No Need 4 Gold | Outer Banks

Chapter Fourteen

Cece ran far from the airstrip. Ward offered her money that she didn't take. She just wanted to go home. While running she heard the plane taking off, looking back she saw it too. Cece couldn't go home. Not with the blood on her clothes. So she went to the only place she couldn't think of, "Cece." Kiara walked down the porch steps of the chateau. Cece stood in front of John B's place, covered in blood. "Are you okay?"

Cece hadn't said anything until that moment, "Rafe shot Peterkin."

Kiara started to guide Cece into the house, "We know. I can give you a change of clothes and fill you in on the plan."

Kiara guides her right past the guys without them noticing. She took Cece to a room. Kiara opened a drawer and dug out a shirt and pair of shorts. They were too big seeing as how they were John B's. Kiara left the room, letting her change. She slowly changes into the shorts using a hair tie to keep them from falling down. She takes off her blood soaked shirt when someone opens the door. "John B chill! I'm just going to sleep like an hour-" JJ looks into the room and sees Cece. "Oh shit! My bad."

Cece turns around, "No, it's fine. It's not like I'm naked." She pauses and stares at her shirt on the ground.

JJ looks down on the shirt, "Shit. You were there?"

Cece looked up at him and put her hands up. They were stained red even after washing them. "Yeah. Trying to process it."

JJ walked closer to her and sees the mark on her cheek, "What happened there?"

Cece sighed and sat on the bed, "Something, nothing, I don't know to be honest. Everything was in slowmo but also super fast."

JJ sat down next to her, "Sorry you saw that. It really fucked up John B."

"I was fucked up before this whole thing." Cece looked at JJ. "Can I tell you something?" JJ looks at her and nods his head. "You can't tell anyone but... I hooked up with Rafe and I've been hanging out with him."

JJ's eyes widened, "Oh shit." Cece starts laughing. Everything she's been through within the last 24 hours and shocked her. Her laughter shocked JJ, but it soon turned into crying. "Um... are you okay?"

Through sobs Cece tries to talk, "I'm fine. Maybe in need of a distraction."

JJ shrugs and grabs her face. He kisses her, "How's that?"

Cece is left speechless. "Uh... yeah. That works." She kisses him back. He keeps his one hand on her neck and moves his other to her waist. They keep kissing. JJ slowly gets closer to her, moving over her. The two are almost horizontal when the door opens.

"Dude, JJ, before you take your nap-" John B stops and looks at the two. They sit up right. John B just stares, "Wait is that my shirt?"

Cece looked down at the shirt, "Kiara gave it to me... sorry." Cece stood up from the bed, "I should probably go."

John B looked at the shorts she was wearing, "Are those mine too?"

Cece nodded and bent down to pick up her clothes from the floor, "I'll get them back to you tomorrow." She walked out of the room. Kiara was in the living room with Pope.

"Are you leaving?"

"Yeah."

Kiara stood up, "Here, I can drive you home. I should get going too."