Hurricane - JJ | Outer Banks

Chapter Eight

"Tannyhill." I heard John B say as I entered The Wreck.

"So you're living with Sarah Cameron?" Kie asked him.

"You're kidding, right?" I questioned as I stormed past him and sat down beside JJ.

"Look, the only reason I'm living there is because her dad bailed me out, right? And it's way better than foster, which, by the way, is where I was about to go if Ward didn't-"

"Hey, so do you have a membership to the clubs now?" Pope asked him.

"I don't know, Pope."

"What about one of those little golf carts they drive around. You get one of them?" JJ then asked him.

"Does it come with a sweater vest, or do you have to buy one on your own?" Pope grinned.

"Look, you promised. You said you weren't with her." Kie told the boy.

"Bro, just own it. She got you." JJ said.

"Look, if you wanna hang out with her, that's fine. But I'm letting you know now that I'm not doing anything with Sarah Cameron."

"Same here." I added.

"Do you guys see her here? No. So a little focus would be fantastic." John B said.

"I'm still amazed how you fell from the hawks nest and came out with a broken wrist and a concussion." I said.

"Alissa. Focus. Please." John B said. "So, we've got the map."

"Yeah but it's out of whack cause the guy was ganja'd when he drew it." JJ sighed.

"It's cause the coast has changed." Kie frowned as she looked at the map laid out on the table.

"So we just have to look for landmarks that haven't changed." Pope told us.

"What about the old forts?" I asked.

"Battery Jasper." Kie said as she pointed to it on the map.

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"We're in Battery, right here." Pope told us as he looked at the map once we were all out of the car. "So if this is parcel nine, then it's somewhere northeast of here."

"Somewhere there." Kie said as she pointed forward.

"Right."

"Guys, that's not Tannyhill, that's a subdivision." JJ said.

"Tannyhill plantation used to be the entire island." John B told us. "It got sold into smaller pieces over time.

"So we're looking for an old stone wall." Pope said.

"Hey, Ali, can I talk to you for a moment?" John B asked. I nodded and he pulled me aside before frowning.

"What is it?" I questioned.

"The other day with DCS. Why did she say that you have a parent living on the island?"

"Look, can we not do this right now?" I frowned as I tried to walk away but John B grabbed my arm and pulled me back.

"I've noticed it all day. You're pissed at me. Is it because I spent a day with Sarah?"

"I'm not jealous of Sarah, okay? If that's what you're getting at."

"Then what is it?" John B asked.

"I'm jealous of you!" I shouted before realising the other's had turned to look at us.