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The feeling of the soft sand touching my feet and the waves crashing all around me, every little cold drop that made contact with my skin let me shiver slightly. I loved days like this. Days in the middle of summer that were reminiscent of cold watermelon and late night walks, letting you forget all the problems that built up during the winter. My eyes wandered up again and I looked at the stars that enchanted the sky beautifully. Why couldn't this feeling just stay forever? As long as I remembered, I felt empty. The emptiness took hold of me when I lost my dad and it never wanted to let go. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't escape the loneliness and sadness. My mother wasn't much help to me in this situation as she was too busy spending the money my father left behind and supporting every single step my older brother made. I was the definition of the glass child. Never seen. Never heard. So I started eating less but taking more and more cocaine. Cocaine made me feel euphoric...well for a little while and then I felt numb again.
Besides the cocaine, I had my friends. They were better than any drug on this earth. Everyone on this island wanted to be friends with me because of the money, but they didn't care about that at all. They were Pogues and I was a Kook, but I never felt unwanted when I was with them. In fact, I enjoyed every second I got to spend with them.
"Anna!" JJ's voice pulled me out of the deep thoughts that were stuck in my head. Only then did I notice that John B had parked his small van next to my house while JJ was looking out the window,smiling at me."Where are we going?"I asked, picking up my sand covered sandals and quickly making my way over to them. As I walked to the van I spotted Pope, Kiara and...Sarah sitting in the back seats. What the fuck was Sarah doing here?
Sarah Cameron, the daughter of one of the richest men on this island. Ward Cameron. I never liked her. Most Kooks got along right away, but I couldn't stand her for some reason. However, she wasn't nearly as bad as her older brother Rafe. If hell was a person, it would be him.
"What is she doing here?" I sat myself next to Kiara, darting a glance at Sarah, who was sitting in front of me, biting her lip nervously.
"We're going to a party,"
"She's coming with us" John B explained briefly and started the van's engine which made a loud noise.
"If she is coming with us...I'm not going."I stated, shrugging my shoulders. As if I'm going to go to a party with a bitch I can't even look at without thinking about throwing up
"Get the bitch out," JJ said, pointing at Sarah and then at the door of the van
His reaction made me smile. I think I liked JJ the most. The way he was the nicest, funniest person ever while hiding his own scars just showed what a good person he was. JJ's father was abusive, not even trying to treat him like a son and his mother was gone, so he had no one but us. That's why he always tried to protect us at all costs. The person he thought about least in difficult situations was himself, because he knew that if he loses us, he loses kinda everything and that's the least thing he needed. If JJ was the king of anything, he was the king of friendship..
"JJ" warned John B, giving him a look.
Why did he act like that? Did the two had something going on with each other? But Sarah had a boyfriend. Topper. Personally, I wouldn't even touch him with gloves on and probably wouldn't even sit next to him on the bus, but everyone has their preferences, right?
"Can you tell us now why she is here?" Kiara insisted, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Because she helped me a lot with the whole gold thing-" Pope interrupted him before he could finish the sentence
"We are still after that fucking gold?"He groaned in annoyance and pushed his head back into the seat, making clear that he had no interested in doing that.
Honestly, I don't blame him. They started this whole thing after the treasure last month in May when I had to go out of town with my brother and mother because they had some business to do in Italy. One month later and there was still no gold or anything in between.Probably someone found it before they did...but who could that be?
