❪ 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘 & 𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗘 ❫

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gives you hell.  ╱  season one, episode zero.
❛ 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗆𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾, 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗅,
𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗅. 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗄 𝗆𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗒,
𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗅, 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗅, ❜

KENNEDY THORTON never truly understood many things about life and how people interacted. For instance, one day you could be practically glued to someone's hip, and then the next you were willing to put a knife at their throat. And exactly that's how her relationship with JJ Maybank went. Kennedy's heart used to pound whenever she met the bright blue eyes of JJ Maybank, but now there was nothing but hatred burning in her chest when she met the cocky crystal blue eyes. Kennedy had to rein herself in every time she was in the same vicinity as the Maybank boy, and every time he opened his mouth, all she saw was red. There wasn't a moment where Kennedy didn't want to punch the living daylights out of the boy.

Anger. The emotion was never foreign to the Thornton girl, it was embedded in her DNA. Anger and frustration burned in her veins, She liked to think that she dealt with her anger well, but everyone knows that's a lie. There wasn't much that wouldn't set off the young blonde, she was a bomb in disguise. Under all the layers of kindness and perfection that she portrayed, hid the true Kennedy Thornton. The true Kennedy Thornton was a hurricane, and anger was fueling the harsh waves of rain and wind. Everything that surrounded Kennedy made her angry. She hated everything, her family, her boyfriend, her facade of a fucking life. She was just tired of everything, it was only a matter of time before she would break.

At times she envied the pogues, watching them live free without the heavy weight of stares and expectations holding them down. She often wondered if they had to carry the weight of their feelings on their shoulders, that their heart constricted in pain with each day they lived. She knew that they had their own problems at hand, and things weren't just handed to them like they were with her.

She often wished that she wasn't born into the family that she has, she wondered what a loving household felt like. She wished that she didn't have to walk on eggshells every waking moment of her life. She wanted to be free, she wanted to feel the love of people who wanted her for her, not for the gain of her family, not for the attention of being associated with the kook princess, just for her. But with the constant never-ending interaction with the plastic people of the figure eight. She knew her wish could never come true. Belonging wasn't something that was made for a kook, they were meant to be perceived as perfection, to be admired by the people who wished to be them. So the longing feeling that burned bright in Kennedy's chest was pushed deep down, and it was mixed with the anger and frustration that filled her life.

The envy that Kennedy struggled with ate her alive, she looked at everyone around her and saw the people who weren't chained to the Thornton name. She watched them walk around freely without watchful eyes, they didn't have to feel the thorns wrapped around her heart, they didn't have to feel the thorns digging into her body, they didn't have to feel anything that she felt. The standards that were pushed onto her, didn't have to be put on anyone else, she was alone to suffer the hardships of being apart of the Thornton family.

While Kennedy did often feel envious of the people on the cut, she did have harsh hate for a few of them. Specifically, JJ Maybank. There wasn't a person that irked Kennedy more than JJ Maybank, from his cocky attitude to the smug grin that was always etched on his face every time he said something that made Kennedy itch with anger. There just was never a good conversation that came from an interaction with JJ, it always ended with one of their friends pulling them away, before the two could get into a physical altercation.

There was always so much anger and hostility that the two held towards each other, that it was only a matter of time before one of them said something that would set the other off. The reason as to why the two hated each other was unknown to anyone but them. The history between the two had been buried deep into their subconscious and they never wanted it to rise to the surface.

The late nights they shared were to never come up, Kennedy always saw the summer that she spent with JJ as a weak point, an anomaly. Even if she kept the memories of her freedom near and dear, she just wished that she spent that summer with literally anyone else. The summer love that they had for each other was now bittersweet in her mind. The memories of those two months were like a dance she knew every single step to, and she didn't want to stop moving. Sometimes if the argument between the two was too real, the blonde would flashback to a moment of a memory of last summer. The memories always seemed to leave a sour taste in her mouth.

To this day she couldn't even understand how the romance that filled last summer ever happened, she didn't understand how she could've been so blind to the person JJ really was. At the end of it all was her fault, she remembers the fight that ended it all like the back of her hand. She was to blame that there was an end to the bliss that she felt. The fight is glued to the back of her mind like a shadow, the memories of that night replaying in her mind over and over. And with the guilt she felt, it didn't help that JJ was constantly inserting himself into her life, with the mission of only making her miserable. He was angry, of course, he was, that night only further showed him the Kennedy that he thought she was. That night he was shown the cold and ruthless girl that he knew was behind all the sweetness and kindness she portrayed.

And instead of proving to him that she wasn't who he thought, she played into it. He hated her now. Nothing she said or could've done would help fix the image of her that he saw, she would forever be tarnished by that night. They both left that summer hurt and angry, and with the things they shared, the moments of weakness and truth they had lying in the darkness, would soon be used against them. Every little thing they told one another, they used as ammunition. The imposing and lying she felt, were used against her maliciously, as well as JJ's neglect and loneliness were used against him. The pain that they both feel, the empty feeling that fills their chest more and more every day is what drives them to tear each other down.

Every word is meant to damage the other, but it only hurts them in the end. And there was no stopping the storm of hurt that JJ and Kennedy showered over each other.

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THE WRECK WAS oddly slow the hour that Kennedy pulled into the parking lot. After an hour and a half of calming down in the asylum that was Kennedy's room, both Riley and Kennedy were starting to get ready to head to the place the blonde was dreading to step into. While Riley thought she was being rather dramatic about the whole thing, he kept it to himself, cause after all two of the pogues in that group didn't hate his absolute guts, as they did with Kennedy.

The whole car ride into town, Kennedy wanted to slam her head into the steering wheel in front of her. Not just because her stomach was bubbling with anxiety but mainly because Riley hadn't shut up about the whole beach situation since they had gotten into the car.

"I just don't understand why you don't break up with the prick," Riley quipped as he slid out of the slick BMW. He ruffled his hair lightly, watching Kennedy roll her eyes at the exclamation. "I'm serious Kenn, he treats you like shit, and not to mention is a dick to absolute everyone,"

Kennedy sighed lightly at his words. The girl knew they had truth to them, but Kennedy didn't have the heart to leave the boy. It just felt like there was too much history for them to just let go. At a point in her relationship with Rafe Cameron, she felt love for him. But it didn't take long for that to wither away. Fights like the beach fight happen often, but it's progressively worse now.

There's nothing but the exhaustion that seeps from Kennedy when she thinks about the future of her and Rafe's relationship. She doesn't know what she wants, she doesn't know if she's happy. All she knows about her relationship with him is that it makes her mom and everyone in Outer Banks happy. She doesn't have the type of life that can make her happy.

She can't think of the toll that this relationship takes on her mental health, she can't think about the heaviness that tugs at her heart every single time she smiles and shows affection towards Rafe. Kennedy feels that it isn't her place to make decisions when her whole life has been built on the fact that her mother chooses for her.

"Riley, you know it's complicated," Kennedy muttered, hearing the chirp of her car as it signals that it's locked. She gave him a small glance, her eyes filled with nothing but hopelessness, "You know how my mom is, she wouldn't be-"

"Kenn, literally tell your mom to fuck off," The boy rants, feeling frustrated that Kennedy lets herself be taken advantage of by that horrible excuse of a mother. "Kenn, you're old enough to make your own decisions, you don't need to live by your mom's decisions,"

Kennedy huffed quietly to herself, "Look, I know you care Ri, but just let me deal with this on my own, okay?"

Riley rolled his eyes at her words, fully knowing that her version of dealing with it, is doing nothing, "Kennedy, I see how the moments you spend with Rafe are eating you up inside. It's not hard to see that you aren't happy, and you haven't been for a while,"

"Riley-"

Riley stopped his movements and stood on the other side of the car with a frustrated gaze, "Kennedy just think about yourself for a moment, don't think about anyone else, not Rafe, not your mom, not the Outer Banks, just you."

Kennedy sighed with annoyance, slapping her hands on the hood of her car and sending Riley a condensing smile, already wanting to end this conversation, "Fine,"

"Aren't you tired of being someone you're not? Aren't you tired of being with someone that is physically draining you of any happiness? Kennedy, you have time to take your life back before it's too late,"

Kennedy scrunched up her eyebrows, a feeling of anxiousness bubbling in her stomach, "What do you mean?"

Riley gave her a knowing look, "Kenn you know what I mean,"

The blonde laughed lightly, watching her best friend begin to head to the restaurant. She hurried over to him, feeling the awkwardness falling off her in waves as she gripped his wrist, "Uh, no I don't, could you please explain what the hell you meant by that?"

Riley sighed sending her a tired gaze, "Kennedy you're sixteen, we both know you have a chance to leave all of this behind and live how you've always wanted to live. You don't have to be stigmatized to fit the person your mother wanted you to be, you have time to break free from that and become your own person,"

"How the hell do I do that?" Kennedy exclaimed, feeling hopeless as Riley practically read all of her feelings to a tee.

"I don't know Kenn, move away from home, you know your sister is lonely in that house all by herself, it wouldn't hurt for you to take a break from Kook living," Riley began, his eyes drifting towards the girl, who looked even more lost in her thoughts than she had been before. Riley just sighed and wrapped an arm around her shoulder in comfort, "Look, I don't have all the answers for you, you have to figure out what you want on your own. But all I know is that you don't want a life like this,"

Kennedy sent him a look of annoyance, "Wow this really helped a lot,"

"Really?" Riley gazed at her in amazement, completely not noticing the look etched on her features.

"No," Kennedy deadpanned, soon shrugging her arm off of him so she could make her way into the restaurant that she dreaded going into.

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THE FIRST THING Kennedy was hit with was the flush of cool air brushing against her bare legs, her eyes wavered around, seeing no particular pogue in sight. Relief flooded her body knowing that the unwanted drama wouldn't erupt. She wanted to do this quickly, to get out of there soon in case they were on their way here or even outside. Riley was a little disappointed that they weren't there, while he was mainly glad that he didn't have to witness the daily JJ and Kennedy fight, but he was a little sad that he couldn't see his friends. Kennedy made her way to the counter, hoping she would catch the eye of one of Kie's parents, so she could get the check and make a run for it.

Riley followed her lead, soon finding a seat at the counter, already bored out of his mind. While he mindlessly swiveled in his chair, Kennedy leaned against the counter, tapping her cherry-red manicured nails on the counter, creating a random beat in her mind. The calm atmosphere that was created by the soft music playing throughout The Wreck was demolished in an instant as the dreaded group of pogues entered the restaurant, eyes quickly falling on Kennedy and Riley.

"You shouldn't be here," The voice of Kiara Carrera piped up from the other side of the room as she slowly made her way to the two kooks.

Kennedy swore softly to herself, feeling the glaring eyes of two certain people in that group. But nonetheless, she gave the girl a condescending smile, "God how I wish I didn't have to be here Kie, but sadly I gotta get my sister's check for her, so here I am suffering,"

"Never thought I'd live to see the day Kennedy Thornton doing something for someone else," JJ Maybank piped in, Kennedy's skin began to itch with annoyance as she met the overly cocky gaze of the Maybank boy.

"Guess you don't know me well enough Maybank," Kennedy sent him a ferocious smile, her fingers digging into the palm of her hand to keep herself together.

"Ah, I think I know enough Sunshine," JJ hummed giving her a condescending smile that made her instantly want to attack him. Sunshine. What an asshole.

Kennedy ignored the burning anger that was filling her veins, soon sending Kie a glance, "Can I have my sister's check already? I really don't want to spend another minute with you pogues,"

Kie scoffed as her eyes fell into slits, "Whatever,"

Riley soon veered off, making his way to the table where Pope and John B retreated. Smiles and greetings soon were sent toward the kook boy as he found a seat across from them. Kennedy internally groaned watching JJ continue to stand in front of her with a quirk of his eyebrows, "Look Maybank, as much as I love the little back and forth we have, I'm not in the mood. So if you could like leave me alone, that would be great,"

"Oh, what's got the Kook Princess all riled up?" JJ questioned, his eyes filling with mischief as he gazed at the frustrated blonde.

"None of your damn business, pogue," Kennedy hissed, her voice filling with nothing but irritation.

"Hmm, let me think," JJ ignored the girl, leaning his body against the counter while he thought about his next words, "Maybe it's your horrible relationship with your toxic boyfriend,"

"Maybank-"

"Did he say something shitty to you like usual? Did he say something embarrassing about you in front of people? I know he must know some stuff about the real you. I mean, after all, we both know you're always so full of shit,"

"I'm serious JJ, shut-"

"Oh wait, maybe it's your mom again, maybe she just got done screaming at you for wearing an outfit that was way too revealing or maybe you didn't fake enough laughs to satisfy the people around you,"

"Shut the fuck up May-"

"Wait, this is my final guess, maybe just maybe, your dad extended his business trip just so he could fuck one of the many flings that he has in-land, maybe he just needed to forget all about his shitty family back in Outer Ban-"

A verberated clap sounded through the air, every conversation throughout the restaurant ceased and all eyes fell on the two teens at the counter. While a few soft tears trailed down Kennedy's cheeks, JJ held his cheek in surprise. The three teens at the back of the restaurant scrambled up from their seats and hurried over to the two teens. Kennedy felt like she couldn't breathe, all her air just left her body her hand swiftly made contact with the slightly stubbled cheek of JJ Maybank. She didn't mean to slap him, but he was just pushing every single button that Kennedy had, and when he mentioned her father all she saw was red.

"Fuck you Maybank,"

The words dripped with hatred, her tears never stopping as they trailed down her supple cheeks. For a moment she saw regret flash in JJ's eyes, but it soon turned to anger. The tension that flowed off of them made Riley, John B., and Pope put some distance between the two. Kie soon hurried her actions and slid the check towards the blonde, "I think you should go,"

"Yeah, I've had enough of this shit," Kennedy agreed, wiping the remaining tears from her cheeks, she swiped the check from the counter not even bothering to thank Kie for getting it. "As always it's been nothing but a horrible experience with you Fuckface,"

JJ scoffed seeing as her words were directed right at him. Satisfaction filled Kennedy's veins as she eyed the small cut on his cheek that one of her rings caused. She could tell it stung from the first time he touched it, his wince was what made the weight of his words become non-existent. Kennedy sent him a small condescending smile, soon gesturing to the cut on his cheek, "You might wanna get that patched up bud,"

His eyes turned to slits as he tensed, he opened his mouth to snap back at her, but Riley cut him off. The Masterfield boy gripped Kennedy's shoulders lightly, tugging her away from the hateful speech that was about to spew from the Maybank boy's lips. "Well, it's been a pleasure as always, I'll talk to you guys later,"

The other three sent him small goodbyes, as he returned them with a tight-lipped smile. But the two hate-filled teens never stopped looking at each other, it wasn't sweet, it was harsh glares that could make anyone cower away from them. But for Kennedy and JJ, it wasn't something new, after all, this was just a normal Tuesday afternoon for them.

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HEY HOW YALL DOIN???? IM SHITTY AT UPDATING BUT HERE WE ARE!!

I'm really sorry I literally don't update that much I've been like struggling a lot and haven't been getting around to write. I just am trying to get through it and live my best life writing stuff for you guys! And like this overdue for an update!

So there's the current dynamic between JJ and Kennedy. I know JJ's a little cruel but he's just being a little petty bitch and like there will be more fighting between them so I apologize for that. I'm really excited for the stuff I have planned for this and I hope you guys like it!

ALSO I have a spin-off Rudy Pankow social media fic for this one! It's called NEW EMOTION IM REALLY EXCITED TO WRITE IT AND I HOPE YOU GUYS LOVE IT!!

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