STREET RAT, jj [ON HIATUS]

where's selena ?

18] WHERE'S SELENA

     HER HEAD LAID PEACEFULLY ON HIS LAP.  His hands rested perfectly tangled in her blond hair. Every once in a while his thumb would move ever so slightly, rubbing the skin behind her ear in a loving manner.

Synley was in and out of sleep the whole ride back to town. She was conscious enough to hear John B belt out the lyrics to some indie song every once in a while. When the bus would hit a pothole, she'd jerk up, startled, only for JJ to gently guide her shoulders back down.

He peered down at the sleeping beauty as he dragged a hit from his juul, admiring how untouched she looked. He only broke his gaze long enough to blow the smoke upwards, not wanting to let the grey clouds touch her.

As the bass on the song got louder through the speakers, Synley's brows subconsciously furrowed in agitation.

"Turn the music down a bit." J turned his head over to the right, careful not to move from the waist down. Kie leaned forward from the front seat, grabbing the volume knob, lightly turning it down a few notches.

JJ knew of Synley's sleeping habits. He'd been over to her sisters house enough times to know that she'd scare herself awake throughout the night. Bad dreams hardly left her alone. She told him once that most of them were a never ending loop of that night. That she couldn't ever escape the screams.

So Syn was gonna be able to take this nap on the ride home with as little to no interruptions as long as he could help it.

"You guys wanna grab food?" Kie asked, straining her neck to address the question to all three boys. They hummed back a simple yes.

"Stop at the Wreck." Kie said to John B, and the boy
nodded. It wasn't but another five minutes till the bus found it's way to the parking lot.

"Syn," J whispered, moving his hand out of her hair to slightly shake her shoulders. She hummed in response. "You hungry?" he mumbled down to her, and she slowly opened her eyes. JJ bit his lip, her eyes were so pretty. A piercing green that he could gladly get lost in forever.

"Yeah." She groaned, sitting up, rubbing at her tired eyes as she did so. JJ reached forward, letting the pads of his fingers brush the loose strands of blond away from her face. Synley stared at the boy as he did so.

She couldn't help but feel like the moment felt unusually intimate. Maybe it was the way he was looking at her. It could be a trick of her imagination, or maybe just hopeful thinking, but his gaze was soft and adoring.

"Stealing drones makes you hungry." Kie smirked as she opened her door.

JJ cleared his throat, yanking his eyes from hers and Synley's face grew hot from how thick and awkward the air had gotten. She sighed to herself softly as she watched him open the door. That was weird.