𝙏𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙄𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 | 𝙅𝙅 𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙠

𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯

I TIPPED the beer down my throat as I sat on JJ's knee the sweet taste settling nicely as I swallowed. Around us the small fire John B had made in his back yard illuminated us in the dark sky. It was well into the morning, almost two but we didn't care. We had to celebrate, we couldn't not. We'd just found four hundred million dollars worth of gold in an old axe murderers basement. 

Plus, I think we were all too excited and hyper to go to sleep right now.

It was nice, the six of us sitting here before our lives changed tomorrow .. as dramatic as it sounded. It was true, after tomorrow we'd be rich and when we went back for the rest of the gold we'd be millionaires. It was a weird that we'd go from nothing to something.

Kie was playing her favourite Bob Marley album softly through her phone and she danced to the sound while holding a half drank bottle of Budweiser. JJ and John B shared a joint and even Pope indulged in a beer himself. It was the type of night I'd been longing for for quite some time now. When John B said this summer was dedicated to having a good time all the time this is what I had in mind.. but I wasn't opposed to finding the missing gold on the Royal Merchant either.

'Is this love' was the song that was playing and I found myself smiling as I watched Kie drag Pope to his feet, dancing with him. He looked almost shocked that she wanted to dance with him but he soon eased into it and the both of them started laughing lightheartedly and smiling. If I didn't know any better myself I'd say I saw twinkle in Pope's eyes, the way he was looking at Kie — I'd seen that look before.

I stood up, my beer in one hand and JJ's hand in the other. He looked confused when I got up, his brows furrowed, but he soon realised what I was doing when I tugged on his hand.

"No, c'mon Mal." He shook his head.

"Please." I pouted, jutting my bottom lip out, "I know you're secretly dying to dance with me, Maybank."

He grinned boyishly — charmingly — and I found my heart fluttering, "I can't dance." He told me.

"I'll teach you." I replied, tugging him to his feet with a smile, "And I might even buy you dance lessons with my cut."

He smiled down at me, resting his other hand on my waist, "I think I'd rather you teach me."

"Great." I nodded I nodded with a grin, "Besides, we need to practice for our coming out at Midsummers next year." I teased.

He scoffed, "Midsummers?"

I shrugged, "I thought we were going full Kook, no?"

He smirked at me and nodded, "To full Kook." He whispered to me. I smiled at him and he twirled me in a circle before we stepped apart and back together. I took another sip of the Budweiser and JJ let go of my hand to take the bottle from me, also taking a drink from it before handing it back to me.

I couldn't help but smile at him, just seeing the joy on his face was enough to keep me smiling. As long as he was happy I would be happy, his smile was enough to put me into a good mood.

Bob Marley's voice filtered through our ears and I found myself thinking, was this love? Was what JJ and I had going love, or the beginning of love? There was a huge part of me that hoped it was, I guess time would tell.

I'd had a couple of crushes in my life, fancies a few tourons here and there but I'd never felt as strongly for someone as I did for JJ. It was almost intoxicating, the feelings I had for him, but I didn't mind — I loved whatever it was. It kept me on my toes, it made me happy.

"Well guys." John B spoke and I turned my head to see him sat with his arm over Sarah's shoulder — the both of them were smiling as they watched the four of us dance around our little campfire, "It's almost three and we have a hell of a day tomorrow so I think we're gonna hit the sack."