Chapter 15
Jasper was searching, though she didn't have enough time to do it, what with the game starting in a few seconds, she was still searching for her.
She said she'd be here, so where is she?
Jasper could hear the referee blow the whistle. The visiting team lost the coin toss, so they get to kick-off first. Jasper watches and listens intently, but half-heartedly as she runs her eyes over the crowd to see if she could find her.
Jasper has been spotted where everyone is at. All their friends or associates from school are all sitting in one area. From where Jasper is, she can clearly see where everyone was sitting; from Pearl at one end of the row to Alex at the other end.
Jasper's snapped out of her search as she sees one of the players of the opposing team charging toward her. Allowing for the player to get closer, Jasper waits to the right moment to side step the player and keep going.
The referee's whistle blows as Jasper's coach calls time-out. "Jasper, what's going on in that head of yours?" Jasper's coach, Coach Pycnite, pokes Jasper in the temple. "Need I bench you?"
"No coach, I'm just a little preoccupied. I'll be fine," Jasper responds.
"Alright then, but another close call like that and I will be benching you," Coach Pycnite tells Jasper before sending the team back on the field.
"Sis, you okay?" Amethyst asks as they make their way back onto the field.
"Yeah runt, I'm fine," Jasper grumbles to herself.
"You sure, you haven't been this bent out of shape since you started dating that girl Citrine and she didn't come to our first game."
"Amethyst, I said I'm fine." Jasper pushes Amethyst out the way and makes her way back into position.
Jasper shakes her head, trying to clear her thoughts. Amethyst is right, she hasn't been this distracted since she dated Cit and she didn't show up to their first game. But she isn't like that. She said she'd always support her cousins, so then where is she?
Still distracted, Jasper is unaware of one of the opposing team's player charging straight for her. She doesn't become aware again until she feels the force of their body against hers as her back comes in contact with the ground.
Another whistle blows as the opposing team calls a time-out.
"That's it! Jasper, if you're not going to take this serious, you're out. You're on the bench until I say otherwise," Coach Pycnite screams at Jasper.
"What!? This team needs me!" Jasper yells back.
"Yes, we need you. We need you to get your head in the game. Bench." Coach Pycnite points to the bench while using her free hand to call up the back up quarterback.
Jasper grunts as she makes her way to the bench to take a seat. She refuses to look in the section where her friends and associates are, but she can't help it when she notices a familiar figure walk down and sit next to Alex. Is that her?
...
"What I miss?" Garnet questions as she takes a seat next to her godsister Alex.
"Well, coach just benched Jasper, but other than that, we're winning," Alex responds to Garnet before turning her head to squint her eyes at Sardonyx, who is sitting right next to her, with her hand slowly inching up her thigh.
Sardonyx smiles at Alex before removing her hand and instead wrapping an arm around Alex's waist.
Garnet shakes her head at the two before turning to look at Jasper. What's going on, she never gets benched?
Garnet's eyes widen slightly as she notices that not only is she staring at Jasper, but Jasper is most definitely starring back at her. She can't quite make it out what's in her eyes, but she doesn't need too.
...
Jasper looks up into the crowd as she see's Garnet take a seat. She keeps looking until she's sure that Garnet is aware that she is staring at each other.
With a tilt of her head, toward the school, Jasper gets up and walks away.
"Jasper, where are you going?" Coach Pycnite asks as she notices her star player missing from the bench.
"I'll be back coach, I got something that I need to handle," Jasper says and continues to walk toward the school.
...
Garnet excuses herself and quickly but quietly makes her way toward the school. She has no idea what is going on, but she noticed the slight tilt of Jasper's head and she got the message.
Slowly making her way through the school and down to the locker rooms, she stops when she feels another presence.
"Jasper?" Garnet calls out in her stoic voice. No one answers, but Garnet doesn't move from her stance. Instead, she gets herself into her boxing stance. Every part of her ready to attack or defend.
"Relax," Jasper's voice was heard a second before she stepped out of the locker room doorway.
The two don't say anything for a while. Jasper just stares at Garnet, taking in her beauty as Garnet slowly lowers her hands and gets out of her boxing stance.
"Why did you call me here?" Garnet questions after a long stretch of silence.
"To see if you'd follow," Jasper responds.
"Follow for what?" Garnet crosses her arms across her chest and stares at Jasper.
Jasper notices how Garnet crossing her arms, make her already voluptuous breast pop out more in her V-neck shirt, and swallows. "I wanted to see if you had a little bit of curiosity about me as I did you."
Garnet keeps her arms crossed and even though Jasper couldn't see her eyes, Garnet furrows them anyways. What is she talking about?
Jasper's aware that she can't see Garnet's eyes, but she knows that the boxer is a little confused by her statement. Taking slow and deliberate steps toward Garnet, Jasper closes the gap between them.
With a gentleness that she did not know she possessed, Jasper gently pulls Garnet's shades off her face. She was a little shocked when Garnet didn't try and stop her.
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Garnet freezes as Jasper reaches up and gently pulls her shades off her face. She didn't know that Jasper could be this gentle nor why she allowed Jasper to take her shades off.
"Your eyes are gorgeous, why do you keep them hidden?" Jasper questions as she stares down into Garnet's brown and blue eyes.
Garnet continues to furrow her brows before allowing herself to relax. "Because, not everyone is accepting of them." Quietly, she reaches for her shades in Jasper's hand, but Jasper moves her hand away.
Jasper smirks at Garnet before gently wrapping her arm around Garnet's waist and pulling her flesh against her. "You're a distraction, you know that?"
Garnet lifts her eyes from Jasper's chest to Jasper's face, her own eyes full of confusion. "How so?" she says with little to no emotion, even though she has a feeling Jasper can feel her heart beating against her own.
Jasper bites her bottom lip before placing Garnet's shades back on her face. "You going to be cheering me on?" Jasper questions the smaller woman.
"I always cheer you on, even when you don't see it and it seems like I'm there for my cousins. You're the quarterback, the school needs you."
Jasper looks at the smaller woman in her arms and tightens her hold on her slightly. God, I really want to kiss her, but will she allow me?
"Go out with me," Jasper states more than questions.
Garnet looks at Jasper and a sad smirk pulls at the corners of her lips. "We're not good for each other," Garnet tells her.
Jasper blinks at Garnet's statement. "Why not?"
Garnet pulls away from Jasper and creates some space in between them. "We just aren't. Good luck in the game."
Garnet turns to walk away, but a gentle yet strong grip on her wrist, refuses to let her go. Garnet stops moving and Jasper uses the moment to pull Garnet back toward her, but Garnet won't turn to face her. Gently, Jasper cups Garnet's face and turns it to face her. She looks into Garnet's shades before slowly and gently placing her lips on Garnet's.
At first Garnet wasn't participating. They couldn't do this, there was no way that they'd actually be good for each other, but damn if Jasper's lips weren't coaxing and her taste alluring. Slowly Garnet started to relax and melt into Jasper as Jasper let go of Garnet's wrist and wraps her arm around Garnet's waist. Garnet sighs into the kiss and wraps one of her arms around Jasper's neck, deepening the kiss. Jasper smiles into the kiss before tightening her hold on Garnet's waist.
"Ahem, so, this is where y'all both sneaked off too?" Rose asks with a barely noticeable blush tinting her cheeks and a cherry voice.
Garnet and Jasper break apart and turn to face Rose. Jasper scowls at her elder sister and Garnet stares back at Rose with a slight blush but other than that, her face is expressionless.
"I mean, I didn't mean to interrupt or anything. I just needed to use the rest room and this is the only way to get there," Rose says softly.
Garnet simply looks down at Rose's stomach and smiles. "He's pushing on your bladder?" Garnet questions, trying to change the subject.
Rose nods her head and moves to walk past the two. "Oh, and Garnet," Rose turns to face Garnet, "Greg and I were wondering if you wanted to come to the next ultrasound with us?"
"Yeah, I'd be honored," Garnet says and smiles at Rose.
Rose smiles back and continues on walking to the rest room. "Oh, and little sister," Rose calls out without turning to face Jasper, "if you're sure you want to do this, take very good care of her." With that Rose continues on her way.
Jasper and Garnet turn to look back at each other. "We should get going," Garnet says.
"Yeah, we should." Jasper rubs the back of her neck before stepping closer to Garnet. "Will you at least think about it?" Jasper stares into the shades and even though she can't see Garnet's eyes, she still know where they are.
"I can't promise you anything," Garnet says, looking at Jasper's lips before shaking her head and walking away.
Jasper watches as Garnet sashays away before turning and heading back out onto the football field.
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"Where you been? You've missed half the game," Alex tells her godsister when Garnet takes her seat right next to her.
"I had to handle something," Garnet responds and turns her attention to the game, right as Coach Pycnite allows Jasper to go back on the field.