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"I'm not letting you go again."

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When things finally started quieting down Emerson walked off. They all decided that the best thing to do was go back to Kildare and not even a full minute after, Emerson was walking away. She had put her hand on Hayden's shoulder, smiling at him softly then she left. If JJ hadn't been watching her he probably wouldn't have even noticed her go.

Without a second thought he started following her, it wasn't until he reached the stairs that he started hesitating. He backed up, not knowing if she'd even want him to go after her. JJ turned around, only to meet Hayden's gaze. The young boy nodded at him, telling him that following Emerson was the right thing to do.

JJ nodded back at him before turning back around, but he hesitated again. He just stood there, at the top of the stairs, not moving a muscle. It was weird, just a few hours ago they were all over each other now he was scared to follow her. JJ had seen the look that Emerson and Kiara shared, he knew something happened that they didn't want him to know about.

He took in a deep breath before finally getting himself to walk down the stairs. He followed in Emerson's footsteps, heading towards the back of the boat. He stood a few feet away from her, just watching as she looked out at the sky. JJ wondered if she knew he was there. Her back was turned to him but she still could've heard him come down. He let out a long breath before stepping closer to her, he kept moving until he was right behind her.

"Emerson," He whispered but her back tensed up. JJ noticed it right away, normally she'd relax when she heard it was him, not tense up.

She turned around seeing the worried look on JJ's face. "You okay?" She asked him, an unusually calm look appearing on her face.

"Yeah," He nodded slowly, scratching the back of his neck. "Are you?"

Emerson smiled at him, one that would make JJ think she was completely fine. "Yeah. Yeah, I was just scared earlier, I'm sorry for snapping at you."

"That's not what I meant," JJ shook his head and he watched as a confused look appeared on Emerson's face.

"Then what did you mean?"

JJ shook his head again, hating that she was making this harder than it needed to be. All he wanted to know was the truth. But she wasn't letting him in, she wasn't doing anything. You'd think they'd just met and she didn't want to tell him some silly secret.

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