Alcohol

JJ hasn’t always been the best at expressing his feelings or emotions. Whenever he’s upset or angry, he drinks. You drink too; the whole group drinks, but not as much as JJ does.

You never said anything about his drinking; it wasn’t your place to tell him anything, especially when in high school, you both would get drunk every weekend. However, as you started to get closer, you felt the need to address his drinking issue.

But tonight—while on the ship to Morocco—you went out to the deck and saw JJ drinking a bottle of alcohol. He looked halfway drunk as he stumbled around the deck.

“Hey, J...” you said as you walked over to him. You could almost smell the alcohol on his breath.

He just nodded at you while holding up the alcohol bottle. His eyes were half-closed as he continued to drink from it.