Keep Going ~Jiara~

Nerves #21

Sarah POV

I wake up and turn my head hoping to see John B cutely smiling at me as I wake up. He isn't and instead, I wake up to an empty bed.

I swear I'm gonna kill him.

I move to get out of bed and start to put on some presentable clothes I had left at the château if I ever needed.

I open the bedroom door heading into the kitchen. Nobody is in the house. It feels strange to be alone for once after we were all together on the island.

I love the pogues but everyone needs to be alone sometimes.

Anyways, I make myself some breakfast from whatever we have and they all walk in from being outside. Except Kiara is dripping wet and seems a little upset.

She walks by me and walks to grab a towel. As she leaves the room I look at all of them wanting an explanation.

"What happened?" I ask walking towards the couch. "Nothing really happened" JJ said walking to the fridge.

"Well why is Kiara upset and dripping wet?" I ask even though he knew damn well what I meant.

"He threw her in the water" John B says sitting next to me. "That's why she seemed mad" I say under my breath.

"I didn't mean to make her upset" He says closing the fridge. "Dude she already told you she was stressed about seeing her parents today" Pope adds in.

"I was trying to take her mind off of it" he says defensively.

"I don't think it worked" John B points out. "Well no shit" JJ snaps back.

JJ POV

This is so stupid I never meant to make her upset. I was trying to help but of course I screwed it up like always.

I hope she isn't too upset with me, I love her and I never meant to show anything other than love towards her.

I'm going to go see if she is ok. I walk towards the bedroom and knock on the door. "Kiara" I say softly hoping she isn't still mad.

No answer. But I did hear something. It was quiet crying and that was enough for me to open the door.

I look in and it's dark but not completely since the sunlight was shining through the curtains. I see her against the wall with her knees up to her chest and her head in her hands.

She is crying and shaking and I feel like it's all my fault. I slowly walk towards her and pick her up and sit her on the bed with me.

I just hold her until she's ready to talk.

She sobs into my chest and my heart aches. I feel terrible and I want her to know I'm sorry but I think something else is going on.

I rub circles on her back and kiss her head trying to make her feel better.

After a few minutes she calms down and says "I'm sorry" really quietly.

"Why are you sorry? I should be the one to be saying sorry" I say, never wanting her to feel bad for something she didn't do.

"I'm bothering you again" she says softly lifting her head up to look at me.

Her tear stained face makes me want to never let go of her. "You never bother me and don't ever think you do" I say trying to ensure that none of this is her fault.

"I'm just really stressed about seeing my parents. I'm not upset about you throwing me in the water I promise" she tells me leaning back into my chest.

"It's ok to be stressed but remember that you can talk to me if you ever need" I say holding her tighter.

"I know and I really need you right now so can we spend the next few hours, before I see my parents, just together?" She asks looking back up at me.

"Only if we can get a dog" I say sort of joking with her but partially serious on wanting to get a dog.

She laughs. "Where would we keep him or her?" She asks smiling up at me. "Here at the château" I reply.

"That sounds like an awesome idea" she says to me. We lay down on the bed and snuggle close to each other.

"I love you" I tell her as I look at her beautiful face. "I love you too, blondie" she says back as I kiss her.

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I'm sooooo sorry it has been so long

I have had a really rough week dealing with personal stuff and couldn't find motivation to write and I don't ever want to give a crappy chapter

But I'm back again and from now on I will probably have a pretty crazy updating schedule but it won't be longer than this past break

Thank you for getting this book to #3 in Jiara!