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After Kiara switched out with Pope to drive since she got mad, she ended up driving to Sarah's house at night to get her to tell the police to the truth since it was their best bet. Pope decided to go on the property with Kiara, leaving Kyla with JJ in the car.

"He's probably gonna confess his love for her right now in the state he's in," JJ said after Kiara and Pope hopped over the wall.

Kyla looked over at him. "What?" she asked, not following because of how tired she was. She barely had gotten any sleep the night before.

"Pope," JJ clarified. "Bro is madly in love with her," he told her.

"Yeah, well, thanks for telling me but it was pretty obvious, so..." Kyla trailed off, not in the mood to talk about Pope's love life, before she looked away from him.

JJ sighed, removing his cap. "Look, Ky, I'm sorry for being a dick before. I know that you're worried and stuff, and me being ass isn't helping you at all," he apologized, making Kyla look back at him.

"It's okay, JJ. I should be used to your...comments by now," she replied, shaking her head.

"No, don't do that," he said, also shaking his head.

"Do what?"

"Saying it's okay when it's not. You're allowed to get mad at people, Ky. You're — you're allowed to let people apologize to you without saying they don't have to," he explained. "And I know you're not used to that since you were friends with Kooks all your life."

She furrowed her brows at him, not realizing that he was able to realize that. JJ noticed her looking at him without saying anything, so she let out a mock laugh. "Yeah, well...what can you do?" she replied, shrugging as she let out a long sigh.

"Let yourself loose for once in your goddamn life," JJ told her like it was obvious, making her eyebrows raise. "I think you're focusing too much on trying to be this 'perfect' girl to please others when you're really not. And that's not even a bad thing. Hell, no one's perfect," he said. "Not even me," he added jokingly, making the both of them chuckle softly. "You're a Pogue now, Ky. You gotta own it."

She grinned at him, looking down in embarrassment. "Yeah. Yeah, you're right. My whole life, I've always tried to...live up to the expectation of being this perfect Kook, with the perfect boyfriend, with the perfect friends when in reality...I want none of that," she admitted, looking back up at him.

"What do you want?" he asked.

She looked into his eyes, pondering the question. What did she want? She spent her whole life catering to others and what they wanted that she didn't even know what she actually wanted. "I don't know," she whispered truthfully, looking down from his eyes.

"Well, you can spend the rest of your life figuring it out then, right? Or is that too unorganized for a princess?" he asked teasingly, causing Kyla to laugh out loud.

"How many times have you called me princess this week, JJ?" she asked, looking up and shaking her head at him with a smile. It was nice to have a normal-ish conversation after all the hell they had all been through in just one day.

He shrugged. "Well, you are one, so it doesn't matter how many times."

"A Kook Princess?" she asked before scoffing. "Maybe at one point, but definitely not anymore."

"Well, you can be...the Pogue Princess," JJ suggested, shrugging again.

She arched a brow at him. "Don't let Kie hear you say that," she warned teasingly even though Kiara probably wouldn't even care since she was already the Queen of the Pogues.

"She doesn't have to know," JJ said before he put a finger up to his lips, telling her to keep quiet.

Kyla laughed again before it was silent for a moment, the two of them just sitting there and waiting for Kiara and Pope to come back.

"What do you want?" she then asked for moment, making him look back at her.

"What?"

"You asked me what I wanted, so now I'm asking you," she explained. "What do you want?"

JJ narrowed his eyes slightly at her, wondering if he should tell her or not. He then shook his head, shrugging. "I don't know," he answered with a teasing grin.

She scoffed at him. "Oh, so that's the game you're playing at?" she asked and he nodded. "Wow, okay."

"Hey, we're close, but not that close if you get what I mean," he said, pointing at her with a smirk and a wink.

She scrunched her nose up in disgust, understanding his dirty joke. "You are literally disgusting!" she exclaimed, shoving his arm softly.

"Hey, you asked!" he argued playfully.

"Yeah, but I didn't think that that would be your answer," she replied, rolling her eyes jokingly.

JJ laughed, looking at the smile on her face. The last time he saw her give him a real smile was when they had all told Kyla they trusted her. He knew that the girl had never been through something like this — he didn't either — so he knew it felt good for the both of them to smile and laugh.

Kyla noticed him staring at her lips and she furrowed her brows in confusion. "What?"

He cleared his throat, looking more at her eyes since it was probably weird to be staring at her mouth. "You're smiling," he pointed out to her.

She nodded, smiling even more. "Well, I guess I have you to thank for that," she replied before the two of them just looked at each other, grateful that they were still here after everything that had happened. "Also, thank you for saving me. You know, from Tara," she added, bringing her hand up to fix her hair. "If you weren't there then—"

"You don't have to thank me," he cut her off, grabbing her hand and moving it away from her face so that he could see her better. "It's what anyone would have done."

Kyla glanced down at his hand latched onto hers, before looking back up and meeting his eyes. He slowly took his hand away, not knowing if Kyla was comfortable with him or not because of everything going on. She didn't say anything about it, though, and continued, "Yeah, but you did it. So I have to say thank you."

"Yeah, well..." he trailed off, not knowing what else to say as the both of them looked into each other's eyes once again.

He never realized how pretty she actually was. Of course he knew that she was pretty, but he never really payed attention to it because she was a Kook. And because she was Kiara's sister. Even if he was attracted to her, he would never be able to do anything about it for Kiara's sake.

Good thing he didn't have to worry about that, though.

The same thing applied to Kyla, as well. She never realized how good looking he actually was. Of course she knew that he was good looking, but she never really payed attention to it because he was a Pogue. And because he was one of Kiara's best friends. Even if she was attracted to him, she would never be able to do anything about it for Kiara's sake.

Good thing she didn't have to worry about that, though.

Kyla and JJ didn't even know how long they were staring at each other for, before Kiara and Pope entered the car, out of breath from running and hopping the fence. The two quickly broke eye contact, looking over at Pope and Kiara.

"So, is she gonna do it?" JJ asked. "Is she gonna tell the truth or at least do something to help?"

"I think she is. She just has to find a way out of the house since Ward locked her in her room," Kiara explained, making Kyla and JJ scoff at the same time.

"I never knew he could be this..." Kyla trailed off, shaking her head.

"Evil?" Pope finished for her and Kyla nodded. "Yeah, me either. I guess sometimes you think you know someone so well and then when you say something to them that you think they'll like and they don't, it completely backfires on you and everything turns to shit," he said, making Kyla and JJ send each other an odd glance. Kiara gaped at the boy from the driver's seat, in complete disbelief. "Oh, you can drive now, Kiara," he instructed.

Kiara slowly looked away from him and started to furrow her brows incredulously, before she drove away from the Cameron household. JJ looked over at Kyla and mouthed, "He confessed."

She shook her head, playfully rolling her eyes at the blonde boy.

Two chapters in a row!!! I already had them prewritten and I wanted to spoil you guys cause it's Friday, so here you go!

So Kyla and JJ finally had a moment alone. I know u guys were waiting for it and I hope I delivered even though it was probably incredibly awkward.

But let me know what you guys think in the comments and don't forget to vote as well!