The Lucky Compass: Dank Nugs

John B shifts in his seat to glance back at me while JJ runs his fingers through my curls, "I mean, it's obvious, right? A family heirloom. What better place to hide a message? He had to know it was gonna get back to us, right?"

I nod, JJ holds his blunt to my lips, letting me inhale as much as I can, the smoke sits in my lungs for a moment before slowly exhaling.

"Yeah." Kie quietly agrees, though there's uncertainty in her tone, "It's possible."

"It could also be possible that you're concocting wild theories to help, you know, deal with your sad feels."

"Pope." John B warns.

"Bro, you know how I process my sad feels? Dank nugs and the stickiest of ickies, that's how I do it."

"And lots of meaningless sex." I whisper, JJ grimaces and looks away, taking a hit from his blunt before turning back to the conversation.

"I'm not concocting, okay?" John B stresses, "My dad's trying to give us a message."

"If it helps you believe, John B." Kie tries to reassure him.

"Look, I-I don't need a therapy session, okay? I'm not trippin' out."

"I have been."

JJ shakes his head at me, "No, baby, you're just really tired." Then he looks up at my brother, "It's okay to trip, bro, but--"

"Look, our.. our dad is missing, okay?" John B cuts him off, "Missing. You don't know what it's like to have the person closest to you vanish and then have no idea what happened. Just wake up every morning wondering."

I want to say that JJ sort of does know what it feels like, his mom dipped when he was little and his dad takes off all the time, leaving him to wonder if he's okay and where he could have gone. I know it's not completely the same, but the same worry is there. Its the pain of not knowing that makes you feel defeated and helpless.

"It's been almost a year." Kie quietly tells him.

"Hey, he could have been kidnapped." JJ jokes, "That's definitely a possibility."

I wipe away my tears before closing my eyes while they continue to talk about my dad, I know they're just trying to help us but it just makes me feel worse.

"Yeah, could be in a Soviet sub getting interrogated by the KGB somewhere." Pope joins in on lighten the mood.

JJ kisses the tip of my nose, "Absolutely. Uh... or Atlantis."

"Look, what do you think the message is?"

"Redfield." John B quickly responds to Kie, "Redfield Lighthouse. That's my dad's favorite place."

My eyes pop open when we park, finding the black and white structure through the window, my mind wanders to old memories of being here with my dad when I was a little girl.

This hurts.

I'm quick to make my way outside after everyone, though I opt to stand close to the van, wishing we weren't here. I wasn't ready to come here yet, to open up the flood gates to memories that make me happy but also rip my heart apart, because I have a feeling I'll never have another moment with my dad here. And John B is right, this was his favorite place to be.

John B turns to look at JJ with a determined expression on his face, "Here's what's gonna happen, you're gonna post up and look out for bogeys, okay?"

JJ narrows his eyes, "Wait, why me?"

"Because you're not coming." Pope sighs when JJ starts to question their decision to leave him out, like always, "There are independent and dependent variables. You're independent. We don't know what you'll do."

"Shut up!" JJ raises his voice, when they start to look like their going to actually fight I nervously grab my wrist and squeeze as hard as I can to distract myself from the yelling.

"Listen to me for a second." John B interrupts the boys argument, "Pope, you stand look out with JJ. Okay? If we get split up, we meet at JJ's house."

"Great." Kie makes a face at the boys, challenging them to argue.

They both grumble and look away.

"Come on, Willow." John B grabs my arm, breaking my grasp on my wrist.

My arm slips out of his hand when I back away, "I'm staying here."

"Yeah she's not leaving my sight." JJ pulls me into his side.

John B stares at me in confusion, "What why?"

"We don't need three people going up there, and I don't want to go." My eyes stay on him, pleading with him to understand why I can do this, "I.. I can't Johnny."

He sighs and nods, "Alright, stay with them, don't walk off."

"I'm gonna work on my merit scholarship essay, and I'm trying to keep felonies to a minimum." Pope stalks off towards the Twinkie.

"Alright, would you just shut up already?" JJ huffs.

"Stop fighting." I look between the boys, "Y'all keep getting into it, why?"

"No reason." JJ steps away from me and takes a hacky sack out of his pocket, "Want to play?"

I sigh, giving up on questioning them, "Sure."

We go back and forth kicking it to each other, laughing when one of us drops it. I can't help but smile when his face lights up when he looks at me, how did I get so lucky? Of all the girls on this island that he's gotten into bed with him, I'm who he wants to see everyday, it's almost surreal and maybe too good to be true.

"Why're you staring at me like that?" He tucks a few of my curl behind my ear, stepping closer so I have to tilt my head up to see into his ocean blue eyes.

"I love seeing you be so happy." I smile at the same time he does, "The last few day's you've been the happiest I've ever seen you be."

"You make me happy, Princess." He runs his thumb down my jaw, "Do I make you happy too?"

"Yes, you do." My arms wrap around his torso.

"Willow."

I ignore the voice close to my ear, my focus solely on JJ now that he's nervously looking at me.

"I was thinking--" He turns away when we hear police sirens, "Shit, cops." He scoops me up and runs to the van, throwing me into the back before running around and jumping into the drivers seat while Pope climbs into the passenger seat.

"Go go go, JJ."

"I am, man." JJ floors it down the road, leaving John B and Kie behind. "They know to meet us at my dads."

It's like he read my mind, my eyes lock with his through the rear view mirror until he focuses back onto the road.

"Can you drop me off at Heyward's?" Pope quietly asks, "I have a shift."

"Yeah."

~~~~~

After dropping Pope off, JJ and I went straight to his dads house, he insisted his dad wouldn't show up when I tried to protest. I know he worries when he doesn't know if his dad is okay. Even though he's a shitty addict of a father, JJ still cares and doesn't want him to overdose somewhere or something. But it must be nice when he gets the house to himself so he doesn't have to worry about being hit for no reason.

"So, uh, what do you want to do?" JJ sits down on his bed and nervously fiddles with his friendship bracelets.

"I have a few ideas." My body sinks to the floor between his legs, my hands tugging at his waistband.

"Yeah?" His blue irises dilate slightly, lust settling in when I nod at him.

"I want to do this, Jay." I help him pull his pants down, lightly grasping his dick when it springs out, "I've never done this though, so I'm not sure it'll be good like you've had before me."

"Don't compare yourself to other girls I've been with." He bundles my hair in his hand, "Its okay that you haven't done it yet, just try, I'll tell you how it feels as you go. Just, um, don't use your teeth."

"Okay, I mean I've had friend's tell me what to do but it's been a while since then." After he smiles at me. I timidly swirl my tongue on the tip of his dick, keeping my eyes down while I try to get over being embarrassed to do something new.

It doesn't help that he's huge, so that makes this ten times more intimidating. But I'm comfortable with him, I know he'd tell me if I did something wrong and wouldn't be mad at me for it or whatever, but I don't want to be the worst he'd had so it's hard to not compare myself to all the gorgeous girls he's been with before me that had a lot of experience like him. 

"Eyes on me, Princess." He moans when I suck on the tip, "Please baby." 

My eyes snap up to stare into his at the same time I slide his length down my throat, stretching my lips around him while my hands work the base of his dick. In all honesty, Kie and I had watched videos on how to do all kinds of sexual things, we wanted to know how to do stuff before actually getting with guys, that's what actually started our thing together, we ended up hooking up after watching a video of two girls together and then dated after that.

"Oh fuck, baby, you're doing such a good job." 

My cheeks hallow while I bob my head, moaning when he slips his hand into my shirt to play with my breast, his fingers lightly squeezing my nipples makes my pussy throb. I slip him out of my mouth and lick up the back of his length while using one finger to press on the area right behind his balls, I've heard guys love that shit. My finger circles the sensitive skin while taking him in my mouth again, going as far down as I can without gagging.

"Fuck, fuck, okay." JJ pulls me off of him, "I want to fuck you now, can I do that?"

"Did you not like it?" I quietly ask, wiping the spit off my chin when I sit back on my heels, looking away to avoid his eyes.

"Hey, I loved it," He chuckles while turning my face towards him, "too much, actually. I almost came, but I still want to have sex."

"Oh okay." I let him pull me up so I'm standing in front of him, my clothes landing on the floor as he undresses me.

"I can't get over how perfect you are, Princess." He pulls his shirt off before connecting his mouth to my breasts, "Perfect for me."

"You're perfect for me too." I moan when his fingers find my clit, my legs go weak so he pulls me onto the bed.

He hovers over me, kissing my lips while he pumps himself, "You're the only girl I haven't used a condom with, can we skip it this time too?"

"Yeah we can." 

"Only if you're comfortable with it though," He teases my entrance, making me squirm for him, "it just feels fucking amazing."

"That's fine," I chuckle at his excitement, "as long as you get me plan B later."

He nods and looks down when he gently pushes into me, my hands grab his hips to steady him when he struggles to go in all the way, "You have to relax, baby." He stops and waits until I take a deep breath, kissing me softly while his hand cups the side of my face, "There you go." He slowly trusts into me the rest of the way, causing a loud moan to escape my mouth, "You sound so fucking sexy, Willow."

He slides my legs up to his shoulders, pressing his body against mine, sending his hips down into me faster than he's ever done with me before, "Fuck, JJ, oh~" I scream his name over and over while he brushes against my g-spot, "Right there, d-don't stop baby."

He reaches one of his hands up and caresses my face, my hands grip the sheets as a high pitch moan rips through me, my eyes fluttering shut momentarily while I try to catch my breath.

When I open my eyes I watch as JJs eye lids lower, his pupils dilate while he stares at my body under him, I can see the satisfaction in his expression, maybe even pride. I can feel every inch of him gliding in and out of me, his hand is soft against my cheek, it's like a jolt of lightening is coursing though my veins. I don't want it to end. I don't want any other girl to ever have him this way. I want him to myself.

"Oh God, you're so-so good for me." JJ moans, his jaw going slack as I writhe under him, "My Princess, m-made for me."

"I'm yours, Jay." I gasp, "Only yours."

"Damn right you are." He slips his fingers between my legs, circling my clit, "Cum all over me, baby."

"OH~" I tense, my nerves exploding while I throw my head back in the pillow.

I can feel liquid coating my legs, JJ continues to slam into me, dragging out my high as his thrusts become sloppy. I can see it in his eyes, he's close. I've come to realize I love the way he looks at me when he fucks me.

After a moment he frantically pulls out of me with a shout and cums all over us and the bed.

"Fuck, I almost came in you." He pants while sitting back on his heels, "Holy shit, baby, that was close."

I laugh when I see his mess, "You're so hot when you cum."

"Really?" He laughs with me while cleaning us up with a towel, "What do I do that's so hot, huh Princess?"

"It's just the way you look at me, you get this look in your eyes and your face relaxes." I pull him onto me when he lays back down, letting him rest his head on my chest.

"You're pretty sexy when you cum, you get a look in your eyes too." He lightly squeezes my tit next to his face, "I can tell when you're close."

"Hey, what were you going to say earlier?" I change the subject, the way he was nervous earlier making me question what he wanted to bring up to me, "At the lighthouse."

"Oh," He sighs and shifts us so that I'm laying on his chest, "I, uh, I wanted to ask if you wanted to like... be my girlfriend. I mean you basically already are, but like officially."

This is the moment I've been waiting for. He fucking wants me. Yes yes yes. Act chill about it though.

I let out a giddy laugh, "I just told you I was yours didn't I?"

"Yeah, but will you be?" He asks again, his voice is quiet and full of emotion now, "Will you be my girlfriend Willow?"

"Yes, Jay, I'll be your girlfriend." I connect our lips, savoring the taste of him on my tongue before he moves down to my neck, leaving hickeys as he goes, "Someone's ready for more." I gesture to his dick when he looks up at me, a smirk on his face when he nods.

"I can't resist you, Princess." He pumps himself and lines up to my entrance, "Are you going to take me again?"

"Yes."

"Good girl." He pushes into me with a dark look in his eyes, his thumb on my clit while he slams into me over and over again, "Take it, Princess, I.. I want you to take every inch of me."

"F-Fuckkkk." My voice goes up a few notches, my hands grabbing his sides to gain my bearings while the bed hits the wall with every trust he sends into me.

"That's my girl." He grits out, his jaw tense while he watches me already coming undone, my already sensitive clit throbbing under his touch.

"I'm--" My orgasm cuts off my words.

He leans down and kisses my neck, "That's right baby, cum all over me again."

"Jay.. JJ." I ramble as my eyes roll back, my body rigid while I finish out my high.

His dick slams into my g-spot relentlessly after I tilt my hips, my body starts to relax into the mattress while I slide my hands down his back, only stopping when I reach his ass, guiding him into me as his body tenses, a few seconds go by before he pulls out and releases on my belly.

"You're something else, I swear." He smiles and caresses my face with his shaky hand, "Lets go shower."

~~~~~

An hour later I found myself back home, it took a lot of convincing for JJ to leave me here alone since he had to go help Pope with his dads generator, but I wanted to be by myself while I clean my house. Those stupid smugglers destroyed every room and took half my dads office with them, now I have to try to put it all back in it's place to make things feel a little normal again. 

I wanted to be by myself because I don't want to dampen JJs mood since today should be happy since we're officially official, so some alone time to get my feelings out about my home being wrecked felt appropriate, I think he could tell I was holding back and needed the space. 

I really am happy about us though, the fact that he actually wants me makes me feel ecstatic and on top of the world. I'm glad that I'm his first girlfriend at that, which makes me feel all sorts of ways.

"Willow." John Bs voice startles me, I spin around clutching the pizza boxes I'm holding to my chest, "You're here alone?"

"Yeah, I made JJ go to Heyward's without me. Took a lot of convincing though."

He stays by the door with a sullen expression, "That why you're covered in hickeys?"

"No, that was from earlier." I brush passed him and throw the boxes into the fire pit in the backyard.

"Wait, I'm sorry." John B grabs my shoulder when I try to walk away again, "I'm trying to be okay with y'all being together, okay? I'm not used to being so chill about you doing things with guys, especially my best friend."

"I know its weird for you, I'm sorry for that," My teeth nibble at my lip for a moment before continuing, "but implying that I used my body to get what I want is fucked up. I convinced JJ by communicating to him and he respected my wishes. He's a good person which means he didn't need sex to listen to me."

"I'm sorry, Willow. That was shitty of me to say." He sighs, "I'm just in a bad mood, I was fired today for using the scuba gear."

"Oh shit," My fingers rake through my hair after reality sets in, "how the hell can we survive without an income?"

"We'll figure it out, but there's something else," He glances around before looking back at me, "Those square grouper dudes chased me earlier, so I had to give the compass to Peterkin. It was after I got released from jail--"

"You got arrested?" I raise my voice, "Why?"

"Yeah at the lighthouse, I panicked and slammed the park rangers hand into a window. Shoupe found me and Kie down the beach after we ran, and so her dad bailed me out."

I let out a groan, "Mr. C already hates us, John B, why'd you have to get Kie mixed up in things?"

"I know, I feel shitty about that." He nervously plays with his fingers while looking out over the water, "I kissed Kie before Shoupe pulled up."

"Let me guess," My face eyes dance with amusement, "she shot you down?"

He laughs, though it sounds sad, "Yeah, she did."

"Did you like her? Or was it because of everything going on?"

"I was stressing and she was comforting me, I wasn't even thinking about my friendship with her. I listened to freaking JJ and now things will be awkward, Willow. I don't see her as more than friends," He rips his hat off his head and runs a hand through his long hair, "She's one of my best friends and I ruined that."

"No you didn't," I pat his cheek, trying to comfort him since he's panicking, "y'all are too close to let this get in the way of a good friendship. But I knew she would shoot you down, Johnny, she's my ex, why would she go for my brother? That's weird."

He grimaces, "I know! Fuck I didn't even think about that, are you mad?"

"No, I'm not. You need to think with the brain in your head, dude, not with what you got in your pants."

He groans, scrunching his face up in disgust, "Don't ever say that again bro, you're so gross."

I let out a loud laugh, walking off to go inside, "Lets finish cleaning this place up."

We made small talk while picking everything up, throwing any trash on the fire pit outside. It took hours, by the time we started on our dads office, it was getting dark outside. John B grabbed the bulletin board from the office and stared at it before dropping it on the ground next to us, "Got a lighter?" 

My fingers dig around in my pocket before handing him the one JJ had given me, he bends over and lights the pile, both of us stand back to watch the fire as it cackles and blows in the warm summer breeze.

"Thanks for being so open with me lately." I smile softly at my brother, "I feel like we're finally getting along and being real siblings, instead of me being alone watching you live your life."

He frowns, "I never meant to make you feel that way, Willow, I'm sorry."

"I know, but that's all in the past. Now we can focus on our relationship moving forward."

"I'm cool with that, we can leave the past in the past." He looks away, "Maybe our friends are right, maybe we should let it go and move on. We nee to pull ourselves together, pick up the pieces that dad left behind and.. maybe stop living in denial."

"Yeah maybe we should." I glance down at the fire when he drops a bulletin board on top, my eyes land on something that I never noticed before, "Wait, get that out. Hurry."

He quickly grabs the burnt board and holds it up, "Holy shit." He runs his finger over the name, Olivia R. Routledge, "Her original last name was Redfield."

"How did we forget about that?"

"It's been so long since dad told us that part of the story. I'm surprised you remember." He grabs my hand and pulls me when he runs to the Twinkie, "Lets pick up the others, I know where to go."

"The cemetery?" I laugh when he nods.

~~~~~

John B honks when we see Pope and JJ behind Heyward's shop working on the generator, I climb into the back and lean into JJ when he sits down, "I missed you."

"I missed you too, Princess." He kisses my lips, "What's this about?"

"We have a new lead." I laugh when him and Pope groan, "Just be patient, this one could actually end up being worth our time."

We cruise down the road to the Wreck, listening to the radio while the boys talk about random things. It's a short drive, so it doesn't take long for us to sputter to a stop on the side of the building, I let out a quiet chuckle at John Bs nervousness, I'm sure he's terrified to face Kie after kissing her and getting her arrested. 

"Hey, uh, Pope, go in and get Kie."

"Alright." Pope slips out the van door.

"JJ," John B turns around in his seat, faking a serious face, "you wanna explain why you both have hickeys?"

"Uh, I, uh.." JJ trails off and looks at me for help.

"All you baby." My teeth sink into my lip to keep myself from laughing at his worried expression. 

"I'm fucking with you bro, I'm happy she's with you," John B chuckles, "but don't get her pregnant or I'll kill you, got it? That's one of my rules for y'all. And no hurting her, that's my second rule, she comes first, no other girls, alright?"

"I know man, I only want her." He runs his thumb down my cheek after I smile up at him, "She's my girlfriend so she will always come first for me now."

"Oh shit, you didn't tell me you're official."

"We were busy talking about all your bad decisions for the day," I laugh when he scoffs, "I didn't want to make it seem like I didn't care and rub my happy moment in your face."

"Willow, I wouldn't have thought that." John B turns and leans out his open window when Pope calls out to him from the deck of the restaurant.

"She said she's not coming."

"Why not?" JJ asks, his hand slides down my thigh, gripping it when I lean into him, "What'd you do to her, JB?"

"Shit," He taps on the steering wheel nervously before opening his door, "hang on, I'll deal with this."

Pope jumps into the back of the van with furrowed brows, his eyes on my brother who's timidly rushing off to face his fears, "What's that all about?"

"He kissed Kie."

"No fucking way." JJ exclaims in excitement, "He actually went for her?"

"She turned him down." I bite my lip so I don't laugh when I see relief flash across Pope's face. 

I feel bad for him though, I doubt she will go for him either, she really likes being with girls over guys, at least I think she does anyways. 

Before they can question me more on the subject, Kie and John B jump in, looks like he talked her into going along with our plans, at least she doesn't look mad so they must have hashed shit out.

Off to the cemetery we go, in the dark, at night. Okay maybe this isn't a good idea.

Please let this lead to something good and not be scary, though I have a feeling it will be since there's whispering in my ear now. 

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