𝖤𝖯𝖨𝖲𝖮𝖣𝖤 𝖥𝖨𝖵𝖤, 𝗆𝗂𝖽𝗌𝗎𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗌
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'HEY GUYS,' lolo smiled as she approached pope and kiara who were discussing something together. lolo wore a light green silk minidress with a flower headband on her head to match with kie.

'hey lo, you look good!' kie smiled back at the girl and gave her a hug, to which lolo gladly accepted. pope nodded as a greeting, 'hi, lolo.'

the three looked over to the mansion behind them when a series of applaud was heard. the camerons had arrived, ladies and gentlemen. 'here come lord capital and the exploiters,' kie scoffed.

'she's definitely gonna poke someone's eye out with that.' pope gestured to rose cameron, who was wearing a gold spiky headband with roses at the bottom. sort of like lady liberty.

'sarah looks pretty,' lolo smiled to herself. she had developed a soft spot for the younger girl after their encounter the other day and her kindness for john b. the brunette girl's smile dropped though, when kie narrowed her eyes at her. 'sorry, forgot.'

'have you ever seen so many kooks on one island?' pope said, a slightly scared look on his face.

'we'll be good.' lolo said, as reassuringly as she could.

'chris, is that you?' lolo smiled as she noticed an average height boy with glowing red hair in the dancing crowd. the guy she had spoken to at the campfire.

'erm, lolo, was it? hi.' he smiled awkwardly as the girl walked towards him, casually bopping his head to the music. 'what's up?' she smiled, starting to dance a little.

'nothing much.' chris said dryly, looking anywhere but to the brunette girl who was in-front of him. she furrowed her eyebrows, 'are you okay?'

'yea-yeah? i actually have to go uh, get a drink! see you around.' he stuttered, slowly backing away. 'weird.' lolo muttered to herself.

'it's okay everybody! do not panic. leave it to the men and women in uniform, huh! let's hear it for them!'

lolo scrunched her nose confusedly as she looked over to jj, who was being escorted by a security guard.

'let's hear it for them. rose! you look like lady liberty, it's good to see you again!'

she heard a chuckle from beside her, making her snap her head to her right, being greeted by a rafe cameron who was watching the scene with an amused smile.

jj had now pushed the guard away from him, 'hey, mandatory power hour at rixon's, kie! pope, lolo, you aswell right? rixon's cove. let's roll.'

rafe snorted, looking down at the brunette girl beside him, 'that's who you call your boyfriend?'

'not my boyfriend.' lolo scoffed before grimacing as she realised who she was making conversation with, 'why am i talking to you?'

'can't resist my charms,' he shrugged as the girl stormed away sassily, following the pogues from behind who ran away in a fit of laughter.

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lolo groaned with her hands covering her ears due to the full volume rock music her brother had turned on, 'turn it down PLEASE.'

'what was that, sis!?' he yelled over the music with a smirk on his face.

she sighed in relief when the van stopped, the music stopping too. 'hit it boys! we're going, recon mission.' jj yelled, sliding the door open. 'wait, uh,' john b stuttered, i-i think i'm gonna do this one by myself.. tonight'

'huh?' lolo scoffed, raising her eyebrows.

'i don't want to spook sarah with the peanut gallery.'

'i just don't understand why we're involving her at all,' kie snapped.

'kie, we're not involving her okay? it's just like a, a business meeting.'

lolo's eyes widened and pope let out a silent laugh as jj gulped, moving his head back and forth.

'plus we need the map,' he reasoned. kie shrugged, 'promise me theres nothing happening between you?'

'nothing is happening, kie.'

'hey, hey, kie, maybe let him choose who he wants to interact with or not himself, yeah?' lolo smiled as she tried to sound as sweet as she could.

'ok..' she sighed before looking to john b, 'just promise me there's nothing happening between you guys?'

'i promise,' john b said, very unconvincingly.

'that was really believable.' jj said.

'a hundred percent believable!' pope smiled. lolo stayed quiet, as she knew what was going on between the kook and pogue.

'anyways, um, i'm gonna take care of business.' he said, before slamming the door shut. 'just gonna sit here, in this hot-ass car..' pope sighed.

'poor baby.' lolo cooed with a sarcastic pout.

'it's been a while.. i'm gonna go check on them, okay? stay here.' lolo said, sliding open the door.

'careful lo, you may be scarred for life,' jj smiled sarcastically.

'someone help!' a voice could be heard as she stepped outside. 'guys?' lolo whispered, looking back to the pogues who had their eyebrows furrowed.

'shit,' jj whispered, jumping up, as did the other two, immediately running over to where the yelling was coming from.

lolo's stomach dropped at the sight infront of her. her running came to a halt, and a tear dripped from a single eye as she slowly approached her brother who was laying on the floor, looking lifeless.

'john b?' she whispered, crouching down to his side and slapping his cheek softly. she looked up to sarah with fear in her eyes, the heartbroken blonde wearing a matching expression. sarah grabbed lolo's hand as she sobbed, hugging john b desperately with her spare arm.

she couldn't lose her only family member left.

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'lolo, he's gonna be okay' sarah bit her lip, looking at lolo who stared at her unconscious brother with a sad expression.

lolo gave the younger girl a small smile, 'thanks, sarah.' she sniffled before looking to the floor, 'you're good for him.'

'really, you think?' sarah smiled widely, glancing at john b.

'i do,' she whispered, 'he's been so happy recently. the happiest i've seen him since childhood. you're all he talks about, sarah cameron.'

the blonde tucked a strand of hair behind her ear shyly.

'don't break him.'

'i won't.'

silence filled the room for a minute or so, lolo broke it first. 'he really is sleeping beauty.'

sarah snorted as she took in john b's current state. he was snoring loudly with his nose scrunched up, a pool of drool forming from his mouth which was hung wide open. 'aurora could never.'

the laughing fit the girls had fell into was interrupted when john b let out a loud groan, opening his eyes. 'where am i?'

'st.olives,' sarah smiled softly, 'you fell from the hawk's nest. you have a concussion and a broken wrist.'

john b weakly lifted his wrist up to see the cast, 'whoa, cool.'

'its not cool, john b. you could have been killed,' lolo scolded.

he ignored her, 'we need to get outta here. dcs is gonna find us.'

'whoa, hang on.' a man voice said from behind them, ward cameron revealing himself, glancing between lolo and john b.

'sarah told me everything. about your little adventure, about you's running from the dcs, john b, about how you were protecting her in the tower.'

lolo smiled to herself as she noticed the two teens staring at each other with love in their eyes.

'john, i believe i owe you an apology. you were honest with me about a small indiscretion, and i went ahead and fired you anyway. i shouldn't have. unfortunately from time to time, i have a bit of a.. short fuse.' he sighed, 'ask her.'

sarah smiled sarcastically and nodded, 'its true.'

'i'd like to make up for it if you'll let me. i spoke with sheriff peterkin, and.. i've offered to be you two's legal guardian if you'll have me.'

lolo smiled excitedly, whereas john b squinted, 'what?'

ward smiled, 'it'd mean a roof over you's head and no more running from the dcs.'

john b looked over to his sister, her nodding enthusiastically with a smile.

'sure, yeah. uh, sounds good.' he sighed weakly.

'thank you, ward.' lolo smiled sweetly.

'then it's settled.' he gave them a kind smile back, placing a hand on the routledge's shoulders, 'welcome to the family.'

now, there was one thing lolo didn't think about when ward cameron offered her and john b a place to stay at.

rafe cameron.

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did you just say.. lolo and rafe.. living together, in the same house?
*gasp*