blessing in disguise - rafe cameron

11

Since I slept with JJ yesterday, I could hardly think of anything else. I felt so safe and protected around him.

I couldn't contain my excitement as I thought about seeing the blond boy again, which is why I quickly headed to the Chateau as soon as I woke up.

Upon arriving, I got out of my car and walked straight past the house, but to my surprise, it was only John B who greeted me, cleaning the Twinkie.

"Hey, is JJ here?" I asked, looking for his blond tuft.

"Nope, he went home pretty early this morning." John B shrugged, scrubbing the interior of the Van.

"Oh.." I replied before waving the brown haired boy goodbye and making my way over to JJ's house.

I've never been to his house let alone anywhere near it. Strutting along the high grass I tried to find my way towards the front door when I suddenly heard a loud bang, making me flinch heavily and freeze.

As I peeked around the corner my eyes darted all over the veranda, finally finding JJ and what looked like his dad. The older guy seemed as if he was screaming, pointing at the boy before he suddenly grabbed his collar and punched him across the face.

Startled, I covered my mouth as tears filled my eyes. But JJ wouldn't give up either, trying to push his father away, but he had a tight grip on him.

I couldn't bear to watch any longer, so I ran towards the porch and forcefully pushed the older man.

"Jenara, don't.." JJ whined out, trying to grab my hand but I pulled it away quickly.

"Yes, JJ, yes. What the fuck is your problem?" I glared at the grey haired male, my face as serious as ever.

"The fuck are you?" He spat back, chuckling as he eyed my small frame.

I was quick to grab JJ's wrist, trying to pull him out of the house but his dad immediately put his palm onto the boy's shoulder.

"Don't you dare touch him!" I yelled, turning to face him.

"Or what?" He smirked amused, raising his brows at me, making me furious.

"I'll gladly let my kook privileges show you."

Just then he slowly let go of his sons shoulder, sending a fake smile towards his way before I stepped away, still pulling JJ with me.

"Jen, you really didn't have to do this." JJ said as he sat on the corner of my bed while I was placed in between his legs, patting his wounds dry and desinfecting them which made him wince out in pain.

"Yea I had to, look what he did to you!" I shook my head, wiping over the last wound to get rid of the blood as his eyes watched me closely.

I felt his gaze on me, making me smile which lured out a small chuckle from him. As I finished off putting the first aid kit back to it's spot I felt JJ's arms wrap around me from behind, his chin resting on my shoulder.

"Thank you." He whispered into my ear, making me smile out of relief that he finally felt better.

I quickly turned around, cupping his cheeks and placing a soft kiss to his lips. As I was about to pull away his hands were wandering down to my butt, slightly squeezing it which made me smirk up at him.

I immediately connected our lips again, the kiss now being more demanding than before. My hands gently pushed him back onto the bed, JJ letting himself fall back completely as I climbed on top of him, his hands immediately back to my butt.

But as I leaned over to sit myself down onto his lower stomach he flinched, squeezing his eyes shut tightly and wincing out. I immediately got off of him, brushing my hair behind my ears as I kneeled next to him.

"What's wrong?" I asked concerned, looking down to his hips were his hand were rubbing over a spot. Pulling up the hem of his shirt I was met with the biggest bruises I've ever seen, making me gasp.

"Fuck, J." I gently held my hand over the bruise before rushing down to get an ice pack, placing it onto his skin to which the blonde boy squinted his eyes.

"That's not the way I wanted to hear you say that tonight." He joked about it, making me roll my eyes playfully while I kept on icing the bruises.

"Your body needs rest now." I said, brushing over his light blonde hair as he nodded.

The next day I woke up to someone screaming, muffled voiced finding their way into my ears as I rubbed over my eyes, stretching before I rolled over to where JJ fell asleep last night.

Only then I realized, that the other side of my bed was empty, making me jolt up and rush downstairs where I found JJ and my parents arguing.

"What the fuck is going on? Why are you yelling, Dad?" I asked, standing right next to JJ who looked rather intimidated.

"Why am I yelling? Why is a damn pogue in my kitchen?" He continued to argue, pointing at JJ who had previously tried to calm my parents but in vain.

"He's my friend?" I replied, giving my Dad a rather judging look which only got him more worked up.

"You shouldn't be hanging out with those dirty pogues."

"Oh my god.." I yelled out, gripping my hair as I reached for JJ, pulling him upstairs.

"2 minutes or I'll kick you out myself, boy." He yelled after us, but I just ignored his remarks and started dressing myself along with JJ, who just eyed me skeptically.

"What are you doing?" He whisper yelled as he gathered all his stuff, lastly putting on his cap.

"Getting dressed? Cmon, let's go." I signaled him to follow me back downstairs while I grabbed my keys on the way.

"Where are you going, young lady?" My dads voice began chime in again, making me sigh out.

"If he's going, I'll go too." I replied bluntly before walking out the front door, JJ following me like a puppy.

"You're staying here!" I heard him yell after me but I just didn't give a fuck and closed my car's door, the blonde boy climbing onto the passengers seat.

JJ and I were now sitting on the beach, all cuddled up while he wrapped a blanket around our shoulders, holding me close.

It looked so peaceful, nothing in the world could make this moment better. It was just the two of us, listening to the waves crashing against the coast and my head resting on JJ's shoulder, taking in his scent.

He smelled a bit like old spice deodorant, salt water and weed. I was already so used to his scent that it gave me a feeling of security.

"I'm sorry 'bout my parents.." I said after a while of just asmiring the sunset together.

"It's fine, nothing I'm not used to." He chuckled lightly which made me bite down on my lower lip in shame.

I didn't want JJ to feel even worse than he already did. I took him away from his dad to protect him and now my parents couldn't even keep their damn mouth shut for once.

"No, it's not. You don't deserve any of this and it makes me furious, that people don't see that.."

"You see it tho, that's all that matter." He turned to face me, making me smile immediately.

How could anyone ever hurt this boy?

"Can you stay at John B's for awhile?" I asked, playing with my nails.

"Yeah, I mean, I basically live there." Tge blonde boy laughed out, grabbing my hand to hold it.

"I don't want you going home to your dad.." I explained the intention behind my previous question, receiving a sigh from him.

"Jen, I-"

"Promise me. Promise me you're not going back. At least not for now." I looked back up at the boy,  earning a slow nod from him.

I smiled in relief, reaching to grab his face and pulling him close so that our lips connected almost on their own, sharing a soft and slow kiss.

"I promise."