The Aftermath - Outer Banks

Coming Together

Pope sent a quick text to Kiara and JJ as he pulled out of the parking lot.

Kie and JJ and Pope
Pope
Got John B
Coming to chateau now
Kie
thank god, is he okay?

Pope maneuvered the car home at an unsafe speed while keeping a close eye on John B. It was honestly quite impressive, but they were lucky they didn't get into a car crash. John B had not shown any signs of response at all to Pope or anything. He was in his own world.
JJ and Kiara stood impatiently outside the Chateau waiting for Pope coming with John B. They were quite worried about John B's mental state and had received no confirmation from Pope about it either. However, John B left his phone behind which did give them some comfort in thinking that he was just unable to respond.
Soon enough, Heyward's car pulled into the Chateau. Pope hopped out quickly and walked towards JJ and Kiara without John B.
They started towards Pope, but he signaled them to stop.
"Guys, I'm pretty sure he is in a state of shock. He hasn't responded to me at all and has been staring straight ahead. I'm pretty worried about his right leg to. He was avoiding putting any pressure on it subconsciously. I think that he is injured." Pope explained. "He probably needs some rest. Maybe we can force feed some Melatonin into him. I don't think he is ready to talk right now."
"Shit," Kiara whispered loudly to herself more than anyone else.
"Come on, Kie. Let's grab him." JJ replied tugging her arm.
The trio made their way over to the car with John B.
"Hey JB, we are gonna help you get out of this car, alright?" JJ paused waiting for the response that would never come. "Gonna take you up to your room, bud."
Kie and Pope marveled at how gentle and considerate JJ was being. They had never seen him like this. JJ was usually pretty aggressive and acted like he didn't care. He also makes jokes out of most serious situation as that is his way of coping.
"I'll look at him to see if he is injured." Kiara offered as they sat him on his bed.
Kiara pushed his pants up to his mid calf and saw nothing. She had the same problem the on the other leg. Then, she pushed them up past the knee and noticed how his knee was swollen and bruised. This likely indicated that John B had torn his meniscus or ACL, or both.
"Damn, guys?" Kiara turned to look at JJ and Pope.
"What's up?" Pope questioned.
"He's gonna need a doctor. It looks like his ACL or meniscus." Kiara explained.
"Fuck," Pope whispered.  "He can't catch a break."
They gave John B some melatonin and some over the counter painkillers until they could get him to a doctor which knocked him very quickly.
"We need to be here when he wakes. We can't leave him." JJ pleaded sounding like he was going to cry.
"We know." Kie responded while pulling JJ and Pope into a sorrowful embrace.
She then placed a kiss on John B's forehead and cuddled onto the floor with her best friends.