SHOOTING STARS ✰ jj maybank

042. THE BONFIRE

The Pogues pulled up to the bonfire and the place was already packed with drunk teenagers.

They climbed out of the car. Pope and Kie went off together and JJ, Scarlett, and John B decided to stick together.

JJ held Scarlett's hand and John B had his arm wrapped around JJ's shoulders while they wandered through the crowd of teenagers.

"Oh my God, I missed you so much." John B grabbed a red solo cup filled with alcohol.

A few minutes into the party, John B wouldn't stop complaining about Sarah.

"She's like, that's it." The brunette boy complained to JJ and Scarlett.

"I know." JJ nodded and listened to John B, but Scarlett wanted no part in the conversation. She wasn't going to get involved with her sister's love life. It was her decision to break it off between her and John B, so everyone just has to respect that. "But, dude, her father blew up right in front of her. Just give her a minute, all right." The blonde boy told his friend.

"Ward was Scarlett's dad too and she didn't break up with you." John B turned to Scarlett and she just rolled her eyes at him.

"That's because JJ comforted me and made me feel safe while I was uncontrollably sobbing. You didn't even look at Sarah." Scarlett retorted toward the brunette boy and he just pursed his lips and nodded his head, knowing that she was right.

JJ wrapped one of his arms around Scarlett's shoulders and gave her a quick kiss on the head. "In the meantime, shotgun right now. Like old days—"

JJ's sentence was cut off by an empty beer can being thrown at them. The three teenagers snapped their heads over to see who just threw that at them.

"Hey, derelicts!" Some trashy girl yelled at them with a smile.

"Whoa!" JJ exclaimed as the beer can almost hit him and Scarlett. "Hey, there she is." The blonde boy grinned at John B. "That's you. Me and my hot ass girlfriend are out of here."

Scarlett left JJ's hold and walked a few feet away, grabbing two beers from a cooler.

The blonde girl let out a small laugh when she watched John B hit JJ's dick before walking up to the girl.

"Beer." She held one of the drinks out to her boyfriend and he grinned at her.

"You know me so well." He grabbed it and jammed his thumb through the side of it.

Scarlett did the same and they both counted down from three. On one, they both began chugging to see who'd finish first. Scarlett finished and threw her can on the ground, throwing her arms into the air and cheering.

"I won!" She cheered and JJ beamed down at her.

"You're so cute." He brought her in for a quick kiss before they interlocked hands and began wandering around the party and talking to people.

JJ and Scarlett went their separate ways to talk and socialize with different people. They made sure to stay in each other's view just in case they needed each other.

As Scarlett was talking to some random Pogue girl that she had just met, she looked over at JJ to see a girl talking to him. He just stood there, staring at the girl with a blank expression. It was obvious he didn't want to talk to her.

The blonde girl immediately left the girl that she was talking to and started towards her boyfriend.

"Why don't we go and grab some drinks?" The brunette girl who was talking to JJ bit her lip and lifted her hand towards JJ's arm to feel his muscles.