"Copy that," John B says. Kie kisses him on the check. "Diver down?"
"Diver down," Kie repeats.
John B puts the mask on and jumps into the water.
Pope sighs. "Diver down."
John B salutes us before he starts his descent.
"See ya, dude," JJ remarks.
I can hear a siren coming towards us. I turn and see Shoupe and Deputy Plumb in a police boat. "Shit. JJ."
"Guys, that's the police," JJ states.
"Oh, you gotta be kidding me," Pope remarks.
"Yep, that's the police," JJ says.
"Just act frickin' normal," Kie advises.
The siren blares again.
"Evening, officers," Pope greets.
"Evening. Here," Shoupe throws a rope to Pope.
"JJ, tie it off," Pope instructs.
"How you kids doing? You know the marsh is closed?" Shoupe asks.
JJ shakes his head. "No. Wow. I didn't know that."
"Why is it closed?" Pope asks.
"Well, we're conducting a search out here. Boat went down. Seen anything?" Shoupe asks.
"No," I say.
"No. No boats. No," JJ replies.
"Where's your friend you always hang with? He here?" Shoupe asks.
"He's working," Kie tells him.
Shoupe nods. "Hm. I'm gonna check your little boat out." He steps into the boat.
"Yeah," JJ says.
"Yeah, hop aboard. You wanna check... uh, check her out," Pope says.
"Thank you." Shoupe says. He holds up a life vest. "Uh... you got another one?"
I nod. "Yeah."
"Yeah, yeah," Pope says.
"Of course. It's, uh... it's in the hold," JJ states.
"Show him," Kie instructs.
"Okay." JJ picks up the life vest from the hold. "Yeah, here we go."
Shoupe nods. "All right."
"Yeah." JJ puts the life vest back and latches the hold.
Shoupe starts to get back on his boat.
"Be careful. You don't wanna slip," Pope warns.
Shoupe stands over the bow and looks out into the water. I look at Kie concerned. John B should be coming up soon. The last thing we need is for Shoupe to see him in the water with the scuba gear he stole.
Shoupe turns back to us. "All right."
"All right," I repeat.
"Beautiful day," Shoupe states.
JJ nods. "Sure is."
"Very beautiful," Pope agrees.
"You let us know if you see anything on your way out," Shoupe tells us.
I nod. "Will do."
"We'll be gone soon, sir," JJ assures.
Shoupe starts his boat's engine. "Yes, you will."
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fade away youth// rafe cameron
FanfictionAdeline Priscila Rose Dawson is a Pogue through and through. Moving from the cut to Figure Eight wasn't going to change that. At 16 the only thing Addie has on her mind is spending the summer doing stupid things with her friends and boyfriend. When...
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