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"Jasmine? Sweetheart?"

A hand rested on her shoulder causing her to jump, grabbing the wrist of the person only to find it was her girlfriend. "Taylor? Sorry, did I hurt you?" Jasmine asks pulling her girlfriend towards her, looking for any sign of...anything.

"I'm fine...Are you okay?" Taylor asks pulling Jasmine in and putting her hands on her cheeks.

"Yeah...yeah just lost in thought," Jasmine smiled leaving a kiss on Taylor's forehead. The two stood in the kitchen of their two-bedroom apartment. They had graduated high school and were moved into an apartment just off campus ready to start their lives together. But she couldn't stop waiting, waiting for something to happen. She never got this lucky without something happening, whether it be because of her or her parents or her fucked up past. Something always ruined the happy moment. Now she was bracing for it. She didn't want to be but she was. Somehow she hadn't had too bad of a depression or anxiety, not one that causes your partner to flee the house in the dead of night while you are blissfully asleep. "Jasmine? Are you okay? For real, don't give me the fake fine."

Jasmine couldn't help but smile, Taylor had really grown to know her. "It's just...something isn't right. It feels like something's about to happen but..." Jasmine sighed frustrated, she couldn't put it into words, "I can't put my finger on it.."

Taylor smiled. She just smiled. "What could go wrong?"

"My mother. Our grades. Anything, I mean this is me we're talking about," Jasmine almost yelled catching herself. Jasmine sighed for the hundredth time that day feeling...like it was here. Here we go.

"Jasmine?" the blonde asks as Jasmine stands tall her eyes landing on the door to the apartment, "Jasmine?" The sound of a knock on the door shushed the room. Taylor frowned as her girlfriend immediately flinched at the seemingly cheery knock, the blonde gently ran her hand along the onyx-haired girl's arm as she went to pass her only to have a muscular arm stop her. "No. I will answer the door, you...just stay here." The taller woman spoke before creeping towards the door as if it was the only thing between her and an apex predator before hesitantly opening the door. "Baby doll!" the cheery voice yelled before a small woman jumped at jasmine, wrapping her legs around the lengthy girl causing jasmine to bulk and Taylor to step forward like a wolf about claim its territory only to be calmed by a gentle hand from Jasmine and the words, "Mom, what are you doing here."