One of Two // JJ Maybank

parcel 9: three

me, kie, and sarah waiting for the boys the next morning. i cleared my throat as i stood in the middle of kie and sarah. "let's not give them the satisfaction of thinking this worked." i said with a chuckle as i watched the three boys come from the horizon.

sarah giggled as she turned to me and kie. "that's something all three of us can agree on." she teased as we all laughed. "oh, look what the tide brought in on this fine morning."

john b, pope, and jj all had giant smiles on their faces as they pulled closer to us. "you gotta admit, it was kinda funny." john b said, throwing us the rope to toe off the boat.

we all shrugged. "mastermind, huh?" kie said to john b with a raised eyebrow.

"i'm always plannin'"

jj helped me onto the boat below and smiled at me. "you still love us though, right?" he asked, patting my shoulder.

i raised a brow with a small smile. "nah." i joked, poking his cheek, which made his slap my hand away. i gasped. "did you just slap me?" jj snickered and shook his head.

"we're all gonna get you back when you least expect it." sarah said, eyeing the boys.

i chuckled. "watch your backs, the cameron twins have planned thoroughly." i added, winking towards jj.

pope shook his head, looking at us in defeat. "i welcome that challenge." he said.

jj stood next to me with his hands on his hips. "me too." he agreed. "so did you three..."

"reconcile our differences?" kie finished. she looked at me and sarah with a slight smirk before answering. "nah, we didn't, but... we're willing to work together."

john b clapped his hands together. "you know what, that's a victory."

"know why?" jj said. "hydroponic."

i rolled my eyes, sitting on a seat. "i'm sure that's why." i replied sassily.

john b looked towards the 5 of us as he smiled. "you guys ready to jack someone up?" he asked.

we all sat in the back on john b's van that night, going through a checklist, to break into the 'spooky house' according to jj, which we all knew as the crain house. "grappling hook?" john b asked as he drove down a dark road.

"no grappling hook." pope replied. "we're not batman."

"pulley?"

"kiara has it." sarah said. "dark clothes?" she asked.

i looked around at everyone in the car. "we're good." i replied. i dug my nail's into my palm. i was extremely nervous. john b stopped the van as everyone was getting their stuff together.

i felt a hand on my shoulder as jj looked at me with concern. "you good?" he asked, scanning my face. i nodded with a small smile before john b spoke.

"wait, wait." he opened the back door. "i wanna say thank you, guys. seriously." he smiled. "it means a lot to me that you're here."

"always."

"of course, man."

i giggled as jj rolled his eyes. "alright, are we done with this circle jerk? can we do this?" he said impatiently.

pope started to get out of the van as did the rest of us. "let's go get the wheat in the water."

jj perked up as i chuckled. "weed? i'm up for weed."

pope looked at him with a frown. "wheat." he said. "i said wheat."

we all walked over to the wall that we had to climb over. kie and sarah got over first as i climbed up and jumped down to the other side. my feet hit the ground as i stumbled forward a little bit. i grunted. when everyone was over, we turned on the flashlights and started walking. another light turned on automatically at the front of the house.