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𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘦'𝘴 𝘗𝘖𝘝

"JJ!" I scream, slipping from Kiara's hold and immediately throwing myself over the railing without hesitation.

"Vie!" I hear Kiara's shriek shortly before I'm engulfed by the freezing cold sea.

I fight my way to the surface just as Kiara plummets into the water near me and I start swimming towards the blonde boy who is floating face down in the water.

"JJ!" I cry out, grabbing his body as Kiara swims to us "JJ, wake up!"

Kiara helps me hold onto him and I gently slap his face in panic, shaking him frantically as I try to waken him up.

"JJ, please, stay with us" Kiara whimpers in fear "Stay with us. John B's coming. John B's coming, okay?"

"John B! John B, Please!" hollar as loudly as I possible can "Sarah! Pope!"

"John B, help!" Kiara shouts.

"Help us!" I wail desperately, struggling to hold myself and JJ above water.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry" Kiara cries, JJ slipping out her hands and my head goes under water from the weight I'm carrying.

I fight to hold onto the Maybank boy and get to the surface, not allowing myself to let go of him. The sound of screaming is muffled in my ears but I hold my breath, knowing that the Pogues are coming. My sister is coming. John B's coming.

My arms are grabbed and I'm ripped out of the water, JJ slipping from my hold which causes me to freak out.

"No! JJ!" I shriek, heaving in deep breaths.

"We've got him. You're okay" My sister assures me.

The boys pull JJ aboard and I rush to my boyfriend's side while Sarah and a girl who I recognise as Cleo help Kiara. I push the boy's wet bloody hair away from his face and tears roll down my cheeks as I tilt his head up to look at me.

"JJ, please" I beg in desperation "I need you to open your eyes, baby"

The lifeboat's engine splutters to a stop and I look up at the Pogues in confusion, still holding onto my boy.

"No. No. No. Hey" John B panics.

"Please!" Kiara cries out "What's going on?"

"What's going on?" I question them in fear.

"John B" Sarah stresses.

"We're stalling out" He answers.

"You serious? We're sitting ducks" Pope worries.

"We gotta go!" Kiara snaps.

"We gotta go" Pope repeats in agreement.

"I'm trying. Forward or backward?" John B asks, the engine spluttering once again and everyone panics "If everyone just tries to relax"

"He's pointing at us. Hurry!" Pope points out and I look up to see Rafe on the ship, a rifle in his hands pointed right at us.

"We gotta go" Sarah rushes her boyfriend.

"I'm trying, okay?" He tells her.

"Please wake up" Kiara starts to shake JJ and I look from my brother to my boyfriend who still isn't moving.

"Come on, J" I plead, shaking the blonde boy through my teary vision.

"We gotta get moving. Yeah! Go!" Pope yells as the engine starts up and everybody shouts as we start moving once again.

"JJ, wake up!" Kiara's cries "J! Please! Please!"

"Wake up" John B begs.

"Please get up!" Kiara cries.

"You gotta wake up" John B tells him.

"Get up!" Kiara hits his arm.

"JJ, breathe!" I sob, shaking him again and the Maybank boy jolts up, coughing up a load of water.

"There you go Yeah, yeah. Cough it out. Cough it out, buddy" John B encourages him.

"Hey, buddy, there you go" Pope smiles in relief and JJ looks up at him "Hey. Welcome to the land of the living"

"No CPR needed, huh?" John B jokes.

I place my hand on my boyfriend's shoulder and JJ looks from our friends to me, tears still streaming down my face from the shock.

"Hi, J" I breathe out.

"'Sup?" A grin pulls at his lips and I playfully push him, making everyone laugh.

"Dude" Sarah giggles.

"Just always looking for attention" John B shakes his head jokingly.

"Whatever it takes, right?" JJ jokes right back as I wrap my arms around him tightly.

"Attaboy!" John B encourages.

"What the hell happened?" JJ breathes out as Kiara holds a wet cloth to the wound on his head.

"The blunt end of a machete" She tells him.

"Machete?" He questions in surprise.

"The blunt end" Kiara rolls her eyes with a smile.

"Next time, duck" Cleo quips.

"I'll try to remember that next time. Thanks" JJ replies sarcastically.

I glance back at the ship to see a crowd of men heaving the cross back onto the ship and Pope seems to notice too, his smile faltering.

"This shit ain't over" The Heyward boy declares.

"No, it ain't" John B agrees.

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"Come on, boys" John B grunts as the boys pull the boat ashore the small island that we've washed up on "That's good"

"Good job, guys" Sarah calls out from our spot on the rocks.

"Good job" Kiara agrees and I loudly wolf whistle at them.

"Whoa" JJ stumbles a little as they walk back to us.

"JJ, you all right there, buddy?" John B asks and I watch my boy in concern.

"Yeah. Still a little dizzy" He shrugs his best friend off "Okay, anybody know where we're at?"

"Deserted beach. Unknown island" John B answers vaguely.

"All right, I'll take that as a no" JJ huffs out "Plan A, huh, Pope? That went well"

"This is the lowest we can go. We literally have nothing else to lose" Pope rants "The cross, gone"

"The gold, gone" Sarah adds.

"We've lost everything" I mumble out and Kiara pats my back.
                                                                                                "Seriously, if we had a nickel for every time we got beat up, I'd say we're at a dollar fifty" JJ declares.

"That's more than I got on me" Kiara counters.

"That somehow doesn't make me feel better" Sarah comments.

"Yeah, you're right. But, I mean, we've... We've had some good stuff happen, right?" John B tries to lighten the mood.

"Name something" Pope scoffs.

"Um... Uh, the boiler room" John B answers and we all look at him in confusion "What? If the boiler didn't explode, I wouldn't have gotten away from Rafe. I couldn't have gotten the Zodiac and gotten us out of here"

"That wasn't luck. That thing was gonna blow     the second I stopped feeding it" Cleo retorts.

"Stealing my thunder, Cleo" John B mutters.

"Sorry" The girl smiles in amusement.

"Okay. Pope, you're related to Denmark Tanny. That's crazy" John B states.

"And I lost all his inheritance" Pope counters negatively.

"You know what? Guys, this is it. This is the Pogue life" John B declares, jumping up to his feet and turning to look at all of us "We are in the Caribbean. It's our own little slice of paradise. With my best friends, with my family"

"I don't know. I wouldn't wanna do it with anyone else" He adds "Look, and while you guys were complaining about every little thing...JJ?"

"Hmm?" JJ hums in response.

"I was looking at those burly lefts" John B points out to the waves.

"There's some slabs out there" JJ nods.

"Just a few" John B smiles "Kie, Vie, see that? I know you girls wanna get out"

"No boards" Kiara argues.

"Well, we can bodysurf till we make some boards" John B suggests.

"Lame" The Carrera girl comments with a small smile.

"So lame" I play along with a grin.

"Pope? Come on, man" John B pleads.

"They do look pretty tasty" Pope sighs.

"Oh, yes, they do" John B agrees.

"There's nobody around. We could squat here for a bit" Pope gives in, letting loose "Kind of belongs to us now, huh?"

"You got a point" John B nods, the two boys doing the Pogue handshake.

"Six-way split?" Pope jokes.

"Poguelandia" JJ pipes up in a posh accent.

"Oh boy" John B quips and I let out a giggle.

"I claim thee Poguelandia" JJ announces "I like the ring of it. I'm gonna make a flag. It's gonna have a chicken on it. With a coconut bra, smoking a J...in Crocs"

The girls and I all laugh at the blonde boy and I find myself looking around at the people that I call my family.

Kiara lays her head on my shoulder with her arm still around me, laughing to herself. Sarah sits at my feet with the biggest smile I've ever seen on her face. Pope beams happily at us despite what he's lost today. John B and JJ do the Pogue handshake with mischievous grins on their faces. Even Cleo smiles as she observes us all.

"I could use a J" Kiara comments.

"I second that" I agree.

"Can we vote on this flag?" Sarah questions.

"Absolutely not" JJ says firmly and we laugh again.

"Sarah" John B says approaching the blonde girl next to me "Till death do us part?"

"Till death do us part" She confirms.

"Welcome back to the Pogue life" He grins at her.

"Full Pogue" She grins back.

"Full Pogue" He repeats, pulling her to her feet while Kiara teaches Cleo the Pogue handshake.

"Going full Pogue" JJ's voice causes me to turn my head to see him stood in front of me, holding out his hand.

"To going full Pogue" I grin up at him, taking a hold of his hand.