𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗜𝗗, ʲʲ ᵐᵃʸᵇᵃⁿᵏ

𝟭𝟬. broken heart

"alright, smartass" he says before leaning over the blonde girl who was sat in a chair next to johnb before fiddling with her bracelet and placing his head on her shoulder

johnb presses play on the recorder and it begins to play, hearing the deep scruffy voice of big john.

"dear bird"

"big johnny" aven whispers, her eyes going wide at his voice that played

"who's bird?" jj asks making layla sigh

"that's what my dad called me" johnb explains before listening to the recorder, jj begins to open his mouth to ask another question making the blonde girl raise her hand to place it over his mouth

he sighs leaving her hand there before licking her palm making her face twist up and wiping his saliva on his shirt making him chuckle

"i hate to say, i told you so, but i told you so.
and you doubted your old man.
i suspect at this moment, you're filled with guilt and self-loathing over our last fight, but don't kill yourself just yet, kid.
i didn't expect to find the Merchant either.
you were probably right to call me out.
wasn't exactly father of the decade.
what can I say, kid? i could smell the barn.
and hopefully, we're listenin' to this in our brand new sugar-shack down in costa rica, livin' off passive investments and pulling on permits.
if not, and you find this for less than optimal reasons, well, that's what the map is for.
there she is, the wreck of the merchant.
if somethin' happens to me, finish what I started.
go for the gold, kid.
i love you, bird, even if I didn't always act like it.
ill see you on the other side."

the tape recorder shuts off, making johnb nod his head trying his hardest not to shed a tear
before standing up and walking to the door frame where his body goes numb and he begins to sob

"holy shit, he did it!" jj says, "big john- he doing the merchant" he smiles while his bestfriend cries in the corner

"can you, can you please?" kiara says while aven stands up and hugs johnb from behind watching him lean into the frame

"sorry" jj whispers the guilt hitting him, not realising soon enough that his bestfriend need him, needed someone

the small blonde girl looked over to johnb and her sister who had eventually given in and hugged her back crying deeply into her shoulder as she soothed him

the girl feels a cold hand place gently on top of hers turning to look at the dark-skinned boy who was looking down at her with a frown, offering a warm smile which she returned

♥.·:*¨ ¨*:·.♥.·:*¨ ¨*:·.♥

the group of kids sat around a campfire, while kiara sat on the ground played her ukulele and aven sat behind her on a chair, braiding her soft hair

while thunder tumbled in the distance and the glow of the fire shone against their skin tones, reflecting the beauty each pogue carried individually

"how much was it again?" jj asked cutting the music off and making kie turn her head up to look at him
layla was sat in between his legs her upper body leaning against his while his arms laid in front of her playing with his lighter and her arms drew patterns against his legs

johnb sat on the ledge while pope sat in the chair staring into the abyss

"five hundred mill" pope said cutting his voice down to a low

"alright, let's talk the split" jj sighs placing his lighter into laylas pocket
"now before we say evenly, may i remind you that i am the only one that can properly defend us from those groupers who were after us" he says holding up the gun
"protection, not cheap okay?" he explains