AFTER THE WHOLE INVASION, THE FIVE POGUES GOT INTO THE TWINKIE AND drove to their destination which happened to be the redfield lighthouse. john b's words echoed in rosie's mind "you don't know what it's like to have the person closest to you vanish and then have no idea what happened. just wake up every morning wondering" ever since she saw the picture of her dad this morning, she couldn't stop thinking about him. the two were never close, seeing as he left before she was even born, but there were nights were she'd just lay in bed wondering where he was, or if he even bothered to look for her

"right. you're gonna post up and look out for bogeys, okay?" john b instructs jj as he points a finger to his chest

jj is a bit taken back, he glances from rosie, to pope, to kiara, before glancing back at john b "wait... why me?" he asks confusedly

"because you're not coming" pope responds for john b

"why?" jj asks

"look jj, there are independent and dependent variables" pope goes on to say "and you're a independent variable. we don't know what you'll do" this sets off jj, the two beginning to argue making rosie roll her eyes

john b who had enough interrupts the two "just listen to me for a sec! pope, you stand look out with jj. okay? if we get split up, we meet back at jj's house"

"great" kiara adds

john b turns to look at rosie, the green eyed brunette sighs knowing what's gonna come out of his mouth "rosie, keep an eye on these two" he motions between jj and pope. she sent him a quick nod before john b and kiara made their way towards the white fence

"i'm gonna work on my merit scholarship essay, and i'm trying to keep felonies to a minimum" pope goes on to say as jj picks up a rock and starts kicking it like a soccer ball

"alright, would you just shut up already?" jj says

as time passes, rosie was sitting inside the back of the twinkie. she was lost in her thoughts about her father was he alive? did he know she existed? why would he abandon her? her mother never spoke about him to her

she was brought out of her thoughts when she felt something hit her leg, as she glanced at the object she picked it up, a rock. she looked up only to find jj looking at her with a grin "what's up with you?" he questions curiously as he sits across from her

she shook her head "nothing" she said, not even bothering to meet eyes with the blue eyed boy

jj notices how she begins to fiddle with a bracelet that's around her hand. he knows it's serious when she can't even look at him. he extends his leg out and taps his boot with her sneaker "what, you don't trust me anymore?"

"it's not that jj, i just don't want to talk about it...at least not now" she admitted. truth be told, her father was always a hard topic for rosie. nobody truly has ever asked the girl how she feels about her father, only ever asking about her mother

although it hurts jj, he understood "well, when you're ready to talk...i'll be here for you and you know that" he gave her a small smile

rosie felt a small smile tug on her lips "i know" as he stepped out of the twinkie he flashed her one last smile before heading to grab a new rock

those butterflies erupted in her stomach once more, if you were to ask rosie blake who was always there for her every time. the only answer she could think of would be jj maybank

as jj and pope were tossing a rock back and forth, police sirens were approaching, making rosie rush forward and call out for the boys "guys cops!"

"oh, shit" pope muttered as the two made a run for it in the van

"what about—"

jj cut rosie off "sweetheart, there's no time wait" jj muttered as he sped off, leaving behind john b and kiara

she sighs before leaning against the seat "jj, take me home"

"what?!" both pope and jj exclaims

"i'm sorry but i recall john b saying to meet up at jj's house" pope said as he turns to glance at the girl

"i'm not taking you home" jj said sternly. knowing if he were to take her back god knows what daniella would do to her

rosie sighs "there's something i have to do"

as jj pulled in to her driveway, he hopped off to meet rosie half way "we'll wait for you"

she sighs "jj, there's no need"

"what if she—"

she cut him off "it's nothing i haven't handled before" she shrugs "i'll be okay, i'll meet guy soon. i promise"

"fine" he muttered quietly. with that the green eyed brunette headed towards her front door. she glanced back to find jj still look at her, knowing that he wasn't gonna leave until she was inside

upon opening the door, she's met with a intoxicated daniella blake "i swear i cannot leave this house without you bolting out the door" she huffs. as rosie closed the door, she leans against it, staring right at her mother "what?" daniella questions in a rude manner as she brings her beer bottle up to her lips

"why have you never told me about him?" rosie spoke rather calmly

daniella furrowed her brows "who the hell are you talking about?"

"my dad" she says just above of a whisper

rosie was a bit startled upon hearing daniella drop her beer, the same beer shattering on the floor. she took notice how her mother's jaw immediately clenched "why would i?" she muttered out as she clenched her fists "you're the reason he left" she said in a bitterly tone

rosie pushed down the lump in her throat "either way i deserve to know about him" at the end of her sentence, a loud bang was pounded on the table, by daniella fist

"you don't deserve anything!" daniella made her way to her unwanted daughter. she shook her head "not after you ruined everything for me!" she hissed right in rosie's face jabbing a finger in her chest

daniella grips her daughter's chin harshly "you wanna know about your father?" she questioned bitterly "he was nothing but a pathetic asshole who only cared about himself, who bolted the second he knew about your fucking existence" she hisses before pushing her face back, rosie's back colliding with the door

a grunt left her lips "if i could go back in time, i wish to god i would've never met him. at least i wouldn't have to deal with you" she rants with a hatred look on her face

"clean that up" she motions over to the shattered beer bottle before heading to her room. but before she opens the door she glances once more at the spitting image of her "oh, you can keep the picture. but don't you ever go into my room again" with that she went in and slammed her door shut

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just a heads up, this storyline will be different
from the one i wrote in dandelions, just
because i never thought i'd end
up writing this!