𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 (𝙅.𝙈.)

Forty five

Later that night, I didn't want to go anywhere. The pogues insisted on going to find my brother but I couldn't go with them, I couldn't be at Tannyhill right now it was too much. As much as JJ didn't want to leave my side, Kie and Pope dragged him to the boat.

I laid in my bed, staring at the ceiling. I was thinking about life, how much I missed when my family was actually happy. I missed when my dad was around. You never know how much you love someone until their gone.

The front door opens, causing me to sit up. "Liz? Kie? Pope?" John B asks if anyone is here. I heard he was sniffing, hinting he was still crying. "Hello?!" He yells. "In here" I sounded dead. I felt dead.

He comes over and stands in my doorway. He slightly bangs his head against it. He stands there a minute, just staring at me. I look back at him with tears building in my eyes. He then walks over and pulls off a picture of our dad that I had on my wall.
He sits beside me on my bed.

I lean into him and he pulls me into a hug. We both start crying again as we look at the picture in front of us. "I miss him" he whispers. "Me too" I reply. We sit there for at least ten minutes, just holding each other close before deciding to let the picture go in the marsh.

I built a small raft to set it in while he places the picture in the front. We add a small candle behind the picture before going down to the end of the dock to release it into the water. We sit on the edge before John B takes a blowtorch to light the candle.

We both sit there as John B picks up the tiny raft and turns it to face us so we can have one last look at it. I lean my head against his shoulder once again as we stare at it. "Goodbye dad" he mumbles. He wasn't crying as much now. He then slowly sets it into the water using both hands.

We both silently watch as we see the picture float away, getting farther and farther by the second. John B ended up falling asleep on the dock, so I stuffed a few life jackets under his head to keep him comfortable. I then went inside to sleep in my own bed, hoping to forget about today's events.

The next morning I wake up with an arm draped over my side and someone nuzzled into my neck. I turn to see JJ, still half a sleep. "Morning" he says with his eyes still closed, god I loved his morning voice.

I slowly got up. "Hey where are you going?" JJ asks, slowly getting up behind me. "I have to go check on John B" I reply. "He came back here last night?" He asks, sorta surprised. "Yeah, he fell asleep on the dock" I say.

I walk out the back door, My boyfriend still following me. I go to the end of the dock, but John B is no where to be seen. He must have left early this morning.

Me and JJ hung out at the end of the dock for a few hours, doing some fishing and just talking about random things until Kie and John B showed up again. The mood was quickly brought down again when John B told us Ward took the gold.

"You sure he got everything?" Kie asks. I was sitting next to her on the railing, John B was resting his head on a life vest and JJ was sitting next to me. "Every bar" John B replies. He then pulls his arm out of the cast it was in from when he fell after midsummers.

"It's not like I excepted a happy ending or some shit" He says, throwing the cast to the other side of the dock. "John B-" he cuts me off. "What Liz? It's a hairline fracture, who cares?" He asks, looking at me. "You should care" I reply. "Your arm's gonna be messed up for life" Kie adds.

"It's fine, see?" He lifts it and wiggles his fingers. Suddenly Pope comes sprinting down the dock. "Guys!" He yells. He's completely out of breath by the time he gets to us. "Oh god I ran all the way here" he says, putting his hands on his knees.

"You alright?" John B asks. "How was the interview Pope?" JJ asks. "Don't ask" he replies, still out of breath. "JB, look, I'm sorry dude... bout everything" Pope says. "It's fine" John B mumbles back.

"B-but I don't have a lot of time, a-and I have information that is tactically reliant... so before my interview my dad said he was going down to the private airship to cut palms, for Cameron's big plane!" Pope states. John B immediately looks at me and JJ.

"Because it was too heavy, and needed more room to take off. So I'm there in my interview thinking to myself 'hmm why would Cameron need a longer air strip to take off?' What could be so heavy to way it down?" Pope asks. The whole group finally realizes.

"Gold" me and JJ both say. "That's right" John B says. Pope does a move, don't ask me what it was, because it looked like a dance move straight out of the 80's "Exactly" he points at me and JJ.

"This is our chance... but it leaves tonight, and we have to go" Pope adds. "Guys we can't give up now" Kie says with a smile, hopping down from the railing. "I have way too much time invested in this already, I'm in" I add, a big grin on my face. "What the plan big man?" JJ asks John B with a smile.

"We steal that shit back" John B flashes all of us a smile which we gladly return. We all run off the dock, quickly making our way to the chateau.

Oh if only we had turned back

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Uh oh here we go (no, I am not referring to that one TikTok audio💀)
Hope you enjoyed, only 2 episodes left until I pause for season two!!