𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐃 | 𝐉𝐉 𝐌𝐀𝐘𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐊

𝟏𝟕

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Ivy woke up feeling different that morning, relaxed, warm, like the sun shining through her window was hugging her whole body. She woke up with a smile on her face due to her previous night, everything was finally back on track. Things with John B were all better, Pope was on his way to becoming her new friend and JJ was being his self around her again.

Last night was the most fun Ivy had since she'd been here, with John b constantly yelling at JJ with Pope's little side comments that he made sure only she heard, made her feel part of a group again. The night ended with a group ride back to her house. JJ came in and took her to her room but again, nothing happened.

Ivy went to stretch her arms but she couldn't, something was holding her back, or someone. She opened her eyes to realise that her room was pitch black what she thought was the sun's heat was the body heat of someone sleeping next to her.

She swivelled her way around to face the person and she was not surprised when she saw JJ lying there like a golden retriever.

His hand was wrapped around her waist and his legs were entangled with hers, she tried not to freak out but she couldn't hold back a smile.

"I can hear you smiling," he said with that husky morning voice. "Just like old times, right"

"yeah, expect you would wear a shirt back then," She said after she noticed his shirt on the bed beside him. Ivy didn't know how she even let this happen. How does one not notice a boy sleeping in her bed? She must've been exhausted, not to mention the drugs and alcohol that were probably still in her system.

"because you would never let me get this close, and I got hot," He said nuzzling himself further into her chest. The more skin to skin contact they got, Ivy noticed how warm he was all the time.

"you better go before my mum comes or she'll cut your toes off one by one"

"she let me sleep here," He told her not letting go. Ivy's first thought was What the fuck. Her mum willingly let him sleep? That honestly made no sense, she knew her mum was team JJ but letting him sleep. Ivy guessed it made a little sense considering they used to have sleepovers all the time but she had barely told her mum about JJ... Monica. That brat, she didn't know how to keep her mouth closed did she?

"she saw me leaving and told me to stay" JJ continued.

"she was drinking then"

"I'm not complaining"

Ivy hummed as a response while JJ kept staring at her. She could barely make out his face but there was just enough light coming through where she could see his features. Ivy knew she was getting nervous, her palms were getting sweaty, her heartbeat getting faster, she couldn't help it, JJ was cuddling her in her bed.

"don't be nervous," He told her, he could feel her heartbeat through her t-shirt, it was beating at a rapid pace, JJ thought she was about to have a heart attack. For him, this is the calmest he'd been in a while. With a summer of adventure, it felt nice to lay down with the one person who made him feel safe. It had been a while since he's been this close to someone physically for this long.

"Are you reading my mind?" She asked suspired he could tell she was a little stressed. He smirked because she wasn't doing the best job at hiding it.