Poguelandia (Kiara x JJ) ~ [COMPLETED]

Chapter 7

Chapter 7

JJ

"Yo! Pope!" I yell, running after him.

Fuck. What was that? What just happened?

All of us have had a crush on Kiara at one point. All of us. I mean, why wouldn't we? She's smoking hot and bumming it with us. We're definitely not living the Kook life. We're on a fucking deserted island and she still just wants to be with us for crying out loud.

But me and Kie? No. Never. She would never.

She had her little moment with John B and friend-zoned his ass. Same thing with Pope. But Pope had actual feelings for her. It was different.

Me? Yeah, there's always been something there on my end. I could definitely say I was jealous when she and Pope had their thing. But I never, not in a million years, even thought she would reciprocate my feelings. Nor would I act on them, especially after her thing with Pope.

It's too weird. Too complicated for us. It couldn't happen. It shouldn't.

But something almost did. And now I have to fix shit.

"Pope! Wait up!" I start jogging in his direction, stopping him with a hand on his shoulder.

He stops walking but doesn't turn to look at me.

"Pope, look, man," I move so I'm standing in front of him, forcing him to look me in the face. "I know you think you saw something. Or maybe you did see something! I don't know, but straight up, nothing actually happened."

Pope lets out a sigh. "You don't have to lie to me."

"I'm not lying to you, Pope. That's what I'm trying to tell you. We're Pogues. We don't lie to each other."

Pope shakes his head. "It doesn't matter."

"Pope," I say, getting nervous. "I don't want things to be weird between us."

"Well, things aren't weird!" He interrupts.

"Things aren't weird?"

"No, things aren't weird."

I clear my throat. "Well then who's lying right now?"

Pope looks down, and there's a moment of silence before he says, "If you're asking me if I like it? No, it's not my favorite thing ever. But, I'm not gonna stop you. It's your choice. You do what you want. If you make each other happy, I would never get between that. For either of you."

I let out a dejected sigh, running my hands through my hair.

This is exactly why nothing could happen between me and Kie. There are too many factors from our past and it gets too complicated. I can't do this to us or anyone around us.

I give Pope a little nod and start to walk away before he stops me with a hand on my arm.

"Plus," he starts, a small smirk starting to form on his face. "There's been new and recent developments on that front, anyways."

I blink at him in confusion. "You're gonna have to dumb it down for me."

Pope wraps his arm around my shoulder and starts leading me in the direction of the bonfire.

"Let's just say Cleo and I have definitely gotten closer while being on this island."

I gasp, pulling out from under his arm to lightly shove him. "You sly dog!" I exclaim. "You gave me all that shit when you had another girl all along?"

Pope bobs his head back and forth. "I may have milked my anger a little. You did almost kiss my ex."

"Calling her your ex is pushing it."