'well that was fun, could've warned us a little sooner.' jj smiled.
'we would've, except pope was on the math team.' kie said.
'you were on the math team?' john b asked.
'the cops took everything like it was a crime scene. did you guys find anything?' pope asked.
jj sat up and reached into his pockets, 'did we find anything? no i don't think so.' jj then pulled out the gun and the cash, 'oh yea, we did.'
'what the hell?' pope asked.
'what?' kie asked.
'why would you take that from a crime scene!' pope scolded.
'dude, chill. come on.' jj said. 'it's better than the cops having it.'
kie looked at john b, then at ivy, 'are you guys serious?'
'it's not like jj would've listened to me anyway.' ivy said.
'i'm gonna loose my merit scholarship.' pope said.
'hey hey hey, at least you have us, right?' jj rested his arm on popes shoulder and smiled at him.
'i'm living the nightmare.' pope said, sitting back down next to john b.
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john b, jj, kie, pope, and ivy watched as a woman ran to a body on a stretcher.
'who's that?' john b asked.
'it's scooter grubbs. he was out during the storm. check out this pic i got.' the girl held her phone towards everyone, showing they the picture she got of the dead man. 'dead body.'
'insane.' kie said.
'holy shit.' ivy whispered.
'what kind of boat did he have?' jj asked.
'somehow that dirtbag copped a brand new grady white. everyone's out looking for it.' the girl said.
ivy looked at jj and john b, her eyes widened a little.
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jj, kie, and ivy all sat on the furniture in the back porch of the chateau, john b leaned up against the frame, and pope came running in.
'ok. so um, we didn't see anything. we don't know anything. we need to have total and complete amnesia.' pope sat down on the couch next to kie.
'actually, pope's right for once.' jj stood up and looked at everyone. 'see, i agree with you sometimes. deny deny deny.'
'guys we can't keep that money.' kie said.
'ok, not all of us can afford unlimited data plans kiara.' jj said.
'we have to pass that off to lana grubbs. otherwise, it's bad karma.' kie continued.
'bad karma to be implicated in a felony, too.' pope added. 'we gotta go dark.'
'if that means we get to keep the money, then i agree.' jj smirked.
john b lightly patted jj on the shoulder, 'i don't agree.'
'what? why?' jj asked.
'just think about it. this is scooter grubbs we're talking about, right? same dude that's buying individual cigarettes at the porthole. shit, one time i saw this dude begging for change in the save-a-lot parking lot because he needed gas. we're talking about a dirtbag marina rat who's never had more than forty bucks in his pocket, and all of a sudden he's got a grady white? just sayin.' john b stopped and looked at everyone.
'guys he's got a point.' ivy said. 'i mean it doesn't make any sense.'
'thank you.' john b sighed.
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'alright, so think about it pope. how does a marina rat get a grady white?' john b asked.
'prostitution.' pope said.
'square groupers bro. ok, flying under the radar, no aerial surveillance. they don't do that stuff during a hurricane. what does that mean? jj?' john b asked.
'they were straight smugglin.' jj said.
'smugglin.' john b repeated. 'and i guarantee there's a serious amount of contraband in that wreck.'
'hell yea.' jj perked up when he felt a tug on his fishing line, 'fish on!'
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pope snatched the money out of jj's hand, 'for the record, if that is a smuggling ship with illegal contraband on this inside of it, it probably belongs to someone else.'
'minor details.' kie mumbled.
'they could come looking for it. taking it would be catastrophically stupid.' pope finished.
jj reached over and took back the wad of cash, 'right, well, stupid things have good outcomes all the time.' jj smirked.
'besides pope, who the hell is gonna think that five teenagers, one rich, one super smart, two flying under the foster care radar, and one, well i mean, it's jj, would steal illegal contraband from that wreck? it's a one in a million chance.' ivy said.
'exactly, all we need to do now is figure out a way to get into the cargo hold of that wreck. until then we just lay low, just act normal.' jj said.
pope let out a sigh, 'right. and exactly how do we do that?' he asked.
ivy and kie both looked at each other and smiled, 'you thinking what i'm thinking?' ivy asked.
'kegger?' kie asked.
'let's do it.' jj smiled.
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jj and john b set down the keg of beer, while kie attached the hose to it, and pope and ivy started getting out the cups.
'does it work?' ivy asked.
'i don't know, does it?' jj pointed the hose at ivy and splashed her in the face with beer.
'oh you're so mature!' ivy laughed. she handed her cup to jj, 'now you owe me a drink.'
'anything for the princess.' jj smiled, filling up her cup and handing it back to her.
'it's queen, thank you very much.' she smiled.
john b took over filling up drinks, he then handed one to pope.
'no, hell no.' he scoffed.
'i'll take it!' jj volunteered.
'you're gonna be drunk before the sun goes down.' ivy scoffed.
not long after, the boneyard was crawling with teenagers, from tourons, to kooks, to pogues.
john b, kie, and pope all sat somewhere in the boneyard, all of them talking to tourons, whose names they wouldn't remember by tomorrow morning.
ivy and jj stood at the keg, handing out beers to anybody that came by.
after it got dark, people slowly started to leave, most of the tourons having curfews to get back to their hotels.
jj poured a beer and started to walk away, 'you coming?'
'why not.' ivy shrugged.
jj started zigzagging through the crowd of people until he finally saw john b.
'how you doing?' john b smiled.
'john b!' jj yelled.
'what're you doing?' john b asked.
'i got this for you.' jj said, getting ready to hand the cup over to john b.
'for me? yea i'll take a sip.' john b reached for the cup, but jj pulled it away.
'oh wait, hey, hey, hey sarah!' jj yelled.
sarah and topped stopped in front of jj, topper giving jj a glare.
'sarah, can i interest you in a tasty milwaukee beverage?' jj asked.
'no thanks.' sarah shook her head.
'come on, is it not fancy enough for you?' jj scoffed.
'no, we were just leaving.' sarah said.
'hey, you know what? i'll take it. i'll- thank you man. i appreciate it.' topper tried taking the drink from jj, but jj kept pulling it back.
'that's nice topper, but i didn't ask you. now if you said pretty please, maybe, but you didn't.' jj smirked.
'oh, pretty please. pretty please?' topper said.
'yea, sarah, you can have it.' jj continued.
'she doesn't want it!' topper yelled, smacking the cup out of jj's hand and spilling it all over him.
jj immediately pushed topper two or three times, but before topper could push back, john b stood in front of jj.
'no no no no, hey.' john b tried to calm jj down.
'you're so funny man!' jj yelled.
'jj calm down, alright? jj!' ivy said.
'dirty pogues!' topper spat.
without hesitation, john b ran and pushed topper as hard as he could.
'john b stop it!' ivy yelled.
'john b! we're supposed to be incognito remember?' pope yelled, pushing john b back and away from topper.
ivy stood between the two, one hand on jj's arm, and the other on john b's shoulder.
as soon as pope had backed up, topper came in and punched john b in the face, making him fall to the ground.
'that's it.' ivy growled. she went to run forward, but jj grabbed her by the waist. but she quickly wiggled out of his grasp and ran at topper, tackling him into the water.
ivy stood up and ran over to her brother, trying to help him out of the water.
'ivy!' john b screamed.
before she could turn around, topper picked up ivy and threw her into the water, kicking her back, trying to make her stay down.
'now john b, don't make me drown you like your old man, alright?' topper yelled, kicking john b into the water.
ivy slowly stood back up, coughing a few times until the water finally drained from her throat. but the adrenaline and anger kept her going.
ivy watched as john b stood up, tackling topper while he had his back to him.
'give it to him!' jj yelled.
'john b let it go man!' pope yelled.
john b picked topper up and began punching him as hard as he could in the side, until topper finally pushed him away.
john b and topper got closer, john b throwing another punch.
'that's what i'm talkin about!' jj yelled.
'come on!' john b screamed.
'yea you wanna go!' topper yelled back.
topper punched john b, making him stumble back.
'stop!' kie yelled.
topper tried grabbing ahold of john b, only to get thrown into the water.
'come on topper! let's go! come on!' john b screamed.
the two began throwing punches at each other again, until topper got the upper hand, holding john b's head under the water.
ivy ran at topper again, jumping on his back and wrapped her arms around his neck.
'get him v!' jj yelled.
'get off of me!' topper screamed, throwing ivy over his back. topper then picked her up and slammed her against the ground. he finally stopped, looked at her, then punched her as hard as he could across the face.
'ivy! ivy!' kie yelled, running over to the girl who was laying on the sand, getting ready to get back up.
'no no no no, v.' kie grabbed onto ivy before she could run over to topper again.
ivy could only watch in horror as topper held her brothers head under the water. 'he's- he's gonna kill him!' she yelled.
'he's drowning him!' pope said.
'topper!' sarah screamed.
pope and kie still kept a strong grip on ivy, not letting her run after topper again.
it didn't take long for ivy to wiggle out of their grips since her arms were soaking wet, making them easier to slip out of their hands.
as soon as ivy started to run at topper, she stopped. she saw jj holding the gun to toppers head.
'yea, you know what that is, your move broski!' jj yelled.
'jj!' ivy yelled.
'stop! jj! put the gun down!' sarah yelled.
'did you say something princess?' jj asked.
'we're good! we're good!' topper took his hands off john b, putting them up in surrender.
ivy's focus kept going back and forth from john b to jj.
'jj stop! put it down please!' ivy pleaded.
'ivy topper could've killed you! he could've killed john b too!' jj screamed.
jj soon let go of topper and pushed him into the water, he slowly walked towards ivy, who just stared at him.
'i wasn't letting him kill either of you.' he grunted.
'jj. give me the gun.' ivy ordered.
jj walked past her and ignored her, 'alright everyone listen up! get the hell off our side of the island!' jj pointed the gun in the air, firing two shots.
'are you crazy! you idiot!' pope yelled.
'stupid!' kie screamed.
'why would you do that!' pope screamed.
'it's not worth it!' kie scolded.
'i'm saving his life, ok!' jj yelled.
ivy ran over to john b, who was knelt down in the water.
'hey hey hey, can you stand? john b look at me!' ivy held onto her brother's shoulders and watched as his eyes slowly closed and he fell into the water.
'no no no no, guys!' ivy screamed, holding john b's head out of the water.
pope and kie continued to scream at jj. 'guys!' ivy yelled again.
everyone turned around and looked at her, 'help me!' she yelled.
pope, kiara, and jj ran over to her, pope and jj grabbing onto john b's shoulders and pulling him out of the water and walking him towards the van.
kie got in the drivers seat, and pope climbed into the passenger seat, while jj and ivy sat in the back, trying to hold john b up.
'ivy you're bleeding.' jj said.
'i don't care.' she mumbled.
'no ivy, it's bad.' jj said again.
'well you obviously didn't care before.' ivy said.
jj sighed, 'look v, i'm sorry, but if topper would've killed him, i wouldn't be able live with myself. and look at yourself ivy, he hurt you pretty fucking badly. you were choking up water for god's sake.'
'like i said jj, i'm fine.' ivy reached up and felt the blood coming from a cut on her forehead.
'when we get back to the chateau, i'm cleaning that up, alright?' jj whispered.
'i can take care of myself, this isn't the first fight i've gotten into.' ivy replied.
kie parked the twinkie next to her car at the chateau, getting out and watching as pope and jj pulled john b into the chateau, then laid him down on the couch.
'you need a ride jj?' kie asked.
'nah i'll be fine, i'll probably just stay here.' he shrugged.
pope and kie both got in the car, leaving jj and ivy to be with john b.
jj and ivy walked into the chateau, ivy picking up and blanket and laying it over john b.
jj ran into the bathroom, coming back out with a roll of toilet paper and rubbing alcohol. 'sit.' he whispered.
'jj i'm not a little kid anymore, like i said, i can take care of myself.' she scoffed.
'well, i really don't care v, now just sit down, please.' jj pulled out a chair for ivy to sit on.
ivy sat down and jj stood in front of her, putting the rubbing alcohol on the toilet paper, then looking at ivy, 'this is gonna hurt.' he whispered.
'i'm well aware.' she replied.
jj pressed the toilet paper to her forehead, causing her to lightly flinch. 'hold it there.' he ordered.
jj ran back into the bathroom, coming out with a box of bandaids.
'you really couldn't get me disney princess ones? how rude.' ivy smiled.
'well i'm so sorry, we can go get some tomorrow.' jj smiled back.
jj put two bandaids of ivy's forehead, 'good to go.' he whispered.
'thanks jj.' she whispered.
'no problem v, even though you didn't want my help. but hey, i'll see you tomorrow, i have a feeling that the cops are gonna be around here at some point, and i don't need that right now.' jj looked at john b, then back at ivy, 'goodnight v.'
'goodnight jj, i'll see you tomorrow.' ivy whispered.