𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐋𝚬 𝐒𝚬𝐂𝐑𝚬𝐓, ʲᵒʰⁿ ᵇ ʳᵒᵘᵗˡᵉᵈᵍᵉ

xxx. i never doubted them

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kie drove the teens across the island as pope continued to talk.

"if this guy flew planes for ward, he's gotta be pretty tight-lipped," pope explained.

"so then direct approach gets my vote," jj cocked the gun.

"jj, no," pope whipped around.

"no. what?" kie yelled from the driver's seat.

"gun, away from my baby, please," briar moved as far away from jj as she could get in the backseat.

"put the gun down, man," pope yelled.

"guys!" jj yelled. "we gotta keep this simple, or we'll never get john b off."

"that's so fucking dumb," briar yelled at the blonde. "fucking stupid!"

"or," pope interrupted. "we just tickle the wire."

"what?" kie looked to pope holding up kie's airpods.

"we tickle the wire," pope repeated. "i plant my phone in his car, and then we listen in on your airpods."

"not bad," briar nodded from the backseat.

"say something," pope held his phone to kie.

"something," kie said into the receiver.

"okay, we have audio," pope confirmed. "i think that's his house over there."

kie pulled across the street from a one story waterfront house. 

"all right, honk or, uh. . . yell or something if you see anything suspicious," pope instructed.

"don't do anything dangerous," kie warned.

"come on," pope chuckled. "i'm not jj."

"funny, pope," jj laughed sarcastically. "we love third-wheeling. it's princess and i's favorite thing."

"just the best," briar confirmed.

"how's it been going," jj tried to gauge. "you know, with pope and all?"

"it's good," kie nodded shortly.

"it's good?" jj confirmed. "all right. in the bedroom, is he, like, kinda freaky, cause it's pope, you know?"

"ew, stop," briar covered her ears. "pear, don't listen." she moved her hands to cover her belly.

"why are you asking?" kie turned around.

"i don't know. just kinda curious," jj shrugged. "just spitballing here."

"you don't need to spitball," kie said, disgusted. "we could sit in silence."

"i second that," briar confirmed.

"ranking-wise," jj continued after a moment of silence.

"oh, you're still asking?" kie whipped around.

"yeah, i was just curious," jj continued.

"you're still curious," kie nodded.

"is holly better?"

"what?" kie snapped.

"oh, shit," briar laughed.

"okay," jj said awkwardly. "but, like, in all honesty. . ."

pope hopped back into the car. "okay. phase one is complete."

the rest of the cat sat in awkward silence. "everything— are we all good?"