Jamie 'JJ' Johnson, number 17

25. Professional soccer player. Forward for Melbourne Victory FC. Coffee, beach and babe enthusiast.

[ananoskov]

“Hey,” Skyler commented when the blonde muttered her name between the sobs that seemed to rack her body. While she barely knew the blonde, she could only hope that the other wouldn’t pull away when she stepped forward and placed her hands upon her upper arms. “What’s going on?” She whispered, moving her hand around the other to pull her towards her. In truth, she didn’t really expect an answer given how little they knew about one another, but the least she could do was offer her some kind of solace in an hug.

[jamie-johnson17]

Shakily, Jamie stepped into the brunette’s embrace, sobs wracking her body as she soaked up the comfort in the woman’s warmth. This was undeniably the end of Skyler seeing her a sexual being, she didn’t doubt- who was attracted to a sobbing mess in the middle of a store? The blonde couldn’t really find the words to explain her breakdown, so settled on the only one she could manage, “Nothing.” She huffed the blatant and glaringly obvious lie through her tears, grimacing at how weak and pathetic she was being.

[diego-olmedillo]

Diego pulled her a bit closer, making very gentle moves. He wanted to hug her, but it wasn’t like they had the confidence for him to do it. It was obvious that she was not okay but he had to respect if she didn’t want to tell him what was going on. “I know that’s a lie, but you don’t have to tell me what’s causing so much pain, just know that I’m here for anything and let me take you home or wherever you want to go” He put his hand on her back and started to comfort her.

[jamie-johnson17]

“No, no. I-I’m. I can- I don’t need you to take me anywhere or do anything. I just-... I’m fine. I can deal with this. Thank, thank you, though. I appreciate the concern.” Her speech was stuttered and her voice rough from where she had sobbed her throat raw, but she had managed to get some words out, and they seemed to make her (hopefully) seem less of a mess than she really was in that moment.

[helljunkiess]

Wyatt was terrified, to say the least. Not because he did anything but because she didn’t seem like she was okay, regardless of her trying to say otherwise. Nodding slightly, He could tell that ice cream had been her intent. “D-did you have a flavor in mind? He figured maybe talking about anything other than what was bothering her could help, though he had taken the bottle of wine in her hand into mind. “I usually like Strawberry Cheesecake myself, but other flavors are good.”

[jamie-johnson17]

Breathing deeply, Jamie tried to curtail the onset of tears, hiccuping every now and then, as well as stuttering her breaths. “Co-cookie Dough.” She pointed at the tubs far back in the freezer, “And, maybe, Strawberry Cheesecake too. You’re- you make a good point.” Strawberry flavoured things were her favourite, she usually immediately went for them and she could appreciate this mans taste even in her current state. “Sorry- about. Well, about this.” She gestured to herself with a grimace, tears still gently dripping down her face.

[jamie-johnson17]

alice-jenkins:

Alice was most definitely not good at comforting people. Especially strangers. She felt so awkward, but it didn’t take a genius to tell that this girl needed some sort of comforting. “Um, don’t worry. Don’t apologize. I’m sure everything will be…fine.” She moved closer and hesitated before pulling her into a hug. “Um…do you want to talk about it?”

Accepting the hug gratefully, Jamie let the stranger hold her, the feeling of someone else pulling her back from the edge a little. “Nothing will be fine.” She murmured into the woman’s shoulder, “My brother’s dead.” Pulling back, the blonde looked the stranger dead in the eye, “He’s dead and nothing will be fine ever again-... Thank you, though.” It was sincere, she really was thankful for the woman’s comfort.

[jamie-johnson17]

skyblackwood:

Sky hadn’t planned on running into anyone when she finished her long shift at the fire department. It had been lax for the most part, simply waiting around and when no call came in, she was sent home to go feed Diesel. Her smile instantly lifted when she noticed the blonde she’d met before, however, it feel moments after she noticed she was crying. “Jamie – Are you okay?” Stupid question. 

Whipping round, Jamie had to resist the urge to scream, of course she would bump into Skyler again under these circumstances. Frantically wiping at her face, she attempted to give the gorgeous woman a smile, her lips quivering. Her expression crumbled before she was even able to get a proper hold on it, “Skyler-” She croaked, wanting to step forward and nestle herself in the woman’s arms - to be encased but the warmth of another body - but the knowledge of the utter ridiculousness of that notion stopping her. The blonde barely knew the woman, afterall.

[jamie-johnson17]

libby-hales:

After practically tearing apart the kitchen, Libby had to accept that the ingredient she needed, simply wasn’t there. Heading down to a corner shop, and hoping they had it so she didn’t need to go to a larger store, she was wondering though the isles when she heard the noise coming from the next section. Curiosity getting the better of her, she went to see what had happened. When she noticed what was apparently going on, she glared at a group of people who seemed to just be staring at the girl, opposed to doing anything to help. Asking if she was okay was clearly redundant, because the obvious answer was no. So she tried to think of anything else to say. “Is there anyone around I can get for you?” She asked, knowing it wasn’t going to help much, but she wasn’t sure what else to do.

Jamie was completely oblivious to the group of people staring at her, too overwhelmed by her own grief to think about the consequences of breaking down in the frozen section of a corner shop. The soft, female voice questioning her startled the blonde out of her sobbing, looking over at the woman, “N-No. No. There’s no one.” Her sigh wavered out roughly. She really didn’t have anyone - her parents nor her baby brother could be called, and she didn’t really have any close, close friends other than her teammates, but this wasn’t something she’d ever discussed with them.

[jamie-johnson17]

javirosende:

Javier loosened his arm from around the petite blonde, just enough for her to adjust herself against him and then, he returned the hug, placing another kiss on top of her head. He knew the story behind her brother’s death, so he could imagine who was the ‘he’ in her story and the reason behind so much pain. Although he hadn’t lost anyone this close to him, he could only imagine what would happen to him if he ever lost Henry, the closest of a brother that he’s ever had. “I know…” He mumbled against her hair, his hand moving up and down her back in a soothing manner. Javier wouldn’t dare telling her to stop crying because that was the worst thing someone could say to a grieving person. “Shh… just let it out. I’m here for you.”

Gripping her pseudo-brother even tighter, the blonde thought about the one she’d lost and how she could have stopped his death, if only she’d known. Jamie usually isolated herself from everyone on this day every year; even her baby brother Marcus wasn’t allowed in her vicinity. It was the one day she could stop being strong for everyone else and let herself break down and mourn her big brother. “I’d do anything to go back. Anything.” She sobbed into Javi’s warm embrace, “I could change it, Jav. I could have saved him! Why didn’t he tell me?!” Anger was a common reaction for her on this topic - she was so mad for not giving her the chance to help him.

[jamie-johnson17]

callmebibsburns:

Barbara turned around the corner, her headphones blasting on the new Last Shadow Puppets CD they had just released, when she saw the woman crying in front of the frozen’s section. She loved Melbourne, but after spending four years in London where people showed no emotion, this was definitely something she didn’t miss. But she couldn’t just let her stand there and cry, could she? “I’m sorry but, are you alright?” She asked, placing a hand over her arm and giving her the shittiest of smiles, but at least she tried.

Sucking up all her emotions, Jamie looked over at the stranger, noting the awkwardness in her smile. Clearly this wasn’t someone well equipped to comfort anyone, especially not a random stranger in the frozen section of grocery store. “I’m fine.” She croaked out, her voice deeper and more gravely than usual - and that was saying something. “Sorry, am I in your way? God, I’m such a fuck up, go about your business-... Jesus, crying in the middle of a fucking store. Great.”

[jamie-johnson17]

itsbraedanfinley:

The Finley household had run out of ice cream a few days before, which meant that since a few days, Braedan had been reminded several times that he needed to buy some more. Today was not groceries day, but he needed to run a few errands and decided to head to the corner shop. As he was finally walking down the frozen section of the shop, he noticed the young woman crying and wiping tears off her face. He felt bad for observing her, but soon he was walking next to her and could not avoid her. “Are you okay?” He dared to ask, frowning lightly.

Clutching at her wine, Jamie clawed the screw top off and took a long sip, gasping as she finally looked at the man before her, setting off a fresh wave of tears. He looked like Justin- or what Justin would have looked like if he’d been able to grow up more, truly become a man. “Just fine.” She drawled, gulping at the wine once more, letting the dull ache of alcohol calm her. She wasn’t going to get drunk - she never got drunk - but being a little less than sober would be optimal today.

[jamie-johnson17]

diego-olmedillo:

Diego was getting a few things out from the store when he saw a familiar face at the frozen section he was ready to joke about the new discovery of this mutual love for ice cream when he came to the realization that she was crying unstoppable. He felt a need to run to her and help her out or just hugged her to make whatever it was bothering her go away. he touched her shoulder very carefully trying not to scare her “Jamie? What’s wrong?”

Sniffling loudly, Jamie peered up through tear covered eyelashes to see who was approaching. Noticing it was Diego, she relaxed a little and allowed a few more sobs to rack through her body, harsher as consequence of their prior suppression. The blonde lent into the hand on her shoulder and tried to form some sort of words in reply to the man’s question, “I- Nothing. I’m fine.” Deciding on denial, Jamie shook her head and wiped at her face.

[jamie-johnson17]

A simple shake of the head was all Jamie hoped she needed to do to convey how not okay she really was to the stranger. The blonde had always been a relatively touchy-feely type of person and the comfort of another source of life was literally all she needed right now. Hell, she would have been happy with the presence of a dog, but a person was somewhat better. Just being in the vicinity of the strange girl calmed her tumultuous thoughts a little. “Sorry.” She croaked, desperate eyes attempting to convey her emotions to the woman.

[helljunkiess]

Wyatt had been craving ice cream. He figured, he had gotten pretty sweaty whilst at work and even though he’d showered, he still felt very hot. Not sure if he was coming down with something or not, he assumed ice cream was the solution. He’d been staring at two particular flavors; strawberry cheesecake and marble. He was at a pass, when he’d heard what sounded like someone crying near by. He wasn’t sure if he was hearing things or not, so when he’d tuned to his left, he was caught off guard by the blonde only a few feet away. Ice cream can wait, he thought, as he made his way over to her, gently placing his hand on he shoulder. “Excuse me..a-are you alright? Do you need me to..call someone?”

[jamie-johnson17]

Looking up, jaw trembling and tears still present on her cheeks and welling in her eyes, “I’m sorry.” The apology came with a small gasp of breath as Jamie tried to regain her sense and get a hold of herself. “No, no. God, don’t call anyone. I’m fine, really. I’m just- it was-” Her sentence was interrupted by a fresh wave of salty water washing over her puffy face. “Fuck. Shit- God.” Cursing, the blonde wiped at her face and clenched her jaw. “Ice cream?” The only words she was able to come up with as she pointed to the freezer that she had been perusing, the bottle of wine still clasped firmly in her hand. The man must think she was an absolute imbecile, but she couldn’t really find it in herself to correct that.

[jacksonrichmond-blog]

Javi was coming back from his quick run to the farmer’s market to buy some organic things for this new recipe that he was trying out when he noticed that familiar, blonde head down the street. He couldn’t say that he knew what the young woman was going through, but he cared enough about Jamie to stop by and offer her some help, in whatever she might need. “JJ?” The older man stepped closer, hesitantly, trying to give her enough time to tell him to leave or to allow him to step closer. “Hey… What happened, Jamie?” Asking if she was alright would be stupid since, no one ‘alright’ would cry in the middle of the street. “Hm? What’s going on? Come here.” He moved one arm around her shoulders, bringing her closer to him and pressing a kiss on top of her head.

[jamie-johnson17]

Unable to reply, Jamie was still attempting to force oxygen into her lungs, the tears turning from a shower to a full on downpour. If she could have wished for anyone to come to her aid at that second, it was would have be Javi. Falling into his arms, she sobbed into his shoulder, desperately clinging to him. It was frivolous to try and answer his questions, but she attempted anyway, “I-I could have- oh god-” A few more gasps of breath, “Gone, Javi. He’s, he’s gone.” She practically wailed the information into his torso, not wanting to remove her face from the sanctuary of his shoulder.

[jamie-johnson17]

She thought she would be able to make the trip. Just down to the corner shop and back up, wine and ice cream in hand, but the grief had subsumed her as she perused the frozen section. Tears flowed freely as she gasped for breath, wiping at her face to try and stem the rapid flow. Justin had once told her he would eat ice cream for every meal of the day if he could. Seven years to the day she lost him. He had loved ice cream. He was gone. 

[sweetxmargs]

Dakota sat there for a moment, almost staring; not quite realising how intimidating and rude she often appeared when she opened her mouth. “No wait!” She hollered, pulling herself to her feet. “I didn’t mean it like tha- most students come back to dance after class ends, I just didn’t realise you wanted to take part.” A smile fixed to her lips awkwardly. “You’re welcome to join one of our classes, the front desk can sign you up to whichever of my classes you choose whether it be group, or one on one. We do basically everything, so far I’m the only teacher since this is my studio but we love getting new students.” Her tone sounded too formal as she was trying to sound more enthused.

[jamie-johnson17]

Pausing from her awkward backwards escape, Jamie smiled understandingly at the woman. “It’s cool, it was my bad, anyway. I shouldn’t have just walked in here like that- sometimes I can be fairly unobservant of regular protocol, like front desks, for example. Its ironic really, seeing as I’m paid to be observant for a living. Oh well... I won’t tell my coach if you don’t.” She winked and shuffled her bag on her shoulder again. It was not a rare occurrence for her to embarrass herself like this and she’d more or less learnt to brush it off.

[pippareyes]

“Just don’t forget to call me, or else we won’t be able to see each other again.” If that was even the case, maybe it was unfair of Pippa to try to be aroud others, when she would leave in a matter of days. But she enjoyed having someone else’s company, getting to know people, even if having adventures and one night stands were something rare since she was usually with Cassie as her plus one. Since back in the day Cassie was the only person she wanted to be with. “So, I don’t think I could say the same thing about me… while it’s embarrassing, it could be fun.”

[jamie-johnson17]

“I’ll call you, don’t worry.” Still unsure as to what Pippa was viewing as her, Jamie decided to role with the punches and be a prospective something. Who knew what life would bring? “My brother died from substance abuse, so I’ve never been anything but slightly tipsy since then. It’s just not my scene.” It wasn’t a fact she hid from the world - everyone knew anyway - the media had loved to dig that one up when she became Australia’s shining star in woman’s soccer. “I promise to look after you if you want to dabble in that kind of embarrassing fun, though. I’m sure it’s worth watching.”

[jamie-johnson17]

diego-olmedillo:

He chuckled and nodded “That was great actually, you did better than I expected” Diego thought it would be fair for him to share the amount of information that she had giving him to make it fair “Well okay I’m from Venezuela, moved here 4 years ago, I have travelled but not as much as I would like, bi, single” He said kicking the ball back to her “Not as good as you in soccer obviously. How was that?”

“You’re better than you think!” Kicking the ball up with her heels, Jamie flicked it back over to Diego and bounced on the balls of her feet, listening intently to everything he was telling her. “Interesting, interesting. Hablo espanol? Um, quiero hablar espanol pero soy mal.” She had taken the language in school but could barely remember a word, it was something she was working on in her limited free time.