𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐃 | 𝐉𝐉 𝐌𝐀𝐘𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐊

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POV: JJ

JJ was at the Chateau lying on the couch on the porch while staring at his prized possession; his gun.

"Alright JJ, you gotta protect yourself, you never know what shit you're gonna get into," He said to himself while sitting upright on the couch

", shouldn't be hard to learn nothing a little YouTube won't fix" He went to pull out his phone but stopped himself once he remembered there was no WiFi because the power was still out on the cut.

"old school it is then" He grabbed the gun and went around the side of the Chateau, he grabbed a stool and looked around for something to shoot. He rummaged through a pile of junk until he came across an old teddy bear.

Looking at the bear it spiked up a memory; Ivy had won him that bear, there was this mini carnival that OBX had about 7 years ago, the two attended an Ivy bet JJ five bucks she could win him that bear. He went home that night without his 5 dollars and with a new bear.

Not caring about what happened to the bear anymore - because any memory of Ivy was now rubbish to him - he set the bear on the stool, held the gun up, and was about to shoot it when he realized...

"gotta get my headphones, don't wanna burst an eardrum" He ran back into the house got his headphones, and set himself up again.

Starting into the bear's plastic eyes only made JJ further remember the memory, it got him frustrated a little, Why was she always in his head? Ever since she'd come back she had been everywhere always somehow getting involved in his shit, Why did she have to help Pope? Why did she have to give him hope?

Without realizing JJ shot the gun out of anger, the adrenaline rushed through him, he liked it. He shot the bear over and over again " what was that?" he said to himself - or the bear- pretending to sound cool. "That's what I thought man" he continued while shooting the bear again.

"JJ" A voice boomed. He turned his head to see Pope standing there, stressed out and awkward as usual. "They know" he blurted out to JJ.

JJ took his headphones off. "What?"

"They know" Pope repeated, sounding it out clearer for the boy. JJ instantly knew what he was talking about, how he, Pope, and Ivy sunk Toppers boat, well technically Pope pulled the plug but Ivy and JJ were still there so they were also involved

"all right, chill bro, alright? They don't know shit" He said calmly, there was no way they could've known they'd sunk Toppers boat. It hadn't even been a day yet.

"Topper knows I sunk his boat," Pope said his voice getting higher pitched and faster due to the stress. JJ loved pope, he was his boy but sometimes he needs to relax, JJ would've offered the boy weed but he had smoked it all already.

"How do you know they know?"

"Because Rafe and Topper Posted me outside Heyward's and mad dogged me," Pope said still stressed out as fuck, JJ watched his friend pace back and forth in front of him.

"will you calm down and get a grip man? they don't know shit"

"what if it was Ivy?" Pope suggested. Hearing the accusation got JJ a little riled up, there's no way she would've, she'd changed, sure but not that much, right?

"what do you mean what if it was Ivy?"

"she's a Kook now, she said she was seeing Sarah afterwards, what if she told her and then Sarah told Rafe"

"She wouldn't do that Pope"

"You sure JJ? Because last time I checked you two weren't the best of friends anymore, I wouldn't put it past her to betray you, she's done it before, she could do it again."