Little White Lies

Chapter 2

"Where are you going little girl" Eric yelled at me while I slipped my black vans on. "Im 15 actually , the same age as you . And im turning 16 next month, March 18th ... you should know that !" I laughed as I yelled at him . "But im going to work , ill be back in 4 hours if you guys just want to hang in my room." I worked at a place called "Quick Snips" , its a hair cutting place about a block or two away from my house . I always wanted to be a cosmetologist , so when my Aunt told me that "Quick Snips" hired at 15 , I jumped right on it . I don't actually do much there but sweep , clean , and do trims since I'm only 15 and haven't gone to school for cosmetology .... but I plan to .

"How about we walk you to work?" Ryan chipped in , "Yeah , we have nothing better to do" Eric added . "If you guys want to , I don't mind" I kind of did mind though . I love being a lone while walking to work , it gives me time to think about things.

"Alrighty then , let's get going before they fire me for being late!" I yelled while clapping my hands to get them out the door .

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We finally arrived to my work when my boss ran outside and started bitching at me for being late . "Im sor-" I tried to say to her before she cut me off , "Sorry isn't good enough , this is your second strike Jasmine , one more and you can kiss your job goodbye ! Now get in there , the floors need to be sweeped!" My boss kept going on and on even though I was already inside sweeping . Man , she's lucky I need this job . The salon was pretty packed , which means its gonna be a long day !

ERIC'S P.O.V

"Damn her boss is a bitch" I said to Ryan while walking far away from that bitch of a boss . "Yeah , she is but she's hot ! Did you see the rack on that girl !?" we both started laughing . "Next time we come here and Jasmine gets bitched out , just put the moves on her ... maybe it'll sweeten her up a bit " Ryan just nodded his head , just by that stupid gesture I already knew he was thinking of pick up lines.

"Hey look !" I shouted , making Ryan jump as I pointed to a sign stapled to a pole. "Looks like the X-Factor is coming to town on Friday !"

"That's cool ..... why are you excited?" I knew Ryan was going to say that being the smart ass that he is . "Ugh, I told you the other day I heard Jasmine singing in the shower ! She's amazing ! She's like Beyonce and Christina Aguilera mixed together good !" I blurted out while Ryan was trying to think if I actually told him that or not .

"I don't remember you saying that , and I would think I would remember something like that . Besides , Jasmine already knows what she wants to be in life , a cosmetologist.Jasmine is stubborn , no way she would she stop everything she's doing just to audition." Ryan's stupidity erks my soul sometimes . "Dude , she can be famous . We can be the ones that guide her to success ! Who knows , she might give up on that Salon shit and want to do something better ! This is a once in a life time thing !" I said with excitement clear in my voice .

"I don't know man , we all know she's not gonna go .... not unless we talk to grandma , grandma is literally the only person that she listens to. " That's literally the smartest thing Ryan said all day . One of the only people Jasmine listens to is her Grandma , if we can convince Grandma that Jasmine can sing , there is no doubt in my mind that Grandma will make her go .

"Good thinking Ry , we have some convincing to do come on."

RYAN'S P.O.V

When we got back to Jasmines house , we went straight to the living room where Grandma was knitting a scarf for Destiney . "Grandma , we need your help !" Grandma looked at me as I shouted at her , I guess my excitement got the best of me. It's not the first time we said 'we need your help' to grandma , we used to get in a lot of trouble and the first person we would talk to was grandma .

"What is it ? The cops better not be coming to my house or I swe-" she was cut off quickly by Eric before she could finish her sentence . "No the cops aren't coming , but we need your help getting Jasmine to audition to the X Factor . It's a show -"

"Eric , I know what the X Factor is . But you have to understand that Jasmine doesn't actually know she can sing . I always told her she could but she always thought I was 'just being nice' . Convincing her to audition will be almost impossible. When she was younger her parents made fun of her talent , so she just stopped singing ." Damn, I didn't know Jasmine's parents and I already hate them . They did so much to hurt her . It's sad what people can do to their own kids . The shit her parents done to her will affect her for the rest of her life ....

"Grandma , will you pretty please just ask her to try out ?" I said with the biggest puppy face ever . She sighed "I guess I could just simply ask , but if this doesn't work ... please don't give up, Jasmine is truly talented and deserves to go far in life . Who knows what could happen with this amazing opportunity." Eric and I just looked at each other knowing we have lots of work to do , not trying to be such a negative nancy but who knows how much time grandma has left . She may be cancer free now , but there's always that chance of it coming back . FUCK CANCER !!

" We wont grandma , even if that means kidnapping her and dumping her off to the X Factor auditions. We will try are best and we will get her to them damn X Factor Auditions!" Eric shouted as we all cheered and high-fived each other knowing damn right well we'll get her to those auditions !

***A/N***

Sorry for such a short chapter but this one is important to the rest of the book ! I've been writing the book so far on my phone since my computer broke , so sorry for the short chapters and all ! I'm not the best writer but I know this is gonna be a great book , just give it a chance and keep reading ! Love you guys !!!!! Don't forget to tell your friends about the book and spread the word on twitter please !