Gone, gone, gone, Pope Hayward

017. VAL, VLAD AND NATALIA

Chapter seventeen

"Val, Vlad and Natalia."

The ferry soon docked and when it did, the three of them had gotten up put their jackets and bags back on and quickly ran out of there, "come on. Come on!" Summer voiced, laughing, as she ran away, John B and Sarah followed after her as a man was yelling at them in a different language, they ran down the boardwalk "excuse me!" Sarah voiced, as they ran past all these people "coming in hot." John B told them "we're so sorry!" Summer voiced, where her and Sarah were laughing as they made it past the gate.

"Here's your shoe." John B told Sarah "thanks." Sarah told him as she took it back "okay, uh..I am a hundred percent sure we can't go looking like this." Summer shared, looking down at her clothes as did Sarah "we're disgusting." she shared "what?" John B asked as he looked at himself "your sisters right we will not get into the archives looking like this." Sarah shared as the three started walking "why not?" John B asked "John B, I have been to enough midsummers thanks to Kiara's parents and know fully well that these people will not let us in, let alone allow us to touch anything if we look like we just crawled out of a swamp." Summer shared, looking to Sarah "any ideas?" she asked her "yeah, come on." Sarah told her, continuing to walk as Summer and John B followed her.

On their way they got rid of their yellow jackets and were soon walking across the road to a store front that seemed to have expensive clothing inside just from what was in the windows "what about this store? Let's go shopping here." Sarah told them "are they even gonna let us in?" Summer asked, while John B said "absolutely not." and went to walk away, but Summer caught his arm "ha ha. Nice try there." she told him, motioning with her head to Sarah, where she walked up and opened the door as Summer followed after her, dragging John B with her inside.

"Look, Summer I know you like to pretend to be a kook and somehow afford all the fancy clothes to dress like them, but me? This isn't gonna work." John B shared "you are the single most dramatic person I've ever met." Sarah mentions "no, I'm not." John B whispered "yes you are." Summer told him, as she let go of him "what about cashmere?" Sarah asked "oh my god. Have you seen this shirt?" John B asked, as all three of them looked at the price tag "yeah." Sarah told him "it's a hundred and ninety dollars." John B pointed out "yeah, don't worry. I'll sugar momma the both of you." Sarah told them, turning around to look at something else.

While Summer chuckled "wow." she said, following her "sugar mama?" John B asked "what about some glasses?" Sarah asked, picking them up "no they'll think he's smart don't do that." Summer told her "oh, yeah, you're right." Sarah said "wow, thanks. Guys, don't you get that I don't want anything." John B was telling them, as a worker walked up tot hem "can I help the gentleman?" he asked, as Summer and Sarah turned to him "yes. Yes, you may, Mr.." Sarah asked "Mr Ike." Mr Ike told them "Ike? Sarah." Sarah told him, as Summer smiled "Summer and this man here is my brother Johnathan." she told him, putting her hand on John B's shoulder "John." John B told him as Summer then chuckled "my brother Johnathan here needs all the help you can give him." she shared "I can see that." Mr Ike told her, as Sarah tried to not laugh.

John B was then given different clothes as Summer and Sarah were waiting outside the dressing room for him, Sarah had a hat on as did Summer, as John B soon came out wearing a white button up and a purple bow tie "aww! You look like you're ready for the middle school dance." Sarah mentioned "ooh, or like the ring bearer at someone's wedding." Summer mentioned, as her and Sarah chuckled "I look like I got kicked out of the barbershop quartet." John B shared "or that." Summer told him, while Sarah looked to Mr Ike "Mr Ike, what about seersucker?" she asked "I'm not wearing seersucker." John B said, as Mr Ike talked over him "excellent choice." he said.

"Maybe a pink button down, some bucks." Sarah mentioned "bucks? What's a buck?" John B asked, as Summer waved him off "don't worry about it." she told him "I'll get a pair?" Mr Ike told them, as he walked off, Sarah brought her finger up to her lips shushing John B "just accept your fate." she told him, as John B looked to Summer "remember you could've always stayed back." Summer reminded him, as John B turned back to the mirror.

But soon when Mr Ike had come back with the clothes, John B wouldn't come back out, as Summer huffed "you've gotta be kidding me." she said, as she stood up and walked toward's the door, knocking on it "nope, I'm not coming out." John B said "because?" Summer asked him, looking to Sarah annoyed "because you and her are probably gonna buy it or something?" John B asked, as Summer huffed, opening the door and when she did, she found her brother standing there with no shirt on and just in his boxers "is this what you've been doing in here? Flexing in the mirror?" she asked "no, I haven't been flexing in the mirror." John B told her as he quickly pulled up his pants "stop." he told her.

As Summer scoffed "John B, I've caught you in bed with a bunch of other girls. You in underwear is probably the most decent I've seen you when I've opened a closed door on you." she shared, as her brother put the suit jacket on, he then stepped around her, looking at himself in the mirror "snazzy." Sarah said "your flies down, Johnathan." Summer told him "got it." John B told her, quickly zipping it up "honestly if somebody saw me in this.." he was going to tell them as Sarah interrupted him "they would roast the shit out of you." she told him "or if it was JJ and Pope they would make fun of you forever." Summer told him.

"Yeah." John B said "it's a good thing we're on a secret mission, so we have to assume another identity. In fact we probably shouldn't even be using are real names." Sarah shared "oh, so we need aliases. What are you thinking?" John B asked "mm...Vlad...from Vienna. What's mine?" Sarah asked "okay, um..Val, Valerie, from Quebec." John B shared, and as he did, he then turned around "and you are.." he was going to tell her, as Sarah stood up "Natalia from Russia." she shared "and since you two got to dress me, I'm feeling all spiffy. I get to dress you two." John B shared "great." Summer sarcastically said, as Sarah crossed her arms "bring it." she told John B.

Where then Sarah walked out of the dressing room in a dark pink body con dress while Summer walked out in a light purple plaid one "wow. They both look great. It's like a couple of soccer mom's first outing." John B told them, as Summer rolled her eyes, walking back in as Sarah followed her, the two then walked back out as Sarah had a light purple one on that neither of them could figure out how to get into as Summer had a dark green one that only seemed to have one sleeve "how do I put this on?" Sarah asked "and is this a joke? I look like I'm going to a Christmas party!" Summer voiced "is that a lavender or plum?" John B asked, as the two then turned walking back into the dressing room.

They then walked out again and as they did, Summer looked like she belonged on an airplane while Sarah's had built in numb chucks "this one has built in numb chucks." she told him as she swung them around, Summer held her arms out "is this a joke?" she asked "can you give me some complimentary peanuts?" John B asked her, as Summer turned back and walked in, Sarah followed her.

But soon the two had found the right one's as Sarah was wearing a striped white and blue dress, Summer was wearing a black cocktail dress as the two walked out "wow. You two look..cl..I mean, you..you two clean up nice, Val and Natalia." John B told them "you have a way with words Vlad." Sarah told him, as Summer chuckled "he's always been a little slow that's at least what my step father said." she shared, as John B stood up from the chair, grabbing his suit jacket "so, do we have a winner?" Sarah asked "I think we have a winner. Yeah, I think so." John B shared, putting his suit jacket on, and when Summer looked at them from the mirror, she turned, grabbing their bags "I'm gonna go pay." she told them, walking off to the counter to give the two some privacy.