ISSUES 2 II OUTERBANKS S3/S4

hi there bodyguard

"We've got it all but without her, it means nothing." 

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Rafe's POV:

Damn.. why haven't I thought about it? Bella's not stupid. Of course she'd know what's going on as soon as she sees the gold. Of course she'd freak out because of her pogue friend. God, I should buy handcuffs.. not for the bedroom. 

"Come on, Country Club. We've got the money, you can get any girl you want", Barry shrugs raising his glass of vodka, "Why worry about the kooky?" Because she's the one.. I'd like to shout at him. I need to think about it. What do I do? How do I make her stay with me? Drug her? No, not the kind way of running after her. Apologize? Done that before.. many times. I need to know what she's doing right now. 

"You're going to observe her", I order. Yeah, that sounds good for the beginning. Why do I even run after her? She's made clear that she's still involved with the pogues and still thinks about damn Maybank. Well.. not that clear but I could tell.. right? I could just go and fuck Sofia or any other girl. I didn't miss the look she gave me in the country club. I might only have my eyes on Isabella but I don't mind having others on me. 

You've just missed your last chance, asshole. The way she said it sounded hot.. if she wasn't so serious. What if this was my last chance? No way, she wouldn't throw away what we have. I might have to kidnap her after all..

"I'm not her fucking bodyguard, Rafe", Barry exclaims. "Yes, you are. At least for the moment. You're going to observe her and her little friends. I need to find a way to get her back." "Haven't you heard your little princess? Last chance and stuff?" "Just go and find her. I'll come up with a plan for the gold in the meantime", I mumble sitting down and play with my ring. Maybe she'd be happy if I bought her some flowers..

Izzy's POV:

Right after Cleo's messaged me, I see another one on my phone. Sarah.

Sarah 💝

can you please not tell John B about the party?

I promise I'll tell him

I just haven't seen him yet

he must still be out with his dad

God, Sarah.. How'd she gotten into this mess once again? I remember the bonfire being chaotic already.

"What is it?", JJ asks me nervously. "It's Cleo. She's found Pope at the marina. He's back home now", I tell him. I quickly text Sarah back saying I'd keep my mouth shut if he promises to tell him and thank Cleo for letting me know. If there's one thing I hate the most.. it's lying to John B. 

Well, it's not lying, it's keeping information from him.. still. But it's none of my business. This only involves Sarah and him and she needs to find out from her. "So are you going to stay here?", JJ asks me pointing at Tanneyhill. "I don't know. Guess no after today." "Chateau?", JJ suggests and I agree hopping onto his bike.

JJ and I have been laying in the garden for about an hour and been talking about all the shit that's been going on.. just like in old times. JJ and I, best friends. „The twinkie", I whisper when I hear the sound of an engine and look up. John B's back.. but where is Big John? JJ and I stand up and approach John B who slowly gets out of his car. 

"Look who's here", JJ taunts him, "Good to see that you're back. Release some information maybe? The truth.. what's going on?" "Listen.. I know that I haven't told you everything.. and I wasn't too particular about the truth." "Yeah, that's called lying", JJ snaps. "I know", John B regrets and I feel a shiver of guilt rush over me.. What if I told him about the party? No, I can't do that to Sarah. She trusts me. John B trusts me as well. I swore an oath. Pogues for life.. 

"John B, what's wrong?" "My dad's shot two men.. because he wanted to save me." Well, I've heard that before from someone else.. "Are you being serious?" "Yeah.. these men from the Coastal Venture.. they were looking for Denmark's diary." "That's what your dad killed them for?" "Yeah, and then Singh appeared. They kidnapped him and tried to kill me. They're on their way to South America." "South America?" "Yeah, they're bringing him to South America and..-" 

"Wait-" "Then he's going to get killed?" "Stop!", JJ yells trying to shut John B up for a second, „Breathe in and out deeply. I have to think." Yeah, good idea. If these men are on their way to South America.. how do we get there? How can we save Big John? "What am I supposed to do, JJ?", John B asks looking at the sea where we used to play as kids, "Iz? How the hell do we get to South America?" 

"No idea", JJ sighs, "But we'll find a way." JJ lays his arm around John B who sits in the middle of us on the doorstep so I imitate him letting John B lean in. "We're pogues, man, always." "Yeah." "Pogues for life, boys", I agree whispering. And we thought hunting the gold was hard.. now we just want Big John back. 

"Iz, are you staying here?", John B asks me quietly and I nod. "I may need to stay here for a little longer", I warn him. "What about-" "Rafe's stolen the cross and melted it", I summarize for him and John B nods weakly. "Yeah, what else did I expect.. of course he did."

The boys are already sleeping and I'm about to turn the last light off when I see a weird movement in the bush. These bushes have never moved. Why would they now? I swear if this is what I think it is.. "Rafe, come out, now", I order him after I've left the house and approached the bush just to find Barry coming out of it. Hell.. he can't even do it himself. 

"Tell him to fuck off", I hiss, "And stop following me or else you and him are going to regret it." "What you'd do, princess? You can't do anything. Country Club won't be amused to see where you've been hiding and with whom." "Rafe's not my problem anymore", I reply coldly, "If you don't leave in a few minutes, I'll call Shoupe." I've probably asked for too much when I hoped for one carefree evening.