lost at sea - act one

season one; episode six (part three) 

"No effing way!" was the first sentence Julianna heard as her eyes fluttered open and she found herself alone in her bedroom at the Chateau. With a groan she sat up in her bed and stretched her arms over her head, not remembering when she had fallen asleep.

"What the hell..." She muttered as she kicked her legs over the edge of the bed, her bare feet touching the hardwood floor sending chills up her spine, taking one look at herself in the full-length mirror and deciding that she was going to change out of the tube top and replace it with one of her more baggy shirts.

Once she was situated, Julianna slowly made her way through the house, pulling her hair up into a messy bun at the top of her head as she walked out the front door onto the screened-in sun room right as Kiara exploded again. "You brought her here? So what? She's in on this now?" She asked and it took Julianna a second to register what the situation entailed as she spoke up, "What is going on out here?"

Everyone's eyes landed on the Routledge girl and Kiara sighed as she turned her focus to Julianna, hoping that she would understand her aggressive state. "Your brother decided to bring little miss perfect here and now is trying to implant her in our shit!" She exclaimed and her voice dripped with a deep hostility.

"Kiara, you have got to be kidding me..." Julianna said with a groan as she made her way over to where JJ was sitting- a beat-up rust-colored armchair from the late nineties that had definitely seen better days. Her reaction was one that the Carerra girl didn't expect so she just scoffed, "What do you mean 'Kiara, you have got to be kidding me'?" The Carerra girl asked and Julianna just shook her head in disbelief as she settled in her spot on JJ's lap.

Kiara turned back to look at John B who just sat on the arm of the couch in complete silence. "I'm gonna ask you again Is she in on it?!" She asked in a raised voice and when he chose to be silent once again Pope and JJ took it upon themselves to answer for him.

"I dunno." Pope said shrugging his shoulders and the blonde turned to look at his girlfriend's brother, pointing a finger at him, "Look, all I care about is her cut comes out of your share."

The Carerra girl whipped her head back around to look at the blonde girl on the couch but directed her harsh words to the boy sitting mere inches away from her. "You know, I don't remember taking a vote." She snapped, "This is our thing. A Pogue thing." The way she said the word 'Pogue' made Julianna's skin crawl, as if it was something special to be a Pogue while also being this sort of poison.

Pope cleared his throat. "I gotta say, I'm just a tad uncomfortable with all of this."

"Thank you!" Kiara exclaimed and Julianna looked over at the Heyward boy, "Okay but Pope... when are you not uncomfortable?" She asked and he shrugged simply. "I dunno. I have ridden on the back of JJ's bike pretty comfortably several times and I sleep pretty comfortably on the pull-out couch when I spend the night here..." He says motioning towards the Maybank boy and then to the house.

JJ muttered an uh-huh in response before speaking. "It's true. Those two instances are the most relaxed I've ever seen him." He said with a nod and John B rolled his eyes, staring out into the yard through the mesh screen in front of him, "That's cute, guys."

"Look it's really not that big of a deal you guys..." Julianna said, trying her best to play devil's advocate for the Cameron girl so she had at least one person in her corner but her words were trampled by Kiara's. "You know we were all extremely comfortable until you brought her." The black-haired girl exclaimed, turning her head to look at Sarah as she said the word 'her'. "Stop talking about me like I'm not here!" Sarah screeched and Julianna's heart ached.

Kiara scoffed, rolling her eyes. "Then leave."

"I told you." Sarah said in an uncomfortable tone as a scoff escaped her lips when she turned her head slightly to look at the Routledge boy and Kiara chuckled as she rolled her eyes, "Told him what, exactly? That you're a liar?" She asked and without missing a beat Sarah came back with a response that made the jaws of the three watching drop to the floor.

"No, that you're a shit-talking bitch."

"What the hell?!" Julianna exclaimed as she fell back into JJ's side and the blonde chuckled, "Oh, shit! This is gonna be good!" He said taking the arm that wasn't wrapped around Julianna and he pulled a wad of cash out of his back pocket as Sarah and Kiara bickered back and forth with one another. "My money's on Kie." He said and Julianna just looked at him, "You're really betting on this?"

A scoff came from the Cameron girl as she readjusted the way she was sitting, staring holes into the Carerra girl as she spoke. "When have I lied?" She asked and Kiara willingly answered without hesitation, "You get somebody close to you for like a month and then you..."

"I didn't lie about shit!!" Sarah shouted, pointing a finger at the Carerra gir, cutting her off, and John B had enough. "Everybody shut up!" He shouted and everyone fell quiet as their eyes made their way to focus on the curly-haired boy.

Julianna held her breath as she and JJ readjusted the way they were sitting, nervous that her brother would trip up and say something stupid that would set the entire fight off again. "Kie, you are my best friend, right?" He asked and Kiara nodded half heartedly as she brought her arms up to their crossed spot over her chest.

"And Sarah, you're... ...you're my..." John B hesitated as he spoke, looking over at the Cameron girl who offered him a small smile, "Say it." She encouraged sweetly and Julianna knew what was going to come next and her body grew rigid as she hoped that John B wouldn't go there in this moment.

John B sighed as he ran his fingers from his uncasted hand through his hair. "You're my girlfriend." He said and Julianna silently cursed her brother as gasps could be heard from the remainder of their friends. "Ohh... that's new." Pope said surprised and Kiara scoffed as she looked at the Routledge boy with a snarky grin plastered across her face, "She's your girlfriend now? What was all that talk about you were just using her for information? Get a map, cut her loose."

"Kiara, not the time!" Julianna tried to stop her but the words had already fallen and it was too late. She watched as the Cameron girl looked at John B with a saddened look easing its way onto her face, "You said you were using me?"

John B averted his eyes to his fingers as his head shook slightly. "No."

His pure fiction answer was drowned out by the Pogues all confirming what the Routledge boy had actually said the night of the Hawk's Nest incident and Sarah pressed her lips together into a thin line as she looked at John B who was beginning to falter. "Look, love just walked in, okay?" He suggested and Julianna just took a deep breath and pinched the bridge of her nose, "Come on Johnny..." She said with a groan and Kiara rolled her eyes.

"Oh, vomit." The Carerra girl exclaimed and John B just continued to explain himself, "I didn't expect it. It just... it kind of happened. And I'm not gonna deny it. Right?" He asked looking right at Sarah and the girl simply rolled her eyes as Pope rubbed the back of his neck. "Oh! That's corny." He said in a whisper and both Julianna and JJ lets soft giggles escape their lips in reaction as Kiara scoffed. "Look, cut the bullshit, John B."

She took a minute to collect herself before speaking again. "If she's in, I'm out."

"Kie... I'm not doing this, okay. I can't!" John B explained and Kiara just shrugged her shoulders, "You are gonna decide! I'm very interested, actually. Me or her?"

"Both." The Routledge boy said with a shrug and his twin sister shook her head in disbelief as she looked at her brother with such confusion. "Nooo..." Pope groaned in a whisper as the three sitting off to the side watched Kiara storm out of the sunroom and Julianna pinched the bridge of her nose, "For the love of all things holy!"

JJ whistled. "Went for the Hail Mary."

"It'll be cool, right?" Sarah- who looked like she had tears welling up in her eyes- said, repeating what probably was a comment the Routledge boy had said before the two had gotten here and all John B could do was stammer as he looked at the blonde. The porch was eerily quiet as JJ, Pope, and Julianna waited on bated breath to see what would happen next.

Sarah sighed, pushing herself up from her spot on the worn-out couch, before heading towards the sunroom door that led out to the yard. "I'm gonna leave." She said with little to no emotion left in her voice and John B shook his head, "Sarah, don't."

"Gonna let y'all chat." She said motioning towards the four teens left in the room as she reached to push open the door, "Let me know."

Once both girls were out of earshot of the four teens who were left in the sunroom, JJ's voice filled the void of silence that came creeping in. "I'd just like to say, you handled that beautifully. Now if you don't mind, your sister and I are gonna go smoke weed in her room... Pope, you want to join?" He asked and the Heyward boy nodded almost instantly, "Anything to get me away from here, please."

—

The sun was setting over the marsh behind the Chateau and both Pope and Julianna found themselves sitting on either side of Kiara on the edge of the dock with their feet dangling inches away from the water. After taking about fifteen minutes to decompress and get a little weed in their systems- Julianna more than Pope- the two decided that they needed to be there for their friend.

"Corpses cry too, you know. Well, they secrete fluid from their eyes." Pope said awkwardly and Julianna leaned forward slightly so that she could look at the Heyward boy with a concerned look on her face, "Let's maybe not compare Kiara's feelings to secretions?" She asked and Pope shrugged. "Technically, it's discharge."

Once he realized that his comments were probably not catching the right sort of reaction from the two girls he gave them a solid nod, flashing a thumbs up. "I'll stop talking now."

"Good idea, buddy." Julianna reassured as Kiara took in a shaky breath and wiped stray tears from her cheeks. Pope readjusted the way he was sitting and as he did that he awkwardly brought his arm up from his side and placed it around her shoulder, letting his hand brush up against the Routledge girl who tried to tell him with her eyes that this might not be his best idea.

Kiara let a small and airy chuckle escape her lips as she grabbed ahold of his wrist and carefully unwrapped his arm from around her shoulder. "What're you doing?" She asked and this is where the Heyward boy grew nervous, stumbling over his words as he spoke, "Just... Uh... I don't know."

"We're just trying to help you feel better Kie Kie..." Julianna said in a laid-back tone and the Carerra girl turned to look at the Routledge girl with a faint smile, "Thank you Juju but I don't need you guys to completely change for me, Just be your usual weird selves, okay?" She suggested and both Julianna and Pope nodded.

"I hate John B right now." Kiara said and Julianna sighed, "But Kie, he didn't do anything wrong..."

Despite the truth in the Routledge girl's statement, Kiara still shrugged as she wiped her nose on the back of her hand. "Look, it's not that I'm an evil person... it's just because I know how this ends." She said sadly with a sigh, "I've seen this movie. Shit, I starred in it. I mean, freshman year, it was my first year at the Kook Academy. You know how intimidating that is?" She asked and the pain in her voice made Julianna's heart start to break.

"And one of these things is obviously not like the other. I mean, I didn't have anything in common with anyone, and just as I'm about to slit my wrists, the queen asks me if I wanna go save baby sea turtles." Kiara explained with a pained chuckle escaping her lips and Julianna felt her eyes begin to grow glossy; She remembered the depression that Kiara had fallen into when her parents forced her into going to the high school on Figure Eight.

Julianna quickly wiped the small tears that slowly rolled down her cheeks as Kiara continued to explain herself. "Our first day together, we walked to the beach. We waited for the hatch, and we kept the seagulls off so that the turtles could get to the water." She said and Julianna sighed, "That... actually sounds kinda nice."

"It was the best day of my life. And then she turned on me like she does with everyone." Kiara said breathlessly and something within Julianna burned as she looked at how distraught the Carerra girl was. "Look, I'm not doing this with her. He's gonna have to choose."

Pope sighed. "You know he can't do that."

"Why not?" Kiara asked in a strained voice as she shrugged and Julianna chuckled slightly, "Because my brother is a big fat idiot and doesn't know what's good for him."

Kiara took in another shaky breath as she wiped her eyes again. "That's what I hate about all of this... I just wish he would get his head out of his ass and realize she isn't good for him."

"If it were me... I know who I'd choose." Pope said sweetly and Kiara smiled at him, "Thank you Pope..."

The Heyward boy nodded as both he and Julianna stood up from their spots and headed up the dock towards the Chateau, leaving Kiara to sit for a little while longer with her thoughts. As they walked Julianna sighed and turned to look at Pope with sad eyes, "My brother is going to screw this up, isn't he?" She asked and the boy nodded.

"Yep... He is."

—

The Chateau kitchen was filled to the brim with this buzzing energy as Pope and Julianna walk into the room to find both JJ and John B sitting on the counters on either side of the sink that was filled with dishes. "What'd she say?" John B asked as he took a sip from his beer bottle while JJ tossed two bottles of water at the newcomers and Julianna just shook her head, "That you're an idiot."

"Checks out..." JJ said as she hopped off his spot on the counter, making his way towards the fridge to grab himself a beer, stopping in front of Julianna and pressing a kiss to his lips before he opened the fridge and grabbed the bottle of Miller High Life. "But, It's a no-brainer. You're picking Kie." He said and the group noticed that John B was debating on answering.

Julianna sighed. "Johnny, come on... I know Sarah has helped us get the maps, she's your girlfriend, and she and her family are housing us but it's Kiara we're talking about..."

"Look, I can't make a decision." John B said and JJ scoffed, "So what? We're just dead in the water because you're pussy-whipped?" He asked and the Routledge boy pointed at the blonde. "Don't do that, you would be doing the same thing if it was Julianna vs. Kiara..."

Julianna chuckled. "Don't bring me into this; You made your bed and now you have to lay in it... We can't do this without Kie, and you know it." She explained and John shrugged, "And I can't do it without Sarah. Okay? They both have to be in on it."

"Well, good luck with that." Pope said with a shrug and John B sighed, "You know what? I know this was my fault, all right? But it's our problem and I've got a plan."

Julianna shook her head. "I swear to God, Johnny... Your plans never work..."

John B turned to look at the three with a smirk painted across his face, "This one is and i know that because you three shitheads are gonna help me out."

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The HMS Pogue made its way up to the dock that led to the Wreck holding Pope and Julianna who watched Kiara rush down the wooden walkway. "You ready for this?" Julianna asked in a whisper and Pope sighed, "Even if I wasn't we still have to do it, so..." He says with a shrug of his shoulders before the two flipped the switch and started to give the best show of their lives.

"Code red!" Pope fussed and Kiara looked at the two with a furrowed brow as she closed the gap of space between her and the two teens in the boat. "What the hell is going on?" She asked as the Heyward boy put the boat in park so that she could climb in and Julianna turned to look at her, "JJ and John B conked out in the marsh. They need a tow."

With hesitation Kiara stepped into the boat but began to question. "Uh, okay, well, what does that have to do with me? Why can't you two just go and take care of it?" She asked and Pope just shrugged, "We need you for mechanical."

As he reversed the boat the Carerra girl looked to Julianna with a furrowed brow. "Mechanical." She stated hesitantly and the Routledge girl, "Mechanical."

"Alrighty then... let's get this show on the road." Kiara says with a sigh as she grabbed hold of the metal bar to keep her stable as Pope accelerated and started out towards the marsh where the boat was waiting for them.

—

As they approached the boat that stood out like a sore thumb in the middle of the marsh Julianna pointed towards it with a nod. "John B and JJ are up in the Alp." She said and Kiara nodded, "Can't you guys do anything without me?"

Once the HMS Pogue reached the side of the other boat and both girls climbed aboard they made their way into the control room to find both John B and JJ staring down into the lower level of the boat wearing their swim trunks and messing about with all sorts of tools. "What happened?" Julianna asked, playing her part in her brother's plan and the blonde looked at his girlfriend with a shrug, "Uh, the alternator's, uh, not alternating anymore."

John B nodded in agreement with JJ as he looked up at the girls. "It's not charged."

Julianna stood back with her arms crossed and lips pressed together, trying her best not to let a laugh slip and blow the entire plan as she watched as Kiara made her way closer to where the boys were working. "Did you check the plugs?" She asked and JJ shook his head, "No. No, you should check 'em though..." He said standing up from his spot before passing the Carerra girl the tools he had.

"Give it a whirl..." John B said with a nod, catching his sister's eye as both he and JJ make their great escape. "You guys owe me..." Julianna mouthed as they slowly inched towards the entrance into the control room and JJ pressed a quick kiss to her forehead, "Thank you for doing this!"

Julianna rolled her eyes playfully as Kiara scoffed, "You guys are useless."

"Sorry about that." John B stated as a chuckle laced his voice and within seconds both boys were running to jump off of the boat and into the marsh leaving Julianna to fend for herself. "Come on, come on, come on!" JJ fussed and Julianna kept letting her eyes bounce back and forth between the boys and Kiara.

Kiara clucked her tongue. "Uh... is this a joke?" She asked and Julianna squatted down so that she was right next to the girl, "What's going on?"

"There are no plugs, like, at all." Kiara explained with a furrowed brow and Julianna mirrored her expression, "That's weird..."

The sound of water splashing filled the air and Kiara turned to look at Julianna. "Where the hell did the boys go?" She asked and Julianna just pressed her lips together as the Carrera girl stood up and rushed towards the entryway of the control room just in time to catch JJ and John B swimming out towards the HMS Pogue with Pope manning the controls.

"Shit!" Kiara fussed and both girls were confused when they heard banging on a piece of wood. "John B! John B, let me out! John... John B!" a feminine muffled voice called from the belly of the boat and both girls turned to look at each other.

Both girls made their way over to the entrance of the crawl space and lifted up the piece of wood covering it to find Sarah who was staring at us blankly. "Wait, what?" Julianna asked, genuinely shocked by coming face to face with the Cameron girl, not knowing this part of the plan.

"What the hell?" both Kiara and Sarah said in unison as the blonde quickly scurried back onto the deck of the boat. "Guys!" both girls fussed and then turned on their heels to look at Julianna, "Wait did you know about this?!"

Julianna pressed her lips into a thin line as she nodded subtly. "About louring you here, yes..." She said pointing at Kiara before moving her finger to point at Sarah, "But about you being stuck in the bottom of the boat, no..."

Neither of them enthused by her response Kiara and Sarah run towards the front of the boat with disgruntled expressions on their faces. "Are you serious?" Kiara asked with a whine lacing her voice while a scoff escaped the Cameron girl's lips, "Are you joking?"

As she watched from the entryway of the control room a small smirk filled Julianna's face. "Guys think of this as a team-building activity... it'll be fun." She said with a light and airy chuckle intertwining with her words but both girls didn't think her comment was funny, they thought the complete opposite actually.

"Get your asses back here!" Kiara fussed and John B shook his head as he looked back at the boat while lifting himself out of the water, "We can't. Not till you two figure it out. And don't worry we left Jules there to be the mediator so you two don't kill each other... Have fun!"

Kiara scoffed. "I will kill every single one of you!"

"Y-You can't just leave!" Sarah called out in a saddened voice and Pope just motioned towards the boat that they were on, "There's food in the cabin, and JJ rolled a blunt."

At the mention of the blunt on board JJ's face lit up. "The stuff is hydroponic!" He shouted and both girls began to fall into a downward spiral as Julianna just watched it happen, knowing that if the group wanted this to work no one could intervene.

"This is ridiculous." Sarah said in a rushed tone as she began to slip off her white tennis shoes and struggle to unbutton her jean shorts. Kiara took a step back as she shook her head, "Well, I would rather drown than stay here with you, so..."

Julianna chuckled. "You two are acting like little kids right now... Come on!" She explained as she watched both girls strip down to their bikinis, planning their escape. "Fine, be my guest. Maybe you'll finally shut the hell up." Sarah said and the Routledge girl couldn't help but let a chuckle escape her lips.

"You don't even know where you're going." Kiara said as she unbuttoned her shorts and Sarah shrugged, stepping onto the lip of the boat, getting ready to jump into the water. "I don't care." Her voice was whiny and Julianna just rolled her eyes as she lowered herself into a seated position on the deck of the boat, "You two have fun..."

As Sarah dove into the water Kiara let a scoff escape her lips. "Good luck with the oyster beds."

"Wait!" Sarah called out as she swam and Pope waved at the girls, "Godspeed!"

Julianna just watched Kiara who was staring into the water. "Wait!" Sarah's strangled voice called out again as she swam, "John B, you asshole!"

"They're not coming back for you!" Kiara called out in a snotty tone and Julianna just let a small smile come onto her face, "You're so right, Kie... You two should both stop trying to get out of this and accept your fate."

JJ stood at the back of the HMS Pogue and watched with pure joy plastered across his face as the boat continued to get further away from one another. "Love you, guys! Bye!" He cheered and Kiara just sighed, giving into the deck they were given, "Great."

As she started back towards where Julianna. "Why did your brother even think this was a good idea..." She groaned and Julianna looked at her with a small smirk filling her face, "Because it was better than shoving you two in a get-along shirt... Less bodily harm." She says with a sense of humor lacing her voice and as she spoke a yelp could be heard from the water.

"What was that?" Julianna asked as she quickly shot up from her spot on the deck and Kiara just scoffed as her eyes rolled, "She's just trying to get our attention... she's fine."

Another groan came from the Cameron girl who was submerged in the water and Julianna looked at Kiara and shook her head. "I don't think so..." She starts before making her way over to the side of the boat so that she could see into the water, "You okay, Sarah?"

"I got stung by a jellyfish!" She shouted in a pained voice and Julianna took in a sharp breath as the blonde tried her best to tread water, "Shit! This hurts!"

Kiara chuckled slightly. "Dramatic."

"Shit..." Sarah whined as she slowly made her way back to the boat. Kiara sauntered over to where Julianna was standing with her arms crossed over her chest and an amused look on her face as she watched the blonde. "Well, you swam right into a man-o'-war. Don't know what you thought would happen." She said in a snide tone and the Routledge girl just turned to look at her with a pure look of surprise painted across her face, "Really? You think right now is the time to make comments like that?"

Kiara shrugged her shoulders without a care in the world while Julianna catered to the blonde. "Here, Sarah... Let me help." She says in a soft and mild mannered voice, leaning over the side and extending a hand out towards the girl who was struggling to make her way up the ladder.

"Ow... Shit." Sarah exclaims as the brunette helped her lower herself onto the deck of the boat so that she could have a moment to relax her body and once she was settled her eyes shot up to look at both of the girls who surrounded her. "Does it hurt?" Kiara asked with a satisfied smirk plastered on her face and all Julianna could do was shake her head in disbelief.

Sarah took in a sharp breath as her hand hovered over the abraised skin, balring red like a warning light. "You guys... you know what they say... about curing jellyfish stings?" She asked, taking time to breath through the pain as she spoke and both girls shook their heads.

"No. Mm-mm." Kiara said in disdain as she shook her head and Sarah looked at both her and Julianna with pleading eyes, "One of you guys has to pee on me..."

Julianna raised her hand. "Before anyone goes peeing on anyone, I have a better idea. Wait here..." She said and both girls looked at her with furrowed brows, "Like we would go anywhere?" Kiara asked and the Routledge girl chuckled as she turned her back on the girls and made her way into the control room to grab the blunt JJ had rolled for them.

As Julianna rummaged through the control room both Kiara and Sarah made their ways up to the little lip of a look out by the windows outside of the room. "How you doing, Sare?" Julianna called out and all she received in response was a groan.

"That's what I thought..." She said with a chuckle lacing her voice as she managed to climb through the small window, right onto the ledge the two girls were sitting on. She sat down between them and once she was settled opened up the case he had laid it. "It's for the pain." She instructed and a relieved and airy laugh escaped Sarah's lips, "JJ, bless."

Julianna put the blunt between her lips and clicked the lighter a couple of times before it actually had a flame. Once it did she shielded it from the soft breeze and lit the end of the blunt, taking a couple deep inhales to make sure it was as good as JJ told her it would be.

She went to pass it to the Cameron girl when Kiara snatched it from her hands. "Actually..." She said as she took a long drag from it and a scoff escaped Sarah's lips as she watched what the girl did, snatching it from her as she went to take a second drag, "Really?"

"Woah, there Princess C, go easy." Julianna warned as a giggle intertwined with her words while she watched Sarah take in a lot of the product, "It's JJ's cousin's Cripple." She said and as the words left her lips and entered the surrounding area the Cameron girl began to cough.

Kiara nodded. "Yeah... It's really strong."

"Wow." Sarah said with a chuckle as she passed the blunt back to Julianna, "I'll let you take that back."

Julianna smiled at the girl. "I think that's the safest bet."

—

Night had now consumed the entirety of the island and Julianna, Kiara, and Sarah still occupied the boat in the middle of the marsh. Hours had passed since they had lit the joint and now they were all feeling the aftermath of it- some a little more than others.

Giggles belonging to Sarah Cameron filled the air as she looked up to the blank canvas of a sky above them with a smile permanently embedded on her face. "Woah..." She said in a slightly slurred tone and Julianna couldn't help but watch in pure amazement on how the drugs were working with her.

The Routledge girl has been smoking weed since she was fourteen when she would sneak off with JJ in the middle of the night and smoke it in his front yard as the looked at the stars above them so she doesn't really have that sort of out of body reaction anymore.

"Hey, guess what?" Sarah asked, turning to look at the girls sitting to the right of her, and Julianna's head perked up, "What's up Sare Bear?"

Sarah's face lit up when she was spoken to. "Would you rather... have..." She takes a moment to clear her throat, "I was imagining you two like this just now. It was pretty funny."

"This is gonna be good..." Kiara said with a simple roll of the eyes that neither Julianna or Sarah noticed as the Cameron girl continued to ask her long winded question. "Would you ima... would you rather... have nipples for eyes or eyes for nipples?" She asked and a cackled errupted from Julianna, "What even is that question?!"

Sarah giggled as she looked at Julianna. "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."

"Is this like your first time smoking or something?" Kiara asked and Sarah automatically stopped giggling, turning serious as she shook her head, "No."

The trio fell quiet for a moment and the silent void filled with the sounds from the surrounding nature; the subtle wash of the marsh against the vegetation that grew within it, the soft shake of the boat- it was almost soothing. The moment was cut short as Sarah's voice filled the air once more, "Hey, Kiara..."

"Oh, my God. Enough of the "Hey, Kiara!" bullshit!" The Carrera girl snapped and both Sarah and Julianna's eyes shot to look at the girl. "Woah woah woah... Calm it down Kie, why the sudden raise of voice?!" Julianna asked but she ignored the comment made by the brunette, she just focused on the blonde on the other side of her, "Why'd you do it?"

Sarah leaned forward to look at the Carrera girl with furrowed brows. "Why did I do what?" She asked, sounding completely oblivious to the question- mostly because she couldn't really even form a sentence in her state.

"We were best friends." Kiara said in a defeated tone, her lip jutting out slightly, "We... we stole beers from your dad's fridge, we watched movies together, we cried about boys. And the next thing I know, I'm watching your birthday party happen from Instagram."

Julianna remembered the night of the alleged party. She had taken an extra shift at The Wreck to help Mike and Anna with the dinner time rush because the three knew that Kiara was probably going to be busy on the other side of the island and the Routledge girl was more than happy to help the Carrera girl blossom in both worlds. She then remembers Kiara being completely broken later that night because the Cameron girl didn't invite her- Kiara was crushed.

So that night was spent at the Chateau with the two teenage girls curled up in Julianna's room after their shifts eating pints of ice cream from Lola's which is a small shop in town that the Pogues love to frequent and from that moment Kiara told Julianna that she was done with Kook life and everything that came with it- including her friendship with Sarah Elizabeth Cameron.

"It was one party." Sarah said in her defense and Kiara scoffed, "You invited everybody except me. And then you told everybody I was the reason that the party got busted."

Sarah rolled her eyes. "Okay, well, who else would've called the cops?" She asked in a confused tone and Kiara shrugged as she shook her head, "You never asked.You just let the rumor go that I was a rat. You were my best friend, and then you ghosted me, and I don't even know why!" She exclaimed.

"I mean, really, what did I do?" Kiara asked and Sarah was quick to answer, "You liked me."

Her answered stunned both Kiara and Julianna as they looked at her with furrowed brows. "What?" The Carrera girl asked and Sarah shrugged, "When... people get... close to me, I feel trapped. And... I bail. And then I blame them for it. I'm really sorry... and I miss you."

Julianna sighed as she brought her legs into her chest and a soft satisfied grin crept onto her lips; who knew the two only needed to get high in the middle of the marsh while being held against their will on a boat to resolve their issues.

"Do you think there's a chance that we could be okay again?" Sarah asked, her voice filled with hope and Kiara just shrugged. "Honestly... I don't know."

Sarah nodded in response and Julianna slowly turned her attention towards the blonde. "Hey, Sarah..." She said in a soft tone and the girl turned to look at her with a soft smile on her lips, "Hey, Julianna."

"Promise me that you won't bail on John B." She stated, coming to her twin's aide, "He's not just... some other guy. And he really, really likes you."

Sarah nodded. "I won't."

"Promise us..." Kiara pipped up and Sarah smiled, "I promise."

Kiara adjusted the way she was sitting. "Well since we are making amends or whatever this is... I'm sorry I called the cops." She said quickly and an exaggerated gasp filled the air, "I knew it. I knew it, you bitch!"

"I told you! You... you should've invited me." Kiara said, a fit of giggles consuming her as Sarah scoffed, "So you called the cops?"

Kiara nodded. "Yes!"

"To be fair... She shouldn't be the only one in the dog house..." Julianna hesitated as a smirk filled her entire face, "I was the one who told her to do it. Nobody is mean to my best friend and gets away with it, so sorry!" Julianna squealed and the blonde turned to look at the Routledge girl, "Oh my God! Julianna, really!?!" and the brunette nodded. "Yes, I wasn't going to watch her be sad for the rest of the night..."

"Oh my God... I can't believe you two!" Sarah squealed and Julianna shrugged, "Well believe it, because you're stuck with us now."

The rest of the night the three girls ate their weight in the great variety of snacks that the boys had provided and just let giggles run rampant through the air as they were fully consumed by the haze of the marijuana coursing through them and covering them in a cloud of smoke.

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Kiara, Julianna, and Sarah all sat next to one another on the edge of the boat with their feet dangling over the water, watching the boys make their way back towards them in the HMS Pogue with shit-eating grins plastered on their faces.

"Uh-oh! You forget your keys or something?" Pope called out from his spot as captain of the small fishing boat and John B was quick to follow with the next question, "You need a tow?"

Julianna nodded as she tapped both girls' thighs with her fingers. "You two can't give them the satisfaction of thinking this worked." She said with a smile and Sarah nodded, "Oh absolutely not..."

All three girls smiled at one another but completely changed their attitudes and expressions once the boys got closer to them. "You gotta admit it was funny." John B said as the closed the small portion of space left between them and Julianna just shook her head at him, "Johnny..."

"Uh, what's that?" The Routledge boy asked, finding humor in the situation as all three girls stared at him. "You think you're such a Mastermind, huh?" Julianna asked and John B nodded, "I'm always plannin'."

Kiara just shook her head. "That was some patriarchal bullshit."

"Yeah, that sucked." Sarah expressed and JJ just shrugged, "You still love us though, right?"

He smiled at his girlfriend when those words left his mouth and tossed her the piece of rope. "Here."

"Why thank you, kind sir." She said smiling back at the blonde and John B looked at Sarah with a amused smiling filling his face. "Hey, you still hate me?" He asked and the girl nodded slightly, "A little. The three of us are gonna get you back when you least expect it." She says as Kiara nods. "Watch your back, boys."

"Mm-hm." Julianna said, building off of the other girls' threats, and Pope chuckled. "Well, I for one welcome that challenge."

JJ nodded. "Me too."

"So, did you guys, you know..." Pope began to ask the question the three had all been waiting for an answer to and Kiara just looked at him with both hands on her hips and an unamused face, "Reconcile our differences?"

Sarah shook her head. "Mm-mm."

"Not even close." Julianna said before taking a moment to let her gaze shift from Kiara to Sarah and then back to the boys, "But they're... willing to work together. Right girls?" She asked and both Sarah and Kiara nodded.

John B nodded with his lips pressed into a thin line. "You know what? That's a victory." He said sounding accomplished with the outcome and JJ nodded, "Yep."

He leaned forward in his spot where he was standing and did the group handshake with Pope. "Wiggedy-wiggedy-wiggedy!" They both said in unison with smirks on their faces and Julianna just rolled her eyes, "Love the enthusiasm but I would love to get off of this boat now and see dry land..." She urged and all three boys nodded.

"Makes sense..." John B said with a nod and JJ chuckled, "Know why? Hydroponic." He said, sounding so proud of the weed he had provided and Pope just shook his head. "Don't say that."

John B sighed. "All right, shut up." He said quieting down the boys as he looked towards the girls, "You guys ready to jack some loot?"

"Yeah, whatever." Kiara said with a shrug of her shoulders as she hopped into the boat being followed afterwards by Sarah and Julianna who did the same thing. "Yep." Sarah said, popping the last letter of the word and Julianna made her way over to the blonde, "You owe me big time, Mr. Maybank..."

JJ nodded. "Oh I know..." He said as he pressed a quick kiss to the Routledge girl's lips and the group was on their way back to dry land to set in motion the next step of their plan. 

a note from the author!! 

guys this episode is 48 pages long when I am writing in google docs... sorry not sorry xx

hopefully next chapter is going to be the last part of episode six !! 

i love that Julianna had to play the mediator the entire chapter (it was comedy gold)