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JJ didn't have a free weekend for two more weeks. She thought maybe with some time Will would have worked out a way for this not to happen, but after a call last night, there was no such luck.
She knew she didn't have to go. She could have stayed behind in D.C. and not have had to go through with it. But she liked Will and knew it was just one weekend. Plus if she didn't go she was fairly certain the visits would cease, and she was enjoying the fun she was having with him.
Will picked JJ up from the airport. He hated making her catch a taxi, just seemed like a big waste of money, especially if he wasn't working when she arrived. Will was standing outside his car while parked in the passenger pick up lane. When he saw her walking out the airport he opened the trunk for her to put her small carry on suitcase in.
"Hey," JJ said upon seeing him and Will smiled. Sometimes he forgot how truly beautiful JJ was, and everytime she visited him he couldn't believe he was lucky enough that she was somewhat interested in him. Even if they were just fooling around.
"How you been Darlin?" He asked. Will had found the last few pick ups extremely awkward. Were they meant to hug or kiss in greeting or just get into the car and go?
"Same old," JJ said closing the trunk and walking around to the passenger side. Will took the keys out of his pocket and hopped in the driver's seat. "You?"
"Aside from work, nothing much," he said putting the keys in the ignition.
They held meaningless small talk while they drove back to Will's place. JJ was just trying to find the courage to say the thing she really wanted. And Will just followed JJ's lead. "So, what is exactly happening with your mother this weekend?" She asked once there was a lull in conversation.
"Like I said last night, she still wants to meet you," Will answered looking over to JJ. "You were hoping things had changed in the last 12 hours, weren't you?" He smiled and turned back to the road.
"Weren't you?" JJ asked. She thought it was something they both wanted.
"Of course, but I know once her mind's made up there's no changing it," he said.
"So? What's happening?" She asked again.
"We'll go over there tomorrow for lunch, stay a couple of hours, maybe, and then leave," he answered looking over to see her reaction. He had planned to the bare minimum, for JJ's sake, and his. JJ's face wasn't scrunched up in disgust, so he took that as a good sign.
"Okay, that seems doable," she slowly nodded. She'd had a couple of disturbing thoughts in the past two weeks that they were going to have to keep the charade up for the whole weekend.
"Get in, get out, and we'll be golden," Will said.
"Yeah, until your mother wants to see me again," JJ said sarcastically.
"By then, I'll come up with a real excuse," he said grinning. JJ bit her tongue at the obvious come back, but didn't hide her slight eye roll.
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"Why are you already getting out of bed?" JJ asked once she felt the bed move the next morning. Will had already put on his boxers and was standing at the foot of the bed.
"I'm hungry, plus we'll have to leave soon," he answered turning to leave the room.
"What? Leave soon?" She asked confused, sitting up in bed and pulling Will's sheets up around her. "I thought you said we were going for lunch? It's not even ten o'clock yet," she said looking at the alarm clock on Will's bureau.
"Yeah, its a two hour drive," he called out as he continued on his way to the kitchen. JJ crumbled into her hands in disbelief. This was going to be a long day.
"Coffee?" Will asked after hearing JJ walk out to the kitchen. She had put on his robe and now was completely covered up.
"Please," she said taking a mug off the counter. "You never told me it was a two hour drive," she said holding the warm cup of coffee in her hands.
"Ah sorry, must have slipped my mind," Will apologised as he buttered his toast.
JJ came to stand next to Will. His mouth was full from the bite he had just taken. She took his arm and led it towards her mouth and took a bite of his toast. She wasn't overly hungry, just wanted something small to tide her over. In fact she was feeling sick to her stomach. She really didn't want to have to lie to Will's mother, she was sure she didn't deserve it. She was also scared she'd let something slip and the situation that would result would be nothing short of awkward.
"So when do we have to leave by?" She asked, hoping she had time for a shower and to get dressed.
"10, 10:30 by the latest," he answered taking another bite of his toast.
"Then I'm going to go have a shower," she said before taking another bite of the toast.
"Want company?" He asked coyly. Turning back around JJ shook her head smugly while she finished her mouthful. She grinned at his offer, but there was no time for that.
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The two hour drive gave them the time the needed to talk about anything they would happen while they were at Will's mother's house. JJ had to learn as much about Will as a proper girlfriend would know, and the same went for Will. Luckily they both knew a lot more than they realised about the other person so the list of things to memorize was short.
Will pulled into a driveway in a small side street. JJ took a quick breath before following Will out the car. Walking up to the front door Will took JJ's hand, already getting into relationship acting mode.
"You ready?" Will asked as they came to a stop at the door.
"Yeah," she nodded shyly.
"Don't worry," he said ringing the door bell. "Pretending will be easy."
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