Enemies with the bad boy (Complete)

Chapter Twenty Two - Needing time to work things out

Cody 

I have been pissed off at myself since last night. What was I thinking? Why would I kiss her? I didn’t plan to do that. I just got caught up the moment and went for it. It was my most brilliant move. I know that now. I am sure she won’t be talking to me this morning. I hesitantly made my way downstairs to join everyone for breakfast. I was the last one to arrive. I was expecting Jasmine to glare at me and then completely blank me. 

“Morning, sunshine,” Jasmine laughed, “We thought you weren’t coming down,” She added. 

“Morning,” I smile, “Trust me, I thought about it,” I added, laughing. 

She didn’t seem mad, which I am surprised about. I found myself relaxing after that. I went sitting next to Jasmine, helping myself to breakfast and coffee. 

“Cody, you and Jassy taking me to school this morning,” Lily smiles brightly. 

“Awesome!” I reply, grinning.

Lily giggles and shakes her head at me. I stick my tongue out at her, making her giggle louder. We all chatted over breakfast until we all had to make a move to get ready. 

“Jasmine, I am sorry about last night,” I sigh as we head upstairs. 

“It is fine, don’t worry about it,” She smiles. 

“You sure?” I ask, and she nods. 

I am glad it hasn’t changed anything. We got to the top of the stairs, heading to our rooms. Jasmine got to her bedroom door. 

“Cody?” She asks.

“Yeah?” I answer, turning to look at her. 

“Next time, don’t be so gentle,” She smirks. 

She headed into her room, laughing. I stood there, thinking, what the f**k just happened? What does that mean? She wants me to kiss her again. Maybe she is messing with me again. I groan, slightly frustrated and head into my room to get ready. I don’t know if I should bring up what she said or leave it. I have until after we drop Lily off to decide. 

I got myself changed. I would get a shower later. I make my way downstairs, waiting for Jasmine and Lily, who came down not too long after me. We said goodbye to the girl’s parents, heading out. Jasmine strapped Lily into her booster. 

“You picking me up?” Lily asks. 

“No, dad will pick you up,” Jasmine said. 

“OK,” She smiles. 

We headed towards her school, Jasmine taking her into her teacher before coming back out, and we soon got back on the road to school for us. 

“You wanna tell me what that was about earlier?” I ask. 

“What do you mean?” She answers, trying her best not to smirk. 

“You know what I am talking about,” I chuckle, shaking my head.

Jasmine shrugs, turning the music up. Oh, so she wants to play it this way. OK then, I will let it drop for now, but that won’t be the last I ask. The car filled with silence after that, well, silence from us talking, but Jasmine was singing away. 

I left her to it until we pulled up outside of school. The moment she turned the music off, I turned to her. 

“You ready to tell me what you meant?” I ask, raising my brow at her. 

Jasmine just smirked at me again, stopping the car and getting out. I did the same, and she locked the door. She went to walk away, but she didn’t get far. I grabbed her waist, pulling her around to me and in against my chest. Jasmine whimpered, looking at me through her long lashes, her eyes filled with something, curiosity, excitement, I don’t know. 

“Can I help you?” Jasmine asks. 

“Yes. What did you mean when you said that to me? Or were you messing with me once again?” I question. 

She takes her lower lip between her teeth, gently nibbling on it. Her eyes not breaking away from mine as she did. I swallowed hard, licking my lips. I wanted to know what was going through her head right now. 

“I mean, I liked it,” She stated. 

“You did? I thought I was too gentle?” I chuckle. 

“You were, and then you ran away,” She responds. 

“Yes, because I didn’t think you would have been happy that I kissed you,” I said, “If I knew any different, I wouldn’t have run away,” I added, honestly. 

“Honestly, Cody, I am a little confused with it all,” Jasmine states, “I need time to work it all out in my head,” She added. 

“Take all the time you need because I need to do the same,” I said.

“Thank you,” Jasmine replies, kissing my cheek, “We should head in,” She added. 

I nod, letting go of her, and we make our way inside. I don’t even know what was going on in my head, so I can’t expect her to know either. There has been so much happening over the last couple of weeks. I think maybe we were both a little overwhelmed. We will need to wait and see what happens. 

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I was standing by the lockers, waiting for Jasmine, when Gigi, one of the girls in our year, approaches.

“Hey Cody,” She smirks. 

“Hey, Gigi,” I smile. 

“You haven’t been around lately. You want to hang out later?” She asks. 

I know what she was referring to. We have hooked up a few times. 

“I know, and I won’t be around again, Gigi,” I reply. 

“Why not?” She asks, surprised.

“Things have changed. I don’t want to be that guy anymore, sorry,” I said. 

“That is alright. I hope it works out for you, Cody,” She smiles, heading off. 

Gigi was a sweet girl, and confident too. She deserves more than I was giving her anyway, and hopefully, she will realise that. I see Jasmine coming towards me as Gigi walks away. 

“Hey, ready for home?” Jasmine asks. 

“Sure thing, sweetness,” I smile. 

I rest the hand on the small of her back as we go outside. I feel Jasmine shiver below my fingertips. I try not to look too smug when that happens, probably a good thing she isn’t looking at me. 

“You got any plans for the rest of the day?” Jasmine asks. 

“Nope! You?” I ask. 

She shakes her head, and we get into her car. 

“Do you want to do something, just us?” I suggest. 

“Like what?” She replies. 

“Um, we can grab a movie and dinner,” I reply. 

“Are you asking me on a date, Cody?” Jasmine smirks. 

“Maybe, I don’t know,” I state, “We can just call it a friend date?” I added. 

“OK, then a friend date it is, for now,” She smiles. 

For now? Does that mean she has been thinking about things, and soon we can call it an actual date? I sort of hope so because a date would maybe help us work things out between us. I won’t push. I will take what I can get and go at her pace. 

I got lost in my thoughts on the way home. I wondered if I had always had a thing for Jasmine, even when we were younger. Hmm, I don’t know. It is just another thing I need to think about.

No matter what way all of this goes, as long as we can still be friends at the end of it, that is all that matters.