𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐲

XVIII. Led Me To You.

THE NEXT morning, the group all got ready to head out, well, the plan was that they would, but there were apparently a few changes. "You feeling it too?" JJ asked John B standing by himself as he and Jake walk over. "Yeah." John B replies as Jake stops, watching the Routledge now. "I am, that's for sure." JJ says, tossing the stuff into the back of the van before turning to face their friend.

"Alright, you ready?" He asks but John B is busy staring at Sarah making her way over, smiling so Jake glances back at the girls, seeing Kie holding a hand to her face, smiling widely at her best friend. "Let's make this quick. Alright? Gotta keep my head down." JJ tells the group. "Hey. We're gonna get out of your hair, actually." John B walks over to Sarah as Kie looks at Jake, smiling widely. "Give you guys some space." He says as Kie raised her brows.

"What?" JJ stares at the couple now holding hands. "Yeah. You know, it's your dad. And... and it's your mom's grave. You should do this with him." Sarah tells the Maybank who glanced between the two now. "So ya'll just bailing right now?" He asks them. "No." Sarah denied. "We're not bailing. We're just multitasking." John B says as they begin slowly walking away. "Running some errands. We'll be back. We have something to do." Sarah says. "An errand, right now? Are you kidding me guys?" JJ calls out to the couple.

"We could save Poguelandia if we could just read--" "JJ, don't worry about it. You're gonna go with your dad. John B and Sarah are gonna run their errand." Kie tells the blond boy, watching the couple walking away, arms around one another, Sarah touching John B's hair. "And Jay and I are gonna stay here, get us packed up. We gotta get out of here." She adds, glancing at Jake who's staring at JJ.

"Just not the right time to be splitting up." He says, shutting the back of the van and turning to Jake who instantly reached out, grabbing his hand. "JJ." Groff is making his way over, making the trio look over at him as he made his way over, waving at them. The three then glance away from him, "Jay, I know he's your dad. Just be careful." Jake now says, squeezing the blond's hand in his.

"If he tries anything, I'll just steal the little lens thing for myself." JJ tells him, staring back at him, before glancing behind him at Groff. "Remember, you're a wanted man. Keep your head down." Kie now tells him and JJ nods. "Always. Let's do it." The Maybank turns to look at the Groff man who's closer, but Jake doesn't want to let go of him, their hands slowly slipping apart as the blond walks away, to go to the driver's side of the van.

"You got it." Groff says to the boy before turning to look at Jake and Kie. "Morning." He says and Jake forces a smile, nodding softly at him as Kie chuckles. "He'll be okay." She said quietly now, the van driving away so she reached out to grab his arm. They walk together to the house where the both of them stop to turn and look at the couple now heading off on the boat, they smile and look at one another. "So... what's their errand?" Jake asked as he walked into the house, following after her.

"Oh... you know," she said and he snorts. "I know?" He asks and she turns back to glance at him. "Well... she's pregnant, she told John B..." She goes on and Jake nods. "Hmm, right." He said as they reach the kitchen where they grab a couple of bags. "What's with that reaction?" She asked, confused and he just looks around. "Just, uh, you know, when Olivia... gave birth to Evie. I had the same idea. That... I would propose to her." He said and she turns to look at him. "Oh." She says quietly and he looks at her. "But that obviously didn't work out. Seeing as she left. And eventually, life led me to you." He walks over to the girl.

He raised his hands to cup her face, smiling at the way her eyes soften at his words. "I love you." He says and she just smiles. "I love you too." She whispers back and he leans in to give her a small peck on the lips. "I'm glad life led me to you." He says quietly and she leans back in, giving him a longer kiss.