Junie - JJ Maybank

22

"Ow," I groan to myself.

Why do my arms hurt so bad??

I pull up my sleeves a little bit and see the fingerprints on my arms.

How could I forget...

I let go of my sleeve, letting it fall down to cover the bruises again. I look over and see Sarah asleep in bed then I get up and walk out of her room quietly.

I walk into the kitchen to see Ward and Rose sitting at the table with breakfast in front of him.

They both turn around and look at me. Rose gets up and walks over to me and pulls me into her arms.

"How are you, Emery?" She asks once we pull away.

I nod, "I'm okay."

She gives me a warm smile, "you sure?"

I nod again and she says okay, then she notices my neck.

"Oh my god, Emery! Did he do that to you?" She asks, lightly brushing her fingers against my neck.

I nod and Rose pulls me into her arms again. When we pull away, Ward is stepping over to us.

"I am so sorry that my idiot son did that to you." He tells me.

I shake my head, "It's okay. It's not your fault," I trail off and look at all the food, "I'm gonna make me and John B a plate."

They both say okay, then I grab two plates and put eggs, bacon, and a couple pancakes on each of them.

I say bye to Rose and Ward then make my way to John B's room. I knock on the door then walk in, not bothering to wait for him to tell me to come in.

He is sitting on his bed on his phone then he looks up and when he sees me he sits up in his bed.

"Hey, Ems." He says to me.

I smile, "hi," I tell him before sitting down on the bed next to him.

I hand him one of the plates then start eating off of mine.

"How'd you sleep?" I ask him through a mouthful of food.

He shrugs, "I didn't... sleep much." He mumbles.

I give him a confused look, "what? Why?"

He shrugs again and avoids making eye contact with me, "I just," he sighs, "I couldn't stop thinking about what he did to you."

I shake my head and put my hand on his shoulder, "it's okay, let's just not talk about it."

He nods," okay... do you think you'd be up to hang out with the Pogues today?" He asks me.

I sigh then nod, "yeah, but I'm gonna need a little bit to get ready."

He nods again, "of course."

The two of us eat our food in silence, then when we are done, I go up to Sarah's room.

I knock on the door and she says come in, so I do.

Sarah is sitting at her vanity and she turns around. When she sees me is when she speaks."What's up, Emmy?"

"Um... could you maybe help me hide my," I motion to my neck, "bruises?" I ask her.

She stands up and pats on her vanity chair, "sit, sit."

I nod and sit down in the chair. She pulls her desk chair over and sits down in it then opens one of the drawers on her vanity.

She pulls out some concealer, powder, a makeup brush, and a beauty blender.

She starts on the bruises on my neck and even though the quietness isn't awkward at all, I speak.