duchess → outer banks

EPISODE VII.

[the chase]

Not even two minutes after John B began his dive, Duchess heard the sirens of a police boat behind her. "We got cops incoming," she announced quietly to her friends.

They pulled up right next to the HMS Pogue. "Evening officers," Pope greeted, trying to stay as calm as possible. Duchess couldn't even look at them she was so anxious, so she looked down at her feet while JJ tied their boat to the cops'.

"How you kids doing," the deputy asked," You know the marsh is closed?" Duchess noticed that it was the same officer that was at the motel just days before. Small town, she reminded herself, There's like five cops total.

She and the rest of The Pogues feigned innocence. They all answered that they had no idea that the marsh was closed.

"Why is it closed," Pope asked.

"We're conducting a search," the deputy explained," Boat went down. Seen anything?"

The Pogues again, acted clueless. The deputy then looked straight at Duchess. "You're new," he stated outright," What's your name sweetheart?"

"Duchess," she replied, before even bothering to think about the fact that she should probably tell an authority figure her real name.

"Duchess," he repeated," Where do you come from?"

"New York City, officer."

"You're far away from home." The deputy then looked back at the others. "Where's your friend you always hang with? He here?"

"He's working," Kie replied simply.

That didn't seem to be enough for him. "I'm gonna go ahead and check your little boat out," he said, hopping aboard.

"Check away, officer," Duchess replied nervously. She was worried about John B. How much long were these cops gonna stay here? How much time did John B have left? Would he notice the second boat of would he break the surface, blowing their cover?

The deputy reached down and pick up a life vest that was on the deck. "You got another one of these?"

"Yes of course sir," JJ replied," It's in the hold." Kie moved to open it and show the officer. The deputy then walked to stand on the nose of the boat, peering into the water. He knows, Duchess thought. We are so fucked.

But her anxeities slipped away when the officer turned back and walked back onto his own boat. "Alright."

"We'll be gone soon, sir," JJ told him.

"Yes you will."

As soon as the police boat turned around, the four teens turned to lean over the side of the boat to look for John B in the water.

"He's definitely out of air," Pope stated. Not a moment later, their friend rose to to surface, causing all of them to let out a sigh of relief upon the sight of their friend.