wowie . jschlatt

eleven

"Well what's your name?"

"How about you give me your number first and then I'll tell you sweetheart" I smirk, she rolls her eyes.

"Wowie, another dick in this school" she huffs before grinning. "You're lucky your cute" she grabs my hand and takes a sharpie out of her pocket, writing her number on the arm. "See you later pretty boy, I gotta go get my hat" she stands up.

"Y-Yeah"

She starts running away. "And your fly is down!" I look down and zip up my fly before looking at my arm.

***-***-**** Min <3

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"Oh shut up J" Min nudges me. "Don't give him what he wants"

I chuckle. "So what's in the bag?" I ask her.

"I said it's embarrassing" she rolls her eyes and shoves past me. "Let's go, thanks Dad"

"Well now now, why don't you stay for dinner?" He suggests.

"We're not hungry" Min looks at me, telling me to agree.

I shrug. "I could eat" she glares at me as her dad loses his shit.

Min yawns. "Fucking hell I didn't know when he'd stop talking about my skeleton phase" she sinks farther into the passenger seat of my car. I was driving us back home after having dinner with her parents, it was pretty dark out.

I laugh. "Eh, skeletons aren't that bad. You know, I have one" I look at her before looking back at the road.

"No shit" she tries not to smile but fails so she hides it with her hand.

"I'd say it's gonna be about an hour until we get back" I check the time, glancing at Min. "You look tired. You can sleep you know, I won't throw you out on the side of the road" I chuckle.

"Mm, fine but wake me up when we're ten minutes away..." she points a finger at me, I nod. "...fuck it's cold..."

I continue to drive in silence, occasionally glancing at Min every now and then. She eventually falls asleep.

I check the gas tank and see it's almost empty, I roll my eyes but make sure to keep an eye out for a gas station.

After a few minutes I spot one and park in front of a tank. I've had to drive to Vermont twice which explains the empty tank.

I fill the car up with gas and then lock the doors, I don't want her to get fucking kidnapped while I'm buying a drink.

I grab an energy drink so I don't fall asleep while driving. "Thank you" I mumble to the cashier. He hums, taking my money and passing me the change.

"...have a good night..."

I stuff the change in my hoodie pocket and grab the drink before walking back to the car.

I get back in the car, quietly closing the door and looking at Min. Her arms were crossed, she was wearing a short sleeved shirt. She crosses her arms tighter and shivers, I look at the backpack in the back seat. I lean over and grab it.

When I open it I turn to Min, she kept my hoodie. The one with the scratched off letters, the one with one to many stains from all our fights, the one with the broken zipper.

I smile and take it out, throwing the backpack in the backseat and laying the hoodie on her. I tuck it behind her so it doesn't fall off.

I go to kiss her forehead but stop, God what the fuck is wrong with me? I grab the steering wheel and pull out of the gas station. That was two years ago, before covid, before all this shit, before I learnt I was a fucking dick. I continue driving, trying my best to stop glancing at her.

When we're about thirty minutes away I drive over a pothole,  "...shit..!" I whisper shout, I quickly look back at Min to see she's still asleep. They should really fix these fucking potholes.

I let out a breath of relief and move my eyes back to the road.
I stop at a red light, looking down at her thigh before looking up at her face. Asleep.

I place my hand on her thigh and continue to drive, what would she think if she woke up to me fucking bloody red. No, that won't happen.

"...hmph..." she moves around to get comfortable in the seat, I freeze. Almost crashing. "...thanks..." I always loved her quiet mumbles when she slept, it was always random fucking words and I found it hilarious.

"...you're welcome Min..."

3rd person!

Schlatt shakes Jasmine's thigh to wake her up. "...huh..? Are we there yet..?" She yawns, stretching. The hoodie falls into her lap, Schlatt chuckles.

"You said to wake you up when we're ten minutes away. Also love the hoodie" He jokes, Jasmine looks at him confused before looking down at her lap and seeing his old hoodie.

"You bitch! You looked through my stuff?" She huffs, grabbing the hoodie and putting it on.

"You were cold" Schlatt shrugs. "I wasn't gonna let you freeze" He smiles. "And it looks nice on you, I'm glad you kept it you know?..even after everything..." He mumbles the last part.

He stares at the road and she stares out her window. Silence.

Both wondering why they miss eachother so much but both knowing they weren't healthy for eachother.

Or did they just think that?