Summer after a whole school year was the perfect time to have adventures and cause some trouble. Dominate some waves too. Lela Killian loves Outer Banks, it was her home after all, but The Cut was her favorite area. That's why she chose to live here. Even after the threats and consequences of doing so. Lela and her 'crew' as some call them, are ready to make this summer, their best summer. But like in every teenager's life, there're secrets. Secrets that could destroy everything she's built, from her friendships, to the heart of JJ Maybank, and her family's entire legacy. ~~~ "I have rules." Lela whispers as her lips ghost JJ's. He cages her against the wall, wanting to taste those mango flavored lips of hers. He chuckles. "So? No Pogue on Pogue macking is overrated." she was feeling the heat building, the tension forming and the danger outside the house threatening them, her. "I don't mean that rule," a bullet pierced through the wooden door. They jumped looking towards it. "I mean the one I'm breaking for being here with you and not with them."