NEW GIRL | JANTHONY

04. Coffee Break

Jasmine's POV

Today we had a 4 hour rehearsal staring at 6:30. I roll out of bed and get some cereal thinking about how tired I was going to be afterwards.

When I got dressed, my stomach started to growl. I wasn't hunger since I just ate. But then that growl turned into a stomach ache. I quickly grab an Advil (A/N : #notsponsored).

I drive a taxi all the way to the theater we were practicing in. We were about 2:30 hours into the rehearsal, when my stomach ache suddenly got worse.

"Can we take a break?" I ask. I don't wait for an answer before running to one of the backstage bathrooms. I puke in the toilet, tears streaming down my face. I already knew why.

"Jasmine?" I hear Pippa call. I'm not sitting on the floor, pulling my guts out. "In here." I say. She rushes into the bathroom with me?

"Jas, are you okay? What's wrong?" She asked in the most concerned voice. I explain to her how I woke up the other night and how i didn't remember anything.

"Do you want me to go get Anthony?" She asks, already walking out the door. "No!" I shout, but it was too late.

After what seems like ages, someone finally knocks on the door. Instead of Anthony, I see Lin. "Hey." He says in a calm voice. I'm now standing up, looking down at me feet.

I know he doesn't understand, but in a way he does. He doesn't say anything. He just hugs me, letting me cry on his shoulder.

After a while of this, he starts talking to me, giving me all the options. "...or you could keep the kid. I mean, if I'm being honest here, your love child would be beautiful." He jokes. We laugh, but then it becomes serious again.

"Look, im gonna give you and Anthony the rest of the day off. I think you need it." He says. He walks out of the room, but before he's completely gone, he turns around. "And Anthony is gonna take you on a coffee break in a second, so be ready."

I wipe all of my running mascara off my cheeks and collect myself. This wasn't the end of the world.

When I go back out there, everyone is staring at me. It's not in a judgmental way, but in a caring way. Anthony leads me out of the building and to a coffee shop nearby.

We take a seat at a table. I order an iced tea, and he orders a muffin. We don't talk much since it was so awkward. "I'm so sorry..." He says, looking down. He hasn't looked me in the eye since he found out.

"For what? It was my fault." I say taking another sip of my tea. "It was mine. I got you drunk. Don't you remember?" He asks. He looks up from where he was looking, actually looking at me.

"N-No. No I don't." I say. I feel tears sting my eyes but I quickly blink them away. "I do," He says. I look up at him. "Do you really wanna know?" I nod.

~ The Previous Night ~

Anthony's POV

I walk into Jas's apartment. Everything was kinda fuzzy, but j knew it was a nice place. My eyes immediately wander to her wine cabinet.

"Hey, why don't we get you some water." She says taking a cup and filling it up with water. I was surprised I hadn't thrown up yet, considering how much I had drank.

She hands me the cup and I chug it down. "I'll be right back, don't do anything stupid. I'm gonna go to the bathroom, so just make yourself comfortable on my couch." She says, walking down the hall to what I guess is the bathroom.

My drunk self completely ignores what she had told me to do and I open her wine cabinet. When she walks back out I'm already pouring my 2nd glass.

"Anthony Ramos!" She yells. "What do you think you're doing?! First of all, that is mine. Second, you don't need to get more drunk." She walks over to me and tries to take the wine bottle from me.

"Aw, c'mon, Jas. Just a sip?" I beg. I just wanted her to loosen up. She has seemed stressed ever since we got to that restaurant.
"No!" She says stubbornly.

I didn't really know what else to do. If I wasn't drunk in that moment, I never would've even thought about doing this. But, since I was, I did something pretty stupid.

I put my arm around her waist and pull her close to me. "Just one drink." I say, handing her the glass of wine I had had in my hand.

She pushes me away. "Anthony, you're drunk..." She says, looking like she was about to cry. Why would she cry?

"Please?" I plead. "I'll get you coffee tomorrow if you just have one drink. There's no way of getting out of this. I'll ask until you say yes." She rolls her eyes, the forming tears were gone.

"Fine..." She says reluctantly. She takes the glass and gives me a look before drinking it. That one drink turns into five more. And then 3 more.

We were sitting at her dining table when she says: "Hey, do you have a girlfriend?" I reply with no. "Okay good. Cuz then I can't do this." She leans across the table, grabs my shirt collar and kisses me. I don't pull back. I want to, but I can't. It just felt right.

Eventually that leads to her taking me to her room and you know the rest...

~ Present Time ~

Jasmine's POV

I have a mix of horror and embarrassment on my face. Why the hell would I do that. I was drunk, that's why.

Anthony's face is red to, except he's not crying. "I'm so sorry." He says again. I take a deep breath and look around the small coffee shop. All the other people there were staring at us, either from eavesdropping or from seeing me cry.

"Look, okay, I don't really care who's fault it is. I just care about this baby. Whether I want to keep it or not is up me." I state, recollecting myself.

Anthony nods. "I'll see you later Anthony. I have some stuff I need to do." I get up and leave the coffee shop.

Little did I know that was the last time I'd get to see him in a while.