Junie - JJ Maybank

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All of us pogues are hanging out at some house that is being built on Figure 8. Kiara is inside looking around the house, usually I would go with her, but I am far too faded to do that right now.

I am sitting on one of the scaffolding structures with a book in my lap. JJ is laying down on his back next to be and we are sharing a joint. Pope is standing by another scaffolding structure across from us, messing with the tools they were left on site. John B is being the dumb man that he is and standing on the roof of the building.

I glance up from my reading when I hear Pope start talking, "that's what? A three story fall to the deck?" He says to John B, "I give you about a one in three chance of survival."

I look up at my brother and watch as he sticks his pinky in his mouth and holds it up in the air, "should I do it?" He asks

"Yeah, jump, I'll shoot you on the way down," Pope tells him as he points a power drill at my brother.

"You'll shoot me?" John B points finger guns at Pope and makes fun sounds.

I roll my eyes, "John B, please don't kill yourself. I already have a dead dad, I don't need a dead brother too," I tell him.

John B points at me, "dad's not dead."

I sigh, "whatever you say," I tell him as I go back to my reading.

JJ hands me the joint and I inhale some of the smoke. I look at pope and see him staring right back at me. "What?"

"How many of those have you smoked?" He asks me.

I shrug, "two."

"Three," JJ pipes in as he sits up next to me. I give him a confused look and he continues, "we smoked one on the way to the chateau from school."

I shrug again, "two and a half."

"They're gonna have Japanese toilets with towel warmers," Kiara says as she comes out of the house.

"Of course. Why wouldn't they?" JJ says.

Kiara sighs, "this used to be a turtle habitat, but who cares about it here turtles, I guess."

I raise my hand and Kiara rolls her eyes at me.

"I can't have cold towels," JJ says, I backhand smack his leg next to me, "hey!" He quickly sits up and pins me down.

I try to stop him but I can't stop laughing, "JJ- JJ the joint!"

He stops and takes the joint from my hand then takes a puff from it.

"Please don't kill yourself," Kiara says, looking up at John B.

"Hey, I said the same thing!" I giggle as I tell her.

She looks at me and JJ with an annoyed look, "they are so stoned." She says to herself.

John B continues to hang his foot over the edge of the roof. I watch as he pours some of the beer in his hand onto the deck.

JJ notices what John B is doing and speaks up, "don't spill that beer. I'm not giving you another one."

John B stumbles a little, "oh shit!" He says as his beer falls out of his hand and slams on the desk.