Waves

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~PRESENT~

Amelia sat back against Connor, watching out over the ocean as John B drove the boat, skipping it over the waves that were roaring from all of the other boats soaking up the beautiful, sunny and warm day. She was hesitant about spending the day on the boat with the Pogue's, but after Sarah had begged her and told her that Pope had also invited Connor, she finally gave in. She enjoyed the cool, gentle breeze blowing through her hair as the sun beamed down on her skin. She closed her eyes as Connor fingered the back of her hair, instantly relaxing her body.

Kiara sat on the nose of the boat, drinking a beer, and Amelia refused to make eye contact with her. She hated what this all had done to their friendship, and the rest of the Pogue's knew perfectly well that things were a bit awkward right now. It was affecting everyone.

Her eyes glanced over to JJ, who she had to be discreet in looking at. She didn't want to be caught by him. She wouldn't admit how many times she saw him glance at her from the corner of her eye, thinking he was also being discreet. Amelia wondered if he actually did see her looking at him.

"Here we are." John B said, parking the boat as Sarah stood from his lap. "You want a rod, Connor?" Amelia watched as JJ shot a look at John B, clearly annoyed that he was trying to be friendly with Connor. Up until he started dating Amelia, JJ was always nice to him. Amelia rolled her eyes at his look.

Connor stood from behind Amelia, smiling back at John B before nodding his head. "Sure, I'll give it a go. I used to fish with my dad all the time." He pulled his shirt off over his head. "I'm gonna take a dip to cool off first, though."

Amelia couldn't control herself as her eyes scanned over his toned torso, biting her lower lip as she spotted JJ's eyes watching her checking out Connor. She looked away, trying to hide the flush that was reddening her cheeks.

"Guys, I think there's a boat down there." Pope said, squinting his eyes as he looked over the edge of the boat into the water.

"Shut up." John B said, rolling his eyes at Pope with a hint of amusement in his eyes.

"No way." Kiara said, leaning back to lay flat along the nose of the boat.

"No. No. Guys, I'm serious. There's a boat down there. For real." Pope said, pointing his finger out to the water. Amelia looked behind her where Pope was pointing, and John B and Kiara rushed to the edge to look over. "It's a boat."

"Holy shit. He's right. Let's go." Kiara said, pulling down her denim shorts and jumped off the boat, John B jumping in after her.

"You think there's a dead body down there?" Pope questioned, looking over to Sarah who was stood beside him.

"Shut up, Pope." Sarah said, shoving his arm. "Seriously. Don't say shit like that. That would be horrible."

Amelia felt her breath hitch in her throat as John B and JJ both took deep breaths, holding them as they submerged themselves under the water to see the boat. For the first time, Amelia and Kiara exchanged frantic looks with one another.

Amelia felt relieved as both boys finally reached the surface again. "You saw that, right?" JJ asked, his voice sounding shocked.

"Yeah, I did." John B said, exchanging a nervous yet excited look with JJ.

"That's a Grady-White. A new one of those is like 500 G's, easy." JJ said, swimming back towards the boat.

"Do we know whose boat that is?" Pope asked, looking concerned.

"No. But we're about to find out." John B said as he opened up a hatch, grabbing the anchor.

"Dude, it's too deep." JJ said, watching Connor as he pulled Amelia into his body.