Outer Banks (JB's Twin Sister)

xx The Lucky Compass xx

( I can't believe I finally finished the first episode!! It took wayyyy longer than I had expected. I hope you enjoyed it tho ｡^‿^｡ )

Look, for nine months, everyone has been trying to get my brother to believe our dad is dead. They say he's in denial, which I partly agree. However denial can be underrated, it's highly effective plus as JB would say: 'it's only denial if you're wrong'

We were sailing on the HMS pouge, my brother was driving. We were heading back to the Cameron's boat to drop the scuba gear back off, and may I add, we had NOT filled up the tanks.
"It doesn't make any sense Maddie" he told me, as I sat at the bow of the boat playing with my pocket knife JJ had given me as a birthday present when I was 13. That was about a year after the 'Incident', my brother had protested about it but I didn't care at the time, I was still traumatised. "Dad is the last guy who would ever get lost at sea" he continued.
"If you say so" I responded, with my eyes still fixed on the pocket knife.
"Do you not believe me?" He asked, sounding hurt.
"No, it's not that. It's just, I know what you're like. I don't want you to get your hopes up and then it leads to nothing" I replied, turning my head to him, giving him a sympathetic look.
"I know, I know but this compass coming back to us our father's compass, which was passed down for generations, it's a sign. Dad has to be alive and I'm gonna find him" he continued, looking hopeful.
I got up, putting the pocket knife in my shorts pocket, and walked to stand beside my brother, resting my head on his shoulder.
"Sure you will" I smiled at him and he smiled back.
We parked next to the Cameron's boat and climbed on holding the bags of scuba gear, and unlocked the doors. Before we entered we spotted Sarah sleeping on the sofa, we attempted to walk through, without making a noise. Which as you can guess was extremely hard because we were holding scuba gear that was clanging against each other. We both halted as we saw Sarah, scratch her face.
"Wheezie, shut up" She said, with her eyes closed.
'What the heck do we do!' I mouthed to JB.
'I don't know! Keep going?' He mouthed back as he started walking again before the bag hit the stair railing, making a clang sound.
Sarah gasped.
"God" She sighed, looking up at us.
"Idiot!" I whispered shouted at JB.
"Correct. Yeah" JB replied to Sarah, ignoring my comment.
She sighed.
"Sorry" I apologised.
"What are you doing?" She asked us.
"Uh..." I started.
"We're... we're just dropping off some scuba gear" JB finished my sentence as Sarah sat. "What are- what are you doing... here?" My brother asked her.
I smacked my hand against my head, at the stupid question. It was her boat for god's sake.
"It's our boat. It's also the only place with air conditioning" Sarah shrugged, also knowing how stupid the question was.
"Right" JB responded, finally realising how stupid the question was.
"Did you, um... top up the tanks" she asked us.
We both looked at each other. Shit that's what we we're supposed to be doing earlier I thought to myself.
"Uh..." my brother started, turning to look at Sarah. "No. No, powers down, so the compressors were off." He cleared his throat.
We're so dead I thought to myself.
"So, you're sneaking onto our boat at 5:00am with empty tanks?" Sarah concluded. "I'll make sure to tell Ward" she smiled.
"Okay, okay. Cool. Cool" JB replied, as we both put the scuba gear down. "Just drop these off"
"Yeah, yeah, the middle of the room is fine" Sarah pointed out sarcastically.
"I don't get paid for this, he does" I responded, walking out the door and back to our boat.
Sarah shrugged.
"Yeah, this is pretty much what he told me to do" JB continued, going to walk out the door.
"Bye" Sarah said.
"Actually, you know, what— what exactly were you gonna tell your dad?" JB asked turning back to Sarah and laughing nervously.
"Nothing much. Just that you poached our scuba gear" Sarah replied casually.
"Okay, fuck. I borrowed it for a few hours. Okay? And then I brought it back intact and unharmed" JB responded.
"Minus air" Sarah corrected, smirking at him.
"Look, please don't tell him. Okay? He'll fire me" JB sighed.
"So what are you gonna do? Pull a gun in me?" Sarah asked.
"Look, I didn't know JJ would do that" JB sighed.
"That's convenient to believe" Sarah scoffs. "Maybe you should get better friends"
"Well, maybe you should get a better boyfriend" JB retaliated.
"Hurry up! I've got to get to the wreck by 5:30!" I shouted from the boat.
"I'll just be a second!" JB shouted back.
"I'll just be a second" I imitated my brother. "More like a year" I said to myself.
"Like on who doesn't poach?" Sarah asked my brother, continuing the argument.
"Look, please, just don't tell him. Okay?" JB pleaded.
"Relax. I'm not gonna tell him anything. Your secret's safe with me, John B" Sarah replied.
He smiled at her.
"Okay you can leave now" she told him, smiling back.
"Right. Yeah. Uh... I'll leave that right there" he responded, walking out the door.
"Bye" Sarah smiled at him, going back to bed.
"Later" he responded.
Wheezie, looked around the corner at Sarah.
"Finally!" I sighed as he hopped back on the boat and we drove off. "I'm going to be late!"
"Relax. You'll be fine" JB replied as we parked on the jetty beside the Wreck.
"Bye!" I waved at him as I got off and ran through the front doors.
"Cya!" He shouted back before sailing off.
I skidded to the bar, to find Kiara washing glasses.
"Finally!" She exclaimed, looking up at me and handing me a red apron.
"Sorry, we were dropping the tanks off" I replied, trying the apron around my waist.
Kie opened her mouth to say something, but her dad walked out off the doors to the kitchen first.
"Ahh, Madison. I was wondering when you'd show" He commented, holding a plate of pancakes.
"Sorry, family issue" I lied.
Kie looked at me surprised how I could lie so easily.
"Oh, yes of course. That's reasonable. Um... could you bring this to table nine please" he handed me the plate of pancakes.
"Yep! Bye Kie" I finished, walking over the the table.
"Bye" Kie sighed, going back to cleaning dishes.
I walked to table nine.
"Pancakes?" I asked a woman.
"Ooo yes thank you!" She answered as I set down the plate.
"Hey Madison! Over here!" Shouted a familiar voice from behind me.
"You have got to be kidding me" I muttered to myself, recognising Rafe's voice.