Forever & Always

Promise Me : 12

Hailey's pov:
     T-minus 26 days until Pope and I leave to go up north. Today is July 17th, we leave August 12th. I've been trying to spend one on one time with everyone. JJ and I get alone time almost every night, if you know what I mean. It's been amazing. Today was John B and I's day. I agreed to go surfing with him. Even though its been a while.
     "You sure about this sis?" He asks me as we stand at the shoreline with our boards.
     "I think so." I take a deep breath. "Enough standing around let's go." I say going into the water. The farther out I go the more nervous I get. John B notices. My heart starts to beat faster.
     "Hey we can go back-" I cut him off as I see a monster wave coming. I need to overcome the anxiety of surfing again.
     "No I need to do this." I start swimming out.
     "Hailey it's a killer wave! Be careful!" He yells out. The past few times I've surfed, I felt nerves build up. Just pure anxiety and stress, like I was being forced. This time my nerves diminished. I knew it was all going to be okay. I shredded the wave easily. I felt free! I smiled the entire time. I finished the wave and it was the biggest accomplishment I've had in a long time.
     I heard clapping on the beach and I see Pope, Sarah, Kie, John B, and JJ. They were all smiling ear to ear as they clapped. I ran to where they were standing, dropped my board in front of them, and jumped into JJ's arms. I wrapped my legs around his waist and hugged him tightly. I was crying happy tears.
     "Aw Hails." Sarah said as I looked up from JJ's shoulder. "Don't cry!" I pulled back from JJ looking at him.
     "Why are you crying baby?" JJ asked concerned.
     "Happy tears!" I said smiling and took a breath. "I thought I was never going to surf again!" I said putting one of my hands on my mouth, the other still around JJ's neck. He grabbed the backs of my thighs and lifted me up a little farther since I was slipping a little. I wiped my face then kissed him.
     "We're right here guys." Pope says interrupting our kiss. We laughed. JJ let me down gently and Kie and Sarah took that chance to hug me. It turned into a big group hug.
     "Why were you guys here anyway? It was supposed to just be John B and I. Not that I'm complaining."
"John B texted us and said you were going to try surfing again. We thought you would want some support. Looks like we got here just in time." Pope says.
"Yeah we did. I'm so glad you're surfing again Hails!" Kie says hugging me one last time.
"Well it's my sis and I's day, and I'd really like to go surf with her." John B turns to me and says, "You coming?"
"Yeah. Bye guys!" I say grabbing my board waving at them. I run back into the ocean with John B. We surf for hours until the sun begins to set.
"I'm really proud of you Hailey." John B says as we put our surfboards in the van.
"Thanks JB." I say sitting in the passenger seat. I sighed. "I really thought that I would never surf again. It sounds like I'm over exaggerating but I'm serious. Those two surfing accidents really took a toll on me. One saved my life and the other... well... it just sucked."
"You're not over exaggerating H. I know how they impacted you. Everyone saw how different you acted ever since then. Hell you even had heart surgery! Everyone else would have done the same." I smiled and John B drove us back home.
"Hey guys!" I say walking in the door.
"Hey!" They all reply. I sit my board down in my room, then came back in the living area. I sit next to JJ. He puts his arm around me and pulls me closer.
"So... how do you feels babes?" Kie asks me.
"I don't even know. I feel so many things. Happy, relieved, excited, and just plain normal again." I say smiling. I turn to JB "Thanks for taking me surfing."
"No problem. I really enjoyed surfing with you today. We should all go tomorrow."
"Yes! We definitely should!" Pope said.
"For sure but right now I say we should get some food." Sarah says standing up.
"Actually, let's make something tonight. I know how to make a mean spaghetti. If y'all aren't feeling that then we can totally go to The Wreck." I say.
"Spaghetti sounds fucking amazing right now!" Kiara exclaims.
"Yes!" Sarah says. "I haven't had spaghetti in so long!"
"I haven't made it in like 3 years but I still have the recipe memorized. I made it once every 3 weeks when I was with one of my foster families." I say getting up and walking to the kitchen to make dinner.
I'm almost finished making spaghetti when I feel two arms snake around my waist.
"Hey J."
"Hey babygirl. How much longer?"
"I'm almost done." I say as he lays his chin on my head.
     "Can I help?"
     "There's not much more to do, you can get 6 bowls out if you want to."
     "Okay H." He kisses my head and goes to get them.
     We all ate together and everyone complimented me on my cooking. We drank a couple beers outside under the stars an hour later. Before we knew it we were all ready for bed. Kie and Pope went home. John B, JJ, Sarah, and I all stayed at the château because it was our home now.
     JJ and I were laying in bed just talking about whatever came to mind. We fell into a silence after running out of things to talk about. I started to think about how close I was to leaving.
     "What's going on in that head of yours?" He asks bringing me back to reality.
     "Just the fact that I'm leaving in less than a month." I start chewing on my lips. JJ notices and puts his hand on my face and turns it toward him.
     "It's crazy I know. I'm not happy about you leaving either. I wish you could've went to a college in North Carolina. That way you could visit whenever you wanted. But no your ass has to be smart and has to go to a smart school." He says smiling. He had pain laced in his voice, he hid it really well but I know when something is up.
     "Baby, I know when something is wrong. What is it?" He looks away and makes the face he makes before he either yells or cries. "J..." I start but he cuts me off.
     "Promise me you won't find another guy and leave me. One that's smart, better looking, has a future-" He had a tear going down his cheek so I had to cut him off.
     "JJ stop. I will never leave you. You're the one I want. Forever and always..." I said looking into his eyes the entire time.
     "Forever and always." He smiled as he repeated me. He took a deep breath and laughed slightly. "Enough of this emotional shit."
     He smashed his lips on mine. I moved to straddle him but he got on top of me instead. Then I heard Sarah moan from the other room. I laughed then put my hand over my mouth. JJ looked confused. I put my finger to my lips and then pointed to the room on the other side of the wall. Then we heard John B. JJ laughed to and I slapped him.
     "Shut up J! Let them have fun!" I whisper yelled at him. His eyes lit up and he got off me. He stood up next to the bed with his hand extended to help me sit up. I took it and stood up next to him.
     "I say we fun of our own." He said smirking.
     "I second that." He pushed me against the wall kissing me then my neck. I moaned slightly and I felt him smile against my neck. I tugged at the bottom of his shirt and he ripped it off along with mine. He stops and puts my hands above my head. I tilted my head at him.
     "Those stay there. The entire night." He smirks then takes off my bra. -y'all get what happens-

another filler chapter im sorry! after this its going to get interesting.