reminisce| jj maybank²

twenty-two

jj began slamming his hand on the horn, jumping out of the truck before he even put it into park. 'ricky!'

'park the truck!' ivy yelled, jumping from the bed of the truck to help kiara.

'ricky, bro!' jj yelled, banging on the door.

ivy and kiara stayed on either side of pope, struggling to hold him up.

ivy watched as the door was slammed in jj's face.
'he can't breathe ricky!'

'we need an epi man, he's gonna die!' ivy yelled.

the door then flung open, 'who can't breathe?'

'look at him!' ivy yelled. 'help him!'

ricky rolled his eyes, opening the door, 'all right. jesus christ!'

sarah ran ahead, cleaning the table of everything on it, allowing kie and ivy to lay pope down.

'i wouldn't come to you if it wasn't an emergency.' jj panted.

'what's wrong with him?' ricky asked.

'wasps.' ivy panted.

'wasps? is he allergic to wasps?' ricky asked.

'clearly!' kie yelled.

'raise his legs. raise his legs!' jj grunted.

'what's his name?' ricky asked.

'pope.' sarah replied.

'pope.. hey pope?' ricky asked. 'hang tight i gotta get my kit.'

'hang tight. hang tight! ricky!' jj yelled.

'he's looking for a kit. go help!' john b said.

'hang on pope. hang on.' kie stuttered. 'i need you to focus. focus on your breathing. okay?'

ricky ran past the group, his hands empty.

'where's your kit?' kie yelled.

'keep breathing man. steady breaths. we can't lose you now.' ivy said.

'i got it!' ricky yelled, running back to where pope was laying.

'what do we do now?' jj asked.

'you don't do anything cause you're not a paramedic.' ricky replied.

'hey pope. how you doing man, you look like shit. here's the thing. this is a pediatric dose of epinephrine.'

'is that gonna be enough?' sarah asked.

'he's not a kid!' kie yelled.

'it is ten times the normal dose. so if it doesn't stop his heart. it'll help him. but i gotta use the whole thing, or it won't work. and i'm not going down if he dies.' ricky said bluntly.

'okay do it! hit him!' jj yelled.

'all right pope. hang in there buddy.' ricky said, sticking the needle into popes arm.

'i hate needles man.' jj gagged.

ricky pulled the needle from popes arm. 'that's it.'

'now what?' sarah asked.

'now we wait.' ricky replied.

jj held ivy's hand as they stood in silence, nobody taking their eyes off pope.

'you killed him.' kie said.

'no. i didn't do shit.' ricky replied.

'yes you did. what did you do?' kie yelled.