Keep Me Safe Y/n Routledge x JJ Maybank

Part 2- the reunion

"is anyone home?" you say again. This time louder. No reply. You turned back around headed to your car thinking they were probably out surfing or at a lame party.

Then suddenly, you hear a familiar voice coming from behind you. Only this time his voice is deeper, more masculine. "Y/N?" Jj says in confusion. You immediately turn around opening your mouth to say something to him but he stops you by pulling you in to the tightest hug. "I barely recognised you! Is everything okay?" you nod knowing it's not. And Jj knows that too but before he could say anything, you hear your cousin run out of the chateau pulling you in for a hug.

"Oh my gosh! it's about time you decided to come visit!" he says swinging his arms around you. "I'm so sorry John B, i know i should've called or texted" you said. "hey, it's all good. i missed you" he says pulling you in for another hug.

"Who's this?" You heard a female voice coming from the doorway. Can't be Kie, you would've recognised her voice in an instant. "oh uh- Sarah this is my cousin Y/N" you smile at her in disbelief that Sarah Cameron is at the chateau. "They're dating" says Jj noticing the confusion in your face. "We were dating-past tense" Sarah corrects him "i'm here for pope" Even bigger shock. The biggest kook in the whole of Kildare was apart of the pogues, interesting, you thought to yourself. You would've never expected this dramatic of a change since you left.

"I guess we all grew up and became civil?" you say chuckling. "no, quite the opposite actually" sarah says with a small laugh. You were still confused but decided not to question it. You were too tired anyways.

Next thing you know Kie and Pope are hugging you aswell, asking questions about you and your family. You didn't wanna answer. Jj saw that you're overwhelmed and said "guys, come on let the girl breathe!" making everyone laugh, including you. It was the first time you had laughed in a while. You look over to jj giving him a small smile to thank him and he does the same.

After all the hugs, John b helps you get your stuff from your car and places them on the dining table while you take a seat on the couch in relief. "this place hasn't changed a bit" you say. "wait until you see the stupid hot tub jj bought" pope says in a disappointed tone. You're obviously missing something as all the pogues laugh a little but you decided not to question them.

You were happy to be back with the pogues. It was a bit uncomfortable at first because it's been so long but eventually, you warmed up to each other again. You spent the rest of the evening catching up with each other. Every now and then you caught Jj looking at you with a straight face. He knew something was up with you, he didn't say anything luckily. You knew you shouldn't have lied to him because he knows you so well but you didnt want to talk about it.

                     ———Later that night———

"Hey JB are you sure it's cool i stay with you. I didn't know that both jj and sarah live here too"  you say to him "i don't want to make things uncomfortable" honestly you had no other choice, nowhere else to go but you didn't want John B to know that. He would worry to much and pry at you for answers. You didn't want that. "Don't worry about it cuz, you know you're always welcome here" he replies. You smile knowing he still cares about you the way he used to when you were kids.

JJ overhears your conversation with JB and says "you can have my room Y/N i'll take the couch" you look at him confused "jj no, i don't mind sleeping on the couch. seriously" he doesn't say anything yet. he just gives you a look which told you he wasn't going to take no for an answer.
"Y/n please don't argue, just take the goddamn room, you literally drove 15 hours nonstop to get here" "thankyou jayj" you say smiling at him.

After catching up with John B, JJ and Sarah you all headed to bed. Jj's room was nice. it wasn't very clean but he had decorated it nicely with posters on the wall and random clutter everywhere which made you feel safe for some reason. As you looked around, you noticed that one of his bedside tables had a few picture frames on it. You took a closer look at the photos. He had one with john B, kie and pope, one with his cousin ricky, but you couldn't see the last one clearly as it was covered by the two frames in the front. You picked it up with curiosity wondering who could be on it. You highly doubted it was his dad.

As you finally saw the photo, it bought tears to your eyes. It was a picture of you, John B and Jj. You were no older than 7. The memories started kicking in when you realised that was the summer  you met jj, you chuckled a little remembering how hesitant you were to meet 'your cousins best friend'. But looking back now, you were glad John B invited him over that day.

You also remembered how your dad was the one who took that photo, he make jokes about how Jj would 'fall love with you one day'. You remember letting out a big "EWWW" after he said that. Obviously jj isnt in love with you now, but it was still nice to know that he thought about you. Why else would he have this picture in his room.

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Unfortunately you couldn't sleep that night. You were just staring into the ceiling surrounded by your own thoughts. Being back in the obx brought back so many memories of your dad that you had forgotten.

Without even realising it, tears started forming in your eyes after reminiscing everything you've been through. It's been hard, you just wanted someone to talk to about it. You sat in Jj's bed crying without even know why. You were glad to be home, maybe you were crying because of all the hardships you've faced or because of happiness, either way you felt like you needed to let it all out. You knew you'd feel better in the morning if you let your emotions out now.

All of a sudden someone knocks on your door which was strange considering it was 2am and they all had school tomorrow. "Who is it?" you asked whilst quickly trying to wipe the tears from your face and reduce the puffiness in your eyes.

"it's me" he said "can i come in?"