"If by unbelievable you mean I'm an unbelievably good friend, then yes, Collins, I am. Thanks for acknowledging that fact." Kie tipped her shoulder to Collins smugly. "So, what happened? How did it go in there?"
Taking a deep breath, Collins looked back to make sure JJ wasn't eavesdropping behind them, but the house remained empty, indicating that he must've still been in the room and out of earshot. Nonetheless, she kept her voice low as a precaution. "It was nice." She felt giddy just thinking about it, hardly able to sit still in her chair. 
Kie gestured for her to continue and elaborate. "And? Did you guys finally kiss, yet? Did you confess your feelings for each other? Did you do anything besides sleep on opposite sides of the bed?"
"We did cuddle a bit." Collins protested in her defense, but she knew that wasn't all the information that Kie was asking for. "And we talked, not exactly about our feelings, but we talked. He's convinced that he's not worthy of me or something totally ridiculous like that. I'm not sure how he intends on changing that, but I don't really know where to go from here."
"Leave it to JJ to decide to be all chivalrous at the worst possible time." Not that Kie didn't approve, JJ was finally giving up his days as a manwhore and making an honest man of himself. It was a matter to rejoice over, really. She was tired of the sleepless nights after a kegger when JJ managed to hook a Touron that they'd hear unholy sounds from at ungodly hours and impatiently wait for them to finally take the ferry back to the mainland where they'd never have to encounter them again. 
Collins was good. She was exactly the kind of girl that JJ had needed without searching for. At first, Kie hadn't thought much would even become of JJ's attempts at flirtation, with Collins being too smart to fall for it and all. So then when it did turn out that she was harder to crack than even the rest of them had thought, there was something to respect about that. Not because she wasn't "easy" like most other girls JJ hooked up with, though there wasn't anything wrong with that, but because she made JJ work for it, and in the process of doing so, he was forced to see the person he sought after as an actual human being with thoughts and emotions instead of a body to share a bed with.
So weirdly enough, Kie almost wanted to smack JJ upside the head for only choosing now to be so virtuous that he would be the only thing standing between him and his own happiness. She could see that Collins was ready for the next step, but like the majority of the female population, she wanted the guy to make the first move. She could only help Collins so much to take the initiative, but JJ needed to be the one who finished it. Unfortunately for Collins, Kie didn't think that making a move on her would be on JJ's agenda to becoming a better man for her. Could she somewhat be responsible for this, given that she was the one who'd told JJ to do things by the book, i.e. be a gentleman like the leads in Collins's favorite novels?
This couldn't be a bad thing. Collins didn't need things moving at a fast pace, anyways. Slow and steady was more her style. Now that JJ was on board with that, things could actually be better for them, perfect even. 
Collins was still sort of in a dreamy state of being from the whole night to stress out over anything. Even though it would've been really easy for her to overthink about the circumstances between her and JJ, it all felt too discouraging when they'd spent such a good night together. She wanted to remember it as a blissful memory, and not spoil it with her own pessimistic thoughts. 
Just as she was about to say something to Kie, the sound of an engine rumbling from down the road captured their attention. Collins could soon make out the shape and color of her older brother's dirt bike driving up to the Château, an odd sight given that his appearance hadn't been expected. Collins stood up and went to meet him outside where he parked his bike on the lawn.