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Bronwyn's POV
I felt myself stir awake to the sound of shuffling and a slight breeze on my face. I sit up in my bed while pulling the blanket closer to me, forcing my eyes to stay open and determine what was happening.
"JJ what the hell are you doing?" I ask with my groggy morning voice.
"Leaving before your parents notice." He says standing next to an open window, shoes in his hands.
I shake my head and rub my eyes, "They won't know. And even if they do it's not that big of a deal. They're not that-"
"Oh, I'm sure they would be thrilled to see me laying in your bed." He says sarcastically, pushing one of the curtains aside.
I extend my arm to grab my arm and check the time. 4:37 am. "JJ it's not even five, would you please come back to bed."
"I like it when you beg." He says with a smirk on his face, his eyes staring right into mine.
"Oh my gosh shut the hell up!" I say chuckling slightly and falling back onto the pillow. "I won't ask again."
"Ok ok! Don't want to upset you, Miller." JJ sets down his shoes next to the window and takes of his sweatshirt, lifting up his shirt in the process and revealing some of his washboard abs. I forced my eyes to look somewhere else. He walks to the other side of the bed and crawls in covering himself in blankets immediately. "You know if you wanted me so bad, you should've just said so."
"Oh shut up," I say turning around to face the other direction. Not long after that, I fell asleep.
//
"Mills."
"Miller. Wake up, sleepyhead." Starting to wake up I feel JJ nudging my arm slightly.
"What's wrong now?" I ask rubbing my eyes and sit up in my bed reaching my arms up to stretch.
"Nothing's wrong except for the fact that it's almost noon and you were still sound asleep." He says shifting over to the end of the bed and stands up. "I'm gonna head out to the docks for a bit, do you wanna come along?"
I sit there staring at my wall for a moment, forgetting that he asked me something. Without thinking, I say, "What? Oh um yeah...sure."
"Don't sound too excited to hang out with me." He laughs slipping on his shoes and nearly knocks over the dresser next to him.
"No I am, I'm just still exhausted," I say standing up and walk closer to him. "Plus I really need to shower."
"Well I wasn't gonna say anything..." he smiles coyly and I punch him lightly on the shoulder.
"Oh, hush Maybank." I walk over to the dresser that has a few of my clothes unpacked from the boxes. "Did you shower already?" I ask JJ as I pull out a pair of shorts and a basic orange t-shirt with some writing on it.
"Sorry, I should've asked but I wanted to let you sleep and you," JJ looks concerned at first but I cut him off.
"Stop. I don't care that you showered ok. I don't know why you think I would after all these years."
"I just feel bad." He says looking down at his feet and then back up to my eyes.
"Don't feel bad. We're friends remember?" I ask and he nods. "Good. Now I'm gonna go shower."
I didn't take very long in the shower, I really just wanted to freshen up and not smell like complete ass. Once I'm out, I towel dry my hair and add some range of products in hopes of taming some of the frizzy parts of my hair. I throw on some mascara and lipgloss and walk out of the bathroom in my towel. JJ is sitting in the chair by the window when he hears me come out of the bathroom. Once we both realize that I'm in a towel I feel my cheeks get warm and see his flush with a duffle shade of pink.
I scurry into the walk-in closet attached to my room and close the door bring me quietly but quickly. I turn around with my back facing the door and let out a deep breath I didn't know I was holding. Why is my heart beating this fast? I push the thought away as I scan the very empty room I'm in. Then I remember, my clothes were in the bathroom with me the entire time. I take a deep breath before I open the door and peek my head out.
"...JJ?" I ask slightly embarrassed.
"Yeah?" He replies peeking his head up to look at me.
"Will you grab my clothes out of the bathroom?" I ask and look down at my feet, wiggling my toes.
"Yup." He stands up immediately and walks into the bathroom and returns a moment later with my clothes in his hand. "Why did you leave the bathroom to get dressed in an empty closet?"
"I guess I wasn't really thinking," I say taking my clothes from him with a smile and close the door behind me, finally getting dressed.
I open the door when I finish and I see JJ looking at all the boxes spread out across my floor. When he hears me walk closer to him he looks up and smiles. "Ready to go?"
"Yup! Let's go." We walk over to my window and crawl out, JJ goes first and I follow. I get onto the ground and he stares into my eyes for a moment longer than anticipated. At that moment I never wanted him to kiss me more.
