JJ Maybank Oneshots

Caught Pt 2

Plot- Pope and the rest of the Pogues find out about JJ and Kie. Pope isn't too impressed...

"What the actual fuck?"

Things become entirely too silent. JJ is staring at the floor while Kiara slowly pulls her jacket back over her shoulders. It's uncomfortable, to say in the least. Things only get worse when John B follows Sarah back there to see where everyone went.

"See I knew something was fishy between you guys." Sarah didn't seem all that upset, which makes JJ smile uneasily.

Pope is still in shock, words leaving his lips in a cracked voice. "So this was just... happening? A-At the wreck? That was real?"

Kiara feels sick knowing he saw that.

"Um... yeah, but-" JJ starts, but he doesn't even get to finish the sentence.

Pope is runningout the chateau, and Kiara is chasing after him.

"Pope!" Kie yells.

JJ isn't far behind. "Kie!"

They leave both Sarah and John B in their dust. She's giggling, just a little, while John B seemed to be confused. "I'm sorry, did I miss all of that?"

"Don't worry, bubba. I'm sure things will... blow over." She seems unsure when she actually thinks about it.

John B can sense the tension. He's not entirely sure what happened, but he knows Sarah is worried. A short hug follows a kiss from the Routledge boy.

"Don't worry so much... I'm sure whatever they're going through will be okay."

"Yeah..." She lets a small grin take over her features. "Probably right."

Outside, Kiara is screaming for Pope to stop running. JJ can't help feeling guilty. As one of his best friends, the betrayal was awful. For Kiara, it seemed as though she's left Pope for a better surfing Pogue... and that was mostly correct.

"Pope, come on, man!" JJ calls after him, stopping to catch his breath. "We need to talk about this!"

"There's nothing to talk about!" Pope pants, throwing his hands down. "You left me for him! You left me for daddy issues!"

Then JJ grows silent. Kiara looks between both boys. "Pope, that's not fair and you know it."

Pope sighs, squeezing his eyes shut. Neither JJ nor Kiara are completely sure, but they're pretty sure his eyes are shimmering.

"I'm... I'm sorry... okay? It wasn't meant to happen, it just did. We-" She chuckled dryly. "We event tried to stop it. I told him to fuck off!"

"She did..." JJ spoke quietly, crossing his arms. He looked anything but happy.

Pope raked a hand over his face. "Clearly he didn't listen. He fucked everything but off!"

"God, it's not all his fault!" Kiara screamed. "I get that your angry, believe me, I do! But both you and I know things weren't right between us... So we weren't meant to be... why shouldn't JJ and I have a shot?"

Pope began to chew in his lip, avoiding her gaze. JJ walked a little closer, hesitant on his friends response. "I'm sorry, dude... We weren't trying to hurt you."

"I know..." The Heyward murmured back. "Just sucks. I always thought maybe I did something wrong... turns out she was just interested in someone else."

JJ pats his back exactly twice, unsure on how to comfort his friend. Kiara joins him, hand interlocking with his despite their issues.

"I'm sorry about what I said earlier." Pope says after a minute. "Was outta pocket."

"Huh?"

He sniveled, "About your dad."

"O-Oh.." The blonde boy shook his head before the thought festered. "Nah, don't worry about it."

Kie squeezes his hand. JJ obviously doesn't come out and say it, but his mind did falter at that particular comment. Kiara's own mind was swimming.

"A-Are we gonna be okay?" She whispered.

Pope slowly turns to find her eyes. A single tear is rolling down his cheek, but he nods anyway. "Eventually." He laughs seconds afterward, but it wasn't entirely real. "Just don't canoodle every six seconds."

Their laugh follows, but its humorless. "We'll try our best..." JJ mumbled.

Kiara then pulls Pope in for a hug. He's quiet, but as she pulls away, he begins to accept the idea. JJ shoves his hands in his pockets.

"Sarah seemed excited for you guys."

"Mhm..." JJ hummed. "Probably gonna question us from start to now..."

"And I'm guessing John B still has no clue what's going on."

Kiara chuckled. "Probably not."