part eight

                                    

                                          
madi inhaled sharply and her eyes once again scanned the blonde's face as the realization hit that she was about to do this. 
she walked over to a cabinet and pulled out a wash cloth, hydrogen peroxide and antibiotic cream before closing the door and bringing it all to the table.
"im fine kie" jj glared at his best friend who was patting pope's face with a warm washcloth. 
"you don't look fine. plus madilyn can do this, im sure she's cleaned up her brother's injuries plenty of times, right madi?"
"uh yeah something like that" the brunette mumbled while trying to process the fact that kiara had just called her by the nickname that was reserved for close friends and family.
she walked over to the sink and wet one end of the washcloth with warm water before walking back to jj. she began to gently press it on his bleeding cuts and busted lip before moving to his bruised eye.
"that's gonna suck tomorrow" she retorted.
"listen im serious i really can handle this myse-" the blonde pulled away from the girl's grip on his cheek.
"jj. let me help you or ill dunk your entire head in peroxide" madilyn joked with a laugh.
"please let her help jay" kiara begged, finally convincing him to give in.
madi brought the cloth back to his face, pressing it along his cuts gently as to make sure she didn't hurt the boy further. "rafe did this?" she asked.
jj nodded, "kelce and topper too, but pope got topper pretty good" the blonde smiled as he thought back to how proud he was of his best friend for fighting off the kook.
"i see" the brunette answered with a nod. she then took the other half of the wash cloth and poured the peroxide onto the fabric carefully. "this is gonna burn"
the boy's smile instantly fell and he inhaled a sharp breath as madilyn pressed the cloth to his face and began to dab his cuts again.
jj clamped his eyes shut until she was finished. then the girl squeezed a bit of antibiotic cream and carefully dabbed it over the cuts.
kiara finished cleaning pope and left a little while ago to drive him home then to go home herself.
"you seem oddly good at this little routledge" the blonde joked.
"first of all, never call me that again." madilyn laughed to herself, "second of all, are you forgetting the fact that john b can't keep himself out of trouble?"
jj chuckled along with the girl as she walked over to the freezer to pull out an ice pack.
she walked back over to jj and handed it to him to put on his lip.
"thank you" he said quietly with a smile.
the two sat in silence for a moment before madi spoke up. "uh, since john b isn't here you can sleep in his room tonight, if you want" the girl stuttered.
"yeah, that's fine thanks" jj answered and stood up from the table. 
"thanks for playing doctor tonight little routledge" he nudged the girl before turning to walk down the hall to john b's room.


"madi why the hell is jj sleeping in my bed??" john b woke madilyn up by hitting her head repeatedly with a pillow.
"well good morning to you too sunshine" the girl groaned as she sat up.
"answer the fucking question!!" the boy exclaimed.
madilyn stood up from her bed and collected her thoughts before answering. "he's your best friend! why do you even care??"
"because you guys are the only two here!" he shrieked.
"okay and??" the brunette girl defended herself before realizing what her brother was insinuating. 
"oh my gosh john b gross. it happened once!"
"yeah, and that's one time too many" john b stated tersely.
madi attempted to storm out of her room but jj walked into the doorway at just the right time.
when the brunette realized escaping wasn't an option she turned to face her brother again. "im sick and tired of you dictating my every move!" she scolded the boy.
"you still didn't answer the question" he muttered.
"he got in a dust up last night okay?" madi sighed, "i cleaned him up and he slept here. it's no big deal! plus you went to the archives with my bestfriend" the girl yelled.
john b took a step back before sitting down on his sister's bed. "mads i already told you, nothing is happening between me and sarah. relax" the brunette boy breathed. 
"yeah, well nothings happening with me and jj." the girl said whilst pushing past the blonde boy in the doorway.
the two boys exchanged glances after madilyn left, hurt etched into jj's features.
"i should go" the blonde mumbled before patting the doorway and walking towards the screen door.
john b glanced around madi's room before letting out a deep sigh and following jj outside, leaving his sister alone in the house.
authors note:
lazy writing lol im tired