"And lastly, that's Madison, or Mads, my little sister who is also trying to climb up the broken lifeguard tower. We're only a year apart. When she's not doing some odd job for extra cash she is on the HMS Pogue with the rest of us. Most loyal perso...
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Ring.
Ring. Ring.
Madison groaned, burying her face into the crook of JJ's arm trying to block out the noise.
Ring. Ring. Ring.
She knew she didn't have her phone on her, she hadn't grabbed it when she left the Chateau the night before, so she cursed JJ in her head for his having the audacity to wake her up. The incessant ringing wouldn't stop and whoever it was wasn't giving up because they just kept calling and calling.
She began to search JJ's pockets for the annoying thing and he shifted his hips with a smug smile spreading across his face even though his eyes were still closed. She smacked him in the chest with the back of her hand. "Not now, J. Where is your fucking phone?" Madison finally found it and made a face as she saw a picture of Kiara giving the middle finger as her contact picture displayed on his phone. "What?!" She nearly screamed as she answered.
"Good morning to you too, sunshine." Kiara didn't even try to hide the annoyance or worry in her voice. "Where the hell are you guys?"
Madison yawned as she leaned her head back on JJ's chest. "Rixon's Cove."
She could hear Kiara telling Pope in the background who was freaking out that he was going to get in trouble if Madison missed the first day. "We have school in twenty minutes and you're at Rixon's Cove?! We came to pick you guys up."
Madison groaned again as she sat up and when JJ tried to roll over to go back to sleep he was startled awake when he slipped off the piece of driftwood. "We'll meet you there."
"Madd-"
She hung up the phone before Pope could yell at her and ran a tired hand through her hair, trying to use her fingers to untangle the mess. "Apparently, we have school."
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Welcome Back Falcons!
The first day of school had never been a big deal for Madison. She hated the squeals of the girls who hadn't seen each other all summer and the jocks that would be leaning against their lockers like a pack of wolves unable to be seen alone. John B and JJ would talk about how the surf was going to be that day, already planning for when classes were over, while Kiara and Pope compared schedules to see if they would have to suffer through History or Geometry alone. And Madison, always trailed behind. She didn't have the same classes and her locker was nowhere near theirs which is why she and Peyton had become such good friends in the first place.
"Do you think if we stared at it hard enough it would set on fire and we could go home?" Madison grabbed the flask out of JJ's back pocket and took a swig needing the liquid courage to get through the day.
