SHOOTING STARS ✰ jj maybank

001. GARY

"That's what, a three-story fall to the deck?" The dark-skinned boy called up to the brunette who was balancing on the roof of a house that was under construction. "I give you about a one-in-three chance of survival."

"Hm." John B hummed, licking his finger and holding it up into the air as a way to see which way the wind was flowing. "Should I do it?" He challenged.

"Yeah, you should jump," Pope called out, pointing the drill that he was holding in his hand up to face John B, mimicking a gun. "I'll shoot you on the way down."

"You'll shoot me?" The brunette boy furrowed his brows, gulping his beer which he had been holding.

"Yeah, JB. Jump. Then I won't have to see you constantly staring at my sister." The blonde girl who was sitting on the scaffolding next to JJ yelled up to John B with a cheeky smile. She was trying to fix her bracelet which had broken when she was attempting to climb up the scaffolding about ten minutes earlier.

"Oh, my god. For the last time, I don't stare at your sister!" John B yelled, clearly frustrated with the girl who never stops taunting him about it.

"He totally stares at her." JJ leaned back and whispered to the girl before taking a sip of his beer.

"Exactly!" The blonde girl exclaimed. "JJ sees it too." She didn't even bother to take her eyes away from her bracelet as she was very concentrated.

"They're gonna have Japanese toilets with towel warmers," Kiara called out with frustration laced in her voice.

"Of course they are. Why wouldn't they?" JJ spoke, lifting his beer can and going to take a sip before Scarlett grabbed it from him and began chugging his drink as he fought her to get it back.

"This used to be a turtle habitat, but who cares about the turtles, I guess?" Kie rolled her eyes. She walked over to the rest of the group and looked up at John B.

"I can't have cold towels." JJ finally grabbed his cup back from the blonde girl before she could finish the whole thing.

"I care about the turtles." Scarlett frowned, going back to attempt to fix her bracelet.

"Can you please not kill yourself?" Kie ignored the two teenagers' comments and stared up at John B.

"Don't spill that beer. I'm not giving you another one." JJ yelled up to John B who was now balancing on one foot at the very edge of the roof.

"Yeah, because you don't have enough to spare one more for John B." Scarlett gestured to the cooler full of beers that JJ had brought which was still full.

"Whoa! Oh, shit." John B yelled as he lost his balance, dropping his beer off the roof just as JJ told him not to do.

"Of course you did. Like right when I told you not to." JJ criticized John B for wasting a beer.

"Smooth," Kie muttered.

"I kinda wish your dramatic ass had fallen instead of the beer," Scarlett called up to the brunette who was groaning at the loss of his beer.

"Hey, uh, security's here. Let's wrap it up." Pope warned the group as he was leaning over the railing.

"Boys are early today."

"Whoever called security is getting it." Scarlett shook her head and stood up, shoving the bracelet in the back pocket of her jean shorts.

"Humpty Dumpty, let's roll," JJ exclaimed to John B who began sliding down the roof shortly after.

"Let's go boys. And Star." Kie smirked as everyone began to climb down to the deck.

"Hey, JJ. It's Gary." Scarlett whispered up to the blonde boy with a smirk. He gave her a cheeky smile and immediately began to tease Gary.