Bad Timing - Jiara (JJ Maybank & Kiara Carrera)

Chapter 1

"oh, n-no, I'm not, I'm not pregnant" Kiara shook her head dynamically as if offended even though there was no reason to be, but the hand constantly on her belly for comfort provided enough evidence for anyone to assume.

"oh my god, sorry, I just thought-" Karen apologized with gratitude which made Kiara's mind stop in its tracks, she had to stop living in denial, for it was gravely affecting her social life.

"I'm not even sure of it myself, so..." She forcefully lets her voice overleap Karen, as if shutting her up to finally prove the doubt in her mind that she could do it; admit the fact that she hasn't taken a pregnancy test, not just because her parents didn't let her step foot outside her room, but rather because she needed JJ's presence that even Sarah couldn't replace.

"you're scared to do it alone, right?" Karen interjected her thoughts, as if reading them simultaneously as they ghastly go through her mind.

"You know what? Why don't you stay here, and I'll convince Agnes to make an exception, only for today though?" The smile on the receptionist face was even bigger than Kiara's, for she had enough of JJ's whining about the girl who was also desperately seeking him, likewise he was her.

"oh that would be so great!" Kiara sworn she could effortlessly force tears out of her eyes at that instant. The joy she felt just at the thought of touching him or at least beholding him was as comforting as her imagination envisioned it would be.

"Come with me" Karen reappeared after bolting into Agnes's office, a heartening grin on her chubby face that made her dimples emerge with ease, as Kiara followed the path she led.

Kie looked around as they walked through the long halls of the therapy center that felt more like a Psychiatric hospital, but everyone seemed so used to it, and putting aside the fears of being locked in a small room for more than a week, she took in the sight of the comforting furniture and the smell of the moderately-okay food being served.

"Maybank, eat, now don't' leave any crumbs on the floor yesterday or I'm going to have you clean them up yourself" Karen commanded with a displeased look as she scarpered into JJ's room without knocking.

"Yes Ma'am" JJ replied, not even looking at Karen as he stood on the edge of his bed, his arms inclined upwards to fix the lamp that hovered a few meters away from the bed.

"Oh, and someone's here to see you" She concluded her conversation with him, giving Kiara one last reassuring glance, and finally gaining the attention Kiara desperately wanted as she stood shyly behind Karen, tucking a stand of her curly hair with slightly blonde strands of highlights behind her ear, trying to calm her anxiety as if that's going to help, but with Karen's leaving, her sight was clearly visible to JJ, who didn't seem as nervous and uneasy as she was.

"Hey" JJ overstated, elongating the 'y' as excitement gleamed in his eyes, "wait a second I just need to fix this lamp, one second" His hands hastily try to fir the lamp in its holder that hung upside down in the ceiling as he cautiously arched off the edge of bed.

"move stupid" Kiara scoffs sardonically as JJ chuckles, finally beholding the breathtaking spectacle of hers. The boy gets down from the bed to finally face Kiara, except she predicted he would do that and she wasn't quite ready for the absolution of his eyes yet, so she bends over to unbuckle the laces of the white converse she wore with a causal red dress with white flowers that flowed just above her knees, proceeding to take the orderly pair off and step on the bed with her socks that looked clean enough for JJ to allow it.

The idiot she proudly claimed to be her boyfriend was twisting the lamp in the wrong direction, and when she finally moved the socket along with the rims of the lamp holder, yet when the mission was accomplished her legs slipped against the smooth blanket, hideously awaiting the connection with the floor.