Someone to stay || JJ Maybank

24

"The world of girls"

"No effing way!" Kie shouts as she paces back and forth on the porch, staring at John B with betrayal shining clear in her gaze. "You brought her here?" She goes on, not even bothering to glance at Sarah, we knew who she was talking about. "So what? She's in on this now?"

A small moment of silence follows that. No one knows what to say, and we just look around seeking help from anyone else.

We came to Chateau after we found the well in Crain's house. Well, John B didn't, since he had to stop by at his new home in Figure Eight. It seemed little suspicious to the rest of us back then but now it was all clear. He went to get Sarah, for whatever reason he had. And Kie wasn't buying it, at all.

"I dunno", Pope shrugs when no one says anything.

"Look, all I care about is her cut comes out of your share", JJ says right after that and I slap his arm, making him look at me confused. We, me Pope and JJ, all sit on one of the armchairs on the porch while John B and Sarah took the whole couch to themselves. Kie didn't need a seat, I don't think she could stay put.

"Can you take something seriously for once?" I ask JJ, motioning towards Kie who's currently staring at John B and Sarah with ice cold eyes.

"I seriously think that", JJ defends himself but I choose to ignore him since Kie speaks again. It would be pointless to convince him anything anyway.

"You know, I don't remember taking a vote", Kie continues with a raised voice. "This is our thing, a pogue thing."

"I gotta say, I'm just a tad uncomfortable with all of this", Pope says from JJ's other side.

"Thank you!"

"When are you not uncomfortable?" John B questions, clearly pissed off by the fact his friend didn't take his side but Kiara's. I don't even think we should pick sides, we shouldn't have to, at least. Sarah and Kie have their own drama and they have to talk it through or move on or something, but John B made a big mistake when he just brought Sarah here and expected her to deal with all the shit he knew she was gonna get. Not to mention how Kie must feel. Her best friend basically betrayed her.

"Well I don't know. I rode here on the back of JJ's bike pretty confortably", Pope answers getting a bit tense too. The negative energy was catching on fast.

"It's true", JJ confirms Pope's words with a nod. "Most relaxed I've ever seen him."

John B glenches his jaw and nods a few times with his lips as a straight line. "That's cute, guys."

I roll my eyes at that even if no one saw that. This is ridiculous. He's getting pissed because we don't just let him walk away after creating a problem not even accidentally.

"You know we were all extremely comfortable until you brought her", Kie keeps going, basically using her words as draggers thrown at Sarah.

"Stop talking about me like I'm not here!" Sarah talks for the first time.

"Then leave." Kie's cold answer comes faster than John B even had time to get between the two fighting girls. Or then he just didn't want to get involved in his own mess, which again, is ridiculous. Even if deep down it's not about him, he created the situation. He should do something.

"I told you", Sarah scoffs looking at John B.

"Told him what, exactly?" Kie asks sharply, looking Sarah with brows raised. With an expression that tells me she doesn't care one bit about Sarah's feelings and just wants to hurt her. Which is kinda concerning. "That you're a liar?"