“Wow, your husband is here?” Jasmine got surrounded by three girls before she could finish her words, “Ask your husband to come here. We want to meet him.”
Jasmine felt awkward, “I…”
“Don’t be stingy. We won’t take your husband away from you. We just want to meet him,” Jasmine’s classmates wanted to meet the man who Jasmine loved and protected. “He’s busy. He often has time…”
“Alright, Jasmine. Don’t be a killjoy. Introduce him to us. We might not have to chance to meet him next time.”
Jasmine felt resigned. They were pretty close friends. It wasn’t good to reject them so harshly.
So, Jasmine texted Boyce: Can you come up please? My classmates wanted to meet you.” she added, “I’ll reject them if you don’t want to.
Boyce replied after a while: I’ll come up.
They were Jasmine’s classmates. If he refused to meet them, it could affect the relationship between Jasmine and her classmates.
Jasmine smiled and replied Boyce: I’ll come to meet you.
Boyce replied: I’m fine. The road downhill wasn’t exactly easy to drive.
Jasmine texted: I know the way. But you have to drive slowly. That’s it. I’m coming to get you.
Jasmine kept her phone away and stood up, “I need to go get him. He didn’t know the way.”
“I’ll go with you,” a girl stood up, “We’ll look out for each other.”
Jasmine agreed, “Sure.”
The girl grabbed a flashlight. Jasmine and the girl held hands and got off the hill. They even told the other classmates, “Keep working. Get everything done when we come back.”
“Be careful. It’s dark down there,” another classmate told them.
“Yes, we will,” the girl answered.
It was easier to get up the hill than going downhill. Furthermore, it was night-time, and they had to depend only on the beam of the flashlight. It was even more dangerous.
Jasmine and the girl walked very slowly. After around half an hour, they saw a beam. The girl asked, “Is that your husband over there?”
They could only see the beam and light movement. It should be Boyce, considering nobody would head uphill at this time.
Jasmine wasn’t sure, “It should be him.”
The girl waved at Boyce with their flashlight, “Jasmine’s here!”
The beam immediately shone in their direction.
The girl said excitedly, “It’s your husband!”
Boyce asked them to stop moving around. He told them that it was slippery and to be wary not to fall.
Jasmine and the girl stayed put. After a while, Boyce approached them with the built-in flashlight in this phone.
The girl was excited to see Boyce. She reached out her hand and said, “Hi, I’m Elaine Jenkins, Jasmine’s classmate.”
Boyce shook her hand and withdrew his hand very quickly.
Jasmine walked to him. She can’t really see his expression in the dark. She asked, “Why didn’t you tell me that you’re coming back?”
If Boyce told her that he was coming back, Jasmine wouldn’t come out at all. She would stay home and wait for him to come home. Jasmine didn’t want Boyce to come hiking at night during his off-duty time. Boyce replied, “It was impulsive.”
Elaine teased them, “Didn’t you come back because you miss Jasmine?”
“Elaine!” Jasmine glared at him.
“Alright. I’ll zip my mouth. Let’s go back. They’re waiting for us,” Elaine passed the flashlight to Jasmine and said, “I’ll walk in front. Help me to light up the way.” Jasmine nodded.
Boyce and Jasmine walked behind Elaine while holding the flashlight.
Elaine turned and smiled at them, “Say whatever you want. I’m deaf from this minute. I won’t hear anything.”
Jasmine felt speechless.
“Elaine, you’re the worst.”
Elaine laughed at Jasmine.
Boyce and Jasmine didn’t say anything along the way. All they did was holding hands.
Jasmine’s classmates were staring at them when they heard people coming back.0000
“Jasmine,” Jasmine’s classmates surrounded them.
Jasmine held Boyce’s hand tightly. She whispered, “My classmates are a little over-friendly. You might not be used to it.”
Boyce held Jasmine’s hand back as a reply. He can deal with a bunch of college kids.
Boyce was the tallest guy among Jasmine’s classmates. He was an attention-grabber.
Jasmine introduced Boyce to her classmates, “This is…”
“Your husband,” one of the classmates finished Jasmine’s sentence. Then, she sized Boyce up and sighed, “No wonder Jasmine wanted to get married before graduation. She was afraid that someone might take him away if she didn’t get married earlier.”
“I wanted to get married earlier. I was afraid that Jasmine got taken away if I was late,” Boyce said.
“Aww…”
A few of Jasmine’s classmates teased them.
Jasmine pouted and looked at Boyce.
Jasmine felt warm and happy when she heard Boyce said that.
“Stop teasing us,” Jasmine smiled. She pointed at the girl who teased them just now and said to Boyce, “She’s Isabel Hopkins, my roommate.”
“Hi,” Boyce greeted.
Then, Jasmine introduced all her classmates to Boyce. At the end of the session, Boyce said, “Thanks for taking care of Jasmine. Please continue to look after her.”
Jasmine’s classmates replied, “We’re classmates and also friends. We should do that. Furthermore, we didn’t really take care of her.”
A guy named Hammer Baker said, “Let’s go over there. There’s food there. We brought a lot of stuff here when we know we’re coming camping.”
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.