Chapter 17: Chapter 17
Jasmine's POV.
I land with a thud on the carpeted floor of my room as I keep rolling to get myself out of bed.
Last night events replay in my head from the new years countdown, to watching a shitty movie with my family last night, to my conversation with Jeremy, and me falling asleep in Jerry's bed.
With those thoughts in mind I open my eyes to see my white ceiling. Jerry must have carried me here then. I still have yesterday's clothes on.
With a sigh I stand up and decide to start my day but not before checking the time which read 12:24pm. Wow I slept a bit long today I think to myself as I attempt to clean my room. I pile all my dirty clothes in the laundry basket, put wandering shoes away. I sashay to my wardrobe to pick out an outfit for today. I go with a simple top and black jean.
I make my way into the bathroom to make myself look presentable. My red hair forms a halo around my head, the whole thing just looks in disarray, its going to take me a while to brush through this tangled mess I muse as I look at myself in the bathroom mirror. Nevertheless I go into the shower to freshen up.
Fifteen minutes later, I'm ready and my hair is fairly brushed I gave up halfway through it was just too thick and long so I went with the classic bun I mean you could never go wrong with that.
The house is somewhat silent as I make my way down the stairs. I can tell that my brothers are out and only my parents are here.
I make my way to the kitchen to see my parents at the counter sitting on stools huddled over a book from what I can see behind them.
"Morning Mom" I chirp to Mom looking over at Dad I say the same thing "Morning Dad."
"We are in the afternoon honey" my Mom says as I round the counter to come to stand in their front.
"I bet she knows" my Dad says looking at me.
"Yes I do" I grin. "Well it's only proper to greet my parents good morning the first time I see them on a new day" I reason.
"I still don't know what I'd do with you" he jokes as my Mom giggles.
"So what's for breakfast and lunch"
"Help yourself honey"
That being said I turn over to the fridge to look for what to stuff my growling stomach with food. I scan through its content to find nothing that will satisfy my intense hunger so I turn back to my parents to see them smiling at the book they are looking through.
My Mom looks at me to see me staring right back at them.
"What is it honey?" she asks
"I didn't find anything to eat"
"There's a lot of snacks in there and junk food you are almost addicted to and you don't want any of it" Dad asks with his eyebrows raised.
"Wellllll....I ain't really in the mood for all of that" I say gesturing to the fridge behind me.
"So what does this pup want then" he asks.
'I'm not a pup' I say in my mind
"I was wondering if we could go for pizza" I say with a hopeful smile on my face and also doing my cute puppy face.
"Argh she has that look again" my Mom whispers to my dad.
"Yeah she does look constipated" my Dad agrees.
At that comment I drop the face and my smile to playfully glare at them. Then they burst out laughing which makes me cross my arms over my chest. Their laughter increases which causes me to smile.
"Can we go for pizza and ice cream" I ask when they come out of their laughing fit.
When they don't reply they stand to their feet, pass the counter then make their way to me. They hug me from both sides; my Mom on my left and my dad on my right. My hands fall from my chest to hug them back.
"We'll go for pizza and ice cream okay" my Dad says
"Then when we are done we are so taking you to get a haircut" my Mom concludes. I reply with an 'okay' and 'I love you to both of them.'
The walk to Mrs. D pizzeria was short but on the way I laughed throughout. My dad wouldn't stop cracking his horrible jokes while me and my Mom crouched to our stomach because of the laughter. All in all I enjoyed every bit of it.
We ordered pepperoni and mushroom with chicken toppings for pizza. We ate merrily and joked with each other. I don't think I had this much fun with my parents.
We talked about anything and everything. They kept reminiscing about me and the boys when we were still pups. How I wouldn't stop eating until I started vomiting, how much of a cuddler Jerry was when he was still tiny, and how super active Jacques was.
"There was this time when I took a quick nap because of Jacques and how much he stressed me" my Mom narrates as she dabs the napkin around her clean mouth.
"I made sure we slept together like I literally caged him in my arms so that if he tried to escape I would wake up"
"But it seemed that he was smarter because when I woke up he was nowhere beside me" my Mom continues as Dad looks like as if he's remembering the event with a smile on his face.
"I searched the whole house and I didn't find him and at that time he was still crawling".
"There was no sound of his heartbeat except my frantic own. I was so scared and your Dad wasn't home because he was on a duty outside the pack and mind you then we didn't live underground yet"
I nodded my head at her meaning I understood what she was saying.
"I was so scared, I called the whole pack we looked for him the whole day yet to no avail, I called your Dad too but he couldn't come home because his duty was not finished yet"
"And I knew he would be very hungry because I only fed him once that day. Only for me to go to the backyard through the kitchen back door to see my baby on the tree. He was in the highest branch with his diapers and he was cuddling with a stray cat that had gotten stranded on the tree".
At that I burst out laughing hitting the table. I could also hear snickers from my dzad.
"He was a really active baby" Dad comments.
"Damn yeah he was" I remark still awed by the fact that baby Jacques who is now the Gamma of our pack once climbed a tree in diapers.
Then after eating pizza we walked to the hair salon, getting ice cream on the way. I was so happy that I kept a goofy smile on my face, it felt like it would spilt into two but I didn't care.
On getting there my Mom greeted the woman whom I knew but not her name. I was pushed into a chair with wheels on it. I knew nothing about hair so my Mom told the hair dresser what she wanted.
"Honey we will be back in an hour" my Mom said giving me a kiss on my cheek walking back to my Dad at the front of the shop who looked like he will be anywhere but here.
Remembering that I was going to see Tobias and my clique later I told her not to worry about coming back for me. My parents both agreed and they went out of the salon making me promise not to come back home late.
The person assigned to me was Susanna, a very cheery petite brunette. She stood at the back of me on the chair I was sitting on. She just said she was going to make me look fabulous to which I agreed.
For the next hour she did not utter a word to me only to her colleagues to which she asked them to bring an item for her.
And she turned me away from the mirror so I couldn't see what she was doing. I think might have shed a single tear and said a prayer for my hair that was being cut off like scales from a fish.
When she announced that she was done she turned me back to the mirror and all I could do was gawk at the miracle that was me that I was seeing.
"OMG I look so good" I muttered turning my head side to side to examine myself. Susanna just smirked at my dumbfounded reaction.
"I actually look pretty" I say touching my now soft hair.
"Thank you so much" I gush to Susanna.
"Its nothing all in a days work." She replies.
Before I left she gave me some tips on how to make my hair stay this way and some recommended hair products. I left the shop feeling like a beautiful lady and I skipped all the way to where I was meeting Tobias and my friends.
I entered Emma's house to find them sprawled on the couches watching Empire.
"Hey..." Tobias says turning on his chair to look at me.
"Guys there's a stranger in the house" he says catching the attention of Leila, Emma and Hannah.
Leila was the first to speak after they all kept staring at me like I was some sort of alien.
"Honey I think you're at the wrong house"
"Seriously!" I cross my arms.
"Yes dear, who are you looking for? you seem lost" Emma asks
"Guys don't be..."
"I'm not as dumb as them" Hannah says the nerdish one among us. "Come on in" she says. "You look prettier than normal" she adds which causes me to blush.
"You just had to spoil it" Tobias says directing his words at Hannah who shrugs at him.
I take the seat beside Hannah.
"What did you do with it? It looks really pretty than that horrible bun your hair seems to be in all the time" Emma comments.
I gape at her as she called my bun horrible
"A minute ago you didn't know me"
"Well Tobias started it" she defends
"What I didn't know it was Jasmine" Tobias tries to defend himself.
"Well I got a haircut and what you do or say would not make me feel less beautiful" I say raising my chin up.
"You go girl!" Leila cheers.
"It's so soft" Emma comments after touching a strand of my hair.
"Please, please leave your hair down from now on" Hannah begs.
"I will" I say
"So are we watching movies all day?" I ask glancing at each of them.
"Probably" Tobias replies playing the series that was on pause.
So for the next two hours we were laughing and throwing comments at lame actors.
"Who has a new year resolution?" I ask randomly
No one answers for like a minute until Tobias speaks up
"Funny how I didn't make any this year" he says sitting up straight from his position upside down on his seat.
"Neither did I" Hannah remarks
"Me too" Leila and Emma say simultaneously
"Any reason?" I ask
A murmur of 'No's' and 'Nope' reach my ears. I only nod with understanding. We stay in silence for a few moments.
"Way to spoil the mood with your question Jasmine". Tobias accuses as he chucks a throw pillow at me.
"I didn't spoil the mood doofus" I say throwing the pillow back at him.
"You did"
"Did not"
"Did too"
"Did not."
We bicker back and forth like the children we are stuck in adult bodies. The others just watch with amusement at our petty argument.
"Guys" Leila yells.
"What?" we yell back at her
"If you are going to bicker like the children you are at least do it well" she says tossing both of us bedroom pillows.
"Go on" she says looking at both of us.
I look at the pillow in my hands then look back at Tobias
"RUN" is all I say like the way those nuns in those funny videos say. At least the one I watched.
And immediately Tobias jolts up from his seat to run around the room. Less than a minute later we were both bashing each other with pillows. I don't know how but Leila, Hannah and Emma joined in the fun.
So my evening was spent with my best friends in one of the most epic pillow fights that had taken place on this earth.
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone