𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 - J.M

20, first kiss

"That canal leads here." Pope said when we got there.

"If the weapon came out, it should be here somewhere." JJ pointed to the passage to the ocean, there was definitely garbage there, mostly plastic bags.

"God, people who use plastic should be shot." Kie, the great defender of our planet. It seemed to be a good feature, but if you were with her every day it would tire you.

"I like plastic, I use it every day." JJ replied and I laughed, and Kiara just looked at me with a look that could just as easily kill.

"Don't be so tense anymore." I said, sitting on the wall.

"I knew you'd say something like that, that's why I took the bags." There was definitely something between Kie and Pope.

"Have you just done something for the environment?" I don't know if it was supposed to be romantic, but JJ and I looked at them strangely.

"Should we leave you two alone or.." JJ asked, looking at Kie. That got him kicked in the sack by Pope, and I laughed again.

"It was cool, but we didn't find any guns." JJ said dissatisfied.

"So it must still be in the sewers." I said, taking a seat above the canal entrance again. "Who will go in there?"

"I can." Kiara suggested first.

"Okay, if you need anything, shout. We'll get you out." Pope said and Kie disappeared into the sewer.

When Kiara couldn't hear our conversations anymore, I started first. "Pope, why did you say something different yesterday?" I asked, looking at the dark-skinned man, who was not happy about this question.

"What did you tell her?" JJ asked, who didn't know what I meant.

"He told me you and Kie were together." The blonde was surprised and looked at his friend, waiting for an answer.

"I didn't want JJ ​​to break your heart." JJ was now looking at me.

"Why would I break Kate's heart?" He started, but he answered the question himself. "Seriously?" I felt his eyes on me all the time, but I couldn't look at him.

The boy came up and helped me get up, and then we went a little further. We stood in silence and waited for one of us to speak.

"So you really meant it then." JJ started.

"Of course." I answered quickly, but my eyes were still focused on the ground.

"did she told you to say it?" He asked, coming closer to me and forcing me to look at him. I nodded, and a moment later I felt JJ connect our lips in a kiss. I didn't do anything for a while, but I finally kissed him back, his hands resting on my waist.

We kissed until we heard Kie and then Pope scream. We both ran to him, asking what was going on. It turned out that someone had turned on the valve and water was flowing into the sewers.

We sewed and moved to the nearest manhole, which led down a ladder down the sewers and Kiara could get out there the quickest. We heard Kie calling for us, so we sped up. Pope and JJ started trying to open the drain while I stood there panicking. I could have lost my sister in one moment.

I calmed down when the boys managed to open the channel and Kiara left. She was wet, but she got Rafe's gun. We have never been so happy as we are now, thanks to this evidence we could calmly clear John b's name.

"Now we just have to go to the police station and prove Shoupe wrong." I said, helping my sister get up on her feet.

JJ placed the gun on Shoupe's desk, who looked very surprised. There was silence in his office for a long time until he spoke.

"You mean this is the gun Rafe used to kill Peterkin?"

"That's exactly what we're saying." Pope replied. - "And it's the same one Ward used to kill Gavin." Added.

"And where is his dead body?"

"Haven't you checked?" I asked indignantly.

"I checked at the hospital and at his house. He wasn't there." He replied.

"It's obvious, because he's dead." JJ started to get more nervous.

"Just because he's not home doesn't mean he's dead." I had the impression that Shoupe was doing everything he could to not believe us.

"Will you at least send this weapon for analysis or will you do nothing again?" Kiara asked indignantly.

"You just sit there and wax your mustache." JJ added, which pissed Shoupe off.

"JJ, calm down." I tried to control him somehow, but he was too angry and didn't listen to anyone.

"I'm sorry, did I hurt his feelings?" JJ looked at me with audible irritation in his voice as Shoupe left the room.

"Shut up!" The angry Pope also shouted.

"Hello boys!" I raised my voice, getting everyone's attention. "Can you guys stop teasing each other and calling Shoupe names? I know he's not helping us, but if we yell at him, he won't help us at all."

"As if he was helping us at all." JJ drawled. I could imagine him rolling his eyes already.

"Going too hard on him JayJ." I said, turning to face the blonde who was already staring at me. "Please stop."

"Okay, I can try." I smiled triumphantly, turning to face Shoupe's desk.

After a while, we heard Shoupe shouting at us. "Get out! You're making my office stink up!" I thought he would actually do something about it.

"Ward bribed you?" I asked, outraged by all this, I was annoyed by the policeman's behavior. He wasn't doing anything about the fact that John b and Sarah were lost somewhere in the ocean.

"You won't do shit anyway." JJ said as we left his office. I didn't have the strength to calm the blonde down anymore and I just grabbed his hand.

Pope was the last to leave, he said something else to Shoupe, but I couldn't hear what exactly.

Afterwards, we stopped at Heyward's. Pope gave us clothes to change into because ours were terribly wet.

The dark-skinned man was sitting with my sister in a gazebo, while JJ and I were sitting in silence on a bench under the building. We were both probably afraid to speak, but I didn't mind. I could sit like this for hours as long as JJ is next to me. However, the boy decided to break the silence.

"What happened earlier." The blonde started, but I interrupted him.

"Do you regret it?" I asked and JJ looked slightly panicked.

"No, not at all. I liked it." I knew my cheeks were turning red and a small smile was spreading across JJ's face.

"Do you think.." I started, but I couldn't form a sentence. All my words were confusing, and everything was confusing me during these moments.

"We can try." A boy saved me from the tangle of words that were forming in my head. There were still small flushes on my cheeks.

"I'm in." I said, sitting closer to the blonde and placing my head on his shoulder. And there was silence again, a silence that could last forever.