Through Toronto

25.

Jasmine in MM
Desire

I watched as August took a seat on my beanbag. He looked stressed out like he had been thinking about this conversation before hand. "So, are we gonna talk or just stare at each other?" I asked, breaking the silence.

"Desire, if my girl find out about this, that's my ass. I had strong feelings fa ya but like I said, you were playin' to many games. I love my girlfriend and I put our relationship in jeopardy by lettin' you kiss me," he said in a serious tone.

I looked down in my lap. I thought his feelings would change after I kissed him. "August, you must still have some sort of feelings for me if you kissed me like you did."

"I'm not gon even lie ta ya. I'm attracted ta you but, me and you don't click like we use to."

I got up and walked over to him. I grabbed his hand but he quickly pulled away. "August, look at me," I said, waiting for him to look at me.

He finally looked at me. "What?"

"Look me in my eyes and tell me you don't have feelings for me."

"Bye Desire," he said, leaving out of the room.

I laid back on my bed as tears fell down my cheeks. I waited to late to act on my feelings.

***
August

Rich handed me a controller befo turnin' on his game. I rested my chin in the palm of my hand and put the controller down. "Nigga, what's yo problem?" Rich asked.

"Bruh, I'm stressed out. I don't kno' how I used ta cheat like I did. I've never felt so bad about it."

"Wait hol up. You cheated on yo girlfriend? Nigga why? Have you seen her? She is fine as hell," he said.

"Aye boy, chill. I kissed Desire."

His mouth dropped open. "Uh-oh. You got a desire for Desire," he said, chucklin' afterwards.

"Nah nigga."

"But on a serious note, you feel so bad because you actually love Roni. If you didn't love her, you wouldn't care so much."

I nodded and sat back on the sofa. Mercedes came down the stairs and took a seat next ta me. "Hey Aug," she said.

"Wassup."

Rich put his hand ova his heart. "Do my ears deceive me or did y'all just speak to each other?" He asked sarcastically.

We ignored him and watched as he played the game.
***
I played with the strings on Jala's chair as I waited fa anotha conversation about Desire. "Wassup man?" I said, impatiently.

"Desire told me what happened. She's my bestfriend and you're my brother and y'all are both so dumb. You're in a relationship with a girl who would do anything for you and she is just ughh..don't get me started," she said as she paced back and forth.

"Jala, I really don't need ta hear ya shit right now. I already feel bad enough as it is. And you can't talk about nobody anyway. You was datin' a nigga that's old enough ta be ya daddy."

She rolled her eyes at me and shifted all her weight to one leg. "He's only 3 years older than me so, you can shut that down. Also, this has nothing to do with what we're talking about. I should tell Roni what you did since she's like a sister to me but, I'm nice enough to not do that. I ignored her at school all day today so I could avoid telling her what y'all did."

I looked at her in shock. "Jala, I'm keepin' a big ass secret fa you, and you really jus threatened ta rat me out. I'm gon tell Roni on my own time. I don't need you buttin' in our business and doing shit fa me. You on the otha hand need ta learn how ta keep ya damn legs closed," I said, stormin' out of the room afterwards.

She really had me fucked up. Afta all the things I do fa her she really threatened ta rat me out.

I plopped down on my bed and my phone rang. I answered it without lookin' at the caller ID. "Yeah?"

"Hey juju. I have a good idea," Roni said.

"I'm listenin'."

"Friday night, my family is going out for dinner and I think you should meet them."

"Ight, I'm down with that."

"Good, I have so much to tell you," she said, excitedly.

I smiled at the excitement in her voice. How could I be so dumb and kiss anotha girl behind her back. "Ight baybeh. I'm about ta go hop in the shower. I'll FaceTime ya when I get out."

"Okay," she said, hangin' up the phone afterwards.

***
Devronica

I sat down, exhausted from helping Jasmine put up furniture since dad wasn't home. At first it felt kinda weird having a sister I didn't know about around me but, I got use to it after a couple of days. "So, how long have you known about dad?" I asked.

"All my life. He would visit for holidays and my birthdays. I didn't know about you though," Jasmine replied.

"Yeah, me either. Are you ready to start school tomorrow?"

"Yeah, I have a friend that goes there."

I raised a brow at her. "What's their name?"

She smiled a little, revealing her dimples. "His name is Zay."

My mouth dropped open in shock. There's only one Zay that goes to my school and he's in a relationship with Angel. "Are you serious? He's one of my bestfriends. He mentioned a Jasmine before."

"He also mentioned a Roni," she said.

I nodded. "I'm gonna go shower, my boyfriend should be calling me in a bit," I said, getting up.

She nodded and laid back on her bed. As I walked into my room I got a text message from Angel.

Angel💁🏽: can I come over? I have so much to tell you. 7:35 pm

Oh now she wants to talk.

Sure, I'll leave the door unlocked.  7:36 pm

***
As soon as I got out of the shower, I heard a knock at my bedroom door. I threw on my robe and answered it. Angel gave me a weak smile and stepped in. "Hey," she said, plopping on my bed.

"Hi, you're staying over?" I asked, motioning to the bag of clothes she sat beside her.

"Yeah, I figured I should since we haven't had a sleepover in forever. Plus, I thought it'd be fun to go to school together."

I nodded and took a seat next to her. "So, what did you wanna talk about?"

"Zay and I. I think we should get back together."

I looked at her weird. I thought she wanted to talk about her and August. "I thought y'all were still together."

She shook her head. "No, he said I play to many games with him. He likes someone else."

I shook my head, pretending to not know what she was talking about. "He does?"

"Yeah, but I guess I understand," she said getting under the covers.

"Okay," I said dismissing the conversation.

In all honesty, I think Jasmine and Zay would be a cute couple but, it is what it is.

****

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