game on | jj maybank [1]

eighteen: skeeter

edited april 2025

"Oh, take me to your best friend's house
Marmalade, we're making out, oh yeah
Oh, take me to your best friend's house
I loved you then and I love you now"

chapter eighteen: skeeter

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"Okay so...where should we look first?" Blake asked JJ but turned when she received no response

She just saw the boy inspecting an statue. She just walked in silence towards him and tapped his shoulder making him jump scared.

"Holy shit!" he shouted scared but rolled his eyes when he saw her behind him.

"Shh! Shut up, shut up" Blake shut him up laughing

"I hate you so much" JJ glared at her

"I'm sure you do" she said looking at him and touching his bicep.

Jj was trying to control himself but what she was doing was not helping at all, it had gotten even more dangerous when she licked her lips.

"Blake"

"What?" she smiled innocently at him

"You're playing with fire" he sneaked an arm around her waist and brought her closer

"Will I get burned?" she asked him but he lowered his hands until they squeezed her butt "Hey!"

"Don't forget you're playing with JJ Maybank" he pushed himself off her "You'll never win"

"Let's go. I know where the water is" she rolled her eyes changing the topic, the last thing they needed was being caught

She had known the water was somewhere near the basement because of the house plan she saw in her house, the puzzle pieced were beggining to join.

"C'mon let's get the rest"

The place was creepy, it had always been, Blake could remember having nightmared with the Crain House when she was little.

"It's the only place we haven't looked" John b tried to convince his friends

"How exactly do you know it's in there?" Pope asked Blake

"Well it's just a theory but the other day my parents left the studio's light on and when I went to turn it off a bunch of this basement's plans were on the table" Blake explained "I thought it was my dad looking for oil or something but maybe he wasn't"

"You think your dad was looking for the gold too?" John b asked her

"Well you know my dad always wanted more and more money and 400k in gold is attractive for anyone. Plus, your dad worked for him" Blake told him

John b hesitated for a few minutes but then looked at Blake again, he knew she was probably right, all the signs were there.

"But all the clues leading to this, your dad didn't appear once" he said

"Yeah, but that's how he works, hiding, letting other people doing his dirty work" Blake explained

"Can you find out more about it?" John b asked her

"I'm trying" She replied

They all then followed her towards the basement, where the smell was almost unbearable.