I'm here // JJ Maybank

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(3rd person POV going forward)
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Amelia and JJ walk to JJs house and make small talk on the way, trying to ignore the gloomy morning they just had. They both had a talent for making the other forget about their problems. Neither of them grew up in good, nor safe households, so naturally they leaned on each other a lot. JJ knows every detail about Amelias nom-existent home life even though she refuses to talk about it. John B only knows as much as he does because he either heard it or witnessed it next door. They finally reach JJ's front steps and make their way in. Amelia takes a look around, every time she comes here, which isn't that often, it just gets messier and messier.
"What do you want to do?" She asks.
"I was thinking, smoke a J, play some music, and relax" He says with a smirk.
"I like where your heads at Maybank"  Amelia says. She sits down on the couch and JJ brings over his stash so that she could roll them both a joint. They both knew that Amelia was far more talented when it came to rolling. She finished up the first joint and JJ takes it and lights it. He takes a few hits and then holds it up to Amelias lips so that she can take a hit while rolling another J. He watches her intently as her lips wrap around the end of the paper. He watches as her shoulders relax as she blows out the smoke and focuses on the half rolled joint in front of her. JJ stands up and goes to turn on the old janky radio that sits across the room from them. He plays their favorite station and then returns on the couch next to the girl again. She now has finished rolling her own joint and lights it. They both sit in pure bliss as they each take in their own joint, letting the weed wash over their bodies.
Amelia turns her head and watches JJ bop his head to the music and finish the last hit of his joint. She reaches over and lazily taps his nose. He scrunches his face and looks over at her smiling.
"You have a pretty side profile" She blurts out. JJ looks at the girl and laughs.
"That's a new one Mel. Yours is okay" he says tapping her nose the same was she did to his.
"Wow youre so rude" she says dragging out the last syllable and lightly pushing him away from her. He grabs her hands and pulls her by them into his chest.
"I'm just kidding your side profile is beautiful." He says holding her close to his chest and gazing into her eyes. They both go quiet for a second and hold each others stare. JJs eyes flicker between her lips and her eyes subconsciously. Amelia sits there frozen, just admiring her best friends features. A new song starts to play, making Amelia suddenly pull away and jump up.
"I love this song!" She exclaims and starts to sway to it. She stumbles a bit, not having full feeling in her limbs at the moment. JJ sits back and watches as her hips sway, all of his self control is being thrown at the window as his brain is captivated by the girl in his living room at the moment.
"JJ stop staring and come dance with me" She says holding her hand out for him.
"Hate to break it to you Mel but these hips lie." He says taking her hand and letting her pull him to his feet.
"it's okay I won't judge" She says throwing both of her arms over his shoulders. He tries to follow the sway of her body and lightly places his hands on her lower back. Amelia closes her eyes and hums along to the song. JJ scans over her face again, noticing the freckles that spread over her cheeks and nose, and the way that her dimples are showing from her soft smile. He listens to her hum along, admiring the way her voice sounds along with the music. He is so lost in his thoughts to notice that Amelia opened her eyes and fully caught him staring.
"What?" She says with a small giggle. A red blush makes its way to JJs cheeks and he immediately looks down at his feet to hide it.
"Sorry" he says softly. She brings her hand up to his cheek and pulls his head to look back at her.
"I don't mind" she says softly back. Again, they find each other caught in each others gaze, not being able to pull away. Maybe it's the weed making them hyper focused. Amelias eyes land on JJs lips and JJs on hers. They both start to slowly inch their way towards one another, not fully aware of the pull between them. They can feel each other's breath and their lips lightly graze. The spark that ignites from that small touch makes both of them instinctively pull away, creating a foot of distance from their bodies.
"We can't" Amelia is the first to speak.
"No, yeah we can't. We can't" he repeats. Amelias hands go clammy and JJ goes to turn off the music.
"Right?" She questions. She turns to look at JJ again, this time with a fearful look. he runs a hand through his hair and takes a deep breath, trying to wrap his head around this situation.
"We can't Mel." He says sternly, shutting down any ounce of hope in her body. She can't explain this feeling, but all the knows Is whatever that was, and whatever has been going on between them, has felt so right.
"Right." She confirms.
"I'm gonna go outside and practice my shooting." He says, grabbing the gun and a pair of headphones. She nods her head and slowly follows the boy outside. He sets up an old teddy bear and she takes a seat next to where he stands. He lays a few shots on the bear, but missed more than he takes. He keeps mumbling something to himself, but Amelia can't make it out by the constant bangs.
"JJ!" Amelia hears a familiar voice call out from behind her. She turns around and sees a panicked Pope coming their way, nothing out of the ordinary there. She stands up and welcomes him with a brief hug. They both look at JJ who is still completely unaware of popes presence.
"JJ" Amelia calls out louder, finally grabbing the blondes attention.
"They know" pope says. Amelia looks at him shocked and then back at JJ who takes off his headphones and says, "what"
"They know" pope repeats.
"All right chill bro. All right? They don't know shit." JJ states walking over to the pair.
"Topper knows I sunk his boat." Pope says, dragging his hands over his face.
"How do you know they know?" Amelia asks, hopeful that pope is just being paranoid.
"because Rafe and Topper posted outside of Heywards and mad dogged me." pope says, his stress levels just increasing.
"Will you calm down and get a grip, man. They don't know shit." JJs voice not sounding so confident. Amelia just stares at the ground, kinda siding with Pope that they most likely know.
'"They have cameras. They could have seen me." Pope makes a fair point.
"There was no power. How could they have seen you?" JJ asks.
"Generators" Amelia says looking at JJ worried.
"It's figure eight. They got generators." Pope shouts, now pacing in the yard,
"They don't give scholorships to kids who vengefully sink boats."
"Could make a good essay" Amelia says trying to make light off the situation, pope just glares at her, but JJ points her way agreeing with her.
"Enough of the regret bro!" JJ shouts at Pope who is still ranting, "They caved your face in! They hurt Mels! They hit us, we hit them. It's the law of the jungle. Now, if any kooks come up to you and ask if you had anything to do with it, You walk up to em look them in the eye,and..." JJ says holding pope by the shoulder.
"Deny the living shit out of it." Pope finishes JJ sentence.
"That's right. Deny deny deny. Right mels?" JJ says turning to look at the girl.
"Best motto." She agrees.
" Exactly, but just for safety, we don't go anywhere without protection. Right?" JJ says pointing at the gun that lays on a tree stub. Amelia looks at the gun and gets an uneasy feeling in her stomach. They eventually get pope to calm down and make their way back into JJs house to relax. JJ and Amelia sit on opposite sides of the room, feeling an obscene amount of tension from the event that occurred in here not even an hour ago.
"Don't forget we have that thing Kie wants us to go to tonight." Amelia speaks. Both boys groan dreadfully.
" It will be fun. And something to take your mind off of it pope." Amelia says standing up.
"Where are you going?" JJ says standing up after her.
"Gonna go home first to change and grab JB. Pick me up at my place?" Amelia asks looking between the boys.
"Let me walk you." JJ says pulling on his boots.
"No its fine. Ill uh see you guys later." She says and inches her way towards the door. She swiftly makes her exit leaving JJ standing in the middle of the living room with one shoe on.
"What's going on?" Pope asks suspicious of the tension that was so uncomfortable to sit in.
"Shut up pope." JJ says pulling off his shoe and laying face down on the couch.
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A/N
Hehehe its startinggggggg