INDIANA II JJ Maybank (Outerbanks)

chapter thirty four

"You can't catch me." Indi giggled as she was being chased by JJ through her backyard. They had gotten back from Mrs. Crain's house and were celebrating about finding the gold. 

As Kie and Pope had gone back to their houses, John B had gone home with Sarah. Indi didn't want to spend the night at the Cameron house and decided to stay at the Château with JJ.

He had taken another beer out of the fridge but before he could take a sip out of it, Indi snatched it away from him.

"Hey, give that back!" He pouted at her and gave her puppy eyes. But Indi didn't give in and took a sip from the can.

He reached his hand out trying to take the can away from her but she quickly turned around and walked out of the Château. As she looked back and saw JJ following her, she started to quicken her pace and that led to them running around in her backyard chasing each other. 

"Give it back." He laughed and finally caught up to her. They both fell on the floor, causing Indiana to spill the beer on the lawn.

"That's your fault." She giggled and pointed at the spilled beer as he was hovering over her.

"I will so get you back to this." He said standing up. Indi furrowed her eyebrows, confused at what he would do as she finally understood. He lifted her up bridal style and walked down the dock with her in his arms.

"JJ, let me down!" She demanded as she tried to get out of his grip but it only tightened. As he had reached the water she slung her arms around his neck so he couldn't throw her in. But that didn't stop him, he just jumped into the water with her.

The cold water engulfed Indi as she swam back to the surface for air. She laughed as she saw JJ's blonde hair covering his eyes. He might be and idiot but she loved it. She loved him. But she was too afraid to tell him.

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The next morning, Indi was sitting in the van with Kie and Sarah where they were looking at a drawing John B had made of the inside from the well.

"He said it looked something like this." Kie said showing them the drawing John B had just given to her. "That's 50 feet down, and they're using 100-feet rope. So I guess this little wagon will go straight to the gold room." 

They laughed as they looked at the drawing with a wagon that's supposed to go to the gold room.

"Who drew this?" Sarah laughed.

"Who do you think?" Kie joined in laughing and they looked over to Pope and John B that were working on another supply that would help them get the gold.

"Inds! This better work." JJ came to them interrupting their laughter as he threw the gold bars into the van. "We can't pawn this if there's a giant wheat symbol on it." 

"It's gonna work." She smiled at him. "Have a little trust in me."

Indi started to melt the gold down so that the wheat symbol couldn't be seen anymore and then let it dry again so it would get into a gold bar again. They then got into the van and John B drove them to the pawn shop.

"Hell of a job melting it down, Dr. Frankenstein." JJ said as he inspected the gold bar Indi had made.

"Oh please, like you could've done any better." Indi snorted back as she jumped out of the van.

"I could have. I took a welding class." 

"You never took a welding class, JJ." 

"Chill out, okay?" John B said stepping in between them. "You are fighting like a married couple."