adrift. |jj maybank|

five.

"JJ, be careful." 

Saige walked down the stairs and heads into the kitchen, grabbing an apple before heading out. "Saige Milana," her mother called out from the other side of the island, causing Saige to stop and turn around. "Where are you going?"

"Friends house." Saige said blandly, not wanting to engage in a conversation with her mother this early in the morning. 

Her mother looks up from the magazine in her hands, a look of disgust on her face, "Looking like that? Why do you insist on dressing like you just crawled out of a sewer?"

Saige pulls off her crop top to reveal her orange bikini top, "Is that better?" Saige asks with a smile. 

Her mother just shakes her head, clearly not wanting to deal with her daughter. "Please be home before five, we have dinner plans. And please, dress nicely. We can't having you look homeless in front of friends."

Saige nods, "Can't wait." 

She walks the door at the same time of Topper and he glares at John B's van sitting in front of the house. "Seriously, Saige? Do you not remember when your Pogue boyfriend held a gun to my head?" Topper asks, annoyed. 

Saige walks down the grand steps, "How could I forget? It's all you ever talk about."

JJ whistles at her and Saige realizes she forgot her shirt inside. JJ turns to Topper, "Looking cute, Top. I like the pink shirt."

"Please don't start something." Saige says to her brother as she walks by him. 

Topper shakes his head, "Don't come crawling to me when they get you arrested."

Saige slaps JJ's head as she steps into the van, "Do you have a shirt I can wear? I am not going back inside." 

JJ looks through his backpack as John B drives out of Figure Eight and back to the Cut. "I prefer you without the shirt, but here you go."

Saige tugs on the faded green shirt and she listens to JJ pick on John B, "I'm just saying, I don't understand why you don't at least try with Kiara. She clearly likes you. She's like, 'Oh, John B.'"

John B shakes his head, "Is that what she does?"

Saige nods, "She's all over you."

"Yeah, she's sketching about you diving, then she kissed you." JJ says. 

"She kissed me on the cheek," John B says, not believing his friends claims. "It's not like we were makin' out."

"Low-hanging fruit, bro. Don't pretend you don't notice. I see it in your eyes. You're like, 'I kinda like that,' and you start blushing." JJ says, continuing to tease his friend. 

"I blush?" John B asks with sarcasm. 

"Yeah, you blush." Saige adds. 

John B looks back at her, "Well, what about you two?"

JJ and Saige exchange a look, "What do you mean?" Saige asks, confused. 

"Everyone knows you guys are still hooking up. I mean, you guys are all over each other all the time." John B says, parking the van. 

Saige shakes her head, "We aren't all over each other."

"Yeah, and if I was hooking up with Saige, I would want it to be known." JJ says, causing Saige to slap his arm. 

John B shrugs, "I've had like four different guys ask me if they were able to make a move." 

"Who?" JJ and Saige ask at the same time for different reasons.