"Dad did always call
her Icarus; I guess
it makes sense
she'd be the one
To fly too close
to the sun and end up
getting burned in the end..."
~ Pope Hayward
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Pope was too focused on taking notes when his phone went off the first time. Dinging loudly, he reached to shut it off, but his eyes caught the unknown number and he couldn't help it when his heart dropped to the pit in his stomach. He turned to Kie, who sat across from him, looking down at her phone. She got it too. He ignored the voice of Mr.Sunn as he looked down at the screen. JJ snuck his way out of his seat and ducked beside them to show that he got a message too. Together, they open it. There, on his screen, is John B and Rowan. Smiling and together. And Alive.
The Pouges don't hesitate to find a way out of class, despite the gnawing feeling in Pope's gut. They rush down the hall and out into the courtyard. "I mean, is that even possible?" Asked Kie, as they reached the courtyard benches. "I mean, Shoupe said that they didn't make it. He said that."
"I know what he said. Maybe we're overreacting. Cause we can't rule out the possibility that this could all be some kind of weird, cruel hoax." Pope says. He really hoped it was them and not some mean prank someone was playing on them. He didn't know how he'd handle being made fool of. Especially about his sister.
"I'm just gonna ask." Kie says, typing up a message. Pope watched as bubbles pop up and then disappeared, and then popped up again.
"What if it's actually them, though?"
"Then I don't know, okay? I don't know." Pope said, as he looked down at his phone. "He responded?"
"He's typing." Pope watched as a response popped up. Asking for JJ. When JJ responded, they replied with an answer only they would get.
That was enough confirmation for JJ and Kie as they laughed in disbelief that they were alive. But Pope wasn't as convinced. And just as he was about to answer, he smiled down at the new sentence on his screen. A message only he would get.
"What does Pope Francis the nerd mean?" JJ asked, as he chuckled out the old nickname. Pope shook his head.
"It's our secret code name." He said, "I can confirm it's definitely them." He laughed, finally able to believe that they were alive.
"Laying super low in Nassau." Kie read , as another text came in. "How the hell did they get to the Bahamas?"
"You can't kill a Pogue, dude." JJ says.
"Especially John B." Pope said. "I knew she wasn't dead." He whispers, mostly to himself. He wished he could tell his parents. But they wouldn't believe him. But he knew. And he would prove it to them and they would clear his name and they will get to come back. They had to.
