meant for eachother

day before the hurricane

"come on we got to go" jj says slapping john bs shoulders. "you wouldn't have to come if you would let me drive" "no you will wreck twinkie" john b says. "so where exactly are we going" "to emery house" "whoa emery James when did this happen" "awhile ago no time for questions" 

as we drove around the island, we could see all the houses preparing for hurricane Agatha. hurricanes hit us hard and usually take out the people on the cut for the entire summer. once we got to the kooky side of the island we passed topper and rafe who looked like they wanted to kill someone. 

"topper looks more pissy then usual" "em did say something about topper when she called" "so whats up with emery when were y'all friends" "i met emery the first day she came. emery was out walking around figure eight when rafe had been hassling me about some random shit. for some reason after he left me alone she asked for a ride back to her house because it had started raining and me being the most wholesome guy took her back to her house and that is when i realized it was emery James. when we got back to her house her dad came into the kitchen and met me and he actually likes me and he said he will give me a job on his ship. but anyways when i was about to leave she kissed me and i haven't talked to her alone to be able to see whats up" "holy shit what happened here"

"jj what took you so long" i say and hug him. "hurricane Agatha the rain is horrible" "oh shit i forgot about that .. let me get some clothes i am staying with you for awhile" "really" he says "yeah i cant live here with broken windows and no doors" i laugh. "so what happened" "we don't know it happened when we were in town and when we came back it looked like this" i say we run up the stairs and go into my bedroom. my bedroom looks the same, neat, organized, clean but it feels different knowing Sarah helped decorate it and topper has slept in here most nights. "your room looks the same" he says and sits on my bed. he grabs my candles off my bed side table and smells each one of them as i grab all of my clothes. "my parents come back at the end of the week so ill be out of your hair then" "you are always welcomed with me but just too let you know i don't live this type of lifestyle" he tells me. "jj its ok i can go and buy food and clean i have been to the chatteu before" "when" "kie showed me it awhile ago" i say. "and if y'all ever need anything i can help, during the school year i have job and i saved all my money for this summer so i can help" "thanks" he says. "ok im ready wanna carry my bag for me" "of course m lady". 

"emery this is john b john b this is emery". I wave to him and jj and i get in the back of the van. "shes going to stay with us for a little bit" "oh ok you and jj can just share the pullout" "ok thanks" 

once we got back to the chatteu john b had to leave to go help ward Cameron on his boat before the hurricane so it is just me, jj, and his blunts.  "so do you want to tell me whats going on" "topper has been cheating on me with Sarah for about 2 months and i found out today and i have been living with Sarah so now i have no place to live" i tell him. "i warned you the kooks are bad news, and you are always welcome here" "he is just so controlling and then i figure out this shit and he just sucks" jj pulls me into a hug and i let out the air that has been building up in my chest. "lets go outside" he says. we walk outside and i sit on the hammock and watch him walk around the house trying to find something. "this is what i do when i am stressed" he picks up an ax and starts chopping wood. "try it" i swing the ax up and down to hit the wood and miss it. "this is not fun jj" "come here" He puts his hands over mine and lines up the ax to the wood. "one two three". and the wood splits in half. "try it" i tried it by myself and miss again. "why don't you try throwing the ax at a tree over there" he laughs and points. 

a couple minutes later

"whoa whats going on here" "no  more trees need to be falling" john b says. "letting em get her anger out" "ah good method" he says and walks into the house. i walk over to jj and lay in the hammock with him. "hows your dad" i ask "piece of shit like normal" "makes sense if you don't  mind me asking what happened to john bs parents" "oh his mom left him when he was young and his dad was lost at sea. he is most likely dead but john b doesn't think he is" "awe that's sad" "yeah its just me and him together... kie and pope have good families but they just like to be around us". I lay my head back down on jj's chest for a couple of minutes then it started raining. "well i better get home and get some more clothes. will you be okay here with john b for awhile" "yeah that's fine" 

I got out of the hammock and walked inside the chattue. "wanna surf the surge" he asks "hell yea"