La Luna | JJ Maybank

Ten

When Kiara and Pope finally arrived at the chateau that morning, Luna was hesitant to greet them. Her evening had been a bit of a haze after she had spoken to Sarah, and so she was a little worried she'd have said or done something embarrassing. Then again nothing could really beat whatever happened that morning. The girl was praying neither boy would tell the other two that she was some freak, because she was finally feeling like maybe these people liked her, maybe they'd be her friends.

"Hey boys," Kiara smiled as she waltzed through the door, letting it close on Pope who was just behind her. Luna chuckled as he fumbled with keeping it open. The brunette nodded at the other. "Luna. Hope we haven't missed much."

"Other than Luna's-" JJ began, but he was swiftly interrupted as the girl harshly shoved him into John B. Everyone looked at her in confusion, but she just smiled awkwardly.

"Other than Luna's...early morning, uh, yoga class?"She stammered, the words randomly rolling out, forming what sounded more like a question than a statement. Pope and Kiara then shifted their attention to John B as if waiting for him to confirm what she sad. He himself froze for a second, before nodding and pulling some sort of tree pose.

"Okay?" Kiara spoke with raised eyebrows and definite doubts. She paused for a second as she watched the trio in front of her shift suspiciously. "Whatever. When are we gonna test the drone?"

"I vote now." Pope finally spoke up. "I'm not sure we're gonna be able to use it properly today, it looks like there's a storm-"

"Today it is." John B grinned. "Give us a sec to just change."

Luna watched Pope grab all the various pieces of equipment and take them outside, presumably down the pier. The two other boys disappeared into the rooms to put on different clothes, leaving Kiara and Luna together.

"You feeling better?" Kie questioned calmly. Luna was tempted to tell her about her morning but decided against. Her mini meltdown last night was bad enough.

"Yeah, I guess I just wasn't as close to Sarah as I thought." She hadn't thought too much about what happened. The girl figured that the less she thought about, the less it seamed real. That was stupid though, because of course it happened.

Kiara scoffed sarcastically. "She's a backstabbing bitch, Luna. You don't need her anyway."

"I know I said I didn't really want to know, but was it the same for you? Like did she just suddenly..." The girl trailed off, trying to think of the right word.

"Ghost me?"

"Yeah."

"Yeah and then she lied to everyone about it." She watched Kiara frown. "And because she's miss perfect everyone believed her. She didn't even try stop it."

"I'm sorry," Luna tried to comfort.

"It's fine. You had nothing to do with it."

They stayed in a silence for a few seconds. Luna didn't exactly know what to say considering she still didn't know Kiara very well, or what she was like in situations like these. Some people were genuinely fine when they said they were fine, others not so much. The girl in front of her beat her to new conversation, however.

"Is that JJ's hoodie?" Kie asked, eyebrows raised once again.

Luna completely forgot about that. The previous night still half didn't seem real, and this was a detail that her mind decided not to remind her off the next day. It was very large on the brunette, who was only five foot seven, compared to JJ's six foot. She wasn't exactly small, but neither was he. "Um...yes?"