BABYDOLL // JJ Outer Banks

eleven

the pogues were floating in the HMS pogue right above the sunken grady-white when they realized their mistake.

"you took empty tanks?" kie asked john b.

"hey, wait," pope called out from his spot on the ground, "this one's a quarter full. it's enough for one of us."

jj clapped his hands loudly, causing hannah to jump. "great! love it when a plan comes together."

"does anyone know how to dive?" kie asked.

hannah nodded enthusiastically. "i do! once, i tried to use a plastic baggy to breathe underwater and almost drowned," she declared proudly.

"hannah banana," kie said, as if she was speaking to a child, "you're high as fuck right now, you're not going. anybody else?"

"it's kinda a kook sport," jj shrugged, taking a seat beside hannah.

"i read about it?" pope stated, but it came out as more of a question.

kie groaned. "great, pope read about it, so someone's going to die."

"look, you just put the thing in your mouth and breathe, how hard could it be?" jj asked.

"that's what she said!" hannah exclaimed happily, earning a look from the rest of the crew. "what?"

pope shook his head. "if you come up too fast, nitrogen gets into your blood and you get the bends."

jj smirked. "bends, like, bend over?" jj stood up and jutted his butt into hannah's face. hannah laughed and pretending to throw imaginary bills at jj.

"the bends kill you," pope stated bluntly, causing the two to stop joking around.

"right," jj rubbed the back of his neck.

"i-i can dive," john b said shakily, the first thing he'd said since the five had arrived.

kie gave him a disbelieving look. "since when?"

"you can do it. i'm cool with that," jj nodded.

john b ignored kie's question. "i'll do it. it's fine."

"let me do some calculations real quick," pope said before starting to do the math.

"are you serious?" kie asked, turning to john b, who gave her an awkward half-smile.

"so you're gonna have to make your safety stop at about ten feet for two minutes!" pope called to john b.

john b nodded. "got it. ten feet, two minutes."

kie scoffed before stripping off her shirt and diving into the water. hannah whistled, "hot, kie!"

"what was that about?" pope asked.

jj shook his head. "i don't know, but i liked it. a lot."

hannah felt her chest tighten before jj turned to her and whispered, his hot breath hitting the shell of her ear, "but i'd like it a hell of a lot more if it was you," causing her ears to burn.

hannah shook her head and pushed his face away. "fuck off."

jj chuckled before making his way over to john b. "so, uh, yeah, when you're down there, you look for the cargo hold. you stick this thing inside and twist and pull, okay?"

"i once had a guy do that to me," hannah spoke, "i felt like a bop-it." the three boys shot her a weird look, but she didn't notice. "i hate men sometimes."

"babydoll, let me show you a good time and maybe i'll change your mind."

hannah smirked, "maybe— " hannah turned to jj and, in the most sultry voice she could muster, she said, "if you're a good boy, you'll get a treat later," and sending him a wink.