One with the Pogues [jj x reader]

10. Escaping Death

We're on the boat. JJ is sitting next to me. His hand is on my thigh.

Pope comes to a stop and I stand up. JJ's hands go to my hips as he stands up.

We walk over to the end of the boat.

Kie's looking at the tanks.
"This is empty. You stole an empty tank." She says.
"Come on, man." JJ says leaning against the bar.
"I was under a lot of pressure, man." John B says.
"This one's a quarter full. It's enough for one of us." Kie says.
"Love it when a plan comes together." Pope mutters.

"Does anybody know how to dive?" I ask. JJ shakes his head and points at John B. John B shakes his head and points at Pope. He shakes his head.
"Anybody?" Kie says.
"It's kinda a Kook sport."
"Well, I read about it." Pope says.
"Great. Pope read about it so somebody's gonna die." Kie says.

"Look it can't be that hard." I say.
"Yeah you put the thing in your mouth and breathe."
"Yeah but if you come up to fast, nitrogen gets into your blood, and you get the bends." Pope explains.
"Bends? Like bend over and..." JJ says bending over.

"The bends kill you." I say knowing since I've heard about it. JJ stands up nodding.

"I can dive." John B says.
"Great."
"Since when?"
"I'll do it, it's fine."

Pope starts doing some calculations while I grab a beer.

"Come on." Kie says to me as she jumps in.
"What was that all about?" Pope asks. I shrug taking my shorts off and jumping in.

"Breathe as little as possible." Pope says to John B.

John B puts the tank on and is about to go in.

Kie walks over and kisses his cheek.
"Diver down." They say.

He jumps in.

We all sit down as we wait.

I look at Kie knowingly.

JJ puts his arm around me.

We hear cop sirens.
"Shit. JJ."

It's the police.

"Just act fricken normal." Kie says fixing her hair.
"Evening officers." I say smiling.
"Evening Miss Y/l/n."

JJ gets handed the rope for us to be tied together.

"You know the marsh is closed?" The officer says.
"No." We all say.
"Why is it closed?"
"We're searching for a boat that went down. Seen anything?"
"No nothing. We'll give you a call if we do." I say. He nods.

"Where's your friend you're always with?"
"Working." Kie says.

He gets up to check the boat. We show him the life jackets.

John B should be coming up now. I'm hoping he stays down there.
They look into the water.
"You let us know if you see anything on your way out." He says before leaving.

John B pops up. He gets the tank off.

"Guys." Kie says. We look over and see a boat. We need to leave.