(𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑙, 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑚𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑎)
(𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝐵𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎'𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑣)
"Window!" John B says.
"Are you crazy?!" I ask him.
"Just go." JJ says pulling me by my arm with them.
"Hurry up!" John B says for me and JJ to go out of the window.
John B stays at one of the sides and I stay in the other one next to JJ.
"What do we do now?" I ask still whispering.
"Shh." John B says.
"What are you doing?" Pope asks.
"I'm gonna die." I say.
"You're not gonna die." John B says.
John B looked to the window to see what the cops were doing.
"What the fuck..." John B says.
"What?" JJ asks.
JJ moves to try to see what John B was seeing and lets the gun fall, making a loud noise.
"JJ! What did you do?!" I ask.
JJ puts his hand in my mouth as he realised the cops are coming to the window, and comes closer to me.
The cops opened the window and John B made us a signal to hide because they would see us.
JJ turned me to the wall and he stood behind me, pressing me to the wall.
My eyes widened a bit when I heard the cops looking out of the window. Then my eyes widened even more when I felt something in JJ's shorts.
And I know it wasn't the gun, because the gun fell.
Jesus help me.
"Alright, let's go." one of the cops say.
"No one is here." he says after a bit.
JJ's hand fell off my mouth and he pulled away when we heard the cops leaving.
𝐴𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡:
"Well that was fun." JJ says.
"For you." I say.
"Could've warned us a little sooner." he says completly ignoring what I said.
"We would have, except Pope was on the math team." Kie says.
"You were on the math team?" JJ asks.
"Why are you surprised?" I ask.
"The cops took everything like it was a crime scene." John B says.
"Did you find anything?" Pope asks.
"Did we find anything? No, I don't think so. Oh yeah... we did." JJ says smirking showing the gun.
"Why did you bring that with you?!" I ask panicking.
"Calm down." he says.
"What the hell?" Pope asks, referring to the gun.
"Dude chill, come on." JJ says.
How is he so relaxed?
"Why take that from a crime scene?" Pope asks.
"Better than the cops having it." JJ says.
"Are you serious?" I ask.
"I'm gonna loose my merit scolarship." Pope says getting stressed.
"Hey hey hey, sh sh sh sh." JJ says going towards Pope and pulling the gun to his mouth.
"At least you have us, right?" JJ says.
"I'm living the nightmare." Pope says.
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𝐿𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟
𝐽𝐽'𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑣:
"Scooter?" a woman says.
"Scooter? Oh god!" the same woman says running towards a dead man.
"Who's that?" John B asks.
"It's Scooter Grubbs. He was out during the storm." a random girl says.
"Check this pic I got. Dead bodyy." the girl says showing a picture in her cellphone.
When Bella saw the picture she turned around and walked a few steps away.
I came closer to her and grabbed her hand just to calm her.
"What kind of boat did he have?" John B asks.
"Somehow that dirtbag copped a brand-new Grandy-White." the girl says making us all look at each others except Bella.
"Everyone's out looking for it." the girl says referring to the boat.
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𝐿𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑢
(𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝐽𝐽'𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑣)
"Ok so um. We didn't see anything. We don't know anything." Pope says.
"We need to have total and complete amnesia." he finishes.
"Actually, Pope's right for once. See, I agree with you sometimes." I say playing with Bella's hair.
"Deny, deny, deny." I say.
"Guys, we can't keep that money." Kie says.
"Okay, not all of us can afford unlimited data plans, Kiara." I say.
"We have to pass that off to Lana Grubbs. Otherwise is bad karma." Kiw says.
"Bad karma to be implicated in a felony too. We gotta go dark." Pope says.
"If that means we get to keep the money, then I agree." I say.
"I don't agree." John B says.
"What? Why?" I ask.
"Just think about it. This is Scooter Grubbs we're talking about. Same dude that's buying individual cigarettes at the Porthole. Shit, one time I saw this dude begging dor change in a save-a-lot parking lol because he needed gas. We're talking about a dirtbag marina rat who's never had more than 40 bucks in his pocket, and all of a sudden he's got a Grandy-White? Just sayin'." John B says.
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𝐿𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑐𝑘:
(𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡, 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑒𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟)
(𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝐽𝐽'𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑣)
"So, think about it, Pope How does a marina rat get a Grandy-White?" John B asks.
"Prostitution." Pope says confident of what he is saying, making Bella burst in laugh.
I laughed as well but not because of what Pope said, but because of Bella's laugh.
"Sqare Groupers, bro." John B says.
"Okay, flying under the radar. No aerial surveillance. They don't do that stuff during a hurricane. What does that mean, JJ?" John B asks.
"They were straight smugglin'." I say.
"Smugglin'." John B repeats.
"And I guarantee, there's a serious amout of contraband in that wreck." John B finishes.
"Hell yeah! Fish on." I say.
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𝐿𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑢:
(𝐼'𝑀 𝑆𝑂𝑅𝑅𝑌, 𝑇𝐻𝐸𝑅𝐸'𝑆 𝑁𝑂𝑇𝐻𝐼𝑁𝐺 𝐼 𝐶𝐴𝑁 𝐷𝑂 😭)
(𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝐽𝐽'𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑣)
"For the record, if that's a smiggling ship with illegal contraband in the inside of it it probably belongs to someone else." Pope says.
"Minor details." Kie says.
"They could come looking for it." Pope continues. "Taking it would be catastrophically stupid."
"Right. Well, stupid things have good outcomes all the time." I say. "All we need to do is figure out a way to get into the cargo hold of that wreck. Until then, we just lay low. Just act normal."
"Right, and how exactly do we do that?" Pope asks.
"Keeger?" Kie suggests.
"Noo, what about me?" Bella asks, since John B never lets her go to these parties. Actually, any kind of party.
"You're coming as well." I say.
"Excuse me? Are you her brother?" John B asks.
"No, but are you serious you're gonna make her stay at home again?" I ask.
John B sighs and only says "Fine."
"I love your energy." Bella says to John B.
"Finally, Bella is coming to a Keeger." Kie says.
"Thanks to me." I say.
"Thanks to you? If I said the same thing he would've let her come too." Kie says.
"Alright, it doesn't matter." Pope says.
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𝐿𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐾𝑒𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑟
(𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑚𝑎𝑜)
𝐵𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎'𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑣:
"Hi, oh wait. Hey, hey, hey. Sarah! Sarah, can I interest you in a tasty Milwaukee beverage?" JJ asks Sarah.
"How much did you drank already?" I ask him.
"Not that much." he says smirking.
"No, thanks." Sarah says.
"Is it not fancy enough for you?" JJ asks her.
"JJ shut up." I say quietly so only he could hear.
"We were just leaving." Sarah says.
"Hey, you know what? I'll take it." Topper says taking the cup in JJ's hand.
"I'll... Thank you man, I apreciate it." Topper says.
"That's nice, but I didn't ask you." JJ says.
"Seriously JJ, stop." I say.
"If you said pretty please, maybe. But you didn't." JJ says.
"Oh, pretty please." Topper says.
JJ tried to give Sarah the drink again.
"She doesn't want it you..." Topper says spilling the beer in JJ's face.
JJ didn't stay quiet of course, he went and tried to hit Topper.
"You're so funny man." JJ says.
"JJ stop." I say.
"Dirty pogues!" Topper says, making John B punch him right in the face.
"Guys!" I say.
"John B! We're supposed to be incognito remember?" Pope says.
"Babe, babe, babe!" Sarah says trying to stop Topper.
⚠️ 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 ⚠️
𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙥 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤.
(𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙙, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡)
Topper punches John B and he falls in the water.
"Guys stop!" I say yelling.
"Guys!" Sarah yells as well.
Topper starts hitting John B in the water making me start to get stressed.
"Hey, John B. Don't make me drown you like your old man, all right?" Topper says making me frustrated of the mention of my father.
I went towards him and punched him and he fell.
I don't know what did I thought at that moment, I wasn't thinking, at all.
And I realised it was a bad idea as Topper got up and looked at me.
"What did you just do? Who do you think you are to punch me? Huh?" he asks yelling.
I stood there with wide eyes and look at John B who can barely move.
Topper came and grabbed me by my arm and I tried to scape, but no success.
John B got up and punched Topper.
At this time everyone around was cheering and saying "fight, fight".
All of us (me, Kie, Pope, JJ, Sarah) were trying to make them stop by yelling at them, but they wouldn't stop.
They started to punch and hit each other.
Topper made John B fall again and tried to drown him, having success.
"Topper! Topper stop!" Sarah yells.
"Stay away from him! Stop!" I say yelling as well, afraid of loosing someone else.
"Someone do something!" Kie yells.
"Topper!" Sarah yells once more.
"Stop! Please!" I yell again.
John B tried hard to breath but Topper was drowning him.
I couldn't loose anyone else so I ran up to them and tried to get Topper off John B.
He didn't stop drowning my brother so I punched him, getting some time.
I tried to make John B get up but Topper grabbed my neck pulling me back, making me fall in the water as well.
He started to drown John B again and I couldn't do anything.
Sudenly JJ aproaches with the gun and put it in Topper's head.
"JJ don't shoot it." I say afraid.
"Yeah, you know what that is." JJ says to Topper with the gun in his head.
"Your move broski." JJ says.
"JJ's got a gun!" someone yelled, making everyone worried.
"JJ!" Sarah yells.
"Chill!" Pope yells as well.
"Stop! JJ!" Sarah yells.
I got up from the water and went towards Sarah.
She looks at me confused and I slap her face.
"Now you tell him to stop?! You bitch! Your fucking boyfriend is trying to kill my brother!" I yell at her face.
"It's not my fault! And you don't call me bitch, did you hear me?!" she yells back.
"I'll call you whatever I want, you don't have the right to-" I say being interrupted by a gunshot.
I gasp and turn around to see what was happening.
Thankfully JJ didn't shot at anyone, he shot at the air and Topper wasn't drowning my brother anymore.
"Your stupid friend has a gun and you say it's Topper's fault?!" Sarah yells at me.
"JJ was the one drowning John B?! No, I don't think so!" I yell at her back.
"Stop!" Kie says coming in between me and Sarah.
I look at Kie and then at John B.
He was still in the water about to fall, unconcious so I went towards him running.
⚠️ 𝙞𝙛 𝙪 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙥𝙚𝙙 𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 ⚠️
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𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔:
𝐵𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎'𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑣:
"Get decent, sweetie. We need to talk." sheriff Peterkin says when John B wakes up.
I was in the front porch alone this morning when she came, so we waited for John B to awake for her to talk.
"Sorry to break in like this, but DCS called." she says.
"Is everything okay?" I ask.
"They wanted me to check on you two. See how you're doin'." she says.
"So how are you, besides the..." she says referring to his eye.
"Oh no I'm- I'm great. Yeah, fantastic. Uh... Thanks for coming by." John B says, trying to make her leave.
"I'm so happy to hear you say that, John B, but I heard some things that worried me. Let me see if I can remember." she says.
"Oh yeah, one of the things that I heard was that your uncle Teddy, your guardian, hasn't been in the state for three months." she finishes.
"That's false." John B lies.
"Yeah, that's not true." I lie with him.
"You don't have to say anything. I know it's true. I heard there was a fight on the beach yesterday, and a gun was involved." she says.
"Okay. Gun? No. Did I get in a dustup? Yes, but there was a gun? No, no way." John B says.
"Yeah, there wasn't any gun." I say, pretending to be confused.
"That's ok, I know who it was. I'll get to him." the sheriff says.
"All I'm worried right now is making sure you're in a safe home." she says.
"Yeah, super safe." John B says. "Super sound, sturdy. You know?"
After a while sheriff Peterkin left.
𝐿𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑜𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠:
(𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝐵𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎'𝑠 𝑝𝑜𝑣)
"Look, I'm callin' it off. All right?" John B says.
"Peterkin said if we get out of the marsh, she'll help us with DCS." he continues.
"And you believed her?" JJ asks.
"Yes, I believe her JJ." John B answers.
"An actual cop, John B. You believed a cop." JJ says.
"What is your problem with cops?" I ask.
"All we gotta do is stay out of the marsh for a couple days, and she'll help us out." John B explains.
"It doesn't help that your ass was the one shooting a gun." John B says.
"You know what I should've done? Just let Topper drown your ass." JJ says.
"Yeah, 'cause Topper was gonna drown me?" John B says.
"Sure, looked like it." JJ says. "I mean, have you looked in the mirror?"
"Tell me some more, come on." John B says.
"They always win, don't they man? Kooks versus Pogues. They always, always win!" JJ says.
"JJ calm down." I say.
"Look, it's ok." Kie says.
"No it's not ok! It is not. They don't want us to go down into the marsh. That means there's something valuable down there, and you know it. I know you do." JJ says.
"And I understand why you don't wanna go. You're the golden boy. You got way too much to risk." JJ says looking at Pope.
"And you. I mean, you're already rich as fuck anyway. Why would you bother?" he says now looking at Kie.
Then he looks at me and says "You... you are such a good person. You got way too much to loose."
With that none of us said anything, and I looked down at the floor.
"But you and me man. We got nothin' to lose. We really don't, all right?" he says looking at John B.
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Helloo.
I just realised this is so big again, so I needed to stop here. I swear I'm trying to make shorter chapters.
Anyways, hope ur having a nice day/night.
Byee <3