𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐞 & 𝐣𝐣 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 | 𝐨𝐛𝐱

t h r e e - jj

i got out of the shower and combed through my long wavy hair then put on my bikini. i was meeting up with the group to go surfing then do a shift with kie at the wreck.

john b sent me a message, "hurry up!!!"

i grabbed my keys and strapped my surfboard to the top of my car. jj was gonna be there and i hadn't seen him since last week when he told kie he liked me while he was drunk. i've been avoiding him ever since.

"the waves are awesome!" pope shouted from the water.

i paddled out to the water and avoided any eye contact with jj, "hey guys"

"it's about time you got here, we've been waiting." john b rolled his eyes.

"that's true! we have been waiting, right jj?" kie nodded at him.

jj gulped, "um, yeah"

he knew that i knew about what he said, i could tell. the next morning he didn't remember anything about what he said so john b had to tell him. and from what i heard he was "incredibly embarrassed". but the thought of jj liking me made me nervous for some reason.

i sat on the surfboard as the waves got smaller, "so um- we haven't really talked"

"i- yeah- i mean yeah" he stuttered.

i raised my eyebrow at him, "what you said.. is it true?"

he pushed his lips together, "drunk words are sober thoughts.."

my heart dropped and i blurted out, "i actually like you too jj. a lot"

his eyes widened, "wait really?"

i awkwardly smiled then paddled back to shore. i grabbed kie and we made our way to my car. i told her everything and she suggested that jj and i should talk about what would happen now. i wanted to talk to him about it but what was there to talk about? dating? he isn't typically the kind of guy that likes relationship.

we got to her dads restaurant and started our shifts, "i'll take the tables"

it was a busy night and half of our school came in ordering the same exact thing, "chicken tenders and fries" but i couldn't judge because i always ordered that too.

john b, pope, and jj sat at one of the tables waiting to be served, "y/n hurry! we're hungry over here"

"what would you like john b?"

john b hummed, scanning the menu above the counter but was interrupted by jj yelling, "what the fuck dude?"

topper had thrown his soda at jj out of spite, "get out pogue"

the whole restaurant fell silent and i looked at kie who gave me the nod that meant "fuck them up". i put my pen and pad on the counter and walked over to topper and his friends table. i grabbed each side of the table cloth and balled it up with all of there drinks and food in there.

topper stood up, "usually i'd let a hot girl get away with what you just did, but your friends with those dirty pogues"

"the fuck are you gonna do topper?"

he balled up his fists but before he could do or say anything. the three boys stood behind me and stared at topper. they wouldn't let anyone touch me and topper knew that.

jj stepped in front of me, "back up bro"

topper went to step closer to jj but that was the last thing i was going to let happen. jj was already in trouble with the law and he didn't need an assault charge on a town favorite kook added to the list.

i grabbed topper by the collar of his shirt and dragged him outside, "don't come back until you decide to respect everyone in this place topper"

i walked back to the boys table and handed jj napkins, "you ok?"

"yeah i'm fine" he assured me.

"do you maybe wanna like go on.. a date? tomorrow night or something?"

a big smile appeared on his face, "i was just gonna ask you that"