(𝙩𝙬: 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙)

     Lilah put her head into her hands after handing a teenage boy some nachos at the golf course. She grabbed her phone to look at the time, counting down the minutes when she got to clock out.

     2 minutes.

Her manager was letting her go home at noon today. Usually she works until late afternoon but today she was first cut as they were over staffed. She was estatic just thinking about going home and maybe dipping into the pool before the weather got worse.

"Hey, Lilah." She heard in front of her and tried her best not to groan as she was infact still working.

"Rafe, Topper. What can I get for you two today?" She plastered on a fake smile, not wanting to talk to her brother or her sister's boyfriend right now. Rafe smirked before handing her a fake ID, "We'll take three beers." Topper nodded as Lilah's face screwed up in confusion. Three? She looked behind the boys to see Julian in the distance, looking at his phone.

Lilah's growled underneath her breath before inspecting the ID card. She put her award winning smile back on, "I'll get those for you right away." Rafe and Topper nodded their heads, pleased to hear that she was giving them beers despite knowing their real age.

When Lilah came back, Julian was now at the counter as well. She huffed as she made her way back to them, "Here you guys go! That will be $15." The boys look at the drinks in front of them. "These aren't beers." Rafe gritted out and his younger sister just smiled.

"Oh, I can't sell you guys beer but I can have my manager look over all of your guys' ID's and he can get you those beers you want. Or you can take the sodas and not risk getting banned."

Rafe scoffed and walked away with Topper right behind him, kissing his ass. Unfortunately for her, Julian was still standing in front of her on the other side of the counter. "Hey, so about last night.." He trailed off but Lilah stopped him before he could apologize.

"You're not seriously gonna ask me to get back together with you, right?"

She watched as Julian slightly froze at her slight outburst, "Um, no?" It came out more as a question and the Cameron girl automatically knew. "Okay, it's never gonna happen and I wholeheartedly support my choice."

"Cmon, you know we belong together, Li."

"I would rather end up single and alone then end up with you for the rest of my life."

"Okay, that's harsh." He scoffed at her attitude but she wasn't done, "You called me a slut. You called Sarah a slut. You do remember that, right? Or were you too coked out? You know how I am when it comes to Sarah. You can't come back from this." She shook her head before speaking up again, "I mean it, Julian. No amount of presents or apologies can make me take you back this time. I really am done."

She finally looked at the time again on her phone to see that she should of clocked out five minutes ago. So she walked towards the back without another word, leaving Julian behind physically and mentally.

More than a couple minutes later, Lilah was finally done clocking out and counting her tips from her work day. She wore her handbag on her shoulder and she started walking the path to the parking lot where she parked. She felt her whole body freeze when she saw Rafe hit somebody with a golf club.

"What the hell?!" She screeched and she watched as Topper and Julian, who watched from the sidlines, bodies go stiff, realizing what she just saw. "Stay down, bitch!" Rafe yelled at the guy who was rolling on the dirt road and Lilah immediately ran over to check on the boy, soon realizing who it was, "Oh my god. Pope?" She moved his head to inspect his injuries.

She got up from her kneeling position and roughly pushed her brother away, "What on earth is wrong with you, psycho?!" She yelled at him and he almost pushed her back but Topper and Julian both pushed him away, softly, before he could do anything to her.

"Let's just go, man." Topper said and the three Kooks started to walk away but not before Rafe said, "We don't want you here. Got that? Stay off Figure Eight, Pogue."

Lilah wanted to scream at him. She wanted to scream, cry, hit her brother over and over again but she didn't. She didn't because there was a person beside her, rolling around in pain with blood spilling out of his mouth and she wanted to help him. She could yell at Rafe later.

She knelt down again, "Pope, oh my god. Can you sit up? I don't want you choking." She grabbed his hand, trying her best to lift him up and he obliged before he spit blood out of his mouth as it started getting too much. She bit her lip out of nervousness, "Do you have a first aid kit on your boat?" She watched him slowly nod his head which she nodded back.

"Okay, let's go." She unlocked her knees as she got back up from the dirt and he just looked up at her confused. "Dude, I'm not letting you clean yourself up by yourself. I'm not a monster. Just...please, let me help."

Pope noticed the guilty expression on her face and the look completely showed how she felt. She suddenly wished she walked over earlier, she might've been able to stop it or do something sooner. Pope slowly nodded his head before the Cameron helped him up and the two made their way back to his boat.

She looked through the first aid kit, after cleaning the dirt off Pope's wound, and found an instant cold pack where she deflated the package and held it to the side of his head. "I have to pick up, JJ." He spoke coldly, not towards her but towards the situation he went through and Lilah knew that.

She thought for a second, not really wanting to see the boy especially after he was technically included in her breakup last night but she knew Pope had to do what he had to do, "That's fine."

She let him hold his own ice pack as her arm was now tired after cleaning his cut up.

"Is Rafe always that fucking insane?" Pope spat out as he drove the boat to where JJ was assumed to be. The Kook took a deep breath before choosing the right words, "I've never seen him like that. I've seen him yell, usually at me, and saw him punch a wall once but never somebody else." She spoke quietly as she played with the rings on her fingers.

"What were you doing at the golf course, anyway?" He asked her, in genuine curiosity, making her slightly laugh. "I was working. I had just clocked out when...that happened." And it made her laugh even more when she saw Pope's face, "You work? Why? You're a Cameron. You practically got all the money in the world."

She noticed the slight jealousy in his voice but she didn't point it out.

She shrugged, "For the experience, I guess. Don't wanna turn out like Rafe who just sits on his lazy ass and does nothing. And it makes my dad happy and it puts me on top of his 'favorite kid list' so that's a plus." She joked and watched Pope slightly smile at what she said. "Why'd you help me?" He asked another genuine question and Lilah took a second to respond.

"Nobody deserves what just happened to you. Well, maybe Rafe. But, you didn't deserve it. You were just trying to help your dad." Pope told her the story while she cleaned his wound. They wanted the case of beer he was dropping off to one of his dad's clients. It made her feel even more sick knowing that just maybe if she gave them the beers at the counter, they wouldn't have bothered him.

When she explained that part to Pope, he disagreed. He said the whole reason was because he was a Pogue on Figure Eight. That it really had nothing to do with the beers. She slightly believed him but still felt the guilt way in on her. "Thanks. I really appreciate it." He smiled a bit awkwardly at the girl who smiled brightly back.

Suddenly, the boat came to a halt as they were now very close to her house, "I guess this is my stop." She shyly stated as Pope nodded before having a thought of realization, "Shit. Jesus, your car. I'm assuming it's back at the course?" He asked, watching her slowly nod her head.

"It's fine. I can get my dad to go get it or something. I'll figure it out." The boy shook his head, "No, I'll drop you off back at the golf course. It's the least I can do."

Before Lilah could reply, they heard a voice booming from the dock, "Pope! Dude, you are not going to believe what just happened to me, man! Whoo! That was the best 100 bucks I've ever made! When I say count me in on all these grocery deliveries, Pope, I mean it."

Pope's eyes widened as he put the ice pack down, "Don't say anything." He whispered and as much as Lilah was confused, she just simply nodded her head. JJ walked into the helm of the boat and immediately froze, "What the hell is she doing here?" He pointed at the girl who just rolled her eyes.

"We were just hanging out." Pope shrugged which made the Maybank even more confused, "Hanging out? With Lilah Cameron? Yeah, okay." He scoffed and Lilah made a face of offense, "Um, what is that supposed to mean?" He laughed, hollowly, "It means you shouldn't be here."

She just scoffed at him and looked back at Pope and that movement made JJ look at him too. The Heyward was looking straight ahead, focusing on steering the boat. "Bro, you good?" JJ sat next to her and she tried to ignore the tingly feeling she got when his arm brushed up against hers.

"Yo, what happened to your face, dude?" JJ sat up quickly before removing Pope's hat, "Jesus! What happened?" JJ's jaw tightened as he looked at Pope then at Lilah, "Did you do this?"

Lilah's mouth dropped, "Excuse me? Of course, I didn't do this. Are you insane? Why would I do that?" She spat at the boy for even assuming that she would beat up anyone especially Pope. "It wasn't her. It was Topper, Rafe, and Julian. They jumped me. They said no Pogues on their side of the island. Lilah saw it right when it happened and came to help me." He defended her and it made Lilah smile, she's never had someone defend her from anything.

Usually, she did the defending.

JJ looked at the girl with an expression she's never seen from him before. Gratitude with a mix of shock. He looked away from her and back at Pope, "What are you gonna do?" Pope finally looked at the two blondes beside him with a tear rolling down his cheek.

"What? Like revenge?" She asked which made JJ sigh, "Yeah, obviously. If you don't like that, don't let us stop you from swimming home." He shooed her off, still looking at Pope

Okay, moment ended quick.

"Who do you want revenge on? I can help with any of them." She spoke up which made the two boys look at her with confused but shocked faces again, "We are talking about your brother, your sister's boyfriend, and your boyfriend here. And you wanna help us with revenge?" JJ squinted his eyes at the girl, trying to read her face.

     "One, not my boyfriend anymore and two, they have it coming. I'll do whatever you want me to do, Pope." She narrowed her eyes at him, watching him think for a second.

"Well, what do you have?"

Her idea for Rafe was lame and JJ wouldn't stop reminding her of that when she said what popped in her head for him. Her revenge for Rafe was to tell her dad about the generator money, knowing he would flip his shit at the oldest son. JJ said it was a lame revenge plan and that she should do that anyway so they moved on.

They ultimately decided Topper would be the best option considering the whole kegger thing when he tried to drown John B and letting Pope get jumped.

The two Pogues bounced ideas off each other as a light bulb went off in Lilah's head, "His boat."

The boys looked at her, confused on what she was talking about. "Topper's brand new boat. It's like his baby. You should do something to mess with it." She shrugged and JJ's mouth dropped at her idea. "Alright, that's what I'm talking about!" He grinned and high fived the Cameron girl, ignoring how odd it felt for him.

Not necessarily a bad odd.

So that's what the three teenagers did. They stood on Pope's dad's boat, looking across the way at Topper's boat. "2020 Malibu, 24-MXC. The world's finest wakesetter. Number one in quality, luxury, and performance." Pope glared at the boat as Lilah was shocked he knew that, "Why don't you just steal the boat since you obviously like it so much?"

"God, you're such a Kook. It would be reported missing in a second and anyone who sees it on our side of the island will get suspicious." JJ rolled his eyes before looking at his best friend, "This is war. They hit us, we hit them. Do it."

"We'll keep look out." Lilah told Pope as she put her Prada sunglasses, that used to be in her purse, over her eyes and JJ put his bandage over his mouth along with his sunglasses as well. Pope took off his shirt and hat before jumping into the water, weirdly.

"Nice form." She snickered and JJ couldn't help but laugh as well.

"Why are you doing this? Why are you helping us?" The blonde asked out of the blue, keeping his eyes on Pope as the Heyward swam to the boat.

     "Cause I'm not a monster?"

     "Debatable."

     "Die."

     Silence.

"Why did you and Julian break up?" JJ pryed which happened to shock the girl. "Oh, um. He's just a dick." She shrugged, not knowing what to really say, "I could of told you that." The Pogue scoffed as he put the ladder down for Pope when he was done and Lilah slightly laugh.

Another beat of silence.

"Just because you helped Pope doesn't mean I like you. I don't even tolerate you."

"Wouldn't want it any other way, Maybank."

They watched as Pope jumped back into the water and start climbing up the ladder JJ put down. Pope showed off the piece he removed to make the boat sink and Lilah didn't know anything about boats so she didn't know what it was but she knew he did it, "Holy shit." She exclaimed quietly as JJ smirked, "I'm so proud of you right now. Holy crap."

Pope got himself onto the boat, "You guys can't tell anybody."

"Oh, no, yeah. Totally, dude."

"I promise, Pope. I won't say anything."

"No, I'm serious, dude. Not Kie, not John B, not Sarah, nobody." He told the both of them straight up as they both nodded their heads profusely. Lilah did the zipping her mouth motion and threw away the key as JJ put his hands up in surrender, "My lips are sealed. Give me that." Pope handed JJ the part he removed and JJ threw it into the ocean.

Pope nodded his head before looking at the Kook, "I'm trusting you, Lilah. Please, don't make me regret it." She smiled softly, "Don't worry, Pope. You can trust me."

He nodded his head once again, "Alright, let's get you back to the course then."

BEAU SPEAKS !
FINALLY GETTING INTO JJ AND LILAH OMGGGG

i love them so bad like omg

and finally from now on...there will be more jj and lilah probably every chapter YESSSSSS