part one

                                    

                                          
— madilyn's eyes fluttered open, sunlight greeting her through the curtains. she heard her brothers voice on the other side of the wall, although the girl couldn't make out who he was talking to.
after scrolling through her phone for around half an hour, she got out of bed and stumbled out of her room.
"im just saying, how does a dirtbag marina rat cop a grady white?" john b asked.
the girl shuffled down the hall in an effort to see who the brunette was talking to.
"who are you.. oh." madilyn trailed off after seeing john b's friends sitting around the couch in the living room.
"hey" pope smiled at the girl and in return she gave him a close mouthed smile. madilyn never cared for the pogues much, but pope was always nice to her.
"whats this about a grady white?" madilyn asked her brother.
"it's nothing."
"right. don't tell me. you never tell me anything anyways" she rolled her eyes, shifting her gaze to each of his friends. 
her eyes met jj's, and they both froze. they had made every effort to avoid eachother, especially since the incident 2 weeks ago.



madi could barely sleep that night. the kooks went to a kegger that john b and the pogues held, and a fight broke out. a really bad fight.
topper tried to drown her brother, and jj pulled a gun on topper.
she couldn't get the memories out of her head.
"john b, don't make me drown you like your old man alright?"
"yea. you know what that is. your move broski."
"say somethin princess?"
the image of her brother's head being held into the crashing waves haunted her. 
watching her best friend have a gun against the back of his head. granted, he did try to drown her brother.
madilyn was conflicted. she wanted to take both of their sides. her best friend, or her brother. she needed to clear her head.
the girl found herself walking along the beach that night. the same beach that the kegger happened.
madilyn's gaze fell on the silhouette of a tall figure sitting in front of the waves. as she got closer, she realized it was none other than jj. the same jj that pulled a gun on topper.
"jj?" madilyn whispered, and the boy turned his head towards the brunette. 
"what are you doing here? its 4 am" she asked, sitting down next to him.
"im sorry, do you own the beach or something?" the blonde snapped. 
"what are you gonna do, pull a gun on me?"
"okay," jj sighed, "madilyn he was drowning your brother! what did you want me to do, sit back and let it happen? he was gonna kill him-" 
"i know!" the girl cut him off. "i know. i just, you were both wrong. obviously topper was drowning john b, but he's still my best friend and as much as it scared me to see john b being drowned, it scared me just as much to see topper with a gun held against his head. i just, it freaked me out." her gaze fell on the blonde.
"im sorry" his tone softened, wrapping his arm around the girl and pulling her into a tight hug.
what was meant to be a hug quickly turned into a lot more, and before either of the two knew it, they were on top of eachother.