Maeve Thompson didn't deal with her father's death in the most healthy way she could've. She buried her sorrows in drugs, closing herself off from everyone around her. And for 3 straight months, she didn't talk to any of her friends. She stayed in her room all the time, high on whatever drugs she could get her hands on. Until one night, it got too bad, and her sister was forced to call the pogues for help. They found her in her room, past out, hardly breathing, with her sister's trembling body leaning over her. They got her to a hospital immediately, and helped her get clean after that. She hasn't touched any kind of drugs since that night, and her friends always help her anytime she has the urge to take some. That's how Maeve was finally able to get over her father's death, the pogues. If it wasn't for them, she doesn't even know where she'd be right now.

But she doesn't have to worry about that. She doesn't have to worry about what her life would be like without the pogues, because she'll always have them. And they'll always have her.

"Yo, JJ, Maeve, either of you been outside?" John B spoke to the two of them, tapping both of their legs where they lay on the sofa bed. JJ's head was laying on Maeve's chest and his arms were wrapped around her waist.

"I can't walk bro, I have polio." JJ mumbled, nuzzling his head into Maeve's neck.

"What's your excuse Maeve?" John B asked amusedly from where he stood by the bed.

"His polio is contagious and rubbed off on me." She mumbled, slowly opening her eyes to adjust to the light.

"Got it." John B nodded playfully before walking outside, leaving the two alone.

"JJ, get up baby boy." She whispered to the sleeping blonde.

"I don't wanna."

"I know." She agreed, combing her fingers through his slightly-tangled hair. "But we have to get up. Okay?"

"Okay." He groaned, before rolling over and falling off the side of the bed. Maeve sat up quickly, leaning over the edge to look at him.

"You good?" He simply stuck up his thumb, showing he was indeed okay as he pulled himself up into a sitting position. Maeve hopped out of the bed and over JJ, walking outside with him following closely behind her. "My mom's gonna kill me for not coming home last night."

"It's alright. I'll tell her we kidnapped you and wouldn't let you leave." JJ smiled and Maeve playfully shoved his shoulder before stopping and looking over at John B.

"Agatha did some work huh?" JJ asked, looking at the very clear mess the storm caused in the front yard.

"Yeah, she did." John B agreed.

"I hope Jesse's okay." Maeve voiced, worried about her younger sister. "She spent the night over at the Cameron's with Wheezie."

"She's probably doing better than us. Rich people are probably getting generators installed now." He assured her before turning to John B. "What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking that storm surge pushed all the crabs out on the marsh maze."

"All those drums are gonna chase the crabs." Maeve added, knowing exactly what the boy was getting at.

"Exactly." He pointed over at her as she smiled proudly.

"What about the DCS? Wasn't that today?" JJ asked.

"Nah, they're not getting on a ferry."

"Even if they were still coming today I won't let them take you. They'll have to go through me first, and I'm a biter."

"She is." JJ agreed. "A kicker too. I have bruises on my leg from her kicking me last night."

"And I woke up with drool on my boobs from you drooling all over me." She shot back.

"Guys, you're getting off track here. Just think about it. It's god telling us to fish." John B concluded.

"It's kind of a smugglers boat."

"Uh, good morning." John B waved.

"Sure hope Guffy's boat didn't sink. He doesn't have insurance."

"Does anyone really have insurance on the cut?"

"Good point."

"Hi, Miss Amy! You guys get through it?"

"You need any help?" Maeve asked.

"We're still here, and we're good. Thank you." She politely declined.

"She totally looked at me."

"Definitely."

"I saw it."

"Dude, look at this place." John B mumbles as JJ whistles in response.

"Agatha, what did you do?"

"I had an aunt named Agatha. She used to put vodka in my apple juice when she babysat me."

"Why'd she do that?" JJ asked.

"So I'd go to sleep."

"Did it work?"

"Yeah, she got away with it for a while too."

"Good for her."

"This is hardcore dude. Phew."

"Hurricane surge." John agreed.

"We're gonna be cleaning this all summer."

"That is my nightmare."

"My nightmare is waking up with a penis." Maeve mumbles, earning a crazy look from the two boys. "I'm serious. I've had this dream like three times. I just look down and it's there."

"Sounds horrible." JJ states sarcastically.

"Oh it is. Penis' are repulsing."

"Yeah, thanks for the confidence boost." He says as he sits down next to her.

"Well look who we have here." John B mumbles as they see Pope.

"We have a safety meeting. Attendance is mandatory." He announces, speaking into his hand as if it was a microphone.

"Nah I can't. My pops has got me on lockdown."

"Hi Mr. Pope's dad!" Maeve called out, catching Hayward's attention.

"C'mon man." He then holds his hand to his mouth, pretending to speak into a microphone the same way John B had. "Your dad's a pussy. Over."

"Oh I heard that you little bastard."

"Don't worry Pope's dad, pussies are strong. If anything he was only complimenting you."

"We need your son!"

"Yeah, and island rules. Day after a hurricane is a free day."

"Who the hell made that up?" He asks in disbelief.

"I think it was the Pentagon." Maeve joins in. "You don't wanna disrespect the president do you?"

"Is the president even at the pentagon?" JJ asks her.

"How the hell should I know?"

"I don't know."

"Do y'all think I'm stupid?" Hayward asks.

"I'll do it tomorrow. I promise. Tomorrow." Pope pleaded with his father.

"No..no. Hell no. You doing it right now."

"Get in the boat." John B encourages.

"Make a run for it."

"Be like the roadrunner."

"Boy if you get in that boat.." Mr. Hayward begins, but he was cut off by Pope jumping in the boat.

"Yeah, how does that feel?"

"I'm proud of you Pope."

"Get your ass back here!"

"Sorry Mr. Pope's dad!"

"I promise I'll do it tomorrow, dad."

"You gonna clean shrimp, clean fish."

"Love you Pops."

"You'll clean your dirty ass room!"

"I'll come by tomorrow and help you guys clean, I promise!" Maeve yelled.

"I'm gonna hold you to that!"

"I'd be offended if you didn't."

"We'll bring him back in one piece!" John B yells.

"I promise!" Pope yells back, referring to the cleaning he'd be doing tomorrow.

"And I don't like your friends!"

"That really hurt Pope's dad."

"Oh top of the morning to ya." John B greets as Kie walks across the dock to the boat.

"Morning Kie."

"Morning." She greets back.

"Whatcha got?" JJ asks.

"Got some juice boxes?"

"Did you get my apple juice?"

"Oh, you know, just some yogurt and carrot sticks. And of course I got your apple juice Maeve."

"How about my kind of juice box?" JJ asks.

"Yeah." She answers as she grabs onto Maeve's hand for leverage as she gets on the boat.

"Brace for impact." John B jokes.

"Salude." Kie says as Maeve pulls off her own shirt, revealing her light pink bathing suit.

"Is that a new bathing suit?" Kie asks as she looks at the pink material.

"Yeah, I bought it yesterday."

"Bought it?" She asks in disbelief.

"Bought, stole, same difference." Kie laughs as she lazily throws her arm around Maeve's shoulder, making butterflies erupt in the brunette's stomach.

"Bet you can't do this." JJ states as he begins to walk towards the front of the bus.

"Tell the world." Maeve mumbles.

"Terrifying." Kie says.

"Hey Pope, can you go a little faster?"

"Here we go, I'm moving." He calls back.

"It doesn't work." John B cuts in. "We've tried this like 6,000 times."

"I got this. It's gonna work!" JJ argues back.

JJ stands on the end of the boat holding his beer up in front of him, as he attempts to make it into his mouth.

"You're getting beer in my hair." Kiara complains.

"This reminds me of that one Metallica concert I went to."

"You went to a Metallica concert?"

"I didn't want to. Jesse wanted to go, and my mom made me go with her."

"You didn't need an adult to go with you guys in order to get in?"

"I had my fake ID with me."

"Gotcha."

"Alright, alright."

"Alright you're done." John B concludes.

"Alright stop!" Pope yells.

"JJ, come on." Maeve yells as she stands up to pull him down, but before she could Pope hit something in the water making her fall on Kie, and making JJ fly off the boat.

"Sorry Kie." Maeve mumbles, her cheeks heating up as she climbs off of her.

"It's okay." She laughed.

JJ comes back above the water, groaning in pain.

"You okay JJ?" Maeve asks, her mothering side taking over as she leans over the boat.

"I think my heels touched the back of my head." He complained.

"Well come here." She said, motioning for him to swim over.

"Kie, you okay?" John B asked her.

"I'm all right."

"Maeve, you good?"

"I'm fine."

"Pope, what did you do?" JJ asks.

"Sandbar. The channel changed."

"No shit."

"Ugh, this is probably gonna mess this whole place up."

"Hey, I saved the beer though."

"Good job JJ." Maeve congratulated as she stuck her hand for him to grab, but before he could Pope's voice broke in.

"Guys... I think there's a boat down there."

"Shut up." John B denies.

"No way." Kie agrees.

"No, no wait. I think he's right." Maeve agrees as she notices the white outline under the water.

"Holy shit they're right. Let's go." Kie says as her and Maeve pull off their shorts, leaving them in nothing but their bathing suits.

Maeve dives head-first into the water, before coming back up to wait for the others. John B jumps in next, then Kie who let out a cheer as she did, and last was Pope.

"Hey guys wait up!" He yelled as he pulled his shirt off.

"Get your ass in here Pope!" JJ yelled as he jumped into the water.

The five of them dived underwater, swimming down to the boat and looking inside and around it, before coming back up.

"You guys saw that right?" JJ asks as they come back up.

"Yeah, we saw it JJ." Maeve answers as her and Kie cling to each for support.

"That's a Grady-white. A new one of those is like 500 Gs. Easy." They all swim back to the boat, climbing over the edge. Kie helped pull Maeve up, who kept losing her balance. "That's a primo-rig."

"Yeah, that's the boat I saw when I surfed the surge." John B added and both Maeve and Kie gave him an incredulous look. "Maybe it hit the jetty or something."

"You surfed the surge?" Kie yelled, Maeve nodded in agreement.

"Yeah."

"That's my boy. Pogue style." JJ congratulated.

"You can't surf when there is a hurricane, John B. You're gonna get your ass killed, and then what are we gonna do?" Maeve scolded.

"Wait, wait, do we know who's boat that is?" Pope asked, completely brushing off Maeve's question.

"No, but we're about to find out." John B answered.

"Dude, it's too deep."

"Oh, for the weak and feeble, JJ." John B said back, grabbing an anchor from a hidden latch on the boat.

"Well I'm not resuscitating you. I'm just making that clear up front." JJ announces.

"Yeah, I'm not either. Whatever that means." Maeve agrees.

"That's fine."

"John B." Kiara starts, her and Maeve giving him the same look that expresses their dislike for his plan.

"What?"

"Diver down, fool." Pope saluted.

"Diver down." He agrees.

"Yeah, he is." JJ exclaims before pushing John B off into the water.

"I don't know about this guys.." Kie trails off as she looks at the water where John B submerged a few seconds ago.

"I'll get him." Maeve states, already preparing to dive back in when John B comes back above water.

"Omg, that took forever!"

"Any dead bodies?" Pope asks.

"Please tell me there weren't any children."

"Looting potential?"

"No. No, but I found this motel key."

"A key?" Pope asks skeptically.

"Yes, a key, Pope."

"Great! We salvaged a motel key." JJ concludes.

"Guys, we should report the wreck to the coast guard." Kie states.

"Yeah, I'm with Kie on this. Maybe we'll get a finder's fee."

"Yeah, and not work all summer." JJ adds. "Thanks Agatha, ya batch."

"I thought the Chateau looked bad." JJ expressed as a run down motel came into view.

"This place is a shitshow." John B adds.

"Motel or method lab?" Kie asks.

"Who said it can't be both?" Maeve jokes.

"You be the judge." Pope states.

"Doesn't look like the type of place someone with a Grady white would stay." John B mumbles.

"No, it looks like a place where someone with a Grady-white would get killed."

"I think my aunt killed someone in this motel."

"The one that put vodka in your apple juice?" JJ asks.

"Yeah, it was never proven in court but I think she did it."

"Did she have a reason?" He asks.

"You could say that. He tried to rape her. I think it was pretty justified."

"Good to know." JJ nods as everyone shares a look at the pair's conversation.

"Here we go." JJ begins before mimicking the sound of radio static and speaking into his hand. "This is your captain speaking. HMS pogue coming in for landing."

JJ jumps off the boat as it reaches land, letting out a cheer as he did. "Whoo!"

"We good?" John B asks JJ, who was tying off the boat.

"Yeah we're good."

"Alright, here goes nothing."

"Hey." Pope begins, resting his arms on the bar.

"Yeah?"

"Don't let him do anything stupid."

"Oh we will." JJ cuts in.

"I'm not making any promises." John B adds.

"Yeah, I know." Pope sighs.

"Be careful." Kie tells him, handing him the motel key. Maeve looks back at Pope, the two sharing a confused look at the interaction. "I mean it." She adds.

"Yeah. Yeah, let's go." He says to JJ as the two of them walk away.

"What the hell was that all about?" Maeve asks and Pope laughs loudly as Kie raises an eyebrow at her.

"What?"

" 'Be careful. I mean it'." She teases in a mocking voice. " 'Oh John B, please come back in one piece so I can suck that John D-" she mocked before Pope cut her by hitting her shoulder.

"That's disgusting."

"Repulsing honestly," Maeve agreed.

"Alright, I can't listen to this anymore. I vote we change the topic." Pope announces.

"What do you suggest?" Maeve asks.

"I don't know. How about uh," he thinks for a minute before snapping his fingers. "What's your biggest pet peeve?"

"Biggest pet peeve?" Kie repeats.

"Yeah."

"Easy. Giving one percent to the environment."

"What's wrong with that?" He asks.

"We only have one Earth, Pope. We should be giving it 100 percent, bare minimum."

"I have to agree with Kie on this, although my biggest pet peeve is treating your children like shit."

"I could've guessed that for you." Pope states.

"Any of us could've." Kie adds.

"Hey, hey, hey. Cops." Pope alerts when the white and blue vehicle pulls into the parking lot of the motel. "Call them."

"I can't. Towers are down."

"If I lose my merit scholarship, I'm gonna kill someone."

"It's okay. I know how to hide a body." Maeve assures him.

"Maybe they're not going up there. Maybe.." Pope reasons, trying to think of another reason they would be here.

"Okay."

"Maybe they're looking for a room."

"They're going up there." Kie deadpans.

"Why are we always stuck saving these boys?" Maeve complained as the three of them ran around the motel until they were under the window of the room the boys were looking in.

"Get back." Pope warns as he picks up a rock. He tries to hit the window, but failed miserably.

"Didn't you ever play baseball."

"I lost a tooth playing baseball."

"Maeve, I love you, but now's not the time for one of your spontaneous stories."

"Right, sorry."

"I was on the math team." Pope defends.

"A mathlete?"

Kie throws a rock, coming closer than Pope but still missing. She grabs another rock, trying once again, and this time hitting the window. John B's head peaks through the blinds, and the trio begin waving frantically to alert them of the situation.

After getting their attention, the three of them run back to the boat.

"Should we peel?" Kie asks.

"You never leave a pogue behind."

"No seriously, should we peel?"

"Maybe."

"We can't leave them." Maeve states, the other two nodding along. "Oh no."

"What?"

Instead of answering, Maeve simply points to the window, where John B and JJ were standing on the ledge.

"What are you guys doing?" Pope yells as John B holds a finger up to his lips.

"Oh my god.." Kie mumbles.

A gun falls from JJ's hand, making a loud crashing noise. Pope leans forward, almost as if he was expecting to catch it from how far away he was.

The blinds on the window are pulled up, and Officer Shoupe peaks his head through the window. Pope turns around, and Maeve quickly sits down on Kie's lap without thinking it through first.

"Yeah.. Um." She mumbles, trying to make it seem like they were having a normal conversation.

Shoupe finally pulled away from the window, and him and the other officer walked out of the room and left. Giving JJ and John B the chance to run back to the boat.

"Well that was fun. Could've warned us a little sooner."

"We would've, except that Pope was on the math team."

"I dated someone who was on the math team."

"You were on the math team?" John B asked Pope.

"The cops took everything like it was a crime scene."

"Amazing observation Pope. That's why you're the brains."

"Did you guys find anything?" Pope asked JJ, ignoring Maeve except for a small smile at her words.

"Did we find anything?" JJ repeats as he digs his hands in his pockets. "No, I don't think so." He concludes holding up a wad of cash and a gun. "Oh yeah we did."

"What the hell?!"

"Dude, what?"

"Why would you take that from a crime scene?"

"Why wouldn't he take it Pope?" Maeve asks.

"Exactly, it's better than the cops having it."

"You serious?" Kie asks in disbelief.

"I'm gonna lose my merit scholarship."

"Hey, hey. Sh, sh, sh, sh. Sh, sh, at least you have us right?"

"I'm living the nightmare." He complains as he sits down in front of Maeve.

"Hey, it's okay, Pope. You're going places. You're gonna nail your interview, go to some fancy college that does your big brain justice, and we're all gonna be so proud of you." Maeve comforts, and Pope leans his head back at her words. Resting it in her lap, as she leans forward to place a soft kiss on his forehead.

I'm so ready to write
this. Sorry we've only
met one oc so far,
you'll meet the rest soon.

Anyways, who's already
loving Maeve? I'm excited
to go more debt into
her back story, and
probably even get some
flashbacks in there.

I better not see any of y'all
shipping Maeve with any of
the guys. She is a
lesbian. Very much a lesbian.