Outer Banks Sickfics

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this is going to be prompt 10 from my prompt list!

Third Person POV

It was 12:42 in the afternoon. The pogues were eating lunch on the HMS pogue. The weather was alright, it was a bit windy. They were getting jostled around every once in a while, but it wasn't bad. Kie was eating carrots and peanut butter and a hummus veggie wrap. Pope had a turkey and cheese sandwich and six packs of gushers. JJ had two pop tarts and two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Sarah had a bag of salt and vinegar chips and a turkey and cheese sandwich. John B had two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and a sandwich-sized ziplock bag full of cheez-its. 

They had gotten their lunches out about twenty minutes earlier and nearly everyone was done. JJ had finished first and weaseled some carrots from Kie. Pope was working on his gushers. 

As Sarah finished up her bag of chips, she turned to John B. She was about to say something to him but she realized that John B had eaten about half of one of his peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and about 1/5 of the bag of cheez-its. 

"John B, what's wrong?" Sarah asked. "You've barely eaten anything. Your pb&js are gonna fry in the heat if you don't eat 'em soon."

JJ shot up, "JB can I have one of your pb&js?" 

Kie slapped his arm. 

"No, you can't, because if John B doesn't get the nourishment he needs he'll probably pass out or get sun poisoning or something," Pope said. 

"That was one time," John B said defensively. His voice then faltered, "I-I had a big breakfast, okay?" 

None of them had been with John B for breakfast so they all had to take his word for it. 

JJ gave John B a look and John B rolled his eyes hard. "Can you step off? I'm not hungry. What's your deal?" 

"Okay, why are you in such a mood?" Kie asked. 

"I'm not in a mood," John B denied. 

Kie scoffed, "Oh, you're in a mood. What's wrong?"

John B shook his head at the ground and then stopped a little too quickly. It had made him dizzy, but he would never admit that. "Nothing's wrong. Sorry for being in a mood."

Everyone laid off of him after that. 

Until everyone was throwing their trash in a trash bag and John B still hadn't eaten any more. Sarah grabbed his food and wrapped it up and threw it in their cooler. She sat close to him as the others were cleaning up. 

"Are you alright?" Sarah asked. She reached out and held his cheek. He felt a little warm, but they were under the blazing sun. 

John B nodded once then said, "Yeah. I have a bit of a headache. And I did have a big breakfast, by the way, I did."

What he didn't mention was how much he regretted it and how nauseous it was making him feel in the moment. 

Sarah let him be and John B thought everything was going to be okay. They were still and they didn't have plans to go anywhere any time soon. John B was sure his stomach would be okay if they stayed still. 

And they did, for a little while. 

Until JJ decided that he was bored of their location and wanted to find somewhere with more fish. John B paled as JJ started the boat. 

They navigated the marshes for a few minutes before JJ was satisfied. John B was so grateful that JJ stopped the boat. He wasn't sure how much more of it he could take. His stomach was still rumbling now that they were stopped at JJ's spot but it was getting better.