Waves

t w e n t y - o n e

~PRESENT~

"Well that was fun." JJ chuckled once they got back onto the boat. "Could have warned us a little sooner." He was laid at the front of the boat.

"We would have, except Pope is on the math team." Kiara shrugged as Amelia stifled a laugh.

"The cops took everything like it was a crime scene."

"Did you guys find anything?" Pope questioned, completely ignoring the question.

JJ allowed a teasing grin to form on his face. "Did we find anything?" He paused and then proceeded to dig into his pockets. "No, I don't think so." JJ joked before he held up a wad of cash and a gun. "Oh yeah, we did." He smirked.

"What the-" Pope got cut off by Amelia. "JJ, what the fuck is that?" She snapped angrily. "When did you take that? Why did you take that?"

"Dude, chill. Come on." JJ stood up and went over to Pope, clenching his jaw at the fact that Amelia was giving him a hard time.

"Why would you take that from a crime scene?" Pope questioned, his eyes widening in panic.

"Better than the cops having it." JJ defended himself, with a small shrug.

Everyone looked towards John B, as he was the only one who hadn't said anything yet.

"You serious?" Kiara asked John B, who had a huge smile plastered on his face.

"I'm gonna lose my merit scholarship." Pope panicked, his eyes becoming wide. Amelia couldn't help but feel bad for Pope. She knew how much that scholarship meant to him. It would be the only way he was going to get into college, and without that he'd have to give up his chance at college and probably work full time in the store with his dad. Amelia understood why he was so panicky about all of this right now.

"JJ, what the fuck is wrong with you?" Amelia scoffed. "You shouldn't have taken that money. It's not yours. And as for the gun, you're a fucking-"

"Amelia, I've got this all under control. Just chill." JJ shook his head.

"JJ, don't even." Amelia warned him.

JJ rolled his eyes slightly, and turned to face Pope. "Hey. At least you have us, right?" JJ wrapped his arms around Pope's shoulders.

"I'm living a nightmare." Pope said, going to sit down on the bench of the boat.

"Pope, you're not gonna lose your scholarship. I promise." Amelia reassured him, taking a deep breath and sending a sharp glare to JJ one last time.

Amelia leaned back as John B drove the boat along the water, and soon enough they pulled up to the docks, just in time to see the paramedics wheeling a body on a gurney. Amelia felt her stomach churn as she climbed out of the boat behind John B.

"Who's that?" John B questioned a girl that was sitting right next to them as he sat down on a ledge. JJ stood on a box and Amelia jumped up and sat on the ledge next to John B.

"It's Scooter Grubbs." She answered.

Amelia gagged and covered her mouth. She felt sick to her stomach.

Amelia didn't know Scooter Grubbs, but it was clear by her friends faces that they did.

"Insane." Kiara mumbled. 

"Holy shit." JJ said. "What kind of boat did he have?" He asked curiously, wondering if it was the same boat that they had found. 

"Somehow, that dirt bag dipped a brand new Grady-White. Everyone's out looking for it." She replied honestly.