"That's what a three story fall to the deck?" Pope says looking up at my dumbass of a brother whose balancing on one foot on the roof of a construction site for some tacky new kook house "I give you about a one-in-three chance of survival"
I'm sitting with Jj up on one of those construction things that the workers walk on I don't know what the fuck it's called...I look up from where I am
"John B I don't wanna have to scrape you off the deck plz get down and stop being fucking stupid" I said as I took a huge swig of my beer
"Aw look Jules is worried about her brother" Jj poked me in my ribs as he teased me, I swatted his hands away
"Well dipshit if he dies what the fuck am I supposed to do? he's all I have left" I tugged on the bracelet my dad gave me it's a dainty cheap charm bracelet with a wave charm and a letter j for Juliette, it's cheap but it's all I have left of him
"Hm" He licked his pointer finger "should I do it?" Asking the stupid questions as usual
"Yeah jump, I'll shoot you on the way down" pointing a drill at my brother
"Your gonna shoot me?" He mimics a gun with his finger "pew"
"Y'all are stupid" I took a long drag off JJ's blunt, my brother gave me a stern look
"What...I do what I want" Rolling my eyes at him as I take another long drag hitting it on the side of the wood to get the extra ash off
My head snapped over to kie's voice coming from down below
"They're gonna have Japanese toilets with towel warmers..."
"Of course. Why wouldn't they" Jj stated A matter-of-factly
"Kie we're knee deep in Kook land of course they fucking do" me saying
"This used to be a trutle habitat, but who cares about turtles, I guess" she was now looking up at my idiot of a brother "can you plz not kill yourself?" She's always had a soft spot for my brother I always say she has a crush on him but she denies it everytime...we'll find out one day
"Don't spill that beer im not giving you another one.." gulping down mine "what about me??" pouting my lip out at him " of course for my favorite little routledge" he said as he passed my another beer
"Whoa..Aw shit" I watch as my brothers groans as his beer can falls the the ground with a clang splattering and spilling all over the pristine clean new deck "of course you did, like right when I told you" jj was now rolling his eyes
"Smooth" kiara sarcastically stated while looking around, probably to see if anybody was around, she's careful like that "dumbass" she then said
"I told you to be carful big brother you don't listen" I smirked at him
"HEY!" I heard a husky low voice yell
"Hey, uh, security's here...let's wrap it up" pope said clapping his hands at us
"Thanks for the suggestion I was gonna just stay and fucking take a nap" swinging down from the platform I was perched up on
"Boys are early today" john b climb sliding down from the roof nearly falling in the process
"Humpty dumpty, let's roll" jj jokingly as rolled backwards out of his spot
"Let's go, boys" kiara was now walking to open deck door to leave before we were caught by the neighbor hood watch cops I followed suit
"Gary is that you? It's me" jj was taunting the security guards "Gary good to see you man!"
"Get down" now pope's aggravated...wait...I'm on his damn side "yes I would like to avoid spending the night in jail I have a calculus test that I need to study for...so let's get the fuck out of here" I was now as impatient and annoyed as pope
They finally stopped harassing the fuming morons and came down
"Your asking for it" Kie stated as we booked it through the probably million dollar beach house only the sounds of what I assume was the Gary guy from behind us
"JJ!"
"HEY, STOP!"
"GOT EM COMIN YOUR WAY" I assumed he was talking to his partner
"I GOT HIM" JJ ran smack into him "Not much of a hugger man" he just managed to slid away from the guy
"THEY'RE GOING OUT FRONT!"
"GO, Pope Go! Go, go, go, go, go, go" Jj screamed in between breaths. I effortlessly hopped the fence and continued on, I heard a loud thud behind me j managed to look back and see pope on the ground form the impact of jumping over the fence "get up pope, fatso's coming" jj tapped him on the back, I laughed to myself and kept running
"HEY!"
"COME HERE,YOU LITTLE PRICKS"
"Bus is leaving" my brother and kie managed to get to the van before everyone else and pulled up "come on guys whoo!" I heard as the van door swung open
Pope and Jj jumped in first, jj extends his arm to me holding out his hand for help up, I gladly took it he easily pulled my up into the van I sat on one of the bench seats in the back
"Look at Gary gunnin' for a raise" pope was now in historical laughter as was everyone else
"Come in Gary" he dangled an empty beer can out the door at him the man looked like we was gonna pass out from heat exhaustion or some shit "you're so close! You can do it. There you go"
"HEY! YOU LITTLE PRICKS" he can't come up with a better insult...I stuck my head out the door careful not to fall out of the damn moving van, Been there done that...not fucking fun "maybe you'll get better fucking pay if your could actually catch us for once" I slipped my body back in the van
"You guys are gonna give him a heart attack" Kie turned to my brother who was driving
"They don't pay you enough, bro" jj groans, Kie Pused his body back into the van and swung the door shut "jj stop" she had a stern voice, I slapped his arm
"Jj stop"
"Oh, come on. That sort of initiative is just begging to be punished" he was now in a fit of giggles
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~As we are driving back to the chateau let me tell you about where I live and who I hang out with
The Outer Banks...it's the sort of place where you either have two jobs or two houses. two tribes,one island
All right so Figure Eight is the rich side of the island home if the snotty ass kooks who think their above it all, so guess where we don't live...
Then theirs the south side of the island or the cut...home of the working class who make a living off of bussing tables, washing yachts, running charters, that's where us pogues live and breath
Now let me introduce you the the fam
Of course you have my darling overprotective older brother John Booker Routledge, John B for Short. Ever since our dad left on the boat looking for some stupid shipwreck and disappeared at sea he was presumed to be dead but I don't believe it I know he's still out there somehow I hold out a fraction of hope because he's the only parent she have our mom split when John b was 3 and I was 2 so didn't see much of her all she left me was a ring with the letter r on it I assumed that means our last name or I'm an idiot I wear it on my hand to signify something I guess. He's just a overprotective brother a little much if you ask me I know he's good for it tho
Jj maybank my brothers best friend my best friend since like third grade I swear this boy has been a pain in my ass for the longest time, I love him tho his basically your average surfer boy likes the fish, surf drink and catch fish in our lovely little boat, I have so much love for him not to mention I may have a tiny crush on him I've had it since we were kids, but John b would kill me if he found out...honestly it just grows more everyday but nothing come of it and it's going to stay that was
Kiara Carrera has my best friend since kindergarten she didn't really click with my brother or jj at first but obviously she eventually did this chick is my ride or die bitch she has always has my back and we even have a matching dolphin tattoo on our ankles, she's actually a rich kid her parents own the wreck a restaurant that sells basically every beach like food you could think of, I have no clue how she deals with all the boys they all kinda have a thing for her but they never act on it out number one rule is "no pogue on pogue macking"
Then we have pope he's like my oddball older brother he's the smart one of us all he's a finalist for some fancy merit scholarship I'm pretty sure his parents are pretty proud of him even though they probably think there son is a bit weird or sumthin we love our big happy family
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My Safe Space
FanfictionA JJ maybank fanfic "When I think of home I think of you your what keeps me sane what keeps me all around together, my place to land, you complete me....your my safe space" Juliette Routledge she's driven and outspoken, traits some people may think...
