IV - I see dead people

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They had played for about ten minutes before the police had showed up

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They had played for about ten minutes before the police had showed up. The trio quickly jumped into the van and drove off. Penny and Pope needed to go to work and JJ had decided to tag along because he didn't want to be alone. They had been working for the past four hours. Pope was attempting to fix an engine for one of the fishing boats whilst Penny was stuck sorting out shrimp that had just been caught from nets.

"Can you help me, JJ?" she asked, utterly repulsed, "this stinks."

JJ laughed at her from his space next to Pope. She wore yellow rubber gloves that covered the majority of her arms. A plastic apron hung over her clothes and her face was pulled in a temporary frown, from time to time she would her herself gagging at the smell.

It wasn't that she hated shrimp, in fact she loved it but when it had just been caught it was slimy and smelly and she hated that Heyward had given her that job.

"Hell no!" he called, making Penny's shoulders slump and her face scrunch up as she whined, "why not?"

Pope looked up at his friend with a cocky smile, his dad had originally ask him to do that job but he convinced his dad he could fix the engine. Instead he made Penny do the dirty work because she had no experience with engines.

"I don't get paid for that shit, you do." JJ something, "so chop, chop." he clapped.

"I hate you," she growled.

"No, you don't," he grinned.

Penny didn't reply and continued her job, ignoring JJ and Pope as they sat a few feet away. When she had finished and wrapped everything up she peeled the gloves and apron off herself.

"Now can you help me take these into the back, please," she begged coming to stand in front of the two of them.

"Please, JJ," she pouted when he shook his head, "the quicker I get this done the quicker we get to leave." she leaned closer into him and whispered suggestively.

JJ smirked letting out a sigh, "fine, but you owe me." he pointed a finger at her. He picked up a crate of shrimp and followed her into the back.

"So what do you want to do after?" she asked him curiously.

"Um," he thought, "not sure it's getting kind of dark now, is you're mum going to be home?"

"Yeah," Penny sighed realising they probably wouldn't have any alone time as they walked back to find Pope and John B in his van pulling up.

"Get in!" he shouted at the trio.

JJ looked at her expectantly, "Looks like we found something to do," he pulled her up to the van, "Let's ride!"

She got into the back with Pope. The boy unlike Penny hadn't finished his job and knew his dad would call him out for leaving, "This better be good."

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