Sea You Soon // An Outer Banks Fanfiction

1- Paradise on Earth☼

It's been over nine months since John B and Sarah went missing. Everyone in the Outer Banks, including Pope and Kie, is convinced that they have been dead for months. JJ and I are the only ones who are clinging to hope that my brother and Sarah are still out there, somewhere. Even after hearing that their boat had been driven into the middle of a storm, we knew that there was no way they could really be gone.

Today is the last day of junior year, and I'm glad that I'll have more time to focus on finding John B and Sarah. JJ tells me that this summer is the time that we'll finally find them. We have been spending all of our free time, which for me isn't much, although I can't say the same about JJ, searching for any signs that my brother and his girlfriend are still out there. We've been searching and searching for months and months, but we are no closer to finding them than we were on the day that the police declared the two of them dead.

In these recent months, us Pogues have faced a lot of rifts within our group. With Pope and Kie moving on and believing that John B and Sarah are dead, they can't stand what they call mine and JJ's "denial," so we don't really hang out with them anymore. I miss Kiara more than anything, but at least I have JJ. I mean, JJ and I are nowhere near as close as Kie and I used to be, but at least I have someone to help me in my search and keep me company.

As I walked home from school, I realized that I hadn't seen JJ all day. I walked through the front door and saw JJ passed out on his face, with a half-empty beer bottle and a half-smoked joint sitting next to him on a nearby table. He didn't even go to school today. I rolled my eyes and jumped on his back, yelling, "WAKE UP, YOU BEACHED WHALE." He muttered something in hungover words and slowly started to open his eyes.

"Paisley, get off of me, I can't breathe," JJ slurred, still trying to shake off the sleep.

"Did you seriously skip school today...again? I know you hate school and think it's a waste of time, and I'm not trying to lecture you, but you have to start doing something useful with yourself one of these days. I know your life is hard, but that's not an excuse for you to sit around here all day drinking and smoking," I snapped.

JJ shoved me off of him and sat up next to me on the couch. He gave me a serious look, "Pais, do we really have to get into all of this right now? I'm tired, and I already know that you think I'm a lazy, worthless piece of shit. You don't have to tell me again for the 80th time this week. Can we please just focus on what's actually important right now? I don't give a shit about school. John B is out there, and we need to find him. No one else cares anymore. Everyone else lost interest in this whole search nine months ago, including Pope and Kie. We're his only hope."

I let out a deep sigh. "Fine, you win, but just this time. I'm going to find something to eat, you want anything?" I got up and walked over to the fridge. I opened the door to discover rows and rows of beer cans and bottles. "What the hell, JJ? I thought I asked you to go get some actual food."

"Whoops, my bad," JJ shrugged his shoulders dismissively and picked up his beer, taking a long swig.

"You know that you're really annoying, right? Like, some people actually need to eat," I snapped, heading toward my room.

"Annoying? Yeah, right. You think it's hot," JJ said sarcastically.

"Funny, but no. For some unknown reason, I actually care about your lazy ass and would like you and I to have real food, so that we can...I don't know...survive maybe?" I shouted as I slung my door open.

"Hey wait, where are you going?" JJ shouted back.

"To take a nap so that I don't have to look at your ugly face and deal with your bullshit anymore." I slammed the door behind me and flopped down on the bed. I can't wait until we find John B and Sarah and everything can go back to normal because I'm sick of having JJ as my only friend. Do you know how much energy it takes to deal with that much stupid all the time? Don't get me wrong, JJ means the world to me, but he's hard to deal with, especially without John B here to mediate. We've always had trouble getting along, even when the Pogues were still all together, because of how different we are. JJ and I get in arguments even more now because he's been staying with me ever since John B went missing. I don't like being alone, and JJ can't stand being around his dad, so it works for us, even though we disagree a lot.

After staring at my ceiling for a while, I slowly started to drift off to sleep.