FAIRYTALE ♕ outer banks

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We had made it back to the boat and we were heading back home, my mind was still reeling in about what had happened before. The group were all talking and I could hear them, I sat with the inside of my lip in between my teeth.

"Hey, you good?" I hear and I snapped out of it making me look to see John B looking at me, I put on a smirk.

"Of course I am." I said but John B looks at me and I can see he was trying to see past my charade.

"All I'm saying is that you could have warned us sooner." JJ says, who comes to take a seat next to me as I snapped into their conversation.

"We would have, except Pope was on the math team." Kie says, giving Pope a look who just sits there.

"You were on the math team?"

"Yes, I was on the math team but so was Rory." Pope says trying to reason and I chuckled looking at him.

"I was captain of the softball and volleyball team." I said raising an eyebrow at him and he just rolls his eyes.

"Yes, I got that thank you for pointing out that you're athletic and smart." Pope says and I laughed, "Now, what happened in the room?"

"The cops took everything like it was a crime scene." John B says looking over the group and JJ nods beside me.

"Did you guys find anything? No, I don't think so." JJ says, before digging in his pockets pulling out money and the gun, "Oh, yeah we did."

"Are you fucking serious right now?" I said, the anxiety I had pushed away before now coming back as I pushed myself away from him.

"What the hell?"

"Dude, what?"

"Chill, come on." JJ says, standing up now and walking over to Pope.

"Why would you take that from a crime scene?" Pope says, backing up from JJ coming to close to him.

"It's better than the fucking cops having it, bro." He says trying to explain himself, I pushed myself up to stand as I see my hands starting to shake. It felt like seeing the gun was triggering everything off at once and I couldn't stop it.

"Rory? Hey, Rory, are you okay?" Kie says coming over to me turning me to face her, she looks down to see my hands and then at me, "Rory, talk to me."

"Get me off this fucking boat, right now." I said and the boys scrambled to their feet, John B behind the wheel and starting to drive it. We weren't far off from the docks at John B's house, I was trying to breathe which deemed hard.

Nobody said anything the entire time, that or they didn't know what to say. Kie continues to stand with me for support, not knowing what else to do. It didn't take long for us to reach the dock, I didn't waste any time getting off before it was even tied. I got further away from the group and it was like everything was intensified and I didn't know how to control it.

"Rory, hey." JJ says turning me around making me snap my arm away from him as I looked at him through my teary eyes shaking my head.

"P-Please don't touch me. Please." I said looking at him and he looks confused and concerned. I didn't waste any more time turning on my heel and running off from him all the way home.

"You little shit! See what you made me do!"

I pushed myself all the way until I got home, trying to block out the voice. Blocking out his voice. I got home and I pushed myself through the door, walking right in slamming the door as I could hear the voice again.

"Are you listening to me!"

"Stop. Please, stop." I muttered to myself, the tears now pouring down my face as I stood in the living room, "Breathe Rory."