Separated At Birth

Chapter 16

Jasmine's pov:

The buzzing sound coming from the stand on the right side of my bed where the alarm is located, woke me up. I was a bit tired because I have been moving up and down for the past few weeks helping Eli buy the things he needs for college. He will be going this coming weekend. I will miss him, we have become close compared to the first time we met, though I wouldn't say that we are boyfriend and girlfriend but I still have my fingers crossed. When I was done showering, I went back to the bedroom, I opened the door to the small closet, there was only a few clothes for me to wear because most of them are packed ready for when I will be moving back with my parents, they told me that they had found a house and that they will be coming to get me this weekend. I slipped in my uniform. I don't like the skirt but I'm forced to wear it because it's part of my uniform. I am a kind of girl who doesn't like dresses or skirts. They make me feel uncomfortable but I'm more of a skinny jeans type of person and shorts when I want to. I had my breakfast and Cedric dropped me off at school. 

I was now in my last class before our launch break and I received a short video from Eli. He was trying to dance but he was failing miserably and I couldn't hold back my laughter. Unfortunately the teacher heard me and he started coming towards me, before I could remove the video, he snatched the phone from me. 

"Let's see what got Miss Edwards to laugh so hard in the middle of my lesson" he started watching it with curiosity and then his facial expression changed, he looked shocked "Oh so our friend here is watching a stripper… Is my class so boring that you had to download a video of a young male amateur stripper to entertain yourself, isn't that right Miss Edward's?" 

I could hear the whole class giggling. This was so embarrassing, I doubt if I'm ever going to recover from this. And I think the teacher exaggerated a bit cos in the video Eli was just dancing and he wasn't even removing his clothes. 

"N-no. Mr Brown you have it all wrong, he's not a stripper, is my friend, we made a challenge to send each other videos of us dancing," I told him. He looked at me with a puzzled face and he handed me the phone to take a good look at the video. 

"Are those the kind of videos you're sending each other?" he asked me, fording his hands. 

When I took a good look at the video, I saw Eli trying to tear his shirt apart but he was unsuccessful and I bursted out laughing. When I realized the last question Mr Brown asked me, I laughed even harder. Everyone in class joined me, probably laughing at my reaction to the situation. 

"Is this funny to you Miss Edwards?" he asked me. This time he was pissed. 

I was about to answer him but he told me to follow him to the principal's office. I started following him behind, we walked through the quiet hallway with me begging him all the way until we reached the principal's office. We entered the medium-sized office with a coffee table, on top of it there was a family photo and some other things and books around the office. We sat in the two empty chairs waiting for my dad to come when the principal called him. 

My dad came a few minutes late and he apologized. Mr Brown narrated everything to my dad and I could see his face change- yeah am doomed, please God help me please!!!- I was suspended for two weeks. We left the office and my dad told me that he doesn't want me to hang out with Elijah and I won't be using my phone and laptop for the next two weeks. We were standing in the school parking lot when Taylor approached us. 

"Hey uncle Nick. I see you already found out what Jasmine did?" she asked him with a grin on her face. Sometimes I tend to forget that she's my cousin. 

"Yes Taylor, your cousin here disappointed me, I wasn't expecting that from her," you could tell he was being sincere. 

"Taylor, I thought we made it clear that no one should see us together…" 

"Yeah your cousin is right if people finds out that we are related then-" 

My dad was cut short by TJ who was busy calling my name, we all turned and we saw her coming towards us together with Kim. Great, just what I needed. I don't like the plan my dad has against the Jones cos I have actually grown fond of them. They are good people but I don't want to disappoint my parents. 

"-She saw me a few weeks ago at the restaurant with Mrs Hathaway when she was handing me the money and since then she and the Hathaway kid have been following Mrs Hathaway which has made it hard for us to meet. So you two should get her off my back… Come up with an excuse and make it believable,"he ordered us but mostly me because you can not trust Taylor with that. And then he left. 

I asked Taylor to leave but she insisted on staying so I had to let her stay. Tj and Kim looked at us with suspicion and I was feeling a little bit anxious about the whole situation. I didn't even have a plan yet but I had to go with the flow and to do that I had to let her speak first in order for me to know what she thanks about dad. 

"Hey Jasmine, Taylor. We were actually waiting for you in the cafeteria but you didn't show up, so Kim and I decided to come and look for you. What wrong are you avoiding us? You know we haven't spent time together for the past few days and you were going to leave without telling us?"she bombarded me with questions 

"No Tj, I haven't been avoiding you guys, you know I wouldn't do that, it's just that I am busy right-" I was cut off by Taylor. 

I don't know what she's going to say but it better be something sensible. 

"Busy"  she laughed while playing with her hair. I started panicking because I didn't know what she was going to say next " that's the lamest excuse you decided to come up with?... Anyway are you going to tell them the truth or should I…why am I even asking. Your friend here.." she says holding my shoulder "..was caught watching the video of a male stripper and the teacher saw her and he reported her to the principle. He requested for her parents but they didn't show up because they abandoned her, so she asked the bodyguard of that your male friend, who is tall with blue eyes and brown hair-"we all cut her short. 

"Ivan?" we said in unison. We were baffled because we all know that Ivan doesn't have a bodyguard but I had to pay attention cos I'll be left to explain everything to them. 

"Yes, him. Ivan's bodyguard, the one you saw us standing with, agreed to pretend to be her uncle and they gave her a two weeks suspension. Two weeks, I was hoping that she would be suspended forever because I am tired of seeing your faces,"Taylor explained, mixing lies with the truth and it was believable, even I couldn't come up with such a plan. Indeed she really is an actress, she just saved me and my dad. 

"Then what were you doing standing with them?" Kim asked her. 

"So that I can get the whole story to spread around the school duhhh," she says proudly chewing her gum and walking off to the school building like a model, she turned and mouthed me 'you're welcome' when no one was looking and off she went. 

She really saved me. I told them about the video Eli sent me and how the teacher misunderstood everything. Tj told me about my dad meeting with Mrs Hathaway and her handing him money. I lied to her by telling her that that man-my dad - told us that Mrs Hathaway hired him because she had been receiving threats from an unknown person. I also asked them not to tell Ivan because his mother wanted it to be a secret and that no one should find out. They both agreed and we started talking about random things until they went back to class. Tj wanted me to go with her driver but I refused knowing that Taylor had already called her driver to come and pick me up. I waited for a few minutes and the driver came and he drove me back home. 

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