chapter 9

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caroline woke up to the sound of john bs voice.
"holy shit. i guess it was a sleepover last night that i didn't know about."
she rolled over and smiled at him.
"we just didn't want to deal with jennifer."
"ah. i'm going to pretend that you said something like you actually wanted to stay here." he laughed and so did she. she got out of the bed in the same clothes from yesterday. they were all sandy from when she was at the beach.
"so, have you talked to pope?" john b said and looked up at her sun burnt cheeks.
caroline just sighed. "nah, not yet." she said looking at the ground.
"you should. i think it'll be best if you guys talk it out."
"yea. i still don't understand why he freaked out. why does he even care?"
"you just don't get it, do you caroline?" he said shaking his head.
"get what?"
"caro, everyone loves you. loves you. you are funny, caring, smart, absolutely drop dead gorgeous, and people just attract to you. whether that's friends or boyfriends." he said laughing. "people want to be around you. people want you. and i think pope has to understand that you are taken. pope loves you. i'm not sure if it's a friend type of love or more then that. but god caroline, that boy loves you. and i know that the only way you can fix it is to talk to him."
caroline was stunned. she didn't know john b could say those type of things. she just nodded her head and grabbed her keys and walked off the porch to her car.

she drove to her house and parked in the drive way. she needed to freshen up before seeing pope. she walked in and ran up the stairs. she got into the shower before she saw jennifer because caroline was positive she smelt like weed. after she got out she did her normal routine and then headed over to her closest.

she picked out this outfit and then grabbed her keys and ran down stairs

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she picked out this outfit and then grabbed her keys and ran down stairs. she ran out the front door. she jumped in her car and sped all the way to popes place. she ran in thinking that he would be in there and there he was.
"pope!" she shouted running to him.
"shut up! i'm not talking to you." he said rudely.
"pope please just talk to me." she said giving him puppy dog eyes. he looked at her and then said "fine, let's go." and lead her outside to the dock.

"pope, i need to know why you got so mad at me and jj." he didn't say anything for a while and then said
"because caroline, i like you. a lot. and i always have. and i've always been second to jj and john b. it's like i'm not relevant to you or something. and-and that shit hurts. bad. And before you say anything, i know i'm not going to change the way you feel about jj so don't even bring that up. but you wanted to know why, now you know."
"pope, i-i'm so sorry. i never wanted to make you feel that way but obviously i did and i'm so sorry. i love you pope. just as a friend."
"i love you too." he said smiling.
"so are we good?" caroline asked.
"yea, we're good." pope said bring her into a hug. "alright enough of this lovey dovey stuff okay? let's roll."
"alrighty." caroline said laughing.

they both got into the jeep and drove back to john bs place. as they walked up they saw everyone on the porch. including jj.
"got everything worked out?" kie asked.
"yep" they responded at the same time.
"thank god. thought i was gonna lose you pope." jj said. they all just laughed and decided to head down to the wreck to get some lunch. they got onto the boat and started towards it.
"you look cute." jj whispered into caroline's ear.
"thank you" she turned around and smiled at him. god that effing smile could break his heart in a spilt second.

they all sat down at a table and kie brought over some drinks and then got us a bucket of fries.
"yo kie can i see your phone real quick?" JB asked.
"yea" she responded throwing it over to him. he was doing something when a ding came through her phone.
"who is it?" she asked. jb just paused and looked at caroline.

"you kissed rafe cameron?" he asked. all eyes at that table went directly to caroline. everyone had a different expression. jb was surprised. pope looked hurt. kiara had a look of sadness. and jj, he had daggers in his eyes.

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