It was just another day at the beach living in the Outer Banks and being a Pogue. You and your friends, JJ, Pope, Kiara, John B and Sarah were just relaxing a little after all the mischief you had been doing all day with Rafe.

Dating in secret, you and JJ would just give each other a few glances and silent flirts when no one was watching you. Everyone was in a circle, smoking and asking silly questions, just getting high.

JJ took a twig and wrote "P4L" in the sand, which meant pogues forever. But in a hidden corner he wrote "J+*" your initials. And you, next to him, smiled secretly, erasing what he wrote with your foot so that no one would see.