she wasn't okay - JJ MAYBANK // Outer Banks

FOUR

Kiara wasn't only not talking to Lucy all week, she ignored her everywhere. Lucy worked every day from midday till almost every costumer left the restaurant. She was too tired in the end of the day to care. She was too tired to even look for the people she came for. She just slept, worked and showered somewhere in between. It felt good being busy. Mike gave her the Thursday off, since Lucy worked last Sunday. Lucy took her skateboard and explored the island more. Last Saturday Lucy found some store to buy food and clothing. She even found a surfboard shop. And a person willing to help her learn to surf. His name was Andrew, his dad own the surfboard shop. Since Lucy thought she needed to work till Sunday, Andrew and she will start next Monday afternoon. After he was done with school. Lucy wandered around town and somehow found herself on an off road. Her skateboard was no use anymore, so she carried in her hand. When she saw the van she knew where she was. Lucy rolled her eyes at herself. How could she be this stupid? How on the freaking island would she end up here? This can't be everything. She can't already has seen everything of the island. Lucy wanted to turn around as her eyes caught the tree next the house. A big heart was shaped into it. Lucy stepped closer and saw what it read: '2003 2020 John B Routledge P4L'. And it clicked. Her heart sank into her knees. 2003. JBR. This couldn't be true. It just couldn't be true. Her last chance of living a happy life laid in front of her. No! Tears started streaming down her face. It couldn't be true. Lucy didn't deserve this. Lucy wanted to meet her brother. And even tho no one told her it was her brother, she just knew it was her brother's name graved into that tree. John. His name was John. John and Lucy. Lucy and John. Brother and sister. Lucy sank onto her knees. Without even noticing she had the photo of her father and brother in her hands. Tears streaming down her face. Dropping onto the photo. Her heart ached. It ached so much Lucy wanted it to explode. A crack behind Lucy made her jump and she let out a scream. Lucy stood up and ran. She ran away from the house, again. She ran from her life, again. She ran away from family, again. Tears were streaming down her face. Lucy couldn't see where she was running, she fell a few times. Scrapping her skin. The blood ran down. Lucy didn't care. Just for once she just didn't care about it getting infected. Why would she? She just found out her brother is dead. Three weeks on this damn island and nothing changed. Apart from the fact Lucy is more upset than she was before. Her heart ached. It ached so much. Her hand was shaking. Her feet felt numb. Lucy sank to the ground in the middle of who even knew. She was on her knees, hands on the ground, as Lucy felt the urge to throw up. The young girl barely had eaten anything today. There wasn't much to throw up in her stomach. Her stomach reached the bile. A strange liquid in the colours of green and blood red came up her throat. Lucy coughed. She knew that taste. She knew the colours. She knew the pain. All of that she knew all too well. But she didn't care. She didn't care how much longer it would take. She had nothing else to hold onto. Yes, there was a small chance to find her father. But on how much percent. She remembered the picture at the place JJ was living. It had to be the house her dad and her brother lived. But there was only one heart and one name and one birth and death date. One. Not two. But where was her father? JJ basically threw her out. Kiara wasn't talking to her. There was no one else she knew on this island. Well maybe Kiara's dad or Topper. She wasn't sure about both them. Mike still seemed pissed at Kiara. Lucy wasn't sure it would be a good idea to talk to him about stuff on the island. Topper. Lucy got a strange feeling in her stomach when she thought about him. Did she have another choice? She would think about it. Right now she needed to get up on her two feet and take care of her injured skin. It sure will get infected.

"Hey, do you need help?" Lucy heard a girl's voice when she stood up and looked around. There was girl with long blonde hair. Ripped jeans shorts and crop-top. She came out of the woods. Not creepy at all?! A boy with messy dark sand blonde hair stepped out of her shadow. He wore a yellow t-shirt and some dark shorts. A bandana around his neck. Both of them were covered in dirt. And they sure hadn't had a shower in a really long time.