Ocean Eyes

Chapter 17

JJ said" He deserved it, right?"
Kie said" Are you joking? Of course he deserved it."
Pope said" Never seen anyone blow themselves up like that."
JJ said" Cross that one off the bucket list."
Kie said" JJ!" She walked down to John B, and at next to him,
" Sucks for Sarah."
" Are you okay?"
John B said" It's not me I'm worried about."

I was working the cutting line at the bait shop,
Nick said" You were there?" I nodded my head, focusing on not cutting my hand open with the very sharp knife that my father thinks he should trust his 16 year old with." And?"
I said" And what?"
" How are you feeling? You saw a man we've known our entire lives blow up." I looked at him, scoffing,
" He killed John B's dad, I knew him relatively my entire life, since I met John B."
" How are you feeling? I know your emotions aren't your best ability."
" He-He deserved it."
" Kai."
" What?! He killed... He hurt... he destroyed my best friend's life. He was the reason we drove into that storm and wrecked, he was the reason we couldn't come home."
" You got on that boat, Kai."
" B'cause John B was being forced off the island. I wasn't letting him go down alone."
" So, you don't feel any sadness?"
" I feel sadness... for Sarah and Wheezie. No matter what he did, he was still their dad."
" And Rafe?"
" He can fuck- Ah!" I sliced my hand, I hissed," Dammit!" I walked to the sink and started rinsing off the blood,
" Come'er." He walked to me with the first aid kit," I distracted you, shit, sorry."
" It's fine." I winced as I saw a sizable gash from my thumb to my middle finger, I breathed out." Shit, does it need stitches?"
" No, hopefully not. Mom and dad'll kill me."
" I'll kill you." He chuckled,
" Still afraid of needles?"
" I'm afraid of someone stabbing a needle into my skin repeatedly."
" Don't you have a stick 'n poke tattoo?"
" I was very high when I got that tattoo and it was JJ doing it, I trust him."
" Don't trust doctors?"
" Sorta. Ah! Shit!" Then Mom walked in,
She said" Sweeties- Oh, my god! Kai, baby!" She ran to me,
" I'm fine, mom, I'm fine, I'm fine."
" Nick, what did he do?"
" Ha, funny!" I panted as Nick poured alcohol on it,
Nick said" I distracted him while he was cutting the tilapia. He got himself pretty good." Dad walked in,
He said" What'd you idiots do?"
" Nice, dad. Nice." Dad chuckled,
" He okay?"
I said" Besides maybe gonna pass out, I'm fine." I chuckled,
Mom said" Stop making jokes. Do you need to go to the hospital?"
" No, No, no, no, no, no, I'm fine!"
Dad said" Oh, you said it, honey."
She said" I know what I said." He chuckled, she gave him the glare... he shut up quickly.
" Sorry." Nick wrapped gauze around it, looking at me, it luckily stopped bleeding on it own.
Nick said" Don't get into any water till it heals."
I said" Just kill me now, please." He laughed, shaking his head,
" It'll be fine. Shut up."

I pulled up to the château, JJ ran out, smiling at me, then he saw my hand, he laughed.
He said" What the hell did you do now?!" I stuck out my tongue, he smiled,
I said" Nick distracted me while I had a huge-ass, sharp-ass knife cutting fish!"
" Well, did you get the fish?" I raised my finger at him, he laughed,
" Yes, I got the fish!"
" Dinner! Yes! Yo, Kai's got dinner!"
Kie said" We're getting pizza!"
" Extra dinner!"
Pope said" Well, what is it?" We walked into the house,
I said" Tilapia with potential blood contamination?" I smiled,
" What'd you do?"
Kie said" What's up with the permanent finger gun?" She laughed,
I said" Nick's an ass."
John B said" Nick nicked you?"
" Funny. Very funny. No, I cut myself because he distracted me when I was cutting fish in the shop."
" Did you have to go to the hospital?" I groaned as he said it, I jumped around, getting the energy out.
Kie said" No, why?!"
" I'm sorry!"
Pope said" Your irrational fear is sorta ironic."
I said" It only bothers me when I have to go personally and I hate it!" JJ hugged me, I wrapped my arms around his stomach, pouting against his shoulder.
John B said" So, possible contamination?"
" Relatively speaking, we just couldn't sell it in the shop 'cause my blood potentially could have got on it."
Kie said" Did it?"
" Like a drop... but Nick washed it off pretty good."
" Ew. No way."
JJ said" I'll still eat it."
" Yeah, sounds about right."
" What? We swap spit, I can eat some fish that was washed off." I laughed, shaking my head,
I said" You're disgusting. I'm putting it in the freezer, okay?" John B did a thumbs up, I nodded, and took off my bag, grabbing the wrapped up fish and dumping it in the freezer.