ᴀʟʟ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ʜᴇʀ [ᴊᴊ ᴍᴀʏʙᴀɴᴋ]

8 burning desire

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"he deserved it right?" jj asked whilst fishing, kie and I stood next to him, "are you joking, of course he deserved it" she confirmed scoffing.

pope then spoke up from lower down on the dock "never seen anyone blow up like that" he muttered to which jj responded saying it was ticked off the bucket list.

kie then told him off going down to sit next to John b who was lay on the HMS pogue watching the water flow, "it sucks for Sarah" jj added, looking down.

I walked away from the group to the chateau, followed by jj who stood in front of me as I sat down on the sofa "you okay?" he spoke softly, leaning down and tucking a piece of hair behind my ear.

"everything that's happening right now is all pilling up and I just can't do it anymore" I choked out tearing up.

jj ran his hands through his hair stressfully "are you still in this char?" he asked clearly.

his eyes gazed at mine desperately longing for an answer. i sighed looking down "no". jj came closer "you cant even look at me" he exclaimed lifting my jaw laughing slightly.

"look me in the eyes and tell me you don't wan't this anymore" my eyes met his once again and without shifting away i responded "i don't want this right now jj"

he seemed in disbelief for a moment and took a second of silence to fully let my words sink in.

jj's face immediately dropped releasing my face from his hand. then he left the room without saying a word, slamming the door as i fell to pieces.

"the fuck happened" kie worried, coming to my rescue, "I let him go" I confessed with the pools of water flooding out of my eyes now as she hugged me comfortingly.

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I woke up realising that I had fallen asleep on the sofa, greeted by pope's face with some beer cans glued together like a poking stick.

"so quick update" pope began "Sarah and John b broke up, kie and I are just friends, you and jj broke up and we have school! good day char" he rambled throwing some clothes at me.

kie took a look at the trashed chateau "I will meet up with you guys later" she affirmed, since she didn't have to go to school today.

eventually, the four of us arrived at the building getting to class only about ten minutes late for the test.

jj and John b were clearly hung over, barely being able to open their eyes let alone do a geometry test right now.

I turned to the back of the class seeing leo smiling back at me throwing a piece of paper, the first side saying 'see you at the bonfire???' and the flip side revealing answers to the test.

after class, we found out John b got an invite from some other girl and jj confirmed that he suddenly wanted to go. back to the single man whore life, huh?

"Mr. Heyward, Mr. Maybank, Mr. Routledge and of course Miss. Routledge" our history professor exclaimed pushing us into his classroom with excitement.

he pulled out a box from a cupboard proudly, rambling on about some museum artefacts. the man opened in up "go on Mr. Heyward" he insisted.

it was some old diary, contained in a plastic bag that pope opened gently trying not to damage it. once it was opened the first page contained to infamous wheat symbol.

our professor reached in between jj and I "and this is a sample letter from Denmark tanny" he proceeded to tell us "compare the handwriting"

we held up the two pieces of information seeing that the handwriting was nearly identical, "it was Denmark tanny's diary" I revealed.

it even contained sketches of captain limbrey "august sixth, eighteen twenty nine" pope read out the year the royal merchant went down "thank you so much for this" he said.

"it's important to know your own history" the man smiled at pope, clearly knowing more about this than we thought.

he then walked away and pope read more "it's the cross of Santo Domingo" he recognised "it was on the royal merchant"

we all crowded around analysing the drawing of many people carrying the cross.

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I got ready for the bonfire at my actual house, the madden's. Throwing on a pair of jean shorts and some loose knitted jumper with a cap I headed over with leo, who had supplied us with lots of drinks.

the bonfire was an outer banks tradition, it was the same weekend every year and everyone attended it.

after finding a fortune and losing it, losing my dad, my brother (twice) and my boyfriend, I really needed to drink and take my mind off of everything going on in my life currently.

the music was loud and the bonfire was flaming, oddly reminding me of ward's death.

suddenly, leo grabbed my hand twirling me around "stop thinking" he shouted over the music laughing "you think too much"

I laughed along with him, finally feeling a little better for once until I saw jj observing mine and Leo's dance.

the song you're so vain by Carley Simon barred over the speakers and leo pulled me back in, yet I pushed him back "I'm gonna go speak to my friends real quick" I said loudly and he nodded in agreement.

as I went to approach jj I saw him lighting a girls cigarette, specifically one he'd slept with before me, smiling so proudly, looking happier than ever.

I gulped and decided not to approach, an argument broke out between Sarah and a brunette former flame that was flirting with John b.

now topper and my brother argued once again, Sarah pushing JB away telling him to leave.

"she don't want you anymore bro" Kelce yelled and John b turned to face him with anger "what are you gonna do? gonna kill me like you killed sheriff peterkin!" he continued, being shut up with a punch in the face.

fights immediately broke out between everyone, since they were bumping into eachother.

kiara then ran up to me with a panicked voice "char leo is really trying to move to me right now" kie said grabbing my hand and speaking loudly in my ear.

i looked over to the boy who seemed to be very drunk stumbling around the place "i think i'm gonna take him back home" i told her trying to escape the bonfire as fast as possible.

I took one last look at jj before walking home with leo.

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once leo and i got home i took him to his room where he pushed me onto the bed accidentally "leo i think you need to go to sleep" i said quietly about to get up before he pinned me down smashing his lips against mine.

"you're drunk stop it leo!" i tried pushing him off but he wouldn't budge. i then began kicking him, anything to make him stop before he attempted to pull my top down.

a sharp noise echoed in my ears as leo collapsed on me unconscious.

i looked at the baseball trophy in my hand, then the bleeding head of leo lay on me.

after hyperventilating i grabbed my phone out of my pocket and dialled the only person that could possibly understand...

"who is this?" the voice uttered.

i took a deep breath before whispering "it's charley, i really need your help rafe" I confessed nervously awaiting his response.

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