𝐹𝑜𝑜𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝐵𝑜𝓉𝒽 𝒲𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹'𝓈 || OUTERBANKS

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•Parcel 9•
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That night after my small spat with John B, I headed over to Nmio and Daniels. The only other place I could think of, seeing as though they lived in a detached house from their mother, and I had publicly 'embarrassed' my family.

"Morning sleepyhead" Nmio spoke as I sat up, my curly hair on one shoulder as I yawned. He handed me a mug of coffee to which I gave him the biggest cheesy grin.

"Thankyou" I croaked, sipping the hot drink with a sigh as it ran down my throat. Nmio stood there awkwardly as if trying to figure out what to say next, or better yet how to word it.

"Look I know, you wanna ask about what happened last night, but I don't really wanna talk about it" I nodded, I hated the feeling of sympathy, it made me feel vulnerable and patronised which I hated with a passion.

"I just wanna make sure you're not making a mistake, I mean you ran away from your family last night Cody," Nmio spoke sitting at the other end of the couch I crashed on last night.

"I didn't make a mistake and I didn't run away from my family, I ran away with my family. So Thankyou for the concern but it's not needed," I deflected and placed the half full mug of coffee on the coffee table, as the sliding door behind Nmio opened and in walked Daniel.

"Hey! You're awake!"

"Seems that way doesn't it" I smiled before standing up, when my phone began to ring.

"Oh yeah that things been ringing all night" Daniel sighed sitting at the small bar they had. I shook my head before grabbing the phone, 'Kie'.

"Hey, I'm just gonna go take this, she's probably just trying to make excuses for John B" I rolled my eyes before walking over to the sliding glass door, stepping outside for a second.

I slid the answer pad across the screen, and put the phone to my ear tucking a piece of hair out of the way, yet it hit my piercings causing a weird sound that always pissed me off.

"Hey Kie, what's up?"

"Thank God! I've been trying to reach you all night, we thought you'd died" Her voice sounded tired, I shook my head looking out at the water at the bottom of their deck. The sound of seagulls were so satisfying to me, in the morning.

"Well here I am, what's wrong?" I asked with my hand on my hip.

"John B, got into an accident last night..."

"An accident?! What kind of accident?" I near shouted, my heart dropping as I ran my hand through my hair.

"You know the old wooden tower that we all used to go to, to get high?"

"Yeah?"

"Topper pushed him off..."

That's when I felt it, I didn't know which emotion was stronger, the feeling of anger or worry. My face dropped into an emotionless stance as I thought of how badly I wanted to hurt Topper.

"Just don't do anything stupid okay? Come to the hospital-"

"On my way"

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"Hey, where is he?" I asked rushing into the hospital, I had my hair up in a messy bun, a baggy beige top and a pair of denim shorts, with my flip-flops.

"Through there" Pope pointed, as I looked through the blinds to see Ward Cameron, and Sarah sat smiling. I looked at the scene in utter confusion, before walking over to the door.

"Told you it wouldn't stop her," I heard Pope whisper to JJ, as I reached for the door handle and pushed it open gently.

"Hey" I smiled slightly, as Ward and Sarah both turned to me.

"Cody" Ward nodded, before gesturing for Sarah to leave with him. I sighed leaning against the door frame as they walked past me.

"You're fucked up good this time," I smirked pointing to his cast, and the fact he was lay there half awake.

"I didn't think you'd come..." He sighed using his strength to sit up. I sighed again before walking into the room, the door automatically shutting. I sat gently at the end of his bed being careful not to sit on his legs.

"Of course I'd come. Just to see the pathetic look on your face," I smirked, as he nudged me with his knee. I laughed slightly nudging him back.

"But seriously though, I'm sorry about yesterday" He smiled gently, looking at me with hooded eyes. I just nodded looking down.

"Well... you were right, I am a kook and it's about time I stopped trying to run from that" I smiled looking at him sitting up straight.

"Nah, you'll always be one of us, kook or Pogue. In our eyes you're our Pogue" He nodded sounding incredibly cheesy.

"Nice speech Eric Thomas, your words are a treasure, truly" I spoke before we both let out a laugh, "But Thankyou. It means a lot"

"Now one more thing to do" I sighed, standing up.

"What?"

"Find Toppers fucking address"