"We're the Pogues, and our mission this summer is to have a good time, all the time."

The sound of birds chirping filled the air as Saylor St. James sat in the railing of a newly structured home, reading her favorite book for what seemed to be the 100th time.

"That's what, a three-story fall to the deck?" Pope Heyward questioned, looking up at the boy balancing on one foot on the edge of the roof. "I give you about a one-in-three chance of survival."

"More like one-in-four." The St. James girl corrected, glancing up from her book, finally noticing her best on the roof. "Not too high."

"You'd nurse me back to health tho. Right, Lori?" John B asked, causing the girl to let out a small snort.

"You wish Johnny boy."

"Should I do it?" The boy asked.

"Yeah, i'll shoot you on the way down." Pope offered, pointing the drill gun he held in his hand up toward the boy.

"Oo, i'll gladly shoot you too." the curly hair girl smirked from beside Pope, making the duo chuckle as they a fistbump.

"You guys are gonna shoot me?"

"Now children, I don't think violence is the answer."

"Come on Say." The Maybank boy finally spoke from his place on the beam, gaining the girl's attention. "We can just act like we didn't see a thing; deny, deny, deny. I mean who's actually gonna miss John B."

"Ouch, that one hurt JJ."

The Routledge boy placed his hand over his heart, causing the group to chuckle.

"They're gonna have Japanese toilets with towel warmers." a new voice spoke, Kiara Carrera, the final member of the tight knit group emerging from the empty house.

"Of course they are, why wouldn't they?"

"This used to be a turtle habitat, but who cares about the turtles, I guess?" the girl scoffed, glancing around at her friends.

"I can't have cold towels." JJ joked, causing the St. James girl to let out a light chuckle.

"Can you not try to kill yourself?" Kie asked, looking up at John B before turning her attention to the girl on the railing. "Say?"

"Every time I tell him not to do something, it makes him want to do it more. So I no longer bother with the mind of John Booker Routledge... But i agree. Cleaning up your blood definitely isn't something that's on my bucket list."

"And don't spill that beer." JJ spoke in a stern tone. "I'm not giving you another one."

A small gust of wind blew, causing John B to stumble, nearly falling over but instead the beer can dropped, causing it to smash onto the deck.

The sound of the Cruz girl's laugh filled the air. "Smooth move, JB."

"Of course you did, right when I told you not to."

"Why am I not suprised." Saylor muttered, shaking her head at the scene in front of her.

The sound of a car door slamming caught the attention of the girl, causing her to lean back nearly falling but was quickly steadied by the Heyward boy.

Glancing toward the front of the house, the girl easily spotted the security car.

"Guys, security's here." Saylor announced.

"Let's wrap it up." Pope added, ushering the group to move it.

"Gary is that you." JJ taunted, sliding under the metal boy, dropping down onto the ground.

"Hey, get down from there!"

Saylor grabbed onto her sister hand, quickly jumping down from the rail.

"Come on, let's go guys!" Kiara called, waving her arm toward the door, causing Kailani to pull the brunette girl along.

The group quickly began sprinting through the empty building, the sound of their laughter and calls were heard as they were being chased.

Say felt her sister let go as the group quickly split up.

The St. James girl watched the blonde boy slip, causing her to quickly pull him back to his feet.

"Come on, J."

The boy grabbed onto her hand, pulling her along with him as they quickly dogged the security guard.

"Not much of a hugger." JJ called to the man, making Saylor laugh.

The pair met up with the Heyward boy at the fence, the thing standing in their way of escaping the guards.

Saylor and JJ quickly pushed themselves over, landing on their feet as Pope got caught, causing the boy to go crashing to the ground.

"Get up, Pope, fatso's coming."

"Hey! Come here, you little pricks!"

The sound of a car horn beeping, caught the trio's attention.

"Bus is leaving!" John B called, beeping the horn repeatedly.

"Come on guys. Whoo!" Kie cheered, hanging from the opened door, causing them to all quickly jump into the van.

"Hey, Hey! Hey!"

"Check out Gary, gunnin' for a raise." Pope mocked the man.

"Come on, Gary!" the blonde called, making his way over to the open door. "Wait, slow down."

"You guys are gonna give him a heart attack." Kailani spoke from the passenger seat.

"You're so close! You can do it!" JJ held out a can of beer to the security guard before tossing it to him. "There you go. They don't pay you enough."

"Alright, JJ, stop. You took it far enough." the brunette girl scolded, pulling the boy back into the seat beside her, allowing the Carrera girl to slide the door closed.

"Oh, come on, Lor. That sort of initiative is just begging to be punished." JJ laughed as he threw his arm over her shoulders, causing her to jokingly roll her eyes, pushing his arm away as she smiled at him.

"The Outer Banks. Paradise on earth. It's the sort of place where you either have two jobs or two houses. Two tribes, one island. There is Figure Eight. Home of the Kooks. So, guess where we don't live. Then there's the south side or The Cut. Home of the working class who make a living busing tables, washing yachts, running charters. The natural habitat of - drumroll, please... The Pogues. That's us. Pogues. Pogueys. A throwaway fish. Lowest member of the food chain. Okay. So, the downside of Pogue life is we're ignored and neglected. The upside of Pogue life? We're ignored and neglected, which means...we do whatever we want, whenever we want..."

"That's Saylor or Say or Lori for short. She's been around since the first grade and she's my best friend; don't tell JJ I said that even though he'd probably say the same thing. She's as loyal as they come. I'd say she's pretty much the glue that keeps us all together really. She's loved by most; Pogues, Kooks, you name it. There's really nothing bad you could say about Saylor St. James. When you see her she usually has her nose stuck in a book mostly, reading as she calls it while I call it being a nerd; I mean who reads for fun. Her mom actually has some type of job with stuff from history kinda like my dad; Saylor's a major geek for that stuff; artifacts, myths, history, different languages. She's pretty close to beating Pope for the biggest nerds amongst us Pogues. She grew up here on the cut all her life. That was until her mom met her now major rich stepdad and they moved in with him and his daughter over on Figure Eight a few months ago. But she's a Pogue 4 Life."

"Then there's our newest member of the Pogues; Kailani or Lani. She's Lori's step sister. I know what you may be asking and like Kie I don't know why she hangs out with us but she's here to stay. She grew up on Figure Eight and was even in a pretty serious relationship with Kook King himself; Rafe Cameron. That was before she realized she was actually into girls; I still don't know what she saw in that guy. But they kicked her to the curb after she dumped his ass but that's okay cause she's one of us now; Saylor's orders. When she's not with us she's volunteering at the local pet shelter or out advocating for the LGBTQ community even though she's not fully out to the world; the world being her father. Her dad is a pretty big deal here on the island. He's business partners with her ex's dad, Ward Cameron with Cameron and Cruz Development. So technically she's part Kook part Pogue but according to Lani, it's Pogue Life."

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The St. James' girl woke up to the sunlight shining on her face, causing her to let out a groan.

"Morning, girls." John B spoke, passing the three crowded up together on the couch of the chateau.

"Morning." Kie and Lani spoke tiredly.

"Morning, Johnny Boy." Saylor tiredly saluted at the boy before letting her arm fall over the side of the bed, causing him to send her a nod as he hung a picture up on the wall before heading out toward the kitchen.

The St. James girl sat up, letting out a yawn, looking to her right to see both Kie and Lani passed back out. Pushing herself off the couch as she slowly made her way to the bathroom.

Noises coming from the closed door of John B's room, causing her to roll her eyes as she silently closed the bathroom door behind her.

Quickly doing her business, stopping as she glimpsed up noticing her reflection in the mirror, causing her to stare into her own eyes.

Without warning the bathroom door swung open revealing an unknown blonde girl, causing Saylor to jump.

"Oh, sorry. I didn't think anyone was in here." The blonde apologized, wrapping her arms around herself.

"It's fine. I was just leaving." Saylor said, sending her fake smile, quickly brushing past the blonde, causing her to quickly close the door behind Saylor.

"Morning, Lor." JJ called from the now opened door.

"Morning." Saylor bid, walking past the door not once taking a glance into the bedroom.

Making her way back to the couch, noticing the two girls had moved, leaving no space for the girl, causing her to shake her head as she quickly slipped her shoes on before making her way out the door.

"Morning Bubs." Saylor greeted, walking past Pope as they quickly did the Pogue handshake, causing him groan in response.

Making her way down the little stairs, noticing John B in the hammock.

"Hey." Saylor called, rolling into the hammock with the boy, laying her head on his shoulder. "You need a lock on the bathroom door."

"Noted." John B said not once taking his eyes off the view of the water as the girl went back to sleep to the sound of the birds chirping and the waves crashing.

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