One with the Pogues [jj x reader]

27. Back home

"What did you tell him about the diary?" I ask Kie.
"I told him I'd seen it, but didn't say where."
"So why does he want it so much?"
"Singh said he thinks the diary has a clue to the location of some city of gold. Like the gold on the merchant was just a small part of it."
"Okay, so the diary we have leads to a 500-year-old treasure that no one's ever found?" JJ asks.
"Pretty much." Kie says.
"Shit, this shit doesn't end." I say.

"I'm in. It's kinda like my best option at this point."
"Definitely beats geometry class." I say.
"Yeah, beats boarding school." Kie says.
"I don't even know what'll happen when we get back to the OBX." JJ mutters.
"I don't know how I'm supposed to explain to my dad how he's not my real dad." I say leaning my head back.
"Shits gonna suck for a year." Kie says.

"Arrows are gonna be coming in hot. But you know what we do when arrows come flying?" JJ asks. He starts pretending to fight arrows. I laugh.
"And you shoot right at them." I say.

There's a bump and JJ falls back on the seat next to me. He throws his arm around me.

"Hey!" Pope yells.
"Yeah?"
"Just letting you guys know that we should probably stop for gas." Pope says.
"Alrighty."

Once it gets dark the girls and I sit together.
"Do you think we'll ever catch a break?" I ask.
"I don't even know anymore."

We get to port and Cleo and Pope get out.

They came back after a bit with food.

I look out at the sky. I feel arms wrap around my waist. I turn and see JJ.
"Hi." I say smiling.
"Hey." He says pressing his lips on mine.

We get back to the OBX.
"Can you drop me off at John B's?" Sarah asks.
"Yeah. We can all meet later." I say.
"If we make it out alive." Kie says.
"Yeah." Pope says.

We get off the boat.
"Welcome to the OBX Cleo." I say.
"You're crazy, Pope. Your parents are not going to appreciate me snacking up." Cleo says since they had made the arrangements.
"Of course they will. Are you kidding? Heyward might put you to work, but we could always use the help."
"I don't know man. You sure?"
"Yeah, look, he might squawk a little bit, but let me talk to him.

We get to Kie's house.
"This is me. Home sweet home." She says. We follow her.
"Damn, Kiara. You live here? This is like the white house, man." Cleo says.
"How bad do you think it's gonna be?" Pope asks.
"Scale one to ten? Twenty." Kie says. I give her a sad smile.
"Want us to wait here?" I ask.
"No, I got this. Thanks for walking me." She says before walking up.

We all walk away and make our way to Pope's. His parents hug him.

"See ya later, Pope." We say before starting to walk to my house.

I knock on the door. JJ puts a reassuring hand on my shoulder.

The door opens. Dad looks at us for a second before hugging me tightly.
"I'm sorry." I say feeling a tear roll down my cheek.
"Are you okay?" He asks. I nod.
"Yeah. I'm okay. We're okay." I say looking at JJ.

Dad pulls away from me to hug JJ.
"Thank you." He whispers to him. JJ nods.
"Yeah." He says.

We explain what happened to him and I go to my room for a bit.

"I wanna check out my place real quick." JJ says. I nod.

While he's gone, I shower and change. I go to my computer and see an email. It's John B telling me his dads alive. He said his dad confirmed being my dad.

When JJ gets back I tell him.
"Seriously?" He asks looking at it.
"He's at the Chateau. My dad's at the Chateau. Well my biological dad anyway." I say.
"Holy shit." JJ mutters.

"What's going on at your place?" I ask.
"Eviction Notice." He says.
"Shit. JJ, I'm sorry." I say. He shakes his head.
"I got nothing man. My dads gone. The place is shit." He says running his hand through his hair.
"JJ-." I whisper grabbing his arm.
"I'm sorry." He mutters shaking his head.

"You can stay here with me. Forever." I say cupping his face. He leans his forehead on mine.
"I love you." He says.
"I love you, JJ." I whisper.

JJ uses my shower.

"Y/n! Sarah and Kie want you!" Dad yells.
"Coming!" I yell.

I walk outside.
"We need to talk really quick." Sarah says. I nod.

"So I went home to grab clothes and a phone, right? You're not gonna believe this. Rafe is back." Sarah says.
"Fuck." I mutter.
"Yeah. I saw him at the house. I don't think he saw me but I think the cross is coming back to Wilmington tomorrow night." Sarah says.
"What?" I ask.
"Yeah." Kie nods.
"Does Pope know?"
"No. I was gonna tell him at the Chateau."
"He's on lockdown." Kie says.
"Okay. I'll hit up Pope. Can you two tell JJ and John B?"
"Yeah. JJ's taking a shower right now, but we can head to the Chateau when he's done." I say.
"Okay. My parents are gonna kill me." Kie says.

Sarah leaves and Kie and I go back upstairs.

JJ gets out of the shower.
"Oh, hi Kie." He says drying his hair with a towel.
"We have to go to the Chateau. Rafe's here." I sum up.
"Spectacular." He says.
"And the cross is coming to Wilmington tomorrow night." I add.
"Pope know?" He asks.
"Sarah's going to tell him, we gotta go tell John B." I say.

"Let's go then." He says. We walk downstairs and I borrow dad's car.

I drive us to the Chateau.
"John B!" JJ yells. "Yo!"

I run inside and they're not there.
"Shit." I say.
"Guys!" Kie yells. We run over. She shows us a paper saying they went to get the Twinkie.
"Of course. Just when we need them." JJ says.

"Hold on, though. We know where the cross is gonna be. That means it's still on the field. So we can come in and swoop." JJ says. "We gotta get everybody together, then we'll come up with a plan. Get our asses to Wilmington-." JJ says as he starts running to the car.

"Hold on." I say. "Pope's on lockdown, John B is god knows where."
"We'll figure it out." Kie says.
"But can we just all get some rest tonight. Tomorrow morning we can meet back here." I say. They nod in agreement.

JJ and I get back to my place.

In the morning we meet at the Chateau.
"When I went back to Tannyhill, Rafe was on the phone with Ward, and he kept on saying 'this is my thing' 'my thing.' He had to be talking about the cross."
"Absolutely."
"And he's coming to Wilmington tonight at eight. It's being shipped by train to Releigh from there, but this is our chance to get it back."
"You get any other information?"
"Sarah got the cargo number." Kie says.
"That's a start."
"They're definitely fencing that shit off as we speak." JJ says. I nod.
"Anybody hear from John B?" I ask.
"No, I mean, he's probably off somewhere with his dad. But the problem is they have the Twinkie."

"I could ask Heyward for the truck."
"That's gonna go well."
"We have no other options."
"I could try to borrow my dad's car." I say.
"That could work."

"Now how do we convince our parents to let us go?" Pope asks.
"Gotta go explain." I mutter.

JJ and I go to my place.

I ask dad for the car and try to explain it to him.
"I can't let you take the car." He says.
"Dad." I try.
"Look kid, I get it. Go. But I need the car."
"Okay. Thank you." I say.
"But I got you this." He says.

He grabs a small bag and hands it to me. It's two phones.
"What?" I ask in shock.
"One for both of you." He says smiling. I show JJ.
"Thank you." JJ says looking up at him.

"Go." Dad says. I hug him before walking out.