MISSING | OBX

Chapter 𝐼

"We're the Pogues, and our mission this summer is to have a good time, all the time"

"That's what, a three story fall to the deck? I give you about a one-in-three chance of survival" Pope said to John b and she stood on 1 foot on the roof.

"Hm" John b hummed as he licked his finger and pointed it up. "Should I do it?"

"Yeah you should jump, I'll shoot you on the way down" pope said pointed a drill to John b.

"You'll shoot me?"
"Yep"
"Pow!" John b made the sound of a gun pointing it at pope.

"They're gonna have Japanese toilets with towel warmers" Kiara said or as we call her Kie. As she walked out of the still building house.

"Of course why wouldn't they?"

"This used to be a turtle habitat. But who cares about the turtles, I guess?" Kie continued.

"I can't have cold towels" John b started.

"Can you please not kill yourself?" Kie asked the boy looking up at the roof.

"Don't spill that beer, I'm not giving you another one" JJ said as he took a sip of his beer.

"Whoah of shit!" John b said as he balanced on one foot as the can of beer fell down.

"Of course you did."
"Smooth"
"Good going John"
"A-plus"
"Dumbass"

"Hey, uh. Security's here. Let's wrap it up." Pope said as he came from beside the house.

"Boys are early today"
"Humpty Dumpty let's roll"
"Let's go boys."
"This gonna be something"

"Gary is that you? Gary good to see you man" JJ provokes.

"You're asking for it" Kie said to the boy as he got down and we all ran into the houses

"Whoo" we all yelled as we all laughed and ran down the stairs.

We ran out the house and climbed over the fence and jumped into the Twinkie.

Me and Kie sat in the opening of the door as John b drove waiting for pope and JJ to show up.

"Check out Gary, gunnin' for a raise." Pope said as we laughed.

"Come on Gary, you're so close! You can do it. There you go. They don't pay you enough bro" JJ said leaning out the Twinkie and threw a can of beer at the officer named Gary who still ran behind the Twinkie.

"JJ stop. Stop."
"Oh come in, that's sort of initiative is just begging to be punished"

"The Outer Banks, Paradise on Earth. It's the sort of place where you either have two jobs or two houses. Two tribes, one island. All right. This is figure eight, the rich side of the island. Home of the kooks. So, guess where we don't live. And then this is the south side or the cut. Home of the working class who make a living busing tables, washing yachts, running charters. The natural habitat of.. drumroll please... the Pogues. Thats us. The Pogues, pogies, the throwaway fish. The lowest member of the food chain. Okay, so the downside of pogue life is we're ignored and neglected but the upside of pogue life? We're ignored and neglected, which means we do whatever we want, whenever we want."

- John b

"Thats JJ, my best friend since third grade. He's about as local as they come latest in a long line of fishing, drinking, smuggling, vendetta-holding salt-lifers who made their living off the water. Best surfer u know. Just don't tell him I said that. Mild kleptomaniac and a future tax cheat."

"And thats kiara, it Kie as we call her. When not saving turtles or listening to Marley or getting a dolphin tattoo, she hangs out with us. I'm not really sure why though. So she's a rich kid actually foot in both worlds , just like Cassie but we'll come to that part. Her family owns the wreck, this outer banks institution total cash cow with the tourists, you know I'm not really sure how her parents feel about us. We all have a thing for her."