Understanding ||.

****Jasmine POV****

I wonder how I ended up here..allow me to take you back to the past….

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"You and Ethan are teamed up together for the class project, the teacher said.

"No ma'am…please can't we switch places with other people, i said knowing fully well that Ethan was never serious with class projects.

"I'm sorry miss Jasmine but I cannot, please take your sit"

I turned and saw Ethan smirking at me and i couldn't help but want to slap that smirk off his handsome face.

After class he came up to me and asked me to meet up with him at the beach at LU during the weekend before I could say a thing, he had already ran outside and that how I ended up here at LU beach waiting for him.

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"Hey jasmine"

I turned around and saw Ethan, he wore a black knicker and had sunglasses on. "You are 15 minutes late, i said and walked up to him.

"Really, I swear my time here says that I am quite early, he said with a smirk on his face.

He grabbed my hand and lead me to the beach side,sitting down he tapped on the floor for me to sit.

"What is the topic for our class project?, i asked concern because I pretty much was aware that Ethan never attempted any of his class project.

"The view of the ocean is so beautiful and the creatures that live in there are amusing,he said staring at the waters and for the first time I noticed a look of sadness as he stared at the water rising and falling.

I slowly closed my books and stared at the ocean and I felt relieved and relaxed of how the water sound soothes me.

"I really try to do my best because I know that I can never be as happy as I used to be, I said".

Ethan looked at me and smiled, " i used to be sad before and depressed not because of teen life but for my mum, she keeps working hard but still I notice that look of sadness in her eyes, I realized then that I need to do better in whatsoever I'm good at to take care of her in the future".

I looked at him and I could see him almost breaking down and that was when it hit me that I could tell him things, at that moment I decided to pour out my heart to him.

"When my mom died…she left an empty hole in my heart, it has always been empty,dead and dark…she loved me and always took care of me, dad was also there for me but now he doesn't come back home again. I have faced a lot of troubles because of my step mom and i can't bring myself to tell my dad because I also suffered a loss and I know how much it feels and I don't want him back to the stage where he was depressed, I held my tears in, I felt a hand on mine.

"I am sorry about your mom, I understand you and I am happy you decided to tell me about this , I don't really know how to make you happy but I promise to fix that empty space in your heart and I hope y'all feel happier, he said".

I laughed out and smiled at him, "look who is advising me…".

He laughed and stood up and told me to come closer to see something in the water, I rushed to see but he splashed water on me and the game was on, we played in the water and for the first time…I felt happy in a while.