OUTER BANKS
Episode 1: PILOT
PART 1

We're the Pogues, and our mission this summer, is to have a good time, all the time.

As the group of 4 stood outside an unfinished house, John B on the roof, JJ and Ren on the roof at the bottom, and Pope on the ground.

John b started dangling his foot over the edge of the roof as if he was going to jump,

"That's what, A three-story fall to the deck? Pope asked to nobody in particular. "I give you 'bout a one-in-three chance of survival," he added.

John B let out a 'hm' and licked his finger before he lifted it into the air as if he was checking something,

"Should I do it?" He asked,

"Yeah, you should Jump." Pope said, "ill shoot you on the way down," he picked up a drill and acted as if it was a gun.

"You'll shoot me?" John B put his fingers into a gun shape and acted as if he shot Pope.

"I'll shoot you, if you drop that beer," Ren said from where her and JJ were standing.

Kie walked out mid conversation and said, "they're gonna have Japanese toilets with towel warmers,"

"Of course they are, why wouldn't they?" JJ asked

"This used to be a turtle habitat, but who cares about the turtles, I guess," she looked up at John B to see him dangling his door over the edge again,

"I can't have cold towels," Ren mumbled.

"Can you please not kill yourself?" Kie asked John B.

"Don't spill that beer! I'm not giving you another one," JJ took a sip of his as the girl next to him whispered,

"Watch him spill it now,"

And he did, of course.

"I'm practically physic," she tapped JJ's shoulder again,

"Of course you did, like right when I told you not to,"

"Smooth,"

"Well done dude"

"A-plus"

The gang said as John B just looked down and groaned,

"Dumbass," Ren whispered.

They heard a car pull up so Pope went to check, and it was none other than the police,

"Hey!" The police man yelled,

"Hey, uh, security's here. Let's wrap it up," Pope said worried,

"Boys are early today," John B spoke as everybody started getting down from where they were, Ren just jumping onto the pole and sliding down.

"Let's go boys," Kie said,

"And girl," Ren corrected,

"Hey, hold on! Gary is that you!" Ren exclaimed

"It's me Gary! It's me JJ" jj yelled aswell.

"Good to see you!" She yelled again,

"Yeah good to see you man!

"You're just asking for it guys!" Kie said to the two as they ran into the house.

They yelled and screamed as they ran into the house, laughing as they ran down the stairs, JJ slipping a little,

"Go, go go go!" Ren yelled as she ran away from everybody splitting up.

She could still hear them yelling as one of the cops tried to grab her,

"Hey! Woah take me on a date first!" She yelled running past him,

"Get in Ren !" John B yelled driving away,

"Comin'" she shouted back jumping in.

"Check out Gary, gunnin' for a raise" Pope laughed,

"Come on, Gary," jj yelled learning out of the van,

"Here," Ren passed JJ a beer to throw at him and also leaned out,

"Come on Gary! Your so close dude! So close!" Ren shouted as kie tried to pull her and JJ back in.

"Come on guys, your gonna give him a heart attack!" She said to them as John B kept driving.

"You can do it! There you go!" JJ threw the beer to him just before Kie pulled the two back in the van,

"JJ, Ren! Stop, stop." She said to them still with a smile on her face,

"Come on, live a little" Ren said to her.

"Yeah! That sort of initiative is just begging to be punished." He said closing the van door.

They laughed as they drove past the outer banks entry sign.

The Outer Banks, Paradise on earth. It's the sort of place where you either have two jobs or two houses, two tribes one island.

As they drove past figure eight Ren groaned,

"Hate this place," she said going back into her conversation with them.

All right. This is Figure Eight, the rich side of the island. Home of the Kooks. So, guess where we don't live.

They then drove into the cut, pogue zone,

"That's much better, home sweet home," Ren laid back onto JJ with his arm around her.

And then, this is the south side or the cut. Home of the working class who make a living busing tables, washing yachts, running charters. The natural habitat of drumroll please....

The Pogues, that's us. Pogues. Pogues, the throwaway fish.

As JJ exhaled his juul, Ren dragging her hands in the water, Kiara listening to music, Pope reading and John B, fishing.

Lowest member of the food chain. Okay so downside of Pogue life is we're ignored and neglected, but the upside of pogue life? We're ignored and neglected, which means we do whatever we want whenever we want.

John B then released all the fish right into the middle of the boat where everybody was,

"Nice one," Ren said high-fiving him,

"Gross," kie and pope muttered

"John B" she said sternly under her breath.

"Nice haul dude, look at that," jj said.

"Been all bait for like, three weeks," he added.

JJ was driving the boat with the others In the back but Ren stood with him, out of his way though.

That's JJ, my best friend since the third grade. He's about as local as they come. Latest in a long line of fishing, drinking, smuggling, vandetta-holding salt-lifers who made a living off the water. Best surfer I know. Just don't tell him I said that. Mild kleptomaniac and a future tax cheat. Also inseparable with Ren.

Ren was in her room putting In ear rings with her red dress, then looking at John b and smiling.

Then we have Ren, yes JJ's best friend. My best friend since the third grade as well, she's all about the thrill, has never followed the rules and stands up for what is right. She loves smoking, fishing, drinking and anything that makes her heart beat faster than it should. One of the very first pogue members, total boy crazy. I guess we all kind of have a thing for her, JJ more than anyone but we all do.

John B was currently walking around outside the chateau as a party was happening outside, Kiara was sitting with her friend talking about something as John B walked past her.

"Is this guy in prison yet? How has that not happened?" She asked as John B wrapped his arm around her neck, hugging her.

"Get off me." She pushed him away before continuing,

"And don't even get me started on micro-plastic. Have you even heard about that island? That little island of just-"

That's Kiara, or Kie as we call her. And when she's not saving turtles, or listening to Marley or getting a dolphin tattoo, she hangs out with us. I'm not really sure why, though. So, she's a rich kid, actually. Foot in both worlds. Her family owns The Wreck, this Outer Banks insititution. Total cash cow with the tourists. You know, I'm not really sure how her parents feel about us. I guess we all sorta have a thing for her.

As JJ and kie danced the others laughed, Pope sitting next to the wheel, John B leaning up on his elbows and Ren leaning laying across him.

And that's Pope, the brains of the operation. Finalist for the Lucas T. Vanderhorst Merit Scolarship. And the smartest person I know.

"Stop touching that," Pope said to JJ as he was touching something Pope was working on.

Little bit of a weirdo...

Pope flirted with girls in the weirdest way.

His father's this legendary character, Heyward. Anything you wanted on the island, Heyward could get for you. Now, I'm not sure what Heyward knew what to make of his oddball son, but it didn't matter. He was a Pogue. Just like the rest of us.

As the gang dangled their feet in the water Pope drove back home, but stopped to look at the sunset with his friends, Kie wrapping her arm around the group.

So, that's my crew.

A/N: I HOPE YALL LIKED THE FIRST CHAPTER! It will be long updates, but not too long. I'll see you in the next one!