𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫, 𝐣𝐣 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤

𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞

"claire, shut up." sarah groans as a metal clanking awakes her.

after another clank sarah's eyes snap open and she sees john b.

"You're not claire." sarah states the obvious.

"Correct. she's passed out." john b says and points to the blonde.

"What are you doing?" claire says groggily as she notices the brunette standing in front of her when she awakens.

"was passed out." john b corrects himself. "Uh... I'm just dropping off some scuba gear. What are... what are you doing... here?" he asks the two sisters.

"It's our boat." claire and sarah tell him at the same time.

"It's also the only place with air conditioning." sarah adds.

"Right."

"Did you, um... top up the tanks?" claire asks him.

"Uh...No. No, power's down, so the compressors were off." he clears his throat.

"So, you're sneaking onto our boat at 5:00 a.m. with empty tanks?" she asked him, "I'll make sure to tell Ward."

"Okay. Okay. Cool. Cool." he sweats.

"Just drop these off." he stuttered.

"Yeah, yeah, the middle of the room is fine." claire rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, this is pretty much what he told me to do." he lied.

"Bye." claire waved him off.

"actually, you know, what... what exactly were you gonna tell your dad?" he scratched his head.

"Nothing much. Just that you poached our scuba gear." claire smiled.

"Okay, fuck. I borrowed it for a few hours. Okay? and then I brought it back intact and unharmed." he told them.

"Minus air." both girls said at the same time.

"stop that twin telepathy shit, it's freakin' me out." he gave them weird looks before going back to the previous conversation, "Look, please don't tell him. Okay? He'll fire me." he pleaded.

"What are you gonna do? Pull a gun on me?" sarah taunted.

"sarah! uncalled for." claire scolded her sister.

"I didn't know JJ would do that." john b told her.

"That's convenient to believe." sarah scoffed.

"Maybe you should get better friends." sarah continued.

"Well, maybe you should get a better boyfriend." john b retaliated.

"ooh." claire smirked.

"Like one who doesn't poach?" sarah shot back.

"Look, please, just don't tell him." he gave them a pleading look.

"Relax. She's not gonna tell him anything. Neither am i. Your secret's safe with me, John B." claire told him, he shot her a thankful look before sarah spoke up.

"Okay, you can leave now."

"Right. Yeah. Uh...I'll leave... I'll leave that right there." he stuttered before opening the glass sliding door.

"Bye John B." claire smiled.

"Later claire." he smiled back.

claire tuned to see her sister giving her a 'wtf was that' look.

"don't. don't give me that look." she yelled at her sister.

"was that why you came on the boat yesterday?" sarah asked claire.