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2 weeks later

kiara pov:

it's been 2 weeks since that stupid guy smashed into me, almost killing me and sarah and smashing my car up. turns out, he was in the wrong. he was supposed to stop and wait for me to pass before pulling out but he didn't, he kept driving and drove straight into me. i was in hospital for like a day because i nearly died, but i was fine once i was actually alive again, which i wouldn't be if it weren't for pope and jj. sarah sprained her ankle, but it's just about back to normal now. lucky for us, the car smashed into more of the back of the car than the front where we were sat. if he had have been more forward things would've ended much worse.

i told jj about my self harm, because sarah said if i wasn't going to talk to a therapist or something then i should talk to jj. me and sarah sorted things out, i apologised for being so mean when she's just worried. and we talked in a more mature way. when i told jj, he was upset, and it was very emotional, but he helped me through it and i haven't done it in a week. also the voices haven't been back, since the crash. hopefully they don't come back. sarah was right, and i'm finally learning to accept that what happened to barry wasn't my fault. it had something to do with me but it wasn't my fault.

we're on the way up to charleston now, for that trip that we had booked for john b's proposal. me, jj and john b are in the twinkie, and pope, cleo and sarah are in pope's dad's truck that he borrowed from him for the weekend. i'm excited for this, just to get away. we all need it. i'm just praying it all goes well because i've had extremely bad luck the past few months and i just want a break from it.
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jj pov:

"3 couples, 3 rooms" sarah says, handing kie one key and pope the other. "okay, so what are we doing?" cleo says. "dropping our shit, unpacking, just chilling for the rest of the night. the fun starts tomorrow" john b says. "okay" kie says.

we all go to our rooms, once we finally find them. this place is massive. the room has a big, king sized bed and a massive bathtub in the bathroom. kie follows me inside as we look at it more. we go further into the bathroom and look around. there's a big shower, cabinets, a proper makeup table and everything. "this place must've cost a fortune" i say. "sarah said she knew a person, so she got a deal" kie says. i nod. she looks at the bathtub, that's more like a hot tub. "oh my god" she says, running her hand along the side of it. i look at her and she looks at me, we both smirk. we both know what we're gonna be doing tonight.

we walk out and drop our stuff on the bed. me with my bag and kie with her suitcase. we unpack our stuff, which was mostly clothes which we put in the wardrobe and i'm drawers. and we put toiletries in the bathroom. we're both lay on the bed, kiara on the phone with sarah.

"this place is like a dream!" kie says. "it's nice" sarah says. "nice!?" i say. "that's an understatement" john b says. "exactly" i say. "okay. we're gonna go have some fun" sarah says and john b chuckles. "dude" i say. "you could've just said you were gonna go" kie says. "don't act like you guys aren't gonna do the same as us as soon as we hang up" sarah says. i raise my eyebrows and so does kie. "that's a fair point" kie says. "don't have to be so open about it though" i say. they laugh before hanging up the phone. kie puts her phone on charge and i go in the bathroom to start running the bath. once it's at the right temperature, i leave it to fill and go back into the bedroom. kie is out of her clothes with just a robe on. she tosses me a robe too and i begin to get undressed. "so, what do you reckon john b's gonna say when he proposes to sarah?" kie says. "i don't know. probably be a sloppy shit with all that sentimental stuff" i say. "yeah... but it'll be cute for them" she says. i nod, taking mental notes. "do you reckon sarah will say yes?" i say. "there's like a 90 percent chance she's gonna say yes" kie says. i nod. "i agree. there's no way she's saying no. they've been together for years" i say.

kie goes in the bathroom to check on the bath. "it's done!" she shouts. i go into the bathroom and kie is already in the tub without me. i take the robe off and join her. i sit next to her and wrap my arm around her. she rests her head on my shoulder.

"kie" i say. "yeah?" she says. "you haven't done it since, have you?" i say. she shakes her head. "just over a week" she says. "good. i'm proud of you. please don't ever do it again" i say. "i won't" she says. i nod and we both stare at each other for a few seconds before kissing, which gets heated quite quick.

they have sex

"i want to move here, seriously just live here" kie says as we flop on the bed. i chuckle. "yeah". "i want a house like this when we move out of, well, the chateau" she says. "oh yeah? like this? that'll be loads of money" i say. "could save up. and find like a small but not too small, family home. you know, not like a proper fancy kook house like the cameron's, but not a small house like the chateau?" she says. "like your house before it burned down, just a little smaller?" i say. she nods. "i could work with that" i say. she smiles. "but in obx, of course" she says. "yeah" i say. "i can't leave my dad" she says. "what about college?" i say. "i'm not gonna go i don't think. just get a job and start a family" she says. "with me?" i say. she looks at me. "obviously. if it's not with you it's not happening" she says. i smile as she lays her head on my chest.

i'm happy and i think kie is too. i can tell when she's faking and she's not right now. she's genuinely doing okay. i'm so proud of her and how far she's come. we're both where we wanted to be. now i just wait for what's gonna happen on this trip. i don't know what will happen, but i just know all of us are gonna go home different. there's gonna be some big changes.
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this is me starting to slowly wrap this story up, which makes me sad, but happy that i can move on and go write other stories. again thankyou for all the support on this book. 4k views! omg like wtffff? thankyou. i'll be updating again soon.

-molly