soul ties - jiara

Chapter 4

JJ's POV

I completely despise this guy. How is it possible that Kie is in a relationship with this trashy dude? My head can't seem to understand how she looked at him and thought to herself "This is a great idea."

"We need to make up for all the time you've been gone, Kie. Seriously every day for the next two months we meet at mine and Sarah's place." John B says.

"And If you don't show up well make sure to kidnap you and held you, hostage." Sarah laughs.

"Easy there, blondie, she's still mine." her joke of a boyfriend profers in a possessive way. I hate this peace of shit. Also, he has known Sarah for a total of one hour, and he's mocking her. No, I really can't get past this miserable behavior.

"She doesn't belong to anyone. She's, not an object. Oh, and her name is Sarah by the way." I state, plausibly angry.

"Chill right there, soldier. I was only joking." No, you weren't. I bet you really think she belongs to you. Like she means nothing without you and your stupid frosty hair. She's the best person you could ever ask for and you treat her like shit.

Well, I treated her like shit that night, too. There's one difference between me and David, though. I actually knew how lucky I was to get this girl, I appreciated every inch of her and was very aware that no one could ever love me as much as she was able to love me. He just thinks she is a funny accessory to his precious collection.

"Well, your jokes don't seat very well with me, cupcake," I reply sarcastically. "Gosh, I really need another drink" I whisper.

Pope grabs my arm to warn me "Hey, dude, be careful with the drinking part, okay?"

"Since when do we have to pay attention to JJ's drinking habits?" Kie questions joking.

Everyone shuts up and looks at Kie with a poker face on. She doesn't really know what happened to me while she was away. I decide to keep it that way.

"They're just messing with me, Kie. But I won't drink anything for the team." Baring this dude for one more minute without enough alcohol in my blood is not about to be an easy task. Spoiler alert, it wasn't. He kept talking about his degree, his summer houses, his douchebag friends and so many more annoying topics. He even talked about his previous girlfriends. In front of HIS CURRENT GIRLFRIEND and her friends. I can tell by the look on her face that she is annoyed. But most of all, she's insecure. She covers her chest with her arms and it breaks my heart. One thing I always loved about Kie was how confident and badass she was. He destroyed that in a matter of seconds, or maybe way before this.

"Anyways, babe, why do these guys call you Kie? You never told me people called you that." he directly asks her.

"Her name is Kiara, it's not very hard to get there smartass," I reply.

"Okay!" Sarah coughs to interrupt. "I and John B have very exciting news!"

"No, I am not doing this.! Please don't tell me you're pregnant! Please don't tell me I will have to witness John B being a father, this soon in life!" I beg her.

"Relax, JJ, you're definitely not going to be an uncle very soon." Sarah calms me down.

"Girl, just tell us already!" Cleo says anxiously.

"We're getting married. Like officially getting married with bureaucratic shit, fluffy white dresses, and a big party. Not just with a piece of my sweaty bandana." John B beats Sarah on spilling the news.

"There's no way!" Kie launches herself into their arms.

I am so happy for them. After all, they have been through, they finally made it to the happy ending. We all congratulate them knowing that they have been through hell back and forward to get to this point. Tears stream down Kie's face and I don't know how to react. She seems thrilled for her best friends but there's this sad aspect of her that wasn't there before. David sees tears on her face and doesn't do shit. He stays there with his stupid grin on. She clearly needs comfort and as her boyfriend, he should be the one giving that to her. He doesn't make a move so I decide to make one. I come close to her and hug her. Because we are both happy about our best friends and because I can't bear knowing that she feels sad even when trying so hard not to show it. I kiss her forehead which takes her by surprise and notice her boyfriend's hands tighten. Good, he's jealous, I think to myself. He should be. Because I just treated her how he should be treating her. Like she is his whole world. When I pull back from the hug he immediately put his arm around her waist. Like he owns her. I am getting sick of his behavior this is only the first day I had to spend with him.

I decided this was my queue to leave. I start to greet everyone and when I get to Kie I pull her into a hug while whispering in her ear. "You look stunning, Kie." goosebumps form on her neck, and from this reaction, I know exactly how she still feels about me. Her body betrayed her.

"I'll see you guys tomorrow!" I announce. When I am about to leave the surf store I feel someone running behind me.

"Are you feeling okay, dude? John B inquires.

"I hate this guy, bro." tears threaten to form in my eyes, while my voice breaks. "I hate how he treats her. After me, I wished a better person than this dickhead for her."

"I know, JJ. Me too, me too," he admits. "He freaking flirted with Sarah in front of Kie, dude. Like If you don't have any respect for me and my girlfriend at least have some respect for your girlfriend! " After John B confesses this, it takes everything in me to not run back there and punch this dude.

"Gosh, I really hate him," I admit.

"Hey don't do anything stupid, man, okay?" he warns.

"Don't worry, I won't". I reassure him.

I didn't keep my promise. The first thing I do when I arrive home is open a brand-new bottle of rum and drink almost all of it. I look at photos of me and Kiara and cry. I cry because I know how much I fucked up and how better she deserves. Maybe If I had never broken up with her she would have never dated this asshole. I pass out on my couch, after all of the intrusive thoughts.

AN: I would recommend you listening to this playlist while reading "soul ties".

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YPf3X7BkyunO5nWSdbAru?si=0c68a5903ae84596