Brielle woke up to movement next to her, coming from the blond teen sleeping to her right on the pull-out couch. She sat up and rubbed her eyes, then stretched and leaned over to see if he was still awake.
"You're staring." JJ mumbled into the pillow.
"I'm not staring, I'm simply checking." Brielle replied.
"Checking me out?" JJ asked, still face into the pillow.
"Shut up." Brielle chuckled and got up. She began to walk over to the kitchen to see if their was anything she could find that wasn't expired, until she heard a car door slam from outside and Kiaras voice. "Shit!" She whisper-yelled, then ran back over to JJ. "Get up!"
"No!" JJ replied.
"Kiara and Pope are here, dumbass, get up!" Brielle said, then JJ sprung up from the bed quickly looking around.
"Shit, you gotta hide. They don't know you stayed with me!" JJ said frantically.
"I got an idea, just stay there." Brielle replied, then ran to John B's room and opened the window, jumping out into the bushes.
"Hey, JJ." Pope said walking in.
"Hey, guys." JJ replied waving to the two teens as they walked in and sat down.
"How you been?" Kiara asked.
"Good. Good, uh...comfy pull out couch." JJ replied.
"Why didn't you just sleep in your room?" Pope asked, but before JJ could answer, Brielle barged in with leaves in her hair.
"Hey, Pogues!" She greeted.
"Hey, what's with the leaves?" Kiara asked as Brielle sat down next to her.
"Uh, this?" Brielle asked taking out a leaf. "New style. Just came in."
"I'm guessing the dirt goes with it as an accessory." Pope said motioning towards the dirt on her knees and shirt.
"Yes! They call it, uh, Mother Nature aesthetic." Brielle replied. She could feel JJ shaking his head behind her.
"You're so weird." Kiara chuckled shaking her head.
"Oh, come on. You love it." Brielle replied putting an arm around her.
"I'm starving." JJ mumbled and got up.
"Most of the foods probably gone bad, JJ!" Pope called after him as he walked into the kitchen, and a few seconds later, they heard the kitchen door open and JJ groan in frustration.
Time Skip
"How's it feeling?" Pope asked looking at Kiara, who was sitting on top of a large bucket that was hanging from the tree.
"Feels good." Kiara replied.
"Alright, bringing you down." Pope said then lowered the rope bringing the bucket down.
"John B pulling a Houdini." JJ said setting his beer down on the edge of the hot tub where he was sitting.
"Yeah, where is he?" Brielle asked trying to climb one of the trees.
"I got my scholarship interview tomorrow." Pope said. "We gotta get this done!"
"Speak of the devil. Hey!" Brielle said calling after John B climbing down the tree, but he ignored her and continued storming into the house.
"Dude, I set up the entire winch to pull up the gold and everything." JJ said, but John B ignored him too.
"No, he did not. I did that." Pope said. No response.
"Hey, John B?" Kiara asked as they started to follow him, knowing something was wrong.
"Well, he's in a mood." Brielle said as he barged into the house and they looked at each other in confusion on the porch.
"That's it?" JJ asked confused.
"Uh, what's that all about?" Pope asked looking at them.
"Was gonna ask the same thing." Kiara said, and they walked into the house.
John B was rummaging through a bunch of clutter when they walked inside, still very confused about what was happening. "You all right, man? What-what's up?" Pope asked.
"What are you looking for?" Kiara asked.
"John B, why aren't you saying anything?" Brielle asked as he walked past her over to the bed her and JJ recently slept on.
"Bro, what's going on?" JJ asked, then John B reached under the pillow and pulled out JJ's gun. "John B, what do you need the gun for?"
"Whoa, what happened?" Brielle asked and JJ stepped forward and reached for John B.
"Talk to us!" JJ yelled, then John B pushed him down as he tried to grab the gun.
"John B, chill!" Kiara exclaimed.
"What the hell?!" Brielle asked as he walked by her storming towards the exit with the gun. "What are you doing?!"
"What, are you JJ now?" Pope asked blocking him, then John B grabbed Pope and pushed him out of the way.
"John B!" Brielle yelled after him.
"Shit, are you okay?" Kiara asked Pope, who nodded in response, then they all ran outside after him.
"What the fuck is going on?!" Brielle exclaimed as they ran out and saw John B getting on JJ's bike.
"John B, what the hell?!" Kiara yelled over the throttle.
"Ward knows about the gold! So does the Corsaros!" John B yelled, then looked back at the group. "They killed my dad." He said, then drove away.
"John B!" Kiara yelled and ran after the teen, then the other three Pogues followed.
"Shit!" JJ exclaimed.
"Where is he going?" Brielle asked looking back to the others.
"I don't know." Pope replied out of breath.
"Ward and the Corsaros? What-I don't understand." Kiara stammered.
"Haines Corsaro and Ward Cameron killed Big John." Brielle said and sighed. "Fuck!"
"Does that mean Courtney and Henry are in on this, too?" Pope asked.
"I knew it. Those motherfuckers." JJ said, then threw his hat down. "Shit!"
"We-we have to find John B, he could be getting into trouble!" Kiara said.
"We need to find out where he's going first, Kie." Pope replied.
Time Skip
The four Pogues tied the HMS Pogue onto the dock at the Cameron residence. It was now nightfall. "What now? We just go up to the front door and ask, 'Hey? Have you see John B?'" JJ asked.
"Look, he lives in Tannyhill now. It's plausible." Kiara replied.
"Plus, Sarah's probably home, it'll make it even less suspicious." Brielle replied standing up.
"Yeah, look, we can play dumb." Kiara said.
"Play dumb?" JJ asked.
"It's pretty late." Pope said.
"Look, I've never seen John B like that. We should honestly be going to the cops." Kiara replied.
"The cop-Yeah, and say what, Kie?" JJ asked. "We're worried about our friend because he's on a rampage because Ward Cameron and Haines Corsaro killed Big John?"
Pope and Brielle had grabbed some binoculars in the bag and looked at the house through the lenses as the two teens argued in the back. "Hey, I see Ward." Brielle said looking through the lenses.
"Yeah, I see him too." Pope replied.
"Let me see." Kiara said, then Pope gave her the binoculars.
"Doesn't look dead to me. Let's go home." Pope said.
"What?" Brielle asked.
"Wait." JJ said.
"No!" Kiara exclaimed.
"Uh....Okay. Obviously, Mr. Cameron is fine." Pope said. "And probably Corsaro is too. Even if John B was here, he isn't now, okay? Plus, I have the biggest, most important moment of my life in six hours."
"Yeah, well, our friend is in trouble." Kiara replied.
"I'm in trouble." Pope replied quickly and annoyed. "Guys, I haven't been home in three days. My dads probably put all my shit on the street by now."
"Okay, so that's it?" Kiara asked. "In a time of need, you're just gonna bail? You're just gonna walk away?"
"You did too." Brielle spoke up, frowning. "I love you, Kie, but you have no room to talk."
"Okay, yo, guys, can we not do this right now?" JJ said trying to break the tension.
"Hey, I have a scholarship interview in the morning." Pope said. "I can't-"
"Okay, well, what about John B?!" Kiara interrupted.
"Why is it always about John B?!" Pope asked.
There was a few seconds of silence. "It's not always about John B." Kiara replied. "You're so stupid! It would be any of you in this situation!"
"Oh, bullshit!" Pope replied.
"Guys-" JJ tried to say but stopped.
"This is about friendship!" Kiara yelled, overpowering JJ's voice.
"Hey, tune it down!" Brielle said.
"Look, this is about Pogues for life!" Kiara continued.
"What about forensic pathology, huh?" Pope asked.
"Forensic pathology?!" Kiara replied with a scoff.
"It's my life. It's everything I've worked for." Pope replied.
"That's your priority?!" Kiara asked getting in Popes face.
"Stop with the moral high ground bullshit!" Pope yelled.
"Should we do something?" JJ whispered to the girl next to him.
"Not until it gets physical." Brielle replied whispering.
"Pope, come on." JJ spoke up to the boy berating Kiara.
"No." Pope said turning to the two teens sitting on the other side of the boat, then turned back to the curly haired teen.
"Excuse me?" Kiara asked.
"No, no, no, no. Brielle's right. She has no room to talk." Pope said. "Where were you when Big John went missing? You weren't there. You weren't there for John B. You weren't there for any of us. Remember your Kook year?"
"Pope." Brielle said.
"Yeah. You forgot about us." Pope continued ignoring the two Pogues. "Now you feel guilty."
"Give me a break!" Kiara exclaimed pushing him.
"Hey!" Brielle and JJ said getting up.
"Is that what you need?!" Kiara said pushing him and he pushed back. "You need a break?! Move!"
"Hey! Yo, yo, yo, cut it out, all right?" JJ exclaimed as he and Brielle walked over pulling them apart. "If we're the ones mediating, we've hit rock bottom." He said pointing between him and Brielle still looking at Pope and Kiara, then he turned to Pope. "Bow, now."
"Pope, I'll drop you off." Brielle said starting the engine and driving off.
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Brielle's Outfit