soul ties - jiara

Chapter 3

JJ's POV

When her eyes meet mine I am sure I fall in love with her all over again. Harder than before, even. When I hug her, touch her, and feel her scent it feels like my life is complete all over again.

I haven't seen her for two years, since she told us she was, actually, leaving Outer Banks to study marine biology in Florida. This conversation was the week after we had the fight in which I broke up with her. I felt part of the reason she was leaving. I knew it was because she couldn't handle being around me anymore. I also couldn't bare looking at her sad expression for much longer, knowing that she was living close to me and I couldn't be in her life. Knowing that I ruined, again, the only good thing in my life. I knew that all of them still kept in touch with her, mainly Sarah so I would ask her If she knew how Kie was doing.

"Do you have news about Kie? "

"You heard from Kie?"

"How's Kie doing?"

"Is Kie good?"

Sarah never told me anything about her. She knew I broke her heart and deep down I know she was still mad at me for hurting her best friend.

"Look, JJ, you were the one who broke up with her. I am not going to tell you anything about her. She's trying to heal, okay?" she told me.

It was pretty fair for her to not tell me any news about Kiara. Sarah was right, I was the one who decided to end things between us. For these two years, they had to handle a lot of shit from me. Mainly It was me regretting my decision and wondering if she was miserable but there were days when they had to beg me to stop self-destructing. There was this phase, for 3 months where they had to stop me from doing drugs. Yeah, that was the darkest place I have ever been. They sent me to rehab.

"Hey don't tell Kie, okay.?" I begged John B.

"Don't worry, JJ, I was never planning on doing that. She's better off not knowing what you're doing to yourself. I not going to help you make her more miserable than you already made her." It was harsh coming from him, but it was the truth. I destroyed her.

After 1 month in rehab, I was finally doing better. I never touched drugs ever since.

Suddenly I hear someone coughing behind us. A cough coming from a man.

"Hi, I am Kiara's boyfriend, and you are?" I couldn't believe I heard that. This couldn't be true. She had a boyfriend and she brought him with her on her two-month vacation. To Outer Banks. To our place. He looked like an asshole to be honest. I hadn't even heard him talk but I already knew. Do you know what was the funniest part? He looked like a true Kook.

I shake his hand and storm off. I hear her calling my name and running behind me. Confusion and jealousy fill my thoughts. Of course, she has a boyfriend. Of course, she moved on, JJ. Even though I was trying to speed walk she was able to reach me and grab my arm.

"JJ! Please can you even have a conversation before you storm off? We haven't seen each other for two fucking years."

"A conversation? You brought your boyfriend to your vacation that you labeled as a pogue reunion trip."

"Yeah we are in a stable relationship and he wanted to come on vacation with me. That's what happens when you are in a healthy and long-lasting relationship. You go on vacation with them, JJ. And you go with them to different places." I felt the second intention of her speech right through my heart.

"And you had to bring him to meet with us?"

"Yeah, he wanted to meet my best friends, my childhood friends. That's also normal in a relationship."

"Oh and he couldn't stay home with your parents for a while? Or does he not get along very well with your parents, because that seems very familiar to me. Parents not liking boyfriends. A good old familiar story."

"They like him a lot, actually." A punch would have hurt less than this.

"Also what happened to your type? He looks like a Kook for God's sake! I thought you were more into damaged pogue-looking boys."

"I was into them until they broke my fucking heart." She confesses to me, leaving me without a plausible answer. I take a while to process what she said while we look intensely into each other's eyes. I can feel all of the feelings coming back to our hearts. Feelings that were always there, just camouflaged by drugs or new boyfriends.

"Is he good to you, Kie?" I ask truthfully worried about her. By the look on her face, I know the answer is no. Anger builds inside me. If she's dating someone, at least let it be a good person. "Does he even know you? Does he know about the Royal Merchant, the cross, El Dorado, and the island? Does he know about Kitty Hawk and me rescuing you?" I ask her. "Does he know about us?" I whisper. Her eyes widen, her lips part, and her breath hitches. She's trying to hide her past from him, trying to be someone she isn't. Probably because she just wants to let go of all the negative feelings that the past holds.

"J, can we just move past this?" she begs. "You ended it between us. You moved on and I'm trying to move on, too." does she really think I moved on? I don't think I'll ever be able to move on from her. She's it for me. For two years I haven't been able to get into a relationship with anyone. I think even more years could pass by, and I still wouldn't move on from her. "C'mon it has been two years. Can we please put everything behind us and just enjoy our time together as pogues, again? I don't want to spend the rest of my life not being able to see you, because of what happened." she begs to put on those little puppy dog eyes I can't seem to turn down.

"Okay, we can come back," I say in a low voice. The only reason I decided to come back is that I want to keep an eye on that guy. I don't like him or trust him at all.

"Thank you," she says genuinely touching my arm lightly. Instant goosebumps appear on my arm and she blushes.

"Just give me a few minutes." she doesn't fully trust that I'll come back. "Don't worry I'll be back. I just really need to take a piss." I reassure her.

I indeed did not need to go to the bathroom. I needed to drink a few shots before I faced that asshole. So I did.

"One shot, please." I put that one down and immediately ask for another. "Another one."

Now I'm ready to face him. I arrive at the table.

"Sorry about taking so much time. I'm JJ, by the way." I tell him. He takes Kie in his arms and kisses her passionately, which she does not seem to enjoy a lot. Everyone's eyes widen and rage goes up my body.

Oh, these are about to be the hardest two months my life will ever witness.