Kie's POV:

It's been a super stressful week. We just had midterms in school, I was working a lot, and trying to help John B with this treasure hunt. My parents were out of town for the weekend, so I invited the pogues to come stay for the weekend. You know, let them soak in the kook life.

Last night, we partied and we were hung over today so we just relaxed by the pool, watched movies, and all that. The boys were playing some game on the Wii and I headed up to my bedroom and I decided to take a bath before I showered.

I loved taking Epsom salt baths to relax before bed. I had been sitting in the bath for maybe five minutes when there was a knock on the door and I was completely covered as there were bubbles. I said, "Come in"

JJ walked over to the sink and grabbed my toothpaste. Of course, he didn't have any, and Pope wouldn't share because of germs. This was an argument the two have had before.

He looked at me and asked, "Since when do you take baths?"

"Since forever, but I'd never take one at the chateau. That tub is disgusting..." I answered

"Looks relaxing" He said brushing his teeth in my sink

"You could join me if you wanted to" I offered as I honestly don't think he's ever taken a bath like this. I mean I'm sure as a child he took baths but never as he got older to relax. Luke rarely paid the water bill and they never had hot water. I offered to be nice, not for any other reason

He looked at me as if I was speaking a different language.

"I'm serious, if you want, you can join me. Just close the door to keep it warm in here"

He finished brushing his teeth and took his shirt off and his shorts and then asked, "Is this like a leave my boxers on kinda thing?"

"No, I'll just close my eyes and you can get in" I said shutting my eyes and tilting my head up toward the ceiling

I was tempted to peek as I've heard the rumors but then part of me didn't want to know. I could feel him get in and once I knew he was fully in the tub, I opened my eyes.

"You coulda just watched, I don't mind putting on a show" He joked

"Maybe I didn't want to see a show" I fired back

We sat there in the tub, facing each other and his legs were on the outside of mine. I tried not to move much as I didn't want to accidentally bump something. We talked and joked around like we always do. The water started to cool off and it was time for us to get out. I looked at my shower and of course, it was all glass.

I lost track of my thoughts when the smoke alarms started going off. JJ and I looked at each other and we immediately smelt something burning. We both practically jumped out of the bathtub and grabbed the towels that were sitting on the counter, wrapped them around ourselves and ran downstairs dripping wet.

John B and Pope were both in the kitchen and they had burnt popcorn. They didn't look at us, but Pope said, "It's okay, just burnt the popcorn"

"Idiots" JJ mumbled

John B and Pope both looked at us and then did a double take when they saw us both soaking wet in only towels. Shit, this didn't look good.

"Damn, guess the real party was happening in the shower" John B said looking back and forth between us

"Dude, nothing happened... It's not like that" JJ said trying to stay calm

"Really? You expect us to believe that?" Pope asked

"Yeah, because nothing happened. We just sat in the bath together and talked" I said not wanting them to think anything romantic happened between us

"You're telling us that the two of you were naked in the bath tub together?" John B asked

"Yeah, completely platonic" I said

"So you're telling me that you'd go sit with me and Pope in the bathtub right now"

"I mean, you guys skinny dip in the hot tub all the time. Pretty much the same thing" I defended myself

"I guess so... Just still seems weird" Pope said

I walked back upstairs to my room and got in the shower. I didn't want to deal with that conversation anymore. We were just two friends taking a bath together. Nothing happened. It was completely platonic.

The longer I stood in the shower, the more I thought about it. It was a platonic bath, but did I want it to be?

a.n.

was it all platonic? or should it not be platonic and i'll make a part 2