𝙚𝙪𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙖 - 𝙅𝙅 𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙠 1

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"mom i'm serious! i'm not going with him! he treats my friends like shit, him and topper freaking jumped pope and i at the figure 8 golf course the day after i agreed to go with him!" bentley said almost shouting at her mom who was just as stubborn as her.

JJ and kiara had woke up to her arguing with her mom and only sat in her bedroom until it was settled

"she tell you about them?" JJ muttered

"nope. i found out when rafe told me at the food stand last night." kiara shrugged.

"should we go out there and try calm her down?" kie asked

"are you crazy? have you seen her angry? she's scary when she's angry, clearly she's never yelled at you" JJ said his eyes wide

"nevermind then" kie huffed.

almost ten minutes went by of bentley arguing with her mom, she finally came back to her room and slammed her door, her eyebrows stitched together, yet they separated and her eyes went wide once she saw her two friends awake and staring back at her.

"shit- i'm sorry if you had to listen to all that" she said now embarrassed as her face turned a light shade of pink.

"it's okay, B. did your mom change her mind?" kie said now sitting on her bed next to JJ who lazily still lay down with the TV remote in his hand.

"nope. i still have to go with him. literally after everything i just told her. she really pulled the 'it's too late now bentley, everything's organised don't mess with the schedule anymore" she said, her voice going high as she imitated her mother.

"i said im not going at all then she yelled at me some more and threaten to ground me, like what the fuck? i'm sorry i don't want to go to a stupid event celebrating summer with an abusive physcopath who beats up my friends when literally the other side of the island has no food or power?!! honestly what the hell is this life?" bentley rambled, jumping in the middle of the bed, falling straight into her stomach and groaning into the pillows.

kiara and JJ both looked at her then to each other with a guilty expression, when it was neithers fault, they just felt bad.

"don't let it bother you too much bentley, just let it happen. you just have to walk in with him then come find me and ditch him" kiara said.

"kiara, i say this with all respect but shut the fuck up you sound like my mother" bentley groaned then JJ laughed loudly, making bentley start to laugh followed by kie who couldn't help it.

"what are we doing today guys? has anyone talked to john b?" JJ asked, the three now laying staring at the ceiling.

"i saw him yesterday, dunno where he went after i left him" bentley shrugged

"can we go get food? i'm starving and i wanna stay in bed all day" JJ said still comfy under the covers

"shut up you lazy ass" kie said reaching over and smacked him

"pope wants us to help with some stuff at his dads shop, you're coming whether you like it or not maybank" bentley said before climbing over him to head to her closet.

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"pope bro, don't let em get in your head, there's three of them and two of us that's some typical kook shit right there" JJ said

"what about me? i put topper in his place last night that asshole" bentley said not mentioning how she actually beat the shit out of him yet that was the thing she was proud of, she almost wanted to get it on a golden medal just to show it off.

"pope! boy there's someone here to see you" his dad said as he walked back in the shop with the deity following him. 

bentley and JJ both looked at each other and mumbled 'shit' under their breath

"i have an arrest warrant for felony destruction of property. keep your hands where i can see em" deputy shoupe said

"young lady, out of my way" he said to bentley who was standing beside pope but in shouted way almost.

"no, sir you must have the wrong person, do you know who you're arresting right now? this is bullshit!" bentley said

"young lady, out of my way. keep harassing me and you'll be spending the night in a cell too. move" he said now pissed off

"baby, calm down. stop it. i got this" JJ said only so she could here, pulling her back by her waist.

everyone was riled up and all asking questions protesting for him to leave pope the hell alone yet he didn't budge and kept doing his job.

bentley could almost cry by the look of regret and guilt on popes face, like his eyes flashed before his eyes. his life could be destroyed by this and it's barely started

"how much did they pay you man? this is bullshit!" bentley Shouted, shrugging off another cop who barged past and nudged her shoulder.

the followed outside, kie walking right next to pope to reassure him everything was gonna be okay while bentley stood behind JJ feeing like total shit, her ears were ringing. none of it felt real.

"it wasn't him!" she heard JJ shout, snapping her back to reality.

"JJ.." bentley muttered

"it wasn't him, i did it!" he shouted, everyone paying in their steps to look back at him.

"he tried to talk me out of it. but he had just been beaten up. hell one of them even punched my girl!" he said motioning back to bentley who stood with her arms cross to try stop her body from shaking a little

"i was just so sick of those assholes on figure 8 getting there own way that i lost my shit!" JJ said

"i can't let you take the blame for something i did. you've got too much to lose pope. for once in my goddamn life i'm gonna tell the truth. i took his old mans boat too" he said pope still trying to stop him

"shut up pope! you don't deserve this. and you know where i'm from. this was all me" JJ said

"that the whole truth?" shoupe asked

"whole truth swear to god" JJ said

"shut up boy, damnit! i was askin pope"

"that about covers it" pope said and shoupe took a second before he reached to take off his cuffs to put them on JJ.

JJ turned back to look at bentley and kiara, making hard eye contact with bentleys upset eyes making his heart wrench yet he covered it up with a comforting smile.

he was shoved in the back of the truck, the cops driving off with him, pope losing it and throwing shit around.

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