Let me help you- Janthony

Part 15- she's tired

Jasmines POV
Anthony got out of bed, I was standing in the kitchen already since I hadn't slept. "What are you doing up already?" He yawned, walking towards me.

"I uh, just woke up early today" I forced a smile.

I looked in the fridge for something to eat, Anthony hugged me from behind, I moved out of him arms. He looked at me slightly concerned but ignored it.

"What time do we need to be at the theatre again today?" He asked

"Three" I told him

"That's right, wanna go for lunch before then?"

"Umm no, I think Pippa and Renee wanted to hang out before the show" I lied, I hated this.

"Ok alright" he said, not suspecting anything.

He kissed my cheek, I backed away after, "hey" he said

"What?" I asked

"Nothing, I just love you" he smiled that dang smile. Why does this have to happen, why does his smile have to be so pretty and why does his smile need to speak those words.

"Mhm, love you" I said awkwardly. This sucks, I want to say those words genuinely and not this way but I need to distance myself from him just to make what I need to do easier. For him.

Anthony's POV
"Mhm, love you" she said. She's been acting weird this morning but I brushed it off. Maybe she's just tired but she did wake up early so I don't know. I let her have her space, she wasn't in the best mood.

During the show today, while we do helpless, me and Jas usually try get each other to break character. We're in the back so it doesn't really matter so that's what we did. Today she didn't join in, she's smiled at me sometimes but that was it.

We went to sleep that night, she didn't cuddle up next to me like she does.

"I don't know if I did something wrong, you seem like you're mad at me but-"

"I'm not mad at you, I'm sorry I made you feel that way. I'm just... tired" she interrupted me

"Then let's go to bed" I smile at her. She returns a weak smile.

I wake up In the night to get some water, 2:53am the clock reads. I glance beside me at Jasmine, she's wide awake staring at the ceiling.

"Hey jas you alright?" I mumble quietly

"Yeah I just couldn't sleep" she reply's. I get up and get some water. I come back and she's still lying there the exact same.

I crawl in bed, "come here" I whisper, opening my arms for her. She rolls over into my arms, I pull her close to me. Her forehead is resting on my chest, I run my fingers through her hair. She likes it when I play with her hair.

I stay awake until I know she's asleep, it takes some time but eventually she does, at least I think she fell asleep. She's been stressed out about something lately, I don't know what. I brush it off and fall asleep happily laying next to Jazzy.

I wake up the next day and Jas is just sitting there, I guess maybe she woke up before me or did she even sleep?

During rehearsal, she looks like she's about to fall asleep standing up. I walk up to her.

"You alright?" I ask, her tired eyes perk up.

"I'm fine" I can tell by the way she's talking that she's tired.

"You didn't sleep last night did you" i ask her concerned

She shakes her head slowly. I pull her into a hug, her head resting on my shoulder.

"When was the last time you slept"

"...two days ago"

"Jas you need to sleep, we can go home. Everyone will understand"

She started crying and walked away from me, "jas what's wrong, you've been avoiding me and not sleeping" I follow her.

"Nothings wrong, everything's fine. I need you to leave me alone" she almost yells, wiping her tears away

"O-ok" I walk away. I talked to Lin and told him that Jazzy hasn't been sleeping. I text her, telling her she's not performing today, she needs to sleep. She responds thank you. Then I asked her if she wanted to talk, she didn't answer, I took that as a no.

I get home and she's sleeping. I smile and lay next to her. Immediately, she rolled over in her sleep and cuddled up next to me. I kiss her forehead, if only I knew what she's stressed out about.