𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 - J.M

10, figure eight

"There's no way, I'm not going in there." I denied going into Mrs. Crain's house.

"I agree with Kate." Pope, standing right next to me, supported me.

"Don't complain, be glad it's daytime." John B was fed up with us, but what could I do? All these stories about the Crain house were strangely plausible.

I rolled my eyes and bent down, trying to enter what was probably a basement? It was terribly dark, there were no windows, only a small opening through which we entered.

"God, there are so many mosquitoes here!" Kie hit me on the shoulder, silencing me. I said a quiet "ouch" and stood to the side.

A moment later, JJ appeared next to me, who was also afraid of being in that scary basement. I felt the boy grab my hand, which made me look at him almost immediately.

"are you that afraid?" I whispered, looking at the fearful JJ in disbelief.

"Yes." He replied and I laughed quietly.

"Hey, little lovebirds! Come here." Sarah said, noticing us standing together.

I let go of the blonde's hand and approached the rest of the fences. At the last moment I was pulled back by Kie.

"Is this a well?" I frowned, looking down.

"Well?" A blond man appeared next to me. "Mr. Crain's head is probably in there." I hit the boy on the shoulder. "Ouch, what's that about?"

"Because you scare me and then you hold my hand like a child." I murmured, and after a while I heard quiet laughter.

"What, you believe her?!" Outraged, JJ got up and left the basement.

"I'll go get him." I whispered, quickly following the boy. "JayJ?" I asked uncertainly, not noticing the blonde anywhere.

Soon after, I felt someone pull my arm and I bumped into someone's hard torso. I squealed quietly, and when I raised my head to look at my perpetrator, it turned out to be JJ.

"Do you have to scare me every time!" I screamed once again, hitting him on the shoulder with my open hand. "Do not do that.."

"Don't be so angry mi corazón." I smiled as I heard JJ answering me in Spanish.

"hables español?" I replied, and the blonde scratched the back of his neck. "Do you only know 'mi corazón'?" I laughed softly.

"No, I also know "puta madre"."The boy smiled his cheeky smile, and I parted my lips in shock.

"JayJ! You don't say that!" I narrowed my eyes and placed my hands on my hips.

Instead, the blonde placed his large hands on my waist, pulling me closer to him. I felt the same as yesterday on the beach. We were only centimeters apart again. I looked into the boy's blue eyes and I started to get lost in them, and my face was getting dangerously close to JJ's. I opened my lips and was ready to connect them with the blonde's lips. However, I heard a quiet rustle nearby and I turned my gaze towards it.

"Did you hear that JJ?" I asked, and the boy nodded.

We panicked and ran to the others to tell them. We quickly started running away from Mrs. Crain's property. We got into the Twinky and quickly drove away.

While in the car, I kept glancing at Maybank, I was very close to kissing him. I can't do this to him, he will suffer too much. Noticing the boy turning towards me, I got stressed and looked everywhere but at the blonde. Out of the corner of my eye I saw him smile slightly, he was amused by my behavior.

"What exactly is going on between you and JJ?" the blonde girl I was sitting with on John b's porch asked me.

"I do not know myself." I muttered.

"I saw the way he was looking at you today." The girl smiled.

"Sarah, if I give him a chance, I'll hurt him anyway." I lowered my head.

"I think you should tell him about it."

"I can't, then he will look at me like I'm sick."

The blonde sighed quietly and after a while her arms wrapped around me. I hugged her, trying my hardest not to cry. JJ can't see this. This wasn't the way he was supposed to find out.

"Thank you." I whispered into the girl's shirt. "thank you for being there for me." I raised my head to look at my friend. I frowned, noticing that she was looking at something. "What are you looking at?" I asked uncertainly and turned around, but all I saw was the entrance to the chateau.

"Sorry, I was focused on one point." I didn't believe the blonde for anything. She was bad at lying. I was already getting better at it, and I didn't do it often.

I shrugged so that the girl wouldn't suspect anything and snuggled into her again. I closed my eyes and I don't even know when, I fell asleep.

I slept until the morning sun woke me up. I was lying on John's old couch. I stood up, leaning on my forearms. I looked around the porch but saw no one. I was here alone.

I got up from the dusty couch and went inside the chateau. It was a total mess, I barely noticed JJ still sleeping. He was lying on an even more worn-out couch than the couch on the porch. Not seeing where I was going, I stood on an empty beer can, which made a loud noise. I cursed myself under my breath as I noticed the blonde waking up from his sleep. Panicked, I quickly ran to the toilet.

I took the opportunity to undress, placing my clothes on the counter next to the sink. I entered the shower and only cold water flowed from it. I was totally blown away even more than I was after JJ's joint. Hearing the door open, she quickly wrapped a towel around herself, covering the most important parts of her body.

"JJ!?" I noticed a boy barely making contact. "Maybe you could learn to knock?" I screamed, waving my arms, and the towel fell to the ground.

"Oh shit." The blond seemed to suddenly wake up. "Tits." He drawled and closed the door.

"JayJ?" I asked, approaching the door, I could even hear the boy's uneven breathing through it. I smiled with satisfaction. "Would you bring me my swimsuit and some clothes from Kie?" I added.

After a while, I heard the floor begin to creak under the blonde's weight. I didn't have to wait long for him to knock on the wooden door. I opened them gently, extending one hand so that JJ could give me the things I asked for. After collecting my clothes, I closed the door.

I put on a swimsuit and shorts. I grabbed a rather large T-shirt in my hands. I took a closer look at it, there was a large white sign reading "Kildare" on the back, and the shirt itself was a dirty, dark blue. It certainly didn't belong to my sister. I smiled to myself as I put it on.

I finally opened the door, leaving the bathroom where JJ was standing. I crossed my arms over my chest, looking straight into the boy's eyes.

"I don't think this T-shirt is Kie." I suppressed a smile, trying to be serious.

"But it'll fit you perfectly." The blonde leaned sideways against the wall, and I thought I was going to melt.