reminisce| jj maybank²

twenty-one

'where the hell were you guys?' pope yelled.

'uh, paternal issues.' ivy replied, climbing into the bed of the truck.

'luke was at the chateau.' jj added.

'oh great! while you were having family time with your pops, john b got bit by a gator!' pope yelled.

'wait, for real?' jj asked.

'well it's not like it was a planned thing pope.' ivy yelled. 'but what the hell happened.'

'i got bit by a gator!' john b yelled.

'well no shit we can see that! why the hell were you in the water to begin with dipshit?' ivy yelled.

'okay i don't know why i'm being yelled at when i put my ass on the line!' kie yelled.

'you're being yelled at because it was supposed to be 20 minutes!' pope yelled.

'we got here as fast as we could!' kie yelled.

'jesus christ, just- just shut up!' jj screamed. 'seriously guys i can't take it anymore, all right? everyone just cut it out for a second. look, i just helped my dad leave this island for good. like he's not ever coming back. he's straight up like the spanish. just bon voyage. all we got- and i know for a fact all i got is you guys, okay? you're it. and i've come too close to losing you, all of you. i mean shit kie, you almost drowned. pope, you were kidnapped. v, you were almost taken by dcs. sarah you've been shot. and john b, you were almost dinner for a freakin gator bro. so all this blaming each other, it's some kook ass bullshit, all right? we don't do that, okay? we're pogues. i'm sorry, that was a lot. i didn't mean to.'

kiara, ivy, pope, john b, and sarah quickly exchanged a glance before bringing their hands together, clapping for jj.

'i gotta be honest, that was the best freakin speech you have ever given. also, you should think about like a, a rosetta stone because your spanish and french are flip flopped.' john b smiled.

'we should bon voyage out of here.' sarah suggested, causing ivy and kiara to laugh.

'all right, let's get this damn twinkie out of here.' jj smiled.

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'keep it comin, keep her comin! she's almost out, keep it goin! easy, easy, easy!' jj yelled. 'sarah to the right! now straighten out!'

'i am!' sarah yelled at jj.

'and the twinkie lives!' ivy yelled, giving jj a high five.

'the twinkie lives, let's go!' jj laughed.

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jj and ivy jumped out of the bed of the truck, not wasting any time as they both ran to the doors of the old church.

the two pushed open the doors as john b limped behind them, followed by pope, kie, and sarah.

'okay, you're telling me denmark tanny decided to hide the cross here?' jj asked.

'mhm.' pope hummed.

'okay everybody- just spread out.' kie ordered.

'okay well, if i was a cross and i wanted to be hidden in an old church, where would i hide?' john b asked.

'i guess we're about to find out.' ivy replied.

'are you sure that denmark hid the cross here, pope?' jj asked. 'like are we at the right church?'

'it's gotta be here somewhere guys.' pope said.

jj then walked over to the old piano in the church, 'what if we have to push a secret button or like- play like a, a certain chord? and then all of a sudden the ground beneath us reveals the catacombs or something on which we stand.'