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Kie's POV:

JJ and I were at the Chateau and we were alone as John B was working. We sat outside and we were both pretty quiet. JJ was the first one to break the silence.

"My dad really got to me... Not only in the diner but before that too. He made some stupid comment about you getting pregnant with another Maybank he didn't want and that's what set me off and then him showing up and saying that you'd never love someone like me, well, that did it"

"Who said I was pregnant?" I asked confused

"No one, it was when he came home prom night"

"Oh, okay, well for the record, I'm not pregnant... But Jayge, you could have told me what he said and we could have talked about what happened at the diner... I know that wasn't just us hanging out, you wanted to take me on a real date"

"Yeah, I did and it blew up just like it always does. It's just hard because I look at Cody and I see his life on Figure Eight and then I compare it to mine and I wonder why on earth you would pick me over him. He has everything and I have nothing"

"He has material things, he doesn't make me laugh like you do. You treat me like a real princess. You take care of me, make me laugh, and are nice and respectful to my parents. You work hard and you protect me. You love me and care about me no matter what I look like. You aren't Cody and that's exactly why I love you"

We talked a lot about this and then he told me a lot more about the abuse he's received from his dad over the years - physical, mental, verbal, all the above. It broke my heart to hear this and we both cried. We then got on the topic of our fake relationship and we both told each other when we fought it was fake/fell in love. He fell in love with me before I did with him, he said he fell fast and hard. I explained that I didn't realize I loved him until we had sex in Florida. I liked him a lot more than a friend before that but right before we had sex, I knew I was in love.

We were making out and I took JJ's shirt off. We went back to making out and then he suddenly pulled back.

"Kie, I gotta tell you something... After I broke up with you a few days later I almost hooked up with someone" He blurted out

It hurt hearing that but it tracked knowing his history. He looked like he regretted it. I knew it meant nothing and he's already been with so many girls.

"Thank you for telling me, but we were technically broken up"

"I know and I'm embarrassed to tell you this but I don't want to lie. I was drunk and I missed you and I kissed her intending to hook up. I wanted to like it, but it felt so wrong. I walked away after that but I just wanted you to know... I'm sorry"

"It's okay, I understand" I said knowing it was just him self-sabotaging

"Did you ever get back together with Cody?" He asked

"No, he hung out around me but I never said much to him. I hugged him a few times because he hugged me but nothing more than that"

JJ gave me a small smile and he said, "I'm sorry that I freaked out at school. I should have talked to you about everything and not freaked out and ended it but I just never thought you could love me. I thought me ending the fake relationship would hurt less but it didn't. It hurt so fucking bad, Kie"

"I know, because we weren't ending a fake relationship. Jayge, I know there were signs that it wasn't fake before but when you slipped up and called me baby, I knew it felt real for you too"

"I was so embarrassed"

"I know you were, that's why I gave you shit for it... And because I wanted to hear you say it again"

I pulled my phone out and opened up my messages from Cody. I handed the phone to JJ and said, "Read"

He took a few minutes and read them and then he handed me my phone back. There were a few of him apologizing and saying he wanted me back and early on I told him I wasn't ready. We texted a lot about things when ai first started fake dating JJ but as time went on, I stopped responding. Eventually, my response to his texts were - We aren't getting back together. I've moved on and I'm happy with JJ. I love him

JJ was shocked and he said, "You lied to me, Cody had been texting you our whole relationship..." 

"I know, but I stopped texting him as soon as I realized that I actually liked you. I figured the longer our fake relationship went on, the better chance you had of liking me back"

"After I took you to that diner on the cut for the first time, I knew how I felt about you and I knew I was going to fall madly in love with you" He said grabbing me and kissing me

We broke apart and looked into each others eyes. We were both so in love.

I kissed him again but then I said, "I want to have sex with you, but maybe we should take things slow"

"Yeah, that's a good idea" He said putting his shirt back on

We both just looked at each other and I said, "But I'm still going to makeout with you"

He kissed and we just made out for a solid ten minutes. JJ broke the kiss and he asked, "Will you go out on a real official date with me?"

"I'd love to" I said and he seemed surprised and he noticed that I noticed his reaction

"Kie, I know you said you love me. It's just going to take some time to get used to me knowing you really mean it. It's like I know you do, but for years my dad has said things and sometimes it's hard for me not to listen to what he says and no one has ever told me that they love me before"

"I completely understand and I promise to always tell you how much I love you and to show you how much I love you"

"I don't know how I got so lucky" He said kissing me again

We heard the Twinkie so we broke apart and I asked, "So what did you have in mind for this date?"

"You'll have wait and see... But it will be a few days because I work tomorrow night and the night after that"

"That's okay"

John B walked in and said, "Looks like you guys finally got back together"

"We did" JJ smiled

"It's real this time, right?"

"It's always been real" I said looking into JJ's eyes

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