Cruel Summer {JJ Maybank} [c.s]

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞

Aubrey sat on the couch between Jeremy and their Aunt Jenna, it was family game night and the only reason she had even bothered to come down and participate was because of her brother and aunt.

Elena, of course, wasn't present, she was 'up in her room' pouting because their parents wouldn't let her skip out on family night and go to a party that was being thrown that she wanted to go to, Jeremy and Bree both knew that Elena had snuck out, and went to the party anyway and also knew that she wouldn't get punished for it either because she never did.

It had been two years since Bree had met JJ, John B, Pope, and Kie, and they still were friends and Bree had been right about her assumption they would be best friends. They texted almost every day and had a few group chats.

It had also been almost one year since Bree and JJ started dating and Bree was looking forward to going back to the Outer Banks this summer, which they were planning to do and even John and Jenna were going to join them this year.

They were going on the first of June, and it was currently May 23, though she didn't show her excitement around Elena or their parents Jeremy knew how excited Bree was, and he understood why she had managed to arrange for him to meet JJ and the 14-year-old saw that the two were good for each other, he hadn't seen Bree that happy since they were kids before Elena turned everyone against her.

Everything was going fine. Jenna was winning the game they were currently playing, and the two siblings were playfully 'fighting' over the last cookie on the plate on the coffee table. The phone rang and Miranda answered it, after a short conversation she hung up and looked at Grayson.

"That was Elena, she snuck out and went to that party, and now she wants us to come and pick her up."

Grayson grabbed the keys, "all right then."

Miranda looked at her sister, "We will be back in a few minutes, and we can continue the game."

Jenna nodded at her older sister and the two left the house. Aubrey scoffed once they were gone, "god had that been Jer or me, they would have been so pissed that we snuck out and would have threatened to ground us and made us find our own way home, but no perfect little Elena never gets punished for anything like Jer and I would have."

Jeremy nodded, "right, Bree? It's so unfair, like Elena is clearly their favorite, even though they are not supposed to have a favorite."

Aubrey's phone rang, and she smiled seeing that it was JJ, calling, she answered and walked into the kitchen for a little privacy as Jeremy and Jenna were still sitting on the couch giving the ravenette teasing looks, both knowing who was calling. "Hey, beautiful."

Bree couldn't help the blush that coated her cheeks at that just like every other time he complimented her "Hey babe."

"How are you tonight?"

"I'm all right, it's not been that bad of a day, we were having a family game night, and Jer and Aunt Jen are the only reasons that I even bothered to participate, but Elena snuck out to a party that Grayson and Miranda said she couldn't go to and then called for them to come and pick her up which is where they are right now." Aubrey had stopped calling them her parents, they treated her like shit, so she just stopped seeing them as parental figures. "How about you? How are things with your dad?"

"Well, at least they haven't been too horrible to you today and well I'm pretty good, I'm sleeping over at John B's and haven't seen Dad all day and probably won't for a few more days. I'm on my way over to John B's right now."

"Well that's good, I'm glad that you have somewhere to go when your dad goes AWOL like that, and guess what?"

"Yeah, I'm lucky to have a best friend like John B, and what?"