interview • jalen hurts

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november 29th, 2022

liv was unbelievably frustrated with jalen, she knew he wanted to tell the truth, but he wouldn't. she talked to miles this morning, and she wasn't really mad at him for setting her up, he was just trying to help.

she was talking to gabby at the moment, trying to figure out what to do. she wanted to let it go, but gabby wouldn't let her.

"what do you want me to do?" liv asked her best friend.

"make him jealous with another guy." gabby said with a sly smirk. gabby thought it was the best idea she has ever had.

"no way," liv said shaking her head at what she had told her. "who would i even do it with anyway?"

"miles, obviously." gabby said rolling her eyes as if it was plain and simple.

"no way he would agree to that." liv said.

"let's ask him then." gabby said reaching across grabbing liv's phone. liv tried to grab it but gabby didn't let her.

gabby clicked on miles' contact and facetimed him. "hi, miles." gabby said once miles answered the phone.

"gabby?" miles replied confused because it wasn't liv on the screen.

"i was wondering if you could do my dear friend liv a favor." gabby said.

"say no, say no." liv said off of the screen.

"shh." gabby said shushing liv. "i was wondering if you would help liv make jalen jealous."

"how am i supposed to do that?" miles asked.

"flirt with her a little bit in front of jalen." gabby said.

"you seriously don't have to do it." liv said. she was so embarrassed.

"i'll do it." miles said. liv's eyes went wide.

"yes, miles, thank you." gabby said punching the air in celebration.

"i'm actually on my way to jalen's now, when did you plan on doing this?" miles asked.

"whenever, today could be good." gabby said, answering for liv.

"i'll pick you up and we can head over together." miles said. they shared their goodbyes, then hung up the phone.

"so i'm really doing this?" liv asked, not believing what she was actually about to do.

"yes, liv. you are, get your rizz ready." gabby said clapping her hands.

"what will this even prove anyway?" liv asked having second thoughts. "what if he doesn't even care?"

"he likes you, we both know it, he knows it, everyone knows it, we just need him to admit it, livy." gabby said.

"what if it doesn't work?" liv said getting up from the couch.

"then it doesn't work and we will figure out something else." gabby said. they heard a knock at the door and liv's eyes went wide. "you got it girl, go."

gabby pushed her towards the door and liv opened it. "sup, baby girl." miles said trying to flirt, not working very well.

liv scrunched her nose, it definitely wasn't good flirting. "okay, yeah. that was bad, i'll work on it." miles said scratching the back of his head.

"yeah, definitely." liv said as the pair walked towards his car.

"we gotta set some boundaries." miles said getting in the drivers seat. "like how far we can go with this." he said.

"okay, well no kissing, obviously." liv said buckling her seat belt, miles nodded. "i feel like everything else would be fine, like hand holding and stuff."

"what if jalen tries to jump me?" miles asked, pulling out of liv's driveway.

"i really doubt that would happen." liv said. she thought about it, and the more she did, the more insane it sounded.

"yeah," miles said. "me neither." the rest of the car ride was silent, kind of awkward.

"if he asks," miles said pulling up to jalen's house and putting the car in park. "if he asks, are you my girlfriend?" he asks.

"yeah, i guess so." liv said getting out of the car. he awkwardly interlocked his hand with hers and they walked up to the door.

"this feels weird." miles said before knocking on the door.

"we are good friends, it doesn't have to be awkward." liv said giving his hand a gentle squeeze.

"miles," jalen said opening the door. he saw liv standing beside him. "and olivia." he added.

"it's okay if i brought livy with me right?" miles asked.

jalen looked down at their interlocked hands and looked back up. "yeah." he said plainly.

they followed jalen into the living room, and sat down on the couch, too close for friends to sit.

miles put his hand on her leg, a little above liv's knee. liv put her hand over his just for some added flirting.

"what do you want to do?" jalen asked sitting on the opposite end of the couch, very awkwardly.

"i don't know," miles replied. "whatever you want to do, baby." he said to liv.

"i'll do whatever you want to do, babe." liv replied. this was equally awkward for the both of them, but they weren't letting it show.

"you hate that." jalen said bluntly, frustration building inside of him.

"what are you talking about?" liv asked, very confused.

"you told me at the party in the booth that you hate baby and babe and babygirl. i remember, you told me that." jalen said.

liv remembered that she did say that. but why did he remember? "well i guess you don't know me as well as you thought you did." liv shot back.

jalen scoffed and sat back on the couch. "so are you two dating or something?" jalen asked coldly.

"we are, yeah." miles said plastering a smile on his face which only made jalen even more upset.

"does that make you upset or something?" miles asked, voice laced with a fake innocence.

"yes," jalen said. "it does actually."

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