FLAWLESS - J. MAYBANK

xvii. let me go

'You know, I never got to dance with you in your pretty dress at Midsummers,' he murmured. She smiled and turned in his grasp. 

'You can dance with me now.'

They started to spin around the kitchen to music in their minds. He nearly dropped her in dips a couple of times, which led to laughing fits from them both. She even dipped him - far more gracefully than his had been. 

'Hey- woah!'

They looked up at Pope and Kiara, who had appeared without their knowledge in the doorway. 

'Kissed and made up, did we?' Kiara asked with a smile. JJ smirked and squeezed Maelynn's sides. 

'Always do.'

Pope shook his head. 'Y'all make me feel so lonely sometimes.'

'Ha!'

'Rude.'

Maelynn smiled and moved out of JJ's grasp. The water was boiling, so she poured in the pasta and turned to her friends. 'Would anyone else like macaroni for breakfast?'

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'I need to go.'

John B had come and gone, with a gun, a motorbike and an accusation: Maelynn's father had killed his. 

'I'll come with,' JJ followed after her. She put a hand on his chest to stop him. 

'I'm going to be in a lot of trouble for sneaking out already, and I don't want to drag you into it. Dad also thinks I've been sleeping over at Kiara's and hanging out with only her.'

He crossed his arms over his chest. 'So you don't want your dad to know your boyfriend's a pogue? Is that it?'

'No, JJ. I don't want my dad to know I've been sleeping over with a boy for nearly a week. And literally sleeping with him as well.'

'Oh. That makes more sense.'

She pressed a long kiss to his mouth. 'When the time is right, I'll tell dad and Rose all about you, and you'll get to talk to Wheezie and my parents more. I promise.'

'Okay. Get going, love. You'll want to minimize the damage.'

'Thanks. I love you!'

He smacked her ass as she ran off. 'Love you more, princess.'

She smiled and waved at the pogues as she sped off in the direction of her house. There had better be a good explanation as to what the actual fuck John B was on about. 

'Dad?' she yelled as soon as she got in. Rose came out of their shared office and frowned at Maelynn's sudden appearance. 

'Your dad and Sarah just left, but when they get back, you and your father need to have a talk about you jumping out of your bedroom window.'

She rolled her eyes. 'Got it. Thanks.'

Wheezie came down the stairs and made a beeline for her older sister. 'Did you go see JJ? Is that why you left?'

Maelynn cringed. Rose's frown deepened as she looked between her stepdaughters. 'Who?'

'Oh, shit,' Wheezie whispered. 'Sorry!'

'I can't do this right now,' Maelynn said and walked up to her room. Her door had apparently been removed as punishment for sneaking out. Fat lot of good that would do. She could leave easier with it gone. So she settled for hiding out in her bathroom with that door shut and locked. She curled herself up in her bathtub and opened her messages. 

maelynn <3
dad found out i left last night
my door is gone
its ridiculous
im hiding in my bathtub

pretty boy jj <3
tf do they think thats gonna do
u can just leave the house quieter now

maelynn <3
EXACTLY
im trying very hard not 2 laugh rn
its so stupid its funny

pretty boy jj <3
r u coming back soon

maelynn <3
cant
dad and s r gone
have to wait so i can get talked at for leaving
he prolly didnt even notice until he left
anyways
how u be

pretty boy jj <3
missing u
as per usual
i love u

maelynn <3
ur such a sap sometimes
i love and miss u 2
u want me to stay over again tn?

pretty boy jj <3
i am NOT a sap
but yes pls
if u can get out

maelynn <3
its not like they can trap me
they stole my door

pretty boy jj <3
true
shit
i gtg

maelynn <3
is everyone ok???

pretty boy jj <3
jbs back
freaking the fuck out
ill call u and c u later k?

maelynn <3
kk
love u lots

pretty boy jj <3
love u more princess
<3

maelynn <3
<3

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written august 19/21.