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as soon as you stepped foot in front of the run-down church you had a bad feeling in the bottom of your stomach, something was eating at you in the back of your mind.
being brought back to reality as pope brushed past you, running straight into the church, everyone following him, you included.
"okay everyone spread out," kie announced.
you were searching anywhere and everywhere, the five of you losing hope after looking for about five minutes, sitting down on the old pews.
"it's gotta be in here!" pope panicked as he ran his hands against the walls.
"i can't see where they would hide a giant cross here." jj and kie were still looking around for clues, as you and john b watched pope freak out.
"no, no there's no way he would set us up on a freaking goose chase, that would lead us to nothing."
he gave up and sat down on the seat beside you, sighing. looking through the telescope one last time, and stopping when he sees something. following to where he landed, bam! two wooden diagonal beams shaped as crosses facing away from each other.
"what?" that's when kiera saw it, then jj, and then the rest. "oh my god, look at that."
pushing your hair out of your face when you saw pope go over to the wall, he started climbing up the cracks of the wood.
you and the others stood, warning him to be careful. flinching when bits of debris would fall as he jumped over to the wooden beam.
"pope that's rotten, be careful!"
your bottom lip now red and swollen from anxiously biting onto it, hands on your hips, foot slightly tapping against the floor as he slid through each slot.
that's when you heard jj warn him about the large wasp nest above him, a piece of something falling down as he shifted himself, realizing that the next part was hollow, sarah ran to go and get a crowbar.
it took a while but everything was hacked away from its place, lo and behold there was the gold cross, and everyone started cheering and hugging each other.
"he did it..." you whispered underneath your breath, hand covering your mouth, he was so proud of himself. his victory was short-lived when the warps started to sting him, dropping the crowbar out of his hands, it clattered onto the floor.
he slipped. your breath getting caught in the back of your throat, running to grab as many cushions as you could find, throwing them on the ground beneath him. everyone worriedly joined in.
your eyes watered as you looked up at him, his grip loosened and fell onto the pillows with a thump. groaning at the not-so-soft landing.
then the fucking cross decided to fall from the sky, everyone moved away, and you pulled pope out of the way. "you okay?" they moved back over again.
"just give me, like, one second to, catch my breath." rubbing his back as everyone examined the cross, well everyone except you. jj blabbering on about how much you think it's worth, you whilst you were still accessing his injuries. his eyes swollen shut, his breaths short, "guys we need to go, we need to get him to help." you announced, grabbing one of popes arms whilst john b grasped the other.
"the cross..." the boy muttered, "we'll come back for it, jj cover it please!" not looking back trying to get him to kie's truck as fast as possible.
yanking the door open watching the panicked scene unravel in front of you, loud ringing and echoed shouts were heard from all around you as you jumped in next to him. you all packed into the vehicle and got out of there.
he now laid his head onto your shoulder, his breaths now coming out wheezy. "you'll be okay, you're safe. just hold on pope, please." you breathed out, leaning him back towards it.
not noticing how the others were looking at you, not caring as long as he was okay.
you stayed outside as everyone invaded rickys home, searching for any type of help. your chest tightened as they laid him out across the table.
your breaths became smaller and smaller until you were hyperventilating. hand on your chest as you tried to calm yourself down. this was no time to be having a panic attack.
you didn't tell him yet.
what if you lose him?
he'll never know how you truly really feel about him.
sitting on the bench on the porch of the house, trying to think of anything but the worst scenario when pope bursts out of the front door, running around laughing.
talking about what they needed to do, or what to do next. just seeing him actually be okay flooded you with such relief. the tightness in your chest leaving. breathing was easier.
sarah walked over to you, rubbing your back asking if you were okay, and you just nodded smiling, looking over at the boy who was still continuously running loops around the front lawn with jj running behind him.
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bonus:
you and the girls were sat around the fire that you had created, drinking, laughing about everything and nothing. just being happy to be home safe.
"she was totally freaking when you got stung dude." john b nudged pope with his elbow, furrowing his eyebrows he turned to him.
"who?"
"i mean we all were, but you should've see the way that she looked at you after you fell bro. she wouldn't leave your side, well not 'til we got you to rickys."
pope looked over to you giggling at something kiera said, watching as your hair blew behind you as the breeze brushed by you. the orange of the fire light flickering across your face.
you glanced over in his direction locking eyes with him, offering a shy smile before turning back to sarah.
when her eyes are on me, i feel like something worth seeing.
