Jiara ~ season 3

The return.

The 6 pogues have been through one hell of an ordeal. They've all had near death experiences , a battle on a boat and now spent the last month fending for themselves on a deserted island with the possibility of returning home being very small.

I think they'd all somehow come to terms with that. The realisation that this was their reality now and it was their responsible to make it work. They have had  many scary and sad times on poguelandia don't get me wrong but they'd also many good times too.

There was something about it that felt so simple and so free. All of this made the now real prospect of returning home to the OBX somehow strange and brought up mixed emotions for the pogues.

They've all be cut of from the real world for so long now that who knows what everyone back homes been doing or thinking.

Pope was the most excited to get back to the outer banks, to see his mum and dad, to embrace them in a huge hug. He's missed them so so much and he knows they will have be worried half to death about him. He hates the feeling that he may have been causing them pain because they just care about him so much.

Cleo is also looking forward to their arrival. She's used to a fast pace life with constant change and hasn't had a place to call home in a long time, not since her granny died. She's excited to be in a nice new place with her new made friends.

John B will be thankful to see the chateaux again, the OBX is where he belongs and where he's meant to be to carry on his search to honour his dads memory and make him proud. He feels weird about returning though after the events that have occurred here such as being hunted down, arrested and almost killed. But despite all that he ultimately knows it's where he needs to be right now.

Sarah has mixed feelings because for the first time in her life she really is alone, her family are gone. Although they had abandoned her long before that (apart from wheezie) it's all finally hit her that she has to take charge of her life now. But she knows and loves that she has all of her best friends around her supporting her, most importantly her boyfriend, or should I say husband, John B.

JJ doesn't feel tied down to the OBX, he could be happy anywhere in the world. What really makes a place home for him is the people, his best friends. That's what brings him back here. The sight of it does bring back traumatic memories for him of his dad, however these are lightened by the knowledge that he's gone now, for good. Luke couldn't hurt him anymore.

Kie is probably the one least looking forward to be back, and that's for one reason, her parents. She's used the journey to think about the hundreds of different scenarios that could happen when they meet again. Did they think she was dead? Or that she ran away? Have they missed her? Or have they finally had enough of her? Will they be angry? And do they still want to send her away? Who knows what their thinking or feeling. Kie was hesitant to go back because of the thought that she'd be shipped of to boarding school the very same day, where she'd be separated from the people she cared about most in the world, but one person in particular.

The small police boat ties up to the jetty and the two officers usher the teens out of the boat and onto grass. They all look around and then back at each other. This place feels almost foreign to them now. It's going to take a while to get used to again. Waiting them are 4 police cars ready to take them to their different houses. One for pope, one for JJ, one for Kie and one for John B, Sarah and a Cleo to take them to the chateaux. The six teens all huddled together linking arms and bringing their heads together.

"You got this" John B whispered reassuringly and they nodded and smiled slightly.  "Meet back at the chateaux in 2 hours, okay?"

They all get into their cars separately and are driven of in different directions.

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Kie nervously steps out of the police car and looks up at her parents big house. She'd always felt out of place here, she wanted something different, something real.

Her thoughts aresuddenly cut of by
"Kiara, oh my god, kiara! " he mum sobbed as she ran up to her and flung her arms around her body. He dad quickly followed and embraced them both. They stayed like this for a long time.

No matter if she didn't always agree with their decisions, kiara had missed her parents, and she does love them. A long overdue built up outburst of emotion just flowed out of kiara. She just needed to cry.

Meanwhile:

JJ casually steps out of the vehicle and watches as it drives away. He just stands there staring at his dads pathetic excuse for a house. He didn't feel safe here, not like at the chateaux. He felt uneasy but just needed to grab some clothes and head back to John Bs on his bike. He steps through the already opened door and makes his way to his room.

He opens his door to the biggest surprise of all, Luke! Luke with a can of beer in his hand a few empty one on the floor surrounding his feet. So many different thoughts were darting around JJ's head. Why was he here? How did he get here? Was he on the run still? He thought he'd never see him again. But before he can even has the chance to react he feels a fist collide with the side of his face.

This wasn't somethings he had missed.