Stars

9. Falling Apart

It had been  a week since Kiara and I had an argument. Both her and John b were ignoring me. Pope called me a couple of times just to see if I was okay but I assumed that was to just try and keep the peace between all of us.

I layed down in bed watching momma mia when I heard a noise coming from my balcony. I brushed it off and brought my attention back to the movie. There was a knock at my balcony door so I turned and looked to see JJ standing through the glass.

" What are you doing here JJ?" I asked as I slid the door open. He rushed into my room panting then grabbed my shoulders and frantically started shaking me." Ren help me please. Please. Please." Wtf is going on. " Get your hands off me Maybank and I'll consider it." I snapped.

He started pacing up and down my room running his hand through his hair." Look I'm sorry for ever being mean to you and I hope we can be good but right now I need you. I never realised how much you keep our group together until now. Kiara has fucked off with her old friends and Julian. She is ignoring all of us. Then John b keeps having arguments with his dad and taking it out on us and when Pope went to try and help they got into a fist fight and John b nearly broke Pope's face. So they are both now ignoring each other and me and I have no one else to go to and... and- he burst into tears.

I stood behind him amd wrapped my arms around his waist." Hey J it's OK calm down everything is going to be fine." JJ wiped his tears away." I need your help to bring them all back together because their all a mess without you." He sniffed. " That's fine JJ I'll help no promises on Kiara though but for now you need to calm down. Go climb on the roof from my balcony and I'll meet you up there in 5 minutes alright." I let go of him as he disappeared through my glass door.

I grabbed a blunt out of one of my draws underneath some old sketches I drew and joined JJ on the roof. "Here this should help." I passed him the blunt after I lit it for him as he smiled at me. "How did you know." He took a toke then passed it back to me. "I know you alot more than you think JJ Maybank. We are quite similar actually." He look at me puzzled almost like he didn't know what to say. I decided to stay quite and just look out at the view we had from the roof of the house.

However after about 10 minutes went by and the silence was broken. "Why did you forgive Jase for what he did?" JJ asked. "Simple I'm a forgiving person J. It's better to be on good terms with people and not like them than have to deal with fighting someone you don't like although I may forgive I never forget." I turned my head to him and he was already looking at me." Is that why your being nice to me. So you don't have to deal with arguing because you don't like me." I couldn't help but laugh at the boy. If he had said that over a week ago I would have agreed but now I don't actually hate him and the biggest reason for that is he isn't even that bad he's actually pretty similar to me like a said to him earlier.

" Believe it or not blondie I don't dislike you at all your pretty fun company when your not trying to get a reaction out of me." I nudge him and gave him a smile." Aww but its cute when I get a reaction out of you." He laughs and I roll my eyes. " Don't ruin it."

JJ stayed over that night and slept on my sofa in my bedroom. He kept rolling over and falling onto the floor so I don't think he got much sleep but neither did I. I was up thinking what the fuck I was going to say the next morning at the chateau. So I came up with a plan.

We pulled up outside the chateau in my truck. I had called a code red on the group chat and said for everyone to meet on the porch of the chateau. " You think they are going to turn up?" JJ asked me with concern in his voice. I looked at him and gently smiled." This plan has to work J." As I said that Pope walked past the truck towards the chateau. "Well that's the answer to your question." We both jumped up and followed Pope to the pouch.