Alluring - JJ Maybank Fanfic

Heists: Secrets

I groggily rub my eyes and look around my room to see I'm alone, sleepily I get out of bed, pulling on leggings and one of JJs hoodie's before making my way out back. I notice Emmy first, she's happily playing with her toys while doing tummy time on a blanket in the yard under the shade of the tree, next I notice Kie and JJ talking a few feet away while he works on his dirt bike.

I stay on the porch so I can be nosy and listen to their conversation, I need to know what's really going on between them.

"What's with the sign on the front door at your dads?"

"Eviction notice." JJ throws the rag he has in his hands to the ground, why didn't he tell me first? Whatever. "For, like, nonpayment or whatever." He sighs and picks up a tool, "Doesn't matter. That place sucks anyway. Its so great to be back in the Outer Banks, right?"

Kie eyes him for a moment, watching him work on his bike, "So get this. I, uh, had an email
waiting for me when I got home. John B actually found Big John. He's alive. Has he been here yet?"

"Nah, Willow and John B were freaking out about it, but Sarah and I both were here and didn't see Big John anywhere. Then John B went MIA after I was in the room dealing with Willow passing out from the stress of it all."

She sits down on a chair behind him, "I think it's true, John B mentioned that he thinks Big John is close to finding the same treasure Willow mentioned, the one Singh was talking about."

JJ glances back at her with a weird look, "Seriously? I mean Willow mentioned some stuff about it, but she was like.. I don't know."

"Yeah." She shifts her gaze to look over at Emmy, "Hey, look. My parents didn't even wanna let me out of the house, but I told them I had to come check on you."

He looks off in the distance before turning to face her, "Well, it's not me you have to worry about."

"Jayj, I'm sorry." Kie softens her tone, "Seriously, I didn't mean to hurt her like that." 

"It was weird, what happened on the boat with us. It was wrong." He shakes his head, leaning onto the hand he has rested on the work bench next to him, "And stop calling me that, please."

"Yeah, I mean it was it was weird for me too, but..." She stands up and steps towards him, my stomach twists when she gets closer to him while he stays glued to his spot watching her, "but not bad weird, right? It didn't actually feel wrong to you, right?"

"What are you doing, Kie? I'm with Willow, and I want to be with her. Something seems different about you lately, you've been.. weird." Kie steps closer again, inches away from him, her eyes flicker down to his lips, "What are you doing? Nah, we.. we shouldn't do that." He starts to pace, his hand running through his hair, "I don't want you to keep trying to do that."

She looks towards Emmy with a guilty expression, "I know, I'm sorry."

He stops pacing, standing a few feet away from her now, "You're trying to blow up everything I have, Kiara. Willow and Emmy are my family, they mean everything to me. I can't lose them because you like me all the sudden, okay?"

I'm really his everything?

Kie notices me, tears roll down her cheeks when she sees my tears, "I'm sorry Willow."

JJ spins around to look at me, fear crossing his face, "We didn't kiss, baby, I promise."

I cross the yard and sit with my sweet baby that's staring me down with the cutest smile ever, "I know, I've been standing there for a while."

Kie sighs and sits down across from me, picking up a toy to show Emmy, "I have to tell y'all something. It's the only way to maybe possibly get you both to forgive me for how I've been acting."

I furrow my brows, JJ does too while he sits down on a metal chair next to me, we both look over when Sarah, Pope and Cleo walk up and sit down around us. They obvious can sense the tension and stay quiet while eyeing our tearful faces.