loving ain't easy [jj maybank]

chapter 7

jj maybank
kath has taken the liberty to drive herself to the liquor store, so I stay at the chateau with john b.
"how's kath?" he asks.
"she said she feels numb? i'm not quite sure what she meant but she took the van to the liquor store & she's been none stop vaping." i explain, opening a beer can.
"i feel bad. i should've went faster or stopped her or something. she's been through a lot. her and i have been through a lot." he sighs.
"yeah she has been." i trail off. i wonder if she told john b or pope about rafe. the sun fully sets so we start a small campfire. half an hour or so after the campfire starts, she pulls up.
"howdy, I brought some food, and i went home because I forgot my boots." she says.
"ooh what food. i'm literally starving." john b gets up. she tosses him some hot dogs and marshmallows. i help her unpack the groceries, and take a look what she got for drinks.
"i can't believe my fake id worked though." she laughs flicking off the beer cap like it's nothing and handing it to me. she takes off her sandals and puts on her cowgirl boots.
"can't believe these were my mums." i hear her mutter under her breath.
i think she looks breathtaking. i just want jump up and start making out with her. john b starts roasting his hot dog, so I do the same, but I make one for kath.
between the 3 of us we joke around like old days, make fun of topper and sarah, drink, and eat food. around 10:30, it starts to get dark but since we're dumb we decide to go dirtbiking. kath's riding in her cowgirl boots and a plain white bikini. john b has to force her to put her helmet on though. we go to the old track we made last year and do jumps and stuff until it's pitch black.
"race ya home!" she slurs.
"okay!" john b agrees. i shake my head but we all race each other back anyways, and we let kath win. we drink some more & eat more s'mores.
"okay one last thing." kath slurs. she's drank half a bottle of whiskey to herself.
"what's that?" john b asks, a little tipsy.
"matching stick and poke." she nods.
"i'm down." i say, hitting the juul. i'm almost sober because I want to take care of kath tonight.
kath sets up the stuff and i draw out what we're getting. it's going on our inner wrist. we decide to all get little surfboards with stars beside them. i know it sounds girly but i could care less. kath and john b are my family. and kie and pope as well, but john b and kath were my first family. we finish the tattoos and by that point it's just after 1:30am. kath's finished her bottle of whiskey and is almost blacked out, and john b is drunk, but not hammered, and I'm just a little tipsy. that's when we hear the dirtbike.
"topper, rafe or jake, take your pick." john b stands up.
"jake might as well be a kook." kath sighs from her hammock.
of course, it's jake.
"you think you can just run away from home?!" he yells at kath.
"yeah? i'm 16 almost 17." she rolls her eyes.
"jake go the fuck home." i demand.
"was I talking to you pogue?" he retorts.
"go home." i repeat calmer. john b is watching kath.
"i'm not leaving until she comes with me." he shakes his head.
"i hate you and the ashley chick who calls herself a mother." kath laughs.
"so you're having fun being passed around i see?" he chuckles.
i couldn't stand this anymore. I pull the gun out.
"go the fuck home and don't come back." i tell jake.
"yes sorry." he nods and quickly leaves, no questions asked.
kath takes a huge hit out of the joint, and tells us she's going inside to have "alone time".

kath
i take the joint into the spare room. i connect my phone to my speaker, and play oblivion by grimes. i close the door, change my clothes and crawl under my fuzzy blanket. i smoke the rest of the joint, and listen to my music. i feel like im flying. the lights are more colourful, and i feel super relaxed. yeah right by joji starts playing and i feel myself drift off to sleep.

a/n: this was a short little filler chapter with some fluff! i promise i'll start to go a bit deeper with kath and jj's relationship in the next couple chapters, but i do love a slow burn lmao
also if you like the 1975 pls check out my other 2 books I have on here :))
alyssa