Later that night, the pogues were all getting ready for their 'welcome home' party that they were throwing for John B and Sarah at the chateau. Willow had just walked back inside to change into an old bathing suit that she had left at John B's. Kiara and Sarah were sitting on the edge of the hot tub outside before Pope and John B went rushing over to them. JJ, however, waited on the couch for Willow to get changed in the bathroom. His knee was bouncing due to his anxiety levels, raising a hand up against his bare chest at the idea of her being in harm's way.

The blonde boy was still beyond outraged that they had barged into her home while she was in such a vulnerable state. She had just seen her mother almost bleed to death the day before and with no remorse, Gabby brings Kelce with her so she can beat Willow unfairly. JJ knew for a fact that Willow could've easily taken her if it was one on one. He'd never seen her fight, but with how feisty she was when she was angry; he didn't doubt she'd win. But like he always told her — kooks are unfair, dirty bitches.

The sound of the bathroom door opening pulled his attention away from his own thoughts, looking up to see her placing her hair into a messy bun. His eyes — respectfully so — trailed down to see the light blue bikini he had not seen her wear in a long time. Since she'd broken up with Kelce, she had torn the other blue one he had bought her to shreds. Anything to remind her of him she either tore up, or burned. She didn't want any ounce of a memory of him in anything she owned.

As she dropped her arms down to her side, she noticed JJ's eyes lingering over her longer than he had expected himself to. She grinned before clearing her throat. "Eyes are up here, baby."

Immediately, his eyes shot up to meet her own. For her, she felt ecstatic as her eyes danced with his own. It was like pure ecstasy. Whenever their eyes found each others' own, it was like the sky meeting the ocean on the horizon. He was the reason why she loved the ocean and she was the reason he loved the bright blue sky.

For JJ, he tried to force himself not to look at the bruised eye she had been sporting. The black eye played the part of a stormy cloud that covered the beautiful sky he loved so dearly. He wanted to keep his eyes focused on the other one more. He kept himself from glancing at her busted lip and even the slight bruise on her torso from where Gabby must've hit her as well. The mere sight of her pained him, leaving him in shambles. Even though he wanted to look away, he knew that would upset her deeply. So, he pushed down his anger and his distraught to make her feel less bad about what had happened to her. "Can't help but to admire your beauty."

"Shut up, loser.", She rolled her eyes playfully, walking over to him to hold out her hand. There was an invisible tug at the corner of his lips, bringing it to curl upward into a half-smirk. "Come on before they think we ditched them to do it."

"There's always time to.", He teasingly replied as he grabbed her hand, standing up with her help. Before she could reply, she heard John B shout from outside.

"You two better not be in my room!"

Willow laughed as she started pushing JJ towards the door, laughing even harder when he turned around and picked her up. He tossed her over his shoulder with ease. Then he proceeded to walk out of the chateau, placing a pair of sunglasses over his face as he made his way to the hot tub where their friends had resided. Once he had finally approached them, his eyes darted straight to John B. "Found a gremlin in your home, dude. Don't worry, got it under control."

"You asshole.", Willow giggled with delight.

"Well, you know what they say...", John B paused, glancing around the group with a grin plastered on his face. "Don't feed it after midnight or..."

"Right.", JJ nodded, clicking his tongue against the roof of his mouth as he caught on to what he was saying. The Gremlin movie had two rules; don't feed them after midnight and don't let them near any water. With that knowledge coursing through his brain, he held his head up high as he spoke, "Can't get her wet."

"Skill issue.", Willow joked teasingly, making Kiara spit out her beer as she laughed alongside Sarah. Of course, the whole thing flew over his head as he said it. But unconsciously, he walked straight into that one.

"On second thought.", JJ quickly spoke, climbing up the stairs of the hot tub. "We can sacrifice this mouthy one."

He dropped her gently into the hot tub, watching as she raised her middle finger in the air towards him before he climbed in beside her. John B shook his head as he watched the two blondes closely. "Will forever be disturbed by you two."

"Can't live in peace all the time.", Willow responded to him, watching him shake his head with a smile. Kiara tapped her shoulder, making the blonde girl look up at her. She handed her a joint, which the blonde girl quickly accepted before inhaling the substance. She held it in her lungs, allowing it to immediately relax her at the feeling before blowing the smoke out. She handed it back over to Kiara after taking a second hit. "But may the peace be with us now."

"Hell yeah.", JJ stood up from his spot in the hot tub beside her, grabbing a beer out of the box as he handed one off to each of them. "It's party time, baby."

And boy did they know how to party. The whole night, they planned to listen to music and dance, laugh and sulk up the good moment, and joke around as they drank beer and smoked weed. It was their normal and it felt so refreshing to be able to hang out like the teenagers they were without worrying about people out to get them. They knew that nobody knew that John B and Sarah were back on the island. It had been a while since they've been able to just relax and take a moment to breathe.

After a couple of hours, they had been sat out on the lawn chairs as they all watched JJ and Pope play this new game they had come up with. Willow had been sat beside Sarah with her head on her shoulder as the two laughed at the boys in front of them. Sarah had become like a sister to her and Willow enjoyed her company. Honestly, Willow never had an issue with Sarah. Ever. Not even when she dated Topper near the time she had dated Kelce. Of course, before the blonde pogue could get too close to Sarah, she broke it off with Kelce. Willow was just glad that Sarah could find someone to make her the happiest she could be — luckily, it had been her brother.

"Ooh!", Willow sat up straight once Pope tackled JJ to the ground after they began wrestling. "Twenty points for Pope!"

"When did you start wrestling?", John B asked him before glancing at his sister, noticing the light filling her eyes. He hadn't truly seen her this happy in god knows how long. "And when did you start keeping score?"

"I don't know.", Pope responded which made Willow and Sarah laugh. "I'm done. I'm out of here."

"The champion marches his way off to victory!", Willow jokingly shouted after him, resulting in JJ chuckling as he looked straight at her.

"The switch up is crazy.", JJ shook his head as he sat down near her and Sarah. "Just a minute ago, you were cheering me on."

"Yeah, well... you need a better trainer.", She reached forward to pick the grass out of his hair from when he got tackled to the ground, grinning once she looked off to the side to witness Kiara following after Pope.

"I was his trainer, what do you mean!?", JJ audibly gasped at her statement before she looked back at him. She lightly grabbed his chin, turning his head over to look at Kiara at the same time Sarah had noticed.

"Really!?", Sarah asked with a grin plastered on her face.

"Oh, way to be discreet, guys!", JJ called after them.

"I leave and this is what happens.", John B spoke, eyes darting between both JJ and Willow's. "It's like an episode of Love Island. Everyone is coupling up."

"To be fair, JJ was mine from the get-go.", Willow was quick to respond, glancing over at Sarah to see her raise her eyebrows in amusement. "What? We were just being stubborn... that's all."

"And by we... she means her.", JJ added.

"Your ass is about to meet my size seven and a half shoe.", Willow threatened in a playful way, receiving a chuckle from him.

"Well, your boy's out. Beer time.", John B spoke as he stood up, going to grab another from the cooler.

"You guys literally had on job.", Sarah spoke, bringing the two other blondes to look at her in astonishment.

"Okay...", JJ shook his head with a smile.

"No pogue-on-pogue macking.", Sarah stated.

"One job?", JJ asked.

"But like... aren't rules meant to be broken?", Willow shrugged with a laugh.

"And this is why I'm macking on her.", JJ pointed towards Willow before looking over to see John B staring at the tree they had carved his name in. Instantly, a slight pressure formed in the middle of his chest at the sight. Without a second thought, he stood up and placed a hand over Willow's shoulder as he looked between both girls. "Okay, wait. Hold that thought."

Willow followed his gaze before he stood up to go speak to John B. She stayed with Sarah as JJ went to talk to him, feeling sadness wash over her as she noticed John B's lip quiver. She looked over at Sarah with a half-smile, deciding to comfort her since she had all the trust in the world that JJ would cheer John B up. "I'm really glad you're okay."

"Thanks, Lo.", She smiled back at her. "It's definitely been a crazy ride. With everything that's gone on..."

"Hey.", She scooched closer to her, pulling her into a hug. "What matters most now is that you guys are back home."

"Yeah.", Sarah nodded as she pulled away, watching as Willow looked behind her. Sarah turned her head to see what she was looking at and she saw JJ and John B hug. Sarah smiled before looking back at Willow. "I'm glad that you two are happy given the circumstances of everything that has happened with you two."

"You weren't really there to see JJ and I at our darkest time. We've both changed a lot.", Willow spoke, but not in a way to be rude. It was more of an informal way. "But... he was really quiet about how he felt over us losing you and John B. I know it was eating him up alive, but the only thing he was worried about was making sure I didn't flip out and go all crazy. He's my proof that people will change themselves for the ones they care about. That's kind of why I'm holding out hope for my mom."

"Yeah...", Sarah nodded as she looked down, obviously lost in thought. Willow automatically knew she was thinking about Ward.

"Look... people do crazy shit.", She spoke honestly, locking eyes with Sarah once she looked back up at her. "I'm sure he cares about you enough to help you."

Even though Willow hated Ward Cameron's guts for killing Big John, she knew Sarah needed support. She pushed down her anger and hatred when she realized just how hard it is on Sarah. Thinking you know someone good enough just to watch them flip a switch out of the blue was not for the weak. It was draining the girls' mental health just knowing her father was behind a murder. Willow didn't understand what it was like to have a strong connection with her dad, but all she knew was that Sarah still cared about Ward deep down.

"I hope you're right.", Sarah nodded.

John B and JJ came walking back up to the two girls, looking between them once they sat up straight. John B furrowed his eyebrows as he locked eyes with Sarah. "What are you two ladies talking about?"

"Uhm...", Sarah looked at Willow for help, which didn't take Willow long to respond on the spot. She had gotten a lot better at lying under pressure. Skills she picked up from JJ; and by picked up, he had been giving her lessons.

"The turbulence on an airplane."

"The turbulence on an airplane?", John B repeated in question, looking over at JJ to see him shrug. He turned to look back at the two girls before asking, "And why were you talking about that?"

"Sarah asked about all the different reasons why airplane rides are bad, and I told her it was because of turbulence.", Willow answered without pausing, which made John B nod without questioning her anymore. He had totally bought it. Knowing that, she averted her gaze over to JJ to see him trying to hide a smile. Of course, the king of lying saw right through it.

Before they could say anything else, the heard the boat start up from the docks. They all looked toward the water to see that Kiara and Pope had drove off on it. Sarah tried to hide her laughter as she said, "Have a good time."

"There he goes. He jacked your boat, dude.", JJ turned to look at John B.

"Pope's poking on the Pogue.", John B continued to watch them drive the boat away.

"Try saying that five times fast.", Willow commented, her attention soon being taken by JJ as he actually tried to but failed miserably. They all laughed as JJ tried starting over but still couldn't do it after the third try.

"Wait. wait. wait. What was that?", John B asked, placing his hand on JJ's chest to get him to stop talking.

JJ looked over where John B had been looking, furrowing his eyebrows as he asked, "Your chicken?"

"I heard a car door.", John B shook his head, placing his hand over JJ's mouth as he clucked to mimic the chicken since he thought John B was delusional. "No... no. We need to hide."

"What?", Willow stood up quickly, holding out her hand for Sarah to stand with her. Sarah obliged as Willow helped the girl to stand due to her wound that she was still healing from. Sarah had told her all about it at some point, which made Willow furious to know that Rafe would shoot her.

"In the tree.", JJ looked up, helping Willow give a boost to Sarah while John B put out the fire they had going. Once she was up there, JJ turned to her. "Come on, Bee."

JJ intertwined his fingers together as he flipped his hands over with the palms facing up. She nodded quickly, stepping onto his hands with her right foot before he pushed her up so that she could grab the limb and climb it. The two boys hurried up into the tree after the girls did, JJ pulling Willow close to him with her back against his chest and her front against the tree itself. She felt his breath fan her cheek once she turned her head to look down, quickly shutting her eyes before placing her forehead against the tree. "Shit."

"Keep your eyes closed, or don't look down. Okay?", He whispered in her ear, using his right arm to keep himself pushed away from her slightly so that he wouldn't hurt her. His left hand dropped from the tree, resting on her waist.

"I don't like being off the ground.", She whispered back quickly, feeling him rub circles over her waist with his thumb to try and calm her down.

"I know, Bee.", He answered in a soothing whisper. JJ had remembered the first time he found out about her fear of heights when they were twelve. He had climbed up on the roof of the chateau and made fun of her for not joining him. After a while, she built up the courage and climbed up on the roof as well before her foot slipped. Luckily, he caught her in time before she could fall off. Climbing up on tall spaces didn't matter much to him after he saw the pure terror in her eyes and he instantly regretted making fun of her for it. JJ furrowed his eyebrows, looking down to see Rafe and Barry walking up to the tree as Willow took in a deep breath to calm her nerves.

"I just-", Before she could finish her sentence, his left hand covered her mouth before his lips grazed over the ear that had the scar from when Barry shot her.

"Rafe and Barry are down there.", He whispered only loud enough for her to hear fortunately, feeling her nod slowly. He dropped his hand down to her thigh, looking down to see John B looking at the two of them from a different tree limb.

Her eyes glanced down for only a second to see Rafe with a gun before she tilted her head back against JJ's shoulder. He looked down at her as they heard Barry break some stuff in the house out of anger, making Willow flinch at the sound. That was when Rafe asked, "Anything?"

"No, ain't shit in there, bro.", Barry responded to the Cameron boy.

"No? Nothing?", Rafe asked.

"No, nothing, Rafe.", Barry answered with a hint of annoyance.

"They were obviously just here based off the smoke.", Rafe pointed over to the newly put-out bonfire.

"Yeah. Great observation, boy scout.", Barry quipped.

"They're not far, you know?", Rafe shook his head.

"Smokey the bear! Look at you, bro!", Barry had joked.

"They have got to be around somewhere.", Rafe added before his eyes landed on the engraving of John B's name, the year he was born, the year he so-called died, and P4L.

"P4L.", Barry stated after he read it, laughing with Rafe at the tree.

"Well, shit.", Rafe raised the hand he had a gun in toward the tree, dropping it back down to his side as he laughed.

"So, your sister's a pogue for life, huh Rafe? Now who would've thought?", Barry spoke, a chuckle following after before Rafe stared at it in anger.

"Shit!", He screamed, raising the gun back toward the tree and shot a few rounds before Barry told him to calm down and moved his arm with his finger still on the trigger. It sent a bullet straight into the limb by Willow and JJ's head, bringing both of them to jump in fear. Willow felt JJ's hand rest on her forehead as he looked down at Rafe in fear before looking at her, searching for any sign of a fresh wound. Her chest heaved as her right hand grasped onto the back of his hand that was rested on her head.

"You okay?", He whispered, receiving a quick nod before he locked eyes with John B as Rafe and Barry rushed away from the chateau.