We have all been sitting on John B's porch in silence for what has felt like hours now.no one quite knowing what to say. Every so often some moves, and looks as though they are about to say something but then sink back down into their seat.
Suddenly John B stands and walks to the edge of the porch looking out before turning and heading for his van and getting behind the wheel. We all get up and go after him as he waves at us to follow.
"I mean, it's obvious, right?" John B says after we have been driving for a few minutes finally breaking the silence. "A family heirloom. What better place to hide a message? He had to know it was gonna get back to me, right? "
"Yeah. It's possible." Kie says from the front seat next to john B. JJ, Pope and i are in the back JJ sitting behind John B and me next to JJ and Pope by the side door,
" It could also be possible that you're concocting wild theories to help, you know, deal with your sad feels." Pope says looking towards the front of the van.
" Bro, you know how I process my sad feels. Dank nugs and the stickiest of ickies, that's how I do it." JJ says smiling at me. I give him a faint smile back.
"I'm not concocting, okay? My dad's trying to give me a message." John B continues.
"If it helps you believe, John B." Kie says in a low voice.
"Look, I-I don't need a therapy session, okay? Look, I'm not trippin' out." John B is now getting angry with us.
"It's okay to trip, bro, but--" JJ says looking over his shoulder at John B.
"Look, my-- my dad is missing, okay? Missing.'' John B turns his head over his shoulder looking back at JJ, Pope and i.
"You don't know what it's like to have the person closest to you vanish and then have no idea what happened. Just wake up every morning wondering." He continues trying to explain how it feels.
"It's been almost a year. " i say just above a whisper.
"Hey, he could have been kidnapped. That's definitely a possibility." JJ starts trying to break the tension and lighten the mood.
"Yeah, could be in a Soviet sub getting interrogated by the KGB somewhere." Pope continues on with JJ theory.
"Absolutely. Uh... or Atlantis." JJ finishes.
" Look, what do you think the message is?" Kie asks John B ignoring Pope and JJ in the back
"Redfield. Redfield Lighthouse. That's my dad's favorite place." John B says taking the turn off for the lighthouse.
We pull up outside the lighthouse all jumping out of the van and looking up at it.
"Right. You're gonna post up and look out for bogeys, okay? " John B says walking over and pointing at JJ.
"Wait... Why me? " JJ asks, annoyed that he's not coming.
"Because you're not coming." Pope says to him
"Why?" JJ questions him getting more annoyed.
"There are independent and dependent variables. You're independent. We don't know what you'll do. " Pope responds.
"Shut up! " JJ yells over him pointing his finger in Pope's face.
"Listen to me for a second. Leah, Pope, you stand look out with JJ. Okay? If we get split up, we meet back at JJ's house." John B says breaking the boys up.
"Great." Kie says heading off to the lighthouse John B right behind her.
"I'm gonna work on my merit scholarship essay, and I'm trying to keep felonies to a minimum." Pope says walking back to the van.
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Pogue's way of life ~JJ FanFic
FanfictionI know that there are so many of these out there now but I just got a wave of inspiration and creativity so I thought I would give it ago. I don't own any of the characters except for Leah and her family. Hope you all enjoy it. :) This Outer Banks f...
