feelings and emotions

Chapter 10

Jasmine's pov:

I wake up and Chris's arms are around my waist while I'm lying down. I liked it, but I was wondering why he had his arms around me. I start moving around a lot so he wakes up.

"Stop!" he says, his eyes still shut. He pulls me down and hugs me even tighter. I start to laugh. After about 10 minutes we finally get up.

"Where's Crawford and Nia?" I ask, thinking that they just went out to get breakfast or something. Then I hear my phone ring. I check who it is and see Nia's name appear. I put it up to my ear and it touches my cheek, which is sore for some reason. "Ouch! Oh sorry, Nia, where are you? Is Crawford with you?"

"Jasmine, it's Crawford." when I hear what he tells me, my eyes widen and I look at Chris.

"Can you drive? We have to go. Nia needs me. Now!" we run to the car and he drives as fast as he can and trying not to get caught.

"You should tell me where we are going and why."

"Hospital. Please just drive." When Chris hears the word "hospital" he speeds up a bit more.

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We finally get there and I run to the room Crawford told me. Chris follows. When I walk in, Nia is sitting on one of those hospital beds holding her foot. When I finally stop moving, I start to feel a pain in the side of my stomach. Why are we so messed up? What even happened last night?

"Nia... What happened?" I say out of breath. Chris and Crawford look at each other.

"Wait so you don't remember anything? Like at all from last night?" Chris asked me. I shake my head no. "Well then this morning was probably awkward for you..." he says scratching his head. I laugh, but immediately stop because the side of my stomach hurts again. I put my hands to it, in hopes that it will stop hurting. "Hey, are you okay?!" Chris says and walks over to me.

"No I'm fine." I turn to look at Nia. "What about you? Are you okay?"

"Not at the moment, but I'll be fine."

"Wait... so what exactly happened last night? All I remember is running out of a room, and drinking a few drinks." I say looking at Chris and Crawford now because they apparently knew what went on.

"A few?" They say at the same time. I giggle.

"Okay, well... you and Nia 'had a few drinks' and must have ran into Erica on your way out because we kept hearing people say that Erica kicked your guys' asses. So we run outside and you both were fucked up. Me and Crawford decided to take you to our place and now we're here." Chris finishes.

"But what about this morning?" I laugh a little.

"Oh that was something else." he says awkwardly.

The doctor walks in with crutches for Nia.

"She's okay, right?" Crawford asks right when the doctor walks in.

"She's going to be fine, but she needs to use these every single day and she can't put any pressure on her ankle until it heals or it could get worse. Her ankle is fractured. Do you know what could have caused this or...?"

"Well actually..." Crawford starts but Nia cuts him off.

"I fell down the stairs. I know I was hurt but I didn't think it was this bad, so I just left it alone." Nia says quickly.

"So is that how you got those cuts and bruises on your face too?" The doctor says.

"Yeah, totally." she nods and the doctor leaves the room.

"Nia, what was that?" Crawford asks.

"Dude... it's embarrassing to tell people that I got too drunk and couldn't fight for myself." she answers. Crawford shrugs and we help her get off the bed and onto the crutches.

Nia had trouble using them. I could tell that her body was just as sore as mine. At this point, I now had a reason to hate Erica. I wanted her to feel the pain that we felt but I know that Nia would hate me if I even spoke to Erica.

"Can I talk to you?" Chris taps my shoulder.

Chris's pov:

When I saw Jasmine holding her side, I felt so bad. I just wanted to hug her and protect her. I wanted to tell her I liked her and that I wanted to protect her. I didn't know how. I've never even felt this feeling I feel with Jasmine. I've never felt it with anyone. Even with Erica. This time I actually like her. I don't want to just date her and then leave her hanging. I don't want to hurt her, let alone see her hurt.

"Jasmine?"

"Oh, yeah?"

"Can I talk to you?"

I pull her somewhere we can be alone.

"Okay... so, for some reason, this is so hard for me to say..." I say honestly.

"Chris what is it?" she giggles. "Oh... is it bad?"

"No... well it depends." I say. I scratch my head and finally tell her. "Jas, I like you. Will you go out with me?"

"Chris---"

"No... I know that I just hurt every girl I ask out. Please. Give me a chance. I won't hurt you. I don't even like to see you hurt, let alone hurt you myself. Please Jasmine." I had so much hope. She finally opened her mouth.

"It's not that." she looks down. The hope disappeared. "I have.. a boyfriend..." My heart dropped. It hurt so much more than when I first asked her out. "I'm sorry." she says.

"Me too. Come on. Let's just get out of here." I fake a smile. My heart started aching. It was awkward when we were walking to catch up with Crawford and Nia. Crawford hits my back and smiles.

"You good?" He asks.

"Not really. But I will be." I reply. I wanted Jasmine to say yes so bad. It's really no surprise she has a boyfriend. I just wish it was me.