turn around || jjk

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I wake up in JK's arms. I feel like a teddy bear. I notice his t-shirt lying on the floor and realize his abs are pressed against my back. I grab my phone from my night stand and see that it's almost 10am. I go through my phone looking at all my socials.

I lift his extremely heavy arm and set it behind me. I slide out of bed and open my blinds. My legs were freezing. I was wearing little workout shorts and JK's black hoodie. I step over to my closet and pull open a drawer in my dresser. I pick out a pair of JK's sweatpants. I let him use the drawer for when he sleeps over, so that he doesn't have to worry about bringing clothes.

I go downstairs and get water and a protein bar for the both of us and head back up to my room. When I enter, I see JK awake playing on his phone. I close the door when I come in and hand him his water and bar.

"Yayyy!" He exclaims. "Thank you Em!" He rips the wrapper off and eats the whole bar in one bite. "Now come back. I want to cuddle." This guy is clingy asf. I climb back under my duvet and he pulls me towards his waist, and puts his arm around my shoulder. My airway tightens, and I lose control of my breathing. Within seconds I'm hyperventilating, and within the minute everything is black.

I wake up in the living room on the beige sectional. I feel a soft, navy blue blanket resting on me. I rotate my body to face the window. I see JK sitting at my feet. He looks at me and smiles.

"Morning my flower," he stands up and walks over to squat in front of my face. "How you feelin?" I slowly sit up and rest my back on the couch. My head was pounding.

"What happened?" I notice my phone on the floor beside me and pick it up. 12:30pm, shit.

"You passed out for 2 hours, I carried you down here, and the sun blew up." He laughs as he takes my hand to pull me off the couch. "And um, your mom left to get you some Tylenol." As soon as I'm upright I feel a rush of blood falling to my legs. The whole world started spinning. My body fell forward but my legs didn't catch me, he did. "Woah Em, maybe you should sit back down."

He wraps his arm around my waist and tries to steady me.

"No, no. I'm good." My legs give out again and I quickly grab his shirt. I see the fabric stretch, then tear.

"Em, sit down." He says, not asking. I give in and slowly fall down on the couch. "You need to rest. How 'bout we watch Netflix together?" He sits down beside me and sets the blanket on us. He pulls me onto his lap and puts his arms around me.

We watched TV for about 4 hours when the front door opened. My mom comes in all giddy.

"Oh, hey honey." My mom pulls her shoes off and starts walking to the kitchen.

"Um, no mom." I stop her. "I was told that you went to get me Tylenol, which takes 30 minutes, not 4 hours. Who were you with?" I look at her and realize she put makeup on, wore her nice earrings, and pantsuit. She sets her purse on the coffee table and sighs. She looks at JK with a look that says 'should I tell her?' And I feel him nod.

"Honey, you know I love you very much, and I loved your father too." She starts fidgeting with her rings-now I know where I get it from. "It's been a while since he left." I quickly realize what's going on. Moms dating someone. "So for a couple months now," She takes a deep breath. "I've been dating someone." I look down at my hands and smile. "Honey? Is that ok?" Mom looks worried. She is terrified, the colour drains from her face. I start to laugh. "What's so funny? Emily?" I can't help it.

"The fact that you thought you had to keep it a secret from me. That's what's funny." I look at her. She's shocked.

"Oh my god Em." JK laughs with me. "See I told you she wouldn't care." He says to my mom. My face goes blank.

"Wait, stop." I say. JK and mom look at me worried. I look up at JK. "You knew?" His face goes red. He looks at mom and they exchange glances. He sighs and squeezes me.

"Yeah Em I did. I saw her with him at the Red Rose last week. Your mom told me not to tell you." He kissed me on the head and took my hand. I was furious. Why would my mom not want me to know? I look at my mom and she gives me a 'I'm sorry' look. I roll my eyes.

JK left at about 6 to have dinner, I spent the rest of the night in bed watching Youtube.