Celestial ~ JJ Maybank

06.

JJ had arrived at Celeste's house the next morning, excitedly telling her that they were going to John B's.

After the discovery of Big John's compass, they all departed to their respective homes for the night, wanting to rest after a few days full of action, compared to their usual hanging around for hours in one place until they wanted to leave. Or until the police showed up.

When they arrived at the Chateau, Celeste started towards the front door that they used normally, when a hand shot out in front of her. She raised an eyebrow at him as he pointed over to the window where they could see a figure on the sofa.

He looked like he was less of a dickhead when he was asleep. Cute.

Before Celeste could say anything, JJ banged on the door shouting in a deeper voice, "DCS! I know you're in there!"

She couldn't help but huff out a laugh at the boy's antics. She saw John B wake up and look around confusedly, knowing that was their cue. Waving JJ over, she counted down on her fingers from three. On 1, they jumped at the window, shouting at the poor boy who practically jumped out of his skin.

"Woah!" John B shouted in fright before recognising his friend's faces, laying back into the cushions in exhaustion. Or was it annoyance? Nonetheless, he was already done with the day.

"Gotcha slick" JJ laughed.

"We got you JB, you can't deny it" Celeste teased him, laughing along with the blond boy.

"You should have seen your face! Your face was like" and JJ makes a scared face that could've been straight from a horror movie.

John B trudged out of his house, rubbing his eyes. He didn't bother getting changed. John B didn't care too much about how he presented himself a lot of the time. Celeste hated but loved that about him.

They were now driving through the Pogue side of the island, chatting shit as usual until JJ brought up Kiara.

"I'm just saying, I don't understand why you don't at least try with Kiara" JJ spoke, "She clearly likes you. She's like 'oh John B'" he pretended to moan. Celeste put her head between the two from the back, looking at JJ.

"Don't ever do that again J"

"Oh shush princess, you love it" he looked at her with a smirk.

"I d-" she began to say but got interrupted. Like that doesn't happen enough.

John B turned to the boy with an unimpressed look, "is that what she does?"

"She's sketchy about you diving, then she kissed you" JJ began to list.

"She kissed me on the cheek" John B defended, "it's not like we were making out bro"

"Low hanging fruit bro don't pretend you don't notice. I see it in your eyes. You're like 'I kinda like that' and you start blushing and shit" JJ kept talking as John B gripped the steering wheel a little tighter. He didn't know whether to believe the blond boy. The boy can talk a lot of shit. John B would know – they've been best friends since the third grade. But he can talk some sense every once in a while.

"I blush?" John B asked incredulously.

"Yes" both Celeste and JJ affirm to the boy, making John B huff.

John B tried to move the subject away from himself, "besides, what about you two?"

Celeste's heart dropped as he talked about her and JJ. Did he know about her crush on him? She thought she had covered it up well over the years...

"Wh-what about us two?" JJ asked, sitting upright slightly.

"You guys flirt endlessly, her parents love you, JJ you wouldn't even let her dive even though she was the most qualified out of all of us, you guys always stare at each other when the other isn't looking – do you want me to go on? I–I mean it's infuriating--" the boy listed, using his fingers to count.