OBX Imagines (Outer Banks)

Remember When You Kissed Me? - JJ Maybank

I will let out a part 3 of "Hand and Hand Through It All" soon, I promise. Until then, here's a cute lil story 🥰

JJ x Reader

You and your best friend John B decided to go out and catch some waves while Pope, Kie, and JJ. Went to go watch a movie on the lawn. One wave after another John B tried his hardest to land better then you, unsuccessfully. You agreed to a break. You sat in the calming waters. You both sat on your boards across from each other. You picked at your nails deciding if you should say something. John B laid back catching his breath. "Remember when you kissed me?" You blurted out, not making eye contact.

John B cleared his throat sitting up. "Uh yeah, yeah I remember." He responded. Small waves lapped under your boards. You squinted through the sun, looking at him. He looked at you concerned by your random question. "Did you tell JJ?" You asked hoping he wouldn't think too much about why you would ask him that. It didn't seem like he had. "I had to." His head hung looking down at his surf board. He was clearly disappointed about your motives. You watched as he awkwardly picked at at wax to avoid the tension.

"I mean pogues don't lie to pogues, right?" He looked up meeting your eyes like his statement had a double meaning. You didn't let your expression change, you could just been over thinking it anyway. He proved you right when he laughed looking out at the small incoming waves. "And plus he just laughed because you shot me down. So," He stated. Your mouth fell open a little with wide eyes. "I didn't shoot you down." You retorted at his recall of the events from the other day. He shot his head back up to you in interest. "It was just really bad timing, you were like freaking out, right?" You asked genuinely.

How you remembered that kiss, it wasn't some passionate love connection. John B was having a panic attack because you had just gotten kicked out of the light house, which was the last lead he could think of to help him find his father. It was a heat of the moment thing, so you didn't dwell on it. He would've done the same to any other girl in that situation with him, right? "Yeah, yeah I was freaking out." He cleared his throat. You nodded satisfied with his answer. "Why, uh why do you ask?" He stuttered. Now it was you who was on defense. You squinted looking at him through the sun. Taking a second to come up with an excuse. You had thought the back side of your question went right over his head. "Just wondering," you looked back down at your finger nails. "Its not-" you began before being saved by JJ shouting, "save some waves for us.". A warm smile of relief washed over your face.

JJ, Kie, and Pope ran out into the water paddling over to where you and John B were floating about. "Are we done with circle jerk or?" JJ teased sensing the tension. You and John B laughed. For a second things felt normal, the whole gang was here and JJ even cracked a joke. Something he hadn't done in weeks. You spent the rest of the night, or at least until it got dark, surfing the big waves. JJ of course asserted his dominance as the best surfer, or at least tried to. You and JJ had this unspoken competitive thing.

It got dark to the point where if you did surf their was a high probability you'd crash into each other. So you dragged your boards ashore. You walked up to Kie's wrap around porch. Hanging out with the pogues like everything was normal finally cleared up some headspace for you to think about what you were going to do when unavoidably went back to awkward. If you kissed JJ then every one has kissed everyone, except for JJ and John B. But, the point is you thought it could work. So when everyone started walking up the stairs to the porch you grabbed JJ's arm. The rest of the group passed by the two of you. JJ turned to you looking down at you with curiosity. "What's up?" He asked. You leaned slightly over looking passed him to see if the pogues could see you where you were at. You side stepped over a little just to be safe. You took both of JJ's hands in yours, he followed beside you.

You stared at him for a moment, he was clearly confused. You laid a hand on the side of his face. His eyes widened knowing what was about to happen. You hooked the other hand around the back of his neck. You stood on you tippy toes, and pulled him down the rest of the way gently. You laid a kiss on his lips. You were surprised when he kissed you back. You rested your light grip on the back of his neck. His hand traveled to your waist pulling you in closer. You pulled away, clearing your throat. Though there was a part of you that didn't want to stop. You wiped your mouth with the back of your hand swiftly. You refused to look him in the eye as he stared at you for answers. "Now everyone has kissed everyone, shit can be normal again." You explained before turning towards the porch. He grabbed your wrist stopping you.

"What are you talking about?" He asked his eyebrows pushed together. You looked up at him like it was obvious. You shook your head not understanding his confusion. "Ever since John B kissed me like 5 weeks ago, it's been weird between us. All three of us." You stated. He stood up straighter adjusting his posture. A smile pulled at his lips as he pieced together the confusion. "Y/n, John B said you kissed him. He made it out like you two were like a thing." He explained. You looked towards the house. The pogues would've definently noticed your absence by now. You shook your head assureing him that wasn't true. "No, we aren't." You complained. JJ's smile only widened at your assurance. "And the reason... I've been weird around you...." He began hesitantly. He looked down at your hands that you had just noticed he was still holding. You concealed your impatience for his explanation.

"I like you. I like you like alot. And that's not normal for me. And when I thought you were with John B, I wanted to keep my distance, because I knew if I didn't, I'd slip up and-" he started rambling nervously. "I like you too." You cut him off. That caught his attention. He looked up his eyes meeting yours. Your cheeks started to hurt from smiling so much. His face lit up at your words. He leaned down, putting his hand under your chin angling your face up. He lightly kissed you briefly. "We should probably go find the others." He suggested you. You rolled your eyes in protest. "Ok." He laughed at your dramatic reaction.

He let go of one of your hands. You followed him, hand and hand. You made your way up the stairs and around the corner of the porch to see the others. They were all staring at you with smiles. Pope turned to John B caressing his face. "I like you, I like you a lot, and that's not normal for me-" Pope mocked you and JJ, revealing they heard the whole conversation. JJ took off his shoe and threw it at him. "Shut up." He laughed. You sat down going on with your night. You looked over to John B in attempt to meter his mood. He winked at you assuring you he was okay. You looked down at your hand linked to JJ's. Your smile widened as you though about how long you had been waiting for this. You looked up to see JJ's sweet smile as he laughed at something Pope had said. That boy was finally yours.