Uncharted Waters || A Jiara Story

Chapter One

The moon casts a hazy glow over the water's edge, stretching out farther than the eye could see. Water engulfs the shore's edge as small waves crash against the sand and get pulled back out to sea.

(Kiara POV)

I run my hands through the wet sand, letting small clumps fall through my fingertips. Water kisses the tips of my toes and I flinch feeling the semi-cold breeze that accompanies each wave.

My mind is racing from all of the events that happened within the last 48 hours. I think about my parents and how angry they were with me before I left and how disappointed they are with me now. I know the second I get home they're sending me away and the thought of leaving Kildare makes my stomach churn.

I think about Pope and how not only did I hurt his feelings by telling him I only wanted to be friends, but also the fact that his whole world has been turned upside down......on top of me letting him down. And after all of that effort and nearly-suffocating in that container, we still didn't get the cross or the damn gold.

And Rafe Cameron. Ugh, the thought of his face and his greasy hair makes my blood boil. I am so tired of the Camerons and every other Kook on Kildare getting everything they want handed to them on a silver platter. And yes, I understand that technically I'm both a Kook and Pogue, but knowing my mom's logic and the way she sees societal standards, I choose to dismiss the Kook-side of myself all together. The money doesn't matter to me. The materialistic-centric balls at the chateau and the meaningless-talk with stuck up, millionaires about their summer homes is the vain of my existence. Rafe and Ward Cameron deserve to rot in jail, not sail away on a ship with billions of dollars worth of gold.

We'll get it back. There has to be a way.

(JJ POV)

I see a silhouette perched by the water's edge. I know from the curls blowing in the wind that it's Kie.

I make my way down to the beach.

(Kiara POV)

"Deep in thought" I hear a voice approaching from behind me.

Turning my head, I see JJ's shadow approaching, his blonde hair astray.

"Just admiring the view"

JJ smirks, "I mean I have been working out"

I smirk and brush off his comment.

(JJ POV)

"May I sit"

Kiara nods and pulls her legs tight to her chest.

I sit down beside her and nudge my shoulder against hers.

"You good?"

She stays silent for a second and I feel her let out a small laugh.

"Just tired....keeping your body afloat can be pretty exhausting"

I scoff and grab my chest....."Are you calling me fat"

Kiara lets out a laugh and lays back into the sand.

I join her.

(Kiara POV)

My head crashes into the wet sand. I feel JJ's head crash beside mine.

"Thank you by the way" JJ says.

I look over and his blue eyes are looking into mine.

"For what?"

"Not letting me drown"

I smirk and look back at the stars above my head.,

"Well I kinda owed you". I turn my head back in his direction quickly and I see him smiling as well.

"Very true Ms. Carerra.....very true"

We both lay and watch the night sky. The crashing waves create an echoing sound across the entire shore and the whistling wind accompanies it, creating a soft lullaby that slowly puts me to sleep.