Baby Blue // Outer Banks

arrest warrant

"Get in lovebirds!" Kiara shouts out her car window to JJ and Blue who sit on the front porch together watching the birds fly and water ripple. Blue jumps up grabbing JJ's hand and pulls him towards the vehicle. "What's the adventure today, Kie?" Blue grins getting in the front seat. "Pope's and then we'll see where the day takes us." Kiara shrugs, reversing out of the drive way and on to the road. Driving to Pope's the three sing and laugh with the windows down and wind blowing through their hair messing it up.

The three walk into Heywards shop and see Pope carrying a box of supplies. "Pope, we've come to kidnap you." Blue says in a deep voice as she covers his eyes, Pope chuckles. "Blue, you're not supposed to announce that you're kidnapping someone." Pope says monotone. "I've got to help pops around the shop. I'll catch up with you guys later." He sighs placing the box on the counter. "No, no, we'll help. It'll be faster if we do." Kiara says helping take out candies and jars out of the box. "Anyone know where John B has been?" Kiara questions not looking at anyone. "Uh nope, hasn't been around my place." Blue responds as she refills the fruit on display. "Probably still off treasure hunting." JJ laughs attempting to juggle lemons.

"Hey, Pope, someone here to see you." Heyward shouts walking in through the front door of the shop. Blue looks around waiting for someone to say something. A deputy walks in behind Heyward. Blue shoots her head to look at Pope for any kind of signal or answers, but nothing he stands there like he's seen a ghost.
"Evening, officer." He breaths out. "I have an arrest warrant for felony destruction of property." Deputy shoupe says pulling out handcuffs. "Hands where I can see 'em." He demands loudly. Deputy Shoupe goes behind Pope and places the cuffs on his wrists behind his back. "Wait, Shoupe, what'd he do?" Heyward questions standing back. "Look at the warrant." Shoupe answers tired. Everyone is yelling questions at the same time, angry that Pope is getting arrested without explanation. The deputy starts walking out taking Pope with him, everyone follows after them. "Let him go!" "He didn't do anything!" "stop!" They continuously shout at the deputy. Pope remains silent, tears falling from his eyes, he knows what he did and he knows he deserves this, but his whole future is going to be destroyed. JJ tried to pull Deputy Shoupe behind and stop him, but Blue holds JJ back. "Don't." She says quietly. As they get outside and in front of the police car, Shoupe is putting Pope in the back seat like he's a criminal. "It wasn't him!" JJ screams, "It wasn't him!" He repeats. "It was me." He says. Blue knows he's lying to save his friend, Pope has too much to live for and JJ knows he doesn't have a future. Blue holds his arm as he tries to walk toward the squad car. "Let me do this." He whispers looking in her eyes. "He tried to talk me out of it, but I was mad because he'd just been beaten up. I was so sick of those assholes from figure eight that i lost my shit." JJ confesses walking closer and closer to the deputy. "I can't let you take the blame for something I did. You got too much to lose." He says looking at Pope. Everyone can hear the hurt in his voice as he talks to Pope. "JJ, what are you doing?" Pope says through gritted teeth. "I'm tellin' the truth. For once in my goddamn life, I'm gonna tell the truth." JJ says looking at the deputy. Kiara and Blue hold each other, standing back and watching everything go down, JJ confessing to a crime he didn't commit, but there's nothing that boy wouldn't do for his friends. Blue feels tears roll down her cheek as she watches her best friend get put in the back of a cop car. "Pope, what fuck just happened?" Kiara asks shouting, Pope sweats and throws his hat on the ground as he runs off. "Kie, take me to the police station." Blue cries into her shoulder. "Blue, what are you going to do? You can't do anything. Let's just go somewhere cool off and figure something out." Kiara suggests as she rubs Blue's back. Blue pulls away from their embrace and grabs Kiara's shoulders. "Kie, we can't let them release him into the custody of his dad. He hasn't seen his dad in weeks, his dad will kill him." Blue pleads. Just the thought of JJ's dad being called to bail his son out of jail makes her sick. No one besides John B and her know just how bad his dad really is. "Blue, we can't do anything. We're all minors and—" "Fine, just take me home. I'll wait for him there, alone." Blue snaps at her, she walks to Kiara's car and gets in the passenger side.

Kiara pulls into Blue's driveway and Blue gets out. "Are you sure—" "Yes, go home or go find Pope. Ill be fine, come over later and thank you for the ride." Blue says walking off, she knows she was mean, but Kiara doesn't understand the situation JJ's in now. She doesn't understand that he might be put into the hospital because of his dad. Blue knows, she understands from the countless times JJ has run over to her house a bruised and bloody mess. As kids, he would come over with new bruises ever day, Blue thought that was normal because John B had bruises too, but they were from different things. John B had bruises from climbing trees or falling off his bike, but JJ had bruises from his dad hitting him.

Blue sits rocking slowly in the hammock, waiting for someone to come tell her that he's okay. That JJ is okay, that he isn't almost dead, and that everything will be okay. The sound of a car nearby makes her heart drop. She turns her head and is disappointed to see Kiara's vehicle. She sighs as she stands up and walk half way to meet Kiara. "No word from JJ?" Kiara asks. "No." Blue responds quietly. "Okay, well, it's midsummers tonight and you promised you'd go with me." Kiara says placing her hands on her hips. "Yeah, I remember. It just came up so quick." Blue responds shrugging. "Let's go back to my place and get ready and let's just hope for the best." Kiara smiles and hugs her sad friend.

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Ahh poor JJ. Kie's always got Blues back and where is John B?

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