𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙯𝙤𝙣𝙚 • 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 •

05.

hailee stayed the next few nights at john b's and hadn't been home in days.

hailees eyes fluttered open to the feeling of kisses planted on her forehead, seeing john b sit next to her on the bed.

"morning babygirl" he winked, making her smile at tbe nickname, feeling her stomach full of butterflies

"geez, that bruise is getting worse and worse everyday" she winced, his bruised face only a few inches from hers.

"way to wreck the mood" he chuckled, earning a sweet giggle from her.

he snaked his arm around her waist, pulling her closer to him, slowly kissing her.

he pulled her on top of him, so she straddled his waist, feeling his strong grip on her waist.

"DCS, open up! i know your in there!" the two teens heard, then hearing a thud at the window next to them, making them both jump from the loud noise.

"gotcha slick!" they heard JJ as they groaned, seeing him laugh his ass off outside the window.

"shit, i just got a face full of boob" he chuckled, making her smack him as a giggle escaped her mouth.

"JJ!" hailee whined

"you should've seen your face!" he laughed

he walked in the door, still laughing at his two friends.

"i nearly got a full porno there- jeez" JJ chuckled, john b laughing with him as hailee smacked them both on the head.

"hurry up love birds, we got shit to do!" JJ said as he rushed them out to the van.

"JJ zip it, your annoying me!" hailee warned.

"sorry mama" he winked, earning a glare from john b.

"ooooh, daddy's mad, sorry bout it" JJ winked as he drove off.

"JJ do you know how to shut up goddamn mouth!" hailee shouted.

"sorry mama" he repeated as he pouted

"dude, your dads compass and scooter grubbs' boat, kinda freaky man" JJ said as he grabbed the compass off the dash board.

"don't touch!" john b warned, snatching it from him

"that's why we're going to talk to miss lana!"johm b said, finishing their conversation.

"that's what we're doing?! guys, she just lost her husband, we shouldn't be interrogating her!" hailee sighed as john b pulled up at miss lanas house

"i agree with mamas" JJ said

"you know what this house looks like?" john b asked

"whoever lives here, smokes wayyyy to much weed" JJ said, hailee wandering behind the two boys.

"wait, JJ shut up" john b hushed, as they all heard crashing and shouting come from inside the house.

JJ and hailee stood back while john b went to see what was going on, JJ running to stop john b and hide as hailee quickly followed.

the three leaned against the house as they heard two men shout at miss lana from inside, feeling chipped paint fall onto their heads.

"is that paint?" JJ asked, running a hand through his hair.

"yes it's paint! shut up" john b said as he smacked him

"guys we should go- shh rae!" john b hushed as he cut her off, seeing two guys walk out of the house and along the dock angrily.

•••

she walked in the door of her grandparents house, seeing the two of them sitting in the living room waiting for her return

"where the hell have you been kid!" her grandpa yelled

"i was with my friends, i stayed at john b's, i promise i was safe" she said, trying her hardest to get out of the situation.

"those kids are gonna get you into trouble girl! i want you to stop hanging out with them" her grandpa grunted.

"gramps no way! they're my best friends!" she whined.

"to bad! i second that! your not gonna get into a good college if you keep acting up like this! sneaking out to go to parties and doing god knows what with that boy! your mother would not be proud" he scoffed, shaking his head in disappointment.

hailees grandparents wanted their only granddaughter to follow in her moms footsteps. any way possible. her mother was born and raised a pogue, but did so well in college and moved to the other side of the island as her business became more and more successful. hailees father was a pogue too, meeting her mother when they were teenagers, the two becoming high school sweethearts all they way until hailee was born, her other passing away during her birth.

"stop expecting me to be like mom! it's not easy being a teenage pogue! i've had a shitty life, my friends made that a hell of a lot better! you don't know how fucking horrible it was for me as a child!" she cried, memories from her life flooding her mind.

"go to your goddamn room hailee! your grounded until further notice and be sure to watch your damn language around me!" her grandfather shouted.

she stormed to her bedroom, slamming the door and locking it after her.

•••

hours passed, hailee being stubborn and not leaving her room, until she climbed out her window onto her separate porch, on the other side of the house, deciding to nap on the hammock that hung from either side of the porch.

she heard a loud knock on her door, hearing it from outside, opening it as she groaned, to be faced with her grandma.

"have you come to yell at me about how disappointed my mom would be again? well guess what! i heard enough of that from my dad growing up and you know that! and none of it was my damn fault!" she said, her voice cracking in pain, her eyes burning to let tears fall.

"hailee, baby...- nana, it's summer! you can't ground me! that's sucks! i'm supposed to live my life like a normal teen, that's all i'm trying to do!" hailee cut her off as she sighed, falling back onto her bed.

"i'll try to talk your grandpa out of it, gimme a minute" she sighed, waking out to talk to her husband.

hailee sighed, not knowing what else to do.

"he agreed to be a little less strict since it's summer, but your still somewhat grounded. you have to be home by 10 every night and tell either one of us if you have plans. got it?!" she strictly said.

"yeah of course nana. i'm sorry for yelling before" she apologised, hoping to make her nanas mood better.

"it's okay kiddo. we just want you to be safe" she sighed, hugging her.

"of course." she smiled

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