ongoing jarah oneshots from outer banks!

memories

The faint hum of music played on their living room speakers, as John B and Sarah sat on their L shaped couch, wrapped around one another, tightly.

They had been casually watching a Hallmark Christmas movie, since it was Christmas Eve Eve. Sarah was six months pregnant, and was certainly showing. Her hands were lightly draped around the front of her belly, as she laid back in John B's lap. John B had his hands gently placed atop Sarah's as they sat in a peaceful state.

Sarah was gazing off into the distance as she pressed her head into John B's chest. She had been thinking about how grateful she was to have John B, and how caring and attentive he had been with her throughout this changing time for her mind, as well as her body.

"You doing okay there, Sar?" John B asked as she sighed slightly.

Moving her head off of his chest and turning to look into his eyes, Sarah smiled at him. "You just know me so well, don't you?" She asked, tangling her fingers into his curls with a smile.

"I do, but that's not the point. What's in that beautiful mind of yours?" John B asked as he pointed to her head.

"This is so random. I'm just having my late night nostalgia." She giggled as she continued. "I'm literally thinking about our first time in the Church." She said, avoiding his gaze at first.

John B let out a laugh. "What brought this up?" He asked, attempting to stifle his laughter.

"I just think about it sometimes. How it all happened so fast." Sarah said, now finding his eyes and looking straight into his soul.

"Do you regret that?" He asked almost immediately, questioning her reasoning as to why she brought this up.

"No! Not at all! I'm just saying everything was quick. The way you just..asked me if I had ever had sex, and you told me we would wait. But then we ended up doing it anyway...in a Church of all places." Sarah recalled her first time, smiling to herself at how magical it had been, despite doing it on the hard floor of a Church, rather than in a bed.

"Sar, you were the one who initiated it. You know I meant what I said, and I was never going to push you to do something you weren't ready for. I love you, I never expected anything from you, just for you to be...well you." John B said with honesty, looking beyond her eyes and into her soul, just as she had done with him.

"John B...I am so lucky." Sarah started. "You mean the whole world to me, and I appreciate you loving me for me, and not for my status or my body." She replied, truly thankful for his grace with her.

"Did you bring me to the Church planning to take my virginity?" Sarah asked him, without shame.

"Well I didn't know you were a virgin." He started. "I totally thought you and Topper had done it. I just couldn't imagine him being the type of guy to wait." John B finished.

The faint hum of waves crashed along the shore, filling the silence, as Sarah paused for a moment before answering.

"He had wanted to..." She began. "We got really close once, but I was too scared, and I didn't think I was ready." She paused.

"He was always too pushy, and I needed someone to take their time with me." She said as she adjusted her place in his lap.

"Take their time? Sarah you love to go hard, what do you mean?" John B asked her with a playful smile.