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{Chapter Seventeen} Fight Club

After a hell of a lot of convincing and bickering, Indi finally managed to get JJ to agree to come with her to the outdoor movies showing. She was already supposed to be going with Kiara but due to the events of the day couldn't meet her at her house on Figure Eight, so Indi didn't know whether she'd show or not.

Along the way, JJ and Indi had picked up a very on edge Pope, a hell of a lot more on edge than he usually was. He was practically twitching with fear.

Indi had asked what was wrong with him multiple times but was met with the same answer every time. Nothing.

"Indi, I really don't think it's a good idea for you to be here," JJ whispered to her once they arrived at the park. "I really don't want you to be exiled."

"JJ, relax. Unless they have John B, I won't be exiled," she responded, puting JJ at ease. "Yet," she added just to annoy him.

He took his red cap off his head and slapped it onto Indi's, making sure to pull it way down over her face.

"Are you trying to say I'm ugly?" Indi deadpanned before pushing the hat back up her head.

"What? No, of course not. I'm trying to hide you from the cops," JJ insisted, whilst looking around to make sure nobody heard him. "You never know who's around."

Indi let out a chuckle at his dramaticness. "Okay, 007. Calm down. I'll keep the hat on just to shut you up, okay?"

Kiara came bouncing up to her friends with a bag over one shoulder and lawn chairs under the other. "Hey, guys. I didn't expect to you two to be here."

"Blame that one," Pope muttered, pointing at Indi. "She forced us."

"Well, yeah. If I'm a fugitive now then I need some company since I can't go back home," Indi shrugged.

"DCS?" Kiara questioned, although she was already sure of what the answer would be.

"Yep," Indi said with a sharp nod of her hat. "Hence the hat because JJ thinks they're going to nab me at any second."

The four pogues walked through the grassy area to find a good spot for them to sit to watch the film. "I'm so glad they're still doing this. Keep calm. Carry on. Back to OBX life," Kiara said before beginning to set up the lawn chairs.

"Aren't you guys happy I made you come to this?" Indi questioned.

"Ecstatic," Pope sarcastically replied.

"My couch was pretty comfy," JJ retorted.

Whilst Kiara left to buy her friends drinks Pope leaned in closer to JJ and whispered, "We're outside of the green zone."

"Dude, tranquillo, okay?" JJ responded.

"We're in the middle of kooklandia! This is the last place I want to be," Pope hissed, a lot more louder than he'd intended.

Indi leaned in closer to JJ so she could join in on their conversation. "Okay, what the hell is wrong with you both? If you say nothing one more time then I swear to God I'll cut both of your tongues out."

Pope turned to JJ with widened eyes, not knowing what to say.

"Come on. Founding rule. No secrets among pogues. Spill!"

"Rafe and Topper are after me," Pope whispered to the brunette.

Before Indi could ask why Kiara reappeared with a few cans of soda. She handed them to her friends and sat back down in the lawn chair. "I just saw Rafe. He said, and I quote, 'Tell your boy we know what he did.' What is that?"