always been you- outer banks jiara fanfic // EDITED

regret. 3

kiara pov:

next day

"well, i went to tannyhill to grab some clothes and a phone, and rafe turned up. he was on the phone with my dad, and he just kept saying "my thing, this is my thing" he had to be talking about the cross" sarah says. "absolutely" pope says. "did you get any other information?" jj says. "she got the cargo number" i say, holding the piece of paper up. "that's a good start" pope says. i nod. "okay, so what's the plan?" cleo says. "we get kiara and popes parents to let them come, then we take the ferry to wilmington, then we figure out a plan from there, when we see what the train yard's like" jj says. "okay, well, sarah, maybe wait round here and see if john b comes back, jj, you go with kiara and she can talk to her parents, and me and cleo will go talk to mine" pope says. "okay" sarah says. me and jj get on the bike and go to my house, i take a deep breathe before we go inside. i look at jj, he looks nervous. "you good?" i say to jj. he nods. "just don't think your parents are big fans of me" jj says. i shrug my shoulders. "who cares what they think?" i say. he gives a 'fair enough' look and we go inside. jj stands against the counter and i sit down on the sofa with my parents. i explain to my parents the plan, about the cross and how it's a big thing for pope and his family, and how we need to go to wilmington as this could be our last chance to get it back. "okay, i'm having a little trouble understanding. so, the cross.. which is pope's family airloom?" my mom says, i nod. "yeah, which we had, until rafe and ward stole it from us" i say. "you know how insane you sound? ward is dead!" my dad says. "no he's not, we've been over this part, a thousand times!" i say. "well you have to understand where we're coming from, i mean, we had a funeral for the man" my mom says. i sigh and turn around. "jj" i say. he looks up at me. "a little help?" i say. "wards alive, and in guataloop, living on the loot that he stole from us, and we have a chance to get part of that loot back tonight, in wilmington" he says. "give me a break man" my dad says. "yeah, right, you know what do i know? i just saw it with my own two eyes, so did kiara" he says. "you know what, jj?" he says, walking towards him. "i need you to understand that i get it" he says. "sure.. sure you do" jj says. "i do, because i was once just like you bro" my dad says. "yeah" jj says. "truth is, i like you jj, i bet your fun to go down to the break with and skip school and stuff, because that was once me" my dad says. "and that i could make up any bullshit stories, and these stupid kooks would believe it" he says. "mom" i say, trying to get her to stop him, she gives me a hopeless look. "but then i came to reality, and i realised there's real things to care and worry about in the world" my dad says. "all i care about, all that i care about is my daughter" he says. i roll my eyes and stand up, jj chuckes. "is that so hard for you to believe jj?" my dad says. "no. no it's not because believe it or not mike, she's one of my main priorities too" jj says. my dad laughs. jj shakes his head. "no" my dad says. i walk over. "dad"- i say. "okay, let's just calm down" my mom says. "no no no!" my dad shouts. "these pogues! have ruined my daughters life!" he shouts. "that's bullshit and you know it!" i shout at him. he looks at me. "before them i was miserable! they're the only thing that makes me happy!" i shout. "you ruined my daughters life" my dad says, looking at jj. "didn't mean any disrespect, mr carrera" jj says, looking down. "jj.." i say. "yall have a good day" he says, turning round and walking away. "yeah" my dad says. "lovely home" jj says, touching the counter. "jj.." i say, as he walks out the room. "what are you doing!" i shout at my dad. "what am i doing? i'm protecting my daughter!" my dad says. "you're protecting me from something i don't need protecting from!" i shout. "everyone says it, that he's a liar and a thief and he's just like his father!" my dad shouts. my jaw drops. "okay let's not bring him into this" my moms says. "don't bring him into this?" my dad says. "he's nothing like his dad! NOTHING like his dad" i say. my dad shakes his head. "you don't know him!" i shout, walking away. "kiara where are you going?" my mom says. "yall are supposed to listen to me!" i shout. "kiara!" my dad says."i listened to you guys.." i say. my mom grabs my hand as i go to walk out the door. "please, please wait" she says. i look at her. "i promised myself that if you came back i would be better, and i am trying to be better" she says. "okay, mom i gotta go" i say. "i want you to take this" she says, handing me a phone. "there's a credit card in the back. if you need help, you call me" she says. "i will.. mom i will" i say, hugging her. "i gotta go" i say, walking out the door. "i'll be back!" i say. "be careful!" she says, as the door closes behind me and i run down the stairs after jj. he's getting on his bike. "jj!" i say. "jayj" i say again. "i'm sorry" i say. "it's fine, i already know what they think of me" he says. i nod. "it's just the fact he thinks i don't care about you" he says, shaking his head. "well, i know that's not true" i say, getting on the back of his bike. i wrap my arms around his waist. "you ready?" he says, turning his head to look at me. i smile and nod, "yeah". i say, looking at his eyes, then lips, then eyes again. he turns back around and begins to drive out of my drive.

jj pov:

"well... there's one thing you guys are forgetting" cleo says, sitting next to pope at the table we are sat at, on the ferry. "what's that?" pope says. "transportation. what were you guys thinking? on jj's motorcycle?" she says. "i don't know" ki shakes her head. "i"- pope is cut off by sarah. "oh my god" she says, turning her head. "what?" ki says. "it's.. it's topper" she says, pointing down the ferry. "why... is he everywhere?" ki shakes her head. "i bet top has a truck for transportation" pope says. "no" sarah says. "yes" i say. "no" she says. "yes" i say. "come on! this could be our last opportunity to go get that cross!" pope says. "what about john b?" sarah says. "what about him?" i say. "what would john b say?" she says, leaning over the table. "i think john b would completely understand considering the circumstances" pope says. "we can handle john b, just.. talk to him" ki says. sarah finally agrees and she goes off to talk to topper and the upper part of the boat. the four of us stand at the bottom of the stairs, behind topper and try to hype sarah up as she talks to him. we can't hear much of what they're saying until we hear sarah say, "so are we! we're super anal". "what?" pope says. "what did she just say?" ki says. we listen more until sarah throws her arms around topper. "thank you!" she says to him. we all do a silent cheer and she sticks her middle finger up at us.

after a while, we finally get to wilmington. we go to the train yard and climb on top of a train. "okay, so there's like a thousand trains here" ki says. "well, we know the cargo number" pope says. "okay, well even if we find it, we're not gonna get out of her, unnoticed, with a giant cross" ki says. "we don't have to, we find the train, we can nab it somewhere further down the country" pope says. "we just need to find a way to stop the train" he adds. and how are we gonna do that exactly?" cleo says. we all go silent. "leave that to me" i say. "and how are you gonna do that?" sarah says. "i have an uncle, down i'm newburn. he used to throw, and old dirty train across the tracks, just for shits and giggles, and that old chain, stops all the trains that pass that track" i say. "a chain?" ki says. "yeah..." pope says. he starts blabbing on about something but i'm scanning the trains, in case i see ward or rafe or anything. "the science is pretty good" pope says. "science. i knew my science" i say, pointing at ki. she puts her hand on her head and rolls her eyes. "well, where are we gonna get a chain?" cleo says. we all go silent. "well, i don't have a chain.. but i bet topper's dad has jumper cables in the back of his truck, would that work?" sarah says. "yeah" pope says. "okay, so pope and cleo go down and look for the train. do a signal once you find it, then ki and jj drive down the country a little on jj's bike, throw the jumper cables over and stop the train, then me and topper will meet you guys with the truck and load up the cross" sarah says. "okay" we all agree. "holy shit, do we really have a plan right now?" sarah says. "i think so" pope says, "that's impressive" sarah says.