A Walk
JJ woke again wrapped in John B's arms and feeling wholly relaxed, like a rubber band that had been stretched as far back as it could go had finally snapped. As memories of the night and early morning flashed through her she blushed and found herself holding on tighter to the warm body beneath her. She buried her face in his chest, inhaling his scent combined with hers.
She felt his chest rumble as he mumbled good morning and his fingers rubbed circles on her back.
"Hey," she murmured back, shyly. She looked up at him through her lashes, praying she wouldn't see regret there.
He looked at her with tender and curious eyes. "So um," he mumbled nervously, "how are you feeling?"
She smiled at his nervousness. She finds it adorable. "I'm good. I-I mean-" she blushed, afraid he might not feel the way she does.
He interrupted her nervous stuttering by flipping them and attacking her lips with his.
"Me too," John B whispered against her lips. She can't even describe the feelings that flooded her then, only that she felt like was floating. Maybe she hadn't woken up yet. John B's hand slid down her waist and down her thigh to pull her leg up and wrap around his waist.
JJ decided she wanted to take more control this time and using her body weight, she managed to flip John B onto his back so that she was now straddling him.
She could feel his member at attention against her ass and she smiled wickedly at him. His hands had been massaging her breasts, but as she bent to lay kissed down his chest she felt one fists into her hair. She continued down, loving the look on John B's face as she got lower and lower.
She finally reached her destination and didn't hesitate to take him into her mouth.
"Fuck," John B groaned. "JJ.."
She continued what she was doing, picking up the pace and bringing a hand over to cup his balls. She lightly squeezed causing him to groan again and buck slightly into her mouth.
He tugged at her hair to get her attention, "JJ, I'm gonna.."
She wanted to taste him so she stayed where she was as he came and swallowed. He tugged her again and this time she removed her mouth from his cock and moved up to kiss him.
He flipped them back over so he had full access to her and continued their morning rolling around in bed.
After they'd both collapsed to the bed, JJ rolled over and laid her head on John B's chest.
"That was..," she searched for a word.
"Yeah," he agreed, not needing her to finish.
"So.." JJ started, but they were interrupted by a pounding on the front door.
John B and JJ both startled and sat up as they heard the front door slam open and Kie's and Pope's voices drifting down the hallway from the living room.
JJ rolled off the bed, panicked. She wasn't ready for a confrontation with their friends yet. Her and John B hadn't even talked about what anything meant yet. She hid in the closet just in time before Pope barged in.
"There you are! What are you still doing in bed? It's almost 10!" Pope asked, surprised.
JJ's eyes widened. It was that late already?
She could hear the surprise in John B's voice as well when he replied nervously, "Is it? Guess I was pretty tired."
Then JJ could hear Kie's voice. She must've just entered. "Where's JJ? I didn't see her. I thought she was staying the night?"
"Uh.." John B stuttered, "she said she was going for a walk?"
JJ mentally slapped herself. John B can't lie for shit.
"Right. A walk," Kie repeated, but she sounded a little suspicious. JJ prayed they'd leave the room soon so she could sneak out John B's window and return from her 'walk.'
"Well I'm gonna change. JJ should be back soon. We got a ship to find," John B ushered them out the room and shut the door behind them. He sighed and JJ came out of the closet.
"A walk?" She whispered at him dumbly.
He shrugged and ran his fingers through his hair, "Only thing I could think of," he whispered back.
That's when JJ noticed they were both still naked. She almost laughed at what her friends faces must've looked like when John B must have climbed out of bed and ushered them out of his room without clothes. She internally smacked herself again.
She bent down and picked up her clothes from the night before and put them on. She watched John B watching her from the corner of her eye as he pulled on his swim trunks. She blushed.
Once she was dressed, she made her way to the window and opened it. She was about to pull herself through it, when she felt two large hands on her waist.
She turned around in his arms, surprised and curious. He had a shy gleam in his eyes as she looked up at him. She was about to ask what's up when he quickly kissed her lips and whispered, "Hurry back from your walk."
She couldn't stop the smile that lit up her face at him. He must've like her reaction because he kissed her again and whispered, "Go."
He let go and JJ climbed through the window even though all she wanted was to stay in John B's arms and kiss some more. She felt high she was so giddy. She knew this happiness couldn't last, it never does, but she promised herself she would cherish every moment she could get.
She ran far enough out and around to the front so it would look like she was returning from a walk as John B said. She ran a hand through her hair trying to make herself look less like she'd just rolled out of bed. She made her way up the porch and through the front door where John B was already out waiting with Pope and Kie.
"Finally," Kie nagged as she eyed her appearance. Fortunately, it's not unusual for JJ to sometimes where the same clothes. Kie used to complain at her for it saying it was unsanitary, but JJ had a limited supply of clothes that were wearable so what could she do? "This was yours and John B's plan and yet neither one of you was ready."
JJ just shrugged and went to her room to change into her swim suit under her clothes, then brushed her teeth and rejoined her friends in the living room.
"Let's go," she chirped and they all walked out the door towards the small jetty. John B made a pit stop at the Twinkie to grab the drone equipment.
Once there, Pope set up all the equipment and John B and Kie jumped in the water to help test the drone's camera was working. JJ watched him poke at the screen and scrub his pearly whites with his fingers, then giving a double thumbs up into the camera. Goofball, she smiled.
"What's this?" She asked Pope as she went to touch a button on the monitor.
"Don't touch that," Pope smacked her fingers away sternly. "I'm trying to figure out how to work this thing."
JJ watched him mess around with some buttons snd stuff. She honestly had no clue what he was doing.
"God bless geeks, Pope. Truly, man," she teased. "What would we do without you to control the drone?"
"It's not a drone, it's an ROV," Pope corrected her.
"Shut up. Shut up, it's too early for that right now," she nagged, even though it was late morning. She moved to watch John B in the water. He had surfaced and the sun glistened off his shoulders. She almost got lost in day dreams of touching those shoulders and sliding her hands down that chest.. but her thoughts were interrupted by the man himself.
"Hey, once we get footage of the wreck, we'll bring it to a lawyer in town and file a formal claim," John B said from his spot in the water. It was a bit random, but then maybe she'd just been daydreaming and missed something so who knows.
"That's bullshit. Why would we have to do that?" JJ asked. Lawyers are expensive.
"Well, there is maritime salvage law. You can't just go to the ocean floor and scoop a bunch of stuff up," Pope explained.
"I know. I know. It's just, lawyers aren't cheap bro," JJ reasoned.
"As soon as they see the footage, they'll work for a comp," John B explained.
"How do you know all of that?" Kie asked with a laugh.
"Cause my dad said it like a million times," John B answered like it was obvious. And it really should be.
"Yeah, that's fair," Kie nodded and started swimming to the jetty.
"The tether is like really long. In the wrong weather, it could get pushed around," Pope told them as he eyed the tether. Kie started climbing up the ladder onto the jetty.
"Then we'll go at dead calm," John B responded. Exactly after he said that, they heard thunder rumble in the distance.
"Slack tide?" Kie paused on the ladder.
"So now we just gotta wait around for the right weather," Pope said as they all eyed the horizon. "And today is not that day."
Thunder rolled again. JJ looked at John B and he made eye contact, thoughts rolling behind his eyes.
