𝑴𝒚 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒚 ~ JJ Maybank

𝑭𝑶𝑼𝑹

"Hey Kie?"

"Yeah babe?"

"What does JJ do?"

Kiara lifted her head from the lift of drink orders grasped in both hands.

It was a lazy Saturday afternoon, ships to and from the mainland had been cut off earlier that day due to rough waters, so only the few locals came through The Wrecks double doors.

Though neither girls minded the slow midday shifts, it gave them both time to relax.

"In what context?" Kie raised an eyebrow, moving around Aria to cut some fresh fruits for an order of smoothies.

"I mean- I don't know. I forgot the word.." Aria pondered for a moment, racking her brain for the english word. "You know, the ocupación."

Kie glanced at her from her place by the blenders wearing a smirk on her face. "I don't speak Spanish Ari."

Aria groaned in annoyance, desperately trying to think of another way to word what she was asking.

"You and I work here, Pope works for his dad by the docks. What does JJ do?" Aria tried, a hopeful look in her eye.

"Occupation." Kie spoke.

"YES!" Aria gasped, dramatically falling against the counter. "See!? I was so close, ocupación even sounds like occupation."

The girls laughed together as Aria stood herself back up and began assisting Kie with the drinks.

"JJ comes and-"

"Yes i know Kie, JJ comes and goes when he pleases. But he's got to do something right?" Aria questioned curiously.

Kiara rolled her eyes. "If you had of let me finish i would have told you." Kiara poured the bowl of fruits into a blender, turning it on, drowning out Aria's gasp of annoyance.

The Covelli girl leant her hip against the counter, glaring at her friend whilst waiting for the blender to stop.

"Okay." Kie spoke once it had finished. She began pouring the drink into several glasses. "JJ comes and goes when he pleases, but most of the time he ends up back at Seaglass Swan, a shitty no-good run Kooklandia brunch and lunch restaurant." She almost spat the name of the restaurant.

Aria cocked her head to the side as Kie loaded up the tray with glasses of their most popular smoothies. "JJ works on Figure 8?"

"Why do you sound so surprised?" Kie asked, smirking slightly.

"I don't know.. He seems a bit too-"

"Unhinged? Manic? Unbalanced?"

"I was going to say cray-cray but those work too." Aria rolled her eyes.

"Yeah well. He might be crazy but he's desperate for gol- money. He needs the money." Kiara's demeanour seemed to change at her words.

Gone was the cheery attitude she was wearing moments ago, now she wore a face as pale as a ghost.

Aria swallowed heavily as Kie walked out of the kitchen to serve her customers. "Hey Kie!" Aria called after her. "What did you say that restaurant was called?"

Kiara turned back to look at her, a knowing glance in her twinkling eyes. "Seaglass Swan." She glanced at the clock behind Aria. "Your shifts over." She then winked and continued to walk away.

"Seaglass Swan." Aria mumbled to herself, making sure to say the name with angst just like her friend had, for Kie's sake.

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