American Honey
Chapter 8
Maxie let out a sigh as she placed her bag down on the sand, "Why did the guys leave the jet skis here?" Maxie questioned as she turned to Robin who was spreading her towel out.
"Dad doesn't want Mom to know that he bought new ones after last year." Robin answered as she laid down, "It's not that far, you were just the one who choose to wear heels in sand."
"It's not my fault Johnny didn't have a life jacket on and let me drive." The blonde defended as she spread her towel out.
"Just like it was Elizabeth's fault that she got stuck in a port-a-potty and it just magically flipped over." Robin smiled as she rummaged around in her bag and pulled out the sunscreen.
"Just imagine how boring your life would be if I wasn't this brilliant."
"I would say psychotic." A voice called as Sam and Emily came over the dune.
"You're here!" Maxie shouted as she shoot up and ran to hug Emily.
"You are her new partner in crime." Sam informed the girl with a smile.
"It's a privilege to be my friend, there are only a select few." Maxie explained as she grabbed Emily's hand and pulled her towards the towels.
"That's because you don't get along with other women not related to you." Robin pointed out as Sam sat next to her.
"It's not my fault they don't like honesty." Maxie laughed.
"Well the way Emily was going after that blonde girl, she definitely has what it takes to hang out with us." Sam muses as she grabbed a water from Robin.
"What blonde?"
"My brother's so called best friend, she can't handle anyone taking his attention away from her."
"Making her hate me." Sam laughed.
"You are the first person I have seen put her in her place. That slap was the greatest."
"You slapped her?" Both Maxie and Robin asked with smiles.
"Yes. I just hope Jason isn't that mad about it."
"You did not see the way he was staring at you, believe me angry is that last thing he is." Emily assured the woman with a wink.
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Jason let out a heavy sigh as he took a sip of coffee. After Sam and his sister left the hotel, Jason could not get out of there fast enough. Carly had started screaming at him for not standing up for her when Sam slapped her, Jason didn't even bother to try and claim her down, he just grabbed his keys and headed out the door and didn't stop till he came to this little dinner. He want a place to hide out until, Carly and Sonny had left. To be honest he was glad that they were leaving,for the first time in along time he was happy and no matter what it took he was going to make it stay that way.
"Jason." A voice called breaking him out of his thoughts, he looked up to see Patrick and Johnny standing at the table next to him all decked out in camo gear.
"I'm afraid to ask." Jason laughed as he took in their appearance.
"It's Saturday." Johnny stated as handed money to the waitress and grabbed the large bag.
"New here remember."
"Paintball, we play every Saturday. According to the woman, they need space away from us and we need an outlet for our aggression." Patrick explained with a smirk, "Sam used to play, but she got a little too trigger happy."
"You should come, I mean you are practically part of the group." Johnny added as he turned back to the two men.
"Oh, that is a good idea." Patrick smirked as he meet Johnny's gaze.
"Sure, but I've never played before." Jason agreed as stood up from the table.
"Oh, don't worry. We will teach you everything you need to know." Patrick assured as he patted Jason on the back.
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"Okay, I am bored." Sam wined as she sat up on the towel.
"We have been here for an hour." Maxie countered.
"How can you just lay here all day and not go crazy." Sam asked as she turned to face her sister.
"It's called relaxing."
"Please." Sam begged.
"You are like a little child."
"She does have a point, I mean we can't even use the jet skis." Robin pointed out as she sat up.
"It's not my fault, our moron of a brother took the keys with him."
"Well, we should just go get them back." Sam said as she smiled.
"No, I know that look, the last time you had that look I was grounded for two weeks." Robin replied, "I change my mind I like it here."
"Oh, please you are twenty three, there is no reason for you to be afraid." Maxie argued as she jumped up and started to clean up their things.
"I'm in." Emily smiled at the though of seeing Nikolas again.
"It's three against one, you have no choice." Maxie laughed as she grabbed the keys from Sam and raced down the beach to the parking lot.
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Sam gripped the dashboard as the jeep made a sharp turn onto the dirt road that led to the wooded area that was commonly used for paintball. "Never again am I getting into a car with you." Robin squealed as she jumped over the side of the car and onto the ground.
"I got us here didn't I?" Maxie questioned as she crossed her arms. Sam shot a glare at the blonde before she circled the car making sure there was no damage, before making her way the back of the jeep where she pulled out a large duffel bag. "No way!" Maxie yelled as she ran up to Sam and took the bag from her, "You still have these?" She asked as she rummaged through the bag and pulled out black pants and camo long-sleeved shirts.
"You guys are not murdering people in your spare time, are you?" Emily asked a little unsure as she grabbed the top and bottoms that Maxie through at her.
"No, these are from when we teepeed Lucky's house last year." Robin explained as she pulled on the shirt over her bathing suit.
"You really don't like this Lucky guy, do you?" Emily questioned as she got dressed.
"Understatement of the year." Maxie snorted as she rummaged through the bag.
"He and I used to date in high school, before he decided this town wasn't good enough for him and I was holding him back. His words."
"Than when he couldn't make it in the city, he came crawling back begging for Sam to take him back. Which if course she didn't, he than made a move for Elizabeth." Maxie finished as she pulled out two walkie talkies, "Than he chose to leave again, which led to her sleeping with my brother, proving that she is a whore." Maxie added as she stood up.
"Alright, so what's next?" Robin asked as she looked at the other three.
"We need some guns."
"Johnny and Patrick will be the easiest to get." Sam replied after thinking for a moment.
"Okay, so Maxie and I will find them. You and Emily find basecamp." Robin ordered as she handed Emily the walkie talkie.
"Roger that." Sam winked as the each took different paths.
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"So, what are we going to-do when we find their camp?" Emily asked after they had been walking for a good twenty minutes.
"Return the favor, take their keys and see how they like it." Sam explained as they neared a small clearing, where bags were scattered all over the place.
"You have a very interesting family." Emily laughed as they both made sure the coast was clear before entering the clearing. Wasting no time the girls split up and started rummaging through the bags find Nik's keys right away Sam grabbed his truck keys before they heard a tree branch snap causing both girls head to snap towards the trail they had just come from. Sam quickly grabbed the gun that laid near a group of boulders and aimed it towards the path.
"We are now entering the clearing!" A voice called as Robin and Maxie came into view with Patrick and Johnny trailing behind them. This gave Emily and Sam enough time to duck behind the boulders.
"Did you hit your head while you were out there?" Johnny asked as he and Patrick set their guns down before sitting down.
"I still don't know why you two were out here to begin with?" Patrick asked as he grabbed a bottle of water and than handed it to Robin.
"We wanted to go on a hike and I remember how pretty you said it was out here." Robin explained as she took a sip in water.
"And yo came along because?" Johnny asked as he gave Maxie a once over.
"I happen to love nature." Maxie pouted as she put a hand on her hip.
"Yeah and I am an astronaut" Johnny smirked as he nodded towards her wedged sandals.
"You know what, I don't even know why I am with you." Maxie yelled as stomped over to the opposite side of the camp.
"Is it your monthly time again or something?" Patrick asked as he started at the blonde.
"Why is that the first thing you ask?" Robin snapped as she went to walked over to Maxie.
"She is being all hormonal." Patrick defended as he followed her, Sam seeing her opening quietly moved to grab the to paintball guns that laid on the ground.
"You are such a typical male." Maxie yelled as she bent down to slip her shoes off.
"If you throw those at me again, we are over." Johnny threatened as he slowly backed away from her.
"Scatter." Maxie yelled as she tossed her shoes at the two men and took off in the opposite direction, causing Robin to chuck the water at Patrick before following Sam and Emily into the woods.
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"We have seen them in the last twenty minutes." Nikolas complained as he looked to Lucky and Jason, who Patrick and Johnny were nice enough to put him on a team with.
"The plus side is Sam is not with them, so we know they are not planning anything. I am betting they are lost." Lucky said as he glanced around the area.
"Yeah, well if my sister was here you would be dead already." Nikolas said as he glared at the man.
"So Sam mentioned the bar you two wanted to open." Jason stated as he tried to break the tension, he didn't know why but Lucky seemed to really irritate Nikolas.
"Sam told you that?" Nikolas asked turning his attention towards Jason, "Not that I'm surprised the two of you seem to be getting closer." He added.
"Look, I am not ….." Jason started.
"No worries, I am in place to give the over protective brother speech, we are in the same position." Nikolas interrupted, "It's my sisters you have to worry about, though Sam can defiantly take care of herself." Nikolas laughed he sat down on a rock.
"So, you will be leaving soon. How is that going to work with Sam? She is just a fun diversion?" Lucky asked bring the man they forgot was there.
"Sam is a hell of a lot more than a diversion. Any man who would let her go is an idiot." Jason explained, "I don't plan on going anywhere." Jason added as he brushed by the man and moved to head down the trail.
"Well, I wouldn't waste my time if I were you. A girl never forgets her first love." Lucky called.
"Believe me, when Sam is with me you are the farthest thing from her mind, I show her what a real man can do." Jason replied with a smirked. Before Lucky could reply a scream was heard from behind the three followed by a blonde sprinting by three and than out of site.
"Maxie!" Johnny yelled as he ran after her only to bump into Lucky and knock them both down.
"What the hell just happened?" Nikolas asked.
"Your crazy ass sisters are here and up to something." Patrick yelled as he jogged past the group and followed Maxie.
"Which ones?"
"Robin and Maxie for sure, but they were just the diversion." Johnny replied as he stood and headed after Patrick.
"Shit." Nikolas yelled, "My truck." He added as he ran back towards camp, Jason trailing behind him.
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Sam panted as she made it up to Nikolas truck, Emily and Robin on her tail. "Maxie is taking the jeep and will meet us at the house." Robin replied as she chucked the guns into the back and jumped into the passenger seat.
"Sam!" Jason called as he came into view.
"Start the truck."Sam mumbled as she handed the keys to Emily and shrugged the jacket off, so she was just wearing her bikini top and the black pants. Than she turned to Jason, who was quickly making his way towards the three.
"So this is going to the beach?" Jason asked with a smirk as he looked her over.
"I just missed you and had to come see you." Sam said sweetly as she placed a hand on his shirt, "You look pretty hot in this getup." She added as she trailed a hand down his muscular chest and turned them so his back was towards the truck.
"You don't look to bad yourself." He growled as he pulled her towards him. Sam quickly pulled him into a kiss, but kept her eyes on the truck which Emily had started and was slowly driving down the dirt road.
"Maxie!" Sam called as she pulled away from Jason, causing Jason to pull away and look. This gave Sam enough time to run and jump into the bed of the truck, "Sorry babe." She added as she blew him a kiss.
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"Okay, you so owe me a new pair of shoes." Maxie ordered as she and the other three sat in the backyard. Emily and Sam in the hammock and Maxie and Robin in the lawn chairs.
"Oh it was so worth it." Robin laughed as Alexis came out carrying a tray of lemonade.
"When you girls are this happy it makes me nervous." Alexis mumbled as she set the tray down on the table, "I am not going to ask why you came home covered with leaves and dirty or why one of you had no shoes on and looked like a mountain person. I don't want to know, it is only going to make me upset and I have enough going on with little miss 16 and pregnant." Alexis rambled.
"Kristina is knocked up?"
"Working her way there, we both know Ethan spent the night and they were not playing scramble." Alexis muttered.
"Maybe they were playing doctor." Maxie laughed as she grabbed a glass.
"I remember what you three were doing at that age with boys." Alexis sighed, "Emily, are you staying for dinner sweetie?" She asked as she looked at the girl.
"If you don't mind Miss, Scorpio?"
"Alexis, you are practically family and have more manners than some of my own children." Alexis answered with a smile, "Speaking of, when will the boys be home?"
"I wouldn't wait for them, they might be a while."
"What did you do? No I do not want to know. Just tell me if I should be expecting a call from the hospital or worse your father."
"No, they were just playing paintball and you know how they get." Sam explained.
"Right, I bet they are having a great time playing paintball without their guns." Alexis replied as she headed back into the house.