automatic love- jiara outer banks fanfic

chapter 3

it's been a week since kiara and sarah surfed with the three boys. they exchanged numbers, and they've hung out once more since then. at john b's house. kiara's dad likes that kie is friends with john b, since he likes him, and they work together. he doesn't really know pope and jj, but he knows kie likes them, so he doesn't really mind them.

kie and jj have been growing closer, but just as friends. nothing has happened between them, yet.

john b and sarah have been sharing awkward glances, and smiling at each other, then both looking away and blushing.

kie and john b are both at work today. kie is sat on the counter next to the register where she usually sits, next to john b who's sat on the chair in front of the counter. "okay, what about him?" kie says, nodding her head at an old guy sat on his own, eating some chips. "that's old jim. he's been coming here for ages now. he comes in every monday afternoon, sits on his own, gets a coke, chips and burger, eats them, does a crossword on the newspaper, pays then leaves. every monday" john b says. "he's always alone?" kie says. "yeah.. his wife died a few years back, and he doesn't have any other family, or friends. he's always on his own" john b says. kie frowns. "i'm going to talk to him" kie says, jumping off of the counter. "okay" john b says.

kiara walks over to the table where the old man is sat, doing a crossword. "excuse me?" kiara says softly. he looks up and smiles at kiara. "hello!" he says cheerfully. "hi! i'm kiara. do you mind if i sit?" kie says. "here? you want to sit with me?" jim says. "yeah! if that's okay?" kie says. "of course!" jim says, putting his crossword down. "are you new? i've never seen you before" jim says. "oh yeah, my dad is the owner. i've lived down in philadelphia for my whole life, but when my mom died, my dad moved up here and opened this place. i just came up here to help my dad a few weeks ago, when i turned 18" kie says. he smiles. "well it's nice to meet you. i'm sorry about your mother" he says. she smiles. "thankyou.. it's nice to meet you too" she says. "i'm jim" he says, putting his hand out. kie takes it, and shakes his hand. "john b says you're a regular customer?" kie says. "hah, yeah, been coming for years! used to bring my wife julie before she passed" he says, looking round the restaurant. "sorry to hear that" she says. he smiles. "i love this place. it's my favourite place to go" he says. kie smiles. "yeah, i love it too" she says. "so, you're friends with john b?" jim says. kie nods. "yeah, do you know him?". "i've spoke to him a few times. he always asks me how i am, or what i've been doing. coming here is the only time i see people. i usually just sit in my house on my own" he says. kie frowns. her heart feels heavy after hearing him say that. she can picture him sat on his own all the time, she feels really bad. "well, whenever you want to talk to someone, just come here. there'll always be someone to talk to. there's me, john b, olivia, my dad, josh... and lots of customers too. you're never alone here" kie says, smiling. "thankyou my dear" he says.

jj, pope and sarah walk into the wreck and over to john b. "where's kie?" sarah says, sitting on the counter. john b nods his head to the brunette sitting at a table with the old man. "old jim?" pope says. "yeah, she's been talking to him for like 10 minutes now" john b says. jj smiles at the vision of kiara making an old man feel less lonely. he's starting to like her more and more. she just has such a sweet soul. they all watch as kie stands up with jim and walks to the register. john b starts to type in the money for his order. "i've got it" kie says, stopping jim from getting his money out. "what? no i couldn't-" "it's on me, seriously. it's okay" kiara says. jim smiles. "thankyou, kiara". she smiles as she walks him to the door. "see you in a week?" kie says as jim opens the door. "see you next week" he nods before walking out of the door. kiara turns around and is immediately met with sarah throwing her arms around her. "woah-" "that was so cute kiara! bless you!" she says. "i feel so bad, he's alone. when he doesn't come here he sits on his own in his house" kie says. "i know, it's sad. but now he has something to look forward too. coming to have a conversation with you once a week" she says. kie smiles and nods.

"you made a new friend kie?" jj says. she laughs. "he's honestly so sweet" she says. "he might be my favourite customer now" she says. jj puts his hand to his chest. "what about me!?" he says. "you'll always be my favourite, but you're not just a customer to me" she says, gently and playfully slapping jj's cheek as she scrunches her nose. "what am i then?" jj says as he turns to face her as she jumps on the counter. "hmmm, like, my worst enemy" she says. "oh yeah?" jj smirks. "oh yeah, totally hate you" kie says sarcastically. "jj stop flirting with my daughter. kiara you have orders to take" mike says as he walks out of the kitchen. "sorry mr carrera" jj says, putting his hands up. pope pushes him forward as they follow sarah to a table. john b follows them and takes their orders while kie goes to other tables.

sarah and the two boys sit eating their food while kiara sits with john b back at the register. "excuse me!" a guy shouts. kiara jumps up and goes over to them, followed by john b. "how can i help you?" kiara says. "this! this water is warm!" he shouts at kiara. "oh, sorry about that... how long have you had it for?" she says. "like, 20 minutes" the guy says. "uhh" john b says. "i'll get you a new one, but could it possibly be warm because it's hot outside and inside, and it's been sat on the table?" kie says. the guy grabs the cup of water and throws it over kiara. she gasps as she steps back, drenched in water. "hey!" john b shouts. jj gets up and runs over to the commotion. "sir, i'm now going to have to ask you to leave" john b says, pointing towards the door. "are you okay?" jj says to kiara. she wipes the water off of her closed eyelids before nodding. she didn't need to open her eyes to tell it was jj speaking to her. "yeah" she says. jj tosses his jacket over her shoulders as the guy gets up and leaves the restaurant. "bitch" he snickers as he passes kiara. "what did you say?" jj says. "jj don't-" "nah nah, what did you say? come on. say it again, i dare you" jj says. the guy just stares at jj for a moment before john b practically shoves him out of the door. "what the fuck happened?" jj says as kie walks to the register and grabs some tissues to wipe her face. "he complained that the water that had been sat for 20 minutes in this warm weather, was warm" john b says. "he was just an ass" kie says. jj snorts. "no shit". kie goes to pope and sarah, and takes a fry from sarah's plate. "what happened there?" pope says. "angry customer" kie says before walking away again and to the kitchen where her dad is. "kiara why are you wearing jj's jacket?" he says. "it's boiling outside". "because i'm drenched. a customer just threw a glass of water over me" she says. she continues and tells him what happened.

"is he still here?" mike says. "no no, john b kicked him out" she says. "good" mike says. kiara shoots him a small smile before walking out of the kitchen. she hands jj his jacket back. "are you good?" he says. she nods and he takes the jacket. "kiara, our shift ended 10 minutes ago, josh and liv are here, wanna go?" john b says. "okay, where are we off to?" kie says as she follows the rest of the pogues outside. "uhm, the boneyard? there's a kegger" sarah says. "sarah cameron, kook princess, wanting to go to a kegger?" jj says. "why not?" sarah shrugs her shoulders as she gets in her car. "meet you there" kie says, jumping into sarah's car. "don't crash the hippie van!" sarah shouts out of the window. "twinkie! sarah, it's called the twinkie!" pope shouts. "whatever, just don't let jj drive!" sarah shouts as she begins to drive. jj flips her off and kie laughs.
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