The group made their way out of the pawn shop and towards the Twinkie. JJ was worried about Grace after her crying in the shop and turned towards her to check on her. Before he could even get a word out she started laughing. "Her face!" she said between laughs.
"JJ did you see her face when I told her my mom died!" she was grabbing his arm, still laughing like a maniac.
JJ smiled and shook his head in disbelief as they all climbed into the van.
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The Twinkie sped through a rough neighbourhood. Rougher than where they were from which was saying a lot. The houses were boarded up and the entire place looked to be unpopulated. Large fields with tall grass to the left and dense forests to the right.
"So they keep money out here?" Pope questioned.
"That's what she said," JJ answered while looking out of the window.
He chuckled slightly, "That's what she said."
Pope was quick to put an end to that, "Stop."
JJ looked down at his lap sadly. Grace shrugged, "I thought it was funny." She stuck a fist out and he bumped it.
"I've never even heard of Resurrection Drive," Sarah looked into the back of the van from the cleaned up passenger's seat.
JJ smirked, "'Cause you're rich."
"You've never heard of it either," Kie told him.
"Thank you."
"There's nothing but weeds back here," Kie pointed out.
"All right, just 'cause it's just weeds, doesn't mean it's, like..." JJ started but trailed off, not sure where he was going with that.
"JJ's made of 50% weed and I still love him," Grace shrugged. JJ was about to thank her but was cut off by sirens.
"Cops? Out here?" Kie mumbled.
"God! Are you kidding me?" JJ shouted. Grace was too busy staring out the back window to stop his freak out.
John B stopped the car then turned to look at JJ, "Stash that!" he ordered, referring to the gold. "Did you bring the gun?"
"No. Okay? Gracie forced me to leave it back at the place," JJ answered while wrapping the gold up in a towel.
"Thank God," Kie sighed.
JJ shoved the gold in his bag. "How much weed do you have on you?" Kie asked.
He didn't reply he just stood and lifted his seat cushion to put his bag in the storage box below.
Grace looked back out the window and nearly shit herself, "JJ, Guys!"
No one listened but they all had their attention drawn to the front at the sound of a gun cocking. JJ instinctively grabbed Grace's hand.
The man had a skeleton bandana pulled over his mouth and nose and a rifle pointed right at John B's face. "Why don't I go ahead and see them hands in the air?"
When the group was too shocked to do so he yelled out, "All y'all's hands up in the air now!"
They all quickly listened as the man stared down John B, "You, out of the car! Let's go!"
John B opened the door then walked out with his hands up.
"Out of the car! Let's go! Hurry!" The man pointed to the other Pogues, "Let them out!"
John B slowly made his way around. Apparently too slowly for the man, "What are you waitin' on? What are you waitin' on? Let them out!"
John B slid the van door open and kept his hands up.
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𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 - JJ Maybank
FanfictionGrace Cameron was a Pogue. Always has been. Sure her dad and half-siblings were the Kookiest a Kook could get but her mom had grown up on the Cut so she did too. Her friend group vowed to have a good time all the time but when a boat goes down in th...
