Tonight's the night we're gonna get the gold. I mean so long as it's actually in the well and this isn't just another dead end. We're all piled into John B's van headed for the Crain house.
"You got rope?" John B asks.
"Got it," Pope states.
"Grappling hook?" John B asks.
"We don't have a grappling hook. We're not Batman," Pope tells him.
"Pulley?" John B asks.
"Check," Kie tells him.
"Dark clothes?" John B asks.
"Got it," Sarah tells him.
"Flashlights?" John B asks.
"Check," JJ replies.
"All right, good. We're ready," John B states.
"Let's go," Kie says.
"Let's go get rich, guys," JJ offers.
"Yeah. Hell, yeah," I agree.
"Go, boys," Sarah says.
"And girls," Kie adds.
John B opens the side door to the van.
"Let's go," Pope says.
"Let's roll," JJ states.
"Right on," I say.
We start to get out of the van, but John B stops us, "Wait, wait. I wanna say thank you, guys. Seriously. It means a lot to me that you're here tonight."
"Always," Kie tells him.
"Of course, man," Pope says.
He and John B do their handshake. "My man."
"All right, we done with the circle jerk?" JJ asks. "Can we go do this?"
"Yep," I say.
"Let's get that wheat in the water," Pope says.
"Weed? I'm up for weed," JJ says.
"Wheat. I said wheat," Pope tells him.
"After you," Kie tells Sarah.
Sarah starts to climb the stone wall. "Ladies first."
"Alley-oop," I tell her.
We walk through the yard the same way we did the other day. We stop in front of the house and a porch light comes on.
"Shit!" I say.
"Oh, shit! Go, go, go, go," John B says.
We hide behind the bushes.
"Flashlights!" Kie warns.
"It's on strobe!" JJ says before getting his flashlight to switch off.
John B holds his finger to his mouth. "Shh!"
"Okay... Okay, so she has motion sensor lights," Pope states.
"We could, uh... move really slowly, maybe?" JJ offers.
"What?" Sarah asks.
"Yeah that's not how it works," Pope explains.
"Oh, shit. Let's throw a rock at it," John B offers.
"JJ, what?" I ask.
"That's a really good idea. Let the axe murderer know that we're here," Kie taunts.
"Throw a rock at it?" Pope questions.
"Okay you guys have a better idea?" John B asks.
"Literally anything but that," Kie counters.
YOU ARE READING
Storm Chaser // JJ Maybank
FanfictionStorm Miracle McKay planned on having a good time with her friends over summer break. Things don't always turn out the way Pogues plan it though. A hurricane, a wrecked boat, and a kegger change everything. The summer turns into a treasure hunt and...
