THE PRINCE'S QUEEN | J.MAYBANK

[4]

That afternoon I had a major hangover, and I stayed in my room when Topper and I got back from the cleanup. I was in my bathroom looking for an Aspirin when I heard a knock on my balcony door, which made me shoot around and start to panic because no one could ever get up there. I grabbed my curling iron and slowly went out of the bathroom and to the door only to see JJ.

I let out a sigh of relief and ran a hand through my hair, rushing to open the door for him. He walked inside and started laughing.

"What were you going to do? Hit me with a curling iron?" He joked, and I slapped his arm.

"What the hell are you doing here? You can't be here if Topper-"

"Who cares about Topper? I brought backup just in case," he patted his bag around his shoulder, which made my eyes widen.

"You-you brought a gun into my house!" I whisper-shouted and groaned.

"What do you want to say that you climbed onto my balcony? Which, by the way, is almost impossible," I pointed at him.

"The Pogues and I need you to come with us," he answered, and I rolled my eyes, walking back into my bathroom.

"And why's that?" I asked and grabbed an Aspirin. I collected some water in my hands and swallowed the pill.

"Because we found this underwater drone that can help us find the Royal Merchant, we found the coordinates of where it should be after the Hurrican," he explained with a smile which made me turn around with my eyebrows raised.

"So you're telling me that you think you found the Royal Merchant, so you're going to steal an underwater drone to look for it?" I joked.

"Yeah! John B found out that the Royal Merchant holds 400 million dollars in gold," I stopped laughing.

"What? The famous Royal Merchant shipwreck holds 400 million dollars?!" I asked, and he nodded, "what does this have to do with me? The only reason I did this was because of the compass."

"Yeah, I know, but the compass is a message about the gold, that's the whole goal, to find the gold," JJ started walking towards me with a broad smile, and I shook my head.

"No, that's not possible, I mean, people have been searching for this boat for centuries, and you're telling me that you and the pogues found it?" I asked and backed up into the sink counter because he was still walking towards me.

"Yeah," he said breathlessly as he was only centimeters away from me. I exhaled in amazement as he placed his hands on my hips. Our lips were only centimeters apart, and I shivered when his left hand slid up my spine. He slowly leaned down and barely brushed his lips against mine before we heard the doorknob to my room turn. I shoved JJ behind the bathroom door, and the door opened to reveal Topper.

"Topper, what have I told you about knocking!" I yelled, and he scoffed.

"Why? You hiding a stupid pogue or something?" He said with a mockingly chuckle, which made me roll my eyes.

"No, but what if I was changing or something," I argued.

"So? I've seen you naked a million times," he said and jumped onto my bed. I groaned and covered my face, knowing JJ heard that.

"What do you want?" I asked.

"Oh yeah, I'm going out with Rafe," he told me.

"Okay, and why are you telling me this?" I questioned with a snigger.

"I just wanted to warn you to not even think about sneaking out to meet with your pogue friends because I might have to get my point across again with the help of some of my other friends, not just Rafe and Kelce," he smirked and got off my bed, grabbing a piece of my hair and running his fingers through it. I grabbed his wrist, making him stop and raise his eyebrows.