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

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IT COMES AND GOES IN WAVES

(TRUTH, JOHN D AND MOVIE)

"It always does"

NO ONE'S POV-

SJ and John B were at the harbour now, "Uhhh..." SJ was confused, "No, no, no, no." John B ran over to the ticket stall. "Excuse me sir? Wait, wait. Are you sold out?" John B asked, "You aren't the only ones tying to get off the island. "God damnit. Oh shit." John B sighed angrily. "Hey, it's okay." SJ said to him, rubbing his back. "Hey follow me." John B grabbed SJ hand dragging her to the ferry's port. "Hey so have you ever been on a tugboat?" "A what? You are not serious." "Look we just gotta talk our way out of this barge." "Okay." "I got this. These are my people. Just wait." John B stopped her as he walked over to the captain. SJ watched has he failed, when he walked back over she raised her eyebrows, "So?" she asked, "Um... so they're booked." "Who? You're uh—people?" "What you got a better idea?" "Yeah." She took his hand pulling him with her as she took a yellow jacket and another one telling him to put it on. Once they put them on, they walked closer to the boat. Sneaking on and into the boiler room. They were in, the boat pushed off making the 2 loose their balance, John B's hands went to SJ's waist to steady, "Thank. John B." she smiled at him. Slowly he let go, "We're moving." She laughed. They high fived, John B couldn't wait to have a day with the girl of his dreams.

"I'm so glad that they're still doing this." Kie smiled as she walked into the large field of people, "I know right. It's the best." Milly walked by Pope hand in hand so looked over to see MJ on JJ's back, "Do we have to come, I mean I would love to be surfing right now." MJ groaned, "With me, right?" JJ asked, "Not at all." "What ever you say beach babe." He lifted her up a bit. "Keep calm. Carry on." Kie smiled. "Back to OBX life you know? Aren't you glad I mad you come?" Milly asked, "Ecstatic." Pope replied, "Not really no." MJ said, "My couch was pretty comfy to be honest." JJ put MJ down. "Has anyone seen SJ or John B around?" Milly asked, "Maybe John B finally stood up and decided to give her some John D." JJ shrugged, "He better not." MJ said. "We are out of the green zone man." Pope whispered to JJ, "Dude, tranquilo okay?" "We're in the middle of Kooklandia. This is the last place I wanted to be." "Shut up Pope." Kie walked over to get some drinks with Milly. When they came back, they said, "We just saw Rafe, and he said, and I quote." Kie said, "'Tell your boy that we know what he did.'" Milly handed them all the drinks. "Where is he?" JJ asked, "Right there." They all looked back to see Topper, Rafe and their other friend. "Great the whole death squad. Ah!" Pope panicked, "Don't stare you idiot." MJ slapped the back of his head. "Just warning you bro. If they corner me, I'm coming out swinging okay? Slice and dicing. I'm on edge right now." "Yeah okay." "If that doesn't work. I got this right here." JJ held up the bag. "Yeah we just gotta stay in the group. They can't get us like that." Pope said, "Like a school of fish." JJ said, "Stay in the school. Can't leave the school." The 2 boys looked over to MJ, "Could you be any more obvious?" she asked. "I'm sorry JJ, please tell me you did not bring the gun here. JJ there are kids." Kie said to him, "No! Kie I didn't bring the gun. Everything's fine, okay?" "Wow thank you. That's really convincing. I love that, JJ." Kie nodded, Milly looked to her boyfriend. "Founding principle, you guys. No secrets amongst Pogues. What is Rafe talking about." Milly asked, "Mil. It might go down tonight." "What does that—" "You know we don't have enough chairs right?" MJ cut Milly off, "You and I can sit on the floor then." JJ said and she nodded. "What did y'all do?" "Deny, deny, deny."

John B had just taken his top off, since they were in the boiler room it got really, really hot. "What is the hottest you've ever been?" SJ asked him, "Right now." "Same. I thought the van was hot." She laughed. "Me too." The teens looked into each other's eyes for what seemed like forever, SJ noticed a glint of something in John B's brown orbs, she found herself looking away, "Do you, wanna play a game?" she asked, "No, I don't." "Cool. So there is this game MJ and I play. It's called truth or dare, except there's no dare." "So it's just truth SJ. That's truth." John B said, "Yeah. Do you wanna play truth?" "Sure." "You get first question." "Okay. Why did you pull away from the kiss?" John B didn't look at the girl, "Umm... I can't say. I promise one day I will but. I can't. Not now." "Take your time it's fine." John B said and he took the girls hand even though the heat was killing them they both knew they need each other. "My turn. Do you have a crush John B?" SJ asked, she looked at him and he looked at her for a bit before answering with, "Maybe. My turn. Why did you kill Dimitri?" he asked in a Russian accent. "Oh that it too easy. Dimitri, he knew too much. He was compromised." SJ copied the accent. "Yes we all know to much eventually." John B said and they laughed. There was a silence, "John B why are we doing all of this?" "Okay, so, you know how whales make those deep noises? Like a...." John B did a whale impression. "That's how... other whales hear each other across the ocean, and I know this is really weird, but, uh, I can hear him calling to me... like he needs my help. But we cannot let feelings interfere with the mission." John B rubbed his thumb other SJ's hand. "No. No, comrade. Defiantly not." SJ tried to lift the spirit. John B closed his eyes and SJ looked down to their intertwined hands before looking to his face again thinking how peaceful he looked, she smiled slight and she couldn't want to spend a day with her dream boy. SJ soon felt the boat stop and she shook John B, "Come on. We are here." They put the yellow jacket's on and walked out hoping not to be seen but that failed. "Okay, go, go, go, go, go!" SJ said when she realised they were spotted. They ran off laughing into the rain and out of the port. "Oh my god John B!" "What?" "Our clothes. We have to go change. Remember what Sarah said?" "Oh yeah. Come on." They put the yellow coats into their bags and walked through the town, "Look here. What about this store?" SJ asked, "What do you know about fashion?" John B asked, "Trust me, honey. I know a lot about fashion." They walked in. "You do not understand this is like an organ with the wrong blood type, it doesn't work." John B said to her. "You are the single most dramatic person I've ever met." "No I'm not. You love me SJ right?" "What about cashmere?" she ignored the question. "Have you seen this shirt?" "Yah." It's $190!" "We have the money. What about some glasses? Little Clark Kent action." She put some glasses on him, realising how hot he actually looked. "I don't want anything from here." "Can I help?" a man asked, "Yes. Yes you may Mr...." "Mr. Ike." "Ike? Sadie. Jonathan." "John." He corrected her. "My friend Jonathan here needs all the help he can get." "I can see that." "Yeah." He went into a changing room and SJ waited outside. The door opened to reveal John B in his new outfit. "Aww! You look like you're ready for the middle school dance." She teased, "I look like I got kicked out of the barbershop quartet." John B said, "Mr. Ike. What about seersucker?" SJ asked, "I'm not wearing seersucker." "Excellent choice." "And maybe a pink button-down, some bucks?" "Bucks? What's a buck?" John B asked, "I'll get a pair." "Shh! Just accept your fate." John B took the new outfit into the dressing room and SJ got tired of waiting so she knocked on the door, "Nope not coming out." "Why not?" "Because you're probably going to by it." "Yeah well you are not wrong." She opened the door shocked at what she saw. "Are you checking yourself out?" she asked, "No, I'm not checking myself out. Stop." "Relax John B. It's not like I've never seen a boy in underwear before." John B looked at her, "We live together and know JJ. Get your head out of the gutter, John B." "Yeah." John B walked out, "Snazzy. Pull your fly up" She said. "Got it. Honestly if someone saw me in this—" SJ cut him off. "They'd roast the shit out of you." "Yeah." "But it's a good thing we are on a secret mission. So we have to assume another identity. In fact we shouldn't be using our real names." "Yeah so we need aliases. What are you thinking?" "Mm. Vlad from. Vienna. What's mine?" "Okay. Uh. Valerie from Quebec." "Valerie du Quebec?" "Parlez-vous francais?" "Oui, oui, monsieur. Et toi?" "No, no that's it. So, since you got to dress me, I'm feeling all spiffy. I get to dress you." "Bring it." She came out in many dresses, John B thinking she looked amazing in everyone, but they were the one, at one point he got a bit overprotective with the length. She came out in a short one and he immediately stood up and shoved her back in the room, "What was that for?" she asked, "Short. Short. Way to short. Change. Now." He sat back down. The last dress she came out in John looked up and down and then back up, "Are you checking me out now?" she asked, "What—no. Just. Wow. You look... Cl—I mean, you clean up nice, Val." "You have a way with words Vlad. So do we have a winner?" "I think we have a winner. I wish this day never ended." John B sighed, "Be careful what you wish for. Best keep professional. We've got a job to do. Come on." They paid and walked out of the shop, walking along the streets SJ felt a hand slip into hers, she smiled slightly as her heart pounded in her chest.

It was dark now and everyone was watching the movie, Kie sat on the end chair engrossed into the movie and so was Milly in the middle seat as her hand was linked with Pope's who was slowly falling asleep. JJ and MJ were on the floor, half way through they decided to lay down so MJ was on him, MJ's head on his chest as he had his arms around her, "I thought you weren't a huggable person JJ." She whispered, "I have exceptions." He replied, "JJ?" Pope tapped his shoulder, "What?" "Gotta take a piss." "Hold it." "I can't. I drank too much soda." "It's too exposed. They'll totally see us." "I gotta go." Pope looked to the bathrooms. "They are blocking the bathrooms." He said, MJ got off JJ and he sat up, "Come on I know where." They stood up and went off, "Hey, where are y'all going?" Kie asked, "We gotta wring it out." JJ told her. "What are you gonna hold it for each other?" Milly asked and they left. MJ got into Pope's seat and she began to bite her nails, "They are definitely gonna die." After a while Milly looked back and realised something, "Wait are they hiding from Rafe and that clan?" "Yeah why?" MJ asked, she pointed back she turned back to see they were gone. "Oh crap." "MJ?" Kie asked, "Yeah?" "They forgot the bag too." "Oh shit." "Wait, wait, wait, look." They pointed under the projector, "They definitely got them." "Get the bag." Milly said and they ran to the back of the projector to see Rafe and the other Dude beating the crap of off JJ since they were holding him back, and Topper and Pope fighting. "HEY!" MJ yelled and ran over to Rafe pulling him off, "Oh look your bitch has joi—" MJ cut Rafe off by punching him in the face, "Oh you are gonna pay for that princess!" Rafe pushed away from punching JJ and went over to MJ headbutting her then he began to strangle her, "DON'T YOU TOUCH HER! HEY! LET ME GO! DON'T HURT HER!" JJ yelled trying to rip from the guys grip who turned him so the 2 were facing each other, "That's it. You get to watch your stupid girlfriend die!" Rafe laughed, JJ looked at the girl and saw that her eyes were full of tears, "Let go of him, Topper! Fascist asshole!" Milly jumped on his back, Topper threw her off and she groaned in pain, "Let her go! Your killing her!" JJ grunted kept trying to get to her. "Milly you okay?" Pope asked, Kie looked through the bag and found JJ's lighter going over to the projector and lighting it, there were screams from the other side of the projector and the sound of people running off, Topper let go of Pope who was trying to catch his breath, "Rafe stop she is going to die!" Kie yelled, and he let go and she dropped to the floor, "NO! YOU BASTARD!" JJ yelled, "Kelce let go of JJ!" Milly stood up and Kelce let go, JJ ran straight over to the girls' body and saw her eyes closed. "MJ? MJ come on, please. Wake up! Hey! Wake up!" he cried pulling her body into his arms, Kie ran over and checked her pulse, "She has a pulse. She is okay. JJ?" Kie said, "It's my fault. I should have been there for her." He cried. "Come on let's get her to the Chateau." Milly said and JJ picked the girl up bridal style as the others got their belongings. JJ looked at MJ's face and he whispered, "You and me forever." His was shaky.