Broken//JJ(Outer Banks)

Chapter 6- Elijah

Surfing didn't happen. I wouldn't let it.

I think JJ is seriously injured.

"JJ, are you sure you're okay?"

He nods, then grabs his head in pain.

"I don't know, maybe not. I just don't want to leave you. I don't want anything else to happen to you."

I sigh.

"You've been attacked more than I have. It almost seems like they have a bigger grudge against you than me."

He laughs.

"Eh, it just happens like that. But in all seriousness, it's because I won't let anything happen to anyone. They don't like that."

I hear a knock on the door. 

I open it to see Rafe and.. my mom??

"Wha-"

I'm knocked to the ground.

"Shut up."

I try to sit up but my mom steps on my chest.

"Rafe, Mother, what are you doing?"

Rafe smirks.

"Something we've wanted to do for a while."

I hear a gunshot and JJ shout in pain.

Then. Terrible, terrible silence.

"JJ?"

Silence.

"JJ?!!!!"

My mom laughs. 

"He's gone. No one to protect you now."

"Oh, you thought wrong."

My mom turns to see John B and the group. Sarah is in front with a baseball bat.

"Night night."

She swings and my mom drops to the floor.

I immediately sit up, crawling for JJ, only to be smacked back into the floor with a gun to my head.

"Yeah, not gonna happen. I'm going to kill you too. Your mom didn't want that, but I don't care. I want all of you to suffer. But especially you. So I'm going to take my ti-"

Rafe chokes off as a blade goes through his abdomen. I move my head slowly to see Pope.

"Don't. Touch. Her."

Rafe makes a choked laugh.

"You finally learned how to fight, Heyward."

Pope smiles.

"Yeah, well you beating my ass got me to learn that I can beat yours too. So enjoy my win, and your loss." 

Pope lets go of the blade, that is currently still in Rafe.

"You idiot, you left the blade in."

Pope laughs.

"Yeah, I thought it'd do you good to suffer. You pull that blade out, you're dead. But you also can't move because I pierced your nerve. So enjoy laying there."

As Rafe's screams ring through the air, I smile. Then I remember JJ.

"JJ!!"

I reach him and grab his hand.

"JJ, wake up, wake up!"

JJ coughs.

"Elijah, what did I tell you about getting involved in stupid situations."

I laugh, tears streaming down my face.

"Nothing, you said nothing. Because you get in stupid situations all the time."

He laughs softly, closing his eyes.

"We both do, don't we?"

"Yeah we do. But we're in them together."

He opens his eyes and looks at me. And in that moment, I don't know if it was from the blood loss, JJ was dying, or that I finally decided I love him, but I leaned forward and kissed him right on the mouth.

It was a dream. He responded immediately, bringing his hand up to cup my cheek.

Boy, were we a mess. Covered in blood and kissing.

It was like a movie.

I pull away.

"JJ, I-"

"I know. Me too."

I smile, crying.

"I want to say it."

He closes his eyes for the last time.

"I don't want that to be the last thing I hear."

I put my head on his shoulder and listen to him take his final breath.

"I love you."

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