because i liked a boy- jj maybank
warnings: use of words slut and bitch, kie is mean, not the obx plot, mention of sex, bit of angst, bit of fluff. in their 20's.
summary: just because she liked a boy
playlist: because I liked a boy by sabrina carpenter
leaving her hometown and moving to the island was what she called a fresh start.
setting up a little flowershop that also sold handmade knitted clothes and everything she would find cute too, her parents supported what she called the right decision.
and so seemed jj maybank when she met him, the boy with blonde hair and charming smile.
"hey you're new." he said smiling at her as she opened her shop.
"hey." she smiled back. "yeah got here a month ago." going back to her task she didn't pay much attention to him.
"cool i'm jj." at the no response he insisted. "what's your name?"
"y/n/n." after cleaning her dirty hands against her jumper she extended her hand. "y/n l/n."
"jj maybank." he took her hand in his and smiled. "need some help?" he nodded towards the boxes filled with flowers and vases.
that was the first of many afternoons they spent together.
"god i love this song." jj said turning the radio up. "i got a feeling tururu."
she laughed at his horrible singing. "c'mon i know you love this one too." one of his hands left the steering wheel to pinch her arm.
"stop stop!" giggling at the sensation she followed his lead. "let's go way out spaced out and losin' all control"
"fill up my cup mazel tov, look at her dancin' just take it off." laughing like little kids on the empty streets.
We bonded over Black Eyed Peas and complicated exes
"i've only had one boyfriend." she sighs. "good kid but we weren't meant to be and i'm from a small town so everyone hated me when we broke up because how did i dare to leave such a good kid."
"tell me about it." jj chuckled.
"won't believe you've only had a girlfriend maybank." they weren't looking at each other, too concentrated on the night sky above them as they laid side by side at the beach.
"never had an official one. i guess the closest thing would've been one of my friends but that didn't last long." he sighed.
"you dated one of your friends and you're still friends?"
"yeah like a bit more than a year ago. we share the same friendgroup, kissed a few times and then i realised that it would never work. her parents hate me and what they call pogues aka us the people from the cut." he turned his head to the side and she felt his eyes on her. "either way it never felt right, something was missing."
"have you ever met someone and think maybe this is it for me?" she whispered turning to look at those blue eyes she found herself falling in love with.
"yeah." he shifted closer. "you."
the small gap dissapeared as their lips met and as cliche as it sounded, it was what they'd been missing. those sparks to fly was what they'd been missing their whole lives.
it was easy from the start as if they had known each other their whole lives and maybe that was the first reason kie hated her.
"so i wanted to let y'all know i'll bring y/n tomorrow night." he said sitting down next to pope at the cheatau's sofa.
"the girl from the flower shop?" sarah asked and he didn't miss the way she glanced for a second at kie.
"yeah i think y'all will like her." a smile tugging on jj's mouth. "she's cool."
"cool?" john b smirked. "jj maybank is bringing a girl home and she's just cool?"
"what do you want me to say?" he laughed. "she's more than cool john b."
as the boys entered into a banter sarah moved closer to kie.
"yeah what happened between us is old news." she said to her friend but the blonde didn't believe one bit and it worried her a bit.
jj wasn't one to bring a girl home just because.
Now I'm a homewrecker, I'm a slut
I got death threats fillin' up semitrucks
Tell me who I am, guess I don't have a choice
he had expected a cold shoulder from kie but not from sarah.
"guys this is y/n/n." he smiled at his friends as he held her hand.
pope and john b were the one's to stand up from the beated up couch to greet the girl.
"nice to meet you, i'm john b." the brunette extended his hand and she took the gesture.
"and i'm pope." he said repeating the extended hand.
"nice to meet you both, j has talked a lot about you." she smiled and was startled by a voice coming from behind her.
"all nice things i hope." cleo snikered. "i'm cleo."
she smiled and nodded acknowledging her and then directed her sight to the other two girls sitting further from where they stood.
"hey." kie nodded without replying to her.
"hi i'm sarah and she's kie." sarah gave her a closed smiled before continuing her chat with kie making it a bit akward.
with a beer in hand each they made their way towards the backyard, her and jj following behind the group aside from kiara and sarah that waited for the rest to walk out first.
"that skirt screams slut." kie murmured but not low enough for her to not hear the comment.
"bitch." she was the one to murmur now.
"did you say something baby?" jj looked at her before sitting down and dragging her with him.
"nothing j just shivering a bit."
"told you, you'd get cold but i have the best solution for that." his arm envolved her shoulders and pulled her closer to his chest.
"never thought this day would come." john b whispered to pope as they observed the whole interaction.
I'm the hot topic on your tongue
I'm a rebound gettin' 'round stealin' from the young
Tell me who I am, guess I don't have a choice
All because I liked a boy
"so y/n where are you from?" sarah asked.
"uhm i'm from oak hill a small town outside nashville in tennessee." she smiled at her but it wasn't reciprocated.
"and how did you end up here?" the blonde girl was the one to ask again.
"always wanted to move closer to the beach and once i turned 21 i felt it was time." she felt as jj kissed her head. "talked with my folks, grabbed my savings and ended up here."
"and then met me the best part of this story." jj added making them laugh. "ain't that true baby?"
"sure whatever helps you sleep at night." she winked at pope who continued laughing. "but yeah that's how and it's been what six months?"
"since when does he remember dates?" kie said to cleo trying not to be heard.
"since he met her i guess." cleo shrugged her shoulder not giving a lot of attention to the matter.
I'm not catastrophizing, everything's derailing
Was only tryna hold you close while your heart was failing
It's not internet illusion, just two kids going through it
You said I'm too late to be your first love, but I'll always be your favorite
"they hate me j." she insisted the next morning as they had breakfast in her kitchen.
"no they don't, kie is being inmature and sarah i don't know what's her deal." he sighed. "but they don't hate you otherwise cleo wouldn't have talked to you at all and pope loves you, that's what matter."
"john b is a chill guy he likes everyone." but that didn't make her feel better.
"j i'm being serious." her eyes portraited a bit of dissapointment. "like those are your friends."
"and you're my girl, i don't care what sarah thinks or if kie can't put things behind her almost two years later." he stood from the bar stool and grabbed her waist. "all i care is us, this right here alright?"
Now I'm a homewrecker, I'm a slut
I got death threats fillin' up semitrucks
Tell me who I am, guess I don't have a choice
I'm the hot topic on your tongue
I'm a rebound gettin' 'round stealin' from the young
Tell me who I am, guess I don't have a choice
All because I liked a boy
"kiara is saying jj left her for the flower shop girl like a homewrecker type of thing" a girl on another aisle of the supermarket said. "weren't them broken up like a year back?"
"they never were really together." another female voice.
"what a bitch to be saying that kind of shit about someone."
jj was fumming at what he was listening while she stood still.
"much for a fresh start i guess." she chuckled and continued grabbing things they needed thinking he was following her but realised he wasn't when the shop's door slamed hard signaling someone had left. "jj!" leaving the cart alone she went after her boyfriend.
"john b gather everyone at the cheatau, we'll be there in an hour and tell kiara to better be there." she had never heard him so mad at someone.
"j let's not make a big deal."
"nah i'm done playing nice. we're adults, you're my girl and you have a shop." he runned his hands through his hair. "i'm not letting a childish shit ruin what you're bulding by her running stupid rummors that aren't even true."
No, I wouldn't recommend it
so that's how she ended sat down on a chair while jj gave the speech of his life.
"stop the shit kiara." the anger in his voice was palpable. "because today we heard as someone said you're saying y/n 'homewrecked' us?" he said as simultaneously doing quoting marks. "there was nothing to homewreck not back then and less of all when i met her."
"jj..." sarah tried to interrupt but he didn't let her.
"and sarah you keep yourself out of this because ignoring her and making snarky comments just to side with kie? that's low." he scoffed. "grow the fuck up you two because we're all 21 and y/n isn't going anywhere."
"homeboy's in love." he heard cleo said and chuckled.
"damn right i am so either move on from something that never existed in the first place or just keep her name and her business from your mouth because some of us don't have daddy to back up our losses if in what you invested your savings fails."
john b nudged sarah. "say sorry." he whispered and incentivated his girlfriend to do the right thing.
"i'm sorry, i don't even know you and i was already against you." the blonde said.
"thank you." she didn't look at kiara, didn't expect a apology from an angry inmature girl.
@notynln & @maybankj  too late to be your first love but I'll always be your favorite âŊāžâŊ
@backhomebff so happy to see you like this
@popehey captain maybank is gone man
replied by @maybankj been telling her the same thing mrs.ln