Serendipity || John B

3

Kie shows up at my house at 1am. I can't say I was sleeping. I get out of my bed and open the window she was knocking on to let her in.

"Where were you? Everyone was asking where you were and John B wouldn't give an answer." She says as we walk over to my bed and sit down.

"Here. What did you guys even do?"

"You're telling me you weren't invited?"

"No." I look down at my lap to stop the tears from forming.

"Am?" I look up and the tears rush down my face. "Oh Am!" She pulls me into a hug. "What happened?" He arms release me, but she grabs my hands and holds them in her lap.

"I don't even know. It was after the lighthouse and I was at the dock and he walks up to me and yells at me for telling his secret and getting him fired. But I didn't tell Ward that he stole the tanks! And he told me that he always thought that I'd be like this and knocked the tools out of my hand." More and more tears fall. "I didn't do it and now he hates me! No offense Kie but he's my best friend, and now he thinks that I'm so lowlife Kook like my sister."

"Mila I know you wouldn't do that. It's all a big misunderstanding."

"I know but recently we can't do anything without getting mad at each other." I think I've cried a whole river in just these last few minutes. "He hates me now Kie! And what if we're never friends again? It hurts too much to even think about it!"

Pain. That's all I feel. I wasn't crying earlier but I was bottling it up. And now all those tears come out. I'm crying over a stupid boy. Why me?

"Amelia that's not the John B I know. You'll work it out, you always do. And you've both experienced enough heart break for your whole lives. You guys need each other. I promise it'll work out."

"Are you serious?"

"Always." The tears stop flowing but I still feel like shit. I slowly wipe off some of my tears, not really caring since I'm probably all red and puffy anyways.

"Let's think happier. What did you guys find." I say forcing a smile. Fake it till you make it.

"It was good, but it didn't end the happiest..." She fills me in on their adventure to the graveyard. "Mia. You should have seen him. After the tap recorder played he walked away and started pouring out tears."

And with that, more tears come out. Very slowly, but I thought I had run dry on tears. I guess not. "Kie I should've been there!"

"Amelia, you're over working yourself. It's not your fault you weren't there. It's his fault."

"I know but I could've helped."

"I'm sure you could've. But it's 3am now and we should probably get some sleep."

"I-"

"And don't lie to me and say you already slept some. I know you didn't." I grumble.

"You know me too well." I hug one last time. "You're the best friend ever."

"Just doing my job." We walk over to my window and she climbs out.

"Goodnight."

"Goodnight. And I'll try and get John B to let you come on the boat tomorrow. He doesn't have to talk to you. There's gonna be other people anyway."

"Your amazing." She smiles and I return the gesture. With that, she's off."

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I didn't get invited on the boat. Kie had shown up and apologized that morning but I told her it wasn't her fault. It was my battle not hers.