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❝ fish have feelings too, jayj ❞
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𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘦'𝘴 𝘗𝘖𝘝

After watching Cleo take Pope away into the trees to forest some berries, JJ tugs me to my feet and leads me down the beach until we reach a rocky part. My boy sits me down and starts teaching me how to make my own spear, wanting me to help him catch fish for us to eat tonight.

I watch him intently with a small smile on my lips, watching the way he sticks his tongue out a little when he's concentrated and the way his ringed fingers work away so effortlessly.

"Do you think anyone will find us?" I wonder aloud, the blonde boy's eyes looking to mine in confusion "You know, like rescue us?"

"Rescue?" He chuckles as if I'm being silly "From what? From...from paradise?"

"I'm not going back. Ever" He adds and I smile softly, continuing to follow his instructions as I shake my head.

"I mean, look around. We got everything we need. Right here" JJ assures me and I look up at him.

"A little weed would be nice" I joke with a shrug and he laughs, nodding.

"How's yours looking?" He glances at the makeshift spear in my hands "You ready to provide for the family?"

"What do you think?" I grin, lifting it to show him.

"It's perfect, angel" He tells me, leaning down and pressing a kiss to my lips "Let's go kill something"

"That was so nice. Why did you have to ruin it by saying that?" I huff, pushing his face away from mine and pulling myself to my feet.

"That's exactly what were gonna do" He shrugs and hops up, the both of us heading towards the water.

"But it sounds so harsh" I frown at my boyfriend "Fish have feelings too, Jayj"

"You spend far too much time with Kiara" JJ scoffs, wrapping his arm around me and I roll my eyes.

We reach the water and JJ pulls his shirt off over his head, throwing it onto the dry rocks. My heart skips a beat at the sight of his sun kissed abs glistening in the reflection of the sun bouncing off the water and in my distracted state I trip over my own feet.

"Woah, steady there" JJ chuckles, catching me before I fall on my ass and my cheeks heat up in embarrassment.

"Sorry, I was distracted" I smile awkwardly.

"Oh, yeah? What's got my girl so distracted that she's tripping over thin air?" JJ teases me, knowing exactly what I was looking at.

"Don't be so smug" I huff, pushing myself out of his arms.

I hand the smirking blonde my spear and peel off my sweatpants, leaving me in my tight black gym shorts and red tank top. Throwing the sweatpants over where his shirt is, I take the spear back from him and internally thank myself because it's far too hot to be wearing them in the daytime.

"I see you, Cameron. Fair play" JJ hums with a grin, staring at my ass and I tap his chin up so he's looking at my face.

"Eyes up here, Maybank" I scold him with a smirk of my own and he licks his lips, his grin only widening.

"Yes, ma'am" He chirps happily "You ready?"

"Yes, sir" I counter and he shakes his head, turning his focus to the task at hand.

"All right, remember to watch your shadow. They see that, they're gone" JJ reminds me.

"Okay, okay" I nod, stepping into the water.

"All right, here we go" JJ mumbles out "Just like we practiced, all right?"

I nod at my boyfriend and he winks at me, nodding in encouragement. The two of us start looking for fish and I can't see anything at first until JJ calls my name from nearby.

"Hey, Vie" He beckons me over and I do so very slowly "Vie, vie, vie. Angel, it's a skate. It's a skate right there, you see him?"

"Yeah, I see him" I nod in confirmation.

"He sees me. He's coming over by you" JJ warns me "He's coming towards you!"

"Oh, shit" I start to panic.

"You got this, angel" JJ assures me.

I inhale sharply and lunge forward, stabbing my spear into the water as my eyes instinctively close.

"Did I catch it?" I question hopefully and I feel the spear being taken out my hands.

"You did it!" JJ laughs happily and I open my eyes in surprise.

"I did?" I question and I gasp when I see the skate on the end of the spear JJ is holding up "Oh my God. I did it!"

"You did it! We're having skate tonight" JJ cheers and I throw my arms around him with a laugh.

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When JJ and I get back to camp we find the other Pogues already gathered around and laughing together.

"Where have you two been?" Cleo hollers.

"Getting dinner" I grin, holding our catch of the day up proudly.

The group all cheer and clap loudly so I curtsy jokingly, placing the fish onto a bunch of leaves.

"We're playing truth or dare" Sarah informs us.

"Ooh, I love this game" JJ comments, plopping down between Kiara and Pope with an excited look on his face.

"Who's go is it?" I question, JJ pulling me onto his lap.

"Sarah's" Kiara tells me with a grin.

"Go on, Sarah" JJ chirps.

"John B, truth or dare?" Sarah smiles at her boyfriend.

"All right, all right. Truth" John B replies.

"Truth?" Sarah grins, throwing the Routledge boy the hat from off her head.

"Truth!" John B confirms, catching the hat and placing it on his own head.

"This is exciting" Cleo comments.

"If you could do it all again...what would you do different?" Sarah asks.

"Uh, get the gold out before Ward did" JJ speaks up.

"Maybe hide the cross a little better" Pope adds.

"Not yell 'murderer' at Ward, maybe" Kiara chimes in.

"Uh, steal a couple bottles of rum                   before we jumped off the boat?" John B finally answers.

"Yeah, why didn't you do that, actually?" JJ asks his best friend.

"Yeah, Johnny. That should've been your first thought" I retort, causing everyone to laugh.

"I don't know. Maybe cause I was in a fight to the death?" John B counters.

"I would look both ways before crossing the street" Cleo states, making the girls and I laugh loudly.

"Yeah, my bad. My bad" John B grimaces.

"Your turn, chief" Cleo tells the brunette haired boy.

"All right, Kie, truth or dare?" John B takes his turn, placing the hat on Kiara's head.

"Truth" Kiara responds.

"All right. Um, if you could go home to your parents' house on Figure Eight this instant...would you do it?" John B questions the Carrera girl.

"No chance" Kiara shakes her head in response after a few seconds of thought.

"Seconded" Sarah chirps with a grin, pointing at Kiara.

"Oh, that's so seconded" I agree with both girls, leaning into JJ's warm arms with a smile.

"No chance" John B repeats with a laugh.

"Hear! Hear! To no chance!" JJ cheers, holding up his coconut.

"The shower's tempting though" Kiara admits.

"Ooh, I could use a fat shower right now" John B agrees.

"Ugh, a shower sounds like heaven" I groan.

"JJ, truth or dare?" Kiara says, but she places the hat onto my head instead of his.

"I mean, do you even need to ask?" He scoffs, like the mere thought of him choosing truth is ridiculous.

"Big jump. Nobody's done it yet" Kiara grins mischievously, pointing at the large cliff with the knife in her hand "Dare"

"You think I won't?" My idiot of a boyfriend beams at the challenge, jumping to his feet and lifting me with him.

JJ sprints away and I drop the hat onto the floor as I race after him, climbing up onto the cliff as the others gather around on the beach. I find The blonde boy at the top and he notices me quickly, a confused look on his face.

"What are you doing?" He questions me.

"You didn't think I was gonna let you do something this stupid without me, did you?" I ask him and he grins widely, holding his hand out to me.

"There they are!" I hear John B call out as I take JJ's hand and we walk to the edge.

"Send it!" They all scream.

"They're not gonna do it! They're not gonna do it!" Cleo teases.

"Oh, I won't, huh?" JJ fires back.

"Do it!" Sarah yells "Do it!"

My boy takes a few big steps backwards, taking me with him and then he stops, looking at me hesitantly.

"Are you sure about this, angel?" He asks me.

"Hell, yeah" I grin excitedly and he smiles widely.

He tugs me forward and we start running, leaping off the edge of the cliff. All of the Pogues scream wildly in encouragement as we plummet into the sea and I scream the whole way down, adrenaline flooding throughout my body.

We hit the water with a splash and the cold envelopes us like a frosty embrace that I quickly swim to the surface to get away from. I resurface to see JJ's beaming smile and suddenly the cold doesn't seem so bad at all.

The blonde boy pulls me into his arms and I lift one of mine into the air as I grin at our hollering friends, both of us cheering loudly with them.