OUTER BANKS
episode 6: PARCEL 9
part 2

after they got back from the crain house, ren told everybody she was going to go for a walk, which she was.

she walked through the woods until she came across the spot she always went to, it was a waterfall with a tree swing next to it.

she sat down on the swing and stared at the water, the way it was flowing, the sound of it, the way it looked.

she was upset because john b had brought sarah along when he knew how much ren hated sarah because of the way she treated her, and it hurt her to know that john b didn't have her back. ren's thoughts were soon interrupted when she heard a farmiliar voice,

"so this is where you go?" the voice said

she turned around to see jj, she smiled and looked away,

"pretty, isn't it?" she asked

"yeah it is, may i?" he asked about to get on the swing with her, it was big enough for the both of them so she moved over a little which gave jj space to sit down,

"what's wrong ren?" jj asked lifting up her chin with his hand,

"john b, the sarah thing," she sighed, "he knows how much i hate her! she treated me like shit and he really wants to take her side?!" ren exclaimed

"look, ren, sarah may have changed, and you want john b to be happy right?" jj asked to which she nodded

"well alright then! now let's go back to the chateau, john b wants us. but we gotta go pick up pope first" jj said helping her off the swing and to pope and then the chateau.

"no effing way! you brought her here?!" kiara exclaimed, "so what? shes in on this now?" kiara asked

john b looked over at pope and jj for help and they just shrugged

ren sighed, "come on man," she whispered

"look, all i care about, is her cut comes out of your share, oh and she does not start trouble with my girl," he put his arm around her waist.

"you know, i don't remember taking a vote?!" ren added

"yeah! this is our thing, a pogue thing," kiara agreed

"i gotta say, i'm just a tad uncomfortable with all of this," pope agreed with the two girls.

"thank you!" both kiara and ren said at the same time

"when are you not uncomfortable?" john b asked

"he looked comfortable earlier," ren mumbled

"i dunno. i rode here on the back of jj's bike pretty comfortably," pope pointed out

"it's true. most relaxed i've ever seen him," jj agreed

"that's cute, guys,"

"you know we were all extremely comfortable until you brought her here," kiara said to which ren nodded

"stop talking about me like i'm not here!" sarah piped in

"then leave," ren suggested

sarah scoffed before looking at john b, "i told you,"

"told him what exactly? that your a liar?" kiara started

"no, that your a shit talking bitch!" sarah said which made ren's mouth drop.

they boys started betting on who would win in a fight, as the two girls still argued with sarah

"everybody shut up!" john b yelled silencing everybody.

"kie, you are my bestfriend, right?" he asked before looking to ren, "and ren, your like my baby sister," he looked at sarah, "and sarah your my" he hesitated

"say it," sarah said to him

"you're my girlfriend," he smiled

"oh wow," ren scoffed, tears brimming in her eyes she got up and left the chateau, john b and jj calling after her, but she ignored them.

she walked for a while to the dock and just cried there until kiara joined her, crying aswell.

"why would he do this?!" kiara yelled throwing a rock in the water,

"i dont know kie, i don't know," ren hugged her tightly as kiara hugged back, they were interrupted by pope who sat next to kiara, smiling sadly at the girls

"hey pope," ren wiped away the tears

"you know, corpses cry too," pope said, not knowing what else to say

the girls looked at him questionably and ren got up and left them alone walking back to the chateau to get her bag and then left, going to her spot again.

again like always she stares deeply into the water, not saying anything.

ren came back to the chateau after a while and saw that nobody was there so she sighed grabbing a beer, and checking her phone, seeing that there were no notifications she fell asleep watching a movie, waiting for the next horrible day to arrive.

and when it did, she awoke by a call from pope, "what pope?" she groaned

"get to the docks now," he said before hanging up. she sighed and got dressed and walked to the docks seeing kiara there too.

"what's going on kiara?" she asked

"i dont know. pope what the hell is going on?!" kiara yelled to him

"code red! jj and john b conked out in the marsh, they need a two," he said as the girls got on the boat,

"why do they need our help?" ren asked, "we need you guys for mechanical," pope shrugged starting the boat and driving out to where jj and john b were

as they arrived up to the boat that john b and jj were in pope didn't get out,

"you coming?" ren asked him, "nah, just give them this," he handed her the tow before smiling at her, she shrugged and walked further to find jj, arms wide open

"hey baby," he said hugging her,

"hi j? john b? can you guys do nothing without us?" she asked pulling away,

"i guess not," john b shrugged

"what happened?" kiara asked

"uh, the alternators, uh, not alternating anymore..." jj answered

"it's not charged," john b added

"well did you check the plugs?" kiara asked

"no, no. you should check them," jj said to which the girls shrugged and checked

"uh, is this a joke?" kiara asked

ren walked out to see that they were on the other boat driving away.

"guys?! what the fuck?!" ren yelled removing her shirt about to jump after them when kiara walked out,

"guys!" she yelled

"john b?!" a faint yell could be heard from in the boat, the girls opened it to reveal sarah ,

"you've got to be kidding me," ren said before looking back to the boys,

"come on guys!"

"get your asses back here!" kiara yelled

"we can't! not until you three figure it out!" john b yelled back

"i will kill every single one of you!" ren yelled, "you too jj!" she yelled which made jj stick his middle
finger up to her,

"love you!" he quickly changed his hands to a heart shape,

"you can't just leave!" sarah yelled

"there's food in the cabin, and jj rolled a blunt!" pope yelled,

"hydroponic! oh and ren there's a spare one for you!" he yelled before sitting down.

"this is ridiculous," sarah said taking off her clothes aswell

"well, i would rather drown than stay here with you, so," kiara said

"i will drown myself if i have to!" ren said about to jump in and swim after them but she saw that they were too far ahead so she sighed.

sarah on the other hand, did jump in and tried to swim after them,

"dumbfuck! where the hell are you going?!" ren yelled after her

"they're not coming back for you!" kiara yelled

sarah started to swim back when she screamed and went under the water,

"what?" kiara yelled

sarah just yelled again,

"what?!" ren yelled louder

"jellyfish sting! shit!" sarah yelled

"dramatic," kiara mumbled

sarah got up on one step before checking her sting and it was bad but ren thought she deserved it,

"well you swam right into man-o-war," kiara pointed out.

"thanks for your help guys," sarah sarcastically said

sarah sat herself down on the floor groaning in pain as the two girls just watched

"does it hurt?" ren asked making sarah send her a glare.

"hey, kiara, ren? you know what they say... about jellyfish stings," sarah started, "you have to pee on me." she added

"no way in hell i am doing that," ren walked away from the two girls as kiara protested against it aswell.

"i have a better idea," kiara said

they ended up getting the blunts for the pain.

"where's mine?" ren said literally with the thing hanging out of her mouth, and once she realised she laughed, "oh there it is!"

sarah took a hit of the blunt and coughed like crazy,

"hey! go easy, jeez," ren sighed

by the end of the night sarah was very high, and laughing like crazy,

"hey guess what?" sarah asked to which ren groaned

"what sarah?" she asked,

"would you rather... have- i was imagining you guys like this just now, it was pretty funny," she said before continuing. "would you ima- would you rather... have nipples for eyes, or eyes for nipples?" she asked

"what?" kiara asked.

"imagine if you get really old, and your nipples- your boobs get saggy and your nipples, if they were your eyes. you could see if your shoes were untied," sarah laughed

"is this like your first time smoking or something?" kiara asked

"no," sarah lied to which kiara rolled her eyes.

"hey, guys..." sarah said

"oh my god," ren groaned

"enough of the 'hey, guys' bullshit! why'd you do it?" she asked

"why did i do what?" sarah asked

"we were best friends, we- we stole beers from your dad's fridge, we watched movies together, we cried about boys." kiara said

"and then the next thing i know, i'm watching your birthday party happen from instagram," she added

"it was one party," sarah argued

"you invited everybody except me, and then you told everybody i was the reason the party got busted," kiara said

"okay, well. who else would've called the cops?" sarah asked

"you never asked. you just let the rumour go around that i was a rat," kiara said

"you were my bestfriend, and then you ghosted me, and then when i finally moved on you bullied my bestfriend," kiara motioned to ren

"i mean really what did i do?!" kiara asked

"you liked me," sarah said

"what?" kiara asked confused

"when, people get close to me, i feel trapped, and... i bail," sarah admitted

"and then i blame them for it," she added

"i'm really sorry, and i, i miss you.... do you think there's a chance that we could be okay again?" she asked

"honestly... i don't know," kiara answered which made sarah nod sadly

it was a while later and they were starting to fall asleep except none of them were falling asleep at all.

"hey, sarah," kiara said

"hey, kiara," sarah repeated

"promise me, that you won't bail on john b," kiara said, "he's not just... some other guy. and he really, really likes you," kiara added

"i won't." sarah said

"promise me," ren said

"i promise," she said

"also, i'm sorry i called the cops," kiara said which made ren snort and sarah laugh.

"you bitch!" sarah laughed through her words.

they couldnt stop laughing as kiara and her were talking until they all fell asleep, except ren.

ren tapped sarah, waking her up,

"sarah?" she asked

"yeah?" sarah answered

"can i just ask? why.... why did you bully me?" ren asked

"to be honest, i was jealous, i missed kiara, and i took it out on you. i wanted so badly to be friends with you guys and i know it would've never worked again so i took it out on you, and it was the biggest mistake of my life." sarah answered

"i'm sorry," sarah said

ren sighed, "i forgive you, sarah cameron," she smiled

"thank you, ren, friends?" she asked holding out her hand,

ren pushed her hand away and hugged the girl instead. making her laugh.

they ended up falling asleep next to eachother, instead of where ren originally was, next to kiara.

A//N

hey guys! sorry it took so LONG to update, it's just a few days ago i had a really bad accident and have been in pain for a while but i am completely better now! and hopefully maybe we can get two chapters in one day? until next time!!

-aaliyah