𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐀; jj maybank

xvi. untying knots.

She sprints towards the boat and jumps in.

   "What was that phone call, Pope?" Is the first thing she says when she jumps in.

Kie stands next to the wheel and Oakley makes herself comfortable by laying on the bow, legs crossed and elbows keeping her body upright.

   "I was in a rush," he replies and the girl rolls her eyes, "John B and JJ are up in the Alp,"

Oakley widens her eyes and huffs.

"Couldn't have chosen a better place to conk out,"

She diverts her attention to Kie, patting the space next to her as the girl skips to her side and sits.

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   "Can't you guys do anything without us?"

The HMS comes to a stop next to the stranded boat as the two girls get ready to hop onto the vehicle to fix whatever they claim has stopped functioning.

"Seriously. I don't mean to be ungrateful or anything, I love that you guys can't picture your human survival without us. But it's kinda worrying, you should get it checked out,"

Standing on the edge, the girls climb onto the other boat and walk into the cabin to find both John B and JJ crouched next to the engine, trying to fix something Oakley can't quite see.

"What happened?"

"Uh, the alternator's, uh, not alternating anymore," JJ explains.

Oakley's mouth falls ajar as she watches the shirtless boy. His stomach is marked with abs and coated with a thin layer of sweat. His hair is messy and wet from either his own skin's discharge or having dipped into the ocean. His arms are large and manly strong, veins trailing his skin with a purplish-blue every time he applies pressure. With a body like that, Oakley doubts she'll ever need better protection. Her eyes devilishly trail down his whole person as she forgets to show her indifference and simply does not hide the fact that she is irretrievably fascinated by the whole of him.

Her eyes regain focus when the boys stand. Her heart beats rapidly as JJ's sweaty body moves towards her as the two move to leave the cabin and let Kie do the job. But as John B walks out, JJ doesn't leave before grabbing her chin and tilting to place a quick kiss on her cheek. Her cheeks flush madly as her lips break into a smile that only gets wider when the boy's body grazes her own as he walks past her to the bow of the boat.

"Alright, Juliet, come help me," Kie says as she kneels next to the engine.

Oakley rolls her eyes with a shy smile and kneels next to her.

"Uh. . ." she says when she notices something off.

Kie looks up at her as they share a look.

"Is this a joke?" Kie calls out to the mischievous two, "There are no plugs, like, at all,"

Oakley hears two splashes and immediately jumps to her feet, sprinting to the edge of the bow and looking down at the swimming boys with mouth wide open and eyebrows furrowed in fury.

"John B! John B, let me out!"

But it only gets worse when she recognizes that acute voice with an annoyingly loud pitch. Her eyes close and her body slowly turns around to see Kie crouch in front of the floor-door. Quickly moving to her side, the two girls slide the door and their faces fall at the sight of a familiar blonde.

"What? Wait. . ." she pulls herself out of the hole as Oakley walks back and looks up at the escaping boys.

"What the hell?" Kie exclaims, running to the bow, "Guys!"