Outer Banks ~ JJ Maybank

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"Pope, how's the essay coming along?" I asked as Pope, Kie, and I all sat on the boat, waiting for JJ and John B to come back from the room we found the key for the day before. We were put on look out in case the cops showed up. "It's coming along pretty well. I'm still working on it and hopefully I will not have to include any felonies on it." "Oh calm down about the felonies." I said. "Besides, you're Pope. How could you fail." "Would you like me to tell you every single way I can fail at this?" "No. I'm good." I said laying back in the sun. "So, Gabbie, how are things with you?" "Pretty good. 'm very bored." "Me too. Who let them go alone." "I'm gonna take a guess and say that John B is gonna take everything too seriously and JJ isn't gonna take things seriously enough." "Wow. Very accurate." "I know. I'm a wizard." They chuckled and we heard the sound of car doors opening. "Oh shit." "What is it?" "Cops." Kie said. "Oh fuck." I said pulling out my phone and trying to text John B. "What is that gonna help? The towers are down." "Shit." I said putting it on the floor. "We have to tell them someway."

"It's this one guys!" I said pointing to the window. "Okay." Pope said picking up a rock and trying to throw it at the window. "Dude, did you not play softball when you were a kid?" "I was on the math team." He said stepping away and Kie and I both picked up rocks. She threw it and missed. "Maththlete. Really?" "Shut up." I said, aiming and hitting the window. We waited a few seconds and John B and JJ's faces appeared in the glass. Pope started frantically waving his arms and mouthing, "Cops!" They began to move around frantically. I saw John B try to lift up the window but it was getting stuck. "Guys, boost me up." "What?" "Just do it." I said running over to the window. Pope and Kie both grabbed one of my feet and hoisted me on to the metal awning under the window. I pulled up on the outside as John B and JJ worked on the inside. I watched Pope start freaking out and I heard the sound of the cops' voices getting closer. We got the window to open and they climbed out onto the edge of the building. We shut the window right as the cops unlocked the door.

John B stood and listened to what the cops were saying in the room and JJ stood next to me, freaking out. "What the fuck." He whispered. "What did you find?" I whispered to him. "Oh, you're not gonna believe it. There was this safe and John B found out the code and we found this." He said, moving his hand to his pocket and pulling out a gun. "Holy shit." "I know ri-" He said as the gun slipped out of his hand and fell on to the awning, making a crashing sound, and then onto to ground. "Oh shit." John B whispered as the cops moved over to the window. I quickly pulled JJ into my side, making sure he couldn't be seen. "Hello." He said looking down on me. We watched as the cops left the room and drove away. "Holy shit." I said jumping off the awning onto the ground and picked up JJ's gun. "Gabbie! Give it back." "Nope." I said holding it away from him in one hand and pushing him away with the other. He was trying to reach for it but my arms were too long, it didn't stop him though. "Guys, do I really need to be the one telling you to not play with guns." "Sorry." We both said, laughing and sitting down.

That night, we decided to throw a kegger, because it is really the only thing we can think to do at a time like this. "Beer?" JJ asked, holding one up to Pope. "Nope." "Give it." I said trying to take it from his hands. "Nope." "I will beat your ass." "I'd like to see you try to catch me."He said running away with the beer in his hand. "Get your ass back here." I chased him round the beach fro a few minutes until he stopped and I meet up with him. He turned around and dumped the beer on me. "JJ!" Kie said. JJ started cackling loudly. I took the moment of distraction to run up and hug him. "Strangely, this doesn't bother me. A girl covered in beer in a bikini top hugging on me." "JJ." John B said. "Right. Sorry." He said shoving me off of him. I walked back over to the keg and filled up a cup. We saw some people start to walk over to us on the other side of the beach. "Let the party commence."

After an hour or so, the beach was filled with teenagers with beers. We had all broken off to talk to different people; JJ went to pick up girls, Kie was off rambling about zodiac signs, Pope was somewhere talking about some smart thing, John B was still dishing out a few more beers, and I was sitting at the edge of the shore. "Mind if I sit here?" I heard a voice ask. "Well, if it isn't Rafe Cameron." I said watching as he took a seat next to me. "Hello Gabriela." "Aren't you scared to be seen sitting next to a Pogue? Isn't that against the Kook code of law or whatever?" "Well, it says it's okay to be seen with the hottest Pogue on the island." "Kiara is over there." "Please. She is a solid 8 out of 10. But you my dear, are an 11." "Wow, rating girls. Cool pick up move. Let me guess, next you are gonna ask me what size bra I wear?" "I was hoping to find that one out on my own, later tonight." "You are fucking disgusting." I said getting up and walking away. He grabbed onto my wrist and pulled me down on to the sand. "Come on." "Ew. No Rafe. Get off of me." "I just can't take my hands off of you." "Hey! Get the fuck off of her."