A/N : this chapter will be in jjs pov and we won't get much of Vienna or John bs PoV.
JJS POV
It had been weeks after Vienna and John bs death. I was stood infront of the tree that we had carved their names out on.
vienna routledge
2004-2020
John b routledge
2003-2020
*•*P4L*•*
that was what it said on the carved out tree.
Me, Sarah and pope done it last weekend, in honour of our bestfriends sudden disappearance.
But right now it was just me, sitting infront of it with a beer in my hand. I guess knowing that they died together puts my mind to peace a little but they didn't deserve to die. They were innocent.
She was innocent.
LATER THAT DAY
"what did you guys do?" I groan as pope and Sarah walk in with red spray paint. "Just an art project." Sarah smiles as pope rolls his eyes and sits down. "School tomorrow." Pope sighs. "Sarah's first time out of kook academy... excited?" I smirk as I look at her. "I thought I was gonna do this with Vienna by my side. I mean... we were gonna go in together... start school together." Sarah says as she looks down.
My smile slowly fades. "Well I have work, so see ya." I walk out. Hearing Viennas name makes me want to throw up. Not in a bad way, but in a 'I feel like I've failed her' way. Yes, I've been blaming this all on me. If she hadn't been so distracted by me and my dad fighting she could've sorted this all out.
I make it to work, the country club. No, not my scene but I need the money.
After waiting tables for a little I overhear some kooks talking shit.
"She's a murderer. I'm glad she's dead." A boy says.
"Atleast they both got what was coming to them. Dirty pogues. Oh! And that means he doesn't have to pay for a trial!" A girl laughs.
"Guys, they're still investigating." Topper Thornton steps up as he sees me poor his drink.
"Yeah, I don't know why. It's obvious who did it. Vienna was probably mad because Peterkin took her coke away." The girl laughs again.
"Yeah, exactly." Kelce laughs.
"Shut up! Shut up top!" I shout over as toppers telling me to go away.
"Jj, just walk away. It's not the time." Topper sighs.
"Not the time? Not the fucking time for you, topper?!- you know what." I pick up a knife and a glass and bang them together to get everyone's attention.
"Can I have everyone's attention, please?! I have a little announcement to make! My best friend, Vienna, didn't not kill sheriff Peterkin! Rafe Cameron killed and shot the sheriff in cold blood! That's what happened!" I shout. That was probably the first time I have said her name since I was crying in popes arms wishing it was just a dream.
"Wow." Kelce scoffs.
"Is that so hard for you to believe, kelce?" I ask.
"It is actually hard for me to believe because it's always the... the kooks fault. It's never the pogues fault." Kelce says as he gets in my face.
"I mean... Vienna may have been a pogue but she'd rather sleep around with kooks, right jj?" Kelce then smirks.
I then grab the jug of water and throw it around him and start pushing him then hit him a good slap in the face.
My boss then fired me. Great. I walk out holding my chest with tears. I just want her back. I want everything to be normal again.
THE NEXT DAY school.
I get out of Sarah's car, along with Sarah and pope. Before I start to walk into school I chug my flask of vodka. "Hey, chill out." Sarah whispers. "If I black out just don't remind me." I giggle. "Not funny." Sarah sighs.
We all go to walk in until we notice a rock filled with John b and Viennas pictures on it. As we were looking at it we noticed everyone was staring at us. "I got to go." Pope says before he was about to leave. "Hey! We all gotta stick together, okay?" Sarah grabs popes arm. "Well we aren't all here." I scoff before I walk away to class.
As I was in the halls walking to class, I notice Viennas locker. It had flowers, pictures and notes on it. A slight smile appears on my face as I see a picture of me and Vienna from a night out with our arms wrapped around eachother with sun glasses on. I shove the picture in my pocket then get on my way again.
As I was in class with pope and sarah my phone goes off, as does popes and Sarah's. I jump out of my chair and we all show our phones to eachother. And our jaws dropped when a recent photo of Vienna and John b pops up on our phone.
We race outside in shock.
"Is it even possible!? I mean shoupe said that they didn't make it. He said that." Sarah walks over to the bench. "Okay, but I... I think we're overreacting, cause we can't rule out the possibility that this could all be some kind of weird, cruel hoax." Pope taps on as he sites on the bench.
I tone all of them out as I focus on my breathing. Cruel joke or not. I'm stressed. Ever since they're 'death' I've been having all types of panic attacks.
"I'm just gonna ask." Sarah says as she texts the group.
"What if it's actually her- them, though?" I say.
the group
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WTF is this you??
is jj there?
I'm here bree
Hey dickhead, the hot tub still working?
my heart drops as I see the message. Vienna, the only one who knows about the hot tub. I laugh and nod. "It's her." I start to tear up.
"Do I even wanna know what she means by hot tub?" Pope laughs.
"They're alive!" Sarah shouts.
We all shout in happiness.
Laying super low in Nassau.
"how the hell did they get to the Bahamas?" Sarah asks.
"You can never kill a pogue, man." I laugh.
can you clear my name? I wanna come home.
"hell yeah, we'll clear your name." I say before texting back into the group.
Obviously, I miss you vi.
I miss you too jayj, now go clear my name I need to be in that hot tub asap. We'll be in touch. P4l
I laugh before putting my phone down.
We all then start to tear up and I pull all of them into a hug. "P4l man."
