The Betrayal Within

Chapter Nine

Song of the Chapter: College Drop by Sage the Gemini ft. Kool John

Recap (Francisco’s POV):

Huh?!" He wakes up and fell on his ass. We both started to laugh and Adam looked too angry.

"That's funny, Jasmine," I commented.

"Not funny!" Adam exclaimed.

"I'll see you on Tuesday," I said.

"See you." Adam and I both got off the bus and started walking.

Today was a really good day. I didn't expect that I was going somewhere at all, but I did and it was a success. But there's one thing that I have to do on Tuesday.

Finally tell Jasmine my true feelings.

Four days later... (Tuesday, Four hours until graduation)

*There will be POV switching.*

Jasmine's POV

Today's the day.

The day that the seniors graduate and start to do things on their own.

It's the day that Francisco and Adam leaves. I have got to tell him.

That was on my mind since Friday the 13th.

The weirdest thing about it is that I'm technically a senior now. I have to do the exact thing that the graduates were doing for the past year. Stressing about college, thinking about how am I going to pass all of classes and doing other things at the same time, and convincing my dad about going to prom.

He thinks prom is for teenagers that get high and have sex all night long.
I was on my third and final bus and I, with a few of my friends, had to pass out the schedule for graduation. So, I had to wear a dress for it. I was wearing a plain yellow dress and my hair was wavy. I didn't feel like doing anything with it. I tried to do a cat eye with just one of my eyeliner, but I looked like a weird crying clown.

I saw Paulene walking when I was near the bus stop I'd supposed to get off, so I just got off. She looked shocked to see me and damn, she actually looked really girly.

“Damn,” we both said. I turned around to walk with her.

“Paul, I don't like you like that. But, you look beautiful.” She was wearing a short blue dress and had black flats. Her hair was curled and wore just a little bit of makeup.

“I look weird,” she commented. “But thanks. You look beautiful.”

“Thanks dude,” I thanked. “I believe that everyone's going to look at us.”

“Psh, they're going to look at you more than me.”

There was three guys that was walking towards us and two of them were looking at Paulene. The other one was looking at me and looked thirsty.

“This proves my point,” I stated. “You're cuter than me.”

“Look, I did this for this graduation, not for guys. You, on the other hand, you have one guy in mind.”

“Paul--”

“Don't say a word,” she said. “When in the hell are you going to finally going to admit your feelings to Francisco?”

“Soon.”

“Jasmine, graduation is today,” she stated. “You have today. That's it.”

“I know. I'm going to.” I don't know how to.