soul ties - jiara

Chapter 1

Kiara's POV

When me and my boyfriend, David arrive at Outer Banks my parents are waiting for us.

"Oh sweetie, I have missed you so much." My mum hugs me tightly.

"Come here, sweetheart!" It is my dad's turn to hug me.

Being here, in Outer Banks for the first time in two years feels weird. The thing is it is still familiar. It is still my place. I have been living in Florida with David for these two years, but we decided to take a vacation and visit my parents. Florida was amazing. Nothing compared to OBX, though.

"Mum, dad, this is my boyfriend, David." I introduce him to my parents.

"Mr. and Ms. Carerra, it is such a pleasure to meet you both." he charmingly greets them. "You have raised a lovely daughter. A true treasure." And just like that, I know he has charmed them.

"Yes, we have. Not an easy task, though." My dad laughs and my cheeks turn red the instant moment the words come out of his mouth.

Let's just put it this way...

David doesn't know a lot about my past. He doesn't know about the Royal Merchant, the cross, El Dorado, me being stuck with my friends on a deserted island for a month, my kook year, being kidnapped by Carlos Singh, the fights between my parents, and boarding school. He doesn't even know about my friends calling me Kie. He doesn't know about John B kissing me or about me hooking up with Pope. And he doesn't know about me and JJ.

They greet him, with a smile on their faces. This is all they ever wanted for me. A stable relationship with a safe man. This is everything I have sworn to myself I never wanted, but here I am.

Outer Banks feels the same and even better.

When I arrive at the house I grew up in, tears fill my eyes. Damn Kiara, get it together. My mum and dad give a tour of the house David and when it comes to my room, the room where I am going to sleep with my boyfriend for the next two months it is my turn to show it to him. My room has the same decorations it had two years ago. I look into the mirror in my closet and see all of the photos of me and my friends. Me and JJ, too. There's one where I am on his back, smiling. Genuinely smiling. David doesn't even care about how my room looks like. The second he gets inside it, his hands are around my waist and his lips are kissing my neck. He is a very physical person. I am not, at least with him. He tries to kiss me immediately but I push him away.

"C'mon, babe. Your parents won't hear a thing." He tries to persuade me.

" I am just not in the mood, right now," I tell him trying to convince him it is not the right time to do this. One thing about David is that he was very used to getting what he wanted whenever he wanted. When we hooked up, for the first time he told me these exact words

"From the first time, I saw you I knew I would have you on my bed. I wanted you, so I was going to get you".

He indeed got me. But not just me. If he wanted to go to a certain restaurant we would, if he had decided that he was getting something, he would get it. He could be very persuasive. If he decided he would come with me to Outer Banks, he would. So he did. And here we are.

Before he could persuade me to stay here with him and make out with him, or even more, I was out the door of my room. He called my name but I didn't look back. While I was putting my shoes on, I shouted:

"I'll be right back". I didn't know If he had heard me but I didn't care a lot. I needed to clear my head. Just in case, I wrote David a note:

I'll be back in an hour. Needed to clear my head. Enjoy your time with my parents.- Kiara.

I caught myself almost writing Kie, but I wasn't Kie anymore. I was just Kiara. At least to David, I was. I storm off my childhood house and walk to the dock. While walking I spot Mr. Heyward, Pope's Dad.

"There is no way!" He shouted surprised to see me. He hugged me instantly. I loved Pope's parents. We all did.

"Honey, come here." He called for his wife. "Kiara is back!" She ran and hugged me.

"You're so grown up, kid." He told me. I could not seem to form any type of sentence or words. I was in shock, I missed this town so much.

"You look amazing, gorgeous." Ms. Heyward told me.

"Thank you! I missed you guys, how are you?" I ask them.

"Well, business is going great. We finally have enough money to not worry about food since you found El Dorado. So, life is great. What about you?" I was so glad to hear they were doing okay. They deserved it.

"I am doing good. I missed Outer Banks. It has been two years since I came here."

"Do the kids know you came back?" Mr. Heyward asks me.

"Yes, we agreed to meet at Sarah's and John B's surf shop this afternoon," I tell them.

"I am going to kill that kid, honey. He didn't tell us Kiara was coming back!" He jokes.

"Well, I am not coming back. I am just here on vacation." I break the news to them.

"No don't say that. For how long?" Ms. Heyward asks me with a sad tone.

"Two months," I tell them.

"Oh, so we still have time left to convince you to stay." Mr. Heyward laughs.

"Maybe." I joke. Looking at them I realize it wouldn't be that hard to convince me to stay, to move my whole life back to Outer Banks. But I couldn't, I had a new life now. I had David now.

"Look, it was lovely to see you. I need to go, though." I hug them again and go off to my favorite place in OBX.

As I reach the dock, I sit and start crying.