Jasmine's POV

t/w violence. I'll put a *** where it starts and ends.

I was walking to the theater on a cloudy Monday morning. Suddenly, I had the feeling that there was someone watching me. I turned around, only to see someone in a coat, pulled up so I couldn't see his face. Ignoring this, I continued down the streets of New York.

After a few minutes I turned around and saw the same guy. This time closer, about twenty feet behind me. Crap this is not good. I quickly ducked into a little cafe.

The shop was completely empty except for the lady at the counter. She smiled as I ordered and sat down to wait for my coffee.

The man that was following me walked in. This is bad. This is bad. THIS IS BAD!!! The lady from the counter was nowhere to be found. The man walked up to me. I wanted to move but was frozen to my seat. He pulled down his coat so I could see his face.

Noah

"Hey." He smiled but it was cold and uncaring. I tried to talk but no words came out.

"Break up with Freckles and no one gets hurt." he continued.

"I'm not dating Anthony." I managed to squeak. His expression quickly turned from a smirk to a scowl.

"I know you're lying. Break up with him." *** He reached into his coat and pulled out a gun, pointing it at me.

"I'm not lying." I said. I attempted to hide my fear. His hand squeezed the trigger. The loud noise of the gun firing was the last thing I heard. ***

Anthony's POV

Waking up next to your crush is good. Unless she's screaming and thrashing around in her sleep.

"Jas. JAS!!!" She woke up suddenly in a cold sweat.

"Ant!" She pulled me into a giant hug before bursting into tears. We sat like that for a while. To my disappointment, we broke apart after several minutes.

"You wanna talk about it?" I cautiously asked. She looked away from me. And there you go. Messing everything up.

"Sure." she said. Ok so she doesn't hate you. That's good. She explained her nightmare. This guy. How could he do this to Jas. She's so beautiful, smart, funny-

"Ant?" I looked up. I realized that I hadn't said anything.

"That's so horrible!" I said as I hugged her. We pulled apart and I checked the time. 3:00. Jas seemed to have cheered up enough.

"So it's 3. Want to go back to sleep?" I asked her. She shook her head.

"No you can. I'm gonna go watch a movie." she said. I smiled at her.

"I'm coming with you." I scrambled out of the bed and ran around to her side. Linking arms with her, I marched dramatically out of my room and to the couch. Jasmine stumbled behind me, laughing the whole way.

The two of us plopped on the couch. Soon we were watching The Little Mermaid. Lin's favorite. The movie was over in what seemed like a minute. I was shocked to see that Jas was asleep on my chest. Careful not to wake her up, I checked the time. 4:30. Maybe I'll start another movie. Too lazy to do anything, I slowly drifted off to sleep.

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I was awoken to a fluffy thing hitting my face.

"JAS!" I yelled, my eyes still closed. Jasmine giggled.

"Get up sleepy head." she said. I groaned.

"No!" I turned around so my head was facing the pillow.

"I made pancakes!" she said in a teasing tone.

"I'm up!" I said as I sprung from the couch and ran to the kitchen. Jas laughed loudly from where she was standing, by the couch. She sat across the table from me as we ate her pancakes.

"Those were so good!!" I exclaimed as I ate the last bite of my breakfast. Jas smiled. Holy Crapolla she has a beautiful smile.

After we both got dressed, we walked to the door.

"He's out there." Jas said as I was reaching for the doorknob.

"What?" I asked, turning to her.

"He's gonna be out there and he'll hurt me. Or worse hurt you. Or he-" She looked as though she was on the verge of a panic attack. I had to stop this. Without thinking I grabbed her hand. Oh my gosh. Anthony, you are holding your crush's hand. I felt a blush creep onto my face.

"Ok let's go." Jas said, also blushing. I nodded and the two of us walked out of the door together, hand in hand.

We got to the theater. When we walked in everyone was in a room, getting ready for the two run throughs.

Jas and I noticed that we were still holding hands at the same time, dropping them quickly. We split ways. I walked over to Daveed and Oak while she went to Renée and Pippa. Daveed had a big smirk on his face while Oak was trying hard not to laugh. I rolled my eyes at them but didn't say anything.

"So..." Daveed started. I quickly interrupted him.

"Jashassomeproblemsthatshedoesn'tfeellikesharingrightnow." I said quickly so I could avoid the questions from them. Daveed's expression changed rapidly from a smirk to a frown.

"Ok. What ever you say." The rest of rehearsal went by smoothly. The cast finished one run through and then went out to lunch. I walked to a nearby restaurant with Lin, Groff, Jas, Daveed, and Pippa. Renée was out with her husband and Oak with his girlfriend.

The whole way there I could sense that Jas was tense. I put my arm around her, feeling her relax immediately. She looked up at me and mouthed a thank you. I smiled as we continued the walk.

About halfway through our lunch. Groff sent me a text.

Meet me in the bathroom.

I glanced up at him. He had a serious expression and was staring at me, waiting for a response.

K

"Well excuse me I need to go to the restroom." I said as I got out of our booth. Jas looked at me pleadingly. She wasn't very comfortable with being in public spaces because of Noah. I shrugged slightly and nodded to Pippa, trying to give her someone else to make her feel comfortable. She sighed and nodded solemnly.

In the bathroom I leaned against the wall to think of Jas. That Noah... He did a horrible thing to such a great girl. Jas deserves so much better than that-. My thoughts were interrupted by Groff running into the room.

"What's wrong with Jazzy?" He said quickly.

"Nothing. Jas is fine." I lied. The cast knew that she was still dating Noah after he cheated but no one knew the whole story except for me.

"I know something's wrong." he persisted.

"How?" I asked.

"I just do. Now What's wrong with Jazzy." He asked again.

"Nothing major. We've got it under control. You-" Groff cut me off.

"Is she pregnant? I swear if you got our little Peggers pregers..."

"No she's not pregnant. Just drop it ok?" I said, blushing bright red. I can't tell Groff anything. Whatever happens with Noah is not my job to spill. Jas will tell everyone when she's ready.

"Fine." Groff said as he pouted and crossed his arms. "But if anything happens to my Jazzy-" I cut him off.

"Your Jazzy?" I silently cursed myself for the jealousy.

"Hey I like boys. Don't worry about me stealing your crush from you." I blushed again.

"I don't like-" I started but Groff was already out the door. I sighed. Was it really that obvious?

I walked back to the booth. Jas sighed in relief when she saw me. I sat down next to her. She grabbed my hand under the table. I felt a blush creep towards my face but ignored it. Jasmine Cephas Jones is holding your hand. This was the only thought in my head for the rest of lunch.

I know it sucks but it's kinda late and I didn' really have time so I just finished writing this. So sorry. Thank you guys so much for reading this. If there are any mistakes please tell me. Thanks!

Have a good day!

~Kate

Word count-1305 (not including a/n)

Sept. 15, 2017