𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫, 𝐣𝐣 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤

𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞

"that's a lot of wax on your board." pope told jj.

jj tuned to give pope a baffled look, "are you telling me how to wax my board?" before pope could respond a familiar honk sounded through the air.

"did you hear that?" kie asked. the 3 jumped up and saw john b driving the twinkie into the yard. he hopped out with a smile.

"are you serious?" kie smiled.

"guess who's pit of the clink, boy!" john b grinned.

"no way man!" jj smiled.

"how'd you do it? you busy out?" jj asked john b after everyone hugs him.

"uh they dropped the charges." john b said.

"dropped the charges." pope repeated in disbelief.

"that's phenomenal!" kie said.

"you're telling me i did all that work for nothing?" jj asked.

"oh, the most elaborate escape plan of all time?" pope asked jj.

john b looked around in confusion and kie took notice of that.

"where's sarah and claire?" he asked.

jj's heart dropped as he realized his girlfriend hadn't been here.

"they went to go meet wheezie last night. they didn't come back." kie informed.

claire stirred awake as the person next to her groaned softly. when her eyes opened she was met with topper and matt standing next to her and sarah.

"hey." she muttered.

"how you feeling?" matt asked her.

"what time is it?" claire asked and sat up.

"i don't know, why?" topper said.

"i need to go." claire said but matt shook his head.

"you're not going out there. where your brother almost killed you. you're safe here, just have a little food." matt said and topper brought over a tray of food as sarah woke up.

her and sarah ate some food and topper have sarah a phone.

"here's a phone so you can get ahold of me and i can get ahold of you." he said.

"i haven't had a phone since um.. the storm." sarah said quietly.

"sarah, i thought you were.. i thought i'd never see you again." topper said. matt and claire took that as their que to give them some alone time. they walked to the balcony and matt sighed.

"i missed you." he told claire.

"you shouldn't." claire said.

"i was in love with you claire. i still am. but i get it. you're with jj now." he said jj's name as if it burned his mouth.

"so they just dip and don't call?" john b asks the group as they sit on the dock.

"yeah man, left their bags here and didn't tell anyone." jj said. he was truly worried something happened to claire and he couldn't protect her. he also felt bad about their small fight before he left.

"okay dude, i think ward might've gotten to them. i mean the dude tried to have me killed in jail." john b told them.

"what?" kie asked.

"yeah, he sent someone to the prison who yoked me up and almost killed me." john b grimaced at the thought of the previous event.

"dude i swear to god, one day, im gonna kill that son of a bitch." john b said and kie looked off into the distance.