(What I actually wrote another part today 🤣)

Ashley's POV

"JJ!" I squeal as he dangles me over the fire.

"JJ stop being dumb! You are going to drop her!" Pope yelled.

"I lift weights everyday plus she's light. I'll be fine so shut up Pope!" JJ yelled sharply.

"If you drop me I swear I'm gonna...!" I screamed as JJ laughed.

"You are going to what?" He asks me as he sets me down on my feet.

He smirks at me as I try not to smile at him. This was almost distracting me from what happened earlier that day.

"I'm going to never kiss you again." I say as I hold back laughter.

"You wish you had that kind of self control. You would be begging me to kiss you after 10 minutes." JJ whispers so only I can hear.

I get butterflies in my stomach as I look up at him. He just makes a clicking noise with his mouth as he looks me up and down. He then started whistling as he walked away from me.

"I could still hear what he said and now I wanna die." John B says sharply as JJ just laughs.

JJ grabs a marshmallow and puts it on a stick.

"Do I even need the stick or can I just use my hand and hold it over the fire?" JJ asks as he looks around at the group.

I sigh as I run a hand through my hair. He's an idiot.

"Why don't you try and see for yourself." John B says as I see him smiling and trying not to laugh.

"Sometimes I wonder if there is a brain in your head." Pope mumbles causing JJ to roll his eyes.

"I was joking I know my hand would burn." JJ says playfully as he starts roasting his marshmallow on the stick.

I get up and grab a stick and a marshmallow.

"Is nobody else gonna eat one?" I ask the group.

Kie just shakes her head.

"I'm not eating one for breakfast." Pope mumbles as he looks at me like I'm an idiot.

"Your loss." I mumble as I walk over to JJ.

He pulled his marshmallow out of the fire and it was caught on fire. He laughed as he put the marshmallow towards popes face.

"JJ! Are you trying to kill me?" Pope screamed as he scooted away from the flame.

"Pretty much." JJ mumbled as he blew out the flame.

JJ was about to eat the marshmallow off the stick but I cut in front of him and ate his marshmallow. I turned around to face him as he looked at me in disbelief. I just licked my lips as I laughed. He smirked as he stepped closer to me. He was now towering over me.

"That was hot." He says sharply.

"I know." I say playfully as I stare up at him.

"You shouldn't have done that?" He says as his tone got low.

He threw me over his shoulder and started tickling my sides. I started laughing uncontrollably as he continued to tickle me.

"Please stop!" I yelled as I was interrupted by my own laughing.

"Not until you say sorry." He yells as he continues to tickle me.

"Okay! Okay I'm sorry!" I squeal.

He stops tickling me and sets me down. He stares down at me and leans into to kiss me, our lips almost touching...

"Can we make a plan to get back at Rafe?" John B yelled.

JJ sighed and turned towards his friend.

"We were kinda in the middle of something." JJ says sharply.

"My bad." John B mumbled.

It was too late the idiot had already ruined the moment. I sighed as I sat down next to Kie.

"Can we not talk about Rafe right now?" I say softly as I stare at the fire.

"Yeah. What else should we talk about?" Kie asked me.

JJ sat down next to me and I tapped my foot anxiously.

"I saw JJ and kie kiss." I blurt out as it feels good to get it off my chest.

Everyone looks at me like I'm dumb.

"Baby. You didn't think I actually kissed Kie because I wanted to, right?" JJ asked as he grabbed my hand.

"I didn't think so but I saw it with my own eyes." I mumble as I look at him.

"Rafe had a knife up to your back and Topper said he would kill you unless I kissed kie." JJ says causing me to sigh in relief.

"I would never do that to you Ash. We did it to save your life." Kie says softly.

"I feel stupid. That's why I ran in the woods and got into that whole mess." I mumble as I rest my head in my hands.

I feel JJ gently run his hand through my hair.

"You were allowed to be upset. You didn't know what was going on. If I saw you kiss someone else I would have ran away too." JJ says softly.

I pop my head up and a yawn leaves my mouth. I realized how tired I was. I hadn't slept all night and I had been running for most of the night. I rested my head on JJs shoulder as he wrapped his arms around me.

"I need to take a nap." I mumbled as my eyes started closing.

I felt JJ gently pick me up and bring me inside. He set me down on the couch and then slid in next to me. He spooned me as I started drifting to sleep.

JJs POV

I held Ashley close to me as I watched her fall asleep. I felt horrible. I didn't save her! The flipping police had to come to her rescue because I messed up. I should have searched harder for her. I shouldn't have let this happen to her. My thoughts were interrupted by Ashley's screaming. I turned my attention over to her.

"No! Let me go! Let me go!" She screamed as tears fell down her face.

Her eyes were still closed. She must be having a nightmare. She was shaking uncontrollably and crying violently.

"Ashley! It's just a dream your okay." I whisper as I hold her closer to me.

I rubbed her back gently as I tried to calm her down. She stopped shaking and opened her eyes.

"I don't feel good." She mumbled as she cried harder.

She got up quickly and sprinted to the bathroom. I followed close behind her. She kneeled in front of the toilet and started puking. I sighed as I knelt down beside her. I held her hair back as she continued to throw up.

"Rafe was in my dream..." she stuttered out.

"Your safe now it's okay." I whisper as I rub her arm reassuringly.

I grab some toilet paper and wipe her face off. She sits down against the wall as she takes deep breaths.

"He touched me again only it was way worse." She said softly as she didn't look at me.

"It wasn't real. I won't let him touch you ever again. Okay." I say softly as I sit in front of her.

"It felt so real." She whispered as she grabbed her legs and pulled them towards her chest.

She started rocking back and forth as she took deep breaths.

"Look at me. You are safe. No one is going to hurt you again." I say softly as she looks up at me.

She nods as she wraps her arms around me and cries into my chest. I wrap my arms around her and hold her close to me. I picked her up and carried her back to the couch. I nearly stepped on Pope who was passed out on the ground. I sat down with Ashley in my arms. She stopped crying and I could tell she was exhausted because she was already asleep. I closed my eyes and tried to fall asleep when the phone started ringing. I groaned as I sat there waiting for someone else to pick it up. Thankfully John B got it.

"Hello." John B said into the phone.

"Who is it?" I mouthed to him but he waved his finger at me to shut up.

"Sheriff. What are you calling about?" John B said loudly so I could hear.

I watched as John B seemed upset.

"How much did he pay you?" John B asked sharply.

I tried to hear her response but I couldn't.

"You have got to be shitting me! What about justice! I guess justice doesn't stand a chance against money!" John B screamed into the phone.

"You think money is going to make up for what she's been through!" John B yelled.

He quickly hung up the phone and I raised my eyebrows at him.

"Ward paid the sheriff to keep what happened under wraps. He's willing to pay Ashleys mom money so she doesn't sue. Ashley's mom doesn't even know what happened and she doesn't even have enough money to sue and the sheriff knows that and yet she's just letting this case go!" John B yelled angrily.

"Fucking kooks! I knew this would happen! Rafe deserves to be behind bars for what he did and yet he just gets to run free cause his daddy owns the place!" I yell angrily.

Ashley stirs and I look down at her hoping I didn't wake her.

"We got to take matters in our own hands." John B whispered in order to not wake her.

I looked down at her and set her on the couch. She looked so inocent.

"It isnt fair that Rafe gets to run free with no consequences for what he's done. He needs to pay and the only way to do that is if we make him pay." I say sharply as I look up at John B.

"Let's go." John B yelled as he walked out of the house.

I took one more look at Ashley before I left. She told me not to do anything crazy today but I couldn't help it. Especially after the call from the sheriff. I can't just let the rich people win like they always do.

"Don't worry Ash. I'm going to kill that asshole." I whispered knowing she couldn't hear me.

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Uh oh JJ and John B are taking matters into their own hands 😩