smooth seas//john b

seven

I head to the Wreck to talk to Kie. After fighting with John B and Topper in one day my head is spinning a little. When I get there Kie is helping her parents fix the damage done by Agatha.

Kie smiles at me. "What's good?"

"John B is mad at me." I sit down on one of the bar stools.

"What does he think you did this time?" Kie asks.

"He thinks I tattled on him," I inform her.

"But you didn't, right?" Kie asks.

I shake my head. "Of course not."

"So you have nothing to worry about. John B will sulk about it, realize he's wrong, and you two can go back to being best friends tomorrow," Kie tells me.

"I don't know about that," I confess.

"What else happened?" Kie asks.

I take a deep breath. "John B kissed me."

Kie looks surprised. "I'm sorry what?"

"After you guys left us at the lighthouse and before he got hauled in by Shoupe," I explain.

Kie sits down on the stool next to me. "What did you do?"

"Truthfully..." I sigh. "I kissed him back for like a second."

Kie laughs lightly. "Wow."

"But then I realized what I was doing and I pushed him away," I explain.

"Does Topper know?" Kie asks.

I shake my head. "No. No one but me and John B and now you know."

"Are you going to tell him?" Kie asks.

"And have him fight John B again, No," I state. "I just... You can't tell anyone okay?"

Kie nods. "My lips are sealed."

"Thank you," I tell her.

"But you might want to think about that whole Topper situation," Kie tells me.

"There is no situation, Kie. I'm dating Topper not John B," I remind her.

Kie nods. "Just saying you wouldn't have kissed John B back if a tiny part of you didn't like it."

I groan as I put my head on the counter.

I hear the door open and Pope behind me, "Lets go."

"Where are we going?" Kie asks.

"The cemetery," Pope states.

"This whole dead body thing is getting a little out of hand, Pope," I tease.

"Why are we going there?" Kie asks.

"John B is back on the compass," Pope states.

I hear Kie stand up. "Alright. Maisie you coming?"

I don't pick up my head. "Have fun without me."

"Why aren't you coming?" Pope asks.

"Ask John B," I tell him.

Pope and Kiara leave. It's only a moment before John B walks in. I don't pick up my head as he talks, "Um... Hey, uh, what... what are you doin'?"

I pick my head up. "What does it look like?"

"It looks like your nap can wait," John B tells me. I just stare at him. "We're... we're about to make history."

"You're concocting again," I state.