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The Pogues used the boat that John B and Sarah took from the Bahamas to get back home. The whole trip back to the OBX was spent with them laughing and talking for hours and hours on end.

John B and Sarah talked about their little adventure in the Bahamas, and how Rafe had shot Sarah, while the other four talked about how both Rafe and Tara were literally crazy and how this Limbrey person apparently had evidence to clear John B's name among other things.

They were all up all night continuing to talk, not sleeping, before they were able to make it to a place that had some docks. "Anybody else starving? We need to grab some sort of breakfast," JJ said as he drove the boat over to a random dock.

"I feel like I haven't eaten for a day," Kyla said. "Oh, wait, I haven't," she added as a joke, making them chuckle.

The boat then pulled up to the dock and girls climbed out. "We're gonna find some food," Sarah told them before they made their way into a forest of trees to see if there were any type of fruits or vegetables they could find.

They wandered around until they found some watermelons. "Ugh! Jackpot!" Kiara exclaimed, holding the watermelon up like it was a trophy. Sarah and Kyla glanced at each other before they bursted our laughing, but they didn't spend anytime dilly dallying since they were all so hungry.

They were able to find more watermelons and the girls cracked them open, eating the insides on a bench that was in the middle of the grassy area they were in. "Holy shit," Sarah said as she ate the watermelon.

"This is delicious," Kyla said, closing her eyes as she took a bit of the red deliciousness.

"Okay, so you really got married?" Kiara asked out of the blue, and Kyla turned towards the blonde with an excited smile. Sarah had told the girls individually on the boat, making them very surprised.

"It wasn't exactly legal, but..." Sarah trailed off, looking over at the sisters, who shrugged and nodded. "Yeah," Sarah confirmed with a large a grin. Kyla smiled at the blonde before she took another bite of her watermelon. "Am I crazy, or is there definitely something going on between...you and Pope?" Sarah then asked Kiara, taking a bite of her watermelon with a mischievous smirk.

"You're definitely not crazy," Kyla said with a laugh, looking over at her sister to see her smile.

"Maybe," Kiara replied with a shrug.

"That's not a no," Sarah pointed out.

Kiara shrugged again. "It's not a no," was all she told them before she ate a piece of her watermelon.

"Girl," Sarah said, making Kiara laugh.

"That's the most information she's given me all week," Kyla said with raised eyebrows, shaking her head at her sister.

"Well, it's more information than you're giving me," Sarah said playfully, making Kyla furrow her brows in confusion.

"Huh?" she said, chewing on a piece of watermelon.

"You got anything to say about you and JJ?" Sarah asked, wiggling her eyebrows teasingly. Kiara looked over at her sister, wanting to know the answer as well.

Kyla swallowed her fruit before she scoffed at the blonde. "Me and JJ?" she said and Sarah nodded. "What makes you think there is something going on between me and JJ?"

Sarah gave her a look and replied, "He was literally staring at you the whole boat ride. There's definitely something going on."

"Yeah, I noticed that, too," Kiara said, making Kyla look over at her with wide eyes. "Did something else happen between you both?"

"Something else?" Sarah repeated, getting more intrigued.

"Pope and I caught them hugging the other night for a little too long," Kiara told the blonde, making Kyla groan at the two girls. "What? That's what we saw."

"Yeah, but that's all it was," Kyla told her, but ever since JJ helped her after her nightmare...she seemed to question things. "What, friends can't hug now?" she questioned, arching a brow.

"That's funny because that's the exact same thing that JJ said to me when I asked him about it. Almost like y'all rehearsed it," Kiara said before she bit into her watermelon innocently.

"Or, almost like it's all that it was," Kyla corrected her. "And when were you talking to JJ about me?" she asked, but Kiara just shrugged, making Sarah giggle. "Ugh, whatever."

Sarah shrugged. "All I'm saying is that I think he likes you. Nothing may have happened yet, but he definitely does like you," the blonde told the older Carrera girl.

"Okay, one, that isn't true at all," Kyla said, making Sarah roll her eyes jokingly. "And two, nothing is ever gonna happen because I don't like him anyway." She really didn't believe her words that much, seeing as though JJ was very attractive and very caring towards her.

"Good," Kiara said, making the other two girls give her confused looks since she was just teasing Kyla about it. Kiara sighed and explained, "I just don't want something stupid to happen where you two get together and then break up for a stupid reason that leaves the Pogues all awkward and whatnot."

"So, you just have that planned out already? Okay then..." Kyla said with a nod, biting into her watermelon.

"You gotta be prepared when it comes to JJ. It seems like every girl is wrapped around his finger except for Sarah and I," Kiara told her.

"Yeah, and me, too," Kyla added with wide eyes.

Sarah shrugged. "We'll see about that," she teased, making Kyla roll her eyes at her.

But she did have to wonder...did he have her wrapped around his finger? Surely not.

Meanwhile, back at the boat, the boys were waiting for the girls to bring back food. "So, uh, what's up with this Kiara stuff there, big guy?" John B asked Pope as he walked over to him and sat down.

Pope sighed. "Uh, honestly, I don't right now, man. I mean, I definitely like her and..."

"Sure."

"And I'm...pretty sure she likes me," Pope continued, but he didn't sound too sure about it.

"Seems like it."

"Right now, there's a lot of, like, conflicting information going on. Like, I'm trying to gather all the data together and put into a folder in my mind—"

"Folder?" John B said, cutting Pope off.

"All right, man, look...women, all right, like, they're just not consistent," JJ butted in with an amused smile on his face.

"All right, we're not gonna take female advice from JJ," John B said with a shake of his head, making Pope grin humorously.

"Oh, come on, what? I've been with plenty of women," JJ argued, fixing his cap slightly.

"Yeah, and you can't even seem to make a move on the one you actually like," John B argued, raising his eyebrows at the blonde.

"What's that supposed to mean?" JJ said, glancing at the two boys with narrowed eyes. John B sighed, looking over at Pope with look. Pope just shook his head, leaning back. "Oh, come on, is this about Ky? I don't like her."

John B raised his hands up. "I never even said that it was her, bro," John B pointed out cheekily, making Pope look at the blonde with an amused smile. "So, did you try to kiss her and she reject you or something? 'Cause I've been there, dude."

JJ shook his head. "No, nothin' happened between us, all right?" he told them.

"Me and Kiara did see you guys hugging the other night," Pope brought up, making John B's mouth widen while he pointed at Pope. "Just gonna say that."

JJ rolled his eyes, not wanting to explain that it was just a friendly hug once again. "Yeah, 'cause we're friends and that's what friends do. Nothin' else happened, all right?" JJ replied, but he wasn't sure how long he would be able to keep a secret from the guys for.

"Did you want something to happen?" John B inquired. JJ ran his tongue across his teeth, pondering John B's question. He knew that he was feeling something towards Kyla, but he wasn't sure if he was just mixing up his feelings. Especially because she pretty much friend-zoned him the night before without actually knowing she friend-zoned him. "Well, that answers my question," John B said since JJ was taking forever to answer.

"Okay, okay, look. I-I think I like her, okay? I mean, yeah, I've always found her insanely pretty, but she was a Kook, so I never was actually attracted to her," JJ admitted, making the two boys scoot in closer with interest. "But now that she's with us now and I've actually gotten to know her...I don't know, there's something different, I guess. I don't know, this is weird."

"Wow, you like her a lot. I've never heard you talk about a girl like this," Pope said and John B nodded in agreement.

JJ shook his head. "It doesn't even matter. She's Kie's sister and it would be weird for anything to happen, and she practically friend zoned without actually knowing she friend zoned me," he told them.

"Uh...what's that supposed to mean?" John B asked in confusion.

JJ sighed. "The other night...the both of us couldn't sleep," he started to explain, not getting into the fact that Kyla had a bad nightmare. "So, we started to talk and we got into the fact that the both of us would probably be the last single ones in the group," he explained, giving Pope a knowing look for a split second. "So, I suggested that the two of us should date as a joke to see her reaction, and you wanna know what she said?"

"I really do," John B replied.

"I also wanna know," Pope added, ignoring JJ's look he gave him.

"She said, and I quote, 'I'm not that desperate'," he told them, making the two boys cringe.

"Ooh, I'm sorry buddy, that must have hurt," John B said, patting the boy on the arm. JJ nodded, leaning back.

"Well, maybe she just said that because she didn't wanna actually, like, share her real feelings because she thought you were joking," Pope said with a
shrug, trying to make the blonde feel better.

JJ shrugged, not knowing what else to say since he was kind of bummed. The boys then moved onto the topic of Limbrey to change the subject, before the girls came back with watermelons in their arms. "Hi," Sarah greeted. "What y'all talking about?" she asked teasingly.

"Uh...fishing," John B said.

"Dropping lures," JJ added. "That's that, you know?"

Sarah hummed, "Okay."

"Need help?" JJ asked Kyla, who was carrying a watermelon.

She grinned at him and handed him the large fruit. "Thanks," she said.

"Goodness gracious," JJ groaned at how heavy the watermelon was, making the girl laugh softly.

"What's that now?" Pope asked them.

"I got breakfast," Kiara said as she held up a watermelon.

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The Pogues were finally able to make it back to the Outer Banks, seeing John B's house in the Château. "There she is," John B said with a smile as he looked at it.

"Bet it's good to see her old bones, right?" JJ said. "Welcome home, guys."

They then pulled the boat up to the dock at John B's house and started to get out, happy smiles plastered on their faces in that moment. 

"You know, I gotta be honest. Not exactly looking forward to a check-in at home," Kiara brought up, bringing them back to their harsh realities.

"Oh, yeah, don't even remind me," Kyla said with a sigh as she leaned against the wooden fence that Sarah was sitting on.

"Our parents probably already arranged our funeral," Kiara said and Kyla's face scrunched up, not looking forward to hear their shouts.

"I predict unpleasantries at the Heyward household after I left the truck in Charleston," Pope added and John B hummed, looking down.

"No one knows we're here, right? And you three aren't gonna get into any more trouble for showing up 12 hours later," JJ spoke up, making Kyla send him a look. "Am I right, or am I right?"

"You're not wrong," Pope told him.

"So that means we have 12 hours to do whatever we want. Huh? A little Pogue fellowship. How does that sound?" JJ asked and Kyla looked over at Sarah, who started to shake her head.

"Let the shit hit the fan tomorrow, come on," John B said with a smile.

"Yeah!" JJ exclaimed excitedly.

"The cops could be looking for us. It could be really stupid," Sarah brought up, an apprehensive look on her face.

Kyla nodded. "Yeah, I don't know, guys. I don't think we need any more stupid stuff happening to us," Kyla added in agreement.

"Sarah Cameron, Kyla Carrera..." JJ started to say, walking over to where the both of them were, "You've both heard of my philosophy, right?"

"No," Sarah with with a slight laugh in her voice,

"And I don't wanna know," Kyla said teasingly with an arched brow in JJ's direction.

JJ smirked at her before he told them, "Stupid things have good outcomes all the time." Kyla and Sarah glanced at each other, trying not to laugh at the boy to give him the satisfaction. "Who's with me? Let's get some beer!"

After JJ and Kiara bought the beer, they brought it back to the HMS where they decided to all sit on. "Let's get this party started, y'all!" Kiara exclaimed as JJ tossed John B the box of beer.

"I'll be the designated driver just in case you want to take this someplace," Kyla said, leaning back with an amused smile on her face as the others started to open the two boxes of beer.

"Oh, no, no, no, I'm not gonna let that happen," JJ said with a mischievous look on his face, causing John B to chuckle as he opened a can.

Kyla arched a brow at him. "Excuse me?" she replied, not knowing where he was going with this. JJ looked over at Kiara, who was holding the other box and held up his hand, nodding his head in her direction. She tossed him a can of beer and he caught it, before he looked back towards Kyla, holding it out to her. She let a scoff and said, "Yeah, no way."

"Yes way," JJ argued, making Kyla send him a look. "Kyla Carrera, we all want to see you absolutely wasted for once in your life. Don't we, guys?" he asked, making them all exclaim in agreement with him.

"Some friends you are," she joked, rolling her eyes at them.

"Just once," JJ continued. "To celebrate the monumental return of John B and Sarah."

"I don't know..." Kyla trailed off, not knowing if it would be a good idea or not.

"Please, Ky," Sarah said, pouting as Kyla looked in her direction. "For me?" she added, tilting her head and giving her friend a puppy dog eyes look.

"Come on, you can't say no to that," John B pointed out before he took a sip of his beer, making a face.

Kyla sighed, looking away from Sarah to look back at JJ, who had a smile on his face as he continued to hand out the beer in her direction. "Okay, okay, fine!" Kyla shouted, making them all whoop and cheer. "I'll do it, I'll do it."

"Here we go!" JJ said excitedly as he placed the can in Kyla's hand.

"Just no one take any videos of me, all right?" Kyla told them, raising her eyebrows as she looked at all of them.

"No promises," Kiara said with a cheeky grin, making Pope laugh as the girl handed him a can.

Kyla rolled her eyes at her sister before she slowly opened the can of beer up. She did try alcohol a few times, but it was really only champagne at the formal parties she attended. She then lifted it up towards her mouth and took a sip, making a sour look with her face as she swallowed it.

Did JJ just admit to liking Ky? And did Ky actually agree to drinking? That is some major development for the both of them, but when will it be Ky's turn to admit her feelings...? Guess we will have to wait and see!

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