(𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒖)
(𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑫𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒉'𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒗)
"What did you do, JJ?" Pope asks.
"I got a jet going straight in my butt right now." JJ says looking at us.
"Y'all should get in immediately, you hear me?" he says.
"Salud!" JJ says drinking from his cup.
"How much did this cost?" Pope asks.
"Uh... well. With the generator, the petrol, and oh- hey, express delivery. Pretty much all of it, yeah." JJ says, I could tell he was drunk.
"All of it?" Pope asks with wide eyes.
"Yeah, all of it." JJ answers.
"You spent all the money in one day?" Pope asks.
"Yeah, burned a hole right through my pocket. But I mean, like. Come on guys, look at this. Finest in jet-based massage therapy. That's what they told me." JJ says.
Kie gave him a glare and so did Pope, but JJ noticed Kie's.
"Kie, what? Can't a man have a little luxury in life? Come on, all this scrimpin' and scrapin'... I mean guys, we- You only live once, right? Enough of this emotional shit. Get in the Cat's ass. Come on." JJ says.
"In the what?" Kie asks.
"In the Cat's ass. That's what I named her." JJ says.
"Oh, hey, yo! I almost forgot! Uh? Yeah, that's right, I know. Disco mode. That's right baby." JJ says, turning on some lights.
"Are you kidding me? You could've paid for restitution!" Pope says.
"Or lieterally even given it to any charity!" Kie says.
"Or better yet. You could've helped us buy supplies to get the rest of the gold out of the well!" Pope says.
"Pope he's drunk, just leave it." I say quietly so only he could hear and maybe Kie.
"Okay, well. You know what? I didn't do that!" JJ says getting up.
I looked at him and he was covered in bruises on his torso.
I can't believe his dad would do something like this. I mean... maybe it was someone else?
"I got a hot tub! For my friends. I got a hot tub to my friends. You know what? No, you know what? Screw friends. I got a hot tub to my family!" JJ says.
"JJ, what the hell?" Kie asks worried.
"I got this for you. Guys, look what I did for you! All right? Look at this! Look at this!" JJ says moving his arms around so we would see the hot tub.
"JJ..." Kie says.
"No, you stop being emotional. It's fine, okay? I mean, it's sweet, right? Everything-" JJ says.
He was obviously drunk, and we could see he was trying to stop from crying. I couldn't keep seeing him like that, so I got in and hugged him.
He put his arms around me after I did the same. He cried on my shoulder while I tried not to cry as well.
"I just couldn't do it." JJ says.
I had one arm around his back and the other on his head, while both his arms were loosely around my waist.
"I can't take him anymore! I was gonna kill him..." he says while crying.
After a few seconds Kie and Pope got in as well and joined the hug.
"I just wanna do the right thing." JJ says.
"I know. I know." I say.
We stayed like that for a few more seconds or maybe a minute or two, and then we went inside.
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𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚:
(𝑫𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒉'𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒗)
Pope and Kie were testing the stuff to go down the well.
"How's it feeling?" Pope asks.
"Feels good." Kie says.
"I'm taking you down." Pope says, taking Kie down.
"Okay." Kie says.
"John B pulling a Houdini." JJ shouts.
"Yeah, where is he? I got my scholarship interview tomorrow. We gotta get this done." Pope asks.
"Speakin' of the devil. Hey!" JJ says seeing John B arrive.
"Dude, I set up the entire winch to pull up the gold and everything." JJ says as John B kept walking.
"No he did not. I did that." Pope says.
"Hey John B." Kie says.
"Okay, that's it?" JJ asks once John got inside the Chateau without saying a word.
"What happened?" I ask.
"What's that all about?" Pope asks as well.
"I was gonna ask you the same question." JJ says getting down next to me, from where he was sitting.
We went inside looking for John B and found him messing up with some things, looking like he was looking for something specific.
"You all right, man? What's up?" Pope asks.
"What are you looking for?" Kie asks.
"Bro, what's going on, man?" JJ asks.
Just then John B found the gun and grabbed it.
"John B, what do you need the gun for?" JJ asks going closer to him.
John B pushed JJ away and he fell on the bed.
"John B, chill!" Kie says.
"What's going on?" I ask.
"What, are you JJ now?" Pope asks.
John B kept walking away and left the Chateau, so we followed him outside.
"John B, what the hell are you doing?" Kie asks.
John B got on the bike without saying a word.
"John B? Just tell us what's going on!" I say.
"Ward knows about the gold! He killed my dad." John B says.
We stayed there shocked and John B drove away.
"Shit." JJ says.
"That's... new." I say.
"He's gonna kill Ward." Kie says.
"Yeah he is." Pope sighs.
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𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑲𝒊𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕. 𝑫𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑱𝑱 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒖 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆.
𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑲𝒊𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕:
(𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑫𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒉'𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒗)
"Hey, I uh- need to talk to you." I say to JJ, going inside the living room.
He looked up at me from the couch and then looked back down at his hands, playing with some of his rings.
"Yeah...?" he asks.
"Well I- um. We- do you remember when you like, kissed me?" I ask, not looking at him, standing up next to the couch.
"Yeah." he says.
"Why did you do that?" I ask.
"'Cause I wanted to." he says.
"But was it like- just at the moment, or...?" I ask, not knowing how to ask it.
He didn't say anything so I looked at him, only to see him looking back at me.
"I would do it again. If that's what you're asking." he says.
"Right..." I say looking down.
He then didn't say anything else and we stayed quiet like that for some seconds.
"Why?" he asks.
"I uh, just wanted to know. If like- you just did that at the moment or, I don't know. If you-" I say, stoping myself watching him get up from the couch.
"Can I ask you a question too?" he asks.
"Yeah. Yeah, what is it?" I ask, gratefull for him changing the subject.
"Would you?" he asks.
"Would I what?" I ask confused.
"You know... Do it again?" he asks looking kinda shy.
Shy JJ is something new to me.
"Well, maybe?" I say.
"Can I?" he asks.
"Can you what?" I ask right before he kissed me.
Oh wow, I didn't thought he would actually do it again.
I kissed him back and grabbed the side of his face with a hand to deepen the kiss.
His hands moved to my waist and I put my other arm around his neck and stayed on my tiptoes.
It felt good to me, it felt great to kiss him again. But after a few seconds he pulled away, but stayed with his face only a few inches from mine.
He didn't say anything so I started to worry that maybe I did something wrong, and that'd be the reason he stopped.
"Did I do anything?" I ask.
"No." he simply says, looking at me.
"Why'd you stop?" I ask, looking back at him.
"'Cause I don't wanna do it, and then get back to be only friends with you." he says.
"What?" I ask confused.
"I can't be just friends with you. If I kiss you again I won't be able to just be your friend." he says.
"What do you mean?" I ask.
Does he like me? What if he does? Should I say it? Or ask anything?
"I mean like- I uh, don't know what happened to me but- I wanna be more than that. You know?" he says.
"I- um... I don't know what to say." I say.
I was becoming happy with the thought of being more than his friend. But I wasn't ready for it, after what happened last time. I just couldn't.
"Delilah, look. I don't know how I feel exactly, okay? I just know that I uh, I- wanna be with you. Like always." he says.
"I think I like you." he whispers looking straight at my eyes, making me shiver.
I opened my mouth to say something but nothing came out. I looked away trying to think what to do, or say, but I didn't know.
If I say it back maybe he'll want to be like my boyfriend or something.
And I wasn't ready for it.
But if I don't say it back I'll probably hurt him, and he'll think I was just playing with him.
"JJ, I can't-" I say, being interrupted by him.
"You don't feel the same, do you? You don't need to say anything. Why would someone like you, want someone like me?" he says with a chuckle taking a few steps back.
"It's fine. It'll go away, probably." he says.
I looked at him only to see tears forming in his eyes.
"JJ, I didn't-" I say being interrupted again.
"Yeah, it's okay. I'm outside if you need anything." he says.
He went to the kitchen, grabbed a beer and left the Chateau.
I sat on the couch for a bit, with my knees up to my chest. Then I decided to go outside and tell him the reason why I didn't say it back. Even though it would probably seem stupid to him.
"Hey JJ?" I say quietly, sitting next to him on John B's dock.
Sitting on his dock was becoming a frequent thing in the last days.
"Hm?" he asks, not looking at me, but down at the half empty beer.
"I like you too." I say.
"You don't. Why didn't you say it back there?" he asks.
"I do, I just don't wanna be more than your friend. I-" I say, stopping myself to take a breath.
"I can't. After that, I can't do it again." I say, with the memories coming back again.
He stayed quiet for a few seconds and drunk a bit more of his beer.
"Can you stop?" I ask, referring to the beer.
"What?" he asks finally looking at me.
He noticed I was looking at the beer in his hands, realising I was asking him to stop drinking.
He looked down at the almost empty bottle and placed it next to him.
"Why didn't you say it before?" he asks.
"'Cause it probably seems stupid to you." I say looking at the sea and the sun, that was setting.
"It doesn't. Honestly I have no idea how that feels, but I understand." he says.
"No one does. I didn't thought you would understand either." I say.
"I'll wait." he says.
"For what?" I ask confused.
"For you to be ready." he says.
"Really?" I ask looking at him, and he was already looking at me.
"Yeah." he simply says, before looking at the sea again.
We stayed on the dock just looking at the sunset for a while and then I figured I should probably go home.
"I gotta go home." I say, getting up.
"Yeah, I'm going too." he says getting up as well.
"Where? Aren't you staying here?" I ask.
"I'm gonna go home. You know, to get more clothes and shit." he says.
"Your home? With your dad?" I ask.
"Yeah. It's fine, maybe he isn't even there." he says.
"I don't want you to go there alone, JJ." I say, worried of what his dad could do again.
"No, seriously. It's all right. I'll just go, get what I need and then leave." he says.
"No. Look I could go with you. He wouldn't do anything if I was there, would he?" I ask.
"I don't know, but I don't want you to go." he says.
"Look, it's pretty late already. You could uh- come with me, and then in the morning I'll go with you." I say.
"Wait, 'come with me'? Where do you want me to go?" he asks.
"My house?" I say.
"No. No. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be welcomed in your house." he says with a chuckle.
"Yes, you will. Please!" I beg him, grabbing the sides of his arms.
He sighed and looked away.
"JJ, come on!" I say.
"Why do you want me to go so bad?" he asks looking at me again.
"'Cause I wanna spend some time with you. Get to know you better." I say.
"There's nothing much to know." he says.
"Okay then. I'll just go home. Walking." I say, letting go of his arms.
"Wait what?" he asks.
"I'm going home." I say.
"No, no. Walking?" he asks.
"Yeah?" I say.
"Come on." he says, going towards the van.
I followed him with a grin on my face.
"I'm just droping you there, you can stop grinning." he says getting on the driver's seat.
"Uhum." I say, getting on the passenger's seat.
He started the van and drove to my house.
The ride there was pretty silent, but not an awkward one. A comfy one.
"Here we are." he says, once we arrived.
"You coming as well, right?" I ask looking at him with a smile.
"I said I wasn't coming." he says looking away.
"You stop looking away, come with me, pleaseee." I say.
"Lilah, I already told you I'm not going." he says.
I sighed and stayed there sat.
I wanted him to come for two reasons. One, I didn't want him to go to his alone. And two, I actually wanted to spend time with him.
"What are you waiting for?" he asks.
"For you." I say, looking out the window.
He sighed and opened the door to leave the van and I quickly got out as well.
"Thank you." I say, grabbing his arm pulling him with me to my house.
"If something happens it's your fault." he says.
"Okay." I say.
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