Adore You ☼ JJ Maybank

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[ ACT II PROLOGUE ]

"j?"

the quiet whisper made the blonde boy's head snap away from the window looking down at the parking lot below. he saw her, eyes now open and looking over at him.

"oh, thank god," jj let out a breath, dropping his hands and rushing over to her. he sat on the side of the hospital bed, grabbing her hand.

"what happened?" she asked quietly, squinting her eyes at the bright light.

"you got a good ol' concussion," jj said, "and a few stitches."

maya furrowed her eyebrows, reaching up with the hand jj wasn't holding and feeling the back of her head. her fingers ran over the few stiches hidden under her hair. "you started seizing on the ride over here, my, i thought i was going to lose you."

"i..." maya trailed off, still trying to gain full consciousness. she looked over to the window, seeing the ocean on the horizon. "john b! sarah, oh, my god, are they okay?"

jj's face dropped and he looked down at her hand, rubbing his thumb over it. "we don't know, haven't heard anything, yet," jj said slowly. "shoupe said they're gone, but there's no way, ya know? it's john b. they made it through. i know it."

"i..."

"i know it, my, they're good, okay? we'll find them, i can feel it." he said.

she raised up slightly, her hand reaching up to rest on his cheek. "we'll find them." she said, pulling her lip between her teeth and nodding. a salty tear slipped from her eye and jj reached up to wipe it away.

"we'll find them," he repeats, trying to reassure her and himself. his hand moved to rest on her thigh, giving it a reassuring squeeze.

she nodded, leaning in and closing the gap between them, feeling his lips against hers again soothed them both. when they pulled away, their foreheads resting against the others, "i love you so much, my," jj says. "you scared the shit outta me."

"it seems to be our specialty," she said with a small laugh through her nose, "i love you, too, j."

a smile pulled onto his face and pulled away to look at her face, eyes racking over her beauty.

"what?" she asked, scrunching her nose.

he let out a breathy laugh and kissed her forehead, "i want you to be mine." he whispered as he pulled away.

she laughed confused, "i thought i was?"

"i mean, officially, ya know? we never did that, made it official," he chuckled.

"oh, are you asking me to be your girlfriend?" she raised her eyebrows.

"yeah, i am," he said.

"right now?"

"mhmm," jj pulled his lips together to try and stop the shit-eating grin on his face.

"in the middle of all this chaos?"

"yes, am i not being clear enough?" his blonde eyebrows furrowed.

"i think i need to hear you say it," she tsks, tilting her head slightly to the side and looking deeply into jj's warm, blue eyes.

"oh, maya, so needy," he jokes, handing slipping up to cup her cheek with a grin plastered across his face, "will you be my girlfriend?"

"i don't know, i'll have to think about it," she smiled.

"oh?" jj raised his brows, fake hurt written all across his face. "you'll think about it?"

"i guess i do like the sound of it," maya giggled. "you calling me your girlfriend."

"i think you've always been my girlfriend, really, but i guess this just makes it official."

"right," she exposed her teeth in a wide grin before kissing him once again.