CONTINUANCE - John B Routledge

001.

𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬, and our mission this summer is to have a good time, all the time.

"That's what, a three-story fall to the deck? I give you about a one-in-three chance of survival." Pope said. 

"Hmm?" John B said while licking his pointer finger and holding it in the air. "Should I do it?" 

"Yeah, you should jump. I'll shoot you on the way down." Pope said while pointing the drill at John B, pretending he was shooting him. 

"You're gonna shoot me. Pew!" John B said while pointing finger guns at Pope.

"Idiots." Emerson muttered under her breath as she sat next to JJ on the scaffolding. He hands her a beer and wraps his arm around her shoulder. "I swear one day they'll find the weirdest way to die." 

"They're gonna have Japanese toilets with towel warmers." Kiara complains as she comes outside after adventuring the unfinished house. "Of course. Why wouldn't they?" JJ asks.

"This used to be turtle habitat but who cares about the turtles, I guess." Kie responded, which made Emerson frown. Emerson wasn't as passionate about the environment as Kiara was, but she still cared about animals. "I can't have cold towels." JJ said from next to Emerson, which made her roll her eyes.

"Can you please not kill yourself?" Kiara said to John B, who was cuurently trying to balance on one foot. "No point in asking Kie, he's an idiot." Emerson giggled which made John B glare at her. 

"Thanks Em, really appreciate that." John B sarcastically says. Emerson just looked at him and gave him the 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 smile. "Don't spill that beer, I'm not giving you another one." JJ said to John B.

Right as JJ said that, John B lost his balance and dropped his beer. 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳. Everyone made fun of him for doing that until they heard a "hey!" in the distance.

"Hey, uh, security's here. Let's wrap it up." Pope said, as everyone started heading towards the door to escape.

"Let's go boys, and girl." Kie said, smiling at Emerson who was smiling back. "Gary, is that you?"

As they head inside the house, they all race down the stairs. Emerson, Kie, and John B took a shortcut way to get to the van, while Pope and JJ took a different way.

"Come here you little pricks!" Gary yelled from the fence, as both girls and John B were driving by. 

"Bus is leaving!" John B says as he honks the horn. "Come on, boys!" Emerson and Kie laughed.

"Check out Gary gunning for a raise!" Pope said from the back seat. "Wait. Slow down. Slow down. Slow down. Slow down." JJ said to John B, as he continued to taunt Gary. 

"Guys, you're gonna give him a heart attack." Kie said. Emerson couldn't help but worry for Gary's health. Yes this whole thing was fun and an adrenaline rush, but that didn't stop Emerson from worrying. Ever since her parent's disappearance, she's been more worried about people's health than usual.

"JJ cut it out!" Emerson smacked JJ on the back of the head from the passenger seat. "Oh come on Em, that sort of initiative is just begging to be punished." JJ laughs.

"He'll be fine, don't worry." John B said and gave her a small smile. She nodded and smiled back. 

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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴, 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘸𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥.