family. | outer banks x oc

whoever lives here smokes too much weed

This morning, I woke up and noticed an empty space beside me.

I slowly sat up and examined the room around me.

I noticed a bright blue post-it note on my wall that read, "Hey, my dad needed me this morning. See you later :) -Pope"

I smiled softly at the letter. His hand writing was so neat compared to any I had seen before. It was sweet.

"Leia?" A voice shouted from outside my room. "Get dressed, John B needs us."

"Jj?" I mumble. I walk over to the door and open it timidly. "What?"

"Hurry up, bro." He groans.

"Geez, chill out."

We had decided John B needed to be messed with a little.

When we arrived at the Chaeteu, Jj and I noticed a white piece of paper pinned to the front door.

"Department of Child Service."

John B was already going through hell, he didn't need DCS riding on his back too.

The sound of Jj slamming his hand on the wall startled me.

"Jj, it's like 9 am. There is no way John B is awake."

"Exactly." He smiles. "DCS! I know you're in there!" He shouts.

I slap his chest. "Jj, come on. That's so mean."

He laughs and continues his little joke.

John B rises off the small sofa in the living room and looks towards the window. He jumps when Jj jumps out in front of it.

"Whoa!"

"Gotcha, slick." Jj laughs.

Jj continues laughing more than I ever seen him laugh before which, of course, makes me laugh as well.
"You should have seen your face." I laugh.

"Your face was like.." Jj continues.

John B reluctantly gets off the couch and into the Twinkie.

We all start talking about random shit until Jj brings up Kiara.

The boys didn't seem to think I noticed --or cared-- about their relationships.

I mean, they aren't wrong. I do like to be included in conversation, though. Otherwise, they completely leave me out. It wasn't new to me.

"I'm just saying, I don't understand why you don't at least try with Kiara." Jj says.

"She clearly likes you." I add from the back seat.

Jj nods his head and continues talking to John B.

"Yeah, she's like, 'Oh. John B.' " Jj laughs, mimicing Kiara in a moaning tone.

"Is that what she does?" John B says, clearly getting annoyed with the boy.

"She's sketching about you diving, then she kissed you."

"Oh the cheek." John B notes. "It's not like we were making out."

"Low-hanging fruit, bro."

What does that even mean? Jj has some weird jokes and some odd logic in the pea-sized brain of his.

"Don't pretend like you don't notice." Jj continues. "I see it in your eyes. You're like, 'I kinda like that," and you start blushing and shit."

"I blush?" John B questions, obviously not quite understanding the blonde boy's logic.