Kind Of Infinite (Outer Banks)

Chapter 6

After Pope had excused himself to look for JJ, Ava had waited for a few minutes to see if they'd return, but left her spot, once she felt, that they wouldn't come back. She got herself another drink and sipped on it, while she made her way back to her cousin. For another hour, Ava was introduced to a bunch of other friends of Lewis and also introduced to Outer Banks' weed. Half an hour later, Ava got to know that the mixture of alcohol and weed wasn't quite her thing. Once she started to feel dizzy and tired, she decided it was time to go home. She said goodbye to her cousin and quietly escaped the crowd, when she suddenly felt someone close to her.

"Need some help?" Ava turned her head to her side to see a boy with short, brown hair come up next to her. He was older than her and Ava recognized him as one of Lewis friends.

"I'm fine, thanks.", Ava replied and turned her head away from him again as she kept walking.

"You're high. I can take you home.", he said and caught up to her again.

"I said I'm fine, you can leave.", Ava repeated with a darker voice, but didn't dare to look at him. She heard him chuckle and stumbled, when she got suddenly pulled back to him.

"Why so grumpy? Do you have a headache from the alcohol? Sex can help with that, you know." Ava rolled her eyes and pushed the guy away from her, as he gave her a dirty smile.

"Leave me the fuck alone.", Ava mumbled and turned around again to keep walking. Just when she got pulled back again, she heard another voice.

"Yo, dude, did you not hear her?" Ava looked into the darkness, just to see a boy and a girl walking up to them. The guy let go off her, but moved forward when she tried to get away from him. The two strangers came closer and Ava thought, that they must know the guy.

"Is that any of your business, Routledge?", the older boy said and glared at the other boy. He had longer hair, kind of how JJ wore his hair, just darker and curlier. He wore a bandana around his neck, grey jeans that were ripped and a striped shirt with its buttons open. The girl wore a bandana around her head, which pushed her dark, long curls back. She wore high waisted, light jeans and a black crop top.

"If you're harassing an innocent girl, then yes, that's our business.", the girl spit back and raised her eyebrows at the guy.

"Oh, sure. Poor, innocent girl. Can't be so innocent if she fucked with your friend already, huh?"

"Yo bro, I've no idea what you're talking about. Just leave her alone, man."

"Come on, we've all seen her with Maybank. He wouldn't hang around with her, if she wouldn't let him fuck her." Avas eyes grew big at the mention of JJs name and she felt uneased, when suddenly the two strangers went quiet. The guy noticed that he hit a soft sport and let out a dark laugh.

"Oh shit, you like him. Fuck damn, girl, are you into psychopaths or is it a kink? Does violence turn you on? How bad does he beat you up while fucking?" Out of the corner of her eyes, Ava saw the other boy coming closer as he clenched his fists. Before he could even reach them, the guy already stumbled back and held a hand in front of his bleeding nose.

"Get fucking lost now, before I break any other of your bones. Or soft parts.", Ava threatened the guy and waited for him to leave, before she turned around and shook her right hand in pain.

"Fuck, that hurt.", she hissed and stared at her hand. Her knuckles hurt and would probably bruise, but what really concerned her, was the sticky blood of the guys nose that covered her hand. As Ava stared at it, she felt her stomach turn upside down. She had never been good with blood.

"Shit man, you broke his nose. Are you ok?", the dark-haired girl asked amused, as they both got closer.

"Fine, I just...", Ava started, before she bent over and threw up right in front of her and the strangers feet.

"Oh, fuck. Go get some water, John B.", the girl said and Ava heard how the boy ran off.

"Here, sit down.", the girl said softly and helped Ava to sit down. Just before Ava could reach the safe ground, her stomach flipped again. She quickly turned on her knees and placed her hands on the ground, before she threw up again. The other girl kneeled next to her and quickly pulled her blonde hair up into a ponytail. Not trusting her stomach, Ava stayed on her knees and breathed heavily.

"Can you lean your head back?" Ava nodded and leant her head back, before the girl placed her own bandana on Avas head and carefully pushed the blonde curls away from her face.

"Thank you. I'm Ava, by the way, but since I threw up in front of you, you can call me whatever you want.", Ava mumbled and let her head drop again.

"I'm Kiara.", the girl answered with a laugh and eventually sat next to Ava. Just when Ava wanted to start some small talk, her stomach turned once again and she painfully threw up whatever was left of the alcohol. Feeling like her stomach was finally empty, she moved away a little and sat down. With her head hanging low, she rested her arms on her knees and breathed in and out deeply.

"Oh my god, are you ok?", she suddenly heard a familiar voice and slowly looked up.

"Never been better. It seems, like I just threw up over your friends' shoes.", Ava answered and gave JJ a thumbs up with an awkward smile. JJ knelt down in front of her and looked at her with a concerned expression, while his friends laughed at Avas comment.

"Fuck, you're stoned as shit.", JJ suddenly laughed, when he looked at Ava. Her eyes were red and glassy, her lips turned into a weird smile.

"JJ?", Ava asked concerned and grabbed for his wrist.

"Yeah, what's up?"

"Would you please wash away the blood on my hand? I'm going to throw up again.", Ava mumbled and held her hand right in front of his face. JJ chuckled and softly grabbed her wrist to move her hand away from his face. He asked someone for water, before he poured some over her hand and carefully washed away the still wet blood.

"Thank you.", Ava whispered as she watched JJ clean her hand.

"You're gonna put some ice on that.", JJ said and softly brushed his thumb over her knuckles. Ava nodded and took the red cup that JJ held out for her. She drank the rest of the water and placed the empty cup beside her, before she finally looked up. Just behind JJ, three other people were standing and watching them. Ava recognized Pope and the guy who had ran off to get her water, right next to him stood a blonde girl.

"Fuck, I really don't need my dad or cousin to embarrass myself.", Ava mumbled and sighed, before she slowly got up. JJ and Kiara stood up too, both holding out their hands, in case that Ava needed to be steadied.

"Don't worry, I didn't really care as I was way too impressed by how you broke Tylers nose. I'm John B, by the way.", the brunette said and held out his fist. Ava smiled and bumped her left fist with his.

"I'm Sarah.", the blonde girl next to him smiled and waved her hand. Ava returned the smile and moved a little closer to JJ, when she suddenly felt all pairs of eyes on her.

"I'm Ava.", she replied and for the first time that night, she felt completely like herself. Maybe it was the weed, the adrenaline or the remaining alcohol in her blood, but something about JJ and his friends just gave her a comforting feeling of honesty, love and loyalty. And the feeling was kind of infinite.