𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫, 𝐣𝐣 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤

𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧

"Uh-oh!" popes voice rang through the empty marsh. claire, kie, and sarah were standing on the edge of the boat waiting for the boys to arrive.

"You forget your keys or something?" pope asks.

"You need a tow?" john b adds.

"Don't give them the satisfaction of thinking this worked." kie told the girls.

"absolutely not." sarah agreed.

"You gotta admit it was funny." john b laughed.

"John B." kie said.

"Uh, what's that?" john b asked.

"Mastermind, huh?" kie rolled her eyes.

"I'm always plannin'." john b shrugged.

"Some patriarchal bullshit." claire spoke up.

"Yeah, that sucked." sarah said, making sure to throw a dirty look in claire's direction for the effect.

"You still love us though, right?" jj asks, seeing the look sarah gave her sister.

"Yeah, whatever." claire said and hopped on the hms pogue.

"Hey, you still hate me?" john b asked his girlfriend.

"a little. We're both gonna get you back when you least expect it." sarah smiled.

"Watch your back, boys." kie smirked.

"Mm-hm." claire nodded as jj wrapped an arm around her shoulders.

"I welcome that challenge." pope said.

"Me too." jj says.

"So, did you guys, you know..." pope looked for the words.

"Reconcile our differences?" claire asked. pope nodded.

"Not even close." kie stated causing the boys face to fall. claire held back a laugh knowing how they definitely reconciled their differences.

"But we're... willing to work together." sarah said slowly.

"You know what? That's victory." john b smiled widely.

"Wiggedy-wiggedy-wiggedy!" pope said and wiggled his fingers.

"Know why? Hydroponic." jj said and claire laughed.

"Don't say that." pope told jj before john b spoke,

"all right, shut up. You guys ready to jack someone up?"

"yes ma'am." claire nodded and john b glared at her.

"you didn't." he said.

"what's wrong? ...ma'am." claire asked again to get in his nerves.

"i know you did not just call me ma'am." john b said.

"maybe i did, maybe i didn't. but why would it matter?" claire joked around. since she was close to him and he was standing in the edge she smirked and his eyes widened.

"no, claire!" he yelled but she lightly pushed his stomach. making him fall backwards into the water.

everyone started chuckling and when john b resurfaced with a scowl on his face it made claire laugh even harder.

"watch out for jellyfish." she warned him with a small and left him to climb back up.

"thank you for that claire." john b said sarcastically.

"oh please, you deserved it." sarah told him.

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"You got rope?" john b asked everyone. they were all sitting in the twinkie outside of the crain house.