chapter 5 .

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           ╰┈➤ season 1 ⋆ the summer i turned pretty

           ╰┈➤ season 1 ⋆ the summer i turned pretty

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??? , 2018

    a breeze pushed through jasmine's hair, as she paced back and forth on the porch.
her steps could be heard echoing through the house, catching the attention of her older brother.

suddenly, the front door opened, and jasmine stopped pacing.
"whatcha doing out here, jasmine?" jeremiah asked, peeking his head out from the sliver of opened door.
"nothing!"
he grinned, "you sure it's not something?"

she scowled to herself, and shook her head at no one in particular.
"i told you. nothing."
"whatever you say."

jasmine watched him close the door, and run back inside. she heard his faint laughter inside, and a few voices as well.
she tried to shrug it off, and went back to pacing.

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about 10 minutes later, jasmine saw a boy with strawberry blonde hair pass by. he was walking a giant german shepherd.
considering that he was around her age too, the dog was half his size.

he didn't seem to see her, so she did the impossible.
letting out a breath, she slowly lifted her hand.

"hey!" she called, giving a wave.
the boy stopped, and gave her a toothy smile.
"hi!" he waved back, "i'm.. uh.. elliot!"
she laughed, "cool! i'm um.. jasminE!"

she felt her voice crack, and immediately covered her mouth. she could feel her face grow hot from embarrassment.

elliot didn't make fun of her, he only smiled again, "um... i'll see you around?"
"yeah!" she called back, a little quieter than before.

she faintly saw him open his mouth to say something, but was quickly pulled away by the german shepherd.
jasmine watched him leave, and sighed to herself. she thought the voice crack was the least of her worries, but little did she know, 3 boys were watching her closely from a window.

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that night, jasmine sat next to belly at the dinner table, just like she always did. their hands were loosely connected underneath the table, as they spoke in hushed voices about jasmine's silly encounter with the boy.
     susannah smiled over at them as she cut her steak.
"what are you girls whispering about?"
    the 2 stopped immediately and smiled at each other, before bursting into laughter.

      once their laughter died down, jasmine caught a breath and shook her head.

"it's just... we want um... a.."
"a dog," belly blurt.
"yeah.. a dog..."
"why would you girls want a dog? i thought you wanted a cat," laurel said, barley looking up from her food.

       jeremiah and steven exchanged a glance, and nodded instinctively. conrad looked over at them, and smiled to himself.
"she doesn't want a dog. she wants dog-walker boy," jeremiah teased.
     the 3 boys pretended to twirl their hair and giggled just as belly and jasmine did.

jasmine grumbled angrily, "shut up jere!"
"right, who is dog-walker boy?" susannah asked.
"he's this boy jasmine likes. he walks a big german shepherd," conrad said, smiling slyly.
"conrad!"
"his name is 'elliot'," steven said, mocking jasmine's voice.

     jasmine could feel her face burn. she looked over at belly, who gave her a sorry look.

"shut up steven!
he stuck his tongue out at her, "shut up steven!" he mocked.

       the rest of dinner consisted of teasing,  laughing, and a lot of screaming. ( which caused a lot of lecturing from the moms. )
        this night always stuck out in jasmine's brain like a sore thumb. it haunted a part of her much more than it seemed. and it meant a lot more then she led on.

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a / n - another rushed chapter ✌️

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