JJ Maybank— Typical bad-boy pogue, always in trouble with the police and looking for a good time. You, a Thornton, Topper Thornton's little sister, A kook. You were always dragged with him like some pitiful little pet for them to order around. He, Kelce, and Rafe fricken Cameron always bossed you around and you hated it, so, you decided to follow along with Sarah Cameron because she was actually nice and reasonable also she wasn't a total bi-otch to the Pogues. You and she got along well and believed in the same things, that the whole 'pogues and kooks' war was ridiculous, and that no one should be treated differently because they are less fortunate.

Sarah hung out with a nice group of Pogues there were 4 in total, 5 counting Sarah. The big guy of the group Sarah's boyfriend, was John B, who was looking for his father who had disappeared at sea a few months prior. Then the good one, Pope, who was all about his grades and never touched anything remotely bad. Then the most fortunate one of them, Kiara, who was still technically a kook but she hated that she was and her parents despised her hanging out with the Pogues. Last was some blue-eyed blonde-haired perfect bad boy type. Sarah said his name was JJ, JJ Maybank. The same JJ that your brothers laughed at because his dad was a deadbeat alcoholic who was every form of negligent and abusve to JJ. He drank and smoked, always getting in fights and thrown behind bars only for his friends to cough up money to get him out. He was the perfect rebellion for you.

Months into your friendship with the Pogues you and JJ got together, at first you told Sarah you were only doing it to piss off your brother and show him you were all grown up. What you didn't expect was to actually fall for him, he was just so... sweet and handsome. It was weird for you, how did this happen? You only did this as a point at first and now it was real. Eventually, he caught on, he knew what you were doing so he played along because he liked it. He also likes that you pulled out your brother's card and swiped for anything he wanted because it was blowing your brother's endless money.

One night you were on the bank of the marsh when he spoke up "I know what you want from me.."

You blinked in confusion "What?"

He replied with a soft tone "You wanna piss off your brother, that's alright with me."

You just looked at the wet sand beneath you "..oh, I didn't know-"

He cut you off "And I know it's just a phase, you're not in love with me"

You wanted to tell him the truth, that you were in love with him, that it started that way but the feelings were real now. But how would he feel in return? Since he knew the whole time was he just playing along too? Did he feel the same? You couldn't think over the way your stomach churned with unease.