorrow! Bye." she hung up.
I sighed disappointed that Sophie wasn't excited. My brother walked in.
"Hey little sis. What's up?" he ruffled my hair. I smacked his hand and fixed my hair.
"Don't do that." I told him.
"Fine. Geez. So, you ready to go see that movie tomorrow with me? A little sibling time?" he punched my arm weakly.
"Um well. I kind of have plans with a friend tomorrow." I explained feeling bad. My brother technically raised me. Our parents were almost never there. They were always on a business trip or a vacation most of the time. So you could guess we were pretty close. He had to drive an hour and a half everyday to college and back here just to keep me in Check, and everyday he wants to go somewhere with me to make up for the time he is gone and get me out of the house. I felt bad for him though. He really shouldn't have to go through all of the trouble.
"Okay." he walked out sounding sadder than ever.
"How about Saturday afternoon?" I asked him.
"Yeah. Okay. I'll just cancel that appointment with the doctor.
"Oh maybe you shouldn't cancel that." I replied.
"Saturday night?" he questioned.
"Works for me!" I smiled at him and walked over to him. I couldn't resist hugging him. He hugged me back.
"Night, Yasmîn." he walked out turning out the light.
"Night!" I exclaimed. I was going to see Ben after school tomorrow, and I was excited for some reason.
