Radioactive ²|JJ Maybank

2.11 If I Lose Myself

Elena drove her expensive car over to the cut, she was going to go see a friend she had made. She pulled into a restaurant parking lot and got out.

"And what is a kook like you doing over here?" A guy asked as he leaned against the wall.

"I'm looking for my friend. Her name is Mary. She hangs out with Luke Maybank." Elena said to him. "My name's Elena by the way. Elena Machado."

"The names Alexander Mendoza, princess." he said to her,"Mary and Luke are inside."

"It was nice meeting you." Elena smiled before walking into the restaurant.

The group of five friends walked towards a sewer drain. JJ's hand held Esperanza's tightly. He didn't want to lose sight of her. Not after the blow up she had with Jamille.

"This is the north drain. It should've gotten washed into the gully." JJ said,"So if it got flushed out from this drain, it would've been pushed out to, like -"

"Somewhere in this trash." Pope finished.

"Correct." JJ nodded.

Kiara sighed as Esperanza Scoffed. "Oh my God. People who use plastic should be shot." Esperanza said.

"Okay, personally I love plastic. Use it everyday. Love the stuff." JJ said to her as he started going through the trash.

"Okay well hopefully, you recycle it. And don't let it flush into the ocean." Kiara sassed.

"Ah." JJ said as Esperanza smiled.

"I thought you two would say something like that, so.... trash bags." he said holding up some trash bags.

"Did you just proactively protect the environment." Kiara asked him, trying to hide a smile. Esperanza furrowed her eyebrows as she looked over at her and then at JJ.

"Maybe." Pope responded.

"Do you want us to leave you two alone, or what's going on?" JJ asked making Esperanza chuckle softly. Pope had threw the trash bags at him. Catalina smiled at the four friends.

"Just pick up the trash." Pope said as Kiara smiled at him proudly.

After the boys picked up the trash, the girls decided they weren't going to help them, JJ looked at Pope and said sarcastically. "Well, that was fun."

"If it's not in the trash, then it's gotta be in the storm drain." Esperanza said.

JJ nodded,"It's in - it's in the drain."

"Damn it." Pope sighed.

"Of course it is." Kiara said.

"Because someone always ends up smelling like shit." Esperanza groaned.

"Always?" Catalina questioned.

"Good thing I brought the crow." JJ said.

"So, are we gonna do, like, rock, paper, scissors?" Esperanza asked.

"No." JJ said.

"Or Alphabetically" Esperanza continued.

"Nah. On three Pope. One, two, three." Esperanza stared at the boy in confusion as they pulled the drain off."

"Or like, the oldest goes." Esperanza added.

"In the sewer, there's this worm that you get when you're down there. It gets into your blood, and then it had to come out your pecker." JJ told her, she looked at the sewer with disgust. "So that uh... That would be a hard pass for me."