"Wanna know something disgusting?" Joey asked, sitting criss crossed on the ends of the docks. Out of pure stupidity and with his fingers crossed, John B finally invited Joey to meet his friends for the first time. The pair had been talking for about two weeks now and he figured it was time to get their approval. He didn't, by the way, which is how they ended up on the docks near Popes house.

John B hummed as his answer. Truth was, he wasn't paying attention to what she was saying. He'd actually just been admiring her, even in the darkness with only the bright light of the moon and boat light, she was so beautiful. Her hair was let down, the curls falling past her shoulder blades with his on hat on her head.

"Your tongue most likely has more germs then this water does." Joey gave a eyebrow raise, looking over the side of the dock into the water, "Isn't that just disgusting? I mean, makes me wanna shoot bleach into my taste buds."

That last sentence brought him back, head tilted quickly with a crazy expression, "Please don't."

"Obviously, i'd make you test it out first. Considering I wouldn't care if you died from bleach poisoning." she commented, a half grin across her lips to show she'd been joking.

"Well, the amount of times you have nearly ran me over, I don't doubt it." John B agreed with her, softly grinning when he made her laugh, "So, you'd rather swim in this water then a bunch of tongues then?"

Joey was the one to give him a crazy look now, "That's disgusting, why would you tell me that?"

John B gave a grin, "I didn't hear a no."

Before she could argue or cut in, he'd shoved her into the water harshly. Joey swam up immediately, her curls laying down on her head now as a sudden splash was flying up his way in the darkness, "John B, you arrogant asshole!"

"Less germs." he agreed, unbuttoning the button up and jumping in with her. Joey waited for him to swim upwards to push down on his shoulders, causing him go sink back down. As John B swam up for a second time, his palms ran up her thighs until he gripped them tightly, pulling her legs around his waist. Joey locked them tightly, arms wrapping around his shoulders quickly, "My eyes."

Joey moved his hair out of his eyes, slicking it back, "I told you I hated the water."

"Did you?" he hummed, though he knew she'd told him a countless number of times that she hated it, "I think I forgot. Bleach in my taste buds and all."

He made her smile again, which was such a odd sight considering no one on the island managed to do so until him, "You're the worst."

"I know." John B gave a small squint of his nose before leaning in to press his lips to hers. Their first kiss, her first kiss in general, right there in the water, the germ infested water she hated so much. Yet, for the first time, Joey wasn't thinking about the germs and diseases. She was just thinking about him, everything about him, all she thought about was John B.

"I literally can't even stand to look at you!" Joey yelled at John B, present day, as the sun went down.

"I can't help it that JJ ran off!" John B defended himself with wide eyes, beer all over him after he attempted to pass her one. The small party on the beach escalades when Joey shows up. Because what could she possibly be doing here if not to cause a fight? She had no friends, truly, absolutely none. She hated parties, she hated alcohol, she hated everything. But she was here, arguing with her ex at that, "What are you even doing here?"

"Non of your business." Joey shot back at him with a glare, "I'd gag in your face if you were worth it."

"Well, consider me thankful i'm not." the taller boy shot back at her, "This is why you're here, isn't it? In the mood to argue a little? Need you a little fantasy for later?"

"Oh, fuck you." Joey argued in disbelief with a role of her eyes, "You make me sick, you know that? Like, projectile vomit all over you sick."

"Waiting for it, babe. Whenever you're ready." John B motioned to himself, sarcasm dripping from his words.

"See, you're disgusting! Do you have any clue the amount of, not only germs, but passed down viruses and infections someone puking on you can give you?" Joey gapped at him in disbelief, a finger in his face, "You're probably into that, aren't you? Something that gross has to be a John B thing."

"Who's the disgusting one now?" John B shot back at her.

"Woah, easy there Pat and Kat." JJ cut in quickly, getting between the arguing pair, "You two have got quite the audience going on. Just figured I better jump in before one of your gets a grammy. Can't having all that fame go to yalls heads."

John B and Joey were both fuming in anger for the other, JJ could basically feel it coming off of them. He held one of the cups out to Joey, "For you, Josephine. Non alcoholic coke, cool you down a bite."

"I'm completely cool." Joey shrugged, sipping the drink.

"So cool." John B mocked her.

"You know who else needs to be cool?" JJ gave a eyebrow raise, holding the cup in his hand as his eyes went over toward the opposite direction, "Sarah Cameron! Hey, Sarah!"

For the first time ever, Joey and John B stood in silence as they watched JJ try to force a drink onto Sarah, Topper jumping in immediately as arguing began to echo in their ears.

"I'll take the drink."

"I want Sarah to have it."

"She doesn't want it."

Joey was about to walk away before she saw Topper knock a drink out of JJ's hands, "Dirty Pogues."

John B stood up as his words, walking over to shove Topper harshly.

"John B! We're suppose to be incognito, remember?" Pope spoke to his friend hopefully. Joey walked up besides Kie, nudging her.

"Babe, babe-" Sarah began right before Topper hit John B right in the face.

"Jesus." Joey cringed.

"John B, don't make me drown you like your old man, all right?" Topper mocked the boy in the sand.

"Yo, Topper!" Joey called out, catching his gaze as he looked over, "Watch out."

Before he could ask what she had meant, John B was out of the sand and tackling Topper just before the shore.

"Give it to him!" JJ hollered for John B.

"John B, let's go man!" Pope tried to reason.

"Do I root for the asshole Kook or the asshole ex boyfriend?" Joey asked out loud, shrugging her shoulders, "Maybe i'll put two bucks on both of them."

"Seriously?" Kie looked her way in disbelief.

"As a heart attack." she nodded, crossing her arms.

"Topper, stop!" Sarah hollered at the blonde.

"That's what i'm talking about!" JJ cheered on John B after watching his friend get a good number of hits in.

"Stop! John B!" Kie yelled, next to Joey as she walked forward a bit.

"Come on, Topper!" John B edged him on with his words.

Topper suddenly had control again and had John B under the water. Joeys arms dropped, face falling as she took a panicked step forward.

"Topper, Topper! Stop, no!" Sarah yelled.

"You're gonna kill him!" Joey yelled suddenly, kinda glad John B was underwater to avoid him hearing her. The curly haired girl stepped forward, stopping when JJ ran around her, pressing a gun into the side of Toppers head.

"Yeah, you know what that is." JJ mocked as Topper shook in slight fear, "Your move, broski."

"JJ! JJ stop!" Sarah hollered at him.

"JJ!" Pope tried as well.

"Did you say something, Princess?" JJ yelled over his shoulder toward Sarah.

"We're good, we're good." Topper spoke in fear. Joey looked at Kie, both of them sharing a similar expression of not knowing what to do next.

"Kie! Can you check your psycho friend?" Sarah suddenly yelled at the taller girl.

Joey pushed through the crowd of people, getting into the water. She found she wasn't too afraid of JJ and a gun, more so panicked by John B in the water. Her arms grabbed his shoulders, pulling his farce from the water and slapped his right cheek, "Hey, dude, asshole. Wake up, pathetic loser, wake up."

"Okay, everyone listen up, get the hell off our side of the island!" the Maybank boy yelled, firing the gun twice into the air.

John B's eyes opened at the noise, making Joey huff and drop him in the sand. As she stood up, Topper collided with her body and knocked her into the sand immediately, "What the fuck, dude?"

He didn't say anything, pulling her up before he ran off with Sarah immediately. Joey looked at the crowd of running teens, turning back toward JJ to tell him how stupid he was, her sentence falling absent when John B collapsed again.

"He'll be okay, just needs to rest." Joey spoke to the three when they got John B back to the chateau. To their luck, Joey had kept a stethoscope in the seat of her moped, "There isn't any water in his lungs."

"Thanks god." Kie sighed in relief, watching Joey put the stethoscope around her neck and pull a thing of hand sanitizer from her pocket, "Are you sure he'll be okay?"

"Just needs to sleep it off. He's gonna wake up feeling a lot of pressure in his head, leave a thing of pain relievers next to his bed and he'll be fine." the girl said back, rubbing her arms and hands with the hand sanitizer before doing the same with her stethoscope, "Just don't tell him I helped."

"I'm cool with taking full credit." JJ hummed from where he was making a sandwich in the kitchen.

"You know, you can for once not act like you hate everything about him." Kie spoke in annoyance Joeys way, rolling her eyes, "Not like he almost died of anything."

"We won't." Pope spoke up, looking up at her from where he sat on the couch, "Thanks, Joey."

She gave a small nod, looking back toward John B. It was so clear. So clear to everyone in the room that she wanted to stay, wanted to make sure he would be okay through the night, make sure he got the pain reliever in the morning. The pogues weren't stupid, not when just a year ago John B and Joey made all three of them sick from how in love they'd been.

"We won't tell him if you want to stay." Pope spoke up after her gaze lingered far too long. Joey looked over at Pope, "You can just leave early, non of us will say anything."

"I have to get home anyways." Kie nodded as she stood up, looking over at her, "We won't say anything."

Joey then looked toward JJ, who gave a point of his finger before speaking with a mouth-full, "I was actually gonna go back out there and talk to that blonde girl, so.."

Joey sat on the end of the couch, crossing her legs, watching John B sleep to make sure he would be okay.

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kylie speaks

so i'll watch your life in
pictures like i use to watch
you sleep.

I UPDATED THE INTRO
CHAPTER WITH MOODBOARDS IF YOU GUYS
WANNA CHECK EM OUT!