ミ★ season 1, episode 1
𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 { 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 by low groves }
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☆ ELIANA OPENED HER eyes, the warm sum casting a sparkle in her eyes. Lana del Rey was playing lowly in her left ear due to an airpod while she scrubbed a table in the dining room of The Albatross. The building had been in the Delacroix family for generations and she loved spending her time in the beach-front hotel.

Her eyes roamed around the room, low chatter filling her right ear. She saw her sister Kinsley behind the main counter checking the guests in, her brother was also probably around here somewhere as well but lord knows what he was up to.

"Oh my gosh, Eli you will not believe who just walked in here." Kinsley suddenly appeared besides her sister and clutched onto her arm in excitement.

"Uh who?" Ellie asked, looking around the room once more before her eyes landed on a familiar figure. "Oh my gosh Kins seriously? I thought you were over him." She rolled her eyes and turned back to the table to continue cleaning it.

"Oh please, JJ Maybank is not someone you just get over." Her sister crossed her arms and looked at her in exasperation.

"Well it's a little difficult for me to understand. He's my best friend so I don't really see him as someone I'd even think about getting over, let alone getting involved with in the first place." She gave Kinsley a pointed look and turned on her heel, directing herself into the back of the hotel to throw her dirty rag into the laundry.

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☆ ELIANA ALWAYS TOOK things to heart. When she started hanging out with the Pogue's her parents freaked on her, saying she was better than that and she shouldn't associate herself with people like them. She ran away and lived with the Routledge's for a week and made her parents worried sick. Luckily, they overcame their rude thoughts once Ellie started bringing them around as it was the only way she'd actually stay at home and not run off again. The Pogue's were now always welcome in the Delacroix house, Pope being an all around favorite of the family, although all of them were extremely loved. Eliana was thankful that her parents accepted her and her friends, even if the road was bumpy getting to this point.

She never really understood the concept of the people who were more than financially comfortable and the less fortunate being at each others throats all the time. Kooks and Pogue's. That's how it always was, but Eliana hoped that one day it'd somehow vanish. She had overcome the struggle of her family not accepting the Pogue's, now she somehow had to make everyone else understand too, although nobody ever really wanted to listen.

When Ellie wasn't at home laying in her family's living room or scarfing food down in the kitchen, she was most likely at the Chateau. Most of the time it was all of them there together, but about fifteen percent of the time it was just her and John B. They had been friends for quite a while now, coming in at almost five years. They met when they were eleven, or in sixth grade when they shared the same class.

She always wanted a friend group that didn't make her feel like she was the runt or that no one really cared about her. With the Pogue's, she felt more welcome with them then she felt at her own house. Home wasn't a place for her, it was a group of four people who made her feel more at home then anything else ever could. She would thank God for them everyday she was alive for the rest of her life.

Now JJ Maybank was a force to be reckoned with. Ellie and him were fast friends, it would always be those two getting in the most trouble, sometimes with John B joining in too. Her twin sister, Kinsley, was infatuated with JJ for some odd reason that Ellie just couldn't wrap her head around. 

Pope Heyward was someone that Ellie aspired to be like, and she almost was. He was smart and hardworking and always thought with a clear head and would stop them from getting into too much trouble. His dad was an amazing person and treated the Pogue's like his own, especially JJ given his home life was worse than anyone Ellie knew.

And lastly, Kiara Carrera. Her and Eliana were each others ride or die. They were almost always with each other and would band together to hate on all Kook's that they didn't like. Especially Topper, Kelce, and Rafe. Although Kiara would always hate on Sarah Cameron, Eliana just wouldn't entertain the bad talk about her. Regardless of their opposite views on the Cameron girl, they didn't stop it from hurting their friendship and were overall each others sister. If you asked Ellie how many sisters she had she'd tell you she had two. Kinsley and Kiara.

No they weren't blood related but family isn't just blood, it's anyone who you would die for. Who you love unconditionally and place all your burdens on with them doing the same. It's carrying those burdens and knowing that no matter what happens, that love and bond will be there forever. That was how she would describe all the Pogue's. Nothing would ever come close to comparing to them, even her other close friend's from her school.

Ellie's school was the classic Kook private school on the island and she'd be lying if she said she didn't secretly love it. No, not everyone there was nice but a good handful of them were amazing and Ellie loved them. She had three best friends there, Sarah Cameron, Natalia Moore, and Ethan Mills. While they were all extremely different from her other friends, she wouldn't trade them for anything, well maybe for the Pogue's.

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☆ "OKAY SO ACTUALLY what the fuck." Ellie managed to groan out from the heavy weight of JJ's body draped over hers. She had been napping in the hammock at the Chateau under the tree, sleeping quite peacefully. That was until someone jumped on top of her and jolted her awake from her soft slumber.

"You do realize it's like nine pm right? Wake the fuck up El it's time to get lit." JJ joked as he pulled her up from where she laid, making her join the rest of the group by the fire. She grumbled her complaints to the blonde, although he could care less.

"Morning sleeping beauty." Pope grinned up at her and she just reacted to the words with a sarcastic smile.

"JJ roll me a blunt." She waved her hand carelessly, still half asleep. She rubbed her eyes, trying to wake up. Her intrusive thoughts told her to throw herself into the fire then she'd finally be awake. But the normal person would just wait for the awake feeling to come back. I mean, she could just jump into the marsh, it was right in John B's backyard after all.

"Well you're gonna need to ask me nicer than that dipshit." JJ rolled his eyes at the girl, but of course he did as she asked.

"Why do you have a stick up your ass right now El?" He handed her the lit blunt as she just glared at him, but thanked him for the rolled up drug she held with her thumb and pointer finger.

"It's because she hasn't gotten laid in like a year." Kiara said as she laughed at the girls face as she said that.

"Okay let's talk about you Kie? When was the last time you were sexually active? Oh that's right, never." Kiara just flipped her off as the two girls laughed together about the teasing.

"This is the first I'm hearing about this." John B raised a brow as he looked at the girls while sipping on his beer.

"Yeah, El. Who'd you fuck?" JJ smirked as he stole the blunt from her, taking a hit.

"No one." She mumbled, her face lighting up with red at the embarrassment of the topic.

"I mean, it wouldn't have been Kelce would it?" Pope asked innocently, but he knew exactly what he was doing.

"Pope!" She cried out as she grabbed sand and threw it at his face. "I told you that in full confidence."

"Woah woah woah. Kelce? And  Pope knew?" John B's mouth was wide open with shock as Kiara was just full on laughing at the situation.

"Okay guys can we change the topic puh-lease." She covered her face with her hands, wanting to find a hole and die in it. "Don't make me bring up Kinsley, JJ, because I will do it." The boy in question held his hands up in defense, dropping the topic so as to not expose himself.

"Did you guys hear about hurricane Agatha yet?" Kiara asked, the glow from the fire casting a warm light on her face.

"Yeah Kie I think everyone has. It's the first big one of the summer, hopefully it's not too bad." Ellie replied as she stretched her legs out, she could feel the heat of the fire on her toes and she relished in the feeling of her feet defrosting.

"Mind if I crash at your place tomorrow? I don't want to be home for this my mom always make me sleep in their room and I'd rather not." Eliana rolled her eyes at the memory as she turned to John B, her question pointed at him.

"Yeah of course El. You don't even have to ask y'know." He threw a rock at her and it bounced off of her head, he got a glare from her in return.

"Yeah yeah whatever." She smiled at him through the smoke the fire, acting as a barrier between the two.

"Alright well I'm gonna crash. Gotta get up early for some last minute deliveres for my pops. See y'all." Pope got up from his spot as all the others said a series of goodbyes to the boy.

"Well El we better get home too. My parents told me to be home by ten, like who even sets a curfew that early? But whatever." Kiara stood up and stretched, her arms up above her head.

"Ugh okay. Bye you guys, see ya tomorrow." The two girls started to walk towards the front of the house and headed over to Ellie's car. They climbed into it and Ellie grabbed her starbucks coffee from early that morning and took a sip from it.

"El that's literally from like ten hours ago. How are you even drinking that." Kiara laughed as she buckled herself up while Ellie just shrugged.

"When you chug alcohol for a living everything loses taste." She turned her head to look at Kie while she let a giggle escape her lips. "I'm kidding, it tastes like fucking shit."

After Ellie dropped Kiara off at home she made her way to her own house which was just a mere two minute drive from Kie's. She saw her mom standing on the porch waiting for her and she looked forward with confusion.

What did she do now?

authors note
hello everyone and welcome to my obx fic!! john b needs more recognition so here it is

i don't know how frequent updates will be but im hoping at least once a week but imma aim for 2 a week, depends on how crazy school is