Crash & Burn (OBX)

5

Selene's PoV
My mind was still a bit distracted from earlier with Rafe so I came to John B's house to get my mind off of it and not overthink. But turns out they have a little problem of their own.

But like Rafe? Why would I ever? He's just never really popped like that for me and one little moment changed that? I might be crazy.

JJ for one is freaking out and John B has this spaced out, thinking look on his face. "And we were right outside like this," JJ continues to go into a frenzy explanation. "And all we hear is just Bam! Bam! Bam! Knocking paint off the wall, G! From the inside. All right? And I'm just looking at him, like- Wait first off look at this shit."

Jj suddenly stops his ranting to lean over by us and fluffs white flakes out of his blonde hair. I cringe and lean back on the couch so it doesn't get on me. "Wow.." Pope draws out seeing the flakes go everywhere.

"That's dandruff, disgusting," Kiara mutters, grossed out. I nod with a grossed out look too.

"Okay, thank you," Pope says pushing JJ away.

"Look at all that. All right?" JJ hardly even acknowledges what we think as if he's running off of a whole pack of red bulls. "That's paint. At that point, I was just like waiting for death..."

I accidentally let a laugh leave my mouth, making JJ glare at me. Rolling my eyes, I shake my head and look away with a small grin. It's hard for me to take it seriously when he's acting like this and John B has hardly even said anything at all about it.

I give John B a look in question but he doesn't respond to it. I sigh and lay on my back while hugging one of the couch pillows. My head is by Pope's butt and I look up at him through my lashes. He runs his hands over his face like he's frustrated or something. But I think this is his natural state.

"Oh, okay, so you saw the guys that shot at us right?" Pope asks JJ whose finally taking a breath.

"Yeah."

"Did you get a good description of them? Of what they look like?"

"Yeah, anything, anything's helpful," Kiara piggy backs Pope's question as they think logically. I try to remember what the men look like, but all I could think is men with dark hair.

"Anything we can bring to a police report?"

JJ goes to the edge of the deck as he tries to recall a description. But I can't help but laugh again with the word that comes out of his mouth. "Burly."

"Burly?" Pope's sarcasm is kicking in again. JJ stutters with our reaction. Trying to come with more. "Okay, well, no, like the type of guy at my dad's garage. I mean you guys know he made cargo hides for drug smugglers."

My eyes widen with all this information he's just telling us, but I glance over and realize that this just known information for these guys.

"Yeah. Yes, we know," Kiara tells JJ with a tone.

"Burly drug smugglers, got it," I state with a joking tone. JJ's face comes over my line of sight as he gives me a look to which I respond with an innocent smile.

"I can tell you with full confidence, these boys, these killers..." he pauses for dramatic affect while inhaling a hit of a vape pen. "They're square groupers."

My nose scrunches at those words. What does that even mean? Can't he just say they're like gang members or something? That, I would understand. Pope and JJ go on about the square groupers wording and some movie. Of course Kie fact checks them. The two start yelling at each other making me cover my ears. This isn't the type of distraction I was thinking of.