By Your Side - New Beginnings

Chapter 14- New boo ?

Jhené P.O.V.
I was out at the grocery store getting stuff for dinner tonight. I thought I would do something nice for my mom since she sacrificed so much to move here and started working extra shifts at night. My mom is very important in my life and I love her to death. She is always there for me no matter what. When I went to down an isle, I ran into this guy. "Ooh I'm so sorry. My bad." I said going over to him. "It's okay, you're fine." He said straightening his shirt out. "Well, I'm still really sorry." I said feeling bad. "No worries." He said smiling. "So what's your name?" He added. "Jhené." I said. "Jhené. I like that. I'm Omarion." "Thanks. It was nice meeting you Omarion. You know, besides running into you with my basket." I laughed. "Nice meeting you too. Hope to see you around." He said walking off smiling. I smiled a little. I continued shopping and checked out. When I got home I called my mom to see when she'd be home. I started to set up the table and put on her favorite Artist. Eric Benet. I made some Chicken Alfredo and rolls for us to eat. When dinner was almost ready my mom had pulled up. I went to the door and opened in. "Hi hun. How was your day?" My mom asked. "Good. Yours?" I asked. "Good. What do you want for dinner?" My mom asked. "Actually, I made dinner." "Why would you do that?" My asked confused. "Because I love you. You do so much for me and I want to return to favor." I said sitting her in a chair and checking on the food. "Aww Jhené. You didn't have to do that for me." "I wanted to." I said handing my mom her plate. "Is that Eric Benet playing?" My mom asked. "Sure is." I said. "I love you Jhené. Your the best." "I love you too ma." Every one of those words made me think of August. Of course I felt bad but I couldn't take the lies and secrets. "So, how's everything going with you and August?" My mom asked. I was silent for a moment. "Mom, I've been meaning to tell you. I broke up with August." I said looking down at my food. "Oh baby. Why?!" She asked. My mom really liked August so it was shocking for her to hear that. "I got pictures from some unknown number of August cheating." I said and my throat got scratchy. "August? August cheated?" My mom asked not wanting to believe it. "Yea. I don't understand. I would never hurt him. I guess I wasn't good enough or didn't complete his needs or something." I said beginning to cry a little. "Hell nah! Nobody hurts my baby and gets away with it!" My mom said getting up. "Mom what are you doing ?" I ask shouting a little. "I'm about to go beat August's ass foreal!" My mom said grabbing her purse. "Mom no! Just come back to the table. I don't want anything to do with August right now. I just want you sitting here with me. You don't need to go kill him, I can handle it." I said to my mom. "Uh. I'm sorry. I just don't want a nigga like him to hurt you and think he can pass by without getting hurt himself. But the best thing I can do right now is be here for you and finish this pasta you made for me." My mom said sitting back down. I laughed a little and said "Thanks mom." and began to eat my food again. "Don't eat anymore. I'm taking this to work tomorrow." my mom said. I laughed cause my mom is a hog. But I love her. The next day I woke up a little later because it was Saturday. I decided to go for a run in the park. I saw a familiar face but I couldn't quite figure out who it was. Suddenly I heard my name. "Jhené!" the guy called. I turned around to see that it was the familiar face. Then I got it. Omarion. "Hey, remember me?" Omarion asked. "Yeah. How could I forget the person I hit with a basket?" I said laughing. "Ha. Nice seeing you here." "How so?" I asked. "I honestly didn't expect to see you again so soon, but I knew we'd run into each other again." Omarion said. Not knowing how to respond, I remained silent smiling a little. "You know, you are very beautiful Jhené." Omarion said breaking the silence. "Thank you." I said looking down. "We should hang sometime. You put your number in my phone and I'll put mine in yours." He said taking my phone and giving me his. "Okay, I'll call you." I said. When he ran off, I bit my lip and continued running. Not paying attention, I ran into August. "Jhené baby, hey." August said. "I'm not your baby August." I said looking everywhere besides his face. "Jhené, I'm sorry. You got to understand -" I cut him off. "You know what, you should go look for yo hoes right now. You seem to enjoy fucking them on your free time rather than calling me everyday like you said you would." I said running off.

August P.O.V.
I had expected Jhené to be a little upset about me not calling her everyday while I was up in Atlanta, but it was an honest mistake. She won't even look me in the eyes anymore. Damn I was screwed up.

Alexus P.O.V.
I knew that Lanni had been the one to send the pictures. She told me while she was in Atlanta. When she showed me the pictures I was going crazy. I knew how in love August and Jhené are and I thought something was wrong. Lanni told me what she was doing and I was against it. I just didn't do anything to stop it. Even though we faking it with Jhené, I want to be there for her because it's partly my fault. I wanted to tell her so bad, but I'd probably lose trust from both Lanni and Jhené. Shay would just lose trust because Lanni did. She's so dependent but she knows what she really wants to do.