𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞 ~ jj maybank DISCONTINUED💔

07

          "You couldn't have warned us any sooner?" I huff slouching next to Pope and leaning my head on his shoulder. I glance at JJ to see him quickly look away while digging his hands in his pockets.

Kie looks over to me before pointing at Pope,

"We would have but Pope was on the math team." I quickly straightened up looking at Pope.

"Really, the math team? What a cute little mathlete" I stand up to give him a nuggie as he pries me off of him trying to turn away in embarrassment. He coughs a bit before turning to John B and JJ,

"Did you guys at least find something?" JJ immediately perks up,

"Did we find anything? No, I don't think so. Oh, yeah, we did." he pulls the gun and a stack of cash out of his pocket. Didn't know he grabbed the cash too.

I reach forward pushing the gun down slowly as Pope jumps up,

"What the hell? I'm gonna lose my merit scholarship." he starts to pace until JJ steps up to him putting the gun to his lips while shushing in his ear,

"Hey, hey, hey. Sh, sh, sh. sh, sh. At least you have us, right?"

I look over to Pope to see him in a look of complete stress. I walk over to him giving him a tight hug as he mumbles,

"I'm living the nightmare."

"Oh Pope, you'll be alright, yeah? We'll get through this and you won't get in trouble. That scholarship is all yours bubs," I coo as he starts to relax slowly letting go of me and sitting down with his head in his hands.

I sighed walking over to JJ who grabs my hand and pulls me to sit next to him.

Sitting around on the dock with JJ standing between my legs as I sit on the railing racking my hand through his soft blonde hair we are chatting with another local until a lady runs up yelling.

" Scooter? Oh, God!" I recognized the voice as Lana Grubbs.

I softly pushed JJ away so I could hop off the railing to see her as JJ sent me a questioning look.

"I'll be back" I mumble sending him a smile as the rest of the group notices me walking away.

"Mrs. Lana?" I ask peering around the corner. I gasp seeing Scooter Grubbs laying dead all blue and purple.

Mrs. Lana looks at me through her fingers covering her tear-stained face and chokes back another sob.

I slowly walk over to her and wrap her in a tight hug trying my best to comfort her.

Lana was a close friend of my mothers from high school, although I hadn't seen her around in a couple months, she'll always be close to our family.

She was also one of the few on the whole island to know of my sickness.

After chatting for a minute she shooed me off to go to my friends so she could take care of some things for Scooter, I sadly nod and walk towards them.

JJ steps up to me pulling me into a hug as he saw the somber expression my face and saw me talk with Lana.

"What happened?" John B asked. I sighed going to sit on the railing again with JJ following to resume our previous position.

"It was Scooter Grubbs, apparently he was out in the storm." they all look at me in concern knowing that Lana was a family friend, I shrug them off as the local girl speaks up,

"Yeah, check out this pic I got. Dead body." She shows everyone as I look away, not wanting to see it again.

"Holy shit" Pope says looking at it.