~ It's complicated ~

~ Serves You Right For Being So Cocky ~

The next morning I woke up on the pull out bed in my house, Kiara was sprawled out next to me and I yawned slightly before quietly getting up and heading to my bedroom. I opened my door to wake up JJ, who I had let sleep in my bed, only to see some girl under him 'oh my god JJ, sorry' I said as he threw an empty can at me, telling me to shut the door. Lovely and in my bedroom, what a dick.

I went back to the kitchen and sat on the counter, John B came out of the bathroom and headed for my room 'I wouldn't do that if I were you Johnny, JJ brought home a girl' I said, shuddering from how gross it was. John B laughed at me and grabbed a beer from the fridge 'really dude it's like 9 in the morning' I said looking at him with a raised brow, 'Just cus you don't want to have fun, doesn't mean I can't' he said as he tapped his beer bottle onto my water.

I rolled my eyes and headed outside, Pope was sat on the hammock and I squeezed in next to him, laying my head on his shoulder. We watched the waves crash on the beach, 'Fancy a swim?' Pope mused and I smiled before looking up at him, 'you know it' I said with a smirk as I headed inside to grab a towel, grateful I had slept in my bikini and didn't need to disturb JJ again.

I jogged back out as Pope was waiting for me on the dock, he was facing the water so I took my opportunity and ran up behind him, shoving him into the water. I laughed as he resurfaced with a very unimpressed look on his face, 'Seriously Marley' he sassed and I nodded with an exaggerated grin. I jumped in, quickly adjusting to the cool water and I wasn't surprised when I resurfaced and was quickly pushed straight back under the water by Pope, 'yeah I deserved that' I said as I coughed up some water.

I spent almost an hour just swimming and messing around with Pope, I was laughing at something he said when I noticed JJ walking over. I turned to face him 'Are you done using my room as your personal whore house?' I sassed and Pope stifled a laugh from beside me, 'Jealous?' He smirked, and i scoffed 'Off what? The STD you probably gave that poor girl?' I said with a raised brow and JJ's smirk dropped as he quickly gave me the finger before diving off the dock to join us.

Later that day me and John B had a meeting with the DCS and I'm pretty sure I could think of a million other places that I would rather be. I was fidgeting in my seat and I instinctively started playing with my necklace, a nervous habit I had picked up over the years. The necklace was a birthday present from my dad and brother, the gold sun pendant had an M engraved in the middle of it and was the most precious thing that I owned. John B noticed and pulled my hand into his, giving me a reassuring smile which calmed me down a little bit.

'Now Malia and John B it has come to my attention you are both minors living on your own.' i rolled my eyes as John B scoffed and spoke ' no no... no' wow very convincing Johnny. 'when was the last time you spoke to your uncle?' '34 minutes ago' John B said quickly and rather sarcastically. 'what about you Malia?' she said looking at me '33 minutes ago' I said to be annoying. 'we are going to come talk to your uncle and if he is not there we are going to move forward with foster care' she said looking at the both us and my hand tightened around John B's, knowing we would most likely get split up if we ended up in foster care. At the end of the meeting we were told that they had set an appointment to come to our house later today, which didn't give us much time to come up with a plan.

However, Hurricane Agatha was coming today which meant the DCS assessment had a high likelihood of being cancelled. I walked around The Cut with Pope as we watched all the shops board up their windows, preparing for the storm. I went back to his house with him to help his family pack away, 'Hey Heyward' I said smiling, the man looked up and instantly smiled and pulled me into a hug 'hey Marley, what you doing over here? shouldn't you be preparing for the hurricane?' I smiled lightly at him, bumping Pope with my hip 'I thought I'd come help you and Pope, John B sorted out our house earlier and I just wanted to be useful'. I spoke with a small shrug, Heyward smiled and gestured for me to come inside and I happily walked in, Pope opening the door for me.

After a while of boarding up windows and packing away boxes I decided I probably should head home before the storm actually hit, I said goodbye to Heyward but Pope insisted on walking me home. 'Are you going to surf tonight?' I said to pope, hoping he would join me. 'I can't Mars, my dad would quite literally kill me' I pouted but sighed in agreement. 'be careful okay, you're a great surfer but this is dangerous, even for you' he said worridly, I smiled at his concern and gave him a hug. We parted but I placed my hands on his face, 'I will be fine, don't you worry just stay safe with your family', I soon realised how close we were to each other and my cheeks flushed red, he cleared his throat and I dropped my hands, 'see ya later Marley' he said with a small wave and I smiled 'Bye Pope' our eyes lingered on each others and he smiled at me before turning and walking away.

I went home and put on a bikini before grabbing my surf board and heading to the beach with John B and JJ. We stopped at the closed sign and watched the  waves crash violently onto the shore 'those aren't surfable waves bro, I think I'm going to bail' said JJ, 'pff I'm going in' John B sassed as he ran to the sea, I laughed as he cheered whilst running towards the waves.

I went to follow but JJ grabbed my arm 'hey are you sure you want to do this Malia? you could get seriously hurt' he said looking at me with concern. 'Wow full named, it must be serious' I joked and he rolled his eyes 'I'm serious' he said and I sighed 'I will be fine, what is it with everyone and the concern today' I said with a chuckle before I ran down to the sea to join John B.

'yo what took you so long M?' John B said sitting on his board. 'it doesn't matter, let's do this' I yelled with a cheer as I paddled out further. After about 20 minutes of trying and failing to ride the waves i sat on my board and just enjoyed the rain and wind around me, the storm was crazy but surprisingly peaceful as I looked across the island.

I looked out to sea and squinted as I noticed a boat being tossed around, I looked over at John B who was looking exactly at the scene unfolding. 'come on M, lets go back' he said paddling back to shore, but I wasn't done yet. 'I'll be out in a sec, I just wanna catch a few more' I said over the thunder, and after a short stare-off he reluctantly went to the shore without me.

3rd person POV

John B joined JJ on the beach and the two boys leaned against the closed sign as they watched Malia surf the waves. 'how the hell is she not wiping out' John B said laughing and how annoyingly good his little sister was at surfing. 'dude she is even better than me, it's insane. Don't tell her I said that though.' JJ said watching the girl surf waves which seemed absolutely impossible, Coming from JJ that was a compliment of the highest level.

As Malia began to paddle back to shore, she didn't see a tall wave coming up behind her and the weight of the water swiftly threw her off her board and into the sea. Another wave crashed on top of her, pushing her further down and the two boys instantly straightened up, 'Dude she wiped out bad' JJ said as they started jogging towards the waves.

Malia resurfaced coughing and wincing in pain,  limping as she dragged her board out of the ocean behind her, coughing up water as she went, 'it was all going so well' she said sarcastically. John B smiled 'serves you right for being so cocky' he said which earned a swift middle finger from Malia, JJ chuckling at the interaction. 'Are you okay though?' The blonde boy spoke as he checked her over, his eyes stopping on her leg which now displayed a rather nasty cut.

'I'm fine, my leg just scraped a rock on the seabed. It doesn't hurt too bad though' she explained as she turned her left leg to survey the damage. 'right come on then, lets get back home and get you cleaned up' John B said and Malia nodded as JJ grabbed her board. 'piggy back?' she asked JJ and he raised his eyebrow 'hey I'm hurt' she said and he rolled his eyes before passing John B the surfboard and letting Malia jump onto his back, carrying her back to the twins' house.