Things Aren't the Same •JIARA •

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Kie's POV:

I got back to my dorm room and cleaned everything after having a busy Spring Break. Before I knew it, my first year was done and Quinn and I were driving back to OBX.

I arrived home and my parents hugged me. They missed me and honestly I missed them. My mom and I sat outside watching the sunset and she asked, "So did you read the letters?"

"Yeah, I did. It was wrong of you to not let me read those when he sent them. But whatever it was between us is over. I've been seeing Cole for nine months now." I said and I continued to tell my mom all about my boyfriend

She told me to invite him out for a week as she wanted to meet him. That's exactly what we did and he was coming to visit for a week in a few days.

Before I knew it, Cole was at my house and my parents adored him. I brought him to the chateau and introduced him to John B and Sarah, Pope and Cleo, and then JJ and Quinn were there too.

Cole got along great with everyone. He had already been in town for five days and we were at a Boneyard party the night before he left. We were all drunk and JJ came up to me when I was alone and he said, "I'm glad mommy and daddy approve of this boy"

"You're drunk" I said grabbing his beer and dumping the rest out

"Geez, I'm just trying to enjoy life" He said slurring his words so I borrowed the van from John B and I brought JJ home to his house only to find that Luke was back home

JJ smiled at his father, both of them were drunk and JJ said, "Surprise, my good old dad came back a few months ago"

JJ and Luke got into a fight, typical. I brought him to the chateau and everyone was already back from the party.

"I can't go in there. They don't know" He said

I drove to my parents house and I snuck him inside and up to my bedroom. I took his shirt off and looked at the black and blue spot that was rapidly forming on his abdomen. There were many other bruises already there. I looked at him and he looked so broken.

"How long?" I asked

"Two months... He got arrested and then sent back here after he got released. Of course, he blamed me for everything. He's back and he worse than ever before" He said and I hugged him and he cried into my shoulder, just like in the hot tub.

He was sitting on my bathroom counter and I lightly touched his stomach where the bruises were. I could feel JJ tense up and see the goosebumps on his skin. We suddenly were both looking into each other's eyes. He moved my hair behind my ear and we inched closer and closer until our foreheads were touching. I could feel his warm breath and our lips were inches apart. Our hearts were racing. I didn't know what to do. I don't think he did either. Our lips were just barely touching. Neither of us were sure if we should go for it.

He was the one who firmly pressed his lips against mine. My hands are behind his neck and in his hair. His were wrapped around my waist and he pulled my body to his to close the gap between us as our lips slowly moved in sync. I knew this was wrong but it felt so right.

We slowly broke apart but stayed close together. The strong eye contact remained and we stayed like that forever. I looked down and his knuckles were bruised and bloody. I cleaned them and then we were going to go back to the chateau. JJ didn't want to go.

"We can't both stay here. People will come looking for us. You stay here tonight, don't leave my room and I'll go to the Chateau and hangout then I'll come back with Cole tonight and sneak back in" I said and JJ tried to argue but then he agreed

I was at the chateau with everyone and everyone wondered where JJ was and I said I thought he was working tonight. Cole and I left around 1 am and went back to my house. Cole went into the guest room as my parents watched to make sure we went into our own rooms. I went into my room and saw JJ was asleep in my bed. He looked so peaceful.