game on | jj maybank [1]

twenty four: high

edited july 2025

"Somewhere darker
Talking the same shite
I need a partner
Well, are you out tonight?"

chapter twenty four: high

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"There goes the gold" Pope commented when Ward's plane flew above their heads with all the gold "Fuck!" he kicked a plastic chair and threw some things at the wall angrily

"Pope!" Kie exclaimed in shock

They didn't understant what was going on, Pope was losing it, probably because he had lost his only opportunity at getting into university for the gold and now they also lost the gold.

"God damn it!" Pope picked a baseball bat "Shit! Fuck!" he smashed a few things with it "Shit! Damn it!" he kept smashing and throwing things

"I think he broke character" Blake commented

"Yeah that's more of a me and you thing, sometimes even John b" JJ agreed with her throwing an arm around her shoulders

"Pope!" Kie yelled desperate for him to stop "Pope!" she exclaimed again as Pope finally sat down "Pope" she now approached him gently

"Yeah, dude. I was wondering when this was gonna happen" JJ said walking to where Pope and Kie were with Blake right beside him "Here you go, chief. A little weed never hurt no one" he handed Pope a joint

"JJ" Kie warned him

"Relax, Kie. That's probably the best thing for him right now, to get his mind somewhere else than the gold" Blake told her

"You know he doesn't smoke" Kie told them not wanting the pair to corrupt Pope

"Well, maybe not until today" JJ shrugged

"Pope. Yeah, what is that gonna help?" Kie asked him

"I lost my scholarship. Walked out in the middle of the interview. It's gone. It's not gonna happen" he told them

"Pope..." Blake put a hand on her shoulder

"You did that for us?" Kie asked him clearly feeling guilty about the argument they had had the night before

"No, not for us. For nothing" He sighed

"I'm here for you, Pope" JJ said standing up and dragging Blake up to "Welcome to my world, okay?"

"JJ-

"What, Kie? He's right. It doesn't matter anymore" JJ snapped at Kie

"Look" Blake spoke up "I'll try to get you another interview Pope. I'll call everyone I know in New York or London or wherever necessary, ok?" Blake assured him.

"You don't have to do that" Pope told her smoking Jj's weed

"But I will" Blake smiled at him

"Dude! Dude, you good?"

John B got there looking not too good, even worse than they had expected.

"Oh, my God! John B!" Kie exclaimed when she saw how bad John b looked

"Is this yours?" JJ asked inspecting John b's bloody hands

"What happened?" Blake asked him

"Whose blood is that?" Kie questioned too

"Hey, you okay, man?" JJ asked his best friend again

A police siren could be heard again approaching them in the street making the group hide behind anything they could find.