She'd spent the better of the day in bed, falling into a quick nap after an early morning on the boat and rejuvenating herself for the rest of her free time spent flipping through her ACT prep book and trying to jam as much information from it as she could into her brain. 
It hadn't been on her agenda to go see a movie that night, but when Kie showed up at her house with Pope and JJ riding along in her car, Collins couldn't refuse. She couldn't remember the last time she'd seen a movie. She supposed it was when they still had a TV in their house which they'd sold when money was tight and they realized that neither she nor Charlie really watched it anyways. But even so, Collins had never been to the Outer Banks Movies Under the Moon summer special which allowed the townspeople (particularly Kooks) to sit and gather for a waterfront movie. 
"I'm so glad that they're still doing this. Keep calm, carry on. Back to the OBX life." Kie sighed in content as they found an open spot and began laying down blankets and propping up chairs. "Aren't you guys glad that I made you come?"
"Ecstatic." Pope sarcastically remarked.
"My couch was pretty comfy, to be honest." JJ mumbled, before he and Pope began to whisper back and forth to each other in hushed voices that seemed to be discussing something pressing, due to the nature of their murmurs.
"Wanna help me grab some snacks?" Kie asked Collins, to which the girl furiously nodded, eager to escape from whatever tension JJ and Pope had going on between them that they weren't bothering to discuss with the two girls. 
Once they were out of earshot,  Collins pointed her thumb back at the boys and raised her brow in question to Kie. "Are they acting weird to you? Like abnormally weird for two ordinarily weird guys?"
The other girl just frowned and tried to wave it off. "At this point, I don't even want to know. They're probably just still in a mood about not finding the you-know-what." It had become an unspoken rule that they were not to acknowledge their lost riches too blatantly anymore, given that all of their hopes and dreams had been seemingly crushed in one fell swoop. The wound was still pretty fresh. She stepped up in front of the concessions stand and said, "Can I get four Pepsis, please?"
As Kie began fishing in her back pocket from some bills to pay the vendor, Collins glanced back at the two boys who appeared to be on edge; and JJ was quite literally on the edge of his fold out chair, as his back was far from even touching the back rest because he was too busy looking around like he was searching for something. She released a slow breath and decided it was better for her to just follow Kie's lead on this one, she knew them better anyways, so she was better equipped to deal with it.
"Hey, Kie." A voice called over. The two girls turned to see Rafe Cameron approaching, neither were too thrilled by his arrival and it was clear from the indifference displayed on each of their expressions. "How are you?" He asked, completely ignoring Collins's existence as he asked the question, which she was actually quite content with.
Meanwhile, Kie had an uncomfortable smile on her face as it was obviously forced for the sake of pleasantries. "I'm fine." She said politely, hoping that Rafe would just leave her alone or get straight to the point of what it was that he wanted instead of engaging in fruitless small talk.
"Good, good." He nodded, looking down at her as he gathered his thoughts before leaning in close to say lowly, "Tell your boy, that we know what he did."
Furrowing her brows as she processed his words, Kie shrugged her shoulders. "Um, sorry, what 'boy'are you talking about? I'm not sure what you're referring to, right, Collins?"
The two girls exchanged oblivious glances with one another, Collins backing up Kie with what little she actually knew, but at least now, it had been confirmed that there was something up with the boys that they weren't telling them.