"JJ! Hayley! Are you guys ok?" Kiara shouts. "Oh fuck." Hayley says quickly scrambling off JJ's chest. She re-ties her bathing suit top and puts on her bottoms. JJ pulls up his shorts scrambling to find his shirt. Hayley has just enough time to button her shorts before Kie turns the corner. "Hey! What took you guys so long?" She asked relieved she found them. "Uh, nothing. We were just..." JJ starts awkwardly. "Talking," Hayley says trying to play it cool. "Your shirts on backwards..." Kiara says slowly connecting the dots. "Oh my god! You two didn't!" She sequels. Hayley was quick to shove her hand over her mouth. "Shut the fuck up." She says sternly. "John B is looking for you." She smirks as Hayley releases her hand. "You do not breathe a word of this to him," Hayley says quickly. Kiara nods smiling. She knew this day would come. She was team Jaley. John B was not. He would kill Kiara for even making them a couple name. He would lose his shit if he found out that they hooked up. "We should go," JJ says walking ahead of the group. "Um yeah," Hayley mutters scratching the back of her head. Kiara follows the two smiling. "SOOO? How was it?" Kie whispered to her best friend. Hayley rolled her eyes but couldn't hide the smile creeping up. "Damn. That good?" Kiara asked surprised. "Better." Hayley laughed. JJ was eavesdropping on the conversation, and he was proud. A smile crossed his face.
"You want to go out on the boat?" John B asked grabbing the fishing rods and handing them to Pope. The group agreed a nice calm boat day would be perfect. There were a lot of emotions this morning and they needed some form of normal. Pope was driving with Kiara sitting on his lap chattering about a new water bottle brand that is working to stop plastic waste. John B was fishing with JJ while Hayley read her new book. "Can you pass me a beer J?" She asked looking up. He nodded and grabbed a beer from the cooler handing it to her. Their hands touched and for a second it was awkward. "Um. What are you reading?" JJ asked quickly pulling away. "Everything is fucked." He chuckles. "That seems fitting." She giggled sending butterflies to JJ's stomach. "Happy reading Nerd." He teased. She stuck her tongue out like a child and closed her book moving so she was laying on the front of the boat sunbathing. "You're going to get burnt." Kiara laughs rolling her eyes. "I am comfortable." She groans. At that moment Pope hits the sand bar and Hayley goes flying forward. "Hayley!" JJ shouts running toward the edge of the boat. John B jumps in looking for his sister who has yet to resurface. While Kiara leaned over the edge trying to find her. "Ow... Pope I'm going to kill you." Hayley mutters clinging onto her brother's back as he climbs up the ladder. "Sorry Hayley. The channel changed." He mutters. "No shit. You owe me a new book." Hayley groans back holding her head. JJ chuckles and rubs the back of her head feeling the already large bump. "My head is killing me." She groans leaning against him. "Why don't we head back?" JJ said concerned for Hayley. It wasn't like her to complain. Besides they needed to talk. They both love each other, they both fucked each other, and they both felt guilty. Neither of them regrets it at all. Not a single bit. What they did regret was hiding it from John B. "You really hurting?" John B asked hesitant to leave the nice boat ride if it wasn't necessary. "I'll be ok. I'm just going to lie down." Hayley smiles at her brother to be more convincing. "Sorry about that..." Pope muttered feeling guilty. "It's not your fault," Hayley said resting her head on JJ's shoulder. This wasn't unusual as she usually did lay on JJ it just felt different considering two hours ago, they were having sex.
"Shhh. You're ok. I'm just taking you inside." JJ says gently as Hayley stirs in his arms while he carries her inside. She had fallen asleep on him hours ago on the boat. They had dropped Pope and Kiara off on the way back. "Can I stay tonight?" JJ asked. John B nodded. "You know you don't even have to ask. Mi casa es su casa." John B. smiles. JJ sighs another wave of guilt crashing through him. He laid Hayley down in bed and covered her up. She groaned upset she was losing her heat source and wrapped her arms around her teddy bear Benny. JJ chuckled at her childishness and met John B back in the kitchen. He betrayed him, his best friend. "She good?" John B asked interrupting his thoughts. "Yeah. She's just out." JJ chuckles. "So ummmm what did you guys umm talk about?" He asked nervously. I knew he just wanted to know what was happening between me and his sister. "She just wanted to vent. Get everything off her chest you know." JJ lies. "Yeah. I guess...I still can't believe she did that to herself... They looked awful." John B said haunted by the lines revealing his sister's pain. "I know. I couldn't either." JJ sighed. "Why didn't she say anything? I mean she must have suffered for weeks before doing something like that to herself..." John B sighed. "I wish I knew. She said she didn't want to put anything else on us. I think she's been doing this for a while, like before your Dad went missing." JJ said not wanting to think about a word without Hayley. "Damn. What a fucking day." John B sighs opening another beer. JJ couldn't help but laugh. Only 24 hours ago, he was drowning his sorrows of missing the girl of his dreams. Now he was constantly worried since she was cutting herself. He just had sex with her and hid it from her older brother who was also his best friend. "You alright?" John B asked his friend concerned. "Yeah. I'm all good." JJ smiles. "you'd tell me if something was bothering you? Or if something was happening with my little sister? We've been friends for long enough for that right?" John B asked nervously. "Yeah of course man." I lie through my teeth. I felt like total shit.
