can't be friends

adorn - 2

3 weeks later
November 1
Emily's POV

JJ has been extremely busy lately with her soccer championship coming up. Her team won quarterfinals and she has semifinals tomorrow. Which means imma be getting a whole lot of attitude from her.

Since the tournament started a few days ago, I've noticed a trend of her being extremely stressed out and she can get very sassy with me. But I know she doesn't mean it so I don't take it personally.

But I miss her. It's not like she's been away either, all of the tournament games are home. But she wakes earlier than me, goes to practice, then goes to class, then has practice again or a game, then she is either doing coaching or she's at the library, then she comes back to the dorm and she's too tired and falls asleep.

Maybe I should join a club or something to keep me busy.

"What's up Prentiss." Derek and Reid walk into the room. "Hey!"

I invited everyone in the group chat over but they're the only ones who weren't busy.

Derek rummages through our snacks while Spencer sits down donning himself around in the chair.

"I think I should join a club." I say. "You should run for student body president. You would definitely win. Your mother being ambassador and all." Reid says. "People know that???" I ask. "Everyone knows you emily be for real." Derek says.

"Really?"

I had always assumed no one knew who my mother was but apparently not.

"Should I really run?" I ask. "It would be a lot of work." Derek says. "Maybe next year." I say.

I receive a text from JJ and I open my phone

jj 🩵   
- i'm gonna lose my mind in 2 seconds if my coach doesn't shut the fuck up
- she makes me want to rip my hair out i hate her
- she told me that her grandma can run faster than me like okay bitch i don't recall asking ?
- insufferable bitch

I giggle because she's cute when she's mad and I respond

- im sorry cutie it'll be over soon <3 come home soon the kids miss you

The kids referring to Derek and Spencer.

Me and Derek made some tik toks while Spencer roamed JJ's textbook collection. We did this for a few hours until Pen joined us.

"Hey my fine furry friends." She says and sits down on our bed.

"Hey baby girl." Morgan says.

"You will never believe what I heard." She says. "What." Spence spins around.

"Elle is going around telling people that Emily has a crush on her and that's why JJ doesn't like Elle..." pen says.

"Okay wait give me a second because I just threw up in my mouth." I gag. "Are you joking?" Derek says.

"Nope. And shes also telling everybody about what happened with JJ's sister and spreading lies that JJ was happy her sister died.... Most people assumed it wasn't true but JJ is pretty well known and something like that can seriously ruin her reputation." Pen says.

"But if I get my mother involved, I'm wrong." I say.

-

Hours later after they left JJ returns home from soccer. Practice ran really late today and I could tell by her wet hair she showered in the locker room.

She throws her soccer bag down and rolls her eyes.

"Hi." I say, scared to awake the beast in her.

"Hi." She says, untying her shoes. "You okay?" I ask. "Yeah. Just annoyed. Spent the whole day getting yelled at by coach for the stupid semi finals tomorrow; and one of my teammates tells me Elle is spreading so much shit about me. And I quite frankly don't give a fuck." She chucks her shoe at the door.

Times like this is when I really believe in astrology because JJ being a cancer has to be the most correct thing I've ever heard in my life. Like I've noticed that she feels everything so deeply. Like everything. Like if she's happy then she is really happy but if she's sad then she is really sad. Same with anger, excitement, being horny, love, any emotion you can ever name.

It's like it's all or nothing. She feels all of it or she doesn't have the emotion at all. JJ has so much love to give out towards people. I've never met a person who loves more than her. And when her emotions build up, that's a scary sight.

"What are you feeling?" I ask. "Mad." She says. "Okay, come here." "I'm not in the mood for sex right now if that's what you're thinking." She says.

"I'm not always thinking about sex!" I say and she shoots me a look and laughs. "I don't think about it that much you're over exaggerating." I say. "Do I have to remind you about you humping me in your sleep the other night?" She laughs. "I was not! I was just uh... trying to get ya know closer to you! I was readjusting myself." I cross my arms. "Yeah. Right." She lifts her eyebrows.

"Okay maybe I think about sex a lot, but I'm not thinking about it right now!" I say. She walks over to me and sits down next to me. "Well are you gonna do anything?" She asks.

"So sassy. First of all hello." I give her a quick kiss.

"Now lay down on your stomach." I say. "Emily." She warns. "Quit yapping I'm giving you a massage." I snap back.