We'll Be Together (Janthony)

~8~

Jasmine's POV

T/W mention of physical abuse. I'll put a *** where it starts and ends.

Also one slight swear but y'all listen to Hamilton so...

I heard my alarm go off. Groggily, I turned it off and checked the time. 5:00. Perfect.

After last night I decided that I should probably get out of the house before Noah woke up. I jumped out of my bed and ran to the shower.

I was fully ready by 5:30. I snuck past the couch and walked to the nearest coffee shop.

At 6:00 I headed to my dressing room. Rehearsal didn't start until 9 but most of the cast got here early so I only had to wait around two hours. After watching a couple episodes of Fuller House. I heard my door open.

"Hey Pippa!" I said cheerfully *** but then winced slightly because of the bruise on my face. *** Pippa must've noticed.

"Hey Jazzy what happened to your face?" I fake smiled ***even though it hurt.*** (Ok, I don't get many bruises on my face so I don't know if they hurt when you smile. Just go with me.)

"Nothing." I lied. "I just ran into a wall this morning." She didn't look as though she believed me. Yet all she did was shrug and put her stuff down. We spent the rest of the time before rehearsal chatting. Renee, Oak, and Daveed came in and all asked me similar questions. They all believed me when I gave them my fake tale. Anthony was a different story.

"Whoa! Jas you alright?" he asked.

"Yah I'm fine I just ran into a wall. Why? Does it really look so bad?" I fake laughed. He kept a dead serious face.

"Yes Jas, it's a really bad bruise are you sure that's what happened?" Ant persisted. I was getting worried. If he found out about what Noah did, he might hurt Ant. I couldn't deal with that.

"Yah I'm fine Ant. Now will you stop questioning me?" he threw his hands up in surrender and backed up.

"I was just making sure." he said, backing away. I smiled slightly at him.

"Well thanks." I said. He grinned back at me but there was worry in his eyes. I ignored it.

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Today we were starting dance practices. (they had only been doing sing throughs) The whole cast was dressed in there dancing clothes. The choreographer told us that we were starting with Helpless.

"Ok! Anthony.... You're with.... Jasmine. Anthony smiled and walked over to me. I got butterflies in my stomach. The rest of practice, as we danced, he grinned non stop. I knew I did as well.

Rehearsal ended. Daveed invited Pippa, Renée, Oak, Ant, and I over to his place for pizza.

Anthony's POV

I finished changing and walked over to the girls dressing room. As I walked in I saw Jas, without a shirt on. WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN?!?!!? I was about to start apologizing when I noticed something weird on her stomach. ***There were bruises all over her.

Jas looked up and saw me.

"ANTHONY" she screamed and quickly pulled a shirt over her head.

"Jas, what's... that." I gestured to her stomach. She looked as though she was about to cry.

"Come on Jas. What happened." I insisted. I closed and locked the door. Then, I lead her to sit down on the couch.

After a few moments of us sitting there and staring at each other, she flung herself  into my arms and started sobbing. It took me a minute to comprehend what was happening but when I did I wrapped my arms around her. It took her a couple minutes to be able to get any words out. She looked up from where her head was, on my chest.