Y/n pov
We looked badass standing there in front of the ocean. The hurricane was bound to his anytime but the surge right now was amazing. I stood there with John B, my big brother, on one side and JJ, my boyfriend, on the other side of me.
"It's pretty rough out there." John B said kinda loud over the wind. I stood there with my board perched in the sand.
"The hell are you guys doing out here?" We heard a voice behind us. There stood topper Thornton. He was dressed in casual cloths so clearly he wasn't going to surf.
"Could ask you the same thing?" I asked back with sass. He walked closer to us and I could tell he rolled his eyes at my remark.
"I live right there." He said pointing to the house that was a couple feet away.
"I'd kick you out but sadly you're not on my property, you're on the Jones." He said annoyed.
"Still doesn't explain why your out here." JJ said.
"Saw you out here and was gonna tell you y/n." Topper said taking a step closer to me. I watched JJ move to get in front of me to protect me but I pushed him back. I could fight my own battles.
Topper stood right in front of me.
"I was gonna tell you that you can't surf the surge. Y/n look at it out there I bet you won't be able to even stand up." He laughed and mocked me. This wasn't new with him. Anytime he could he would pester me about surfing or working, literally anything he thought I couldn't do. I grew angry with his stupid comments.
"Topper go home." I said and turned my back to him so I could stare at the ocean. I was trying my hardest not to last out at him.
"Whatever. Die if you want." He laughed and I could tell he went back home. In my head I just kept telling my self, ignore him, just ignore him y/n.
"Baby you sure you wanna do this?" JJ asked me with concern.
"He's right bee." JB said using the nickname he gave me. He called me bee, and JJ called me princess or just the basic babe and baby. "You could get hurt out there." My brother added on. I smirked at them.
"Won't know till I try." I said and pulled my board up from the sand.
I took once last look behind me and saw topper still here. I thought he had left but he only stood a few feet away from us now.
I took off down the sand and ran as fast as I could to the water. The waves were huge and I got a lot of water in my mouth that I ended up spitting out.
Once I got further out I tried to think of calming things. I needed to calm myself before I even attempted to surf these waves. I looked ahead of me and saw a good wave. It wasn't perfect but it was the best one that I've seen so far. I turned my board around so I faced the beach. Paddling in a storm was much harder then I remember. My arms were tired but I felt the wave pick me up and I quickly stood up on my surfboard to ride the wave.
I heard the boys cheering me on from the beach. It wasn't much that I could hear but it was some. I looked towards them and gave them a smile that they probably couldn't see. However I shouldn't have turned my attention away from the waves. Right as I went to concentrate on the water I lost my balance and the waves pushed me off my board. The tide was so strong it pulled my leg rope right off my ankle. I tried my hardest to swim up but I couldn't do it. The water pushed against my lungs and made me breath out the breath I was holding in. All of a sudden my back and butt hit something hard. Looking down I saw the ocean floor. I wasn't to deep in the water but the waves made it seem like I was. I used the strength I had left to push me up to the surface.
I broke through the water and took a big gasp of air. Just when I thought I was safe another wave came crashing down on me.
"Y/n!" I heard a yell as I went back under. I opened my eyes under the salty water. It stung but I needed to find that voice again. In one swift movement I felt my body being pushed up to the surface. I coughed when I got above the water. When I felt the hands on my back I immediately knew who it was from the rings. JJ. He came out here to save. He pushed me up on his board and tried his hardest to get us back in to shore. Some waves pushed us to the shore while others made us fall over on the board and have to get back up. I was loosing strength and I needed my brother. I needed help.
I felt the water get more shallow and calm. I opened my eyes to see we made it to shore. My brother was right there shoving topper back and JJ pulled me up onto the sand. I saw my surfboard a few feet away. It must've floated back to shore luckily.
"JJ." I whispered out and coughed out.
"Shh princess it's alright. Your ok now." He said holding me against him. I felt a towel wrap around my body and his arms hold me tighter. He ran his fingers up and down my arm to calm me down. Whenever I would get anxious, hurt or even upset JJ calmed me down this way.
"You're ok now." He whispered out. His voice held reassurance.
"John B." I breathed out and opened my eyes fully. "Where-where is he?" I asked frantically. I just saw him where did he go. I felt JJ tense up as I said his name. I looked around the beach and saw my brother fighting topper on the shore.
"No." I whispered out. It was just like before. Topper almost drowned my brother weeks ago and it was happening again.
"Hey hey listen to me." JJ said getting my attention. "Don't worry about them I'll get it ok?" He said getting me to look at him. I gave him a quick nod and he let me go. I curled up in the towel and tried my best to not yell out to my brother. I throat hurt from swallowing the salt water.
I could hear them all argue now and watched as my brother punched topper in the face. JJ however got in between and stopped it all, but this time with no gun.
"She needs help." Is all I heard from him as I watched the three boys slowly stop fighting. Topper shoved my brother one last time before making his way off the beach. When topper fully disappeared Into his house the other two came running back to me.
"Y/n. Are you ok!" My brother asked quickly and fell to the sand next to me. I gave him a tiny nod and gripped his hand.
"What happened out there?" I asked him a little confused.
"It looked like you lost your balance and then wave just took you under. Fuck I thought I lost you like dad." My brother said getting tears in his eyes. My face dropped in sadness and worry when he said that.
"I'm sorry. I-I." I tried to apologize but he stopped me.
"It's ok. Just, it's ok now. Your ok now." My brother sighed out and held me in his arms.
"Guys we need to get inside we can't be on the wet sand in a lightning storm anymore." JJ said taking me and my brother out of our little conversation. I looked up at him and gave him a nod. My brother let me go and helped me stand up. Wobbling skittle bit I finally got my balance.
"I'll get her board, get to the car." My brother said quickly as he grabbed his board and then ran down the sand to get mine.
"Come on baby." JJ said giving me a tiny smile. Taking his hand I laced our fingers together.
"You good now?" JJ asked me as he started the car up and sat in the back with me. I gave him a tiny nod and leaned more into him.
"I'm sorry." He said abruptly. I looked up at him confused. Why was he apologizing? "I should've protected you. I told you, I promised you I would protect you and I didn't do that!" He said sad yet also angry with himself.
"JJ no." I whispered sadly and cupped his face. "You did protect me. You got me to safety, you said I shouldn't go out there yet I ignored you. I'm the one who should be sorry not you." I said to him sincerely. He seemed to be at a loss for words so he just hugged me. He hugged me as close as I could get to him.
"I'm just glad you're safe now." He mumbled into me.
"Thank you." I told him back as he kissed my hair. As I closed my eyes to rest against him I soon fell asleep in the arms of JJ.
