Left Behind - Outer Banks

BOO!

Kiara POV

I looked at the clock realizing that the boys would be here any minute to pick me up for the Halloween party. I quickly put my hair into braids. My look was complete. I was wearing a blue dress with red converse. I'm not gonna lie my dress is a little short and revealing, but as they said in Mean Girls, Halloween is the one night girls can dress slutty and not be shamed. I was excited to try a new side of me. 

I heard a honk, and rushed outside to find the boys in the van. JJ slid open the back door, and looked me up and down, and smiled. We hadn't talked about the other night on the beach, even though I wanted more. We'll see how tonight goes. 

"Wow, you look good." JJ said quietly. He extended his hand out to me as I climbed in. Pope was wearing jeans, a yellow shirt, and had fluffy yellow wig on. JJ was wearing Jeans, a flannel shirt, and had face painted patches on his cheeks and nose. 

"Im surprised you guys actually know how to put together a costume." I teased. 

"Luisa was over earlier and helped." Pope replied.

"Where even is this party?" I asked.

"At one of Luisa's friends place." JJ responded. "I think it starts around 9 o'clock so we should get going."

Luisa had given Pope directions, but didn't tell us who's house it was at. We drove out of Pogue territory, and into figure 8. We turned a street corner into a neighbor hood with huge houses. Definitely kook territory. The street was covered with cars, this was a big party. Pope parked the car and we just sat there.

"Um yeah, i'm not going in there." JJ refused. 

"Luisa just texted me to come in when we get here." Pope stated.

"I think we should just try it out. Plus lots of our friends are there too." I suggested. Pope and I both got out of the van. JJ slowly followed.

"I have a feeling this isn't going to go well." JJ remarked.

All three of us walked into the mansion. It was filled with people talking, drinking, and dancing. Luisa quickly found us. She was dressed up as an angel. 

"Luisa who's house is this?" Pope asked.

"Oh his name is Alex, he's really chill." She responded. "Lets go dance." Luisa grabbed Pope's hand and led him out into the back yard by the pool. 

I looked at JJ. I could tell he was tense. "Lets get something to drink." I suggested. We walked to the kitchen and found a keg. We also talked, danced, and drank. I even ran into the Alex dude, and he was pretty fun. JJ eased up. Around midnight Pope found me, gave me the keys to the van and said he was spending the night at Luisa's. I'm happy for him.

At 1 a.m after dancing for a while I decided to get some fresh air at the side of the house. I was alone, until I saw him. Rafe. My body froze as all the summer's events came back to me. He walked up to me clearly drunk. I slowly stepped back. 

"Kiara, I haven't seen you in a long time." He slurred.

"I gotta go." I turned to walk away, as he grabbed my arm pulling me closer to him. I tried to pull back but his grip was too strong.

"You look good tonight." He commented.

"Let go!" I demanded. Instead he tightened his grip and grabbed my ass.

I went to scream, but before I could Rafe covered my mouth, and pushed me to the ground.

"Get off her!" I heard someone yell. I turned to see JJ. He ran up and pushed Rafe off me. JJ and Rafe started fighting. They each punched each other a few times in the face. There was a lot of blood I couldn't tell whose was whose. People heard the ruckus and came and pulled them off each other. 

As Alex grabbed Rafe, he yelled. "You killed my sister, I'm not done with you yet!" 

JJ calmed down and came to me. "We need to go." I nodded in agreement. We walked to the car. We were silent Until we sat in the back of the van facing each other.

 I was shaking. He grabbed my hands to steady me. He lifted his head up. His nose was bleeding and his lip was busted, but thats not what caught my attention. His eyes were glossed over, watering.

"I'm so sorry, It was all my fault." He said shakily. 

"No JJ, it's not." I urged.

"I couldn't protect John B, and now I can't protect you." 

He started breathing heavily, like he couldn't catch his breath. He was having a panic attack. I tried to calm him.

"In my bag." He said through breaths. I looked through it and found a bottle of anxiety medication. I gave it to him, and after he took it he was more relaxed. 

I felt horrible, I didn't know JJ was on medication, or even had panic attacks. I drove him home and he didn't say a word. I think he was ashamed. When we went inside I laid next to him in bed. He fell asleep right away. I didn't sleep that much that night. I kept feeling Rafe's grip.