𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞: 𝐚 𝐤𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐆𝐔𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 were all on the boneyard, along with a bunch of other pogues, a bunch of kooks, and some tourons. coby was talking to a random touron girl, flirting up a storm in hopes that she would get lucky. it seemed to be working because the girl was being extremely touchy. all of a sudden, the girl got up and grabbed coby's hand, making the sawyer girl smile up at her. she stood up and let the girl drag her away from where they were sitting and into a more secluded area. as she was walking by, she saw jj, john, b, sarah, and topper surrounding the keg, which was an unusual group. she let her eyes wander over sarah, taking in how the wind blew her sundress in a certain directing, making it hug her curves just right.

she was snapped out of her trance when she saw topper slap a cup out of jj's hands. she quickly pushed pulled her hand out of the touron's grasp, making her way over to her best friend so that she could hold him back. john b and pope joined her, helping her contain their blonde friend.

"dirty pogues!" topper yelled.

coby felt her jaw clench as she turned around, about to make her way towards the kook boy, but john b was faster. he shoved topper back, quickly gaining the attention of everyone on the boneyard.

"john b, we're supposed to be incognito, remember?" pope reminded, going to pull the taller boy back.

"babe, babe, babe, babe -" sarah tried as she pulled at her boyfriend.

but it was too late, the thorton boy was already swinging at john b, sending a hard punch to his cheek. coby went to go move forward, but pope quickly grabbed her arm, struggling to hold her and jj back from joining the fight happening. kie quickly made her way over, helping pope with coby. one thing about the girl is that she was gonna defend the people she loved most, she was gonna protect them with every fiber in her being. so seeing topper kick john b into the water that was coming up to shoreline was making her blood boil.

"jake! jake, calm down!" kie tried, keeping the girl in place to the best of her ability.

"hey, john b, don't make me drown you like your old man, all right?" topper yelled, a sick smile on his face as he kicked john b back down.

coby was getting angrier by the second, hearing the people around her chant, "fight! fight! fight! fight!" all over again. she watched as john b shot up from the water and tackled topper to the ground, making her nod proudly at her best friend. the two boys continued to wrestle with one another, water splashing everywhere as they tried to get the upper hand. kie turned around, still holding coby back so that the girl wouldn't do anything. the wrestling turned into punches being blown to each other's faces, topper getting the upper hand. coby clenched her jaw when she watched john b go down and land in the water. the thorton boy then started to drown john b, pushing him into the water.

coby quickly maneuvered her way out of kie's grip before she ran up to topper and tackled him into the water. she heard jj yell in celebration while her two other friends scolded her and asked her to let it go. she also heard sarah cameron calling for her boyfriend, who she was currently punching the crap out of. water splashed around her as topper tried to flip them over, but coby had her foot planted on one side of him while her knee was digging into the sand. the kook boy had managed to get the girl off him, sending a hard blow to her face, making her fall onto the sand next to him.

he quickly stood up and kicked coby in the stomach. "don't you dare touch me, you faggot!"

coby clenched her jaw once again, wanting so bad to get up and finish the job she had started, but topper quickly bent down and pushed into the sand before he started to punch her in the face. his punches weren't as strong as james' was, but they still fucking hurt. and he just kept going, mumbling things under his breath as coby started to slip from the land of consciousness. weirdly, the only thing she could hear was sarah's voice begging for topper to stop. and then suddenly, the punching stopped.

the sawyer girl opened her eyes, seeing that topper was still hovering over her. but there was a new figure behind him, familiar blonde locks and a muscle tee being the two main things she saw to know that it was jj. she smiled slightly, revealing her blood covered teeth. she didn't know what jj was doing, but it was enough to make topper look like he was shitting his pants.

"jj, put the gun down!" the faint voice of sarah yelled, making coby slowly look at her.

she could see the cameron girl look at her for a few seconds, guilt and sympathy in her eyes as they met coby's. sarah didn't like the fact that her boyfriend had hurt the girl she had been drawn to for the longest amount of time. she felt a tug at her heart seeing blood splatter her face and dripping from her chin. but seeing the smile on coby's face made her slightly feel better, even if blood was covering her teeth. t

"did you say something, princess?" jj questioned, turning to look at the blonde girl as he pressed the gun deeper into topper's head.

"we're good. we're good." topper mumbled, watching as coby turned to look at his girlfriend, this faint spark in her eyes.

"put the gun down!" sarah repeated. "kie! can you check your psycho friend, please?"

"okay, everyone, listen up!" jj yelled, pulling the gun away from topper's head as he face the remaining people that were on the beach. "get the hell off our side of the island!" he finished, pulling the trigger twice so that two bullets could fly up into the air.

that made kie and pope scold the boy, yelling at him like two parents would to their child. topper had jumped up from his spot over coby, quickly going to where sarah was standing before he grabbed her hand and started to drag her from the beach. the kook princess couldn't help but look back to where coby was still laying in the sand, looking up at the stars. she was gonna have to apologize to the girl somehow, someway for her boyfriend's stupid antics. she didn't understand how topper could call her what he called her and feel no remorse.

coby gażęd up at the stars, feeling too weak to try and move. she then saw appear in her line of sight, seeing that it was kie. she felt the carrera girl pick her up from the sand, wrapping the girl's arm around her shoulders. jj and pope were picking john b from the water, the boy being knocked unconscious but he was breathing perfectly fine. the boys had started to drag john b to where the twinkie was parked while kie dragged coby, a few feet in front of them since coby was able to move her legs.

it was definitely an eventful night.

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𝐂𝐎𝐁𝐘 𝐒𝐀𝐓 𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐊𝐈𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 small couch, her head leaning off the back of it with her eyes closed. her, kie, and pope were all gathered under the hut that was in john b's backyard, patiently waiting for the routledge boy to join them. jj was a few feet away from the hut, sitting on an old table as he threw pebbles at something. kie was softly slapping her hands against some bongos, knowing that the girl next to her had a raging headache from the beating she had gotten the night before.

"look, i'm calling it off. all right?" john b told his friends, making all of them look at him. coby's head shot up at that, surprising kie and pope. "peterkin said, if i stay out of the marsh, she'll help me with dcs."

"bullshit." coby mumbled as she slid her body to the side until she was laying on kie. the carrera girl looked at her before she shift so that coby's head was on her lap.

"and you believed her?" jj questioned.

"yes, i believe her, jj." john b answered.

"an actual cop, john b. you believed a cop." jj said.

"all i gotta do is stay out of the marsh for a couple days, and she'll help me out." john b explained, his voice rising as he grew more frustrated. "and it doesn't help that your ass was the one shooting a gun."

"you know what i should've done?" jj asked. "i should've pulled coby off topper and let him drown your ass."

"topper was gonna drown me?" john b repeated.

"sure looked like it." jj nodded, slipping off the table he was sitting on.

the routledge boy scoffed, "funny."

"have you looked in a mirror in the last 12 hours?" coby asked from her spot on kie's lap, making john b look at her with a glare. "he sent you a gnarly punch, you went down, and he started drawing you. and then i tried to teach him a lesson for trying to drown you, but we can obviously see that went south. plus, he f-bombed me. we both got fucked up, jb. no point in denying that shit when everyone saw it."

"shut up, jake." the taller boy scolded, making coby shrug her shoulders.

"they always win, don't they, man? kooks versus pogues. they always, always win! goddammit!" jj yelled before he punched one of buoys that were hanging from the hut.

"look, it's okay!" kie interjected, trying to calm everyone down.

"no, it's not okay! it is not! they don't want us to go down into the marsh. that means there's something valuable down there, and you know it. i know you do." jj said as he pointed to john b before he turned to look at pope. "and i understand why you don't wanna go. you're the golden boy. you got way too much to risk." he then turned to kie. "and you - i mean, you're already rich as fuck anyway. why would you bother?" he then turned to coby. "and you cobe, you had your brother to get you through this shit. but now you're going through it by yourself. . ." he then turned to john b. "so you're with me and john b, cobe. the three of us - we got nothin' to lose! we really don't, all right?"

"jj." john b mumbled.

"and i know it didn't use to be that way for you." jj continued.

"i don't wanna talk about this. i don't wanna talk about it." the long haired boy sighed as he got up from where he was sitting.

"so that's it?"

"jj, just get out of my way, bro!" john b yelled as he pushed jj out of the way.

"john b, listent to me. i have a plan." jj announced. "you got the key to cameron's big boat, right?"

"no." the routledge boy lied.

"there's scuba gear inside. we borrow that, and then we go down to the wreck tis afternoon, and that is what's gonna save you, man." jj explained. "you don't see rich kids going into foster care, do you?"

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𝐂𝐎𝐁𝐘 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐒𝐀𝐓 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐎𝐆𝐔𝐄 with john b, the boy letting the boat slowly pull up next to ward's boat. everyone else had to leave, either having to get to work or check in with their parents. and because coby didn't have either of those things - technically, she had joined john b in going to get the tanks from the druthers. she could see the hesitant look on her best friend's face, making her reach over and ruffle his hair. he looked at her with a small smile before he stood up and tied the boat off. he grabbed the duffle bags before he climbed onto the duffle back, turning to look back at the girl.

"you sure you don't wanna come and help me?" he asked, an innocent smile on his face as he silently begged her to go.

"jb, i would, but i'm super comfortable sitting on this raggedy chair." the girl answered sarcastically , running her slim fingers through her messy hair.

"but cobyyyy." john b whined.

"fine, fine." she mumbled, getting up from her seat and climbing onto the bigger boat.

john b smiled, handing coby one of the duffel bags before he unlocked the door that would lead them inside the boat. he guided her to where ward kept the tanks, the both of them gently placing them into the duffel bags, making sure to get all of the gear. john b was the first to exit, hopping back down into the pogue before he gently placed the bag on the floor of the boat. when coby did finally come out, sarah cameron was just about to enter.

"oh! hey." the blonde girl called, making coby look at her.

she didn't know why, but she got this feeling in her stomach when her eyes landed on sarah. she took in all of her details; her hair blowing in the summer breeze, a pair of yellow sunglasses perched on top of her head, the black dress with red flowers on, and the way her freckles had been more noticeable because of the sun that was shining down on her. she knew sarah cameron was a beautiful girl, but over the course of that last few days, she had been seeing the girl in a different light.

"are you stalking us? plotting your revenge?" sarah quizzed when coby didn't answer her, eyebrows raised into a smug look.

coby let out a chuckle, "why don't you tell your daddy that john b blew the bilge on druthers? everything's good to go. just helping john b top off the tanks." she mumbled before she started to walk to where the pogue was.

"you don't work here, coby." sarah pointed out.

"which is why i said 'helping john b', cupcake." coby shot back, putting emphasize on helping.

"don't call me that." sarah quickly told her.

john b raised his eyebrows at the nickname but decided not to say anything in that moment.

"hey, are you okay?" sarah questioned, noticing the bruises that were scattered around coby's face. "not only does john b's eye look really gnarly, but coby's face does too."

"yeah, you know what?" john b asked as coby handed him the duffel bag. "you can tell topper he won the first round. i'll get him next time."

"so there's just gonna be a reign of terror on this island now?"

"wars have been started for less, sarah cameron."

"okay. can we drop the whole pogues versus kooks thing? it's really stupid." sarah said, looking between john b and coby, who was still on the druthers while john b untied his boat.

"that is very easy for you to say, since you're a kook and everything." coby mumbled, pushing her own sunglasses up as she climbed back onto the pogue. she then turned around, coming face to face with sarah, their faces less than an inch apart. "and to be fair, there's always been a reign of terror on this island. cupcake." she finished before she pushed the pogue away.

sarah ignored the fluttery feeling that appeared in her stomach at how close she had been to coby, it becoming worse when the brunette had said cupcake that way. she pushed the feeling down and brought her hand up to her forehead, pretending she was about to salute before she stuck her middle finger up. coby smiled at that, sending the girl a wink before she brought her sunglasses up and turned around to face john b.

"cupcake?" john b questioned as they sped off down the marsh.

"shut up. just. . . shut up." coby quickly told him, not wanting to talk about it.

the routeldge boy laughed, nodding his head as he shut his mouth. his best friend was falling for the kook princess.

daij speaks!
okay. . . so i lied. one more chapter and then we're done with the first episode. i kinda like coby and sarah's relationship so far and i can't wait to dive more into it. what's their ship name? carah? soby?

but i hope u guys enjoyed this chapter :)