"Talk now." John B snapped pulling the cover off the boat. "Look man, she took off her shorts last night and-" John B cuts him off. "You did fuck?!" JJ quickly shakes his head and shushes him. "No! Be quiet before she hears us. Look she showed me her scars. She is cutting herself John B. It's bad. Like really bad." John B. pauses and takes a minute to process this. "No. If she was going to tell anyone she would tell me. Or Kie." He argues in denial. "She was wasted last night. She broke down, she said all this horrible shit about how she hated herself. She is depressed John B." JJ says heart aching at the thought of life without her. Without her stupid jokes, and sarcastic remarks. "Hey, you guys ready?" Hayley asked with a smile. She was wearing a black bikini top with blue flowers. Her black denim shorts from last night are on underneath. JJ took a quick second to marvel at her body before coming to his senses. "Hey, Take your shorts off. I need you in the water." John B said needing to prove JJ wrong. "Can't JJ do it?" She pouts nervously. "Can you push 150 pounds? I need you to guide it." John B says rolling his eyes. "Fine." She sighs dropping her phone and towel on the sand and going in the water with her shorts on. "No, take them off." John B said grabbing her arm. "No!" She says sternly trying to yank her arm away. "What's going on?" Kiara asked getting out of the car confused. "Take them off!" John B says not wanting to believe this was happening. "No! Let go!" She shouts. "They are just shorts they will dry. What is the big deal?" Kie asked confused. "Hayley take them off." John B shouts. To anyone besides himself and JJ, he sounds like a dick, but the two knew he was just heartbroken. "Fuck you." She spits walking back to the sand. "Hayley!" John B snapped. She takes them off throwing them at her brother. "You happy?" She shouted voice cracking. Everyone's gaze was on her. The lines were what everyone was staring at. JJ wanted to cry seeing there were four new ones. So fresh they were still bleeding."You happy?" She screamed walking closer to him and shoving him. John B was frozen. He couldn't believe it. "Is this what you wanted to see?" She shouted shoving him again. He doesn't answer, unable to form words just grabs her and pulls her into his chest. He hugs her as tight as he can and she breaks down sobbing. "I've got you. I've got you. I'm so sorry." He repeats holding his sobbing sister.
The worst was running through everyone's head. "How did you know?" She whispered when she was able to stop crying. "I um I..." John B hesitated realizing how horrible of a brother he was to not see it sooner. JJ sighed stepping in. "I told him." She looked over to him confused. "You told me. Last night when you were wasted. On our walk." He sighs feeling slightly guilty for betraying her trust. "I'm sorry." She mumbles. "This needs to stop." John B said sternly. Hayley nodded feeling embarrassed and ashamed. "Yeah, I know." She mumbles. "Why did you do it in the first place?" John B asked her not knowing how she could do this to herself. "I don't know. I just needed to stop thinking for a minute." She whispers. No one knew what to say. She picked up her shorts and shook out all the sand before slipping them on and drying her eyes.
"J will you walk with me?" She asked surprising the group. "Um yeah. Of course." He says putting his shoes back on. "What else did I tell you last night?" She asked as soon as they were out of earshot. "Nothing." He said almost too quickly. "That's a lie. What did I say JJ?" She said sternly. "You told me I didn't care about you at all." He says remembering that stung his heart a little more. "Oh..." Hayley starts. "And that... you love me... Well that you were IN love with me," he mumbles Hayley's eyes shot to his. "I did what?!" He chuckles. "It's fine. I said it back..." he says quietly. "Wait... what?" She said stopping dead in her tracks. "Yeah. Hayley, I don't know what is going on with you. I've been in love with you since 3rd grade and watched you go for everyone but me." He chuckles sadly. "Are you kidding me?" He stops moving and nods. She closes the space in between them and she puts her hand on the back of his neck. "Hayley..." she leaned up and kissed him. He kissed her back walking back until she was pushed into the tree. "We really shouldn't." He whispers. "We really should. It's been years we've both wanted this." She whispered in his ear.
