// PART II INCOMPLETE.
Jezalyn Gomez had barely spoken a word to Ben Gross, despite living next door to him for 2 years. Ben despised her. Or, so he thought.
Things become clear after Ben rescues Jezalyn from a party thrown by her brother, Carlos...
"I'm all for you taking control of your body, always. But... your brother is going to kill me. And then you. Are you ready for that?" Ben questioned as he handed her an icepack for her stomach. He had brought Jez back to Devi's to get her car and invited her over for the night.
She was hesitant, because she wanted to spend more time with her possibly new friends, but she decided to go with Ben because she felt safe with him. The world is scary, okay?
"Carlos wouldn't kill me, take that back!" She let out a laugh and winced slightly at the pain.
"Oh, but I can die and there's no problem?" Ben joked with a semi-serious face.
"Some girlfriend I'd be to let you die," she blushed and laid back in the boy's bed. "God, I love your mattress. I literally feel like I'm floating on a cloud."
He glanced at her, admiring her soft smile and the way her cheeks glowed when she was at peace. "It's getting late, we should probably-"
He was interrupted by her soft lips suddenly reaching his own, pressing gently against them before pulling back.
"What was that for?" He asked.
"You just had something on your lips! I needed to make sure I got it off," she smiled playfully.
"You're literally the worst liar. I think you just wanted to kiss me. I like seeing you confident that way J. It's really hot." He admitted, rubbing his neck nervously.
The girls face somehow got even more red at that point. She could feel her body tense a bit and once more winced at the pain.
"Shit, this piercing is a mood killer," she half joked, causing Ben to shift his position slightly to give her space.
"I told you J, whenever whatever happens, it's okay." He reassured her and she nodded back, her eyes suddenly feeling heavy.
"Tengo sueño," she whispered, laying on her back and tossing the ice pack to the side.
"Goodnight J, if you need anything just push me off the bed to wake me up." He smiled and kissed her forehead softly.
"Just like old times, huh? Goodnight Ben," She felt giddy whenever he kissed her forehead. She felt grounded and loved, every single time.
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The next morning, Jezalyn quickly ran back to her house to get ready for school. She left Ben a note and also made sure to shoot him a text, but since he was drooling on his pillow, she was pretty sure he didn't want to be disturbed. What she didn't plan for was Paxton, Trent, and Carlos to be at the house. At 5:30am, passed out in the living room.
The TV was still on, playing early 2000's cartoons. It was almost cute the way Trent and Carlos had both fallen asleep next to each other. If you squinted, they were almost holding hands honestly.
Jezalyn did her best to close the door quietly before walking up the stairs to her room, but when she dropped her keys, one head popped up.
Fuck.
Thankfully, it was just Paxton.
Not so thankfully, Jezalyn was wearing a crop top that showed her new piercing, and she had covered it a moment too late.
Paxton stood up and tip toed towards her, trying to hide the smile on his face. "I'm gonna take a guess and say that Carlos doesn't know about this."
"I will kill you if you say a word," she whispered.
"Hey, I think it looks cool. But I'm not your very overprotective brother. And seeing as he just recently decided he didn't make your life choices for you, not sure how he'll feel about this one." He whispered back.
"If you wanna talk can you at least just come upstairs? I'm trying to avoid this whole conversation with him, especially at 5:37 on a Friday!"
Paxton stifled a laugh and then nodded, following her up the stairs. Jezalyn slowly closed her door as they entered as her head collapsed into her hands.
"Please don't tell Carlos. We're just getting back into a semi-functional rhythm!"
"Jez, I won't tell anyone anything, okay?"
Oh thank god. Paxton is such a good friend, I don't know why I was worried-
"...as long as you do me a favor, please?"
Aw shit, there it is.
"Please tell me it has nothing to do with a girl you want to hook up with or did." Jezalyn begged.
"No! Well, it's more complicated I guess. But you know the new girl, Aneesa right?"
Jezalyn nodded slowly, already hating where this was going.
"She's super cool right? She's funny, sweet, chill. Super hot."
Jezalyn continued nodding, feeling her stomach churn.
"Well, I think your brother might be into her."
And then her jaw dropped.
"Are you asking me to set my brother up with Aneesa?"
"Well yeah. Maybe if Carlos has a girlfriend or a boyfriend around he wouldn't be bothering you so much." Paxton shrugged.
He was right, and Jezalyn knew that. But sometimes, making deals with Paxton felt like dealing to a more handsome version of the devil. There was always going to be a ball dropping at some point.
"Fine! We have to do that dumb triathlon thing next week. I'll try to see if I can get them to spend any time together that way. Easy." She replied after carefully thinking her next moves.
"Sweet! You're the best Jezzy." Paxton replied sweetly.
The girl rolled her eyes when she heard him use the nickname Carlos had for her as a kid. "Yeah, yeah, get out of here. I need to stay Aneesa's friend and I'm assuming she won't want to be friends with a girl who smells like the inside of a tattoo parlor."
"Thanks again Jez, I think your brother and Aneesa have a lot in common. It'll be sick, I promise."
She nodded and gulped as she waved Paxton away.
"When I said I wanted to make more friends, this was NOT what I meant." Jezalyn muttered to herself before turning on her shower water and sighing.
This was gonna be fun (she said, oozing with sarcasm).
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hey y'all! Thanks for being so patient with my updates, I hope you're enjoying this au!! I love angst and there /will/ be drama coming up! Im just trying to make sure I can mix up the plot without losing any character development. Also, smut will be coming eventually. It'll be an optional chapter so that everyone who isn't interested in smut can skip it. Thanks for the favorites and comments, love u all!!!
PS: I made Jezalyn her own collage!!! I love this girl sm, she's my favorite mess besides devi <3
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