Juno's pov
I shuffled into my door. "Hey? Back so soon?" Mom asked. I broke down and cried into the couch. "Mija what's wrong?" "Jasper ditched me during our date." I sobbed and clinged to my mother. "What? Why would he do that?" "I don't know, he was on the phone and then he ditched me, said he had to go." She sighed. "Mija, you know Jasper. Would he ditch you for something so important?" I wiped my tears. "Mom, I think he was going to tell me that.... that he loves me." Her face turned solemn. "Oh baby." She said wrapping my into my arms, and over time, mom's shirt became wet.
Why would he ditch me?
I still thought about what he sa- what he was going to say? Was he trying to say he was in love with me? And he just had to pick up his fucking phone.
And I didn't hear anything from him for days, until his aunt called me.
"Hey, Juno, I hate to be the one to break this to you but.... I heard that my nephew ditched you." "Yeah he did." I said, a bit bitterly. "He's in the hospital." My bitter act turned worried. "What?!" I shouted. My mom turned to me. "That night he ditched you, his friends got in trouble by a group of other boys and apparently, one of them beat Jasper with a metal pipe." I dropped my phone, dropping to the ground sobbing.
My mom picked the phone up, talking to Jasper's aunt. "Please! Mom! Take me there!" I pleaded.
And in the middle of the night, on Sunday, I drove to the hospital. Jasper's aunt found me and lead me to the room. My mom and his aunt stayed behind and I went in. There he was, on the bed. I gasped and tears flung from my eyes when I saw the blood and bruises on his face. "It's my fault." I turned and there was a shadow lit in the moonlight. "I'm sorry." Braxton said. "I'm not mad. But please." He walked out and I grabbed my boyfriend's hand. "Oh baby." I said, tears slowly falling.
