Jennifer Jareau's Daughter

Chapter 29

Max's POV:

I wake up at 6:44 to my phone blasting "Temporary Home" by Carrie Underwood I quickly turn my alarm off before it can wake up Will and JJ. I lay in bed remembering all the drama with Henry that played out a few days ago. I quickly get up and shower getting dressed for the day. I put on some light makeup curling my hair. As I finish getting ready there is a knock on my door. I open my door sighing in relief seeing that it was Miles and not Henry or JJ.

"Hey Max how'd you sleep?" Miles asks as I grab my pink jean jacket out of the closet to put on

"Alright actually Will and JJ came and saw me last night to apologize for Henry leaving again and not telling me." I say sitting on my bed rolling my eyes sighing

"Yeah well Devil parents and mini devil tried to come to my house last night I pretended to be asleep." Miles say laughing as I smirk laughing lightly

"Yeah well I made the mistake of opening the door when they knocked. In my defense I thought it was gonna be you or Sarah. Once I saw it wasn't I tried slamming the door in their faces." I say shrugging as Miles laugh picturing it

"So what's the plan are we all gonna go down and have breakfast with the whole family?" I ask rolling my eyes

Before Miles can respond I hear two knocks on my door. I look at Miles knowing he is also hoping one of those knocks don't belong to JJ or Will. I open the door relaxing when I see Sarah standing there. I move out of the way and watch as she join Miles on the bed before I close my door locking it.

"Did spawn point and Spawnee call you last night? Why are you here?" I ask looking at Sarah watching as she nod shyly afraid to admit it but knowing she can never lie to Miles and I we always see through her lies we can read them like open books

"JJ and Henry called saying you might need me today. So being your best friend in the entire world I came over as fast as I could so you guys can talk to me. I left my house without eating breakfast." Sarah says rubbing the back of her neck nervously as Miles rolls her eyes sighing

"Well JJ tried to get me to open my door last night and let her in but I ignored it. There is nothing she can say to excuse what Henry did. She knows he messed up and she is trying to cover it up for him like she used to do when I was younger." I say sadly looking at my ground not wanting anyone to see the tears I'm holding in

"So I was the only one who's mom stupidly answered their knocks. I knew I should have texted Max first before my mom opened the door." Miles says rolling his eyes laughing to hide the hurt he is feeling inside making Sarah smirk as she reads between the lines at what Miles is just said knowing he is hiding his feelings

"It honestly is really sad how she tried to talk to you like Henry has any actual reasoning to do what he did. JJ fucked up trying to cover for lying about it. Henry just needs to admit it to you and prove he will not do anything like that again." Sarah says sighing as I nod agreeing she knows everything I went through when I was younger when I would self harm I told her everything the first day we met

"I just wish Henry would try to be understanding why we are hurt and JJ didn't defend him and she'd be our mom. I'm tired of being the only kid with fucked up family members who never wanted her in the first place. I'm tired of pretending everything is okay when it's not." I confesses looking at the floor I watch as Miles and Sarah get up and hug me holding me tightly

"Max it's okay we both secretly want that I promise it's not just you. At least at the end of the day we still have each other. I will always have your back and be there for every milestone you achieve. That is one thing you will never have to wish for is me being there for you." Miles say getting up after sitting back down and hugging me as I nod wiping my face squeezing me tightly

"As much as I wish we could camp out here all day what are you gonna do for breakfast? I know you guys haven't eaten yet have you?" Sarah asks as Miles and I shake our heads no

"Well we can go downstairs, eat, ignore them, and then come back upstairs and hang in your room." Miles suggests as I nod

"Alright I'm down for that lord knows I'm good at ignoring their scratching nails against chalkboard voice." I say seriously making Sarah and Miles laugh loudly

"Okay let's go eat." I say as I smile squeezing their hands reassuringly and we all go downstairs

I am the last to walk downstairs. Once we're downstairs I grab the cereal ignoring the fact Will is cooking. I grab three bowls handing them to Miles. I watch as Sarah grabs the milk and Miles grabs the spoons. We all sit at the table eating. I scroll on my phone looking at my TikTok. I look at Henry and JJ and see them listening to music. I look at Sarah and see she's busy texting playing a game. I smile thinking about how she has been trying to best this level for almost a week now. We all eat our cereal ignoring Henry's attempts to get our attention. Once we finish our food we rinse out our bowls going into my room. I sigh as I lay on my bed knowing today is gonna be another long day avoiding Henry and JJ. I can't wait til Tuesday when we all go back to school. I actually am praying for school. I never wished so hard for Tuesday to come like I am doing right now.