Storm Chaser // JJ Maybank

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After all that's happened the crew is just trying to relax a little. We're out on the dock.

"He deserved it, right?" JJ asks.

"Are you joking? Of course he deserved it," Kie insists.

"Never seen anyone blow themselves up like that," Pope says.

"Cross that one off the bucket list," JJ remarks.

I hit him. "JJ!"

"Sucks for Sarah," JJ states.

Kie sits down next to John B. He's been quiet since everything happened. "Are you okay?"

"It's not me I'm worried about," John B confesses.

The day seems to drag on a bit. As it gets darker Kie, JJ, and I head down to the dock to find John B and Pope.

"Hot potato, hot potato, hot potato two!" JJ tosses a beer at John B. But he misses and the beer explodes.

"Impressive catch," I tease.

"Oh!" Pope shouts. "Oh! He shoots!"

"I need another one," John B states.

"One, two." JJ tosses the beer and John B catches it.

"Hey," I tease.

"I'll take that," JJ says as he tosses a beer to Pope. "All right."

"What are you guys doing down here?" I ask.

"Having a good cry?" JJ teases.

"Cry?" Pope asks.

"Cry? What are you talking... We don't cry," John B states.

"You know it's not your fault, right?" Kie tells him.

"You think she'll come around?" John B asks.

"Yeah, dude. She's one of us," Kie tells him.

"Hmm. Sarah's a Pogue," John B says. "She'll come around. Yep. You know, she'll come back to me. Right. You know, I was just thinking about it. I'm gonna do a backflip."

"You're lying," Kie insists.

"I won't do it?" John B asks.

"You won't," JJ insists.

"No way," I tease.

"You got any money?" Kie asks.

"Hold my beer that you already dropped," John B tells Pope.

"I wanna see you do it," Pope tells him.

John B does a backflip off the boat and we all cheer.

"Yeah!" JJ shouts.

"Alright, JB!" I shout.

"That's my boy!" JJ says.

"Woogity-woogity, baby!" John B shouts.

Since last night was so much fun that means this morning comes with a hangover. Pope, Kie, and I are the only ones up. JJ and John B are still sleeping like babies.

Pope hits John B in the cheek with a beer can sword. "Hey. We gotta go to school, man. We have a geometry test in 30 minutes."

I shake JJ. "Hey! JJ, get up!" He doesn't move. "Is he alive?"

"I don't know," John B mumbles.

"JJ. Come on get your shoes," I tell him.

"What are you doing today?" John B asks Kie.

"Hey, Kie." Pope guides John B towards the door. "We're going this way."

"Um... I will meet up with you guys later," Kie tells us.