{ "JJ, stop eye fucking her." }

The group sat out in John B's backyard for a little while longer until Kiara was the first yawn and go inside to bed. Then it was Pope, and then not long ago followed by John B. That left Star and JJ softly swinging back on the same hammock they laid on after the whole incident with the chicken.

The pair lay on the hammock rather close to one another. Star lay with her head on the boys shoulder and holding onto his bicep, while JJ sat with his hands in his lap as they looked up at the sky above.

"Look at the Star's." The girl whispered, looking up at the night sky, admiring the beauty of the twinkling lights above "There beautiful."

"Yeah." JJ smiled, nodding his head "They are."

But what the girl wasn't aware of was that JJ wasn't looking at the Star's above them, he was looking at the Star beside him. His Star, his beautiful shining, brighter than any Star in the sky. His Star that lit up any room she walked in. His Star that lit up his path, his soul and his life. His Star that made living just a little bit easier, made his smile light up whenever he was down, and the girl he cared for deeply, he cared for with his whole heart, his whole soul, his whole everything. He cared for that girl no matter where he or she may have been. And never did she not cross his mind. Because not one day went by where the girl didn't pop into his head. But the past couple of week have been driving the boy crazy about how much he'd been thinking about her.

"What?" Star laughed a little, turning to face the boy and seeing him already looking at her smiling.

"Huh?" JJ shook his head, snapping out of his trance seeing as Star was now looking back at him "Oh uhh nothing." he cleared his throat, turning back to face the marsh out in the distance.

Star stayed in the same place, not moving a muscle and admiring the boy. She admired his sharp jaw line, his blonde hair that no matter how messy it may have been, it always seemed to look good. She admired the way his blue eyes shone in the light of the moon, and the way his skin glowed.

As she admired the boy she didn't know why, but she began thinking about him. About how he has always been there for her, back when they were younger and now. How he is always protective of her, always being very close to her, like touching her leg, holding her hand, playing with her hair and much more. But why did he do all that, she didn't know. Sure they were best friends, but so were her and Pope, and she didn't see Pope punching a guy for her. More so because Pope didn't know how, but still. And John B, John B was like her brother, he wasn't always around her, holding her hand and stuff, so why was JJ doing it. Why did, no matter where the boy went, she had to be there by his side as well. Not that she ever complained, she liked the company of JJ but she just didn't understand why it was always her. He could have chosen anyone, like Kiara. But no, it was Star, always Star.

"I can feel you staring at me." Star heard a soft chuckle that snapped her out of her trance. Only to be met with those blue eyes she always loved.

The pair stayed like that for what felt like hours, and Star began feeling funny. What was she feeling and why was she feeling like this. Why did she suddenly become so nervous once his blue eyes met her brown ones. Why did she feel her breath hitch in her throat once he stared back at her, why was he staring back at her. And why couldn't she seem to pull herself to look away.

JJ had the biggest urge to kiss the girl, the way her brown eyes met his blue ones, the way he heard her breath hitch in her throat. How his heart was practically thumping out of his chest. How his mouth became dry and his breath began to speed up. Never in his life has he ever felt the need to kiss her before. I mean sure, he's always wanted to kiss her, but never this badly. Yet there was still a part of him that didn't want to. He didn't want to risk ruining their friendship, risking Star hating him forever. But he knew if he didn't leave now, he wouldn't be able to stop himself.

"Umm." JJ cleared his throat, forcing his eyes away from hers as he stood up slowly, rubbing his legs while doin he so "We should go in. It's getting late." he scratched the back of his neck nervously, pointing to the château.

Star practically jumped to her feet, almost thankful that JJ spoke up "Uhh yeah." the girl fidgeted nervously "Yeah we-we should."

JJ faced the girl and pulled his lips into a tight line, shoving his hands in his pockets and turning to walk to the château.

Star quickly pulled at her hair and jumping around frantically as if to say what the fuck of that. Only to stop once she heard the sound of someone clearing their throat. That's when she remembered JJ was still standing there.

"You comin' ?" JJ chuckled softly to himself at the sight he just saw, as once is feet started moving he then knew that even though the pair had that moment he still wouldn't leave Star out her by herself.

"Uhh yeah." she called out nervously to the boy who waited for her. Once she slowly caught up with him they both made their way inside.

The pair opened the Château door only to see their two friends quickly scatter away from the window and run into the kitchen. Luckily for JJ Kiara was still fast asleep on the pull out. Star ignored her friends, keeping her head low as she quickly made her way to the bathroom, slamming and locking the door behind her.

The boy stopped, taking a deep breath "You saw that didn't you?" he knew fine well they saw. He also wasn't afraid to ask as his friends knew about his crush on the girl.

"What no."

"See what?"

John B and Pope lied at the same time, looking away from the boy and acting as if they had no clue what he was talking about.

"Shut up." JJ shook his head, not buying his friends lies.

"Dude, what happened?" John B shot up and practically ran over to JJ, Pope following quickly behind.

"Nothing." The blonde shrugged, his hands still shoved down far into his pockets.

"Exactly." Pope shoved his shoulder "Why?"

"Yeah, you looked like you were gonna kiss." John B added. As much as he cared for and protected the girl like a little sister, he didn't want to be the one to get in the way of JJ and Star.

"Umm... i mean i wanted to." JJ shrugged, feeling embarrassed "But..."

"But what!?" Pope shouted, almost waking Kiara up.

"Shut up!" JJ gritted his teeth together, motioning his head to the sleeping girl, not wanting her to wake up and hear what was going on.

"Sorry." Pope apologises quietly "But what?"

"I mean i wanted to." The blonde pulled a hand out of his pocket, scratching the back of his neck, feeling nervous around his friends "I really wanted to. But the more i wanted to, the more i couldn't."

"Why not man?" John B asked, seeing his friend become embarrassed.

"I... i don't know. I just...i didn't want her to hate me." the boys voice now sounding sad.

"What?" the pair asked.

"I didn't wanna kiss her and then her to hate me and then i would have ruined everything okay?" JJ rambled on quickly " And as much as i love her and wanna be with her, i would rather suffer not having her but her still being in my life than trying and failing and not having her in my life at all." he spoke honestly to his friends.

"Wow." Pope and John B gasped in union, completely shocked by the words that came out of the boys mouth.

"What now?" JJ asked frustrated, still completely oblivious to what he had said.

"You just.." John B gulped loudly.

"Said you love her." Pope finished, them both completely gobsmacked.

"What?" JJ chuckled, still not realising what he said "No i didn't." his smile quickly faded, a shocked expression washing over his face "Shit. Oh my god!. What!"

His friends shushed him, trying to keep the boy calm as he freaked out. "Hey, it's fine, it's okay."

JJ didn't stop freaking out, he paced around the room pulling at his hair, muttering words to himself.

"Hey, hey, hey." John B ran over to the pacing boy, grabbing his shoulders and stopping him "You gotta shut up okay?" he said as the blonde wouldn't stop mumbling "JJ, shut up, shut up!" the blonde finally stopped and looked up at his friend "Come on." John B pulled his friend into his room, Pope following quickly behind.

That night the blonde boy paced around John B's room non stop and freaked out for about two hours. Eventually Pope and John B managed to get the boy to shut up and go to sleep, John B going into his fathers old room and Pope and JJ having to share John B's. While Pope was out like a light the second he hit the pillow, JJ stayed up all night thinking about what he said. Did he really love Star, like actually love her. He didn't know, because he doesn't really know what love feels like.

And for Star, the second she closed the bathroom door she began pacing back and forth and pulling at her hair once again "Oh my god, oh my god." she repeated to herself quietly "Star, what the fuck was that!? why did you do that? oh my god!" she began freaking out. Why the hell did she feel like that, around JJ, JJ. Never in her whole life has she felt so weirdly around him.

The girl stayed in the bathroom for a good few minutes, still hearing the faint voices of the boys in the front room, waiting for them to go to bed. She couldn't hear a word they were saying, but once she heard the sound of John B's bedroom door closing she slowly creaked open the door and popped her head out. Once she was certain they weren't there, she slowly and quietly crept over to the pull out bed where Kiara slept.

The curly haired girl stirred in her sleep, waking up as Star lay down beside her. "You okay?" Kiara mumbled still half asleep but managed to pull a smile on her face.

"Yeah." Star whispered, smiling back and facing away from her friend.

"Star?" Kiara asked sternly and now more awake.

Hearing her name, the girl turned to face Kiara, putting her hands under the side of her face comfortably, pulling her lips into a tight line.

"What's wrong." Kiara asked softly, seeing her friend acting off.

"Nothing." the girl smiled, taking a deep breath and closing her eyes. Suddenly she felt a pair of small arms wrap around her.

"Is this okay." The curly hair asked, knowing about Star's dislike for physical touch but she didn't know what was wrong with the girl but knew she needed comfort. Star would tell Kiara once she was ready.

Star only replied in a soft hum and a smile as her friend gently scooted closer towards the girl, them both wrapped around each other. Depending on the girls mood, Star always loved cuddling with Kiara. She felt safe and warm wrapped in the girls arm. And she was worried that she wasn't going to get the sleep that night, but the second she was in Kiara's arms she drifted off instantly, not even thinking about the whole thing with JJ.

~

Star thought that the next morning she would feel awkward around JJ, but she didn't, not at all. She just chose to forget about the whole thing knowing that he didn't know about how she began to feel that night. God, she didn't even know how she was feeling, what was that.

JJ on the other hand was still shitting himself inside. He had just admitted to his friends last night that he loved her, but he still wasn't sure if he really did. He had said he'd loved her in front of John B many times before, up the pair both knew he didn't mean love her. But this time felt different when he said it, like he really meant it. But he chose to try and forget that feeling the next morning, which didn't help once he saw this girl waking up with her cute messy hair.

'Okay it's just a crush, i don't love love her. I'll be okay, we'll be okay. It's nothing more than an honest slip up. JJ you don't love her.'

"Morning Star." JJ's head shot up when he heard John B laugh. JJ watched the girl in awe as she walked over to the kitchen, her hair messy and mascara smudged on her eyes.

"Hi." she groaned walking into the kitchen with her hair an absolute birds nest, brushing JJ's arm lightly as she walked past him.

'Oh my god i love you' JJ smiled at the girl, completely lost in thought now.

~

"Come on Star!" John B called out from the boat, seeing the girl hopping down the deck trying to put her shoe on.

"Gimme a sec, i'm coming!" she called back, the opportunity popping into her head "Oh! that's what she said!" she giggled as she began running to the boat, JJ smiling at the girl as she did.

John B lowly drove through the docks, leaning back in his seat. Pope stood beside him, JJ sat at the front, and Star and Kiara were perched next to each other on the side of the boat as Star helped the girl put sunscreen on her back

JJ whistled getting the groups attention, nodding his head toward the boat that drove past slowly "You guys see that? That's the Malibu 24-MXZ, the world's finest wakesetter." he turned to the group "Number one in luxury, quality, and performance."

Star turned her head to see Topper's boat. She rolled her eyes and scoffed, rubbing the last bit of Kiara's sunscreen on her back.

"200k, easy." JJ added.

"We picked the wrong parents." Pope piped up, mumbling slightly.

"Maybe you" Star laughed "But i love my dad." she turned to the boat that passed "And i hate to be the one for bad news. But that's the Kook bitch and her fuck ass boyfriend." she said, glaring at the couple.

"You don't have to act like you don't see us, bitch." Kiara called out, her head following the boat while they drove past as Star took the opportunity to make a face at the Kook girl who raised her sunglasses, giving the pouges a snobby look as if they weren't even there.

The boys watched the two girls angry and disgusted face's, feeling almost threatened even though it wasn't aimed at them. Star scoffed once again, turning back and standing up to slip her shorts off so she could tan. And JJ who sat there gawking at the girl, finding her absolutely smoking whenever she got mad as his eyes followed her every move.

John B noticed the blondes gaze so thought it was the perfect opportunity to tease him "JJ stop eye fucking her."

JJ's head snapped up to John B who sat laughing, Pope and Kiara joining in "Wha...i.." he stuttered as he looked at John B, then to Star, back at John B and back to Star.

Star stared at the blonde for a second and then at her feet, her face heating up as she became embarrassed with him. Especially with what happened last night. No, she needed to forget about it.

Choosing to brush away her embarrassment she just laughed. Once more she told herself that JJ didn't know about her weird feelings last night, so if she acted normal then it would all be fine.

"Aww, leave him alone." she laughed at the boys now bright red cheeks, slipping her shorts all the way off.

"I wasn't eye fucking her!" JJ shouted at his three friends who sat there laughing their asses off. "I hate you all!" he crossed his arms in a huff. His friends didn't stop laughing for the next five minutes.

{ Authors note }

Okay i didn't think i'd do another persons POV other than Star's but i feel like we needed to add in JJ with John B and Pope.

Also can't tell if this is a short one but i needed to post something.

And The whole moment with JJ trying to forget about his feeling and then seeing Star with her messy hair. Think about the scene of Joey and Rachel in season 8 episode 13 where Joey is eating cereal talking to himself about and then Rachel walks out.