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Chapel Hill

The next morning I drove into town to look around for a jewelry shop and as I was driving through richo ville, I had my windows down taking in the nice North Carolina summer breeze listening to Bob Marley when I heard what sounded like Sarah shrieking. I pulled my car up to the next alleyway and saw Topper grabbing her arm. "Let go of me." "No, you're going to listen." He said. I quickly climbed out of the car and ran over shouting "Hey let go of her!" "Oh look the scuba stealer is here to save the day." Topper said, pushing Sarah against the wall. She started crying and I went over and pushed him, and he punched me back making me fall into the brick wall. A policeman was walking over and Topper ran off. I looked down and saw my rib bleeding through my shirt. Sarah was crying sitting on the ground and the policeman approached and asked "What happened?" "Nothing its fine." I said. "Are you sure?" he replied. "Yeah we're good." I said. "Alright then, have a good day." he said. Sarah looked over at me and said "Oh my John B are you alright?" I tried to stand up and groaned in pain and said "Yeah." I helped her up and she said "Oh no you're bleeding, and you fell. We need to take you to a hospital." "No Sarah, that's completely unnecessary." I said. "No I'm at least taking you back to my place, that needs to be cleaned." I rolled my eyes and she said "Can you drive?" I groaned and said "I meannn." She hopped in the drivers seat and drove my car back to her place and I said "Sarah what is your dad gonna think when he sees his ex worker walking around his house bleeding." She got out of the car and said "Just don't bleed." I rolled my eyes but secretly smiled. We quickly snuck around and in her front door, and a couple seconds later her dad shouted "Sarah, is that you?" He was on the phone and she shoved me into a random room and awkwardly stood there with her hands on her hips. "What are you doing sweetie?" He asked. "Oh, uh nothing." She replied. He went outside and shut the front door behind him. Sarah pulled me out from the other room and we ran upstairs. She led us into her dads office and helped me sit on a couch and then left briefly to grab a med kit. I looked around at the picture frames on the table next to me and I saw one that said "Cameron Jewelers". Sarah came back with her first aid kit and sat down next to me. She poured alcohol onto a cotton ball and said "This might sting." She rolled up my shirt and I could tell she admired my abs, and then she dabbed the cotton ball on my wound and I shouted "Ouch!" and slapped her hand. "Shhhh." she said as she pushed harder. I winced in pain and them she finally stopped and put a band aid on it. "Do you feel alright? Does your head hurt?" she asked concerned. "Yeah I'm fine, are you related to a jeweler?" I said looking at the frame again. She packaged up the med box and said "Oh yeah, my uncle has a jewelry shop in Chapel Hill, near UNC." "How much does he charge?" I asked. "Why John B, you gotta lady you're buying stuff for?" "Not exactly," I said, "But does he do solids for you guys?" "Is this some undercover mission?" She asked. I sighed and said "Sorta. I have a bracelet,  and its broken and she really needs it fixed. And, well, I don't have the money to get it fixed anywhere." She burst out laughing so I took it out of my pocket and showed it to her, and I said "You see, the clasp is broken. Can you make a call and tell him I'm coming, and ask if he can fix it?" She smiled and said "Seriously?" I sighed and said "I know this sounds crazy but I really need to go see him. You gotta trust me." She laughed and said "I don't trust anyone." "Well I need to go now." I replied. "Well I'm coming." "No." I said flat out. "No, I'm coming, for this one mission, and then I'm out of this dirty game." She said looking at my dirty clothes. She slapped me in the stomach right near my wound and said "We're going now." I winced in pain and followed her out the door. We got to the ferry dock to get over to the mainland, and I went to buy tickets but the man said they were sold out. The boat was about to leave and I grabbed her arm and said "Hey, follow me." I saw some of the yellow workers coats nearby and we put them on and quickly snuck into the bottom area of the boat. We sat down in a little room and the boat suddenly jerked forward and Sarah leaned backwards and I quickly caught her. We mad eye contact and she laughed and then we sat down. As the boat started moving it was getting super hot and I took off my shirt. I could tell Sarah looked over at my abs. Sarah suggested we played "truth or truth" which was her terrible version of truth or dare with only questions. "So who is this bracelet for?" she asked. "Your ex best friend." I said. She looked at me and laughed and replied "What, who is my ex best friend?" I smiled and said "Kiara." "Ahhh," she said smiling and rolling her eyes, "Are you two together or something?" I touched the back of my head and could feel my cheeks flare up. "No, I'm, uh, single." I replied. "Ah." she said quietly looking at the ground. "So now it's my turn," I replied and said quieter in a more serious tone, "So why are you still with Topper, I mean he acts like a complete dick to everyone, and every time I've seen you with him he's just getting in to more trouble and bugging you." She looked down and bit her lip and said "I don't know, I guess it's kind of expected for us to be together, you know? Like a public appearance type of thing." "But if you're not happy, does life even matter at all?" I asked. She sighed and said "Yeah." Soon the boat was starting to dock and I quickly got up and helped her up and said "We gotta go now." We booked it upstairs and through the captains area, with a crew member coming out and chasing us off the boat. "Sorry." I yelled back. We both were laughing so hard as we go away from the dock area and near a street. "So how are we gonna get to Chapel Hill?" I asked looking at her. "Uber." She said looking at her phone. "But Chapel Hill's like an hour away, that Uber is gonna be like $60." I said. She shrugged and I said "Ohh, thats right I forgot you were a kook for a second. You see, me, i was just gonna catch a bus." She laughed as a car pulled up and she said "You do that John B, but the Uber is here." In the Uber ride our Uber driver was suspiciously quiet and so was Sarah as she checked her phone occasionally and stared out the window. When we got out of the car in chapel hill it was pouring rain and we were getting soaking wet. "Oh my god, we're disgusting," She said looking at her white jeans which were now soaked in dirt and water. "We'll never get in to my uncles shop looking like this." "Why not?" I asked. "I promise you they'll never let us in looking like we rolled out of a swamp. It's a high class institution." I rolled my eyes and she made me follow her as we walked down a street of fancy stores. She found a store with suits, blazers, and dresses in the window, all which looked to be $200 at least. "Lets go in here." She said. "Absolutely not." I said turning the other way. She pulled my arm and suddenly i was following her into the knockoff vineyard vines place. She started looking around and looked at a sweater and said "Ooh, cashmere would look good on you." I looked at the price tag and gasped. "Sarah its $190." She smiled and hit my shoulder and said "Don't worry, I'll sugar mommy you." I couldn't help but smile. She put glasses on me and I said "Sarah, I don't think you understand. I don't want anything in here." A man who worked at the store came over and said "Hello, can I help you two?" Sarah smiled, looked at me and then back at him and said "Yes, Johnathan here needs some serious help." "I can see that." he replied staring me down from head to toe. "No." I said. "Shh," she replied, "Just accept your fate." They made me try on a pink bow tie and a collared shirt, and when I came out I said "I look like a knockoff Ken doll." Sarah smiled and said "No, more like middle school dance." "Mr. Ich, what about sear sucker, and a pink button down, maybe some bucks." "Excellent choice." the guy replied. "What are bucks?" I asked nervously. Mr. Ich handed me a stack of garments and after I took off the clothes from before and looked at the new stuff, I refused to put them on. Sarah knocked on the door and I shouted "I'm not coming out." "Oh come on, I want to see." she replied. She opened the door right as I was looking at myself and she said "Are you checking yourself out?" I fidgeted around and said "No, no." I quickly tried to cover myself and she said with a grimacing smile "Relax John B, it's not like i've never seen a boy in underwear before." I looked at her with a judgmental glare and she said "Oh get your head out of the gutter John B, I have a brother." She made me put on the clothes and when I walked out she said "Oooh snazzy." I smiled and looked at myself in the mirror in my pink button down shirt, and pants and blazer with blue stripes, and she patted my shoulder and said "Pull your fly up." I awkwardly did and I said "If somebody saw me in this-" "They would roast the shit out of you." she interrupted. "But this is a secret mission now, so we need different identities." "Ah so alias. What is mine?" "Vlad, from Vienna." She said seriously. "And you're Valarie from Quebic, so, since you get to dress me, i get to dress you." I picked the most random assortment of dresses and I could tell she hated all of them. One looked like a soccer mom's first game, the other looked like a secretary who was screwing the ceo, the next she couldn't even put on properly. But the last, a simple striped navy and white dress she seemed to like. "Wow, uh, you look, I mean you clean up nice." She smiled and said "You just have a way with words John B. "So do we have winners?" "I think so." I replied as she adjusted my collar, getting closer to me. "So can I ask you something?" I said quietly, "Why did you come." "To finish the mission." She said in a bad french accent. "No, for real." "Because I am 16, and I already know the rest of my life is going to be richos at country clubs and useless fake relationships. And I feel like if I don't get out of the bubble wrap now, I never will." "Well, I'd kind of like some of that nubble wrap." I replied. "Be careful what you wish for," she said as she patted my chest fixing my coat. I cleared my throat and we made eye contact, my stomach now fluttering with butterflies with me wanting to kiss her so bad, but then she stopped and said "We have to stick to the mission. Let's get to the jewelry store now." We headed over to the jewelry store which was quite fancy, with a doorman there who opened the door right as we arrived. "Ma'am the store closes in ten minutes." He said. "Oh, um, my uncle owns this institution, I'm Sarah Cameron." she said. He smiled and said "Well then welcome in." She smiled and after we got past him I said in a girly voice "I'm Sarah Cameron." She hit my stomach and said "Be quiettt John B." We walked through the fancy shop, complete with complementary sparkling waters, one of which I stole, chandeliers, and a fancy spiral staircase which we went up. When we got upstairs Sarah knocked on the door and a older man in a suit opened. "Hey Sarah Bear." he said hugging her. "Hey Ralph." she replied. "This was a surprise." he said. She smiled and said "My friend here, John B needs his bracelet fixed urgently. And I could only bring it to the best." "Let me see." he said. I showed it to him and he said "Ah yes, this will be a little challenging but nothing I can't do. Have you two eaten yet?" "No." Sarah said. "Ohh, well go grab dinner and Vocelli's  and come back at 10." he said with a gentle smile. Sarah kissed him on the cheek and said "Thanks Ralph, and can you keep this quiet from my dad? This is kind of a secret mission." "Oh, of course sweetie, You know how much I like to mess with that man." He replied, now loosening up. "And you wouldn't possibly be staying alone in Roses house tonight?" Sarah smiled and said "Perhaps." "Well you two go enjoy a dinner date, I'll take good care of your bracelet." He said, patting me on the shoulder. I smiled and said "Of course." We went outside and Sarah guided me down another street. We were across from a college building and I said "Damn, its the kook college." "Yep, UNC Chapel Hill. My grandfather went here, and my father went here, and I'm supposed to go here too." "But do you want to go here?" She shrugged and said "I don't really know what I wanna do with my life." "We're here, at the restaurant." She said as we stood in front of a Italian restaurant that looked way overpriced. "You're taking us to some 5 star pasta only Italian restaurant for our dinner date?" I said. She smiled and said "What it's my family's favorite restaurant in town." Her phone buzzed and she looked down at it and said "Uh, oh, its my handler." "Oh noo." I replied. "Yeah I told him I was spending the night at my friends house." "And what would he do if he knew you were spending the night with me?" I replied. "I'd be hanged, for treason." She said in a traumatic voice. "Oh no, you can't be a pogue sympathizer." I replied. I made a telephone with my hands and said in a cheesy dramatic voice, "Oh my goodness, you have to be careful Valerie, he's the enemy. Wait a minute, did he kidnap you, or drug you." "Oh noo, I came on my own free will." She replied in a bad french accent speaking in to her hand telephone. "Do we know this enemy?" "You do, he used to work for you." II gasped and said "Oh no, it's not the scuba thief is it?" "He is not what you think." She replied, still in a cheesy french accent. "I'm telling you Val, he's a smooth operator." I said seriously, hanging up my telephone. She burst out laughing and said "No he's not." I smiled and she said "He's really clumsy, and does finger guns way too much, and he has absolutely no idea when to make a move." I looked over to the side and she said "But I think I might be able to turn this one." "You better be careful," I replied, "Once a pogue always a pogue." We went in to the restaurant which was probably the fanciest restaurant I had ever been to, and after dinner as we were walking back to the shop Sarah said "It's time to play the truth game, John B." I rolled my eyes and she said "How did you break Kie's bracelet?" I touched the back of my head and looked down and I replied "We were uh, wrestling on a boat over a sandwich, and she kinda fell overboard, and it fell all the way down and snapped on something." Sarah burst out laughing and said "Only pogues could manage to pull that off. So why are you going to the edge of the Earth to get it fixed?" I sighed and said "Because she's my best friend, and I messed it up." "Did you mess it up or something else up?" She said suspiciously. I stared her down and said "I might have kissed her and made her super uncomfortable." Sarah laughed again and said "Only Kie could turn you down." I rolled my eyes and said "I know you two are mortal enemies, but no need to be fighting over my attention or anything." She hit me and we were back at the jewelry place. We picked up the bracelet and then Sarah called an Uber. "Where are we going now?" I asked. She smiled and said "Rose, my stepmoms old place. We still haven't sold it because we stay here when we go to games at the college." When we arrived at the house it was a cute southern style home, white wood on the outside with blue shutters. We hung out on the couch, and Sarah turned on some crappy Hallmark movie on the tv, and we laughed consistently for like an hour about how terrible it was. Eventually she leaned her head on me and within 10 minutes she was out. I lounged back and kicked my feet up on the ottoman, and went to sleep.

Authors Comments:

Hey guys so I hope you're enjoying it so far! I've tried to follow the season 1 storyline a little because I really like some of the scenes. Especially in this chapter I tried to incorporate some of the commentary. I also tried to add in some extra scenes because I've been constantly wondering how they got to Chapel Hill and where the stayed while there for the night. Hope you like it! 

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