𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 - JJ Maybank

Chapter 51: Rocket

JJ slammed on the horn as they pulled up to Ricky's house. "Ricky!" he shouted as he climbed out of the front seat and the girls helped Pope out of the back. "Ricky! Hey! Bro!"

JJ hammered on the storm door as Ricky looked at him through the glass. "Ricky, hey, I got a problem, bro! I know you're mad at me!"

"Remember that time you stole my ambulance?" Ricky shouted back. He was wearing only his boxers and had Family Feud playing in the background.

Grace ran up beside JJ. "Ricky! Please!"

Ricky glanced at her before glaring back at JJ and slamming the front door shut.

"No! Please! Please, we need help!" Sarah screamed as they caught up with Pope.

JJ continued slamming on the door.

"Ricky! He can't breathe!" Grace pleaded.

"He's having a reaction! Please help!" Kie yelled frantically.

"He can't breathe!" Grace repeated.

Suddenly the door open and Ricky's annoyed face came into view once more. "Who can't breathe?

"Pope! Please, Ricky," Grace shouted.

"Look at him! Help my friend!" John B joined in as Pope wheezed in his arms.

"All right, Jesus Christ," Ricky sighed while opening the door.

"Hey. Good to see you. Sorry." Sarah pushed past him and began moving things off the table, getting deja vu to the last time they were here.

Ricky helped them lay Pope down on the table.

"You know, I wouldn't come to you if it wasn't an emergency," JJ rushed out while helping with Pope. "Hang in there, buddy."

"What's wrong with him?"

"Wasps!" Sarah answered while hovering over her panting friend.

"Wasps?"

"Yes."

"Is he allergic to wasps?"

"Cleary!" Kie exclaimed.

"A beehive worth of wasps!" John B added.

"What's his name?" Ricky asked while JJ and John B raised Pope's legs.

"Pope," Grace got out while staring down at his swollen face.

"Hey, Pope?" Ricky straightened up and made his way into another room. "Hang tight. I gotta get my kit."

"Hang tight? Ricky!" JJ shouted after him.

Grace shoved her boyfriend, "He's getting the kit. Go help."

JJ was quick to do as she said and follow after his cousin.

"I need you to focus. Focus on your breathing, okay?" Kie sobbed out while holding his face. "Where's your kit?" Kie shouted as Ricky ran past them and into his garage.

Grace paced back and forth while fiddling with her fingers. She glanced back at Pope every so often before whipping her head away when she felt her stomach churn.

"Okay, I got it! I got it!" Ricky exclaimed while running back into the main room.

JJ followed after him and they all crowded around the table. "What do we do now?"

Ricky shot his cousin a look. "You don't do anything 'cause you're not a paramedic."

Grace continued her pacing as her friends backed up to let Ricky do his job.