"Are you serious?!" kie yelled as they got out of the car

"Im really trying not to argue with you kie, but you're making it very difficult." He responded as he shut the door behind her, almost slamming it.

"We're not arguing!" she shot back

"Oh, we're not?" he asked sarcastically as he reluctantly followed behind her with his hands in his pockets.

"This is a dumb conversation" kie said, not looking back at him.

"No really?" he said in the same sarcastic tone as before. she turned around and glared at him.

"Can we just be good for second, my parents are right there" kie said, adjusting her dress.

"We're not gonna talk about it?" JJ asked, laughing a little "you just want to pretend that we're fine"

"while we're at dinner with my parents? yes." she responded

He took a deep breath and fixed his posture as her parents met up with them.

"Hey you two" Mike said as him and Anna greeted them.

They took separate cars to the restaurant

"hey" kie smiled politley

"We ready?" Her father asked

JJ didnt say anything in the conversation. He just stood behind Kiara and agreed with everythng she said.

"And you" Mike said, casually grabbing JJs shoulder,and spoke in almost a whisper "don't do anything stupid tonight. You got that?"

JJ didn't really react. He was tired of people expecting the worst from him when he was trying to get better.

They went inside and greeted the investors

(The whole ride to the restaurant, Kie and JJ had been fighting. She was mad at him for still thinking about having the baby, and her hormones only made it worse. )

JJ was so tired of fighting with her. He didnt even want to go to the dinner anymore.

They all get inside and meet with the investors.

The whole time at dinner, JJ said very little and was lost in his thoughts for the most part.

About 20 minutes in, Kie noticed JJs tired face. Like he was numb, not thinking about anything.

"Do you agree?" Kie asks JJ, adding on to a conversation that JJ didn't even hear, because he wasn't paying attention.

"hm?" he said, snapping out of it and looking over at her.

She noticed his change in mood and how different he was acting, and felt bad. She didn't mean to always yell at him over small things. She just couldn't really help it right now.

"Don't you agree?" She asked, friendly, trying to see how he would react.

"mhm" He said, raising his eye brows and had shallow eyes while nodding his head. He was stand off-ish and not really engaged, as he turned back to face forward again.

After the dinner, JJ unwantingly followed kie back out to her car in the parking lot.

"Jayj" she said, breaking the silence as they walked in  the street light.

He acknowledged her with a expression but didnt respond

"jayj, im sorry" she said, apologetically, catching up to him and standing in front so that he would stop walking.

"its fine" He finally said

"No its not, you've barely even talked to me all night" she said

"just" he shrugged "I don't like fancy dinners i guess"

They shared a moment of just starring into each others eyes without saying anything. His eyes softened as she saw right past him.

She laid her head into his chest and wrapped her arms around him. He took a deep breath and hugged her back.

"Im sorry i keep getting mad" she said, her voice muffled by the hug.

"im just tired of fighting with you kie" he said, his voice soft as he kissed the top of her head.

"Im sorry" she said again "it will all be over soon"

"yea" he said, looking up and zoning out again "it will be"

Kie looked up at him with a serious face

"Are you mad at me?" she asked

He looked at her for a second.

"no" he gave her a fake smile "lets just go home"

They didnt talk much on the drive back to her house either. Everything was different right now. Nothing felt the same or easy. It was all so complicated now.

When they got home, JJ walked her into her house. They had made up, but it didnt really feel like it. The feeling was still off.

He hung out around the house for a little while longer before making an excuse to leave.

He didn't feel welcomed there anymore. There was too much tension. He just wanted things to go back to the way they were.

They use to laugh and watch tv together, almost like one big family. But now everyone was quite unless they needed to talk. Everyone was always in a bad mood now. He didn't even feel comfortable touching his girlfriend around them anymore.

He started heading out the door when Mike came up from the kitchen and followed him.

"JJ, Wait" Mike said, following him out the door

JJ turned around to face him.

"JJ" he said again, looking at his sad eyes "Whats going on? I feel like somethings up"

JJ shook his head

"Whats wrong?" Mike asked, sincerely as he shut the door behind them.

"Nothing" he lied

"JJ" mike said, knowing he was lying "talk to me"

He paused for a minute and took a deep breath. He was also a little confused at to why Mike was being nice to him all the sudden.

"Its just different now" JJ shrugged

"What's different?" mike asked,

"Everything" he admitted.

"JJ, you know after Friday , everything will go back to the way it was" mike said

"Nahh" JJ laughed a little, shaking his head "No, it really wont."

"why wouldn't it"

"Its just gonna be different." JJ said, Almost beginning to rant "I mean like, me and kie are always fighting now, you low key hate my guts, and you and Anna aren't ever gonna trust us to do anything, ever again."

"JJ-" mike said, a little disappointed in himself that he would give JJ the impression that he hated him.

"No- I mean like you Kicked me out of your house bro.  Alright- Like I haven't been over here almost everyday for the past couple of months- Like I haven't jumped through every damn hoop you've thrown at me. I've helped you with so much shit, man, just for you to not think of me as the scum of the Earth" JJ ranted making slightly, spiritic hand movements as he talks. he was speaking as if this had been building up for so long and he finally was able to say it.

"We fucked up. Okay. I know that. I fucked up! But damn, is it really that unforgivable. we made ONE mistake."

"JJ-"

"ONE mistake!"

"JJ!" Mike yelled "keep in mind who your talking to right now."

JJ just shook his head as he was trying not to get any more mad.

"Look, I understand that you're probably going through a lot right now, but you don't talk to me like that. ecpessially after all that you've done"

"All that I've done?!" JJ asked, letting go of his control "ALL THAT I'VE DONE?! Mike, name ONE thing that I've done, other than this"

Mike was silent

"It was ONE mistake-"

"YEAH WELL ITS A PRETTY BIG MISTAKE, JJ" Mike yelled

There was a moment of silence and JJ looked down at the ground

"I don't hate you, come on, you know that" Mike said

"okay" JJ said, sarcastically.

"Is it wrong for me to be a little mad that my 16 year old daughter got pregnant"

JJ took a deep breath as he listened to her dad.

"I don't hate you, JJ. You know that" Mike said, sincerely. "I was a little mad when you told me.. hell im still a little mad about it." Mike admitted

JJ turned his head to the side a little as he listened in

"Shoot- I'm more mad at myself for not realizing, you know" Mike said as he walked around the porch "I mean I'm her dad. I'm supposed to be in charge. I should have known."

They sat in silence for a minute

"I mean, I had no clue that you two were even having sex. And im stupid for thinking that" Mike started "y'all are 16, you've been together for some months now, I mean it was bound to happen eventually"

JJ leaned over on the porch railing next to him.

"Can I ask you a couple questions, JJ" Mike said, looking over at him.

JJ stared down at the ground for a minute, scared of what he was about to ask

"Sure" JJ said, nervously

"And I want you to be completely honest with me, JJ"

JJ nodded

"How long have you two been having sex?" He asked

JJ took a deep breath as he leaned up from the railing, grabbing the top and leaning back, holding him self up from falling.

He nervously scratched his head, running his hand through his hair and he exhaled.

"You actually want me to answer that?" JJ said, a little uncomfortable

"Yes. I get its an awkward question, but I want to know how long I was in the dark. How long did I not realize"

"Like...a month.. or two ago, I don't really know" JJ cringed

"Wow" Mike said, looking forward

"Yea" JJ said, trying to fill the silence. 

"How many times?"

"I-   Yea let's... not" JJ said uncomfortably

"Mm" Mike cringed and took a deep breath. He hated the thought of it. "I shouldn't have ever let you two go to the chateau at nights like that."

"Well" JJ tried to defend

"I knew it was risky letting two teenagers spend the night in a house with no adults." He started "but she told me 'dad, we're not even having sex'.  And I believed her." He scoffed

JJ didn't say anything

"And now she's pregnant so some kind of father I am, huh"

"That's.. not why we go to the chateau, Mr carrera" JJ softly tried to explain

"So then you're telling me y'all never had sex at the chateau?"  Mike asked, trying to prove his point

"Well.." JJ said, nervously looking down

"Exactly"

"But that's not when-" JJ started but stopped himself

"Not when what?" Mike asked, after seeing JJs uncomfortable face

"That's..not when it happened" JJ admitted

"So then you lied when you said you've never done it in my house" Mike said

"No" JJ said quickly shutting it down , and looked forward as he cringed.

"Spring break?" Mike asked after a moment of silence. JJ could tell he was trying not to get mad.

JJ took a deep breath

"I didn't have a condom.. because I wasn't planning on it to happen.." JJ desperately tried to explain.

Mike looked over at him, trying to hide his disgusted face.

"So" Mike started, his voice getting a little louder as he leaned up from the railing "when I trusted you two to go on that date"

"I didn't plan it, Mike, it just happened" JJ tried to defend. His eyes closing slowly as Mike got more mad

"When you came up to me" Mike said, a little angry "and promised me that you wouldn't do anything bad"

"It wasn't. Planned." JJ said, briefly rubbing his face with his hands.

"So if I would have just said no to that STUPID date. Non of this would have happened." Mike scolded himself. "I knew I shouldn't have let y'all go"

"Mike, I didn't mean for it to-"

"But it did!" Mike yelled "it did. Happen, JJ. and now she's pregnant"

"Well y'all are getting rid of it anyways so what does it matter?!" JJ shot back with an attitude

"Because, jj!! This is going to be a burden that you and her BOTH carry with you for the rest of your lives, and-"

"Not if we just had the kid!" JJ argued

"She doesn't want the kid!"

"She did until told her to get the abortion!"

"JJ you couldn't possibly think that-"

As they were arguing, Kie opened the door. She heard things starting to heat up from inside and wanted to make it stop.

"What are you guys fighting about?!" She said, with the door halfway open.

The two boys stopped talking and looked at her.

"Nothing" JJ said as Mike stared him down.

"You can't possibly still be talking about keeping the baby, JJ" Kie complained, walking closer to him

"No- I'm not- Kie, I just" JJ took a deep breath

"Do you even want to come tomorrow?" Kie asked with her arms out

"What?" JJ asked like that was a dumb question "yes. Kie I'm going... do you want me to go?"

"Not if you don't want to, JJ" Kie admitted

"You really don't want me to come.." JJ said, his heart falling to the floor, but he hid it.

"I think you should just go" Kie said, looking down at the ground and crossing her arms.

JJ just looked at her for a minute, trying to comprehend what she was saying.

"Kie" he said softly, tilting his head to the side a little as he gently tried to grab her arm

"JJ" she said sadly, pulling her arm away from
Him

"Kie, come on" he said, his heart racing. Tears wanted to fall from his eyes and his stomach was flipped upside down

"Just go" she shook her head, not making eye contact with him

"Seriously?" He asked, watching her make her way back to the door.

"Yes, jayj, just go" she said coldly and went inside. She peaked her head out of the door and before shutting it she said "I'm sorry"

JJ stood there, numb. Did she not want him to go? Did she want to break up? Did she just break up with him? He felt so unwanted by everyone around him.

He gave her dad a last glance before walking down the steps and back to his bike.

He got on his bike and for a second just thought. He was so hurt. He cranked up his bike and started off, back to the chateau. Tears hiding under his helmet.

(Sorry if this chapters written differently, half of it was on crusty middle school laptop. had some technical difficulties but I got my phone working again..   thanks for the support while I was gone. Love you all, seriously. Summer is here and so am I. More updates coming very soon.)