"Molly- listen" JJ said, taking a step back but she just kept walking toward him. He didn't want to be rude or assume that she was trying to hit on him, but he also didn't want to stick around to find out. "Look- I'm not too sure what your trying to get at right now, but I DO have a-"

"What the fuck is going on?!" They heard a voice and and JJ turned around to see someone standing at the door.

"Oh Aaron, thank god" JJ mumbled through his breath, letting out a sigh of relief. He was relieved that he had a way to get out of the situation

"What are you doing?!" Aaron asked angrily, holding his hands out.

JJ turned around and walked toward Aaron in the doorway.

"Amazing timing my friend" JJ said, patting him on the shoulder and sliding past him. Aaron didn't say anything. He just stood there looking at his sister.

"Molly, what the hell was that?!" Aaron asked, walking into the room after JJ left

"What?" Molly said like he shouldn't be mad "I was just trying to help you out"

"What do you mean, 'help me out'?" He asked

"Come on Aaron, everyone knows you've had a thing for her since you were like 9" Molly smirked "I was just trying to eliminate your competition"

"Okay- trying to get with kiaras boyfriend, isn't going to help anything" Aaron scolded.

"Ugh, what? He's cute" she shrugged "I couldn't help it"

"You are. Impossible." Aaron Said, pinching the bridge of his nose.

"It wouldn't of worked anyways" she rolled her eyes "he definitely wasn't feelin it"

"Because he has a girlfriend Molly, are you insane?!" Aaron argued

"So? I've had several guys with girlfriends before" Molly smirked

"That's disgusting" Aaron said, cringing at the thought. "You need help. Serious help." He said and left. Molly just laughed and went back into the bathroom like nothing happened.

JJ rushed back down stairs, going into the kitchen and handing Kies mom the tub of dishes.

"Thank you sweetie" Anna smiled as she took the dishes from him

"Mhm" JJ nodded "have you seen Kie?"

"Uhm. I think she just came in" her mom said, looking around "she might be in the office with her dad"

"Okay" JJ said before leaving "thanks"

"Of course" Anna smiled

He searched for her in every room he passed as he made his way to the office.

"JJ" Mike said, as him and Kie were rushing down the hall "Mr Moneer just called, he needs us out by the dock, he needs our help with something. Come on"

JJ met up with them in the hall and then turned around to start following.

"You'll never believe what just happened to me" Kie said to him, a little mad as they quickly walked down the hallway

"Yo- me too" JJ agreed "I'll tell you when we get back"

Kie agreed and they went outside to meet up with Mr Moneer on the dock.

They got to the end of the peer where they saw Josh along with Aaron and Molly.

Mr Moneer was an old man and He needed help moving bags of soil onto his boat to bring back to his house.

The teens all helped loading bags onto the back of his yacht, setting them neatly on a tarp while Josh, Mike, and Mr Moneer stood in circle, talking.

The four teens were tense the whole time. They didn't speak to each other. They just gave each other dirty looks. Kie and Aaron walked around mad while JJ was just awkward. Molly didn't really care but she was quiet because of the tension.

Aaron was upset with Kie because of their argument. He was also mad at molly and JJ for being shady upstairs. Kie was very mad at Aaron and didn't want to be around him anymore.

"Thank you all so much" Mr Moneer smiled and grabbed his wallet

"Oh- sir, you don't need to do that" JJ said, declining his money

"Pfft, speak for yourself" Molly said, stepping in front of JJ. She put her hand on her hip and held the other one out for Mr Moneer to hand her a 20

"Kooks, you'd think they have enough" JJ leaned over and whispered to Kie

"Okay, buddy do we have a problem?" Aaron snapped and confronted JJ

this got everyone's attention.

JJ shot him a confused look

"No. But I'm assuming you do?" JJ said

"Aaron, don't do this right not" Molly said, almost embarrassed for him

"No- he's had a problem with me all night" Aaron said, getting more heated "so let's talk, what's up bro"

"I don't have a problem with you Aaron" JJ said, looking at Mike and josh watching them "alright just calm down"

"Don't tell me to calm down!" Aaron said, pushing him a little

"JJ" Kie warned before he could do anything. She knew that would make him mad and he'd probably push him back.

He looked back at her, but it was hard for him to not get mad. He already hated the guy.

"Aaron can we just go Inside" Molly said, not wanting the situation to get worse

"No- not until this dirty pogue gets out of our club" Aaron spat and JJ finally pushed him back.

Everyone got alert as Aaron pushed him back again and JJ grabbed his arm aggressively

"HEY" Kie said, getting in front of JJ so that he wouldn't do anything else "calm down" she whispered "he's not worth it" she said and gave him a dirty look.

"Oh I'm not worth it?" Aaron laughed "just ask your precious little JJ why I walked in and saw him upstairs with another girl"

Mollys face turned red

Kie stopped pushing JJs chest back and looked at him. Her heart sunk to the floor as he froze and his eyes got wide, looking at Aaron. She didn't think he would do that. She trusted him. But the thought of it being a possibility in that moment, made her stomach turn

"what..?" she said softly, her voice devastated as she looked up at him with heart broken eyes.

"WHAT?!" Mike asked, finally stepping in

"Woah. No- okay hold on" JJ said, panicky as he tried to figure out the best way to explain "that's not what happened Aaron come on bro don't do that"

"JJ?" Kie asked, waiting for him to tell her what happened

"No- Kie listen" he said, putting both of his hands on the side of her head as he spoke to her very carefully "you know me Kie, I promise that's not what happened. I will explain everything later but right now, I need you to just trust me, okay?"

Kie nodded her head, unable to speak. She really did trust him and she really didn't think he would do anything like that. She was just scared that maybe by some odd chance, he did do something. She didn't know what to think.

"JJ what the hell!" Mike said since he wasn't getting an answer

"No Mike that's- it's not what it sounds like" JJ said defensively

"It's sure what it looked like" Aaron said, smug, like he was tattling on him.

"I didn't do shit, alright!" JJ tried to explain "she came on to me!"

"Ohh my god" molly said quietly. Stretching her face with her fingers since she was stressed

"What we're you even doing up there JJ" Aaron asked "alone in a room with her? Seems pretty sketchy to me"

"I was helping Kies mom clean the rooms!" JJ defended himself "she was already in there"

Kie could tell from his voice that JJ wasn't lying. He was being serious and she trusted him. She was still a little sketched out by the situation, but knew he wouldn't do anything like that.

"No bro if your a cheater you can just say that" Aaron said, feeling like he was winning.

"Aaron stop" Kie said pissed off, standing next to JJ "why don't you tell JJ how you tried to make a move on me?"

"Seriously bro?" JJ said, looking back at him like he was stupid for doing that. "What is it with your family?"

"Don't talk about my family" Aaron argued just to argue

"No seriously, you and Molly both" JJ said, egging him on

"IT WAS MOLLY?!" Kie said to JJ, cutting him off.

JJ nodded his head, a little nervous seeing Kie get this mad.

"Are you serious right now bitch?!" Kie said turning her attention to Molly as she walked up to her "your gonna Mack on my fucking boyfriend?! you slut!!" Kie said pushing her and trying to fight

"Don't touch you me you bitch" Molly said and her and Kie started physically fighting.

"KIARA" Mike and yelled and josh tried to pull Molly off as well.

JJ just stood there and hyped her up as she was hitting and pulling Molly's hair.

Once it started getting too heated, JJ stepped in and tried pulling Kie off.

"Kie, come on let's just go" JJ said with adrenaline in his voice as he got In front of her and started guiding her back

"YEA STAY THERE BITCH" Kie yelled and JJ laughed a little as he kept guiding Kie away from them.

"Bro you kicked her assssss" JJ said proudly, smiling. Everyone could still faintly hear him as they continued to walk away. "That bitch didn't get a SINGLE lick on you Kie"

"I swear to god I'm gonna kill her" Kie said, still angry as they made there way back.

"I've never been more proud" he laughed, looking up at the house they were walking to "you shoulda seen the look on her face"

"She should be scared" Kie said with an attitude

"Oh she is, trust me" JJ laughed "shit I'm even a little scared" he joked

She let out a sarcastic laugh as they went inside.

"What the HELL was that about" Mike scolded Aaron and Molly

"Mr Carrera- how could you let her be with someone like that" Aaron complained "you know it was always supposed to be me and her when we got older"

"Aaron look- your a good kid, but I'm not making that decision for my daughter." Mike explained "if she wanted to be with you, she would be with you"

"Just for the record" Molly added "we never did anything. You can tell his attack dog that she doesn't need to worry" she rolled her eyes and started walking away, fixing her hair.

"I just don't get it. What could she possibly see In him" Aaron vented

"Aaron, this may not be what you want to hear right now, but JJ really is a good guy." Mike smiled "and I would pick him over and over again if I had to. You need to move on Aaron" Mike said, putting his hand on his shoulder and then walking away

{thanks for reading!!!! What do we think??🫣 question of the day: how do y'all picture Aaron looking in your head?? LOL <shrek> ANYWAY hope you enjoyed this update. Leave any comments or suggestions!! Byeeeeee}