"Deny, deny, deny."

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group chat "pogues forever"

Kie: 

anyone in for the movie night?

JJ: 

sounds boring

Izzy: 

count me in

Pope: 

I'll join you too

Izzy: 

looks like it's going to be a lonely night for you, JJ

Kie: 

where's John B?

JJ: 

I don't know and it wouldn't be so lonely if you joined me Iz

Kie: 

GUYS

how many times do I have to say this? 

no flirting

Izzy: 

you say no pogue on pogue macking, 

you never said we weren't allowed to flirt mom 

especially since I'm definitely not the one flirting 😂

JJ: 

you're not? 

You act like you want me to mack you

Pope: 

guyyyss, not helpful

Izzy: 

Seriously JJ if I wanted you to mack me 

I'd just drag you in a room with me

I don't need you to flirt with me for that

Kie: 

this is going way too far now

Iz I told you stop it

you're going to get hurt

JJ: 

So you admit that you want me? 

And why would she get hurt? 

That's bullshit, Kie

Kie: 

JJ! 

Because you basically tap every girl who breathes 

and Iz is too good for that

Pope: 

What makes you think that 

he's the one who wants to play? 

Why can't Iz be the one who just wants fun, Kie?

Iz: 

yeah I've got needs too

JJ: 

and I'm here to take care of that

Kie: 

Pope, you're not helpful! 

JJ, again, stop making her hopes

you're just going to hurt her

Izzy: 

for the last time Kie

what makes you think that I would get hurt?! 

I'm even older than you 

and for sure just as mature as you 

Just because you friendzone John B 

doesn't mean that JJ and I are the same

Kie: 

we all know that you like JJ 

and the more you flirt with each other 

the more you'll end up heartbroken

but I will stop now, if you two want to flirt, do so. 

I've told you what's going to happen.

JJ: 

hey, why do you think so badly of me?

Izzy: 

forget it JJ, she's not being rational

Pope: 

okay, I'm going to let this stop here. 

I think we all know that Kie's just worried. 

I'll see you later then 

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"I'm so glad that they still do it. Stay calm and move on", Kie announces as the four of us walk to the place where the movie is going to be shown. We were harsh to each other earlier but this doesn't mean that we start a fight. „Back to the normal outer banks life. Aren't you glad that I made you come here?"

"We're delighted", Pope murmurs.

"It's been way more comfortable on my couch", JJ joins him showing that he's in a bad mood. Well, I know why. Earlier, he told me that Rafe and Topper know about the boat. "We've left the safe environment." "Stay calm." "We're right in the middle of kooklandia, that's the last place where I want to be."

"Shut up, Pope."

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"I've met Rafe", Kie tells us when she comes back and gives us our cokes, "He said and I quote ‚Tell your boy that we know what he did'. What does this mean?" "Uhm, where is he?"

"Right there." JJ, Pope and I turn around to see Rafe and Topper watching the boys but when they notice that I look at them too - and therefore they know that I know it too - they look at me surprised. "Great-"

"Don't stare at them!", JJ tells Pope and turns his head back to the screen, "You should know one thing. If they drive me into a corner, I will fight them. I'm really annoyed right now. And if that's not enough, I've still got this here." "We have to stay together as a group." 

While the boys won't shut up, Kie and I share a serious look. We understood that he's got the gun in his backpack but why the hell would he bring it to this place? "Excuse me, JJ, please tell me that you didn't bring a gun here. Children are here", Kie turns to him. 

"No, of course, I don't have a gun here. Everything's fine." "Oh, wow, thank you. That sounds persuading, JJ. You know the rules. No secrets between pogues." Well, that rule has been broken by JJ and me before. 

"What did Rafe mean? Izzy, do you know it? Oh my god, you know it! And you didn't tell me." "Kie", Pope starts, "Something could happen today." "What does this mean ‚Something could happen today'? What did you do?" "Deny, deny, deny", JJ whispers. Luckily, the movie begins so we concentrate on that.

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"JJ", Pope whispers next to me. I try to concentrate on the movie like Kie does. "What?"

"I have to pee urgently." "Stifle it." "I can't stifle it, I've drank too much soda." "You're going to be unprotected. They'll see it."

"I know but I have to go", Pope makes clear and turns around, "They sit next to the toilets." "Okay, come, follow me."

"Hey, where are you going?", Kie asks not knowing about anything. "Have to piss." "Do you want to hold each other's?", she whispers back weirdly and makes me laugh. "That one was good."

I see Rafe, Topper and Kelce walking into the direction where JJ and Pope stand. "Fuck." "What? What did they do, Iz? Tell me now!" "Rafe and Topper beat Pope up so he made Topper's boat drown. Shit, Kie, we have to help them." "Let's go."

When we stand behind the screen, I see Pope and Topper fighting but what scares me is that Kelce is holding JJ back so Rafe can beat him up. "JJ!" 

Kie immediately runs to the two other boys while I throw myself between Rafe and JJ and push Rafe back. "Really, Bella? You should know how lowbrow those pogues are. You're better than that!" "Shut up, Rafe!", I yell back and lunge to slap him but as soon as sees that, he takes my arms and holds me tight. 

"Let go off me! You're such an idiot, Rafe." I don't know if it's just him being a hatred person or if I made him angry but his grip tightens especially around my wrists so that it hurts even more than before. "Rafe, it hurts, let go off me", I beg more anxiously of what else he could do. I can see that he's on cocaine when I look in his eyes so I already know that he's being aggressive now.

"You hurt me, Rafe! It fucking hurts", I yell at him repeating it for the third time but nothing happens except for me already giving a wince of pain and crying. Instead, he just grabs me even more firmly as if he wanted to show me that the more I beg, the worse it gets. "Please, Rafe, it's painful."

"Get your hands off her, kook!", JJ suddenly shouts as soon as he gets loosens from Kelce's grip."What do you want to do about, pogue? Give up, man. She's never going to be yours. She deserves a real man, not a boy from the Cut." "I fucking was his before", I spit trying to push Rafe but he's still too strong, especially as he hears my words.

"You what? You and that lowbrow? Fuck, you became such a slut. It's a shame, Bella", Rafe hisses behind me. Right in that moment, JJ surprises the two of us as he beats Rafe without touching me. "Fuck you, kook, no one's gonna insult her like that without a payback!" Rafe loosens his grip so I escape him and jump on Kelce's back who was about to hit JJ from behind. 

"Boys, it's burning!" "Kelce, let go off JJ!" "Let's leave. Come on, Kelce."