Kie went home that day not being able to focus on anything but JJ. She could tell what he was thinking when he looked at her. They both knew this wasn't over.
Pope and Sarah were at the chateau, sitting outside on the porch. John b had went to go to the bathroom, and JJ was getting the fire ready.
"Pope" Sarah says, breaking the silence. "Do you know what's going on with JJ and kie" she asked, determined to get to the bottom of this once and for all.
"Okay so it's not just me?" He asked, agreeing. He leaned over to have the secret conversation.
"Like. Do you think they're, a thing, or something?" she asked, beginning to smile at the irony.
"No no. There's no way." Pope said, trying to convince himself. "JJ would never do that to me"
"You're probably right." She said, upset with the unresolved issue. "They're still being weird tho."
"Yea" Pope says as John b walks back outside. Pope couldn't stop thinking about what Sarah had said. He knew JJ and kie had been acting insanely weird almost all month. He knew his best friends couldn't stab him in the back like that though. At least.. he hoped.
Once JJ got the fire ready, the rest of the pouges joined him.
They sat by the fire as the night continued to grow darker.
"Pope, you need another beer man?" JJ asks a little while later, shifting his body towards the house.
"Uhh yea, I'll come with you" pope said, beginning to follow him to the porch
They get their beers and on the way back, Pope brings JJ to the side.
"Hey man.. sorry to even ask you this but.. there's nothing like" Pope paused. "Going on.. with you and kie, is there?"
"What?" JJ asked, playing it off well. He was caught of guard by popes threatening tone.
"Yea, y'all just have been acting strange lately, you know?" Pope says, trying to get JJ to confess
"Nah bro" JJ lies while cracking open his beer and taking a sip. "There's nothin going. Seriously." JJ said, desperately trying to play it off cool. Pope could never find out.
"Okay man" Pope said, patting his shoulder. "Just checkin"
"Yea man, we're good" JJ says confidently, walking down the steps, ignoring the fact that that conversation even just happened.
Pope believed JJ. He was still suspicious, but, took his word. He didn't think his best friend would do that to him anyways.
They return to the fire, JJ now uneasy. Pope would occasionally stare at JJ, making him nervous. Anytime they'd make eye contact, JJ would nervously look away.
This only made Pope more suspicious, but he decided to ignore it. John b saw what was going on. He didn't know what to say. He hadn't told anyone yet, not even Sarah. Their secret was safe with him.
It was the weekend now and kie finally found an excuse to slip away from home, back to the chateau. JJ was relieved that she'd be able to hang out for the weekend. He hated knowing that she was home alone and in trouble because of him.
John b and Pope started making the fire, while JJ, kie, and Sarah sat around the hammock. Kie and Sarah were in the hammock while JJ sat on a stump next to them.
They all sat there making casual conversation, joking around, laughing, and just having a good time while they waited for the fire to be lit, and for the sun to go down more.
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Jiara
Teen Fiction"To freshman year JJ" JJ says, saluting the blunt and taking a hit "May he Rest In Peace" he says, blowing out and passing the blunt to pope Is JJ finally ready to settle down? Leaving his life of lying, stealing, and cheating behind him, he decides...
