Baby Blue // Outer Banks

tannyhill

The crew sits in The Wreck while Kiara works, just waiting for any sign that John N'a okay, a phone call or someone telling them eggy saw him. "God, seriously where the hell is JB?" Blue says impatiently, she rests her elbows on the table and puts you face in her hands. "He's probably fine, or he's with Sarah Cameron. But either way he's fine." JJ says rubbing her back attempting to calm her down. "Blue, if you don't start to chill out, you're literally going to have a heart attack." Pope tells her, she lifts her head to say something back, but decides it's best not to. "Hey, guys." John B says walking into the restaurant. "I've been looking everywhere for you guys." He says leaning against the counter. "You've got to be fucking kidding me. Where have you been John B? No call, no notes, nothing! What the hell." Blue screams at him angrily. Although she's happy he's alright, she's beyond mad that he's alright because that means that he had no reason to not talk to them. "Woah, there Blue. I'm living at Sarah Cameron's, Tannyhill." He explains. "Hold up. You've been living where?" Kiara asks carrying garbage from tables back and forth. "Tannyhill." John B repeats himself. "So, you're living with Sarah Cameron?" Kiara questions, she doesn't stop moving, she constantly clears tables. "Okay, look the only reason i'm living there is because her dad bailed me out, right? And which is way better than foster care, which by the way, is where i was about to go if Ward didnt-" John B's explanation gets cut short by Pope. "Hey so, do you have a même vers hip to the clubs now?" Pope asks, Blue throws a french fry at him. "What about those little golf carts they drive around, you get one of those?" JJ asks then sips his drink. "Do you have to buy a sweater vest or do you have to buy one on your own?" Pope teases, John B just smiles and shakes his head at the two curious boys.

"Look, you promised. You said you weren't with her." Kiara says and the mood in the room falls to the ground. Blue looks at John B's expression as he tries to figure out an answer. "Bro, just own it. She got you." JJ says who now stands behind Blue. He leans down so his head rests on her shoulder. "Hey, so now that we know JB's good, lets go back to the house." He whispers in her ear which send shivers down her arms and back. "You got the map?" John B asks interrupting the two flirting. "Yeah, you, in JJ's backpack." Blue smiles, hoping no one noticed anything. "It's out of whack cause the guy was ganja'd when he drew it." JJ shrugs and puts the map on the table in front of Pope. "Babe, it's cause the coast has changed." Blue giggles. "So, we just have to look for landmarks that haven't changed." Pope says looking at the map. "What about the old forts?" John B suggests. "Battery Jasper." Kiara says and points to it on the map. "Teamwork!" JJ announces his fists in the hair. "JJ, you didn't do anything besides being the map." Kiara rolls her eyes. "But still."

Looking off the hill at the suburbs, trying to figure out where things are on the map and then in real life. "We're in batter, right here." Pope says pointing at the map. "So if this is parcel 9, then it's somewhere northeast of here." Pope says standing up and pointing in the direction. They all look to where Pope is pointing. "Guys, that's not tannyhill, that's a subdivision." JJ groans. "TannyHill plantation was the entire island." Blue says looking out at the subdivision. "Okay, so now we're just looking for an old stone wall." Pope says shrugging.

They all pile back into the van and drive wherever Pope says to go.  "Take a left." Pope tells John B, and john B does as he's told and swings the wheel left, sending the three in the back into the side of the door. "Damn, John B, i thought you were supposed to be the best driver out of us." Blue groans sitting up from being squashed by JJ. "That looks like a stonewall to me." JJ says pointing out the front windshield. They all look to their right and see a house they used to have nightmares about. "Not the crain house." John B mutters. "Well, worst case-scenario." JJ says shrugging as the stand in front of the large gates to the Crain property. "I heard that Mrs. Crain birdied her husbands head on the property." JJ says and Blue shivers at the thought, she's never been able to watch horror movies and hates anything scary. "Seriously?" Kiara questions. Blue looks at her and nods. "I don't what's true, but she's definitely a psychopath." Blue says shaking her head slowly. "So, we going in or what?" John B says as he starts climbing the stone wall. Blue groans as she sees everyone follow him over. "Why does he have a death wish?" She sighs, but pulls her small body on the wall and jumps over the other side.

"Look, you guys know who's house this is, right?" Kiara asks leading the crew through the overgrown bushes and grass, the yard unkept over the years as Mrs. Crain has never been seen out of her house since the death of her husband. "Honestly, I don't really believe the stories of this place." John B admits shrugging, Blue whips her head to look at him shocked. "What do you mean you don't believe? Dude, she's psychopath killer and probably a cannibal too." Blue questions seriously. She can't believe that they're really trespassing in a murderers yard. John B looks at her and laughs. Kiara tells one of the stories she heard and Blue's stomach drops. "Kie, it's not a joke." She says and grabs hold of JJ's hand. "I swear to god, guys, this is real. I knew Hollis." JJ says as they continue to walk through the yard. "Wait, you knew Hollis Crain?" John B asks. "Yeah, dude. she was my babysitter, man. She told me all about it. Told me the truth about her mother and what happened in the house." JJ explains, John B looks skeptical, but the rest are frightened. As JJ continues the story Blue covers her ears knowing that if she listens she will run back to the van in fear. She stands there her fingers in her ears and her eyes open as she watches JJ tell the story, the real story. Kiara tugs at her arms telling her it's over. John B starts running towards the house, Jj grabs him by the shirt. "You sure you wanna do this? She's an ace murderer. You got a cast on." JJ asks. "I don't give a shit if she's an axe murderer, okay?" John B shouts at him. "But I've got nothing to lose, right? You coming or what?" He continues then starts walking again. They follow after him, John B suddenly stops and turns to face everyone. "So here's the plan, we need to look for the wheat near the water." He whispers. "Okay, like what kind of water though? A pond, or like a pool?" Blue asks whispering. "Bong water?" JJ looks up jokingly. "Just look for water, okay?" John B huffs. John B and Kiara separate from the group, Pope looks at JJ and Blue. "You guys got the northwest." Pope instructs. "The decapitation quadrant!" JJ shouts pointing. "Wow, they really stuck the two most scared people together. How about we sneak out of here and go home." Blue says emphasizing the home. "But it's four hundred mil, baby. Just hold my hand you'll be alright." He says grabbing hold of her hand and dragging her through the tall grass. "Baby, I wouldn't let anything happen to you." JJ says trying to ease her fear, but it just adds to it, because now Blue thinks of if something happened he would risk his life and it would be a mess.

Blue spots John B looking a small door to get to the basement of the Crain house. "Hey, psst! Hey, come on. It's the only place we haven't looked." He whisper shouts to the four who make their way in view of him. "Seriously? You're literally leading us to our death." Blue mutters, but walks towards him. They all climb through the small door one by one and turning on their flashlights. "Down came Mrs. Crain and cut off all our heads, up came the sun and dried up all the blood." JJ sings to the tune of the itsy-bitsy-spider, Blue slaps his shoulder. "Can you stop?" Pope turns around, flashing his light at JJ. "Really not the time to make things creepier." Blue adds and grabs hold of his arm. Blue looks around and sees nothing but old furniture and cobwebs. "See any water?" Kiara asks looking around with her flashlight. "There's absolutely no water here." Blue sighs. JJ rubs his hand along the dry rusted pipes. "There's not even water in the pipes." He says. "Not a dropamino." Not giving up Blue continues to look around, but staying in sight of the group. "Know why we didn't find it? Bad karma. You know we had a good thing going and then you decide to rope in Barbie and now the trails fill gone dry. Coincidence? probably not." Kiara snaps at John B. Blue stops and turns her head slowly with wide eyes. She ignores the two arguing over Princess Kook and continues looking with JJ and Pope. "Wait, there's got to be water somewhere, there's no way this many mosquitos would be in a basement without some sort of pond or water." Blue whispers to herself. "Blue that's it." Pope responds as he's the only one to hear her. Blue watches as he steps onto wooden planks that look like the floor and stomps on it. It's hollow. Pope drops a rock in between the boards and the two hear a splash. "Guys!" Blue whisper shouts trying to get everyone's attention, but only receives JJ's. "Help me move this." Pope tells JJ and soon the whole crew is pulling off the planks. Pope and JJ make some stupid remarks about the well they found, but Blue is filled with excitement, they finally found it. The 400 mil is right under their feet. JJ pulls her into his arms and swings her around. "We're going to be rich, baby!" He whispers and the two kiss.

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Really long chapter, I hope it's not too long or boring, but I didn't want to split this part into two. Hope you guys enjoy! Also thank you all so much for reading and voting and commenting! It means so much, I never thought that this would blow up. It was just a little story i started writing more for myself and I decided to publish it and wow, I'm so glad you all like it!

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