Sophie and JJ

## Windbank

**Windbank** is the romance between Sophie **Wind**ward and JJ May**bank**.

They are in a complex and whirlwind romance that started the summer before the series starts.

## History

The summer before the series, JJ was reluctant to have Sophie come and hang out with the Pogues. Until one day when Sophie shows up to the chateau covered in bruises and scars (JJ deduces from her boyfriend). He tends to her wounds and they find some common ground, smoking weed together and talking.

A few weeks later, Sophie initiates a kiss and the two have sex in a secret spot. Their relationship blossoms from there, while keeping it a secret from everybody.

When Sophie broke up with him by a letter and refused to run away from Figure Eight, JJ was heartbroken. His reaction to this causes his friends to ask what happened between him and Sophie and they both refuse to tell anyone.

## Throughout The Series

### **Season 1**

In *Pilot*, JJ seems annoyed when John B stops the Twinkie in front of *Jack's Bait Shop*, Sophie's dad's shop. He doesn't go in, but the reaction makes the rest of the Pogues ask what happened between him and Sophie. Later, John B teases JJ about going crazy over every girl he meets...including Sophie to which JJ frowns and denies that anything happened between him and Sophie. The last time the two interact in the episode is when Sophie tries to get JJ to drop the gun he had pointed at Topper during the bonfire. She is unsuccessful.

In *The Lucky Compass*, the two never interact but Pope makes JJ admit that he always thinks Sophie looks nice. When he tries to backtrack the comment, Pope just says that he was "making some observations" and that was that JJ is "totally whipped for Sophie."

In *The Forbidden Zone*, after Sarah admits that she couldn't go through with sleeping with Topper, Sophie offers some advice and gives some details about her own first experience with sex, leading Sarah to believe that Sophie's first time wasn't with her boyfriend, Caleb.

JJ and Sophie next see each other in *Spy Games* when Sophie goes to the movie night where Kiara had dragged JJ and Pope. She realizes that something is going to go down between Rafe, Kelce and Topper and Kiara, Pope and JJ. She joins the fight herself, trying to help the Pogues. After Kiara sets the screen on fire, Rafe threatens to tell Caleb about it and JJ angrily tells her that they didn't need her help. Later, Caleb confronts her after Rafe tells him what happened. He then proceeds to tell her that they tried to get Pope arrested but JJ said that he was the one to sink the boat.

When Sarah makes it back from her day with John B, she meets up with Sophie who now has makeup covering a black eye. Sarah gets protective, but Sophie says it's no big deal. Sarah asks Sophie about what she missed and Sophie tells her minor details and Sarah asks Sophie to be her alibi in case anyone asks where she was.

In *MidSummers*, Sophie is first seen outside JJ's house. He harshly asks her what she's doing there and she said she wanted to check on him, but JJ is not having that and angrily drives away on his bike. Later, at MidSummers, Sophie notices JJ among the crowd, dancing inconspicuously with Sarah. When JJ is being escorted out by security and loudly makes a scene, Sophie is amused as he follows his friends away from the party.

She later confronts the Pogues at Rixon's Cove and asks if she could join them. While the rest of the Pogues are a little skeptical, they still agree to let her back in with them―except JJ. JJ loudly objects to it but is vetoed by his friends. When Sophie attempts to talk to JJ, he blows her off.

In *Parcel 9*, JJ and Sophie argue when they realize that with John B living at Tannyhill, they will both be staying at the Chateau together. They come to a compromise and Sophie helps John B, JJ and Pope with their plan to get Sarah and Kiara to make up.

At the Crain house, Sophie goes off with Kiara and Sarah and though he denies it to his friends, he obviously is worried about Sophie. After their friends leave them at the Chateau, Sophie attempts to talk to JJ again. He tries to rebuff her again, but she stands her ground and tells him that he needs to know the whole reason for their breakup.

The talk seems to take, but JJ is still obviously upset about it.

In *Dead Calm*, when Pope tells JJ that he was the one to get picked for pawning off the gold because he's the best liar, JJ comments that Sophie actually is. Sophie is hurt by this comment. Later, she doesn't stick up for him when he steals Barry's cash stash. He goes back home but it doesn't work out. JJ stands up to Luke and leaves, before spending the cash on a hot tub. When Kiara, Sophie and Pope show up, JJ breaks down, revealing that he got the hot tub for the Pogues and Sophie helps him through the aftermath. When Kiara catches them sleeping in each other's arms, she asks JJ about it but he doesn't give her a straight answer.

In *The Runway*, Sophie admits to JJ that she paid his restitution. JJ is upset that she did that without telling him, but she says she only wants to help. The Pogues go searching for John B and when Pope suggests they all go home, he and Kiara end up in a fight. JJ and Sophie try to stop the two from fighting, but aren't successful. JJ and Sophie share another moment and she apologizes for not telling him. She says that Pope was right about his scholarship interview because even after paying his restitution she still could put herself through college with the money her dad left her. She also says that as much as she and Kiara hang out at the Cut with the Pogues, they aren’t really Pogues because they have money and privilege.

In *The Bell Tower* and *The Phantom*, Sophie and JJ help try and help John B hide from the police in the aftermath of the Sheriff's shooting. They packed food for John B and Sarah's escape together and later, Sophie tried to protect JJ when Barry and Rafe Cameron attacked them in the boat shed. When they say bye to John B, Sophie tells JJ that she understands why John B didn't want to leave without Sarah, as if she was in the same position she wouldn't want to leave him behind either. When John B and Sarah are presumed dead, Sophie comforts JJ. In his state of grief, JJ tries to numb himself by trying to sleep with Sophie. She rebuffs him and holds him as he cries.

### **Season 2**

In season two, JJ and Sophie are first seen when they create the "P4L" tree for John B with Pope and Kiara.

On the first day of school, JJ already starts drinking when he, Sophie, Kie, and Pope arrive at school. John B and Sarah send their friends a selfie of them in Nassau while the others are at school. When the Pogues get the message, JJ, Sophie, Pope, and Kie look at each other shocked before JJ storms out of the classroom.

After realizing John B wrote the message, JJ pulls Sophie in a quick hug. When the Pogues follow Ward and Gavin, JJ opens the car door for Kiara and accidentally steps onto her hand later. The two of them start fighting after Pope's camera breaks and Kiara says it was JJ's fault. JJ then asks why she would always take Pope’s side and never his and Sophie tries to calm everyone down.

Sophie almost drowns in the sewer and screams for JJ and Pope who quickly help her out. JJ later talks to Sophie telling her that he was worried about her drowning and leaving him again. She reassures him that she isn't going anywhere and before the two can share a kiss, Kiara texts Sophie than she and Pope are safely at home, souring the moment. Kiara, Sophie and JJ share a cigarette on their way to Charleston.

When they camp out on the bed of the truck that night, Sophie and JJ lay together―like they do at the chateau and Kiara and Pope comment about it the next morning, leading Sophie to flip them off.

JJ, Sophie and Kie get some food for the Pogue hot tub party. After nearly getting shot while hiding in the tree, Sophie talks to JJ in the chateau, initiating an intimate moment between them.

John B gets arrested and JJ starts complaining. He doesn't just want to sit around; he wants to get his best friend out of jail. Sophie just sighs when he tells her, Pope, and Sarah about that. She later is in the backseat of the car when she, Kie and Pope rescue JJ from his failed jailbreak of John B. JJ seems offended when she doesn't look at him.

Back at the Chateau, Sophie and JJ get into a heated argument about JJ's reckless behavior. He asks her if she's mad and she says that of course she's mad. Sophie tells JJ that she never stopped loving him and that she can't be with someone who is so willing to get himself killed. She sleeps out on the hammock that night instead of next to JJ like previous times. They both have a hard time falling asleep.

The next day, JJ asks Sophie if she's still mad and if she's ever going to talk to him again. She tells him that she's said what she needed to and she knows where she stands in regards to their relationship but asks him if *he* does.

Later, when Pope is talking privately to his Mee-Maw, Sophie, Sarah and Kie all talk about their respective problems with their boys. Sarah is conflicted about John B and Topper. Kie is afraid she ruined her relationship with Pope since he seems mad she's not in love with him. Sophie says that JJ needs to figure out where he stands in their relationship.

JJ and Sophie talk privately where they decide to tell their friends what happened between them the previous summer, which they do later after the Pogues reconvene at the chateau. JJ pulls John B and Pope aside while Sophie tells Sarah and Kie.

In *The Bonfire*, Caleb corners Sophie. She fights him off until JJ shows up to pull him off of her. Sophie, in a fit of hurt and rage, starts kicking him so hard that JJ end up pulling her away. After Sophie has a panic attack, she and JJ talk about her feelings on what Caleb has done to her. They seemingly make up, Sophie admitting that night that she has a hard time sleeping when JJ isn't there next her as she slides into bed with him.

At Angel Oak, the Pogues realize the true treasure is Cecilia's body; they lay a wreath on her casket and bury her again after Rafe, Renfield and Limbrey defiled her grave looking for the Cross. When the Pogues bask in the thought of the love between Denmark and his wife, Sophie grabs JJ's hand.

Kiara and JJ climb onto the Twinkie and JJ reaches into a hole in the tree. He pretends to get hurt to fool his friends. Sophie tries to reach him until she realizes he's joking.

The Twinkie gets stuck and is about to sink. Sophie and JJ, along with Kiara go to Kie’s house to steal her dad’s truck. JJ's father Luke is at the Chateau and asks his son to help him leave the island. Eventually, JJ decides to help him. They go back to the car. Sophie gets out and complains about Luke. JJ grabs her arms and explains that he needs to help his dad to leave.

They look into each other's eyes deeply before Sophie gives in and agrees to help. JJ goes with Sophie to get some snacks for his father and leaves Kie and Luke alone in the car. Sophie tells him that he doesn't have to help his father, but says that if this is how he wants to handle it, she's behind him 100%.

At the dock, JJ walks ahead putting all of the stuff he got his dad in the boat. As Luke walks past a disgusted-looking Sophie, he asks her if she's going to tell him what she thinks of him too (referencing the talk Kie had with him earlier). Sophie glares at him and tell him that she doesn't think of him at all, that she's only there for JJ. She tells him about his awful parenting and that despite it, JJ is the best person she knows and Luke doesn't appreciate his son. She tells him that JJ is a better man than him, always.

Luke taunts her about her dad and comparing her to her mother which pisses her off. JJ steps in, telling his dad to back off while standing protectively in front of Sophie. He confronts his father about it at the boat and says that he ruins everything he has. When Luke finally gets onto the boat and leaves, Sophie goes onto the dock, flips off Luke and JJ walks towards her. He thanks her for helping him with it and she tells him that he needed it. She tells him that she would do anything to have five more minutes with her dad, five more minutes to tell him goodbye. He kisses her forehead and takes her in his arms before she tells him that they need to get back to save the Twinkie. When they walk back together, JJ puts his arm around her shoulder.

John B, Pope, and Sarah complain about how late JJ, Sophie and Kie came back. They all start screaming at each other until JJ shouts out loud to stop them. He tells the others about the complications with his dad. JJ says that the Pogues are the only thing he has. After his emotional speech, the others start clapping at him. Though JJ is annoyed with his friends, as they head back to the Twinkie, Sophie kisses his cheek and holds his hand.

JJ and Sophie stay in the container on the Coastal Venture. JJ tells Sophie that he would go on a surfing trip with the money from the cross. Sophie asks if there's room for one more and her and JJ joke about not having passports. He comments about the fact that she's been wearing the necklace he gave her since she rejoined the Pogues. She says of course she has, he gave it to her.

John B, Sarah, Pope, Kiara, and Cleo already jumped off the ship. The only ones left are JJ and Sophie. Suddenly, one of the crew members appears with a machete in front of them and a fight starts. JJ falls back and the man turns to Sophie. JJ has a scared look on his face and shouts Sophie's name twice before getting up and trying to save her. He then gets hit by the machete and falls off the ship. Sophie knocks the man out, screams for JJ, and jumps off the ship as she sees him floating in the water unconscious. She desperately tells him to stay with her and that she's sorry.

She doesn't let him go until the others finally arrive with the rescue boat. Sophie desperately tries to wake JJ up, telling him that he can't leave her like this. When he eventually does wake, she says "Hi" and JJ answers with "Sup", which makes the whole gang break out into laughter. Sophie pulls JJ into a kiss, tells him that he scared her and she holds onto him the whole boat trip.

When they strand on the island, JJ reaches out his hand to help Sophie get up as she says "to going full Pogue". Later, JJ and Sophie talk away from their friends' ears. JJ tells Sophie that he loves her (never stopped loving her) and that he knows now that he wants to be with her. The two kiss which bring the attention of the other Pogues watching them. JJ flips them off and Sophie laughs as the couple (now officially back together), head back towards the campfire with their friends.

## Quotes

**JJ:** She always looks nice, bro . . . I mean you’d have to be blind not to see it, but she’s still a kook, man. Look I know y’all bonded over books and shit last summer, but she blew us off. We’re apparently not worth her time anymore. Kook princess with more of her kook buddies.
**Pope:** And from what I heard from Peyton Meadows, Caleb was really looking to have a good time that night.
**JJ:** Mmmmhmmm.
**Pope:** *(smirks)*
**JJ:** What?
**Pope:** *(shrugs)* Just making some observations.
**JJ:** What observations?
**Pope:** *(smirks)* That you’re totally whipped for Sophie.

**JJ:** That's not funny, bro. Nothing happened between me and Sophie.

**Sarah:** I thought I wanted it . . . then . . . I don't know.
**Sophie:** It's not an easy thing to lose, you have to truly trust the person you lose it to.
**Sarah:** Did you? Did you trust the person you lost it to?
**Sophie:** Yeah, when you know, you know . . .