automatic love- jiara outer banks fanfic

chapter 31.

jj and sarah get back to the chateau, jj still kinda drunk. they walk inside and are immediately greeted by john b, pope and charlie.

"where the hell have you been!? you can't just take off!" pope says, standing up and throwing his arms around the blonde.

"pope, chill" sarah says as she moves around pope and jj and looks through the chateau.

"hey, where's kie?" sarah calls from the bedroom.

"dock!" john b says as he hugs jj.

sarah walks back into the living room and looks at jj. "you should go talk to her"

jj nods before slowly turning around and walking out of the house, towards the dock.

kie sits with her back against the wooden pole as her knees press against her chest and her feet rest on the barrier in front of her. the cold breeze hits her face and skin where her clothes aren't covering and her hair wafts at either side of her shoulders. she looks up when she hears footsteps, and sees jj walking towards her. she pushes herself so she's sitting up slightly more and waits for him to get closer.

"hey.." she says softly.

"sup?" he says, looking down at the ground.

"are you drunk?" she says.

"maybe. just a little" he says, leaning over the barrier in front of her feet.

"are you okay?" she says.

he shrugs his shoulders and chuckles. "yeah, i'm great, never better. not like my dad just died and my house burnt to the ground or anything".

she pushes her lips together as she thinks about what she's gonna say next.

"sorry" she says quietly, almost a whisper.

he stand silently as he watches the water from the marsh ripple below them.

"i know today has been a lot for you but you're gonna be okay. things may be pretty shitty right now but they'll get better.." she says as she wraps her arms around her knees.

he chuckles again. "pretty shitty. i'd say things are a little more than pretty shitty, kiara" he says.

she furrows her eyebrows. "kiara" he's almost never called her kiara.

"it'll get better" she says.

"stop. okay? just stop. stop saying that. stop saying things will get better, you don't know that. you don't know that!" he says, standing up straight and running his fingers through his hair. "i mean, look at my life! look! i've lost everything! i've got no belongings, no home, no money, no family! i've got nothing left!" he says as he paces around in a smalls circle.

"that's not true. you haven't lost everything" she says.

he stops pacing and finally looks at her, making eye contact for the first time during this conversation. he quickly looks back at the ground again as he begins to chuckle.

"righttt. coz' i've got you guys right? well, i hate to break it to you, but having you guys isn't gonna get me my house back or money, or belongings. so unfortunately you guys aren't enough right now, okay? you are not enough" he says.

she closes her eyes and looks down. she doesn't say anything back. she just sits there emotionless. uncomfortable silence lingers over the two for a few seconds before jj speaks again.

"fuck this. i'm done okay? i'm sorry but i can't do this" he says, turning around and walking back up the dock.

she opens her mouth to say something but nothing comes out. she just takes a deep breathe and looks back down again as tears roll down her face. did he really just break up with her? he told her she wasn't enough then broke up with her. she rests her head on her knees as she hugs them, keeping them pressed against her chest.

jj storms up the the grass in front of the chateau but pauses when he sees sarah, john b, pope and charlie stood on the porch. based from their facial expressions, they just heard that entire conversation, or jj's shouts, and they know what just happened. he shakes his head and begins to walk away from them.

"jj!" pope calls. "jj man! where are you going now!?" he shouts.

"hey! jj!" john b calls.

"just- just leave him. let him cool off" sarah says as they stand and watch the blonde boy scurry away until he's out of their sight.

jj shoves his hands in his pockets while he walks through the streets of the cut. more tears stain his cheeks as the wind hits his face.just when he thought today couldn't get any worse, his sadness turned into anger and he took it out on the person he treasures the most in his life. how does he go from being the happiest person ever yesterday, to being the saddest today?

"he broke up with me" kie sniffles as she lays her head on sarah, who's standing beside her's shoulder

"kie you know he doesn't mean it, right? he's just taking his emotions out. it doesn't justify his actions but he's not intentionally trying to hurt you" pope says.

"i know" kie says. "i'm gonna call him" she says, walking up the dock slightly.

pope and sarah share a glance but sarah shakes her head.

"just let her. he probably won't answer and she can leave a voice mail for when he's ready" sarah says.

pope nods as they all look at the brunette leaning over the barrier, pressing jj's contact on her phone.

jj continues to walk through the streets of the cut, not really paying attention to where he's walking. he feels his phone buzzing in his pocket but he ignores it. he keeps walking as it rings and rings in his pocket. he sighs as he eventually gives in and grabs the phone out of his pocket, just as the call ends. he briefly sees kie's name on the screen before it turns into a missed call notification. tears begin to form in his eyes again as he turns his phone off and steps out onto the road.

*SCREECCHHH*

"sup! it's jj, leave a message after the beeeeepppp"

"hey, jj. i know you don't wanna talk to me right now but you can just listen to this and call me back when you're ready. i don't wanna fight with you and i sure as hell don't wanna break up. you've been through something unimaginable today and what you said was right, having us isn't gonna help fix what happened today. but we're all here for you and we will support you through all of this. i know you probably didn't mean what you said about me not being enough or whatever but it's totally fine, i'm not mad at all or anything. please just give me a call back okay? i don't wanna break up. i... uh.. i love you"

sirens wail in the distance as people rush over to the lifeless boy laying in the middle of the road, covered in scratches and blood, with his phone slightly cracked on the ground next to him. a notification pops up on the screen as people shake unconscious jj.

kie ❤️ : 1 new voicemail

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guys. i'm so terribly sorry to end this story on such a cliff hanger but this is the end. i might make a second book continuing this so reply to this comment if you want that, and if there's enough people i'll make a second book. sorry sorry sorry for ending on a cliffhanger, i couldn't think of any other way to end the story. thankyou so much for the support and views on this book! love you all.

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