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𝟭𝟲. heaven
𝘁𝘄: 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗲
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prison was dirty, and aven had now decided she didn't like it
shoupe removes jjs handcuffs before letting his step inside a cell
aven steps forward before being stopped by shoupe his arm out in front of her making her look down at it before looking next to her at the man
"you're not sharing" he mutters making aven raise her eyebrows
"yeah we are, just charge my uncle extra" she winks handing him the handcuffs
"oh and make them tighter, took me 2 minutes to get them off and i didn't even break a nail"
she waved at shoupe as he he sighed closing the cell behind them she chuckles in success before turning around seeing jj panic
"woah" she whistles, "chill out jj, you look stressed" aven smiles making the boy look up at her with teary eyes
"oh, your serious. okay" she sighs before sitting next to him
making the bed squeak and her face cringe
"no offence, but i regret doing this for you, it's a shithole" she says
"and it smells like cheese in here" she covers her nose before turning to the boy whose lips slightly lifted into a smile
"why'd you do it aven?" he asks her
"because you'll do something stupid" she responds making jj glare at her making her smile before looking at the wall
"because...you're my bestfriend, jj maybank" she says
"don't be soppy, aven-lilly" jj replies with a smile at the brunette girl
her face drops into an offended look
"oh so now, you're insulting me, after slapping shoupe you're calling me soppy, what's next slut shaming?" she says causing the boy next to her to laugh before letting silence fill the room for a minute
"you're my bestfriend too, aven" he whispers making her smile
"aw, i knew you loved me" she said looking at the boy who chuckles, "well, someone's gotta deal with you, right?" she says making him nudge her before a tap on the bars snaps them from their moment
"you both are like little rocks in my shoes, i shake my foot, i think ive gotten it out, then dang. there they are again" peterkins walks in
"great analogy" aven says smirking
"maybe, watch where you're stepping" jj calls out leaning on the chair
"well, that little rock on the back of my heel, makes me want to crush it" peterkins says
"i think that's child abuse" aven frowns, "or maybe cannibalism?" she furrows her brows thinking
"jj maybank, unlawful discharge of a firearm, trespass on protected habitat, felony destruction of property all in the last two weeks, you're on a roll, chief" peterkins says
"aven-lilly wyatt, abuse on an officer, and abuse on a civilian, and here i was thinking you abided the law" she goes on
"you thought wrong" aven winked
"if you think we're going to rat anybody out, you got the wrong idea" jj speaks up
"i know you're little teen brains, don't like to think ahead, but i want you to come with me to uncharted territory"
"how you going to feel six months from now, sitting in juvenile prison in wadesboro?" peterkins asked the two mainly looking at aven
"well that's great and all, but my schedule is fully booked for the next two years, would you be able to reschedule?" she asks before jj nudges her
"shut up aven" he whispers making the girl for quiet
peterkins holds a picture of front of the girl and boy which were of the two men that shot at them seeing their dead bodies lay on the pages making the two look at each other
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his nails forced their way into their skin when he dragged the petite blonde into the station to pick up her sister
walking in and seeing luke maybank waiting for jj before aven walks out of the office
"take your time, it's a shit hole here" aven says before turning her head to look at one of the officers next to her
"you heard me" she replies
the girl shrugs her uncle off her arm and runs to her sister before hugging her tightly
"woah, okay" aven chuckles hugging layla back, watching her sister hold her tightly made her feel guilty but she couldn't let her bestfriend go down alone
"don't do anything stupid" layla whispers into her sisters ear feeling the small amount of blood pour from the finger marks in her wrist
"did he touch you?" aven asked whispering into her sisters ear making layla shake her head and sighing
"no, he's pissed at you" she replies making aven sigh before letting go of layla and walking towards her uncle who has talking to one of the guards slipping them some money
the guard nodded and typed something into the computer making scott nod his head before turning to the girls
"let's go" he says looking luke up and down in disgrace
before luke shoved his middle finger up at the man who grimaced
the girls turn to leave before hearing the door open and turning to see the blonde boy step out
layla smiles in relief before going to turn to jj before a grip on her wrist stops her looking down to see her uncles hand along her wrist before looking back up at him
"don't even think about it" he snarls at the girl who shrinks back slightly
jj stepped out of the room before looking at his father who looked pissed, before his eyes turned to aven and layla, the blonde looking down at her arm noticing her uncles hand gripping it tightly with a small amount blood trickling down her other arm
layla looks back up to jj and smiles causing the boy to smile back before watching her and aven get dragged out the door
"hey man!" jj calls going to run after but being stopped by him own father
"let them go, jj" he says glaring at the young boy who frowns thinking of the blonde and brunette that got ripped away from him
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the house could be seen in the distance, the small little place that jj attempted to call home, even though to him it never felt like it
jj didn't really know where home was, nowhere felt right to call it home
sat on his bed, his face in pain from his father who was now passed out on the couch after their fight and the screaming match which had occurred an hour earlier
his was now in the calm zone which is what jj would call the hour after a fight in which jj would have time to reflect
he took a deep breath trying to relax himself before hearing a slight tapping noise on his window
he pulled the sheet down that was propped up on the window to see the little blonde smiling up at him
"layla?" jj said before opening the frame, "what are you doing ?" he called down to the blonde girl in a hushed volume
"i couldn't see you earlier, wanted to check in before im forced into midsummer duties" she smiles
"want to come on a walk with me?" she asks the boy who looks around his room for a moment and turning back
"i know the perfect spot" she sings smiling brightly before the boy smiles
"meet me out the front" he whispers making her nod
it took him 30 seconds to open that door and close it without waking his father, he jogged over to the blonde girl grabbing her hand and running down the street
"woah, slow down" layla laughs making jj pull her over to the side out of sight from the house in case he had woke his father
he looked into her green eyes before she opened her arms with a smile making him crash into them holding her tightly
she kisses the top of his head before letting her hand run across his back trying to take the pain away that was evident in his features
"let's go to our secret spot" layla says making jj look up at her with a smile, she extends her hand holding it out for the blonde boy who allowed his fingers to join hers and follow her to their spot
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the patter of the water that dropped against the lakes surface was relaxing allowing the two to relax together
layla was cleaning jjs face from the wounds his father had placed amongst his face dimming his eyes that weren't so bright anymore
"does he always do this?" layla asked causing the boy to look up at her
"like, is it always this bad?" she questions making him sigh
"no" he responds before taking her arms into his hands and looking at the marks along her pale skin
"does your uncle always do this?" jj asks her making layla frown
"no" she whispers back causing jj to look at her while she avoided him eyes and concentrated on cleaning his wounds
"you might get away with fooling other people, but you can't fool me, rosie" jj sighed but the blonde girl just ignored him focusing her attention of on the cuts that scattered his face
jj lifts his hands to grab her hand which was dabbing away at his face and pulling into his lap, making the girl look at him
"tell me" he whispered
"i can't" she whispers back, "if he finds out i told he'll be mad at me" she said looking at the blue eyed boy
"i won't tell, i promise" he said back
"jj..." she sighed but he grasped her hands tighter
"how can i protect you from something i don't know you need protecting from?" he questions the girl making her smile sweetly
"because i don't need protecting" she smiled making him huff in frustration
"layla" he said making the girl look at the ground before picking up a clean cotton pad and dropping rubbing alcohol on it
"this will sting" she said but he took her hand before she placed it against his skin
"promise me you won't leave me?" jj asked with a sudden need of urgency the girl could see it his face
the desperation to know the answer
"cross my heart, hope to die" she smiles using her spare hand to cross her heart before slapping the pad on his skin making him clench his jaw
the burning yet comforting pain of the alcohol cleaning his wounds made him sink closer to the girl
"does he hurt aven?" jj whispers but layla doesn't reply making the boy ask her more
"how often does he hurt you both?" he can see the girl fidgeting uncomfortably causing him to sigh
"sorry" he whispers making layla stop cleaning and place down the cotton pad before grabbing a small plastered and peeling the plastic off
"it's not that bad, some days are worse" the girl whispers
"he's stressed, has an alcohol problem, and major anger issues. takes it out on us i guess" she shrugs holding his chin still to place the plaster on
"you're doing that thing again" jj whispers back to her making her eyes look into his
"what thing" she furrows her brows before looking at his arms and noticing the slight bruises and cuts along them before grabbing more cotton pads from her bag
"the thing where you defend someone that hurts you because it's in your nature to see the best in them" he explains making the girl stop searching for cotton and look up to him
"i am not defending him" she says, "im just explaining the reasons as to why he does what he does and that's why he can't control the things he does" she says and jj can see the blonde begin to shake
"he doesn't know it's wrong of him, i guess and that's not his fault if he doesn't know" layla sighs
"rosie" jj says grabbing her small hands to stop them from shaking making her look at him again
"he knows right from wrong, he just doesn't care" he says watching the blonde girl dip her head down to look at the grass beneath them
"doesn't mean he can't change" layla says back causing jj to sigh before lifting his hand to stroke her cheek
"you're too good for this world" jj mutters with a small smile making the girl chuckle lightly
"you're too good to me" she responds back making the boy smile at her before kissing her cheek and leaning out seeing the deep scratch marks along her neck
he leans closer lifting her hair up to see them lead to her back
"take your shirt off" he says to the blonde
"excuse you?" she says leaning away from the boy who looks at her
"let me see your back, take your shirt off" he says making the girls heart drop slightly
"no, jj" she mutters, "im not going to take my shirt off, it's fine" she says making him look at concerned
"rosie, that's not fine" jj argues
"what does he do to you and aven?" he asks the girl who tried to speak but couldn't find the right words
jj scoffs and stands you walking away
"where are you going?" layla asked him
"to kick his ass" jj muttered straightening his hat before a light grasp grips his wrist turning around to see a scared layla
"please don't, you'll only make it worse" she says making the boy sigh and look around at the waterfall
"we're fine, we're okay" she smiles
"we only have to get through 2 more years, and then we'll be 18 so we can leave, live somewhere away from him, file a restraining order"
"you should be doing that now!" jj argues
"we can't!" she says back making jj look at her with a unbelievable expression
"why not!" he asks her
"because ill lose you!" layla says making his heart and face drop in sync
"we'll lose all of you, we'll lose each other, not all twins stay together in foster care, they'll separate us and i can't lose her, jj" layla says tears starting to fill her green eyes
"and i can't lose you" she whispers
"or pope, johnb, kiara, sarah, everyone. i don't want lose anyone here"
"rosie" jj whispers, "it's not right"
"i know" she whispers back, "but it's 2 years" she says looking into his eyes as he grabs the girl and holds her
"this was supposed to be me looking after you, not the other way around" she laughs under her tears
"im fine" jj says
"no you're not" layla replies leaning out to look him in the face
"you're not fine" she shakes her head
"yeah, i am" jj nods, "ive got you" he smiles making the girls heart stop for a moment
with butterflies filling both their stomachs jj uses his hand to caress her rosey cheeks and moving the wild strands of hair from the wind blowing her hair around
"hey layla?" jj asks looking down to her lips making them part
"do it" she whispers back him hardly hearing the words and making him look up at her crystal eyes
he takes his hand and holds her face before leaning towards her pinky parted lips, trying to see if there was any hesitation
but there wasn't, not until he felt her soft lips brush his before pushing them together the both of them fluttering their eyes shut
she raises her soft hands to hold his jaw as he leans closer to the girl having his lips on hers was like heaven, a heavenly feeling with the warmth that travelled through him
before it went cold again, as she took her lips from his and opened her eyes, making him look into her green orbs that were filled with compassion
his face just loose with shock, while the girl giggles slightly using her lips to try contain it
"what's so funny?" he furrows his eyebrows
"i can't take you seriously with a unicorn plaster on your cheek" she says making the boy shake his head at the comment
"i think it's pretty cool" jj says looking at the girl in front of him who leans towards the boy
"oh it is, really brings out your eyes" she smiles making jj laugh before leaning down and placing a small kiss on her sweet lips again
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sat in her room the blonde girl curled her hair before sticking the flower crown on top of her head
the dress she was wearing making her figure look more highlighted with her curves showing in all the right places
she smiles at herself in her reflection before hearing her door open and turning to see aven walk in before smiling at her sister
"you look beautiful" she says gently
"thank you, so do you" she complements her sister
aven had the same hair, slightly curled with a little flower crown however she had managed to convince the french duo from earlier that day to make her a matching jumpsuit to laylas dress
her uncle not knowing that she would be showing up in flowy jumpsuit rather than a tightly fitted dress compared to her sister who tried to follow each rule he had set
that was the difference between the girls, while layla stayed away from the danger, aven ran straight towards it
but if it came down to it, they would always follow the other person, no matter what, they would never leave their side
"wanna see what i found?" aven asks with a sad smile before holding up pictures from last midsummers
"yeah" layla chuckles sitting on the bed with her sister which they flicked through polaroids that had been taken year prior
but one stuck out the most, it was a picture that aven had taken of topper and layla
they looked young and peaceful, yet now they could hardly look at each other and she hated him for what he'd done
to pope, to jj, to her sister, to sarah, to johnb
he hurt people but she couldn't see the person she saw in his face when she looked in the photo, he was different.
but she couldn't find any words to defend him.
yet while laylas eyes danced in memories, avens filled with pain and hurt while looking at a photo of her kiara which was then getting ready together
the look in their eyes which aven treasured with her life made the brunette smile deeply before her sisters laughter cut her short
"okay, okay" layla giggles, "this has got to be my favourite" she says holding up a photo which made avens eyes go wide
"ew" she frowned looking at the photo
"is that what i looked like?"
layla laughed and nodded causing aven to join in with the laughter before their happiness was cut short by the slam of the door looking up to see their uncle
"layla-rose you look gorgeous" scott nods in a approval before turning to aven
"what is that?" he asks scanning her outfit
"i don't really do dresses" aven mutters pulling an expression at the man in front of her who sighed
"you look terrible, i did not spend my money on you to design a piece of crap like that, you're a female aven-lilly, you're supposed to wear a dress" he explains
"not a pantsuit" he shakes his head in disappointment at the girl who didn't really give a crap
"then don't look at it" she smirks before grabbing laylas hand and pulling her down the stairs where they come face to face with martha
"oh" she says holding her hands to her chest
"you both look like angels" she said her eyes filling with tears at the girls beauty that they carried with them
"my angels"
"martha" layla smiles before running over and hugging the women who opened her arms for aven to join too
pulling away from the hug the women looks at the twin sisters in front of her
"you have both matured into beautiful young women, and i am exceptionally proud of the both of you"
martha whispers kissing both of their cheeks and looking at the girls she called her children.
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"you wanted to see me?" aven asked the dark haired girl who span around to face her
her light pink dress spinning with her
"yeah" she whispers looking at avens outfit her face lighting up
"you look beautiful, av" kie whispered making aven smile slightly
"you look beautiful, as well" she says watching the carrera girl step forward making aven close her eyes and sigh before opening them to make eye contact with the girl
"have i upset you?" kiara asked making aven roll her eyes
"no, no you haven't" she whispered clearly lying making kie frown as she steps forward linking her hands with avens making aven look back at the girls face
"why are you lying to me?" kie asks hurt by the girls words
"because...it's stupid" she argues making kie frown confused by what the girl was angry about what she hadn't realised she's done
"tell me" kie says looking at aven
"you called me your friend" aven says making kie furrow her brows
"well that's what we are" kie chuckles nervously, aven snatched her hands from kiaras and walks away
"aven!"
"i don't want to be your friend kiara!" aven shouted back at the girl
"i have been in love with you, since i was 14 years old, 14 year old aven moping around because she found out she had feelings for her bestfriend who was into guys!"
"and then you kissed me, made me fall even more in love with you, and then you call me your friend?" aven sighs
"i get that im being dramatic but seriously it hurts, because i got my hopes up like i knew i shouldn't have"
"you didn't ask" kie whispers making aven furrow her brows this time and look at the girl
"i don't know how i feel about you aven, but my heart does this weird jumpy thing whenever you lay a finger on me"
"but you never asked to be more, so i didn't approach the subject" kiara explains
"we kissed and it was the best kiss ive ever experienced but you never said it was going anywhere so i assumed it wasn't"
"and i didn't know that you'd been in love with me, because if you had told me this a whole while back i wouldn't have realised what id wanted but now..."
"now what?" aven asks
"now it's different, and i can't promise that it'll last forever, but" she breaks
"i want it to, i want to try something new, something with you because-"
"because, i think im in love with you too" kie says making aven look at her dead in the face
"i don't really know if it's love that i feel but what i do know is that i care about you a lot and i want to kiss you every second of the day and i don't want to watch you love someone else"
"so please just come over here and kiss me, if you really want to try this out because it would make my life a hell of a lot easier" kiara said making aven laugh slightly before running over and joining their lips
the kiss they shared meant the world to each girl, and they didn't realise it
but they needed each other, a lot more than they thought they did
and they didn't care if it didn't last forever, all they cared about was that right now, they were so in love with each other that they were blinded by it
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watching the sunset while the wyatts make their way towards the building in which midsummers was held at
hearing the party chatter from the inside and stepping inside of the place hearing a soft gasp beside them and turning to face rose, aka the stepmommy as aven calls her
"girls, girls you look breathtakingly gorgeous" she says kissing both of their cheeks
"you don't look to bad yourself, rose" aven smirks making layla look at the floor trying to cover her laughter with a cough noticing the confused expression rose had thrown at aven
"t-thank you" rose says before ward walks over to join the group
"ah, scott" he says holding out his hand which scott takes with a smile making aven gag and causing layla to nudge her sister
"so glad you could make it, your daughters look beautiful"
"nieces" layla says, "he's not our father" she explains making ward and scott look over at the girls before back at each other
"my apologies, layla-rose" ward smiles lightly at the blonde girl who smiles back quickly before dropping it
ward picks up a glass tapping it gently, causing everyone to look up from their conversations and turn to face the man who cleared his throat
"everyone, can we please give a big and warm welcome to scott wyatt and his beautiful nieces" he calls making the room fill with applaud making the girls look at each other before aven smirked
layla shook her head at the girl who had began drinking an hour ago
watching as she stepped forward bowing at the crowd and wiping her eyes to mock crying
"thank you, thank you" she called to room bowing again hearing a whistle from the back and watching pope and kiara clapping and cheering
taking laylas hand and pulling her forwards to join in with the bowing noticing her shaking her head but holding up their linked hands and bowing together before aven speaks up
"thank you everyone, it means the world and more to me and my sister that you can appreciate us for who we are" she smiles
"layla-rose, get your sister off the stage" scott growled into the back of her hair in which she turned to face him with an angry look
"you can't touch her, not tonight not in front of all these people" she whispered back before listening to aven again
"can we please give a huge round of applause for mr cameron, for being here as well and for accomplishing whatever he did for the reason for this grand celebration" she called before raising a champagne glass which layla didn't even realise she'd got
"go gays!" she shout drinking the glass making the room applaud again some more concerned than others but the most persistent clapping was pope, kiara and the blonde cameron girl who couldn't stop laughing at the twins on the stage
aven looks at kiara before throwing her a wink and grasping her sisters hand and walking off the stage to walk towards pope and kiara
"you both look-" pope begins
"dashing? gorgeous? irresistible?" aven said wriggling her brows at the boy who laughed
"beautiful, you both look beautiful" pope finishes making layla and aven both kiss his cheek before aven turns to face kiara
"hey, im going to head to the bathroom real quick, you'll be okay, right?" layla asks her sister who nods before layla releases her hand and walking towards the bathroom
opening the door and looking in the mirror the girl touches up her makeup ignoring the sound of the door opening and closing expecting it to be another women going to use the toilet but hearing it lock made her head snap round turning to face the one and only
rafe cameron.
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"what are you doing rafe?" layla asks rolling her eyes before turning back to the mirror trying to ignore the male
"i just wanted to talk" rafe says leaning against the door
"can it wait?" she asked popping her makeup back into her bag and turning to face the boy in front of her
"not really" he sighed moving forward to the girl in the bathroom, she sighed pushing herself onto the sink and signalling for the boy to talk
"make it quick" she said making the boy raise his brows at her
"so, uh" he mumbles, "how are you?" he asked her making her look at him in amusement yet annoyance
"really?" she said before hopping off the sink and picking up her bag before walking towards the boy
she pats him on the chest before going to the door
her fingers trip the latch but she gets pulled away from the door and span around before being shoved into the back of the door making her cringe
"okay, okay" he muttered trying to stop her from moving, his hands clasped around her biceps making her look into his blue eyes
"kiss me" he whispered making the girl look at him strangely
"i beg your pardon?" she asked her british accent properly soaking her words as she looks at the boy with concern
"i need you to kiss me" he says making the girl shake her head at him
"what, no, no?" she spits out gently looking at the blonde in shock who had his eyes looking at her with desperation
"because you're with him, aren't you" rafe asks making the blonde girl roll her eyes
"what are you talking about?" she asks confused on what he was trying to get at
"im not with anyone, i just don't want to kiss you" she said making her look at him
he opens his mouth to talk but is cut off by knocking on the bathroom door, he raises his hand to place it against her lips so she wouldn't be able to talk
"it's taken" rafe shouts
but the hand knocked again, "i said it's taken" he says slamming his fist on the door, next to laylas head making her jump and scream slightly into his hand
rafe sighs leaning against laylas forehead, and removing his hand
"it's a public bathroom, dick" she whispered shoving him off her and unlocking the door before walking out leaving the blonde boy alone licking his bottom lip
he leans against the sink turning on the tap and splashing his face with water
"was i right" a voice calls from behind him, rafe looks up to see ellie leant against the doorframe
"fuck off ellie" rafe says leaving the bathroom before she stops him
"i did what i was meant to do, i got rid of him, so you could have her" ellie says
"don't screw this up, ward and scott will be pissed at the both of us"
"you don't think i know that?" he spits at the blonde girl who rolls her eyes
"make her" she says back before flipping her hair around to slap him in the face with it before walking off
leaving rafe in the bathroom to his own thoughts.
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