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V. Drowning.

JAKE WALKS behind his friends now, Kie was holding the tap for the keg, Pope had the red solo cups as JJ and John B carried the keg. As for Jake, he's on his phone texting his grandma to let her know he'd be there around 10 to pick up Evie and she'd be done.

They opened up the keg as he's putting away his phone when JJ sprays John B's face with beer making them all laugh. John B then pours beer into a cup he hands to Kiara, then another to hand over to Jake who shook his head. "No thanks." He declined, so does Pope when John B offers him the beer as well.

"I'll take it!" JJ says before taking the cup. The party only grew from there as people showed up and Jake spent the time talking to some people. "How about it? Just one?" A cup is raised to his face and he looked to see Kie standing there. He chuckles faintly, taking the cup. "Fine, one won't hurt." He says before raising the cup to hit it to hers. "Yeah, one won't hurt." Kie chuckled as he went to take a sip.

"Oh, sorry, Kie... I see someone I really wanna talk to." He said and she nods. "Yeah, no problem... Later." She smiled faintly and he walked away. "Hey Bea..." He says and the Kook turns around to look at him, holding a cup of beer closely to her chest. "Hi!" She says right away before bringing him into a hug.

"Hey... How have you been?" He smiled and she smiles back. "I-I've been good... How's Evie doing?" She asked and he shrugs. "Yeah, she's doing alright..." He says and she just nodded. "That's nice." She says, looking away. Beatrice Sloane. Use to be best friends with Olivia Grey. "That's nice to hear." Bea smiled and he slowly nods. "I-I'll see you around, alright?" He says and she just nods her head.

He walked away and ended up near the water, drinking the rest of his beer. Bea always reminded him of Liv. And his time with Liv. "Hey, you good, bro?" He looked up right away to see JJ. "Yeah..." He sighed and looked away. "I saw Bea was here." He says and Jake nods. "Yeah..." He said then set down his red solo cup. "You want some more beer?" JJ pointed and Jake looked up at him. "Sure..."

"Be right back!"

After that, he had a couple of more beers and it got dark out. "I thought one couldn't hurt?" He looked up right away to see Kie standing on the other side of the keg and he sighed. "Usually I don't drink... I've been sober for my girl, but sometimes, it just gets tough, you know..." He sits down onto the ground.

"Yeah, no kidding... You okay?" She said as she tilted her head to the side a bit and he nods right away, drinking the last of his beer when he saw people fighting and yelling. "Is that John B?" He quickly stood up and Kie rushed over with him. Topper was kicking John B. "Hey John B, don't make me drown you like your old man, alright?" The Kook said to the boy.

"Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!"

John B tackles Topper and Jake sighed. "Stop, you guys!" Kie yelled. "John B, don't let him win!" Jake cheered for their friend. "Jake!" Kie looked at him. "What? I'm being supportive!" He said before downing the last of his beer as everyone chanted fight at the two boys.

"That's what I'm talking about!" JJ says when John B punched Topper. "Come on!" John B screams at him. "Yeah, you wanna go?" Topper says before he punched John B. "Stop! John B!" Kie yelled at them. The fight goes on until Topper had the upperhand and was holding John B under water. "Topper! Stop! Topper! No!" Sarah yelled as Topper held him.

"No!" Pope said before looking at Jake and Kie to his side. "He's drowning him." He says and JJ runs over to them, holding the gun to the back of Topper's head. "Yeah, you know what that is. Your move, broski." He says as everyone began panicking and running. "Come on. Chill, dude!" Pope yelled. "JJ! Stop! JJ!" Sarah yelled at him. "Put the gun down!" She says. "Did you say somethin', princess?"

"We're good. We're good."

"Put the gun down!" Sarah yells and once John B was up, JJ lets go of him. "Kie! Can you check your psycho friend, please?" Sarah shouted at her and Jake sighed. "Okay, everyone, listen up! Get the hell off our side of the island!" JJ shouted before pressing the trigger, making everyone gasp and scream as they run. "Are you crazy?!" Pope yells as Kie shoves JJ. "It's not worth it!" She shouts.

"Why would you do that?!"

"I'm saving his life, okay?"

Jake picks up his backpack from where he left it, "I'm gonna go home... I'll see you guys tomorrow." He said as Pope and JJ rush over to John B to help him out of the water. "Yeah... see you tomorrow." Kie said, waving at him as he walked away, rubbing his eyes.

"Hey." He looked up right away and saw Bea standing nearby. "Do you need a ride home?" She pointed over her shoulder and he stared at her, in thought before glancing over behind him to see Kie looking his way as JJ and Pope carry John B out of the water.

He looks back at Bea, nodding, "yeah... thanks." The ride was awkward and too quiet. "So... have you heard from Liv?" Bea suddenly asked, glancing over at the boy who simply shook his head. "No, I haven't..." He says and she nods softly, looking straight ahead. "Oh, um, pull over here." He pointed and she does so, stopping the car slowly. "Can you wait out here?" He asked and she simply nodded.

He headed inside, "gran? Gran, I'm here for Evie..." He said and saw his grandma in the livingroom next to his sleeping baby. "She just fell asleep..." She whispers and he nods. "Are you seriously... drunk?" She leans closer and he waved his hand. "No!" He says and then leaned over to pick up his daughter.

"Thanks for babysitting..." He says, caressing Evie's head and his grandma nods. "Always." She smiled and stood up, squeezing his cheek. "You're always working so hard for you and Evie..." She said and he scrunched up his nose. "Goodnight, grandma..." He says.

Outside, he took Evie over to the car, the girl had woken up and touched his face gently. "Evie... this is your mom's best friend." He said, bringing her to Bea's side of the car and Bea smiled widely. "She's adorable, Jake..." She reached out and brushed her finger against Evie's cheek. "Looks a lot like Liv..." She says and Jake looked away. "Yeah." He sighs.

"Sorry." She said right away and pulled her hand back, smiling at Evie. "Bye Jake... I have to head home now." She says and he nods. "Same here..." He smiled and walked away. His house was just across the street so he didn't have to walk so far. In their room, Jake put Evie into her crib and smiled, turning off the lights. "Goodnight, baby girl..." He whispered as he got into his bed that was right by her crib.

A.N.
i've been thinking about if jake brought evie to his friends. 😭 jj would hold evie like any adult normally would hold a baby which would be shocking to the others tbh, pope would just hold her literally under her armpits going "what am i suppose to do with it?", john b would try to teach her how to surf 💀, sarah would talk in a baby voice for sure and kie would teach her how to recycle and protect the environment
just imagine
kie: so recycle plastic, if you don't wanna kill our earth, it's our only earth, we don't get another
jake: she's only a baby??
kie: gotta teach them early, jake