✧*̥˚ITS ALWAYS YOU! *̥˚✧ J.M 2

053

𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗜𝗙𝗧𝗬-𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗘
𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢.

AS THE GROUP LAID sprawled out on the sofas, half asleep, the door to the screen room was opened, making everyone shoot their heads over the person walking in.

Sarah.

She flashed an awkward smile to the friends, scratching the back of her neck as it was completely silent, well that was until JJ spoke up.

"Shouldn't you be on Figure Eight with your little group of polo players? Or did you break up with Topper?" He snorted, earning a slap to his chest from the Kook beside him.

"We're just friends. He's just a friend." She replied quickly, rolling her eyes at his childish instincts.

He shrugged, tsking in disappointment, "you have a lot of friends, Sarah Cameron."

"Yeah, and it seems like you've got some of your own too." She flickered her eyes to the dark haired girl before sighing.

"All right, what are you doing here?" John B asked, beginning to get fed up with her presence as he crossed his arm over his chest.

She swallowed, "I'm here for Pope. I think I found the island room."

The Pogues all jumped out of their seats with anticipation, nearly shoving the blonde girl out of the door as they all hurried into the Twinkie, dragging her along with.

The drive to the Cameron residence had been giving them extreme waves of deja vu, their long car rides as a group, lately it's only been three or four of them, but at this moment their was six.

"Guys, listen to this. The diary says the cross holds the most holy relic in all of Christendom, the Garment of the Savior." Pope read aloud, clutching the old diary in his hands.

Kie glanced at him, pulling her brows together, "so wait, he saying there's a holy garment inside the cross?"

"Yeah. It says the garment is capable of healing the sick from any malady." Pope stated, his eyes glued to the ink written words.

"Mhm, yeah. "if only I may touch his garment, I shall be made well." JJ blurted, fiddling with his rings as he laid his head back against the back of the passenger seat.

Aria cocked a brow at him impressively, pushing her bottom lip out in complete surprise at the boys words.

"What? I went to Sunday school." He chuckled.

"Sure." Kie mocked, rolling her eyes at him playfully before returning her attention back to an extremely focused Pope.

Aria tucked the dark strands behind her ears, "well, that explains why Limbrey wanted the cross so bad. She thinks it can heal her."

"What else does it say?" Kie asked, moving to sit at the edge of the cushioned seat.

Pope flipped the page, "Many feel that we have sinned to steal such a sacred thing, and God will strike his vengeance on us."

"Thing is, God did have his vengeance. He sent a hurricane to sink the ship. Only Denmark survived."

Sarah pushed the sliding doors open, leading the group into her home as she went straight into the dining room.

Aria furrowed her brows as she glanced around the familiar room, but now she barely even recognized it with it's wallpaper being half teared down.

As they walked around the large room, their eyes dancing around the different painted pictures, fingertips gliding across the textured walls.

"It's been here this whole time." Sarah was in complete awe, watching her friends explore the room.

"Yo, this is a map of the whole island." JJ spun, not being able to keep his eyes on one place.

"Guys, look, Parcel 9 and the well." Kie called the group over, the five of them crowding behind her.

Aria placed her finger on the well, darting it to the different drawings like connecting dots, "so, if that's Parcel 9, and then if that's Rixson's, then that's gotta be the surf break at Mase. Pope, come here."

Pope walked over to her, his lips parted as the familiar handwriting had his head spinning in circles, "Denmark, you genius! These are all his drawings. He...he painted the entire room."

"Yeah, question is why. What's he trying to tell us?" Kie felt like she had just drove into an inescapable dead end, her forehead dropping to her palm.

"It's gotta have something to do with the key, right? Right?" JJ's question was their only logical answer, everything revolves around this key.

Kiara nodded, "yeah, but what?"

"That's for us to figure out." Aria furrowed her brows in thought, her eyes flickering to the blonde, "how did you uncover this?"

"I didn't."

my loves! i'm sorry for the
short chapter today. i'm exhausted.
tomorrow i should get 2 parts out, my goal!
love u always.