P4L | Outer Banks | JJ Maybank

Well, Well, Well

"I'm sorry, you're staying where?" Kie asked John B, propped over the counter of the Wreck.

"Tannyhill," John B said reluctantly.

"So you're living with Sarah Cameron," Kie finished, bringing the other Pogues their drinks.

"Look, the only reason I'm living there is because her dad bailed me out, right?" John B explained. "And it's way better than foster care, which, by the way, is where I was about to go if Ward didnt-"

"Hey, so like, do you have a membership to the clubs now?" Pope interrupted.

"I don't know, Pope," John B said exasperatedly.

"What about those little golf carts they drive around?" JJ asked. "You get one of them?"

"Does it come with a sweater vest, or do you have to buy one on your own?" Cory asked, smirking to JJ.

"Look, you promised," Kie said. "You said you weren't with her."

"Bro, just own it," JJ said. "She got you."

Cory sucked on her straw, throwing her head back at the taste of Doctor Pepper. God, she loved it. She was also trying to ignore the current fight before her. Cory loved Kie, and she understood her beef with Sarah, but honestly, it might be time to at least try to get over it. It was obvious to Cory how into Sarah, John B was. So why couldn't Kie let him be happy?

"Look, if you wanna hang out with her, that's fine," Kie said. "But I'm letting you know right now that I'm not doing anything with Sarah."

"Do you guys see her here?" John B asked. Everyone was silent. "No, right. A little focus would be fantastic. We've got the map, right?"

"Well, it's all outta whack 'cause the guy was ganja'd when he drew it," JJ said.

Cory glanced down at the map.

"It's cause the coast has changed, Jay," she said, placing a light hand on his arm. He made a face that said, 'obviously'.

"So we just need to look for landmarks that haven't changed," Pope reasoned.

"What about the old forts?" John B asked.

"Battery Jasper," Kie said.

Cory didn't know anything about the forts, but it sounded promising as Pope pointed to it.

The Pogues quickly made their way to Battery Jasper. They were standing around and trying to figure out where Parcel Nine would be.

Cory cocked her head from her seat on a big rock.

"I don't see shit," she said.

"Maybe stand up," JJ responded, lightly whacking her in the back of the head.

"So we're in Battery now," Pope said, holding the map. "So if this is Parcel Nine," he pointed at the map, "then it's somewhere northeast of here."

"Somewhere over there," Kie pointed.

"Right."

"Over there?" JJ pointed. "Guys that's not Tannyhill, that's a subdivision."

"Tannyhill plantation used to be the entire island," John B explained. "It got sold into smaller pieces over time."

"So we're just looking for... an old stone wall," Pope concluded, pointing at the map.

They climbed back into the Twinkie, Pope directing John B to the stone wall.

"That looks like a stone wall to me," JJ said. Cory rolled her eyes.

"This is it," Pope said as the doors popped open.