ruthless; jj m.

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Sarah, Topper, Kelce, and I took Topper's boat out to the beach cleanup. After we had driven away from the dock, we saw another boat coming towards us. After a while, I made out the faces to be John B and company.

Sarah stood tall and proud next to Topper but he didn't really even notice them. I saw Kie and gave her a small wave and she returned it. We drove past them and heard Kie speak. "You don't have to act like you don't see us, bitch," Kie said referring to Sarah.

Sarah acted like she didn't hear her. Kelce was looking out at the water and I looked back at John B's boat to see JJ eyeing me in my pale green bikini. I flipped him off as he gave me a wink. I turned around to smile so he couldn't see me.

When we arrived, we all grabbed trash bags. Kelce and I had brought some alcohol to make the cleanup a bit more fun. The moment I heard Sarah speaking to Topper about John B is when I walked away. Topper never had anything good to say about pogues.

"Yo! You look thirsty." Kelce said as he grabbed the vodka and crystal light lemonade mixture we made. It was more vodka than lemonade, to be fair. Topper opened it and the strong scent immediately reached his nose. "Oh my god." He said before taking a few sips then handing it off to me.

I took a couple of gulps then passed it on to Sarah. "Come on, Sarah!" We all said to motivate her. She finally took a few sips after questioning me on what I had put in there. Soon after that, Wheezie snatched it from her hands and tried to drink some.

I snatched it back, handed it to Sarah, and shook my head. "In a couple of years, Wheezie... I've got you. But not today." I said. "Great going, guys," Sarah said as she handed the drink back to me. "You guys got it under control?" An older man who was running the beach cleanup asked us.

I quickly hid the drink in Kelce's bag as we all waved and responded with a yes. After he walked away, Kelce kissed me and we proceeded to clean up.

After a while, we had all been pretty drunk and we had to do a group circle with everyone who participated. While the man was speaking about how important it is for us to care for the environment, I accidentally snickered, causing Sarah to do the same. Topper and Kelce gave us reprimanding looks but they couldn't hold in their laughter either.

Soon enough, we all walked away further down to the beach when the circle ended.

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Sarah and I headed back to her house and found Wheezie in the bathroom. I opened the door to find her throwing up. Sarah immediately held her hair back and I locked the door and stood by it so no one would come in.

I guess Kelce had let Wheezie sneak some liquor when no one was looking. I'll yell at him for that later. "So, Wheezie. What have we learned?" I asked her. "Never mix vodka with Crystal Light." She said. "Very good," I responded, but Sarah didn't agree with me, and I could tell by the look on her face.

Wheezie continued to vomit repetitively. "Please don't tell dad." She said to Sarah. "I won't. Under one condition." Sarah was scheming. "What's that?" Wheezie asked. "You cover for me sneaking out with Topper tonight." She said. "Please?" Sarah begged.

"Fine." Wheezie agreed with a sigh. "Do you promise?" I asked her, knowing Wheezie always had something up her sleeve. "I promise." She said as she held out her pinky finger on both hands for me and Sarah. We both latched on with our pinkies. Sarah continued to help out Wheezie but I left the bathroom.

I walked towards Sarah's room but heard her brother Rafe arguing with her dad about the backup generators. He finally stormed into the house and saw me. "Shouldn't have bought that motorcycle with the generator money," I said to him.