Banished from her life in the city, Trinity is forced to stay with her cousin Kie and her parents in the Outer Banks for the summer.
She never thought her time out would become the place she wanted to stay.
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After helping Kie close up the wreck we all went out separate ways. It was one of those evenings which made you feel like everything was gonna be fine. And despite how calm I felt tonight, I couldn't sleep.
I had put my guitar away because it was late and I didn't want to wake anyone up. I was laying in bed thinking about how strange the past few days had been. I was thinking about JJ, how he'd made me feel since arriving in OBX and he was probably the boy if grown most closest to too. I was trying to pick out when my feelings started and maybe they'd started the day I met him. I wonder if he was just being JJ when he teased and flirted or if he trying to be more than a good friend. And while I didn't need to get wrapped up with boys, I couldn't stop reliving how just a few hours ago, his taut muscles; had been wrapped around my body. I caught myself just then, my lips parted and heart knocking against my ribcage. So maybe I was wrapped up with just one boy. His name was JJ Maybank.
I narrowed my eyes at the pile of laundry in the corner of my room. It was all clean and dry. I just needed to fold it and shove it away, needless to say, I'd been preoccupied by one thing after the next. Convincing myself I'd deal with it in the morning, I reached for the lamp and switched it off, letting my room grow dark. I shifted under my duvet and closed my eyes, hoping that the sleepiness would arrive if I persevered.
Eventually, it crept up on me and I started to feel my body shut down. I was in a dozing state when a tiny sound made my eyes fly wide open. There was nothing to see in the darkness of my bedroom so I scrambled to switch on my bedside lamp. It wasn't bright but it practically blinded me when I flipped it on. Something scratched against my window again, with the same thin, high-pitched sound. Confused and clumsy, with my half-asleep brain, I scurried to the bay window fear rising as I did. And who could blame me? The past few days of my life, had been full of gunshots and running from security or police. A large shape wobbled capriciously, on the other side of the glass. And I was frozen as the shadow made my heart race, and then a knock. A thudding against the glass. I flinched, proud of myself for not screaming and I turned the handle pushing it outwards. "Ouch!" My attacker complained. "I'm sorry!" I whispered quickly then sighed as the light from my lamp cast onto his face. "JJ." I breathed. "Yeah hey -who did you think it was?" He asked rubbing his head. "I don't know?" I laughed slightly sitting down on the cushioned bay window. He sat down remaining on the roof. "So what are you doing here? Is it John B?" He finally stopped rubbing his head and looked to me with a frown. "You know? You could kiss my forehead better, instead of wishing I was JB." I rolled my eyes with a scoff, "What do you want, JJ?" "I don't feel like going home. Wanna come for a ride?" I nodded eyes glued to his every move as he removed his cap running a hand through his blond locks, then fixed it back on. I'd noticed this was quite the habit of JJ's, and I wondered if that's why I'd been gripping my hair so much lately. "We'll get dressed then." He urged snapping my out of my thoughts. I nodded again more eagerly. "Right, yeah." "I'll meet you down there." He said turning to scramble across the tiles of the roof.
