Louis Michael Caswell-Brooks. The new boy on the block. Moving all the way from France to the Outer Banks he tries to fit in all while dealing with the grief caused back at home. Along the way he meets a group of teens who enjoy breaking rules, and...
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To say JJ had a rough night and even a rougher morning would be an understatement. Not only did he have the continuous guilt of leaving Louis, he also found out that the men after the compass died. Were murdered. He knew that alone would upset Louis, because although Louis hated Ratter, JJ knew he wasn't a person that would wish death on anyone.
To make matters even worse, his father had to bail him out, which resulted in a beating physically in the car, and emotional abuse when they arrived back to their house.
It was one thing for JJ to get hit... He could take the pain, the bruises, but the emotional pain put on him was another story.
He felt even worse because he loved his father. His father once was a kind man. A man that taught him to surf, a man that once loved him. Yet now all his father sees in him is a mistake, is a kid who needs toughened up for the real world. He loved his father but his father didn't love him.
So, JJ tried to rid of his pain. Doing so by having a gun to his father. Although, he didn't shoot because he knew that guilt would kill him inside.
So he ran, packing his backpack with a fresh set of clothes and jumped onto his motor bike, heading to the Château when he remembered how Officer Peterkin warned him of his best friend being in danger. Someone murdered the men for wanting the compass and with John B being a owner of the compass, John B was just as much at risk of being killed.
JJ luckily found John B and was quick enough to bring him and himself away for the Château by bringing the HMS pogue. It was a close call but he managed to get John B in time before he entered the Château and for that he was greatful.
Now both boys were away from the Château, on land, and discussing the events that have occurred since they last saw one another.
"First, I almost get strangled to death by Kooks, and now I'm on the hook for 30 grand. We should just dip." JJ groans out, taking about the incident at the movies then the money he now has to pay for sinking Toppers boat.
"Okay, where do you wanna go? Hm?" John B asked.
"Yucatan." JJ says, messing with his rings, something he must of picked up from Louis.
"Yucatan." John J sarcastically replies.
"No, I'm dead serious right now. Surf all day, and then we can just live off lobsters we catch with our bare hands." JJ suggests, now standing up and playing with his hair.
"You just wanna leave 'cause you got your ass beat?" John B laughs out. Something JJ somewhat felt hurt by. John B was really the only one who knew of his father's ways and to hear him voice it like it isn't even a big deal definitely stung more than he wanted it to.
"You didn't see the photos." JJ says, shaking his head at the memory of the grotesque photos. "Think about it. They're willing to kill for the gold, then it's gotta be out there. Have you lost your mind? One hundred years, man. One hundred years, people have been tryin' to find this Royal Merchant, and no one succeeded. And you think you are gonna be the one that actually finds it? When will you get it in your thick skull? If you keep goin' down this road, you're gonna end up just like your dad!" JJ yells out, now getting in John B's face as he was worried for him.
