IT COMES AND GOES IN WAVES (OUTER BANKS FAN FICTION)

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IT COMES AND GOES IN WAVES

(CODE RED, RED AND BOBBY)

"In my hands, in my heart"

NO ONE'S POV-

John B stood outside waiting for the twins to tell them what they had found. SJ put her hand into the hole pulling out an envelope. She passed it through the hole, "That's not gold." Pope said and the twins jumped out, "This is from my dad." John B said, "Code red. Code red. Square groupers! Square groupers!" JJ said, "Go!" they all said. Hiding behind the grave, "light!" Milly said, "John B your light." Kie said, "Is it them?" Pope asked, JJ and MJ looked round, "Homie's got a gun." JJ said, "And they see us." MJ also said, "Screw this." SJ ran and the all followed her. She climbed over fence followed by JJ and John B, then MJ and Kie lasting Milly and Pope. Pope was stuck and Kie pulled him down she his shorts were ripped off and his was running in his underwear. "Nice! Come on dude" they all ran to the car and got in before driving. When they got back JJ decided to make a sandwich, "That bread had mold on it 3 days ago." MJ told him, "I'll just pull off the bad parts. Plus mold is good for you. It's just a natural organism." "JJ!" "Yep, yep, yep. Hot damn! Let's do it." He took a bite of the sandwich and gagged spitting it out, John B opened the envelope and pulled out a huge map, "Holy shit." John B said, "Oh. X marks the spot." Pope pointed out, "Longitude. Latitude. Wait there is something else in there." John B pulled a tape recorder out. "What's that?" JJ asked, "Oh wow. This is a tape recorder, dumbass." MJ said to him slowly, John pressed play, "Dear Bird." "Who's Bird?" JJ asked again, "Jesus. Him. God!" MJ leant her head onto the blondes shoulder, "I hate to say 'I told you so' but I told you so. And you doubted your old man. I suspect at this moment, you're filled with guilt and self-loathing over last fight, but don't kill yourself just yet, kid. I didn't know I would find the Merchant either. You were probably right to call me out. Wasn't exactly farther of the decade. And what can I say kid? I could smell the barn. And hopefully, we're listening to this in our brand-new sugar-shack down in Costa Rica, living off passive investments and pulling on permits. If not, and you fins this for less than optimal reasons, well that is what the map is for. The she is the wreck of the Merchant. If something happens to me, finish what I started. Go for the gold, kid. I love you, Bird. Even if I didn't always act like it. I'll see you on the other side." The tape ended, they all looked at the boy, his eyes all teary, he stood up and leant onto the door frame crying. SJ walked over to him and just hugged him, he hugged back, he needed it. She lightly kissed the top of his head, "Wow he did it. Big John—He found the Merchant—" JJ said, "Can you please?" MJ said to him, "Sorry." John B cried even louder, hugging the small girl even tighter.

They all moved outside and sat round a fire, Kie was playing the ukulele. MJ had her head on JJ's lap when he asked, "How much was it again?" "400 mil." Pope replied putting his arm around Milly's waist, John B was still hugging SJ not that she minded anyway. "Alright let's talk the split. Now before we say 'evenly' may I remind you that I am the only one that can properly defend us from the groupers who were after us. Protection? Not cheap, okay?" JJ said, "You haven't trained. You've done zero training." Milly told him, "YouTube bro! That's at least a 5 percent bump right there. Any objections? I didn't think so." "Yeah." "I do" they said, "I don't hear any. So..." "What are you gonna do with your 100 mil Pope?" Milly asked, "Pay for collage in advance. And also textbooks. Those are expensive." "What about you Kie?" MJ asked, "Yeah what does a socialist do when she's rich?" Pope asked, "I just wanna make a double album. About OBX, the Pogues. You know the way Catch a Fire is about Kingston. Recorded it at Marley Studio, Peter Tosh producing. Peter Tosh is dead I know. Spirit of Peter Tosh will never die. MJ?" "Surfing boards. Kits. Anything you need. A boat. I wanna stay a Pogue." She said, "Actually I know what I want. I'm gonna get a big ass house on Figure Eight and go full Kook." "You are gonna go full kook?" "Yup. Gonna get a marble stature of myself and them I gonna get a koi pond." "I will never visit." SJ laughed, "What are you gonna do JB?" Pope asked, "To going full Kook?" he asked, "To going full Kook!" they all said.