JJ and a Routledge

Sherlock and Watson

I was trying my best to drone out the obnoxious boys around me the next morning. Kiara and I were basically asleep on the couch, while the others, wouldn't fucking shut up. That's until JJ acknowledges someone else on the porch. "Well, hello princess." I open my eyes to see Sarah, who doesn't look so happy to be here. 

"What's up?" Kiara takes the hat she was wearing on her face, off of her eyes, and I sit up. She looks over at me and I give her an encouraging smile. 

"Shouldn't you be on Figure Eight with your little group of polo players?" John B scoffs, still leaning back in his chair, his feet up. He was pretending to be unbothered but I could see right through his act. Sarah smirks at him, clearly very annoyed. "Or did you break up with Topper?" JB makes an "ouch" face, showing all his teeth. 

"We're just friends." Sarah bites back, somehow she always keeps her voice super calm, even in situations like this. She walks past him, but then John B says something else. 

"He's just a friend." He chuckles and she turns around to look at him, unamused. "You have a lot of friends, Sarah Cameron." Ooh, not the full name. 

"Yeah, it seems like you got some of your own too." Her tone was a little more aggressive now. To be completely honest I didn't get how they were mad at each other when they each did the same thing. 

John B grunts, sitting up straight. "Alright, what are you doing here?" 

She sighs before responding, "I'm here for Pope." We all got quiet. Everyone has a confused expression on their face, including Pope. "I think I found the island room." 

Everyone jumps up at that. She explains where we're going, her house. That makes so much sense, Denmark literally lived on those grounds. "Guys, listen to this." Pope begins. Sarah and JB were in the front, I was sitting on the floor across from Pope, JJ was next to him, and across from JJ was Kiara. "The diary says that the cross holds the most holy relic in all of Christendom, The Garment of the Savior." He has a printed-out copy of the diary pages in hand. 

"Wait... So he's saying there's a holy garment inside the cross?" Kiara tries to confirm her understanding and Pope nods. 

"Yeah, it says the garment is capable of healing the sick from any malady." JJ leans over Pope's shoulder and hums along. 

"Yeah, 'If only I may touch His garment, I shall be made well.'" We all look at him, kind of confused about the information that sprouted out of his mouth. "What? I went to Sunday School." 

"Sure." Kiara rolls her eyes. 

I quickly join in, "Well that explains why Limbrey wants the cross so bad. She thinks it can heal her." Everyone nods along. 

"What else does it say, Pope?" Kiara asks and points to the papers. 

"'Many feel that we have sinned to steal such a sacred thing, and God will strike His vengeance on us.'" Well spoiler, He did. 

"Thing is, God did have His vengeance." Kiara brings up. 

Pope nods, "He sent a hurricane to sink the ship. Only Denmark survived." We all stayed quiet the rest of the ride, for the most part. I was thinking about if we could get cursed for messing with the cross. I mean, I grew up a Christian, until my mom met her boyfriend. I believe in God, of course, but cursing us? I don't know about that one. 

We pull to a stop right in front of the doors to the Cameron house. The house we were at just days before when everything went down. Sarah leads us down one of the many hallways and I get a flashback to when John B and I lived here. "This place still creeps me out." John B mutters under his breath. He was walking in front of JJ, and JJ was walking in front of me.