it was friday, six fifty eight am. john b, pope and kiara stood at the dock, awaiting their two best friends arrival. at exactly seven am, the ferry came into view.

jj grabbed hold of meilanis hand, helping her onto the dock. when she looked up she saw kiara running towards her. meilani dropped her bag and began to do the same. the girls met in the middle engulfing eachother in a hug, swaying from side to side.

when the girls pulled apart they saw the boys mocking them. john and pope running slowly towards jj while he did the same, dramatically.

kiara smacked popes arm, "you're just jealous i didn't run to you guys first" meilani scoffs. john took meilanis bag into his hand, escorting the group off of the dock and back to his house.

"so how was the trip?" pope smiled at the pair. "really interesting" jj responded, not being able to get the image of meilani on the beach out of his head. "you look like you're glowing lani" john smiled looking at her. "i just had a really good time."

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the group walked along the cut together, bags on their backs. in the distance they could see another group approach them, it was rafe, topper, kelce and a few other kook boys. meilani was instantly confused as to why rafe was with them but pushed it aside and made a mental note to ask him about it another time.

the group walked straight past the kooks, no eye contact or words spoken. "dirty pogues" kelce muttered. almost immediately jj snapped around. "what was that kelce?" the boys snapped around to face kiara, pope, john, meilani and jj. "dirty. pogues." he repeated, slowly.

jj reached into his bag and pulled the gun out. meilani was shocked. none of the group had seen jjs gun in about three months. meilani grabbed jj by the arm, he immediately shrugged the girl off. "jj chill" rafe said quietly. "shut it cameron." all of a sudden each of the kook boys got angry, including rafe. they all charged towards the pogues, causing a huge commotion on the street.

john grabbed meilani by the waist and pulled her back, pope doing the same to kiara. "john b i—" "trust me lani, stay here" he cut the girl off. jj had dropped his gun back into his backpack and was now holding rafe in a chokehold. john b grabbed kelce by the arm and pope was fighting off topper and another kook boy.

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meilani couldn't stand it anymore, she bolted towards her boyfriend and grabbed him harshly and peeled him away from rafe. "calm the fuck down jj" meilani made eye contact with rafe and could visibly tell by his eyes that he was on something. "what the fuck rafe" he looked away embarrassed. jj gripped the girls wrist pulling her away from him.

"go now" he ordered. she stood there, unmoving. suddenly it was only rafe, jj and the rest of the pogues. the others made a run for it, knowing they'd end up busted up. "meilani, fucking move out of my way" jj said, raising his voice. the others looked on at the encounter.

the girl continued to stand in between the two boys. "you're seriously taking rafes side right now?" "he's relapsing, i'm not letting you bust him up!" she yelled.

"of course you're on his side. it's all about rafe fucking cameron, always will be. but when will your tiny mind ever realise that all you were to him was an easy body to fuck all the time!" by now jj was shouting so loudly that everyone in the cut heard him. "jj that's not fair!" kiara shouted over.

they were used to having screaming matches with one another but this was nothing like anything that had ever happened before, he took it too far and showed no remorse. their friends had never seen anything like this before either and meilani was uncomfortable with the fact that they witnessed that.

john b ran over to take meilani away but she wouldn't budge. she stared at the boy who was red in the face, emotionless. rafe tried to help john but she swatted them both away. she was in shock. the boy was breathing heavily in her face, not moving. eventually she reached her hand up and slapped him so hard across the face that almost immediately a red hand print appeared. "never speak to me again." she spat.

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john took the girl by the waist, walking her over to the group. they huddled her. "seriously guys? you're gonna just leave me after i saved your asses?" jj called over. kiara snapped around quickly. "yes jj, we are."

"are you seriously okay with the way you just spoke to meilani?" john glared at the blonde. "you really think she's gonna talk to you again bro?" pope added.

he began to walk over to the group, trying to reach meilani. she felt his presence and began to walk as far away from him as she could. "bub please, i'm sorry" jj pleaded, guilt in his eyes. she kept walking, the group following her close behind.

that left jj standing in the street, alone, dealing with the guilt of what just happened. also thinking if meilani would talk to him again.

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