Waves

f i f t e e n

~PRESENT~

Amelia walked into the Boneyard, hand in hand with Connor, seeing the bright flames from the fire burning ahead of her.

She really had just wanted to stay in tonight after spending the day out on the water, but she knew her friends would force her to come no matter how many times she told them no.

Her eyes wandered around the crowd of people, knowing exactly who she was secretly hoping to see, as she walked between the dozens of people, still in hand with Connor. She spotted Sarah, standing at the keg with John B. Sarah smiled at her as they headed towards them, instantly handing a red solo cup out towards her. "We're getting smashed tonight."

Amelia just giggled as the took the drink from Sarah, lifting it to her lips and slicking it back. She felt the burn down her throat, but she didn't care. Tonight, after all of the stress that they had endured over the last few days, she just wanted to relax and have fun.

She handed her cup back over to Sarah, giving her a cheeky smirk as she took it, filling it right back up for Amelia to chug down again.

"Wanna dance?" She turned to Connor, who was also sipping on a drink, smiling down at her. He was tall, but he didn't tower over her like JJ did. Amelia pulled his arm gently towards the crowd of people dancing to the blaring music, a song she didn't know, and as soon as she was in the middle she started swaying her hips as she backed up against Connor. He wasted no time in grabbing her waist, grinding his hips on hers. She felt her stomach flutter as he gave her hip a squeeze.

Connor spun her around to face him, leaning down to meet their lips. Amelia couldn't deny that she liked kissing him, but it was nothing like kissing JJ.

Amelia smiled back at him once he pulled his lips away from hers, but her eyes were quickly shifted from Connor's and over his shoulder as she spotted JJ walking towards the fire, alone, and sat down on a log beside it. Finally, she spotted him. Pope sat down on the other side of him, and Amelia felt herself longing to go over to where he was.

Without thinking, she grabbed Connor's hand, pulling him towards the fire. JJ glanced up at her as she approached, and Amelia sat down on another log across the fire from him, Connor sitting down next to her. His arm wrapped around Amelia's shoulders, leaning in to press a kiss to her cheek. Amelia couldn't help but glance over at JJ, who was watching their every move.

All she wanted was to look at him. She could feel his eyes on her.

Connor moved his lips from Amelia's cheek all the way over to her lips, pressing them lightly to hers. She quickly broke away from the kiss as she saw JJ stand quickly from the corner of her eye, storming off.

Amelia couldn't help herself as she bolted up, her feet guiding her quickly to look for JJ. She had no idea what she was doing, but she knew that she had every intention of getting to him. She didn't even care in this moment that she ditched Connor and left him alone at the fire.

As she reached John B's van, she spotted JJ leaning against the back of it, his arms crossed across his chest. As Amelia reached him, his eyes glanced over to her before quickly looking away.

"J, what was that?" She asked, stepping in front of him, looking up at him. He didn't respond, didn't look down at her, nothing. He kept his eyes fixed straight ahead. He almost seemed scared to meet her eyes.

"JJ." Amelia said again, reaching up to touch his arm, her fingers lightly running across his skin. She couldn't help but notice the goosebumps forming where her touch had been. "J, c'mon. Talk to me. What was that about?"

Amelia was completely caught off guard as JJ's hands bolted to her face, cupping both sides as his lips crashed into hers.

~ONE YEAR AGO~