Temptations - Outerbanks (JJ)

Chapter 12 - deceiving dirty cheater

"do you wanna talk about whatever up?" Kie asks me handing me a bowl of ice cream.

After the paramedics took John B away Kie had asked me if I wanted to stay the night at hers seeing as I looked like a complete mess. I was too much of a mess to be this messed up over what happened to John B. She knew something was up.

"He said we're friends" I blurt out. "What?"

"I took your advice to talk to him about, you know, whatever we are. And you want to know what his answer was? Summer we're just friends" A tear falls from my frustrated face and I down the ice cream faster then you can say fuck JJ Maybank.

Kie stays silent not knowing what to say. 

"Summer I'm so sorry" She gets up and hugs me. "Fuck him. I don't care anymore. We've only known each other for almost two weeks, right? No big deal just a summer fling" I try to brush it off.

"Summer you don't mean that"

I pause not knowing what to do.

"yes, I do Kie. I'm just another body on his list and... I'm gonna have to come to terms with that"

"Summer cmon don't avoid it. I know you're not okay. You don't have to hide it from me" She rubs my shoulder. 

That's when tears started to pour out. Once that first tear broke free, the rest followed in an unbroken stream. I was uncontrollable.

"I felt so utterly embarrassed. He acted as if my feelings we're completely once sided and that all we're doing was having fun. No strings attached kinda fun" I sob

"Summer, he's a complete idiot. He doesn't know whats he's doing. Give him time. He'll realize his true feelings soon" 

"Thank you, Kie, for everything. It's nice having a friend like you. Most of the people in California we're two-faced and I couldn't stand them" I admit. "So they were kooks?" Kie jokes and I laugh.

"Yes Kie"

*buzz* *buzz*

I look down to see a text from an unknown number. 

Unknown: Baby Girl you really thought you could disappear without me finding out? Tell Topper I say Hi.

My heart begins racing. Please god no. I can't think about this now. The only person I can talk to right now is the one person I told never to speak to me again. 

I run my hands through my hair. What am I gonna do?

-

"So, you're living with Sarah Cameron?" Kie asks as she waits tables.

We're currently surrounding a table at Kie's parent's restaurant. The guys decided to meet up this morning so we can take a look at the map Sarah gave John B last night.

"Okay, so the only reason I'm living there is that her dad bailed me out, alright. And It's was better than foster care which, by the way, is where I was about to go if Ward didn't-" John B explains.

"Hey so like do you have a membership to the club now?" Pope asks curiously. "I don't know, Pope".

"What about those golf carts they drive around. You get one of them?" JJ jumps in.

I've been pretty much avoiding all interactions with JJ this morning. I can't even stand to look at him right now. When I see him, "we're just friends", repeats over and over again in my head

"Does it come with a sweater-vest, or do you have to buy one on your own?" Pope adds. 

"Look you promised. You said you weren't with her" Kie says clearly disappointed. "Yeah, whatever happened to the 'I'm just using her' bullshit Johny Boy, hm?" I back up Kie.