𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲

forty-seven: Your Fault.

WHEN THE police got there, they began questioning them and Kie took the lead in that, answering the questions and even demonstrated how it happened, but Shoupe didn't seem to believe them. "Look, it was right here, and this is where that maniac claimed his next victim. Right there." Kie pointed.

"Uh-huh. His next victim?"

"Yeah."

"Right. How long ago did you say it happened?" Shoupe asked as JJ kneeled down. "Forty-fige minutes ago, Shoupe." He says as he now stood up. "Okay." He wrote it down. "So, Ward Cameron just popped one off and shot him." The police officer looked up at them.

"Yes." Kie says, sounding frustrated he won't believe them. "Execution style? And then cleaned it all up in 45 minutes?" Shoupe now asked them. "Yeah." Kie glanced to Pope. "Obviously." He says and Kai just glanced between him and Kie. "We filmed the entire thing." The curly haired girl now says and the cop looks at her. "You filmed it?" He asked.

"Yes, but we can't show it to you because I stepped on JJ's hand, and then he kicked Pope, and then Pope dropped the camera, and the piece of shit broke." Kie gestured towards Pope's camera. "Officer, this is a telephoto, and we needed to get a long-distance image, and... and... and I fell, and it broke, so the video is basically unusable. But... but we were there and we're wit--" "So the dog ate your homework?" Shoupe merely asked the teenagers.

"I know it sounds like we're the boy who cried wolf, but we saw it... we just don't have evidence, Shoupe." Kai backs them up and Shoupe looks at him. "Look, I don't know what you kids expect me to do with this. You drag me out here in the middle of the night for a whole lot of nothing. Except for--" "no, it's not nothing." Kie immediately defends herself.

"Except for some crazy stories about how Ward Cameron's out on a random killing spree." Shoupe continued, completely dismissing Kie's comment. "We're not making this up!" JJ exclaims at him. "It's not a random killing spree!" Kai now says, glancing at the others. "Yeah, Gavin was his pilot!" Pope backs him up. "He was paying him hush money because he was there on the tarmac that day." He adds.

"Gavin was blackmailing Ward because he had the gun that Rafe used to kill Peterkin." Kie then added afterwards. "And then he called him here and tried to pay him off. But it wasn't enough, and then so he shot him." JJ explains. "Exactly." Pope agreed with him.

"With the murder weapon." JJ then adds. "How do you know that?" Shoupe then asked and Kai glanced over to them, knowing if they told him, it'd be admitting something illegal. "Pope did this thing with his phone. He, like, put it in his car and--" "I heard their whole conversation." Pope explains and Kai grimaced.

"You wiretapped him?"

"Is that bad?" Kie asked with a worried tone. "Stop. Just stop. I've had enough." He said and turned the other way, to leave. "What are you talking about? Shoupe, are you gonna look the other way again?" JJ said and Kai looks at the cop walking away. "He's probably getting paid too..." He said out loud.

The police looked up at him, heading down the stairs. "Why would we make this up?" Kie said, following after the man. "Why can't you believe us for once?" JJ said in anger and frustration. "Waste of my goddamn time." The man says as the teens follow after him.

"Why would we lie? Shoupe, I know it sounds crazy. I know that!" Kie says as they exit the building now. "Alright, there's nothng up there. False alarm. Let's all go home." Shoupe announces to the other police and the EMTs, gesturing to them to leave. "No, no, please don't go home. No. Why would we make this up?" Kie says, following Shoupe

"Can't you just do your job for like 20 minutes?" She said and he quickly turns atound. "Hey. I... I know..." He says. "Just listen. It makes sense!" She says and he gestures to her. "I know you're upset. And I know you think your friend was innocent." He tells her.

"He is!"

"But you weren't there. The only actual witnesses who are above ground say the exact opposite. Alright? And both of them have a hell of a lot more credibility than any of you right now. I saw your little art project on Ward's wall. Do not do that again." He warned Kie.

"Oh, come on."

"Alright? Gonna make things a lot hard for the both of us." He says, standing there for a little while before opening the car door of the cop car. "Go home." He tells them, waving them off. "At least... at least look for him!" He says as Pope walked away and Kai sighed.

"Someone died tonight!"

"Go home to your parents now."

As the four teens walk away, JJ looked at Pope. "I told you this would happen. Like, you're the one that had to drop the camera." He says, blaming Pope for it not working out. "It was your fault!" Kie shouted at JJ, defending Pope. "Oh, that was my fault?" JJ now asks her.

"Yeah, it was your fault!" Kie shouts at him. "Why do you always take his side? Why do you never take mine?" To Kai, JJ sounded kind of jealous but it was just frustration how it was all on him why the cops didn't believe them. "Shut up!" Kie raised her hands defensively.

"Hey! Hey! We're not out of this yet." Pope says, stopping the pair's arguing. "We can still go get the gun." He said, looking at the drain where the gun Ward was trying to get had fallen. "For now... l-let's all go home. It's late and... we can do it tomorrow." Kai tells them.

"Yeah, come on..." JJ says, sighing as he puts his arm around Kai's waist before they all began walking over to Kie's car so she can drive them all home. Kai felt a bit weird and uncomfortable in some way, it was like JJ still liked Kiara in his eyes and he didn't feel okay.

"I'll see you tomo--" "Aren't we sleeping at the Chateau?" JJ grabs his hand gently and Kai looks back at him, he can't say no now that he's made eye contact with the blond who's staring at him with those blue eyes he loved so much. "Um... yeah, I forgot." He smiles.

At the Chateau, the pair laid in bed together, staring at the ceiling when Kai let out a soft sigh. "Are you still awake?" He looked at the blond who opened his eyes, "mm-hmm..." JJ nods as he rubs his eyes now, yawning.

"I had a question but it's dumb, so I'll just ask for a kiss instead." Kai forced a small smile and JJ chuckled, moving to lay on his side. "Well, I can never say no to that... but is something bothering you?" He caressed his boyfriend's face and Kai shook his head, leaning in.

"It's nothing... so just kiss me."

  

  

   

   

  

   

AUTHORS NOTE
almost forgot to write today's update