༄ 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗒－𝗌𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇 ༄

WHEN THALIA WOKE up, the sun blinded her, which was confusing because she last remembered changing into dark orange athletic shorts and a brown t-shirt before she passed out on her bed. With a massive headache, Thalia sat up, quickly realizing that she was on a boat. "What the hell?" Thalia muttered, her eyes focusing enough to see the silhouettes of Sarah and Kiara in front of her.

        Thalia forced herself to her feet, hearing Sarah shouting at someone in the distance. She turned around with a sigh. "About time you woke up." Sarah said to her cousin, taking off her clothes to reveal her bathing suit underneath.

        "Where are we? How did I get here?" Thalia asked, extremely confused.

        Kiara rolled her eyes. "Those idiots kidnapped you, lured me and Sarah here, and trapped us here on a useless boat." she explained, kicking off her shoes.

        Thalia frowned, stepping towards the bow of the boat. "What do you mean the boat's useless?" she questioned, utterly lost, probably still high.

        "They took the plugs." Kie said mundanely.

        "Are you not concerned that they kidnapped you?" Sarah asked. "Wait! John B, you asshole!" Sarah yelled, jumping into the water.

        Thalia's eyes found Pope, John B and JJ, driving away on the HMS Pogue. "Did you at least leave me any weed when you dumped me here?" Thalia shouted to the boys, pissed that they were sticking her with Sarah and Kie.

        "JJ rolled a blunt!" Pope shouted, waving at Thalia rather boldly.

        "It's hydroponic!" JJ yelled happily, and Thalia smiled. She could last a night if she was high.

        Sarah started swimming after the quickly leaving boys. "They're not coming back for you!" Kie said, stopping herself from getting into the water.

        "Love you, guys! Bye!" JJ shouted, John B and JJ cheering as they drove away.

        From the water, Sarah suddenly screamed. "What happened?" Thalia asked, moving to the edge of the boat to see what was wrong.

        Sarah whimpered. "I got stung by a jellyfish! Shit!" she groaned, looking at her bright red side wound as she climbed the ladder to Heyward's boat.

        "Dramatic." Kie commented.

        "Will you shut the fuck up?" Thalia snapped, rolling her eyes.

        Sarah cried as she held onto the ladder. "Well, you swam right into a man-o'-war. Don't know what you thought would happen." Kie said, offering no help whatsoever.

        Thalia gave Sarah her hand, hauling the blonde into the boat. "Thanks for your help," Sarah said pointedly to Kiara, whimpering as she sat down on the bow. "Shit. Ow!" Sarah groaned.

        "Does it hurt?" Kie asked, standing above Sarah.

        Thalia rolled her eyes, telling herself that she would murder the boys as soon as she could. "Hey, Kiara. You know what they say... about curing jellyfish stings? You have to pee on me." Sarah panted.

        Kiara shook her head. "No." she denied.

        Sarah looked up at her annoyed cousin. "Thally?" she asked.

        "I have a much better idea," Thalia flicked open her lighter and marched over to the cabin, searching for the blunt her idiot brother had rolled. The three girls sat down, Thalia in the middle, lighting the joint. "It's for the pain." Thalia explained. Weed certainly helped her with her knee, more than rehab ever did.

        "JJ, bless." Sarah sighed as Thalia lit the joint. Sarah gently grabbed Thalia's injured knee and placed it on her lap, knowing it felt better to her when it was elevated.

        Thalia brought the lit joint to her lips, inhaling deeply. She turned to pass it to Kie. "Actually..." Thalia trailed off, taking another hit and passing it to Sarah instead.

        "Really?" Kiara scoffed. Thalia sent her a mocking smile.

        "Hey, go easy, Sar." Thalia said to her cousin, knowing that the weed was probably too strong for her.

        "It's JJ's cousin's cripple." Kiara added. Thalia wanted to ask which cousin, to see if it was a cousin she knew, but the redhead figured Kiara wouldn't know.

        Sarah coughed violently, and Kie took the joint from her, rolling her eyes. "Yeah, you're done." Thalia said over Sarah's aggressive coughing, handing her a bottle of water.

        The sun set, and the three miserable girls sat on the bow of Heyward's boat under thin blankets, looking up at the stars. Well, Kie and Thalia were miserable, Sarah was high off her ass and having the time of her life. Thalia put her knee over a pillow, stringing together a friendship bracelet to pass the time. Sarah laughed again for the millionth time and Thalia lost her mind. "Can you stop giggling like a little girl?" Thalia asked her cousin.

        Sarah couldn't stop laughing. "Hey, guess what? Would you rather... have... I was imagining you guys like this just now. It was pretty funny. Would you ima... would you rather... have nipples for eyes or eyes for nipples?" she asked, Thalia inhaling, her eyes briefly falling shut. "Imagine if you get really old and your nipples... your boobs get saggy, and your nipples, if they were your eyes, you could see if your shoes were untied."

        "Is this like your first time smoking or something?" Kie spoke, uninterested.

        "No." Sarah responded, a little embarrassed.

        "Bitch, yes it is." Thalia responded, looking up from her bracelet once before going back to it.

        Sarah then spoke again. "Hey, Kiara..."

        "Oh, my God. Enough of the "Hey, Kiara!" bullshit! Why'd you do it?" Kie snapped, and Thalia rolled her eyes.

        "I'm out. Sort your shit and get back to me." Thalia stood up and hobbled towards the wheelhouse of the boat, settling in the captain's chair.

        She had absolutely no interest in listening to what Sarah and Kie were saying, so she tucked herself under the blanket and got comfy for a long night. "Yo! Thalia, come back!" Kie shouted a while later, dragging Thalia away from her quiet peace.

        Thalia sighed. "What?" she said once she managed to make it to the doorway of the wheelhouse, looking at the two girls.

        "I'm sorry for being a bitch." Kie said through gritted teeth, Sarah clearly having forced her to say it.

        Confused, Thalia leant against the doorframe with her arms crossed. "Are you?" she prompted with a smirk, not buying Kie's words.

        Kie rolled her eyes and Sarah sighed. "Thalia." Sarah gave her cousin a warning look.

        Thalia looked back at Kie. "Fine. I'm sorry for kicking a soccer ball at your head." Thalia apologized. Thalia still hated Kie, but she could deal with her if it meant having friends.

        The girls all laid on the bow, drifting off to sleep. "Hey, Sarah." Kie spoke into the night.

        "Shut the fuck up." Thalia begged, pillow covering her ears so she didn't have to listen to the girls.

        "Hey, Kiara." Sarah kicked her cousin in the back.

        "Promise me that you won't bail on John B. He's not just... some other guy. And he really, really likes you." Kie said, and Thalia hoped they would be quiet.

        Sarah clearly liked John B, even Thalia could tell. "I won't." she said, a giddy smile gracing her features.

        "Promise me." Kie insisted.

        "I promise." Sarah affirmed.

        Thalia had just fallen asleep when Kie spoke again. "Also, I'm sorry I called the cops." Kiara said, and Thalia inhaled sharply.

        "I knew it. I knew it, you bitch!" Sarah said, both girls laughing.

        "Holy fuck, stop laughing." Thalia rolled away from the two. Her lashing anger was a side effect of not taking her medicine for a few days, but of course she didn't realize that.

        "You... you should've invited me." Kie giggled as Sarah rolled onto her back.

        "So you called the cops?" Sarah laughed.

        "Yes!" Kie responded.

        Thalia gave up on trying to sleep. "I was the one who gave her the idea." Thalia mentioned, and the girls just laughed louder.

        By the morning, the three were civil. Thalia was aggravated by her lack of sleep, but JJ's blunt made up for it. The girls waited on the edge of the bow as Pope, John B and JJ showed up. "Uh-oh! You forget your keys or something?" Pope teased with a bright smile.

        "You guys need a tow?" John B asked, driving the HMS up to Heyward's boat.

        "Don't give them the satisfaction of thinking this worked." Kiara advised the Cameron cousins.

        "Absolutely not." Sarah agreed.

        Thalia's red hair was down over her shoulders. "Don't give guys the satisfaction, period." Thalia corrected, Sarah and Kie nodding in agreement.

        John B drove the boat closer. "You gotta admit it was kinda funny." the brunette said, Pope standing beside him, eyes locked on Thalia. She looked beautiful in the daylight, her freckles bright, her eyes shining.

        "John B," Kiara said with a sigh. "Mastermind, huh?" she joked, faking annoyance.

        "I'm always plannin'." John B stopped the HMS beside the girls.

        "Some patriarchal bullshit." Kiara stood up on the edge of the bow.

        Sarah nodded. "Yeah, that sucked." she said as she followed Kie's actions.

        JJ had sunglasses pushed over his eyes. "You still love us though, right?" he asked as he tossed Kiara the rope to tie the boats together.

        "Never even liked you idiots." Thalia said, tucking her red hair behind her ears.

        John B looked up at Sarah. "Hey, you still hate me?" he asked.

        Sarah nodded, her and Kie standing on either side of a seated Thalia. "A little. We're gonna get you back when you least expect it." she threatened.

        "Watch your back, boys." Kiara added.

        "Well, I, for one, welcome that challenge." Pope said, tearing his gaze away from Thalia.

        "Me too." JJ added.

        Thalia rolled her eyes at her stupid brother. "Shocker." she commented, swatting away the beer can JJ threw at her.

        Pope intercepted the can as JJ tried to throw it back. "So, did you guys, you know..." Pope asked the three girls, trailing off at the end of his sentence.

        "Reconcile our differences?" Kie asked with a mocking tone.

        "Hell no." Thalia said, Sarah nodding in agreement.

        "Not even close." Kie said.

        Sarah looked at Thalia and Kiara. "But we're... willing to work together." she tossed out, both girls nodding.

        "You know what? That's victory." John B said to the boys, all of them looking at a different girl.

        "Yep." JJ smiled the same dumb grin he shared with his older sister.

        Pope and JJ brought their hands together. "Wiggedy-wiggedy-wiggedy!" they cheered, Thalia narrowing her eyes at the strange dialect.

        "Know what it was, guys? Hydroponic." JJ said.

        "Absolutely." Thalia agreed, her and JJ pointing at each other with smiles.

        "Don't say that." Pope said, and Thalia pouted.

        "All right, shut up. You guys ready to jack someone up?" John B said, getting the crew on the same page.

        Kie and Sarah smiled. Thalia would rather buy more weed. "Yeah, whatever." Kie said, stepping off Heyward's boat and into the HMS. Sarah then slid in more gracefully, and that just left Thalia.

        She pushed herself off of the ledge and into the HMS as slowly as she could to be sure she didn't land on her injured knee. "Ew, get your paws off," Thalia shook off JJ's grip on her and he walked away with a sigh. Pope's hand on her arm could stay, for whatever the reason. "How did you guys manage to kidnap me without anyone noticing?" the redhead questioned when she was safely in the boat, Pope finally releasing her.

        "Wheezie." JJ said, untying the rope and getting the HMS free.

        "Ah, my least favorite cousin." Thalia said with an eye roll, sitting down beside Pope. Unintentionally, of course.

        "You like Rafe more than Wheezie?" Sarah asked, offended on behalf of her sister.

        Thalia nodded. "Yup." Thalia Cameron would always choose Rafe over anyone else. Because she loved him, and he had practically raised her all those years. Rafe and Thalia were different, and that's why they were so close. Thalia didn't expect anyone else to understand.

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