Jj's POV
It's the end of school and I'm holding cj because she still high but it's almost faded
She's been quiet since she came back from the bathroom and I noticed the tear stains on her face and when I find out who made her cry their dead
"Bonfire? Well,I think she meant to give it to me,so we're all good there. We're going."I said
I see her look at me with tears
"Angel I was just kidding I just wanted you to pay attention to me"I wipe her eyes
She just hugs me tight I put my arm around her shoulder
We follow jb and Pope
"Mr.Heyward, Mr. Routledge,Mr.maybank and Ms.jones just the people I wanted to see" Mr.sunn says as we walk into his classroom
"Wish I could say the same"I whisper into cj's ear
She giggles quietly making me smile and pull her into me
"I have a question of an historical nature for you four." He starts
"I digitize documents for the maritime museum,and in return, I've been given access to the archives. And I found...this"he open his closet and pulled out a box
"A box"Pope says with no interest
"More that a box."
He opened the box and inside was a journal
Pope opened it up carefully to make sure it stayed in take
"It's a diary. The author's unknown'
Pope flipped the pages when the see the wheat symbol
"Woah"John b mumbles
"And this is a sample of a Denmark Tanny letter. Compare the handwriting."mr.sunn places the letter in his desk
To which John b grabbed
"No way"
"It's nearly identical."
"This is Denmark Tanny's diary"Pope says still looking through it
"Guys it's captain limbrey"Pope says showing us a drawing I moved me and Cj closer so we could both see it
"August 6th,1829"Pope reads out loud
" That's The year the Royal merchant went down."John b informs us
"Thank you so much for this."Pope says still looking at the diary
"It's important to know your own history"mr.sunn says before leaving
"Popie what's that?"CJ asks moving away from me
"Oh my god. It's the cross of Santo Domingo."he tells us
We all huddle around him
"It was in the royal merchant it didn't go down with it because we would've saw it when we found it"
"Which means we have to look for it"we all look at each other
"Good job princess"she blushes
"Let's go we have to go"we walk to the parking lot
"Hey Ciara my sister told me that your a bitch and a cry baby who's mom doesn't love them"some dude says to her
"Who the fuck are you"I ask stepping towards him
"Why don't you ask your girl she knows my sister"
"I'm gonna give you 5 seconds before I beat the shit out of you ass"he stands there
I pop my knuckles and punch him in the face "jj!"John b and Pope pull me back
"You better watch yourself maybank"he walks away
Jb and Pope are in the front so me and Cj have the back to ourselves
I notice she was looking out the window sadly
"Baby"she turns to me
"Why were you crying earlier? And who was that fucker"I say wrapping my arm around her
"I wasn't what made you think that?"I give her a look I see her tears
I pull her into me
"They said you deserve better and that u was a bitch and honestly I think you could"she says looking down with tears streaming down her face
"And that I was ugly and that I was just a random hookup"she cries silently so the boys wouldn't hear her
I lift her chin"who told you that?"I ask
"She said that she can show you what a real woman is"I hug her
"Whatever girl said that is a dumb fuck you know you not just a hookup and your not a bitch and I definitely can't do better your the best thing in my life"she looks at me
"Really?"
"Baby you know that and if see that stupid ass guy I'm gonna fuck him the hell up even more"I say angry
"No Jay please don't"
"Sorry cupcake but if you think it gonna let someone talk to you like that then you must be silly"she kisses my cheek
"I love you"she tells me
"I love you more"I tell her
"Guys, this is from Denmark's diary. August 15th, set sail from part-au-princs on calm seas. Came up on the Spanish ship San Jose on fire. The entire deck was aflame. And we could hear the screams of men trapped below. The Spanish captain cares about only one thing, his valuable cargo, the cross of Santo Domingo and countless bars of gold. Once the cargo was on boarded we went to help the crew, but captain limbrey ordered us to pull bayonets and It to let any of the Spanish crew on board. He robbed them and left them to die"Pope read to us we all made sure to listen carefully to catch any clues
"So it didn't go down off Bermuda"I spoke as I was laying on the couch with CJ under my arm her leg was on top of mine
"And it was a limbrey stealing shit again"Kiara spoke from her spot on the chair
"The diary proves that both the gold and the cross of Domingo were on the royal merchant"Pope informed us
I feel CJ grab my hand and examine my knuckle
"You okay Jay I'm sorry-"
I cut her off"don't apologize baby it's fine"she nods sadly kissing my knuckle
"Why didn't we find it in the well then?"I asked
"I mean, if Denmark was able to get this, like, bedazzled cross off of the merchant to shore why didn't he just hide it with the gold"
"Because it was to big"John b says
Because they couldn't put it with the gold if it was Bedazzled with glitter and sparkles?"CJ speaks at the same time
"Oh. right I was gonna say that"she mumbles
I kiss her head and squeeze her thigh
"Your both right. He had to hide it some place else."Pope says trying to make her feel better
"But where?"Kie asked
"Right before he was hung, Denmark said he'd buried the treasure at the foot of the angel"Pope tells us
Wait I thought this was about the key."I tell them
"Me to I'm really confused now"she says with cute confused face
"The path of the tombs in the island room."Pope looks at the key and then at Kiara
"But what is the island room?"Kiara asked with a tiny groan
"You know what helps me figure shit out?"I said standing up causing CJ to whine
"Oh boy. Here we go"John b said
"Smoking beers and drinking weed"I hear Cj giggle
"The ideas just pour out of me. If we just sit here and try to figure this out, were gonna get nowhere."
"But if we get creative and go to this bonfire tonight, Maybe we can get somewhere."I sat on the arm rest so I was next to CJ
"Well I got disowned by my parents, and I'm and official member of the 'i have nothing to lose club"Kiara tells us
"I'm sorry Kie you don't deserve that"CJ tells her sympathetically she gives her a small smile
"Pope.?"
"We're so close"Pope looked at me
"Look,look think about how much you could think if you just gave your brain a rest"I explained to him while the other lean closer with smiles
"Okay,fine"he gave in
We all cheered
"Okay, wait we gotta shotgun before we go"I run inside and grab two beers
I come back outside and me and Cj shotgun it
"Okay princess that was hot"
She blushes
"Thanks Jay I need to go pick out a out an outfit wanna help?"I nod eagerly
"Don't fuck guys we need to leave soon"John b tells us