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fourteen

! Kim
It had never actually occurred to me that I had never been at JJ's job until today. I looked over at the large hotel and recognised it. Even though it was well known , I only knew it because my parents had been trying to buy it , I didn't say anything when we pulled up to avoid any altercation with JJ.

"All right keep a look out , were behind enemy lines" JJ said and reached into the glove compartment.

"Yo , c'mon man , put it back" John B said

"What ?" JJ asked as we all glared at him.

"Dude are you serious ?" I asked incredulously

"You can never be too careful" He shrugged

" Hey, I predict that bringing a weapon to a four-star hotel will likely cause more problems than they solve" Pope said sticking his head in the window

"Thank you Pope" John B said gesturing at him

" I swear to God, I'm gonna throw that thing in the ocean, JJ." Kie said poking her head between the two seats.

"Put it back" John B said grabbing the gun by the barrel

" You can't grab a gun like that." JJ mumbled as John B shoved the gun far into the glove compartment.

We all hopped out of the minivan and stood on the pavement while JJ reached back into the van.

"Can't forget my badge , professional busboy" JJ grinned

"youre cute" i mused , laughing when he winked

"So .. where exactly are we going ?" Pope said

"We're getting on the internet cause only Kim's people have to the internet right now" JJ said grinning over at me

We walked in the back entrance to avoid any unwanted confrontations. I watched as JJ led the group of us through the small kitchen , I recognised a few people and waved.

"Andrew !" JJ greeted .

"All right ?" Andrew asked him clasping their hands momentarily.

"Kim Karter ? What are you doing here ?" He asked.

Andrew was the manager of the hotel , he knew me from my parents and the few times I had joined them on their business trips to here. He was a nice boy and was surprisingly young to be running a whole hotel.

"Gotta check out a few things for my parents" I lied smoothly

"Oh right ! I heard about that ! They're going through with it then ?" The boy asked and I winced as JJ turned to me with a surprised look on his face

"I'm not too sure yet , I'll let you know if I hear anything" I said smiling

"youre the best Kim" He said winking.

I laughed and walked through the rest of the kitchen with everyone else. As we reached a long hallway JJ pulled me back a bit behind the rest of the group.

"You're checking things out for your parents ? What's that supposed to mean ?"

"They're supposed to uh... be buying here.." I said avoiding eye contact

"Are you serious ? Why didn't you tell me ?" He asked

"I forgot you worked here" I defended , he looked at me for a second. "Are you mad ?"

"Mad ? No , a little weirded out that soon your parents are gonna be my bosses but they're good people." He admitted

I let out a sigh of relief and leaned my head against his arm. "I really thought we were about to have a domestic in the middle of the hotel" I said laughing