Summer Symphony// Outer Banks OC

1.6

"Iris."

I roll over and pull my blanket up over my head.

"Iris."

I groan.

Someone shakes me. "Iris. Come on."

I finally open my eyes and see JJ standing over me.

"What?" I ask.

"We're gonna go figure out this compass thing," JJ tells me.

"Can't it wait until later?" I say as I roll over.

I feel the blanket being ripped off of me. I look and see John B is the culprit.

"Get up," John B tells me. "We've got things to do."

I sit up in bed. "Can I atleast put pants on first?"

"I don't know, I dig the look," JJ says.

John B puts his hand on JJ's chest and pushes him out of the room. "You've got five minutes," he tells me.

Once we're in the Twinkie, John B finally explains to me that we're going to talk to Ms. Lana, Scooter Grubb's wife.

"I'm just saying, I don't understand why you don't at least try with Kiara. She clearly likes you. She's like," JJ makes his voice more high pitched, "'Oh, John B.'"

"Is that what she does?" John B asks.

"She's sketching about you diving, then she kissed you, bro," JJ points out.

"She kissed me on the cheek. It's not like we were makin' out or something," John B states.

"Low-hanging fruit, bro," JJ says.

"Don't pretend you don't notice. I see it in your eyes. You're like, 'I kinda like that,' and you start blushing," I state.

"I blush?" John B asks.

I nod. "Yeah."

"Really?" John B asks.

"Really," I tell him.

JJ goes to grab the compass off the dashboard and John B tries to grab it from him.

"Hey don't..." John B starts.

"I was just looking at it." JJ swats his hand away. "I gotta admit, your father's compass in Scooter's boat, that's freaky."

"Yeah. That's why we're going to talk to Ms. Lana, figure this whole thing out," John B states.

"And I'm sure she would just love to talk to us. It's not like her husband just drowned or anything," JJ remarks.

We pull up to the house and hop out of the van. The house is covered in flowers and looks like a bunch of hippies live inside. We start to walk towards the front door.

"Know what this house looks like?" JJ asks.

"Whoever lives here smokes too much weed," I offer.

JJ laughs. He stops when we hear glass breaking and things being thrown around in the house. I look at John B worried. He holds his hand out for JJ and I to stop.

"Bullshit!" a man shouts.

"Maybe we should come back. It's a little too soon," JJ states.

"No, no, shut up. Shut up, JJ," John B says as he keeps walking towards the house.

"Tell me where it is, or I'll fuck you up. I'll sink you in the fucking.." a man shouts from inside the house.

I hear something breaking and Ms. Lana screams. "You're hurting me!"