loving ain't easy [jj maybank]

chapter 5

jj maybank

"this looks like a place a rich guy would go to get murdered, not sleep." kath scoffs, as i help her out of the boat.
"be careful guys!" kie calls out after us as john b, kath and i head to this guys room.
we open the door after knocking, and start to look around. john b finds an old map suggesting where the royal merchant might be. i look hopefully at him. i turn around and jj has a giant stack of money and a gun in his hand.
"oh my god." i laugh.
"take a picture!" he says pretending to act 'gangster'.
"jj put the gun down bro." john b says.
i hear a couple rocks hit the window, so i peer out and see kie and pope motioning towards the door.
"guys cops are coming." i say grimly. the 3 of us squeeze out the window and press as close as we can to the wall. john b and i look inside to see shoupe taking money.
"i guess cops can be crooks too." i whisper to jj. he reaches back but the gun falls out of his pocket, making a loud noise when it drops. i glare at him. finally the cops leave and i jump down off the ledge, and straight to the boat. pope quickly drives us away, and we go straight back to the chateau.
"kath and i are gonna head out now, so we'll catch you guys later!" kie says after we dock.
"alrighty, see ya!" john b waves, and jj winks at us. i run inside and grab my backpack.
"mind if we make a pitstop at my house? everyone should be gone by now so i can pack some of my dads stuff up." i ask kie as the two of us start skateboarding towards her house.
"sure." she nods. we get to my house and it pretty much looks like it did before, and as i thought, there was nobody home. kie and i go inside, she packs a bunch of clothes for me, while i pack my most important things, like letters & photos from my dad, and money. we make the room as neat as possible, and then leave. i managed to fit everything i own into 2 backpacks and a duffel bag. we skateboard to her house and head up to her room.
"so tell me what happened last night." she says flopping onto her bed.
"well. we were out surfing the surge and i saw the Grady white. as soon as i saw it, i like lost my mind. i don't know what it was, but i started screaming dad, and crying around john b and jj. i felt so vulnerable but it felt so good at the same time y'know? because i've been holding it in for so long." i explain as kie nods, listening to what i'm saying. "after that, we went back to the chateau. i had a shower and i heard jj and john b talking about how jj has feelings for me, and i pretended like i didn't know. john b went to bed and i told jj everything that went down that night. I don't know if john b heard anything or not." i explain.
"it's okay kath. you had to talk to someone at some point." kie assures me.
i nod, and i try to forget about the night before. we watch movies, have popcorn, do a little bit of gossiping, and just have fun. we eventually fall asleep, only to be awoken by calls from pope telling us to meet them at the end of the dock in 20 minutes. i put on a blue tie dye bikini with an old hurley shirt and Nike shorts on, and kie puts on a striped bikini, Jean shorts and an old shirt. we tell her parents we're going out with the boys & grab some beers and coolers from the fridge, as well as some snacks.
"i see kath grabbed the juice boxes!" jj calls as the boys pull up to the dock.
"and some carrot sticks." kie chuckles, as jj grabs my hand to help me into the boat, and pope grabs kie's hand. i give each of the the boys a beer, and me and kie grab a Palm Bay. we go back into the marsh, and find the wreck.
"did you two hear they found scooter grubb's body in the marsh?" pope asks. kie and i shake their heads.
"when we got to the cut their were people everywhere. lana was crying and lilah was showing us pictures." jj nods.

of course, as soon as john b dives down, shoupe pulls up in his boat telling us the marsh is closed. he decides to get onto the hms pogue when john b is literally dying in the water trying to save our asses to look around. he finally leaves and john b resurfaces, with us all cheering.
"uh guys hate to break the happy moment, but that boat is coming towards us." i warn.
"oh shit." we put the boat into full speed to try and get away from the 2 crazy guys coming full speed at us. then they start shooting.
"holy shit!" kie yells dropping down.
"kath are you good?" jj asks. i nod. i quickly get up and grab the fishing net.
"kath get the fuck down!" john b yells at me. as i'm pulling the net up, a bullet grazes my side.
"shit." i throw the net and it bogs their propeller. i look at my side seeing a deep cut, bleeding.
"fuck yeah! that was awesome!" jj cheers, high fiving pope. i gently touch my side, and kie looks at me horrified.
"john b, you better go fast!" kie says coming over to me, grabbing her shirt, putting it on my side.
"ow! oh my god." i wince.
"whoever those guys are I'm going to shoot them!" jj exclaims, rather angrily.
"no, jj everyone's gonna be okay. take a breath." i assure him, while pope keeps pressure on my side. we get to the chateau and pope carries me to the house while kie looks for stuff to clean the wound.
"i don't think you'll need stitches, but you never know." pope observes, looking at my side. jj's sitting across the room looking at me with puppy dog eyes, and john b's taking pictures on his film camera of my "cool cut". kie puts some rubbing alcohol on a cloth and touches the cut and i almost scream but i just clench my teeth and close my eyes.
"holy shit!" i say, a few tears rolling down my face. she puts polysporin on a gauze pad and tapes it down nice and tight.
"i'll look at it tomorrow." kie says.
"thank you." i nod, wincing when i move.

jj maybank
'i will literally kill those guys. they hurt her for what? who the hell were they anyways?!' i think to myself. i look at her & i just want to be there for her and protect her. but i obviously can't because she's hurt.
"i'm literally gonna kill those guys." i stand up abruptly.
"no, jj that's not a good idea." kie shakes her head, looking at the rest of the group for support.
"you're right." i hang my head. i walk over and put on my helmet and get on my bike. maybe some fresh air will do me good.

A/N: 1249 words & sorry it took so long to update🧡