𝐀 𝐊𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀 𝐏𝐎𝐆𝐔𝐄, 𝗋𝖺𝖿𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗈𝗇

14: "𝙸 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞."

(And another chapter)

Later in the day, Heyward's shop wasn't too busy as the twins found themselves inside the shop. Or, well, Y/n was as she helped her father with a few things while Pope was outside. After putting a few things away from her father's instructions, the Heyward girl finds herself going outside to help her brother.

However, the girl stops when she sees the Heyward boy staring straight forward, a slight panicked look on his face. Curiously following his gaze, Y/n's eyes widen in panic as well upon seeing Topper and Rafe sitting inside a vehicle together, glaring at the twins.

Actually, the boys were glaring at Y/n more than Pope. Topper was glaring at her while Rafe, in a teasing manner, was blowing kisses at the air towards her. Frantically grabbing his sister's hand, Pope pulls her inside, the two walking out of the shop as they begin making their way to JJ's house.

The siblings had made sure to keep an eye out for Rafe and Topper in case the two Kooks would follow them. As they got closer and closer to the blonde's house, the sound of gunshots filled their eardrums. Eventually, they find themselves in his backyard, calling out his name as he wore earmuffs to block the loud sounds of the gun.

"JJ!" The siblings shout, finally getting his attention.

"They know." Pope informs.

JJ takes off his earmuffs. "What?"

"They know." Y/n repeats more firmly.

"Alright, chill. Alright? They don't know shit." JJ assures.

Y/n takes a deep breath. "Topper knows I sunk his boat."

"How do you two know they know?" JJ questions.

"Because Rafe and Topper posted outside of Heyward's and mad dogged us." Pope replies, worried for his sister.

JJ sighs. "Will you two calm down and get a grip? They don't know shit."

"They have cameras. They could've seen me." Y/n argues.

"There was no power, Y/n." JJ reminds. "How could they have seen you?"

"It's Figure Eight. They got generators." Y/n states, pacing back and forth.

"Alright, enough with the regret, Y/n!" JJ exclaims, standing up and looking at her. "They caved yours and Pope's face in. They hit us, we hit them. It's the law of the jungle. Now, if any Kooks come up to you and ask if you had anything to do with it, you walk up to them, look them right in the eye, and..."

"Deny the living shit out of it." Y/n finishes, gulping.

JJ nods. "That's right. Deny, deny, deny. But just for safety, we don't go anywhere without protection. Right?"

***

The trio now found themselves out in the open at the outdoors cinema that Kiara had gotten them to come to with her. The Carrera girl hadn't noticed the three slightly tense as they kept a watch out for any Kooks in sight, knowing they could possibly be here somewhere with the crowd of civilians in the Outer Banks.

John B had been nowhere to be seen. They had no way of contacting him, since the power was all still down. The Chateau was empty, no sign of any living thing in it. Though, even if John B had cleaned it, the house was still kind of a mess, as it usually was.

"I'm so glad that they're still doing this. Keep calm. Carry on. Back to OBX life. You know? Aren't you guys glad I made you come?" Kie asks.

"Ecstatic." The twins reply with sarcasm.

JJ clears his throat. "My couch was pretty comfy, I'll be honest."

"We're out of the green zone, guys." Pope whispers to the two, still really worried for his sister, JJ and himself.

"Dude, tranquilo, okay?" JJ replies.

"We're in the middle of Kooklandia." Pope comments.

"This is the last placed I wanted to be." Y/n admits.

JJ squeezes her hand. "It'll be fine, Y/n/n."

Letting out a sigh, the three set their bags down, Kie doing the same thing. Grabbing some money from her pocket, Y/n makes sure to ask Kie if she wanted anything before slowly heading to the food stand, asking for some Pepsis. As she reaches into her pocket for the money, the Pepsis are passed to her.

"Hey, Y/n." A familiar voice calls out.

The girl slightly tenses at the sound of his voice as she glances over, seeing Rafe walking towards her, eyes seeming to be trained right on her.

"Hey, what's up? How are you?" Rafe questions in a soft voice.

Y/n sighs. "What do you want, Rafe?"

Rafe leans closer to her. "We know what you did. I know what you did."

Y/n raises a brow, trying not to show how tense she was. "I'm sorry, what did I do?"

"You know, princess." Rafe whispers, stepping closer.

The girl rolls her eyes, beginning to turn around and walk back to her friends. However, the Cameron boy grabs ahold of her hand, rather gently, pulling her closer as he takes a few steps back. She knew she should've protested, but she couldn't.

Y/n's brows furrow. "What?"

"I miss you." Rafe admits in a whisper. "A lot."

Y/n couldn't help but let out a scoff, rolling her eyes again. "Yeah, sure. You think I'm gonna believe that one?"

"It's true, Y/n." Rafe informs, voice sounding serious. "I miss you like crazy. I wanna have what we had before. I've wanted it for a while now, if I'm being honest."

"It can't happen, Rafe." Y/n whispers, shaking her head. "It was a mistake. A big, stupid mistake that'll never happen again."

And with that, she pushes his hand off her own, gripping the Pepsis as she makes her way back to her three friends, the two boys having been staring at her and Rafe the entire time. The girl seats herself in-between the two of them who were glancing at her.

"What did he say to you?" Pope protectively asks.

Y/n shrugs, shaking her head. "Nothing important."

Somehow feeling a pair of eyes on them, Pope glances over his shoulder, JJ and Y/n doing the same, seeing Rafe, Topper and their friend, Kelce, all standing there. Both Topper and Rafe had their eyes trained on the three, more Y/n than the boys.

"Great, the whole death squad." Pope observes.

JJ slaps the back of his head. "Don't stare, bro." Pope and Y/n quickly turn around. "Just warning you, guys. If they corner me, I'm coming out swinging, okay? Slice and dicing. I'm on edge right now. If that doesn't work, I got this right here."

The twins watch as the blonde holds up his bag, signaling his gun was inside in case of anything. Y/n glances to Kie, seeing the girl not noticing their conversation.

Pope nods. "Yeah, yeah. So, we just gotta stay in the group. They can't get us in the group."

"Like a school of fish." JJ agrees.

"Stay in school. Can't leave school." Pope mumbles.

"Stay in school." Y/n adds through a murmur.

Slowly glancing over her shoulder again, her e/c eyes meet Rafe's blue ones, making her quickly look away, playing with her Pepsi can in her hands.