Faded Heart

XIII. The Fall

Normally when I woke up in bed with a boy, I would find some way to sneak out without getting caught. This morning was different, when I woke up I found myself wrapped in JJ's arms. Last night I must've dozed off while we laid on the small couch together. I wasn't complaining, it was actually very nice. I liked the way that I felt when I was with him and especially when he held me.

"Good morning." I whispered, gently shaking JJ awake below me. I didn't know what time it was, but it seemed pretty early since the sun wasn't as bright as it usually is later in the day.

"Morning." he replied, his eyes still closed and his arms still wrapped around my waist. I tried to shift my weight forward, but his stiff arms kept me lying on top of him. "I don't want to get up, too early."

"Me neither, but we should go meet Pope and Kiara. Maybe John B and Ashtyn will turn up." I suggested, even though I really didn't want to get up either. But, we promised Pope and Kiara we would meet them at Heyward's today. If we didn't show up soon they'd come looking for us. I'm sure they'd have so many questions about the position that we were in right now. I wasn't ready to answer any of those just yet. I wanted to keep this little moment between JJ and I.

JJ tightened his grip around me even more. His arms brushing against my bare skin on the smalls of my back where the shirt had started to ride up. His touch felt electric, "No way. I could stay like this forever."

"Come on." I laughed, trying to slip out of his arms. Although he made it basically impossible. "We can't keep them waiting. You know how mad Kiara will get."

"Fine." He huffed, letting me slip out of his grip. I flashed him a small smile when I noticed his eyes finally opened. The cut on his lip looked worse than it had last night. "Only if I get to drive the Audi."

I immediately shook my head at the idea of the reckless boy driving my car, "No way!"

As soon as the words left my mouth, JJ lunged for the keys off of the coffee table and took off for the door. His laughter echoed through the room as he started running towards the direction of my car. A few moments later I took off for the front door as well, trying to catch the boy whose messy blonde hair was flying all over the place as he sprinted towards my car.

"Come on Em, I have never driven something this expensive. This might be my only chance." He yelled, as I ran to catch him. When I got to him, I lunged for the keys. But he was holding the keys behind his back knowing that I would try to get them from him as soon as I got to him.

"There's a reason no one trusts you with driving something so expensive." I laughed, continuing to try and fight for the keys. Both of us were trying to maneuver our way around each other. He just continued to laugh at my failed attempts to get the keys from him.

"Nope. I'm a good driver. Better than you. You've almost hit the curb every time I've driven with you." He clapped back with his own joke about my driving while turning to open the drivers side door.

It was true that on the way to the movies yesterday I almost hit a curb, but it was because JJ was distracting me, "You act like you've never hit something before. I'm sure you've been reckless plenty of times. A girl hits one curb and she can't live it down." I said, jumping in the driver side before he could make his way inside. I smiled and held out my hand, considering this a win, "Give me the keys.""

"Em, you're such a party popper." He frowned, handing me the keys and heading towards the passengers side as he accepted defeat.

Both of our heads turned towards the drivers side when we heard a slight knock on the window. Luke, Ashytn's brother was standing there and I wonder if he had been at the Chateau this morning and neither of us had noticed. By the look of his clothes the boy was either heading off to work or coming back from work. JJ complied and pulled down the window to greet his friend.