Outer Banks - JJ X y/n

Chapter 10

"Y/n?"

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I looked back seeing Topper. What was he doing here? He walks closer to me and slowly sits down beside me. He shuffles around getting comfortable.

"What are you doing here?" I whisper, "It's late".

"Then I have to ask you the same question," he says as he dangles his feet back and forth above the water. 

I ignore him and everything went silent. Topper was usually a jerk but he seemed sad. I looked at him with my eyes welling up with tears.

"I'm confused! Today I went to Chapel Hill with Sarah and I realised she is such a sweet person, but now all the pogues are giving me shit about it!" I cried. I put my head down and wiped my tears away. "So if you're going to be a jerk, or if Rafe is here to take me, go away".

"Listen Rafe isn't here..." he gives me a meaningful look.

What am I doing sitting next to Topper, the asshole who always makes fun of me and my friends? But, tonight he seems different. I think he has something on his mind as well.

"I go here when I'm not feeling myself" he murmured.

"What's wrong?" I soothed.

"Sarah and I are on a break, I don't know if I did something" he went on.

Right. How could I forget? I pretended to not know about them being on a break and comforted him. I think Topper doesn't have anyone to talk to, I mean his friends are Rafe and Kelce and they're horrible people.

"How about JJ? Shouldn't he be here, looking after you?" he looked out in the ocean. I saw his eyes slowly filling up with tears but he fought it back.

"He also wasn't happy with me, they don't even know where I am" I sighed. Topper and Sarah might be kooks but I realised they aren't what they seem. They both have a heart and are different from the other kooks.

"Want me to drop you home?" Topper stood up, "I mean I'm going home now so I can drop you".

"There's nowhere for me to go, I cant go back to John B's"  I replied.

"What about your house?" He asked.

Jake. I don't want to tell Topper about my brother, it's my privacy, "No, I don't like staying there". 

I looked up at Topper, "It's ok, go home, I'm going to stay here".

Topper's eyes widened. "No way! C'mon you can stay at mine".

"What?! No, it's ok" I insisted. Topper took my hand and brought me to his car. We drove into his neighbourhood. It felt weird to be in Topper's car, not getting into a physical fight with him.

His house was grand. He explained to me that his parents weren't home, they were at a conference for 2 days. He leads me to his room and placed a pillow for me on his window seat. His room was a typical teenage boys room. I sat down on the window seat and looked around. He gave me some water and a blanket.