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SERENA QUITE LITERALLY COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT she was pulling up to john b's house, the chateau as they used to call it years ago. she would rather die than be seen anywhere near this place but when she tried to sleep last night the image of john b falling unconscious into the water kept replaying in her brain, as well as toppers insults.

she wasn't sure why it was fazing her so much but she simply couldn't get it off of her mind until she saw john b alive and breathing. she hated to admit it but he had once meant a lot to her years ago as well. she didn't like to think about the way their friendship had ended, sometimes it hurt worse than the thought of her and jj.

she knew why she couldn't talk to jj anymore but she had always felt slightly guilty that her hatred for jj came a long with her having to abandon john b. all that guilt hit her really intensely nine months ago when big john when missing. she couldn't even imagine how john b had felt or what he was going through.

she loved her father in a way but not the same way that john b loved big john. those two were practically as inseparable as john b and serena were. she had never seen someone love their parent so much, she hadn't experienced that type of care and safety from a parent. but she knew that john b had to have been going through absolute hell these past few months.

so the sliver of her that still had care for john b led her to his home. she sighed softly as she pulled up to the front of his home, next to the twinkie. she put her yellow bronco in park and felt her nerves spike. she wasn't sure how the pogues were going to react when seeing her but she was simply here to make sure john b was alive.

serena pulled the sun visor down in front of her before flipping open the mirror in it. she took a look at herself and huffed when the sight of her black eye appeared. she kept hoping that one of these times she would look in the mirror and it would magically disappear but to her annoyance it was still there and getting darker by the hour. she had tried her best to cover it up leaving the house but it was no use.

she stared at herself for a few more seconds, trying to contemplate whether this was worth it. she couldn't decide if she should actually get out of the car or not. she didn't want the pogues thinking that this meant she liked them now because the thought of jj still brought anger. though she did want them to know that she wasn't going to eat on them for the gun and that she cared if john b was okay.

once again, the thought of john b's eyes rolling back into his head popped into serena's memory. that was enough to cause serena to pop open her car door and hop out. she looked around, filling with nostalgia, as she searched for any sign of life.

she went to approach the front door but she then heard the sound of muffled voices coming from the back yard. serena stopped in her tracks and looked back to her car, thinking about hopping in it now that she had heard at least someone's voice. though the voice soon intensified and sounded like someone was yelling so she gulped and began to walk that way.

the sight of the pogues, john b thankfully included, came into serena's view and she let out a small breath of relief. though the relief didn't go far when she realized that she could see john b's black eye from this far away. it looked even worse than hers, he also had other bruises on his face.

the group all focused as jj continued to yell at them but their focus quickly drifted when serena walked closer. kiara, pope, and john b's eyes all widened immensely as they watched the cameron girl come forward, slipping on the mud slightly.

"hello? are you guys listening to me or what?" jj looked around confused as all of his friends seemed to be staring off into the distance.

"this is serious shit, they clearly don't want us going down into the marsh-" jj continued to babble but his voice halted when he heard the voice of someone he hadn't heard at the chateau in years.

serena's expensive wedge duh into the mud as she tried to walk further causing her to stop and gasp, "ew! god dammit, i knew i shouldn't have worn jimmy choo's to a pig sty."

jj turned around swiftly in complete shock, it only furthering when the sight of serena cameron in all her kook glory was revealed. he couldn't believe what he was seeing in front of him, serena cameron at the chateau on the cut. it was a sight that he hadn't seen since he was fifteen years old.

"what the hell?" kiara was the first one to speak up causing serena's attention to move from the mud on her heels to the group in front of her.

"hi-" she flinched suddenly when the sound of a chicken launched into the air, scaring the crap out of her.

she looked over in the direction it came from to see a huge chicken coop dead and center. that hadn't been here when she was an avid chateau visitor.

"oh my god, you actually have farm animals." serena chuckled in disbelief to herself as she had just referred to this place as a pig sty.

"it's a rooster." john b spoke up, still looking at the girl in pure shock, his eyes wide and face pale.

serena smiled a tight lipped smile, one that was clearly forced, and raised her eyebrows at the sight of the coop. she tried her best to start this on a good foot but it already felt like she had messed up.

jj shook away his disbelief at her presence on the cut and hardened his jaw. he quickly straightened his shoulders and put his hands on his hips to come off as manly. he began to make a "tsk" sound with his mouth and shake his head which caught serena's attention.

"well well well, would you look at that. miss kook princess once again on pogue territory. that's twice this week." he shot off, ready to argue with the girl but she just raised an eyebrow.

"what are you going to do? shoot at me again?" she asked sarcastically.

"i didn't shoot at you." jj corrected the girl.

"you shot in my general direction." she informed, pointing out the fact that those bullets he shot off could have hit anyone, her included.

"yeah, after you're boyfriend attacked us." jj defended but serena already had a response to correct him.

"after you purposefully said something to piss him off." serena mocked him, adding extra enunciation to the word 'after' just like he had done.

"after he left you all alone so he could mack it with your sister." jj mocked right back causing serena to scoff loudly.

"oh, like you care about about me so much."  she said, using sarcasm as a weapon once more.

the pogues simply watched as the two shot off at one another. they weren't foreign to this sight, whenever serena was around jj it was all the pair could do. though john b was still in shock at his old friend being here.

"i don't, i just don't like when men are dicks to their girlfriends. i'm a feminist like that." jj bobbed his head sassily which almost made serena giggle but she held it back.

"a feminist who gave me a black eye." she replied, pointing to the fact half of her face was covered in bruises.

the idea that jj had been the one to blacken her face was enough to make his heart sink into his chest. he was in such shock at her presence on the cut that he just now got a good look at her face. it looked far worse than he had imagined it, and he had thought about it endlessly since the night before.

he couldn't believe how it all had gotten so out of hand so quickly. one moment he was tipsy, talking to the girl he yearned for despite his protests and the next moment he was firing a gun into the air and watching as she ran away in fear.

he also couldn't cope with the feeling of his elbow smacking into serena's face. even though topper was the one to shove him he still felt slightly responsible. the sight of her blacked eye and cheek was too much for jj to handle, granted even the smallest scratch on her beautiful face would set him off.

"that was not my fault! i was trying to help you-" jj began to yell defensively, he didn't want serena to blame him.

"hey!" kiara yelled loudly, capturing the pairs attention immediately, "will you two shut the hell up so we can ask the question that everyone is thinking right now?"

the group became silent as they waited to kiara to continue, "what the hell are you doing here, serena?"

serena looked down at her feet and let out a soft breath, trying to steady her heartbeat. she finally looked up once more to see the group staring at her expectantly, "look, i didn't come here to argue i just-"

"came to make sure i don't press charges on you're precious little boyfriend?" john b questioned, crossing his arms across his chest in annoyance.

now that he had gotten over the shock of serena being there he was reminded of how her boyfriend had beat the shit out of him the night before. he was also reminded of the anger that he held for the cameron girl. he thought about how she abandoned him when he needed her most.

"what? no, i don't even know if topper is my boyfriend anymore. i just-" serena began to explain and the mention of serena possibly being single made jj's ears perk up quickly.

"we're not going to talk to the cops. we can't even afford a case of beer, there's no way we could afford a lawyer." pope interrupted, speaking some of the very few words he had ever spoken to serena.

"yeah, do you might as well just scurry off to figure eight." kiara added which enraged serena even more considering kiara herself lived on figure eight.

"oh my god! can i speak?" serena hissed in agrivation. they kept pressing her for answers as to why she was here but wouldn't let her talk.

"whatever." jj shrugged, signaling that she could speak now.

"i actually came here to make sure that he was alive," serena pointed to john b, which made the routledge boys chest deflate in guilt, "and apologize for topper. but now that i see john b is breathing and you guys are just as much of assholes as you were yesterday, i think i better go."

serena's outburst caused all of the pogues to go silent which was a rare sight. she let out another sigh, this time one in frustration rather than nerves.

"thanks for having me at your farm." serena spat one last insult out, a side effect of her annoyance, before turning on her heel and going to walk away.

the pogues all turned to exchange looks swiftly, trying to see what the others were thinking. they all felt a small amount of guilt that serena was here to make amends but all they had done since she had arrived was pester her. even though serena was seemingly here to apologize they still helf intense apprehension towards the girl.

"wait!" john b's voice called out causing serena to turn back around, still annoyed, "go on."

"i just wanted to say i'm sorry about topper. even though jj said what he said, topper should have enough self control to just ignore it but he simply doesn't. he had no right to put hands on either of you guys. especially not you, john b." serena made he contact with john b who's eyes softened at her apology.

"you were just trying to deescalate the situation and he totally flipped the switch. honestly he was just looking for a fight. he shouldn't have tried to jason voorhee's you." serena's reference to friday the thirteenth made the boy chuckle softly. the sound brought a small smile to serena's lips.

serena then looked to jj who was staring at her like he was in awe of her words, "and don't worry i'm not going to nark about the gun. i understand why you did what you did, you were just trying to protect someone you care about."

serena's words caused jj's body to flood with an odd warm feeling and this time it wasn't the need to piss. jj hadn't heard serena talk this softly in years. he hadn't seen this side of her in so long that it was almost unrecognizable. what serena didn't know though was jj wasn't just trying to protect john b that night, he was also trying to protect her.

the group was silent for a moment, they all couldn't believe how honest and kind serena was being. even serena herself couldn't really believe those words came out of her mouth. serena watched as they all looked at each other but she quickly cleared her throat.

"and i don't apologize much so if you guys tell a soul about this i will quite literally buy all of your houses so you guys will be homeless." serena threw out an insult to gain control of herself and in fear that the pogues would reject her apology.

though her words simply brought the group back to reality, reminding them of who serena really was. they all knew it was too good to be true. serena cameron having a heart? yeah right.

the pogues shook their heads slightly at her rudeness. though her apology still meant something to jj. it was like he could see her hard shell breaking and he prayed that the beautiful butterfly he once knew was inside.

"okay, bye." serena said when the pogues didn't reply.

she spun on her heel once more and began to walk away. as she made her way to leave, jj had one of his amazing ideas. he quickly turned to his friends and began to whisper.

"guys, what if we have her loan us the scuba gear off her family's big boat?" jj rushed out, glancing over to see serena getting farther and farther away.

"what? no way! i'm not putting my job in jeopardy for this, jj." john b immediately refused but jj wrapped an arm around his shoulder and pulled him in.

"you wouldn't be putting your job on the line, jb! you could just say serena let you borrow them. we take the scuba gear and go down to the wreck this afternoon. this could save you, man." jj explained quickly.

the maybank boy looked around at his friends as they thought about his plan. john b seemed to be okay with it causing jj to take his silence as a yes. he quickly turned and ran after serena.

"wait!" jj called out and caught up with serena, grabbing her arm and making her turn around.

"oh my god, you're really making me dig around in the mud here." she complained, looking down at her wedges continuously getting covered in mud.

when she looked up she made eye contact with jj, who was a little out of breath from running after her. she caught herself staring at the bright blue ocean color in his gaze, a color so clear that she could almost see her reflection in his eyes. she then felt his fingers twitch on her arm which made her pull her arm away, suddenly back to reality.

"you want to prove that you're sorry?" jj asked causing serena's eyebrows to furrow.

"just cause i apologized doesn't mean you guys didn't do anything wrong-" she tried to explain but of course she was interrupted. that seemed to be the theme of the day.

"do you want to prove that your sorry?" jj repeated his question, further irritating serena.

she thought about it for a second, reaching up to scratch her forehead. she really did want them to know she was sorry on toppers behalf causing her to groan. 

"fuck, whatever, okay." she shrugged.

"is that a yes?" jj pushed farther, knowing that meant yes but he couldn't help but tease her.

"jj, i'm going to hit you in the forehead." she bluntly replied causing jj to take a step back in fear, he knew to never underestimate serena cameron.

"okay okay, we need a favor." jj admitted, slightly scaring serena.

"what kind of favor?" she questioned the boy.

"we need you to let us break into your dads boat." jj disclosed causing serena's eyes to widen.

"i'm sorry you want me to what?" she asked in slight confusion and disbelief.

"we just need to borrow your family's scuba gear." he explained more but serena shook her head.

"oh, so you don't talk to me for two years but the second you need a favor you come crawling back? my dad would literally behead me if he knew i was here let alone assisting you guys in stealing from him." serena denied, imagining the anger her father would feel if they got caught.

serena's words took jj by surprise slightly. was she insinuating that he was the reason they weren't speaking? did that mean she wanted to talk to him?

"first of all, it takes two to talk, serena. you could've talked to me if you wanted to." jj said but serena rolled her eyes.

"right cause you're so easy to talk to."

jj decided to ignore her sarcasm and continue to try and convince her, "second of all, we wouldn't be stealing from him just borrowing. we will give them right back after we use them."

"after you drain them of air." serena pointed out and jj sighed a little.

"serena, cmon."

"jj, cmon." she mocked his tone slightly, "you know my dad, he would kill me if he ever found out."

"he won't find out!" he persisted and then shrugged, "and if he does, blame it on sarah."

serena deadpanned at the boy, as if her father would ever believe her when it came to his precious sarah. ward would just scold the girl for further lying and ground her for two times as long.

"what do you even need them for?" serena asked but jj shook his head.

"that's disclosed information." he replied and she scoffed.

"course it is." she sighed, "shouldn't you be the one doing favors for me? thanks to you i have tampering with evidence and a black eye under my belt."

jj threw his head back and huffed before pinching his nose and agreeing, "fine you get one favor."

he looked at the girl expectantly but she just shrugged, "well i don't know what i want yet."

"oh my god, then think on it." he ordered.

serena could she the aggravation on the boys face and smirked to herself. she always liked messing with jj so she continued, "you know, you never said thank you for covering your ass at the summer winds."

jj clenched his jaw in annoyance, "are you kidding me? what do you want me to do? bow?"

serena pursed her lips together and brought a finger to her chin as if she was deep in thought, "y'know i'm not apposed."

jj's expression dropped and he looked at the girl in disbelief, "are you serious?"

"as a heart attack." serena nodded causing jj to growl under his breath.

he looked at the girl for a second, hoping she would crack a smile and say she was joking but she simply waited for him to do as she said. he clenched his fists by his side before take a step back.

he sighed before jumping up in the air slightly and clicking his feet together causing serena to hide a giggle. he crossed his combat boots before bending at the waist and and knees while holding his arms out gracefully.

jj tilted his head back to look up at the blonde girl who tried her best to stifle her giggles, "thank you so so much, queen serena. i don't know what we would have done without you. you saved all of us from the iron fists of the law and for that i am eternally grateful."

serena stared blankly at the boy with her fingers pressed to her lips, physically trying to hide her smile. jj stayed in his bow, continuing to look up at the girl. serena let out a sigh, pretending as if his bow was subpar.

"fine," she drug out playfully, "i guess i'll do it."

jj let out a breath of relief and stood up from his stance quickly, looking behind him to see if his friends had seen. unfortunately for him they were all staring and laughing. though when jj made eye contact with them, they all looked away and tried to pretend as if they weren't watching the whole time.

"thank god. alright, we will come with you." jj motioned forward but serena quickly protested with a head shake.

"absolutely not! the last thing i need is to be seen with an entire group of pogues the day after dramageddon." she told the boy and he looked at her in pure confusion. what the hell was dramageddon?

serena looked behind jj to the group of pogues who all stared back. she thought it would be most beneficial to take john b considering he was the one with a boat and if her father asked they could both fall back on one another.

"john b, let's go!" serena yelled, raising her hand and snapping at the boy to follow her.

john b's eyes widened and he looked to the other pogues in fear. jj let out a low huff at the fact he wasn't the one she chose to come with her.

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NEITHER JOHN B OR SERENA EVER thought that this is where their day would end up. just the two of them in awkward silence as john b drove the HMS pogue to figure eight so they could steal scuba gear from serena's father.

the air between them was quite thick, the uncomfortable silence was almost unbearable. not even the sound of the water beneath the boat or the wind blowing could take away from the awkwardness. serena simply sat on the towel she demanded, saying she didn't want to sit on the dirty seats wearing a brand new dress, and tried her best to ignore the heavy weight of silence.

though the silence began to crush her, she simply couldn't stand it. john b felt the same but he still held that grudge against serena and she hadn't even tried to make amends for what happened between them. serena could feel that the tension between them was stemming from exactly that so she said the thing that had been hanging on the tip of her tongue.

"listen, i, um," serena started, fumbling on her words in nervousness causing john b to look over at her, "i'm also really sorry about what topper said about your dad. it was so shitty and-"

"serena, please don't act like you care about my dad." john b bit and looked away from the girl and back to the water, clenching his jaw.

"i do care about your dad." serena tried to reassure the boy but he just scoffed.

"you sure do have a funny way of showing it." he retorted with a sarcastic chuckle.

"well what was i supposed to do, john b? take a little trip down to the chateau with a peace offering? we hadn't spoken in over a year." serena tried to defend herself but her words seemed to only piss john b off even more.

"yeah and who's fault is that?" he asked rhetorically, glaring over at her.

"you know why i had to stop talking to you guys." serena crossed her arms and looked down at her shoes.

"no actually, i don't. all i knew was i woke up to one of my best friends missing and the other one crying into a keg." john b's words caused serena to look up and lean in while straightening her back in interest.

"jj cried?" serena questioned but john b simply ignored her question.

"you came down to the chateau real easy today." he pointed out her earlier words that insinuated going to the chateau was a hard task.

"because i thought you were dead!" serena desperately tried to explain, hating the idea of john b thinking he wasn't important to her.

"yeah, well my dad might actually be dead and you didn't even have the decency to call." he spat angrily at the girl he used to call his best friend.

before serena could even respond the HMS pogue came to an abrupt halt, almost knocking serena over. she looked up to see the pair had arrived to tanny hill where the druthers remained at the end of the cameron's dock. she felt the weight of john b's words hit her like a million bricks, he had really been hurt by her absence. she never thought her presence or lack their of would effect him that bad.

serena looked back to john b, ready to ignore their arrival and keep talking but he gotten up from his seat to tie the boat to the dock. serena sighed at the fact she had messed it all up once again. all she wanted to do was apologize to john b and she couldn't even do that right.

she also couldn't stop thinking about john b's exposure of jj crying those years ago. why was he the one crying when he was in the wrong? a weird shift happened in serena's chest and she suddenly felt like everything was her fault.

"lets go." john b's order broke serena out of her trance and she nodded quickly before hopping up.

she followed suit as the boy hopped from the boat onto the dock. serena braced herself as she also stepped up onto the wooden panel, careful of falling considering her wedges were quite tall. serena pushed past john b to walk to the opening of the druthers.

as serena went to reach into her purse to retrieve the key, movement caught her eye. she looked up to see her sisters, step mother, and father all laughing on the back porch dining area.

of course they were all having lunch together right after was told by her father that he didn't have time to have lunch with her and she would have to go out for food. sarah must have changed his mind and somehow made it into a family gathering.

"oh sweet, having lunch without me. of course." serena seethed under her breath or what she thought was but john b had heard her.

he too looked up and watched the cameron's dining together in what seemed like a beautiful family moment. he looked back to serena who dug around in her purse for the key and felt a small twinge in his heart despite his distaste for her. this is always how her life had been, she was the forgotten child.

though john b felt his disdain return for serena when he reminded himself that at least she actually had a family. he didn't, he had been all alone for over nine months now with no money and no one even looking out for him. serena had more of a chance at surviving than he did.

serena quickly slid the door of the druthers open and stepped inside. though john b remained on the dock, now looking out to the family lunch once more. he could feel his eyes lingering on sarah for longer than he would like to admit and serena could see it happen as well.

"are we doing this or not?" she questioned impatiently, wanting nothing more than for john b's eyes to remove from sarah's frame.

he jumped lightly and nodded quickly, "yeah."

serena flicked her head towards the stairs in signal for john b to follow her. she hopped down the stairs as fast as possible before coming to the closet door. john b followed behind the girl and observed as she got to work.

serena grabbed as many tanks as they had and handed them to john b one by one. he stuffed them in a large duffle bag that wasn't suspicious at all. serena handed him the rest of the gear that he would need
and told him to hurry up the stairs. the less time they spent gathering the gear meant the less of a chance they had at getting caught.

"okay that's all." serena started and john b looked back to her as they walked through the living space, "do not, and i repeat do not come back here without me. you could lose your job if it even slightly looks like you stole from us."

"like you give a shit about my job." he huffed causing serena's footsteps to stop.

"y'know john b, i'm also putting my ass on the line here, okay? you get caught, i get caught. so just do as i say and thank me for allowing you guys to steal from us." serena ordered the boy but he just stared at her.

"we're not stealing." john b defended.

"that doesn't sound like a thank you." serena impatiently pointed out causing john b to sigh. 

"thank you." he said lowly, so quiet she could barely hear it.

"whatever, now go!" serena hustled john b and they hurried out to the upstairs deck.

the both of them suddenly gasped lightly when the sound of an outside voice interrupted them, "oh! hey guys."

the pair looked over, both turning pale as they saw sarah approaching with her sunglasses on her head and a look of confusion on her face. sarah looked between the two, wondering what they could possibly be doing alone together.

"what are you guys doing together? come to stalk us, did you john b?" sarah began to question and john b just rolled his eyes.

"sure. why don't you just tell your dads i blew the bilge on the druthers? everything's good to go." john b played it off and descended down the stairs onto the lower deck.

the cameron girls exchanged a quick glance before serena followed john b down. sarah could tell from the look in serena's eyes that they were up to something. so sarah, being as nosy as ever, followed as well.

"yeah thanks for topping off those tanks for me." serena offered up an excuse as to why john b was walking out of there with a bag full of scuba gear.

john b gave her a grateful look and nodded, "no problem."

"are you going scuba diving or something?" sarah further interrogated, joining them on the lower deck.

"trying to, but the tanks are out of air so i asked john b to fill them up." serena lied, turning to her sister and squinting due to the sun shining down on the trio.

"since when did you have an interest in diving?" sarah asked, not fully believing their story.

"hobbies change everyday, sarah." serena huffed, annoyed with sarah's constant questioning.

"not yours. you don't like doing anything that gets your hair wet." sarah pointed out causing serena to put a hand on her hip and raise her eyebrows.

"since when did you know anything about my hobbies?"

"since we were two." sarah replied bluntly, pointing out the fact that despite how much serena hated it, sarah knew her twin sister very well.

serena had always tried to pry her personal life away from sarah but it seemed almost impossible. it was like sarah continued to know everything about serena despite the fact they only spoke to each other when they had to.

"whatever, i have to go." serena shook her head before turning to john b once more, "thanks again."

"yeah." he nodded shortly and threw the gear onto the HMS pogue.

serena turned back to see sarah studying her like she could see into serena's brain. serena glared at her twin and pushed past her to begin to walk the dock, leaving sarah and john b alone.

she had half expected sarah to follow her but when she looked back sarah and john b seemed to be in some sort of heated discussion. she could tell that behind that heated discussion seemed to be some sort of tension.

she thought back to when she had caught john b staring at sarah at the bone yard. she had also caught him looking at her today as well. she didn't know if anything was going on between the two but she hoped there wasn't. sarah was the last thing john b needed in his life right now, he was in enough pain already.

as serena was lost in her thoughts, sarah finally did run up to her, "seriously what were you guys doing?"

serena looked over to her sister who was suddenly accompanying her on her walk to the house, "exactly what i said we were doing. god, sarah could you be anymore nosy?"

"i'm not nosy i'm just confused as to why topper has been here twice looking for you and the first i see of you is along side john b of all people." the idea of topper looking for serena didn't bring a warmth to her body like it normally had, it simply angered her.

she didn't want topper to look for her. she didn't want to make up like he was expecting the two to do. she couldn't forget everything that he had said to her.

"i don't know what you're trying to insinuate but i know that you're the last person to talk to me about having an inappropriate relationship." serena retorted and sarah's heart skipped a beat.

"what does that mean?" she asked in offense even though she knew what serena was insinuating.

"it means that i'm not stupid sarah." serena stopped walking and turned to make eye contact with her sister, "i know what's going on between you and topper."

"serena-" sarah began to deny but serena simply cut her off.

"don't try to defend yourself." serena stopped sarah before she could even begin,
"we're way past trying to deny it at this point. every time i can't find him he ends up being with you, he talks about you, you guys eye fuck each other every time he's around."

"just stay the hell out of my relationship and my personal life."

and with that order serena simply walked away, leaving her twin sister alone. sarah watched as serena stomped away and felt her stomach swirl with anger. she didn't like the way that serena always talked to her like she knew better than everyone else.

she also knew that something was going on between serena and john, she needed to get tot he bottom of it. moments of when serena was a part of that group flashed in sarah's head. she remembered how her twin sister soon became too involved with her pogue friends than with her and she hated it. it seemed like ever since the pogues came into the cameron's lives everything has gone to shit.

the pogues were once again another symbol of serena having things that sarah could never get. that is also how she viewed topper despite the guilt that came along with it. serena was now the cooler, prettier, more popular twin and sarah couldn't stand it. she wanted something that serena had, if that was topper then so be it.

𝗮𝘂𝗯𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀!
take a shot everytime i write
the word disbelief and lmk how
drunk y'all get lol

also i really love this chapter
so vote and comment pretty pretty
pls (otherwise ill NEVER WRITE
AGAIN)

also who are we wanting to win
album of the year at the grammys?
i love love love ttpd bc taylor always
eats down but i also feel like chappell's
album was huge!