𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲

sixty-six: Ex-Boyfriends.

THE GROUP of five teens were now down at the dock, "so, Sarah just dips and doesn't call?" John B asked them. "Yeah, man. She just left her bag. Didn't tell anybody." Pope said as they were in the boat and John B walks away from the rail. "Okay, dude, I... I really think Ward got to her." John B says, looking at Kai.

"I mean, the dude tried to have me killed in jail." He said, looking over at JJ and Pope at the motor of the boat who quickly spun around to look at him. "What?" Kie glanced up. "Yeah. He sent somebody to the prison who yoked me up and almost killed me." He said, raising his hands to his throat and Kai scoffed.

"Seriously?" He asked and John B looked over at him and Kie. "Yes." He says and JJ looked over. "Do we know who this dude was?" The blond asked John B. "No, I have no idea." He shook his head as he got onto the boat. "Dude, I swear to god, one day I'm gonna kill that son of a bitch." John B says, plopping down.

"It's okay."

"No, Kie, it's not okay. We gotta find Sarah." He said and Kai's brows furrow as he noticed the boat coming their way. "No, literally, it's okay. She's right there." Kie pointed as the boat is closer now, Sarah stood up. "John B?" She said then smiled. "John B!"

"What the hell is she doing with Topper?" Kie asked and JJ tsk'ed. "Ex-boyfriends, am I right?" He said and Kai sighs. John B smiled anyway, standing up as the boat belonging to his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend got closer. She hands the rope she's holding over to Pope as she got up to board their boat. "Hi," John B greeted his girlfriend. "Hey!" She laughed as she brings him into a hug. "Oh, my God. I'm so glad you're okay. Hi." John B hugs her back.

"I didn't know if I'd see you again. What happened?" She pulled back and waited for answers. "Uh, they dropped all the charges." He said and she smiled widely. "What?" She says and he nods. "Yeah, no, yeah, I'm a free man. Yeah." He says and she puts her hands to his face before hugging him again, laughing.

"That's amazing." She says as Kai watched the pair with a small smile, which then fades away when he realized Topper was still here. "I know. It's great, but... But listen, Sarah, they're coming after Rafe." John B tells her.

"Good. He's completely unhinged. He jumped me last night." She says. "What?" Kie says, looking up at her friend. "That's why I didn't come back." She says as Kai glanced around at the others before looking at Topper who spoke up next. "Yeah, man. Rafe has lost his mind. Literally almost drowned his own sister." He said as Sarah and John B look at him.

"Thankfully, I got there... got there just in time." He said and Sarah nods. "Yeah, he did." She says as she looked at her boyfriend who glanced off into the distance. "Uh, well, I guess I owe you one, Topper, don't I?" He said as he looked back at the other who scoffs, smiling.

"It's all good. I mean, somebody had to rescue your girlfriend, right?" He said as Kai got uncomfortable, grimacing. "Uh, that's funny because she's not actually my girlfriend, right?" John B says, looking at Sarah. "Uh," Topper chuckles, "well, what is she then?"

"Tell him." John B says and Kai glanced from the couple to Topper, then back to the couple as Sarah was having a struggle of what to say. "I'm... I'm with him." She says and Kai's brows raise, glancing back and forth again.

"Gotcha. You're with him. Okay, yeah. I just, like, needed a little clarity there. You guys clear on that?" Topper said as he looked at the boys sitting on the other end of the boat. "I think it's clear you gotta go now." JJ said and Kai stifled a laugh. "Yeah, think I'll head out. It's about that time." Topper agreed with him. "Topper. Thank you." Sarah walks to him.

"Yeah, of course. I'm just glad you're okay." Topper said as he hugged her back and Kai sighed softly, glancing at Kie who just looked at him, making a confused look. When Topper took off, Kie leans closer to Kai, "what's with the exes today?" She whispered and all Kai does is shrug his shoulders, huffing.

The teens spent the rest of their day just chilling and Kai was smoking cigarettes on the dock when JJ joined him, sitting down beside him. "What's up? Want a beer?" JJ held out a beer and Kai just glanced at the beer. "Uh, no, thanks..." He sighed and JJ just nodded softly.

"You okay?" He asked and put his hand on Kai's back, "yeah, yeah." Kai nods, looking at JJ and smiling. "Why was Sterling here?" JJ asked, sipping on his beer. "It was nothing important." He said, looking away and JJ's brows furrow together. "Didn't look like nothing..." He pulled his hand back and Kai sighs.

"JJ--" "Oh, shit, hold on." JJ said, taking out his phone and Kai just looked around, taking in a deep breath. "Yeah, he's... around here somewhere. What? Seriously?" As the phone conversation continued, Kai looked at JJ with a curious look. "Shit," he said when he hung up. "It's Pope's dad... We gotta go get Pope," he said and Kai quickly got up with him, running to where they last saw Pope, where he was hugging Kiara. "Pope! Pope!" The two pull apart as JJ and Kai stop there, "just got a call from Guffy. Something happened to your pops."

"What?" Pope rushed over to them and they ran off. "John B! Sarah! Come on!" Kie shouted to them as they started running to the van where they all rushed into the back, John B getting into the driver's seat as usual and Pope rushed to get into the passenger seat.

 

AUTHORS NOTE
as someone who shipped pope and kie, after she just wanted to be friends with him, i was kinda disappointed ngl