Waves

t h i r t y - t h r e e

~PRESENT~

Amelia spun to the side to look at the front door of John B's chateau, where she was currently sat on the couch with Sarah, Kiara and Pope. She felt instant relief wave through her body as JJ stood in the door frame, looking to her with tired eyes. Amelia could tell that he was exhausted from spending the night in jail, probably not sleeping a single second. How could anyone sleep peacefully being behind bars?

"JJ, oh my God. I was so worried about you." Amelia ran over to JJ, throwing her arms around his neck as he hugged her back tightly. "How did you get out?"

JJ push the door closed behind him, keeping his arm around Amelia's shoulders as he guided her back to the couch, sitting down before pulling her into his lap. "I got out for good behavior." He joked, and Amelia rolled her eyes playfully as she heard his words, seeing his small smile tug at the corners of his lips. "They just kept me overnight for questioning. Let me go after."

"I couldn't even sleep last night knowing you were there. I'm just glad they only kept you for questioning and not actually locked up as a suspect."

"What will your dad say now, Mel? You're dating a total bad boy." He smirked at Amelia before planting a kiss to her cheek. "I was in jail."

Amelia giggled, giving his shoulder a playful shove. "For like five minutes."

"Hey, it was almost twenty four hours, actually."

Amelia had never felt happier to see JJ. Right now, with everything that was happening around them, she needed him by her side. With the sheriff being shot, John B on the run because Rafe put the blame on him even though he was innocent, everything had quickly become a mess and JJ was the only person that would be able to keep her sane throughout it.

"I was actually going to get ready to go over to the apartment. I figured you would end up going there first." Amelia said, as JJ leaned forward to press a kiss against her shoulder.

"Do you still have the spare key?" He asked her, and Amelia nodded. "Yeah, J, I forgot to give it back to you. Let me get it, it's in my purse." She said as she started to stand, but JJ grabbed her waist and pulled her back down onto his lap.

"Do you want to keep it?" He asked.

Amelia turned around slightly, looking to JJ with furrowed eyebrows. "Keep it?"

JJ nodded. "Yeah. It can be your key." He pushed her hair behind her ear. "Move in with me."

"What?" Amelia asked in disbelief at what JJ was suggesting. "Are you serious?"

"Yes, Mel. I'm serious." He said. "I want you to come live at the apartment with me. If you want to, that is."

Amelia couldn't believe what JJ was saying. But she couldn't lie and say she didn't want to. "Are you sure, J?"

JJ chuckled before nodding. "Of course I am. You went and looked at a college here. You have been thinking about staying here. So if you move in with me, maybe that will help you definitely decide to stay here. With me."

Amelia nodded, leaning forward to kiss JJ. "Okay." JJ kissed her back hard, Amelia able to feel the happiness in his kiss. Pope, Sarah and Kiara all cheered around them, laughing.

"But... have you guys, uh... heard anything?" JJ asked quietly as he pulled away from the kiss, his voice almost a whisper, and Amelia knew he was having a hard time knowing that John B was out at sea alone, and not knowing if he was safe, especially through the storm last night, was killing him.

"They haven't found him." Kiara said quietly, her eyes locked on the carpet underneath her feet.

Amelia cringed at her words, hearing them spoken out loud making it even harder to know that he was missing. John B was tough, and Amelia knew that as did the rest of the Pogues. But with the storm rolling through last night, there was no way to know if he had actually made it through it.