𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐲

XXXVI. The Plan.

JAKE AND Kie both turn their heads to the kid pointing towards the car. "It's that guy. Right there." He said and Jake huffs. "Shit." Kie says and John B looks out the window. "We got a snitch. Jake, turn the car on." JJ tells him and Jake turns towards the front.

"We get $25,000 if we find him."

The kid talking gets the attention of a man nearby, walking up to the vehicle. "He's right there!" He knocks on the window and John B flips over. "Jake! We gotta go!" Kie tells Jake who immediately turns the key, but it stalls. "Turn the freakin' car on!" Pope exclaims at Jake. "I'm trying!" Jake yells back.

"Go, go, go, go!" JJ said right when the car turned on and Jake switched the shift into drive, pressing the pedal only to crash into the car in front of them. "Jake!" JJ exclaimed. "Dude, back up!" Kie tells him. "Sorry, sorry," Jake panicked as he turned the car back into reverse so he can back up. "Just go." Kie tells him and he drove off road before going back onto the pavement, letting out deep breaths.

"My mom's gonna kill me." Kie says when she realized the damage on the vehicle making Jake look at her. "Again, I am so sorry! I swear I'll pay back every cent for the damages." He says and she just quickly shook her head.

"No, no... I-I'll take the blame. It's okay."

"Wait, wait, stop." Pope says suddenly so Jake slows down, stopping to the side. "Why?" He turned back when he parked the car. "John B, get out." Pope looked at the boy. "He's right. We'll draw the cops, you run." JJ tells the boy who looks up. "Shit." He says but opened the car door anyway. "I'll get the rig and I'll meet you in the dump tomorrow, okay? Three o'clock, okay?" He tells the curly headed boy.

"Yeah." John B said as he got out of the car. "Three o'clock tomorrow at the dump." JJ says as the car door shuts and John B ran off into the woods. "Come on. Go, go, go, go, go!" JJ tells Jake who then drove off.

While driving, Jake couldn't help but be bothered by the fact JJ and Pope were smoking yet again, laughing together as Pope kept leaning over to turn up the music. He let out a deep sigh and turned off the radio. "Where are we goin?" Pope asked suddenly out of curiosity so Kie glanced back at the two. "The last place they're gonna look." She says to him before turning back around to the front.

That place happened to be the Camerons' place because Kie wanted to go see Sarah and had a plan that included either Pope or JJ. "Got your light?" Jake looked at Kie when he parked the car and the girl just nodded.

"Okay..." He looked into her eyes and held back from telling her to be careful, so instead he just raised his hand and she chuckles, doing their handshake which was her bumping his fist on top of his then her knuckles against his knuckles before getting out, turning on the flashlight. "Pope." JJ pats his arm and Pope nods. "Perfectly focused." He says as he got out and Jake watched the two.

"You sure this is a good idea?" JJ looked out the window, at Kie walking up to the wall. "She's the only one who can clear John B." Kie replied and Jake nods, gesturing to her.

"Last place they'll look because of how stupid it is." JJ says making Jake look at him. "JJ." He says and the blond looks at him. "Sorry for insulting your girlfriend." He says and Jake immediately looks away. "She's not my girlfriend, dickhead." He replied.

"Yet."

"Okay, I've got a plan." Kie tells Pope as she walks ahead of Pope. "Yeah. I have plans. We can do plan. Let's do the plan thing. Let's get it. Let's plan it out." He says and she turns around. "Can you handle a plan right now?" She asked and he scoffs. "Of course I can handle a plan right now. I'm-- I'm Plan Guy. I'm-- I'm Mister Plan-o-Matic. Hey, I'm-- I'm always thinkin' of a master plan, aye, cause there ain't nothin--" He raps, but Kie stops him.

Her hand is over his mouth as she shushed him. "Look, this is a quiet plan." She says to him, one of her hands on his waist. "Okay?" She says and he nods twice. "Can I move my hand?" She asked now and he nods again. "I love you, Kie." He blurts out as she's about to walk away and she looks back at him.

"What?" Her face is scrunched up. "I love you. I'm in love with you." He clarifies. "You're wasted." She turns away. "No, I know I'm wasted, and that's why I'm saying this now. I really feel like this. I love you." He tells her, grabbing her arm to stop her. "I've been meaning to tell you, I love--" "Are we doing this right now?" She asked him, cutting him off.

"I'm trying to tell you how I feel."

"Pope... Pope! Pope! Pope, shh!" She says as he tries to tell her how he feels again. "First of all, I need you to be quiet." She says to him. "Okay, yeah. Quiet, I mean--" "No. Stop talking, like, now. Starting now." She tells him so he gets completely quiet, looking down.

"Second of all... thank you for saying that." She says and he chuckles. "Okay." He steps closer but she pushes him back gently. "That's very sweet, but it's-- look, it's not gonna happen." She tells him truthfully. "Okay, well, why not?" He asked her and she shrugs. "Because Pogues can't mack on other Pogues." She reasoned. "Okay, that rule doesn't make sense, and nobody follows it." He tells the girl.

"Look, I-- I want something different." She looks away, thinking of Jake and his plan of what he'd do once they got the gold. "Okay, I--" "I-- I wanna go to Antarctica, and I wanna ride camels..." She backs away from the boy.

"Me too. I want to do those things with you." He says to her right away. "No, Pope, it's not gonna work." She says right away. "I want to be that person for you." He gestured to her. "No. It's not gonna happen!" She raised her voice, making him stop and stare at her.

"Look, I know that that's really hard to hear right now, but we don't have time for this, and this is a really bad place to do it." She explained and he just glanced away. "Is it Jake?" He asked and she just scoffed. "Let's just go do the plan." She said before she turns around.

Jake sneezed suddenly and sniffled softly. "Bless you." JJ says and the other boy glanced at him. "Thanks... you know, my mom says in Japan, when you sneeze, someone's gossiping about you." He says and JJ raised his brows. "I didn't even know you were Japanese." He says and Jake immediately turns back.

"I'm half Japanese... my dad's Japanese." He explains and JJ glanced away. "Never asked or wanted to assume." He says and Jake rolls his eyes as JJ smiles widely. "You think Kie was talking about you? Maybe she's talking about to Sarah. Oh, Sarah, Jakey was such a good kisser!" He says in his girly voice.

"You're so irritating, JJ."

"You have such a way with words, Jakey."

A.N.
living for jj hyping up jake about being with kie, i feel like he'd ship it a lot