The outer banks, paradise on earth. It's the sort of place where you either have two jobs or two houses. Two tribes, one island.
All right. Figure Eight, the rich side of the island. Home of the kooks. So guess where we don't live.
And then, the south side or the cut. Home of the working class who make a living busing tables, washing yachts, running charters. This is the natural habitat of the Pogues. That's us.
Pogues, pogies, the throwaway fish. Lowest member of the food chain. Okay so the downside of the Pogue life is that we are ignored and neglected. But the upside of the Pogue life? we are ignored and neglected, meaning we can do whatever we want, whenever we want.
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That's JJ Maybank. He's been best friends with John B since the 3rd grade. He's about as local as they come. Latest in a long line of fishing, drinking, smuggling, vendetta-holding salt-lifers who made their living off the water. He's the best surfer I know, just don't let him know I said that. Mild kleptomaniac and a future tax cheat.
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That's Kiara Carrera, or Kie as we all like to call her. When she's not saving turtles, listening to Marley, or getting a dolphin tattoo, she hangs out with us. I'm not sure why tho. She's a rich kid actually. A foot in both worlds. Her family own the wreck, this Outer Banks institution. Total cash cow with the tourists. You know, I'm not really sure how her parents feel about us. All the boys have a thing for her.
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That's Pope Heyward. He's the brains of this operation, finalist for the Lucas T. Vanderhorst Merit Scholarship. The smartest person I know. Little bit of a weirdo. His fathers this legendary character, Heyward. Anything you wanted on this island, he could get for you. Now I'm not sure Heyward knew what to make of his oddball of a son, but it didn't matter. He was a pogue like the rest of us.
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Finally, that's John B Routledge, my big brother. He has gone through it all. Our dad got lost at sea nine months ago and he is determined to find him, dead or alive. He lives in an old fish shack on the marsh with me, sometimes the others stay over. The Château as dad used to call it. Our mom split when he was just 3 and I was just born, so it's just me and him. Uncle T was supposed to be looking out for us but he is in Mississippi building houses.
And that's my crew. We plan to make this summer the best ever yet! Our mission is to have a good time, all the time.
