𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 (𝙅.𝙈.)

eighteen

We pulled up to the lighthouse. John B and Kie hopped out of their seats in the front of the van while I slid the door open and got out myself, followed by JJ and Pope.

"Alright, Liz, JJ, your gonna stay here and look out for bogies ok?" John B asks. "Why us?" I reply. "Yeah, Why us?" JJ chimes in. "Because, you're not coming" Pope sates. "Why?" JJ asks, raising his voice a little.

"Look, JJ, Liz, there are independent and there are dependent variables and you're both independent variable-" Pope is cut off by by JJ telling him to shut up. "Look, Pope you're gonna stay on look out with JJ and Liz you got it?" John B tells Pope.

"If we get split up, we meet back at the chateau" he adds. "Got it" Kie says as her and John B trail off towards the front door.

"I'm gonna work on my merit scholarship essay, I'm trying to keep felonies down to a minimum" Pope states, heading inside the van. "Pope, would you just shut up?" JJ asks. "Honestly bro" I say with a laugh.

JJ and I head over to one of the trees near by and sit. "JJ, we never actually talked about the kiss" I say, leaning my head on his shoulder. "What about it?" He asks.

"Look JJ, I'm just gonna be straight forward with this. I like you, ok? I have for a very long time. And I know you don't like me back but-" I was cut off by him lifting my chin and pulling me in for a kiss.

We soon pulled away. "I like you too, Liz. I always have" he states. We sat in silence for a few seconds. "I have a question for you" he says. "Ask away, JJ Maybank" I grin.

"Would you be my girlfriend?" He asks, his cheeks turning pink. "J I-" he cuts me off "oh my gosh I'm sorry I knew-" "I'd love too, J" I smile

I smile and kiss him. He wraps his arm around me and pulls me in closer. "No pogue on pogue macking" Kie always said. Yet here we are, pogue on pogue macking.

Our moment came to an end when we heard police sirens coming down the dirt road. We both looked up. "Shit!" Me and JJ both said as we quickly stood up going over to Pope who was still in the van.

JJ jumped in the passenger's seat as I ran over to the driver's side. Pope quickly shut the door as I started to drive in the opposite direction of the police officers.

After hours of waiting at the chateau, no one showed. Me, Pope, and JJ all decided to go hang out at Pope's.
JJ held me close as we both shared a blunt. Sooner or later, John B finally showed.

He signaled us to come over to the van. "Let's ride" JJ says as we all walk over and get in.

We then make our way to the wreck, which is where we all knew Kie would most likely be. "She said she's not coming" Pope says as he comes out the back door.

"Why not? What did you do to her John B?" JJ asks, turning his head to John B. "Shit" he mumbles. "No you didn't... you fucking kissed her didn't you?" I say with a laugh, making fun of him.

"Shut the hell up Liz this is not the time to be making jokes" he replies. "I'll deal with her" he adds before jumping out of the van. "10 bucks says he kissed her" I say to JJ. "Totally" JJ replies, smiling at me before planting a kiss on my forehead.

After at least 20 minutes, John B had convinced Kie to get in the van and go with us to wherever the hell we were going. "You mind if me and Liz just lay low on this one? It's been a long day and a lot of weird stuff's gone down" JJ says.

I couldn't help but think that when he said 'weird stuff' he meant our kiss. Did he really want me to be his girlfriend or were we just being flirty friends as always?

"Oh did you want a hit of this?" JJ asks me as he had been waving his blunt in front of my face the entire time he was talking. I took it from his hands with a smile. We then continued to pass it back and forth.

"Look, I know I was wrong about the lighthouse and pretty wrong about everything else that was going on but I know one thing, my dad is trying to tell me something"

We soon arrived at the cemetery. I passed out the flashlights before we started to walk towards the gravestones. "JB, why are we even here?" I asked. "So this whole time, Redfield, I thought it was a place right? But it's not a place" He replies.

He holds his lamp up to the top of a tombstone. The top read Redfield. "It's a person"  He adds. "Liz, this is our great great grandmother, Olivia Redfield, it was her maiden name" He tells me. "Well damn" was all I managed to say as I looked up at the letters engraved on the stone.

"Alright help me with the door" John B says to Jj and Pope. They both go over to help. "Come on this door's like 700 pounds man it's not gonna budge" Pope says as all the boys were pushing as hard as they could.

"We didn't come this far, to get this far Alright?" JJ says. The 3 boys back away when a snake makes its way through the hole in the side of the door. I cling to JJ as I absolutely hate snakes.

He starts to bark at it which makes me laugh. "JJ! Shut up!" Kie says. "You're gonna wake the fricken dead man" Pope states. "They're afraid of dogs, everyone knows that" He replies. I knew the real reason he did it was to distract me from my fear.

"Wait hold up, if there's one, there's probably dozens" JJ grabs John B's shoulder. He then barks at the hole. "Stop barking at the snakes!" John B yells. I giggled again.

"John B, look, we're not gonna get in there Alright..." Pope tells my brother. Me and Kie both look at the Hole before looking at each other. "We can get through" we both say in sync.

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Hiii I hope everyone is having an amazing Sunday!
Summer is coming soon and I'm so excited for the obx vibes to come back again :)