always been you- outer banks jiara fanfic // EDITED

poguelandia. 1

jj pov:

3 weeks. 3 whole weeks we've been stuck here. i don't know about the others but i love it. it's the dream, no rules, nothing to worry about, no school, no parents, just us six. me and my group. kiara feels a little homesick, but she likes it here, same with pope. sarah and john b seem to be quite happy, sarah's just a bit fragile. she's suffering quite a bit of trauma, and i'm not surprised. her dad tried to kill her, and her brother tried to kill her twice. that's got to be hard for her. and cleo likes it. at first i didn't trust cleo, john b and sarah knew her and trusted her, and i trust them, so i did, and now i like cleo, as a friend, obviously. she's got a similar personality to me, and kiara, and sarah, and john b, and pope. like a little bit of all of us.

i roll over from the position i was lying in, so that i'm now facing kiara and sarah's beds. the beds are lay out around the pit that we light at night before sleeping, or when we're cooking. on the side next to the water, there's me, and then around a little then pope, then around a little, then cleo, then john b behind cleo and pope, then ki and sarah opposite me. kiara and sarah have grown closer and closer since john b and sarah got together, and now they're like best friends, like me and john b. it's nice to see kiara have a friend that she can gossip and stuff with, i mean she did and still does with me, john b and pope, but it's nice to see her have a girl that she can gossip to about girly things. especially after being friends with her for so long, she's always been the only girl, she's always been our girl. but now we have sarah and cleo too. i like sarah and cleo but kiara's always gonna be my girl.

pope and cleo have been growing a little closer since we got on the island, and so have me and kiara. it's weird, i've liked kiara forever now, but i just accepted the fact that she'd never feel the same, but now, i'm starting to get the feeling that i might have a chance. i'm probably just overstepping though, there's no way she would like me after this long of rejecting me. right?

kiara pov:

"they're gonna take you away kiara, but they won't hurt you!" my dad yelled. "you deserve this, you ran away, you left. you're undisciplined and can't be controlled!" my mom yelled as some guy grabbed my arm and dragged me out of my own home. "no!" i screamed, trying to pull away. "mom! dad!" i screamed. "it's for the best kiara!" my mom shouted as the guy threw me in a car.

my eyes shot open and i sat up, sweating and breathing really heavily. it takes me a second to remember that i'm on an island, with my friends, and i'm safe. well, safe from being sent away. it was just another nightmare. "hey, ki? you okay?" a voice whispers from behind me with their hand on my shoulder. i look over my shoulder to see jj. "yeah, yeah just a nightmare" i say as i steady my breathing a little better. "what about?" jj says, sitting next to me. "my parents" i say. we're both talking quietly since we don't want to wake up the others. "it's okay, you're fine. you're safe" he says. "could you not sleep?" i ask him. he shakes his head. "no, too many thoughts" "what about?" i ask. "everything" he says. "this island, obx, my dad, you.." he pauses. " -and the rest of the pogues" he adds on. "it's crazy how much everything has changed" i say, "since when?" he says. "since before we started looking for the gold. i mean, it was just the four of us, doing stupid shit all day everyday without a care in the world, and now, we're a 6, stranded on an island after all of us have nearly died more than once on a wild treasure hunt" i say. he nods. "which do you prefer? before or now?" he asks me. i think for a moment, then i look over at sarah who's next to me and jj, then at cleo. "now" i say. "what about you?" i ask him. he thinks for a minute, "both, before we were the core four, i like the four originals, but i like sarah and cleo, and that john b's happy" he says.

jj pov:

"come on ki" i say, walking down the sand towards the bottom left corner of the island. pope suggested that we go in duos to explore the island a bit more. john b went with sarah, pope with cleo then obviously me with ki. these have been the duos since we got here, really. each duo has different jobs each day, getting food, like fish, getting other foods like berries, and crafting like shelters and shit. but after the first week, john b and sarah just stuck with crafting because sarah is really good at it. me and ki have been occasionally swapping with pope and cleo though, but i don't think that's gonna be happening anymore since cleo nearly lost a toe a few days ago, she was fine though. pope figured he could make a bandage with leaves, and of course with kiara being a environment saver and shit, she knew all about leaves, and we all worked together to help cleo.

"okay, which way have we not been yet?" kiara asks. "uh, this way" i say, walking down the path. she follows me. "hey jayj?" ki says. "yeah?" i ask. "do you think we'll ever be rescued from here?" she says. "rescued?" i say. "why would you wanna be rescued? i mean it's a paradise!" "i just mean like, do you think we'll be here forever?" she asks me. i look at her. "as much as i want to be, no, i don't think we'll be here forever. we gotta treasure it while it lasts, we've got everything we need, right here" i say. "just like we talked about" she says, looking up, meeting my eyes. i stare into her pretty brown eyes for a moment before i nod. "exactly" i say.

sarah pov:

"john b!" i shout. "yeah, yeah?" he says, running up to me. "do you see that?" i say, pointing at the water. "see what?" he says. "that boat! right there!" i say. "i think that's just the white capsules on the water"- "you don't know that! i see it! right there... what if it's..." i pause. "no, it's not your brother, or your dad, you're okay sarah" he says, putting his arms around me and hugging me from behind. i take a few deep breathes then continue walking around. me and john b took the top left, jayj and ki took the bottom left, then cleo and pope took the bottom right. we already checked the top right a few days ago. we just need to explore a little and try to find some food other than coconuts, and see if we can find anymore materials. "sarah" john b says. "yeah?" i ask. "is it just me, or is there something going on between jayj and ki?" he says to me. i shrug my shoulder. "i mean, on the lifeboat when he woke up there was definitely something" i say. "right?" he says. "i don't really care to be honest, as long as they're happy" he says again. i nod. "yeah, they both deserve it, and to be honest ever since i joined the group, i've thought they'd be good together, i mean they have the same sort of personality, they're both stubborn, they'd both do anything for any of us, they're both ride or die and they're both funny" i say. "and they've both never really loved someone before, like in love" he says. "what about pope and ki?" i ask. "ki wasn't in love with pope" he says. i shrug my shoulders. "i love them both, so if they're happy, i'm happy, we've all been through so much and i think they deserve each other" i say. "yeah, i agree, they do deserve each other, they're just scared to admit their feelings to each other" john b says. "who?" a voice says from behind us. we turn around and see jj and kiara. "oh no one" i say, smirking at john b. "did you guys find anything?" kiara asks us. i shake my head. "not yet" i say. "okay, well you guys go up and we'll go back down there" jj says, pointing around. "okay" i say and walk off with john b.