𝑪𝑳𝑶𝑺𝑬 𝑻𝑶 𝒀𝑶𝑼 | 𝑱𝑱 𝑴𝑨𝒀𝑩𝑨𝑵𝑲

Chapter Seven - Nice Moves

Kiara and Devon walk over to the gate. Kiara watches as Devon pulls down her crop top, displaying a little more cleavage before yelling for the security guard, "Hello!" The guard turns his head, making eye contact with Devon. She plasters on her best smile, "Can you help us?"

The guard is quick out of his seat, making his way to the two girls, "How can I help?"

"Hi! We have a flat tire and zero clue how to fix it. Could you help me out?" Devon says, maintaining eye contact with the guard.

The guard smiles at Devon, "Yeah! Yeah." He turns around and heads back to open the gate.

Devon turns to Kie with a smirk, "It's too easy."

The guard returns with his tools and the two girls lead him over the tire. "It's this one back here, it must've been a slow leak or something."

"Yeah, I got this." The guard says, kneeling down to the tire.

"Thank you so much." Devon smiles.

The girls watch the guard fix the tire until distant barking is heard. "Do you hear that?" The guard asks.

"Hear what?" Kiara is quick to reply.

"Tebow's got something." He says, standing up.

Devon steps forward, "It's probably just a rat or something random. My dog at home barks at plastic bags flying around." She lets out a chuckle and puts her hand on his shoulder.

The guard smiles, "Yeah, probably." He kneels back down. Devon turns to Kie with widened eyes. Kie points her finger up before heading to the other side of the car. Devon starts to get nervous, tapping her foot up and down. The guard looks up at her, "You okay?" She nods in return, trying to smile. His eyes flicker behind her, "where'd your friend go?" He gets up quickly moving to the other side of the car to find Kie letting air out of the tire. "What are you doing?"

"Wait!" Devon yells out but the guard is already running away. "Shit." Her and Kie run to the car, starting the engine.

...

The Pogues pull up in front of the wreck, the restaurant Kiara's parents own. "I guess stealing drones makes you hungry," Kie says, getting out of the car.

"What I would do to a beer and shrimp and grits right now." JJ says, standing in front of the car.

Devon shoves him out of the way so she can get through, "Dude, what I would do to some chicken fingers right now." She says, catching up with Kiara.

"Hey Dad!" Kie says, leading the group through the restaurant.

"Hey Mr. C!" Devon waves.

Kiara's father's face lights up at the sight of her old friend. "Devon! It's nice to see Kie with old company."

Devon smiles, "It's nice to have Kiara back." Giving the girl a hug from behind.

"How'd we do?" Kie asks her father.

JJ takes Devon's hand, leading her to the back table with the rest of the group. Kie's father's eyes flicker back and forth from his daughter to the Pogues, "Didn't turn it over once."

"It's probably just bad luck from the storm." Kiara justifies as she gives her father a hug.

He hugs her back, "yeah, I'll be sure to tell the banks that."

...

Devon scarfs down her chicken tenders and french fries and so does the rest of the group with their own food. She takes a sip of water before getting up and grabbing Kie's hand. They start dancing to the music, laughing and having fun before turning to see the boys watching them. Devon makes eye contact with JJ, walking over and grabbing both of his hands to make him get up.

"Dance with me, Maybank." Devon says, smiling. JJ acts shy at first because suddenly twirling Devon around, causing her to squeal. He laughs at her reaction and they keep dancing. "I didn't know you had such good moves." Devon comments as she wraps her arms around his neck, dancing more slow paced.

JJ keeps his eyes on hers as his hands hover around her waist, as if asking for permission. Devon nods and his hands finally meet her lower back. "I have a lot of good moves, Dev."

"I can't wait to discover them all." She says back before resting her head against his chest.

...

Devon gets a call from Sarah on her ride back home. "Hey, Sarah. What's up?"

"I feel like such an idiot, Dev."

"You are not an idiot, Sarah Cameron. Did something happen at the party?" Devon comforts.

"I told Topper I was ready."

Devon's eyes widen, "Really?"

"Yeah, but. When it came down to it, I couldn't do it. I don't know why."

"There's nothing wrong with not being ready, Sarah. It's important that you're comfortable, especially when it is your first time." Devon prepares herself for the next question, "did Topper get mad?"

"Yeah."

"Ugh." Devon winces. She doesn't like Topper for her best friend but she tries to be supportive. "Boys are stupid, they don't get it. Topper should respect your decision."

"I feel really bad. He was so sweet the entire day."

Devon lets out a loud sigh, "Sarah. You don't owe him anything just because he wasn't mean to you for 12 hours."

Devon hears Sarah sigh through the phone. "I miss you. I feel like we haven't seen each other recently. Which is crazy considering we are neighbors."

Devon smiles, "I miss you too, S. We'll hang tomorrow."

Notes

Shorter chapter but we are nearing the end of episode 3!