Chapter Two
me and ara are ignoring the fact that we are exes

3rd Person POV

canyon didn't know where they would go from there. I mean it was john bs dads compass and she knew that this would send john b on a wild goose chase. her? all she had to do was be there for him and that's what she was going to do. she stayed at the chateau that night after she had called molly and made sure that she knew she was safe.

the next morning, she woke up as she heard banging on the door and she groaned into the pillow that rested on the bed

"DCS! I know you're in there!" she heard and then there was a bang

"jesus jj" she spoke to herself and she grabbed the bag as she got up and changed into clothes that she had conveniently left at the house. she changed her clothes as she walked out of the room and they turned to her

"sorry cowgirl did I wake you up?" he asked and canyon shoved jj jokingly

"don't you always" she said and he chuckled before they left the chateau and got in the twinkie with each other. canyon sat in the back as she twirled her paintbrush around her hand and stared at it

"I'm just saying, I don't understand why you don't at least try with kiara. she clearly likes you, I've seen her like this before. with canyon" jj said and canyon lifted her head

"me and ara are ignoring the fact that we are exes" canyon stated and jj scoffed before he turned back to john b

"shes like john b, shes sketching about you diving, and then she kissed you" he exclaimed and canyon shot up

"I'm sorry, what?" she said and john b sighed

"on the cheek, she kissed me on the cheek. its not like we were making out, don't worry. i wont steal your girl yon" he said and canyon shoved his shoulder

"not my girl" she said and then they turned to see jj picking up the compass and holding it

"I gotta admit, your fathers compass, on scooters boat. that's freaky" jj stated

"yeah and that's why were going to talk to miss lana, to figure this out. canyon stay in the car" he said and canyon saluted him with a smile as they got to the house

"ai, ai captain" she said and she moved into the driver seat as they got out and canyon watched the boys close with her eyes. she didn't see anything that was happening and then all of a sudden, they were running to the twinkie and canyon saw the look in their eyes

"go canyon, go" jj said and he had never called her canyon. never, she knew that something happened but she didn't know what. they got back to the chateau and there kiara and pope were waiting for them. canyon sat down between Kiara and pope as jj started to rant to them and canyon watched the boy pace and forth. she had seen this before, she had seen him acting this way and she remembered it but she didn't like it.

"canyon" she heard and she turned to pope as he stared at her

"are you okay?" he whispered and she sighed

"I didn't see anything, I'm more worried about then" she stated and he nodded before they turned back to jj who kept ranting.

"wait , look at this shit" jj said and he walked over as he shook out his hair and paint flew off

"that's dandruff, that's disgusting" kiara stated and canyon shook her head

"its paint ara, I swear" she exclaimed and kiara nodded, she would always take canyons word. the girl had never told a lie in her life , ever.

"okay so you saw the guys that shot at us, did you get a good description of them? what did they look like?" pope asked

"anything, yeah anythings helpful" kiara said

"burly, like the type of guy at my dads garage. i mean , you guys know he made cargo hides for drug smugglers. so I can tell you with full confidence, these boys, these killers, they're square groupers" jj said and canyon sighed

"dude! i wasn't taking little mental polaroids the entire time man. i was under duress" he said and canyon shook her head with a sigh as she laid her head on popes shoulder and he ran his hand over her head and then she looked at john b who walked into the house and she watched him. she heard what he was saying and she followed after them as they walked to the room. she locked the door and looked around as she listened to them speak and then they heard doors closing.

"guys, hey, we're not alone" Canyon said and she looked out of the window with kiara as they all began to panic but Canyon stayed calm and she looked around

"jj go get the gun its on the deck , get back in here, close the door, lock it" She spoke and JJ left the room but he came running back in without it

"fuck poppy help me" she said and they looked around as he found a mail opened and handed it to her. she opened the window and she let everyone climb out and then pope helped her out of the window and they ran to the chicken coop. canyon sat down next to pope and he grabbed her hand as they sat there in fear. Canyon hid her head in his neck as she covered her ears and ignored everything that was happening around her. she then heard a car speeding away and she sighed.

"I cant be here, Im sorry" she spoke and she climbed out of the coop as the others did too. they had watched the girl pace back and forth in fear. they had never seen her have any other emotion than fear in that moment, she was scared. horrified and they didn't know what to do

"flower" pope exclaimed and she turned to him as she ran forward and she wrapped her arms around him as he held her close and let her breathe. he let her calm herself down and he didn't care that the others were staring.

"pope, yon" john b said and they pulled away from each other and looked at him

"do you want me to take you home?" he asked canyon and she nodded softly

"ill go with you" pope stated and jj smirked with kiara as they nudged each other and smiled. they had waited for the two to fall for each other and they were going to see it happen.

"alright well we'll drop you two off at cowgirls and then we'll go on jbs plan. lets go lovebirds" jj said and they all climbed into the twinkie. canyon sat beside kiara as she played with her hair and let her think. Kiara had never thought that canyon would be scared but their life was threatened and she was scared.

"i mean , its obvious right? a family heirloom. what better place to hide a message? he had to know it was going to get back to me , right?" John B said and Canyon sighed as she looked at kiara

"yeah, its possible" she responded. all they wanted was to keep his thoughts and prayers high for the fact that his dad could still be out there and could still be alive.

"its also possible that you're concocting wild theories to ya know deal with sad feels" pope said and john b sighed as the car pulled to a stop and they turned to see canyons house

"and you're lucky we're here. i love you guys, we'll call you later" john b said and canyon got out with pope as they closed the door and watched the twinkie drive off. Canyon felt pope wrap his arm around her shoulder and she leaned her head on his shoulder as she sighed and he sighed with her as they walked to the field and she led him to blue

"hey blue" pope said and he pet him as he huffed and canyon smiled at them. she knew that pope loved blue and stardust.

"stardust, come here" she called and she clicked her tongue as stardust ran over and she smiled. she pet him and pope pet him too as they both smiled at the horse in front of them. she was freaking out ten minutes before that but now she was calm. pope had a tendency to do that for her

he was her moon and she was his sunshine. that's all they needed

-ABBYS NOTES-

when he likes her animals and her animals like him