PROMISE-ME ☼ outerbanks

chapter 16

"He's pinched for sure, man" Pope spoke, as I paced the living room, "No. They wouldn't still be patrolling if they caught him" JJ added, "let's hope" I stressed, worried about JB. "You know, we were in that car. They're probably looking for us, too." Kiara said, "well if were gonna be outlaws, we might as well help John B" JJ said, "So find him before they do?" I asked, "pope?"

"I'm going to go get gas for the boat" he said, "hey! you be careful" Kie said to him, he just walked out not saying anything back. She huffed and followed after him,

"you feeling better?" JJ moved next to me on the couch, "yeah I slept it off and ate some actual food" I laughed, leaning my head against his shoulder. "I have to tell you something" I mumbled to him, "yeah go ahead" he whispered, "the other night Rafe and I went to hang out in the hot tub-" he chuckled, "If it's your sex life, I don't want to know" he said, "god JJ, No" I said covering my face, now embarrassed. "I'm joking" he laughed, "Right, well your dad kinda caught us and he was drunk, I may have snapped at him and called him a shitty dad and other things" he was quiet, all he did was pull me closer to him and kiss my head, "thanks Chloe, always could count on you to have my back" "always J."

I knew why JJ didn't get upset at me, I stood up for him when it seemed like he couldn't. He knew it was for the right reasons. I always had his back when it came to his dad....because in a way we both had that missing piece, but thankfully for me I did get my relationship back. JJ always had his friends and we loved him enough to take the place of his dad.

{ rafe's pov }

I was grabbing some of my stuff from the house, I had a box in my hands walking it to my truck. When I heard the rev of a motorcycle from the road, "shit" I mumbled, going back inside and grabbing the last two and going to leave.

"Country Club!" I heard as Barry parked in front of my truck, "you're sister and all her little friends, they still got my cabbage. And you ain't brought it to me yet" he brought up the same shit again, "She doesn't have it Barry, damn dude, can you just lay off" I snapped, he chuckled and walked up to me, "I want my money and I'm getting it one way or another" My jaw clenched, walking past him and to my door.

"Like I said I can't help you with that, we don't owe you shit, especially me" I said, opening my door. He got up on his bike, about to leave when his head turned towards me.

"I couldn't find Chloe at her place, thought she would've been with you but I don't see her nowhere here" he smirked, looking around us, "she stays out of it, like I said" I snapped, getting in his face, "it's funny, man. None of her friends ain't seen her either not even her daddy" he spoke laughing, "what are you talking about?" I was gonna fuck his shit up if he kept talking, lI asked around saying a friend was looking for her, they haven't seen her in a few hours" "what the fuck are you going on about" I said, slamming my door and walking to him.

"you ain't hear, there was a girl that drowned by the docks a little over an hour ago" he said, my body froze and It felt like the wind was knocked out of me. "Screw off Barry, I know it wasn't here" I snapped, brushing him off. I knew it wasn't Chloe, he was trying to get a reaction out of me. She wouldn't go by herself, no fucking way. "Aight country club, whatever you say" he said revving his bike and leaving.

In the back of my mind there sat a what-if....what if it was Chloe.

{ chloe's pov }

I searched my whole room for the bag Wheezie had given me, my mind was jumbled and I couldn't get rid of the thoughts I'd come up with in the last few hours.

My room destroyed, all my clothing on the floor and scattered along my bed. However, I managed to find the bag and stared at the box on my carpet.