𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐲

II. Diver Down.

ON THE way, Jake just sat and drank his Coca-Cola as they drank beer and laughed together. The thing was Jake did drink, he goes to parties and smokes weed, at least he use to, ever since he had Evie to take care of, he got sober. He didn't touch beer, or weed, even when his friends were drinking, sometimes he even drives the van whenever they do.

As a teen dad, he's become somewhat a parent kind of figure, he always lectures John B about those kind of things, drinking and driving. John B always listens, nodding and humming then hands the keys to the van over.

A few beers never hurt though, they were just having fun so he'd just sit on the side and enjoy his own drinks, water, soda or juice. The thing was, he could never judge them for drinking or anything, he use to as well. He doesn't really encourage it either but he doesn't ruin the mood either, he laughs and jokes around with them just like he normally would.

"Let me show ya'll a party trick." JJ says and Jake sighs, shaking his head as he already knew what he was about to do. "Terrifying." Kie says and Jake laughs. "Hey, Pope. Can you go a little faster, please?" JJ said, now standing on the front of the boat. "Oh, God. Here we go, I'm movin'." John B walks behind Pope, sitting down next to where Jake is.

"It doesn't work! We've tried it like a million times." Jake says. "I got this. It's gonna work!" The blond says as he tilts his beer and Kie laughs, watching him. "Oh, my God! You're getting beer in my hair!" Kie says as the beer splatters against the blond's face and towards his friends. "Alright. Alright!" Pope says, raising his hand to shield his face.

"Alright, you're done."

"Alright, stop, JJ!"

The boat stops, Jake and John B were flung forward out of their seats. "Jesus, Pope!" Kie exclaimed as John B merely groans. Jake slowly got up, on his knees in front of Kie. "You okay, JJ?" Pope calls out to the boy that had flung out the boat. "I think my heels touched the back of my head." He said as Kie grabs Jake's shoulder, "are you okay?" She asked.

"Yeah... yeah, you?" He asked, as he now got up. "I'm alright..." She says, slowly sitting up. "Pope, what did you do?" Jake asked, turning to him. "Sandbar. The channel changed." The boy merely explains as JJ swims to them. "No shit." He says. "Ugh, this is probably gonna mess this whole place up." John B says as Pope and Jake got up to the front of the boat.

"Hey, I saved the beer, though." JJ says, raising his beer and Jake rolls his eyes. "As long as you're okay..." He says and Pope nudged him. "Guys... I think there's a boat down there." He says and Jake furrows his brows. "Shut up." John B says as Jake steps closer to the edge. "No way." Kie says to him.

"No, he's right... there's a boat down there. For real..." Jake says, pointing and Kie walks over to stand beside him. "It's a boat!" Pope says as he pointed as well and John B got up to stand beside him. "Holy shit, he's right. Let's go." Kie says, kicking off her shoes.

Jake had already taken off his shirt and was only in his swimming sorts and shoes, so he just kicked off his shoes before jumping in just as Pope was asking them a question. "Get your ass in here, Pope!" JJ shouts and then they all dived down together, swimming to the boat. They all examine it quickly before going back up to the surface. "You guys saw that, right?" JJ asked, looking all around.

"Yeah, I did."

"What the..." The boys laugh together. "That's a Grady-White. A new one of those is like 500 Gs, easy." JJ explains as they swim back to the boat they all climbed back onto. "That's a primo rig." JJ says and John B nods. "Yeah, yeah. That's the boat I saw when I surfed the surge." He says, standing up. "Maybe it hit the jetty or something." He says as Jake looks up.

"You surfed the surge?" He asked and John B nods. "That's my boy. Pogue style." JJ said, highfiving John B. "What the heck?" Kie says, also sharing the same expression of confusion and concern as Jake. "Wait, wait. Do we know whose boat that is?" Pope asked.

"No, but we're about to find out." John B says as he digs through the stuff in the compartment he opened up. "Dude, it's too deep." Jake voices his thoughts right away. "Oh, for the weak and feeble, Jakey." He says making Jake roll his eyes, looking away as the boy took out the anchor for the boat.

"Okay, but I'm not resuscitating you. Just to make that clear..." He says, crossing his arms. "That's fine." The other says making Jake sigh. "John B." Kie says and John B chuckled, looking at her. "What?" He says as Pope then saluted him. "Diver down, fool." He says.

"Diver down." John B salutes him back. "Yeah, he is." JJ said before shoving him. "JJ!" Jake exclaims but the blond boy just chuckled. "Come on, loosen up." He shook Jake's arms gently and Jake rolls his eyes, walking over to the ledge where they line up, watching and waiting. After a while, Jake got even more anxious. "Told you it was a bad idea... What if he drowns?" He asked the other three, looking over at them. "Come on, it's John B, he's fine..." JJ says but he sounds unsure.

"Should we go get him?" Pope suddenly asked after a while but just then, John B comes up to the surface making Jake sigh in relief. "Oh, my God. That took forever!" Kie exclaims. "Any dead bodies?" Pope asked right away. "Looting potential?" JJ asked shortly.

"No. No." John B answers their questions almost instantly, before raising his hand. "I found this motel key. He says as JJ brings up the anchor. "A key." Pope says, sounding confused. "Yes, a key, Pope." John B swims to the boat. "Great! We salvaged a motel key." Pope says as John B climbs up onto the boat. "Guys, we should report the wreck to the coast guard. Maybe we'll get a finder's fee." Kie says to them. "Yeah, and not work all summer. Thanks Agatha, ya batch."

 

  

  

  

   

  

  

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the way jj says "ya batch" 😭 it's like anything he says is funny without effort lmao