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𝙄 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙤 𝙞 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙩. (𝘼𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙗 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨)

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐢𝐚 𝐨𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐦 𝟏 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐣 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐢 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐣 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐤𝐢𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥'𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐉𝐮𝐥 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞

𝐁𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 | 𝐉𝐉 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤

𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚: 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑱𝑱 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓

𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 : 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗲

You and JJ Maybank were strolling along the sandy shore of the Outer Banks beach, enjoying the warm sun and gentle waves lapping at their feet. You guys have been friends for years, ever since you met as kids growing up in this idyllic coastal town.

As they walked side by side, JJ glanced over at y/n and couldn't help but feel a surge of affection for them. They had such an infectious energy and positivity – a quality that made everyone around them feel happier just by being in their presence. 

JJ smiled at you and asked, "So, what've you been up to lately? Anything exciting going on?" 

You responded enthusiastically, sharing some recent adventures you have been on and the fun times you had with friends. 

JJ listened intently, genuinely interested in everything you had to say.

After a while, JJ looked at you and said, "You know, you're really something special, you know that? You always manage to bring joy and light into every situation." 

You felt a sudden rush of warmth spread through your chest, feeling incredibly grateful for JJ's kind words.

Feeling inspired, JJ took your hand in their own hand and gave it a gentle squeeze before saying, "And no matter what happens in life, I want you to know that you don't have to face it alone. You'll always have me by your side, cheering you on and supporting you every step of the way." 

You felt a surge of emotions well up within you, feeling incredibly touched by JJ's heartfelt words. 

“I'm so lucky to have someone like you in my life” You looked over at JJ and smiled, feeling an overwhelming sense of gratitude towards them for being such a wonderful friend.

The two continued walking together, their hands still intertwined as they enjoyed each other's company and the beauty of the beach surroundings.

𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗸, 𝗷𝗷 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗸

𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙨 : 𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙨_ 𝙤𝙣 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙥𝙖𝙙

𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲: 𝐲/𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐉𝐉 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭

"JJI DON'T feel well i've told you multiple times" y/n mumbled putting her face into the pillows. jj scoffed and pulled the pillow away from her

"hun i know you don't like parties but c'mon, john b is gonna be there, kie, sarah, pope" jj said sitting beside you on the bed. you sigh and walk over to the dresser

"i'm showing up in leggings and a hoodie" y/n said grabbing a pair of leggings and jjs hoodie

"i don't care what you wear" jj said with a goofy smile "as long as your coming"

you change into your outfit and jj takes you out to his motorcycle

"jj if i ride this i'll puke" you say shaking your head

"we're taking my car"

"don't be dramatic" jj says sitting in the passenger seat of your car. you make sure the music is down so your head doesn't explode.

one of jjs favorite songs came on and he cranked the radio. you slapped his hand and turned it down.

"jj i have a headache leave the music down" you say turning into the chateaus driveway. jj nods and the group piles into your car.

it didn't take long to get to the bonfire, once you guys made it you went your separate ways.

it was an hour into the party and you haven't drank or smoked anything. you weren't feeling well at all.

jj held you in his arms as the two of you swayed to the music.

"jj i really don't feel well" you mumbled feeling your eyes getting heavy. you vaguely remember what happened next.

"y/n" jjs voice was faint but recognizable "hey love, come on"

"jj what happened" john b said running over "dude is she okay"

"i don't know john b" jj snapped. people started surrounding you and jj told all of them to go away.

"jj she needs to go home" kiara said.

"I already know that" jj snapped again. He was worried, he should've believed you.

he didn't wanna move you until you woke up.

"jj" you mumble. He let out a sigh of relief and helped you slowly stand up.

you stumble a bit but jj holds you steady.

"I just wanna go home" you whisper leaning into his chest. jj nods and walks you to your car. John b, pope and kie followed close behind.

"drop us off at the chateau, i can drive those two home" john b said. JJ nodded and took the trio to John B's place.

it didn't take long to get back to your place, jj was speeding so that could be a factor too.

"Do you need anything? '' JJ asked once he got you into bed. He already got Advil and water and put it on the nightstand.

you shake your head and jj lays beside you. he holds

you tightly and kiss the back of your head.

"I'm so sorry I didn't believe you" jj whispered. you turn to face him and cup his face

"Can you let go of me? It's really hot" you joked. jj shook

his head and held you closer to him "last time i let you go you passed out so no" jj laughed.

Of course, he's going to be overly clingy now.

I finished Obx season 3 and AHHHHHH IT SO FUCKING GOOD

𝐉𝐁, 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 | 𝐉𝐉 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤

𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘀_ 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗽𝗮𝗱

𝘛𝘞, 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦 + 𝘑𝘑'𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘥

"Come on j, can we please watch a movie?" I ask him walking over to my bed.

"i would love too y/n but we have to finish your math so you don't get held back, your already failing" JJ says turning the chair that he's sitting on towards me

"please jj, it's one movie" i plead laying down on my bed

"how about this" he says walking towards me "we finish your math homework then you can pick whatever movie we watch, deal?"

"how about we watch a movie then we finish my homework" i say sitting up.

"You're not winning this argument sunshine" jj says picking me up and throwing me over his shoulder.

"jj!" i say slapping his back

"shit, y/n don't hit there on my back" jj says setting me down

"sorry jj" I said, kissing his cheek "your dad again?" He looks away and sits on the chair again. He shakes his head and pulls me to sit on his lap. "Just stop talking about it" jj says grabbing my pencil "let's just finish this then we can watch your movie yea?"

"yea" I say, grabbing the pencil and continuing my homework. jj puts his head on my shoulder and points out where i go wrong.

"There you go, you're finally done, now let's watch the movie you wanted to watch" jj says pressing his lips against my shoulder. I nod my head and stand up walking towards my bed.

"what movie are we watching" he says standing up walking towards my bed

"the mighty ducks, the first one though, you've never seen them before" i tell him laying down

"That's because I have no interest in those movies," jj says, putting his head on my stomach. I smile at him and run my fingers through his hair while turning on my laptop that sometimes doesn't turn on.

"They all look so young and since it's near the end we can see them-" I say but look down to see JJ asleep. I shake my head and get up to grab a glass of water. i go to the kitchen and see john b, kiara, sarah and pope talking

"y/n! just because your dating my best friend doesn't mean you get to keep him 24/7" john b tells me walking towards the kitchen

"this is the first time we hung out alone jb, you guys are always in the room making sure we don't do shit" i say taking a sip out of my water bottle

"what's that on your neck?" john b says going into protective brother mode and checking my neck out

"birthmark dumbass, and if i were to have a hickey it would be in a place that wouldn't be shown" i smirk at john b, he looks at me with a disgusted face. jj walks out of my room and towards me wrapping an arm around my waist

"you left me" jj whispers in my ear and kisses the back of my head

"i know, john b held me up complaining that i took you away" i whisper back "come on let's go watch the rest of the movie"

"keep the sound to a minimum" kie yells looking at us then at john b

"no closed door! keep it opened" john b says to us. I scoff and grab jjs hand walking towards my bedroom. jj takes this as a chance to smack my ass

"jj maybank!" i say laughing, he just smiles at me and kisses my forehead

"gross jj that's my sister" john b complains walking over to where sarah is.

"oh please you do worse with sarah" y/n looks at her brother

"shush"

𝘼 𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙠 𝙟𝙟

𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵 : 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘴101 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘢𝘥

𝑺𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚: 𝑱𝒋 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒖𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒚/𝒏

𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗸 

𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥. 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 🌊 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐲 🌊 𝐈 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐦 𝐈 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐛𝐲.𝐈 𝐚𝐰𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐬

"𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨?! 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨?! 𝐘/𝐧?!"

𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐛 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜

"𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫"

"𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐣𝐣 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮" "𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐨𝐤 𝐈'𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟓, 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝?"

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧" 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐤 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐛.

"𝐇𝐢 𝐣𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐛 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬-"

𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐣 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤. 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐣𝐣'𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲" 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐛𝐲𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐛 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐣 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐣𝐣 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡.𝟏𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐣𝐣 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐣 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤. 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐣𝐣'𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲" 𝐰𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐛𝐲𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐛 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐣 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐣𝐣 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡.𝟏𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐣𝐣 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐣 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬. 𝐈 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐣𝐣 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 '𝐡𝐢𝐬' 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡.

"𝐉𝐣 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐣𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬."

"𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐟𝐟" 𝐈 𝐮𝐧𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦, 𝐈 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐈 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐣𝐣 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐲

"𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞"

"𝐉𝐣-"

"𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞" 𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐣𝐣 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐈 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐣 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠

"𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭"

𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

"𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲/𝐧"