winded ☞︎ jj maybank

midsummers ; (1/3)

    JJ grabbed John B, causing John B to react. The two fell onto the ground, grabbing at each other. "It's me, JJ. Stop, stop, stop, stop," JJ said, putting his hands up in defense as John B was about to punch him.

    "Fuck. What are you doing, bro?" John B yelled angrily, pushing him. JJ slammed his hand over his mouth,"Shut up," He said, slamming him against the fence.

   I looked away, my thoughts falling to the deep end. JJ pointed, pulling John B over to the musty green truck. A car rest in the Château's drive way.

    "See that?" JJ asked, panting,"They're watching us, okay?" He sighed. "Who?" John B asked, looking between JJ and I.

    "I don't know. Let's go. Sneak around to the dock," JJ whispered, as we snuck away, to the side of the Château, stopping before the murky water.

   "Gotta go this way," JJ said, hopping in front of John B and I. We quickly followed.

   We made our way through the water, John B and JJ's bags sat atop their heads. I waxed behind them, squatted lower than them both; as I didn't have a bag covering my own head.

    "Wait, wait, wait, wait. You got the keys to the Pogue?" John B asked. "Yeah," JJ replied, as we now descended onto grass, at the back of the Château.

    We went back into the water, floating just beneath the dock. We hopped onto the HMS Pogue, covered in water.

    "Hurry up," John B hissed, as JJ untied the HMS Pogue from the dock. They both pushed away from it, as John B started up the HMS Pogue, as we rode away from whoever it was that was spying on John B.

    "FIRST, I almost get strangled to death by Kooks, and now I'm on the hook for 30 grand. We should just dip," JJ scoffed, as we were now sat on a couple of rocks.

    "Okay, where do you wanna go? Hm?" John B asked, throwing his hands up.

    "Yucatán," JJ suggested. John B shook his head,"Yucatan." "No, I'm dead serious right now. Surf all day, and then we can just live off lobsters we catch with our bare hands," JJ said.

    "You just wanna leave 'cause you got your ass beat?" John B muttered. "You didn't see the photos," JJ sighed.

    "Think about it. They're willing to kill for the gold, then it's gotta be out there," John B said, hopping off of the rock he and I had been perched on.

   I stayed silent this entire argument; it wasn't my place to say anything, really. I didn't have these problems— I wasn't being charged 30K, and I didn't have an abusive father.

   "Oh, my God. Have you lost your mind?" JJ yelled, taking his hat off,"One hundred years, man. One hundred years, people have been tryin' to find this Royal Merchant, and no one succeeded. And you think you are gonna be the one that actually finds it?" JJ said, growing angry with John B. They were up on each other's face now.

    "Technically, JJ, we did find the Merchant.." I muttered,"Just not the gold." JJ looked back at me,"Stay the hell out of this, Kook. I wasn't fucking talking to you!" He hissed.

    "When are you gonna stop being such an ass hole?" I asked, hopping down. I made my way over to JJ, getting in his face. I looked him in the eye, glaring. He pushed me back, turning to John B,"When are you gonna get it in your thick skull? If you keep goin' down this road, you're gonna end up just like your dad!" JJ yelled.

   John B pushed him, anger over taking him,"I can't give up, JJ!" JJ stumbled back into me, knocking me back. "The last time I saw that dude, we got in an argument, and then he took all of our rent money and dipped for this Royal Merchant," John B seethed,"And then I told him he was a shit father, and you know how the rest of the story goes."