Junie - JJ Maybank

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"Best hold onto something. Set off can be a little rough." Jimmy tells us.

All of us grab one of the hanging handle bars. I hold mine so tight that my knuckles turn white.

"You okay, Junie?" JJ whispers to me.

I look at him and nod, "I'm alright."

He nods and the plane starts rolling forward. A minute later, we are up in the sky and I feel nauseous.

I squeeze my eyes shut and try to think about anything but what is happening right now.

I feel a hand on one of mine and look over to see JJ holding it. He gives me a reassuring smile and just looking at his face makes me feel the slightest bit better.

"Five more minutes till we are at our destination," Jimmy announces to us.

"Thanks a lot for this Jimmy," Pope tells him.

"Yeah, it really means a lot." Sarah tells him.

I stare at John B for a second then when he looks at me I speak, "do you think he's here?"

He shrugs and goes to say something but he is cut off when the plane hits turbulence.

We all bounce up and I slam my wrist against the ceiling of the plane. I grip my wrist and look at it and it takes me a second to realize that Jimmy is unconscious and the plane is falling.

"Oh my god!" I shout along with everyone else's panicking.

I start preparing myself for death as I see us getting closer and closer to the water.

I look at JJ and he opens his arms. I quickly move into them and he hides my face in his chest. He continues to tell me that it's gonna be okay over and over again as we continue to fall.

I feel the plane slam into something but when I peak out from JJ's chest, I see that we are in water.

John B and Pope go to the front of the plane and elbow the windshield till the glass breaks.

When it does, the plane starts filling up with water. JJ pulls me to the opening and he climbs out, me close behind him.

I stop when I realize Jimmy is still in the plane and I turn around and pull him out of the plane. I swim towards shore with his unconscious body on top of me.

When I get to shore, I realize that everyone swam the opposite way. I lay Jimmy on the sand and I see paramedics climbing out of ambulances.

They start running to us and I search the water for the Pogues.

I feel arms on me and turn around to see one of the paramedics trying to pull me towards the ambulance.
"I'm okay. I don't need help," I tell them but they ignore me.

"We have to get you checked out!" The paramedic tells me.

I try to get them to let go of me but they won't and they pull me into the ambulance.

JJ'S POV...

We all swim underneath the pier that we crashed next to. I look at everyone but Emery isn't with us.

"Wait, where is Emery?" Kiara asks everyone.

I search the water and see her swimming towards the shore. I immediately start swimming towards her as fast as I can.

When I get to shore, I see Emery being pulled into an ambulance.

"Fuck! They're taking her to the hospital!" I shout as I run up the shore.