𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐲

XVI. They Got Married.

LATER WHEN they're all out of the hot tub and they're just laughing and watching JJ and Pope wrestle together, Jake finished up his beer and got up, walking away. "Yo, dude, where you going?" JJ called out from under Pope who'd just won, hitting his chest with his hands in fists. "Just... just wanna clear my head." Jake waved a hand towards the group.

"Did you have too many beers?" John B now asked in a weird voice so Jake just rolls his eyes, laughing as he walked away. Kie got up not long after, holding her shirt, "really?" Sarah exclaimed, raising her brows at the girl. "Way to be discreet!" JJ yells after the two and Jake wasn't sure what he'd meant at first, sitting down onto a random chair by the fish shack. "I leave, and this is what happens."

"Are you blaming us?" JJ gestures to himself and Pope next to him. "Just a little bit." John B shrugs. "Uh-oh. Your boy's out. Beer time." He got up as JJ looks at Sarah. "You guys are the one that died, okay? That was..." He defends himself and Pope. "Literally one job, guys." Sarah tells them, grinning.

"No Pogue-on-Pogue macking!"

"Hey." Kie says, standing by where Jake was sitting. "Hey." Jake grins at her and she looks over at the others. "It's nice being back together, right?" She said and he looks over at the others, nodding. "Yeah." He says and she moves to sit onto the seat next to him.

"Jay?" She says quietly and he looks at her. "Let's get out of here." She said and he just glanced up and down. "Come on." She said, standing up and holding out her hand to him. After they drove off on the boat, the others are shouting and whooping after them, making Kie roll her eyes and smile softly.

On the break, Jake gathered firewood and got it going. "Did you know they got married?" Kie looked up at Jake who set another piece of wood into the fire. "Who?" He asked as he now sat down next to her. "John B and Sarah." She says, looking at him and he furrows his brows. "Nah." He says right away.

"Why would I lie about that?" She exclaims, laughing as she looks at him, smiling. "I mean... no, it makes sense now that I think about it. It's John B... and Sarah." He says, nodding and she looks away. "He really didn't tell you?" She asked him. "No, he didn't tell me." Jake says, sounding dejected. "What did you guys talk about?" She looks at him.

"Everything but that. Taking the right turn at the jetty." He shrugs and she just takes another sip of her beer, before holding it out towards him. He takes a sip from it, before looking at her, seeing the way she was eyeing him down. "What?" He asked and she just smiled, slowly leaning in. "Kie," he stopped her and she paused, looking up into his eyes.

"You're--you're wasted." He says, sounding concerned. "No, it's okay. I promise." She said quietly and he glanced down. He was also drunk, sure, his mind was buzzing, but this felt wrong at the same time. "Jake, I want you." Kie said suddenly, grabbing his face with one of her hands. He looks up at her right away and, for a moment, everything stops.

"Are you sure?" He asks quietly and she nods. "Yeah... don't you want me?" She asked him, glancing down at his lips and he sighed. "Screw it." He whispers, leaning in and pressing his lips against Kie's. The Carrera kissed the Lennox back right away, her arms going around his neck. Jake slowly laid her down, laying over her and she leans away, staring into his eyes as she now put both of her hands onto his shoulders.

"Are you sure about this?" She asked him quietly and he just stared down at her, brushing his thumb over her cheek. "Yeah. Yeah, I'm sure, Kie." He whispered then softly pecked her lips. "I've never been more sure about anything." He tells her and she smiles.

In the morning, Jake woke up to Kie cuddled into his chest, "Kie," he says quietly, softly shaking her and she grumbles. "Five more minutes." She mumbles and he chuckles, looking down at her. "Kiara Carrera." He says and she finally opened up her eyes, turning her head a bit to look up at him.

"Yeah?" She says quietly. "We should get up and head back." He whispers and she just stared at him. "But I like this. Like we're in our own little world." She sighed, cuddling closer and he just squeezed the girl in his arms gently before slowly sitting up.

"Me too... but we should head back, Kie."

On the boat ride back to the Chateau, Kie was standing by Jake who's driving the boat, her head on his shoulder and one of her arms around his waist. "I'm sorry if I pressured you." The girl suddenly said, standing up straight and pulling her arm away from him as he merely glanced at her. "No. No, I wasn't pressured at all... I really enjoyed my night with you, Kie." He tells her and she smiled.

"Me too..."

As they pulled up to the dock, Kie jumped off the boat and went to tie it, "finally. Hey!" JJ came running, with Pope, Sarah and John B. "Guys, don't tie it up!" The Maybank shouted at them. "What?" Kie turned to the others. "We're dipping." JJ tells them as Jake looks over, concerned. "Why?" He asks.

"What? What are you talking about?" Kie asked. "I got it." Sarah tells John B who had an arm around her waist. "Where'd you guys go? What happened last night?" The Routledge then asked them as Kie quickly turned to look at Jake. "We slept on the break. What's going on?" The Lennox quickly says.

"Slept. Right, yeah." JJ said, patting his shoulder now as he got onto the boat. "We were up all night." Pope says, following after the blond. "We gotta get the hell out of here." John B says to the two. "Rafe knows we're here, so we have to leave, like, now." Sarah tells Kie and Jake. "Okay." Kie crouched down quickly, untying the bowline and John B helps Sarah into the boat, then the group head off.

"Look, if Rafe and Barry know, it's only a matter of time." Kie says, looking around at the others after John B, JJ, Pope and Sarah filled her and Jake in on what happened just the night before. "Before everyone knows..." Jake said as he glanced up. "I told you." JJ scoffs, looking at John B. "We should've gone south, man." He says right away. "Just stop it, man." John B tells the Maybank. "Why does no one ever listen?" JJ then raised his voice.

"I get it. I get it. I understand." John B says as JJ just turns away, walking away from him. "I have an idea." Sarah spoke up, making the others look at her. "With me back, my dad's going to have to choose between me and Rafe." He said and the group stayed quiet.

"Sarah, Sarah--" "he's gonna choose me." The Cameron girl tells John B, glancing around at the others. "Just please listen. Ward keeps lying to you, Sarah." The Routledge tells her. "Sarah, he's not gonna agree after everything that's happened." Kie tells the blonde.

"No, I--I know it sounds crazy."

"Yeah, it does." Jake chimed in, nodding. "I know!" Sarah exclaimed, looking at him and Kie. "But he's my dad." She tells them and Jake just glanced down. "And I know him, and I know he loves me. I'm just asking for two hours." She says, looking around at the others and JJ just throws his arms in the air, turning away. Pope just looked down as Jake and Kie glanced at one another.

Sarah slowly got up, adjusting her hair and walking away from them. "Sarah." John B called out to the girl and walked over to her. Jake watched the two, touching their foreheads together before Sarah walked away, towards the water where the boat was.

authors note
ward and sarah remind me of the "my father is the worst man alive and i'm his favourite daughter" quote 😭

+ late update but here it is 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼