MERCEDES, jj maybank

34.

LEXI'S

Trinity was sitting between Sarah and John B on the end table at the Wreck. It was closed so the group was just sitting outside, talking about JJ and each thinking what went on.

"I just don't understand what happened," Kiara says.

"Look, we all know what JJ's like, he'll come around." John B tells them, "He's doing a JJ thing,"

"You think he'll go home?" Kie asks.

Pope shakes his head and looks to the horizon, "There's about a zero percent chance that JJ goes home."

Trinity was still not happy with the words JJ said to her. She sat with arms crossed, leaning on the table and staring into space. John B notices and shuffles closer to her, "You okay?"

Trinity nods, "Fine,"

"He didn't mean anything he said,"

Trinity didn't want to talk about it anymore, "How are you, anyway," She flips the question.

"Well, I'm in one piece, so..." He smiles.

Opposite them, Pope lets out a loud huff and faces John B, "Okay. It's too dangerous to pawn this thing off piecemeal. So our best bet is to go down there and get the rest of it and bring it all up at once, then we can put it in a safe or a vault or something. Until we can find someone who won't rip us off. I can figure it out tonight, get it done and we can be out there as early as tomorrow morning,"

John B agrees straight away, "Alright, let's do it."

Sarah narrows her eyes, thinking about something, "Wait, John B, what about that thing with my Dad?"

"Shit." He whispers, dropping his head down.

"What thing?" Trinity asks.

"Uh, I have to go fishing with Ward,"

Trinity laughs, "Sorry, that's what you would rather do?"

"Yeah, you can't get four-hundred mil 'cause you're gonna go kill fish?" Kie asks him.

"I have to go."

"Blow it off!" Pope begs. "This is four-hundred million in gold!"

"Yeah, make something up,"

John B seems to be fixed on the idea of going, and also feels that he can't let Ward down after he saved his ass, "Look, I have to, okay? He...he saved me, alright? And if weren't for Ward, I'd be in foster care so I have to. Plus, it will be better to do at night anyway."

Trinity nods, understandingly, "Good point,"

"Fine." Pope says disappointed, "Go fishing."

"JJ would probably have come back by then," Sarah suggests.

The group had split up, Kie and Pope went off to do more preparations for the gold and Sarah and John B dropped Trinity off at her Dad's so she could use her own car.

She had nothing to do but knew a place where something was always happening and that was usually Lexi's house.

She drove to Lexi's and wasn't surprised to see a bunch of cars in her driveway and music coming from her backyard.

She went around to see who was there and both Tara and Lexi bolted to greet her, "Hey!"

"I'm so glad you're here!"

"Yeah, but, why are you here?"

"Lexi!" Tara scolds.

"No like, not in a bad way, you're just never around anymore and—"