GRIEF | JJ MAYBANK

25. able to smile again

25

able to smile again

"don't stare at her ass again, jj"

BRAEDEN AND JJ were walking to the chateau together. yet, jj was in his own little world. he was thinking about the fact that his feelings had been overpowering his own thoughts. every time braeden is around him, he gets a strange feeling in the pit of his stomach, almost like butterflies.

but what he didn't know was that braeden was thinking the exact same thing, next to him. ever since she met jj, she's smiled a lot more than she ever has before. before she met the pogues, she would've thought that was unlikely and stupid, but for some reason she believes the pogues have changed her.

changed her into a much better person.

"so, uh how are you?" jj asked from next to her. his voice was like music to her ears, so it made her crack a small smile. he looked in her direction from the lack of a returning voice when he saw the slight uplift of her lips. "what?" he asked.

she looked in his direction. "what?" she repeated his words.

"why you smiling for?" he asked her. she fully faced him, without her smile.

"is it illegal to?" she teased him, yet he obviously did not get the hint very well.

"well, n-no but-"

she laughed under her breath. "relax maybank, i'm just messing with you" he calmed at her words.

"oh, okay" he smiled also. they both stared at each other with smirks on their faces. both teens got that weird feeling in the pit of their stomachs again. "we got nicknames for each other now?"

braeden smirk grew wider, "i don't know, maybank. do we?"

"we do now, welsh" braeden chuckled and looked away from jj's ocean eyes, however jj continued to transfix upon her beautiful features. he admires the way her dimples show even when a small smile is upon her face, her long brunette hair shines in the moonlight. but most of all, he finds her personality the most gorgeous. he didn't want to waste a single second when he is with her. he cherishes the time they have together. even if that means they only communicate whilst sitting at the chateau, smoke a joint together or walk back to the most infamous pogue hangout.

but, if the pogues knew about their feelings for one another, john b would pressure jj, kie would pressure braeden and pope wouldn't want any part of it.

after walking for about 10 minutes, they finally they got to their destination. they saw all 3 pogues sitting down, talking. jj and braeden walked up the porch together. the girl sat next to kie when jj sat by himself on a spare couch, sad because he wasn't able to sit on his favorite couch.

"hey guys" john b spoke aloud while smiling at the new comers.

"you alright?" braeden used her normal english slang, making john b chuckle under his breath while nodding making her also nod in satisfaction at his answer.

"so, what are we doing today?" kie asked the pogues. pope was about to interfere, when braeden cut him off, already knowing what he was going to say.

"no pope, you are not studying all day, you are hanging with us today" she held her finger high in front of his face. jj's eyes widened in shock at her sass, he has never seen her like this, but he would admit that he liked this side of her.

"that was hot" said jj boldly. braeden's cheeks turned into a pinkish tone and unfortunately for her, he saw the color. she held her hands in front of her face, trying her hardest to hide the fact that jj just made her blush. "no need to worry, i already saw" he smirked.

she rolled her eyes at the boy and carried on. "as i was saying, you're not gonna be in john b's room all day looking down at papers or some shit" she stared at pope then to all the other people in the room. "we are going surfing"

all the pogues agreed with her statement and they were off. the pogues and braeden got to the beach in time before it got dark. kie and braeden held hands as they ran towards the water that was calling their names. the 3 boys were held back staring in awe at the girls in front.

"don't stare at her ass again, jj" pope raised his eyebrow in seriousness at him. jj threw his free arm in the air and huffed out an exaggerated breath.

"i wasn't and i'm not gonna!" he exhaled another breath and began running to follow the girls. "hey! save some waves for us!"

john b and pope both looked at each other. john shrugged his shoulders and ran off, leaving pope to sigh then follow him behind.

"kie! watch this!" braeden shouted to the girl. she saw a perfect wave coming so she stood up from her baby blue surfboard and when the hill of water came at the right time, she glided up the wave and in a swift motion, she was surfing perfectly across the water.

"yes! you go girl!" kie cheered her on, which only made the adrenaline even better for braeden. she saw another wave coming and shouted to the blonde boy that looked lonely by himself.

"c'mon jj! you get this one!" he smiled at braeden and did the exact same motion as her. she could tell he was trying his best to impress her, but she knows jj and she knows the ways of surfing. and the face that he literally did the same thing as her, it wasn't all that impressive, seeing as she literally did it two seconds ago.

"your turn kie!" braeden now shouted at the carrera girl. she also did the same thing but she knelt down and held onto the top of her board. braeden raised her eyebrows in shock, she knew kie was hot but she never knew she was this hot.

"okay, first jj was staring at braeden and now braeden is staring at kie, what the hell is happening?!" pope shouted as john b exaggerated threw his hands up in the air next to him. he almost fell off of his surfboard, so he immediately held onto the top of it. pope laughed at him in return.

"shut up, man" john b's cheeks turned a pink color in embarrassment.

the pogues and braeden spent the rest of their day having fun and chilling with each other, it was one of the best days braeden has had in a while.

word count: 1139

sorry, it's a short one today

-s1utformen