Chapter 2. 2049 January 20th

2.   2049 January 20^th

“Jazzy are you ready to go.” I rush down stairs.

“I’m coming be patient.” I garb my school bag and rush into the kitchen.

“Hey mum.” I walk up to her and kiss her on the forehead.

“Hello darling.” I walk over to the bench and grab an apple.

“I’ll see you after school.” I run out of the kitchen, and through the front door into his arms.

“You took your time this morning.” He said holding my hands.

“Well let’s just say a princess needs her beauty sleep.” He laughs, I love his laugh. God the sound makes me feel all giddy. He tossed me a helmet, and put on his.

“You ready to go?” he sits down on his bike.

“Of course.”            

I sit down behind him, wrapping my arms around his waist. I love him I have for years. It is our last year at school, and I couldn’t wait for it to be over, I hate school. F**k it. But it’s how I met him. The day I will remember forever.

We arrive at the school the crowds of students walking around, everyone different, and everyone unique. I jump of the bike, Gale after. And we walk into the school hand in hand.

“Jasmine!” The voice shrieks through the air. Aaleyaa runs up to me jumping at me wrapping her arms around my neck. Aaleyaa is one of my best friends I’ve known her for 4 years after she moved to the school. She is a little ball of energy. She has dirty blond hair and bright blue eyes, freckles cover her entire body, and her skin is lightly tanned.

“Hello Aaleyaa.”

I say my voice faint, she lets go and laughs. I love he laugh it’s so loud but unique. Aaleyaa is one of the most energetic person I know, and I know this sounds like bullocks but I swear she is a physic, sound like s**t but I swear on my life.

“Oh god I missed you.” She says squeezing my cheeks.

“Right back at you honey.”

I say rubbing my cheeks and squeezing hers back.

“I’ll see you later gotta blast!”

And with that she runs off not a care in the world. I look up at Gale and he softly kisses my forehead. He is the best.

“I’ll see you at lunch.” He hugs me and walks off.

I walk over to my locker and shove my bag into it. I walk off towards home room. I stop around the corner from the class, the noise I will never forget, I’ve had the same home class since year 8, people have come and gone, some I miss and most I wish never come back. It’s hard having people leave, it has happened a lot in my life. I have even been the one to leave, to leave behind those I told I would never leave, relationships lost forever. I walk around the corner.

“Hey Jaz.”

Amber, I have known her since year 7 and we have been in the same home class since. Our relationship over the years has been quite complicated, but we eventually sorted it out. She is short, shorter than me I’m 5’4 and she is 5’2, her hair well its changed again its know a short blond bob, she has blue eyes with dots of brown, and of course her glasses.

“Hey Buckles.”

I walk up to her and sit down, she sits next to me.

“Omg, so I read a new book.”

We both have this fascination with books, we both read and write books, we tell each other everything about them, each juicy detail.

“Omg, tell me.”

“Well, its about this girl her name is Amethyst, she was adopted but she is really a princess, oh and she has powers, but she doesn’t know this yet. So basically her boyfriend cheats on her she goes to the main city she meets king and queen who are her real parents finds out she needs to save them makes out with 3 people, got her brother trapped in her head he get out, almost gets shot but, the guy she likes jumps in front. The End.”

I stop and take a breath. I love books, reading them all day every day. Writing them creating life, it sucks that I’m a s**t speller though.

“Wow, okay then.” She says, we both laugh.

“Well while you were away doing whatever you were doing, I Finally got myself a girlfriend.” Amber had been single well . . . since she got this girlfriend.

“Omg this is amazing what is her name?” I ask.

“Miniko, I think she is in Gale’s home class.”

“Well I can’t wait to meet her.” I say as we both stand up and walk into the home room.

***

It was finally first break, after our new math teacher going over the stupid 3 school rules, Learning, Respect and Safety we had literally heard them about a million times already, I think it has been burnt into my brain. I walk down through the school to my locker. I stop.

“Omg Jebus!” I scream.

I run up to her, Amy. My best friend. I meet her in year 7, but became friends about 4 months after we meet because of our boyfriends at the time. But we have been friends ever since.  Jebus is my nickname for her, it is taken from The Simpsons Movie, her nickname for me is Satan mainly because I’m very protective and the people who have hurt her have definitely payed for it.

“Omg Satan!” she screams back at me. We both run to each other and hug, I hadn’t seen her since the Christmas because Gale took me on a holiday. Oh I missed her like crazy.

“I missed you so much.” I say squeezing her hands.

“Aw Jaz I missed you too.” She squeezes my hands back.

We both walk to our locker and I grab out a bag of chips.  We meet back up and walk down to the grand stands on the oval we both sit on the top, and wait for everyone else to arrive, while telling each other what happened during the holidays.

“So, how was it? Melbourne I mean?” She asks.

“Oh it was amazing, we went shopping and to a cricket game, we went on the Melbourne star a night, beautiful might I say, it was just the best.” She smiles and hugs me again.

“Well at least you had fun.” She says.

“And what did you get up to?” I ask.

“Well I got a boyfriend, he doesn’t go to the school though he has already graduated, his name is Ethan.” Her face brightened.

“I have to meet him.” I say.

“Oh yes double date!” she screams.

“Of course I’ll ask if he is free soon.” I say.

“Ask me what?”  I run up to Gale and hug him.

“To go on a double date with Amy and her new hubby.” We walk back up the grand stand and sit down he places his hands on my knee.

“I’d love to.”

We all sit there and talk friends coming and going. The group ended up looking like this. Me Gale and Amy sitting at the top, Aaleyaa down in front of me, Aztec who is a tall tan skinned girl with brown hair and eyes sitting next to Aaleyaa, and Jude who over the years finally grew taller than me, he has brown hair with little bits of blond through it, brown eyes and the same skin colour as Aztec, he is like a little brother to me.

“So Aaleyaa, what does this year have instore for me?” I ask, she leans in closer to me. Looking directly into my eyes, her face the same pain look.

“F**k!”

Aaleyaa’s eyes flash from blue to black, and close. She starts to fall back, I reach out to grab her but miss she falls off of the grand stand hitting the floor. I jump off after her dropping to my knees and placing her head on my lap.

“Aaleyaa can you hear me!?” I scream at her.

“Someone get a teacher!” I hear another yell.

I sit there holding her in my arms, she is still breathing but not responsive. I start to cry, my friend, one of my best friends is hurt, and it was my fault. I fell a soft tap on my shoulder, but I didn’t look up I didn’t let go. Now I was being pulled back, hands holding every part of me pulling be back. I got free and fell to my knees, they were taking her away. I felt lost we were having so much fun a minuet ago.

***

I am know at the hospital walking back and forth waiting for news about Aaleyaa, how I got here I don’t remember.

“Jaz you need to sit down, eat have some water or something.” Amy says holding he still by my arms.

“I can’t stop!” I yell, she looks down disappointed, and walks back to her chair next to Gale.

“Is there a Jasmine Sherry here.” A doctor asks walking up to me.

I ignore him, and run past dodging nurses and equipment. I finally make it to her room and burst in. She is sitting up and laughing, she is alive. I run up to her, and wrap my arms around her, my eyes watering.

“Omg you’re alive.” I say letting her go.

“Of course I am can’t leave you hanging. And I have to tell you something.”

“What?” I sit down on the side of her bed.

“Well before I passed out, I- I saw something.”

“What did you see?”

“Well it wasn’t clear but, it was dark. I saw Gale he was different. I felt the feeling of betrayed so you’ll probably be betrayed, and something will happen something bi, but I saw death, a lot of death. Oh yeah and this guy just saying he is a babe.” The room goes silent, our eyes are locked.

“I’m sorry miss you can’t be in here, only family at the moment.” I turn around the doctor is standing at the door.

“I’m sorry sir I just needed to know that she was okay.” I say. He nods I say goodbye to Aaleyaa and walk out the room and back to Amy and Gale. I tell them that she is okay and awake, and we all go home. I get changed out of my school uniform, and go for a well needed shower, it was very warm and comforting. I got out dried myself of, changing into a pair of jeans and a hoodie. I tie up my hair into a messy bun, grab my phone and walk into my parent’s room, they look nothing like me, probably because I’m adopted.

“Hey I’m just going into town, I should be back around 11:00.”

I walk out of their room and outside. I sit down on the driveway, and grab my phone out of my pocket and turn it on.

Hubby-boo-boo: Be there in a minuet.

I put my phone back in my pocket and lay down, looking up at the sky. The stars where bright tonight, scattered randomly across the sky. I sit back up and lean on the mail box. I fell around the floor, grabbing rock after rock and throwing them across the road.

“God d****t, I ran outa bloody rocks!”

I feel around but they are all gone. I crossed my legs and rubbed my face. Looking back down, I see a small pile of rocks right in front of me. I’m confused as f**k right know but meh I brush it off, so I continue to through the rocks. I hear Gales bike, and stand up. I jump behind him, putting on my helmet. I grab his waist and wrap on of my legs over his, he started up the bike and we set off. Once we made it to the beach we sat down on the sand, I rested my head on his lap and looked up at him. Into his eyes, the green shown as the moon hit them he was beautiful.

“I love you.” He says brushing, hair from my face. I sit up and face him.

“I love you too.” I say. We stay there for a little just looking into each other’s eyes. I match my breathing with his, he leans in forward and kisses me slowly, he ran his hand down my neck and to my waist. I placed my hands on the sand to make sure I don’t fall.

“Get a room!”

We stop I look up behind him. Amber, and she is with a girl, must be Miniko. She is quite pretty she has beautiful dark skin and raven hair, with outstanding blue eyes, she was taller than Amber but not by much. Gale swings his head backwards, we laugh and stand up walking over to them.

“I guess this is the famous Miniko.” I say hugging her.

“I see Amber has already told you about me.” She says looking at her.

“Bad thing is she likes to keep her life quiet.” Amber rolls her eyes.

“Well I’m Jasmine, and this is.”

“Yes I have met your make out buddy Gale, we’re in the same home class.” We laugh.

We spent the rest of the night chatting on the beach, me and Miniko went and got some ice-cream at Ben & Jerrys. She is so sweet and very feisty, I can see why Amber likes her. After coming back, and finishing the ice-cream Gale took me home.

“I love you.” I say laying my head on his shoulder. We’re sitting on my roof my hand in his. It starts to rain, drenching both of us.

“It’s getting late I should head home.” He says.

He pushes himself off the roof to the floor, I jump off after him he kisses my cheek.

“I’ll see you at school.”

And with that he jumps on his bike and rides off. ‘I hate rain sometimes, I wish I would just stop.’ Suddenly the rain lightens and stops. I look around me, everything is dry, I scratch my head. ‘WTF!’ even my hair is dry. I was confused but meh, I brushed it off, and went inside to bed.

Author's Note

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