interview • jalen hurts

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october 28th, 2022

"are you here with anyone?" olivia asked carefully.

"no, lone solider." jalen said. "i don't really go out much anyways, or drink really."

"you have a drink." olivia said pointing to the cup in his hands.

"it's water." jalen replied. "and i drove here, can't really drink and drive."

"oh." olivia said swallowing the lump that was in her throat.

"what is something you hate?" jalen asked out of the blue.

"being called baby, or babe, or baby girl. or calling anyone else those names." olivia said.

"can i have your number?" jalen asks very quickly. olivia almost didn't heart what he said over the music.

olivia's eyebrows raise the slightest but just for a second in shock. "uh, yeah sure." olivia said putting her number into the quarterbacks phone.

maybe jalen was actually interested in her? "you know, you're jason's brother, just in case there is ever an emergency or something." jalen said.

olivia's smile alters just for a second before it is quickly replaced with a smile. the only difference between the one before and after that sentence was that the first one was real.

it was only 9:30, but olivia was already ready to leave. she excused herself from the booth and went to say bye to gabby.

before she could walk over, she noticed her in a conversation with devonta. what kind of friend would she be if she interrupted that?

"i'm gonna go. i'm tired." olivia said to her brother jason. "i'll just call an uber."

"i'm not letting you take an uber." jason said, he can sometimes be, well, over protective. "what if they murder you or something?"

"i can take her home." miles suggested. "it's not a big deal, and i only had one drink that i didn't even finish."

"i'll do it." jason said. "i'll take you home, and i'll come back to get gabby when she's ready." he said.

"jason, i don't need you to take me home. miles just said he would do it. just leave me alone." liv snapped all of a sudden.

"okay, jeez." jason said. "he can take you home, just text me when you get there."

miles and olivia left the bar. "are you ok?" miles asked getting in the drivers seat while liv was buckling her seatbelt in the passenger seat. "you snapped at him in there." he said.

"yeah, i'm fine. sorry." olivia said. she already felt embarrassed enough that she thought jalen was interested.

"okay, let me know if i'm overstepping, but you're a kelce. i feel like i'm kind of obligated to make sure you're ok." miles said. "and it doesn't seem like you're ok."

"well i'm not going to confide in someone i just met." olivia said, it came off a little ruder than intended.

"i'm a trustworthy person." miles said, he didn't take any offense to it.

"there's this guy, who asked for my number. that made me think that he's interested in me but then he said that since he knows by brother, he should have mine for emergency purposes." liv said. "what does he mean by emergency purposes?" she said.

"do you like said guy?" miles asked, not taking his eyes off of the road.

olivia thought about it. "i guess so, yeah." she said.

"okay, so who is it?" miles asked, olivia shook her head no. "come on, you can tell me. whoever it is, it will stay right in this car. sanders kelce confidentiality." he said.

"it's embarrassing though." olivia said putting her head in her hands. "i know he doesn't like me back. and he's way out of my league."

"just tell me who it is!" miles groaned.

"jalen." olivia mumbled, she looked at miles to see his reaction.

"hurts? waddle? mills? ramsey? mayfield? reagor?" miles asked. "the list goes on. i know too many jalen's."

"hurts." olivia mumbled, quieter than the first time. miles furrowed his eyebrows because he couldn't hear her. "jalen hurts. i have a crush on jalen hurts." olivia spoke at a normal talking level.

miles eyes widened. "you're gonna tell me he's out of my league." olivia said.

"if anything you're out of his league, liv." miles said with a light chuckle.

"no way." olivia said. "but anyways, this stays in this car, right?"

"what stays in the car?" miles asked faking confusion. "but also, don't count him out. he's kind of stupid with his words. and if he likes you, he won't act like he does." he said.

"that's stupid." olivia said thinning her lips.

"jalen can be stupid, but he won't know if you like him unless you scream it in his face." miles said pulling up to jason's house.

"thanks for the talk, and driving me here." olivia said sending him a smile.

"you're welcome, glad to do it." miles said returning a smile. "i also didn't want you to get murdered."

"such a kind thought." olivia said before getting out of the car and walking towards her own.

once she got in and locked the doors, she started the drive back to her house.

she noticed this gray honda following her, which they had for the past 10 minutes, but after taking some left turns when she should've went right and looping some blocks a couple of times, she lost them.

she wasn't going to bring this up to her brothers, considering it probably wasn't anything serious. but once she got home, she double checked she locker her doors.

once she was homes safe she texted jason like she said she would.

jason

home safe, sorry for snapping at
you earlier

it's all good, i love you liv

i love you too jason :)

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