𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞 ❧ 𝐉𝐉 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤

03. 𝑨𝒘𝒌𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑻𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞
[𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔]

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MARINA SITS NEXT TO KIARA, practically in her lap on the deck of the chateau as JJ explains what he and John B just went through. Apparently they had gone to visit the wife of the guy who died during the hurricane and it hadn't gone that well. "And we were right outside like this." JJ says as he presses his back against the wall. "And all we hear is just, bam! Bam! Bam! Knocking paint off the wall, G!" He explains to them and Marina raises an eyebrow. "From the inside. All right? And I'm just looking at him like-- wait, first off, look at this shit." He moves over to them, shaking his hair and causing white stuff to fall out of it.

"That's dandruff." Kiara mumbles as she scrunches up her face.

"Okay, thank you." Pope mutters, pushing the man away from him.

"Whyd you have to put it on me?" Marina complains, brushing it off of her which more landed on Kiara who just slaps her thigh with a small glare.

"Look at that. All right? That's paint." JJ states as he points down at the ground.  "At that point, I was just like... I'm waiting for death." He tells them and Marina nods her head slowly and she purses her lips.

"Cool story." She says as she claps her hands together. "I'm going to the bathroom." Marina admits as she stands up. Kiara playfully slaps her ass making Marina roll her eyes with a small smile. Heading inside, she just goes toward the bathroom and she runs a hand through her hair. If the pogues saw her, they'd definitely question how she knew where the bathroom was.

She honestly didn't mind being on this little adventure with them. It got her away from her house and the fact that her mother was suing for full custody. If she went back home, she'd really have to face the reality of that and she wasn't ready to do that. Marina was just glad to have a distraction.

Besides, the group wasn't that bad and Kiara was by her side constantly which Marina would never say no to. If Kiara wasn't here, yeah, she would've never been interested in this little treasure hunting but that was mainly because she wouldn't really know the guys well enough to hang out with them. And truthfully, she didn't believe they would even glance her way if it wasn't for Kiara.

Pope and her were mainly study buddies, they had never hung out otherwise unless Kiara was involved. And the only reason Pope tutored her is because Kiara asked him to. Same went with John B and JJ. She had never really interacted with them that much outside of kiara. Other than one night a few months ago, Marina did have a moment with John B.

She didn't even think they'd want to hang out with her if it wasn't for Kiara. Marina wasn't exactly the person everyone sought out to be their friend. She was surprised that Kiara had stuck around for this long. Sure, she had crossed paths with the other pogues but Marina truly wasn't someone people remembered other than her being pretty  gloomy.