You and I - JJ Mayfield

Chapter 8

"Well that was fun" JJ says sarcastically and then laughs "you could have warned us a little sooner"

"We would have except Pope was on the maths team" Kie says

"Of course he was" Kirra states

"You were on the math team" JJ asks his best friend in confusion and Kirra rolls his eyes

"Why would you even be surprised about that. He's like the smartest kid in the outer banks" Kirra asks and her boyfriend just shrugs his shoulders at her

"The cops took everything like it was a crime scene" John B states

"Think about it John B. The dude had a fucking gun and thousands of dollars locked up in a safe in a shitty motel" Kirra tells the boy as if it were obvious "there's something sketchy about it"

"Well did you guys find anything" pope asks the three that had went into the motel room.

"Did we find anything no I don't think so. Oh wait yeah we did" JJ states and pulls the gun and a stack of cash out of his back pockets

"What the hell" Pope says angrily and walks over to JJ

"Dude What" Kie yells

"JJ you seriously took the fucking gun" Kirra says in disbelief as she looks at her boyfriend

"Princess, guys chill okay" JJ says and stands up and walks over to his girlfriend and sits down on the floor between her legs

"You took that from a crime scene" Pope says angrily

"It's better than the cops having it" JJ yells to defend himself and Kirra starts playing with his hair to calm him down and it was working.

She'd always stick up for him and be in his side even when she knew that he was wrong

"Come on Pope" Kirra starts but pope cuts her off angrily

"Stop defending him. Do you seriously think it's better for him to have it than the cops to have it" Pope asks her

"You know what. Yeah I do. Because cops are dirty, lying pieces of crap that don't care about people. They see people suffering and if helping them won't benefit them in anyway you know what they do don't you. They turn their fucking heads and pretend they don't see it. Or what about John B, right, they say they're doing what's best for him but everyone knows that that's just a load of shit. They don't care about us so yes. I think it's better for JJ to have it then the cops" she replies

"I'm gonna lose my merit scholarship" Pope says

"Hey hey shh shh shh shh shh. At least you have us right" JJ asks as he leans back into his girlfriend

"Listen Pope you're not gonna lose your fucking scholarship alright. Were not going to let anything to happen to you. I'm not gonna let anything happen to you alright. Pogues for life. We're there for each other no matter what. You aren't losing that scholarship" Kirra replies to the boy to try and calm him down.

"I'm living the nightmare" Pope sighs and then sits down in the drivers seat and nobody says anything for the rest of the boat ride.

Kirra continues to play with JJs hair and braid it and even though he would never admit it out loud her fingers running through his hair was one of his favourite feelings in the world

The pogues watch as the coast guards and officers bring up a body out of a boat and people swarm around the body

"Who's that" John B asks as they watch from a bar a few metres away

"It's scooter grubs. He was out during the storm" a girl who was sitting with them answers excitedly "check out this pic I got of his dead body"

John B looks at it for a few seconds and then looks over at the real thing and the girl begins showing it around but JJ and Kirra just stand back JJ knowing that the girl wouldn't want to see the picture

JJs arms were wrapped around her waist as he hugged her from behind and placed soft kisses along her neck And she moved her head to the side slightly to give him more room

"Oh shit" Kie says

"What kind of boat do you think he had. Do they know" Kirra asks and her boyfriend doesn't stop kisses her neck

"Somehow that dirtbag copped himself a brand new Grady white" the girl replies and keeps her eyes on the couple for a minute but stops when she gets a glare from the girl who was wrapped in her boyfriends arms

"A Grady white" Kirra asks in shock but tries to hide her surprise and JJ stopped kissing her neck as the group of pogues all Share worries glances at each other. They were in a lot deeper than they wanted to be

"Everyone is out looking for it" the girl says and John B looks over at her And then over at JJ and Kirra

John B chucks a beer bottle and catches it as they were all crowded on his front deck and JJ plays with a lighter while Kirra plays with the rings on his fingers as she sits in his lap

Pope runs up to them "okay so um. We didn't see anything. We don't know anything. We need to have total and complete amnesia"

"Actually Pope is right for once" JJ speaks up and stops playing with the lighter and puts it next to him and wraps his arms around Kirra's waist "see I agree with you sometimes. Deny. Deny. Deny"

JJ taps her lightly on the side, gesturing for her to stand up and she stood up and so did JJ and then Kirra sat back down on the chair

"Guys we cant keep that money" Kie says and looks around at all of the boys

"Okay. Not all of us can afford unlimited data plans. Kiara" JJ says angrily

"We have to pass that off to Lana Grubbs otherwise it's bad karma" Kie states

"It's bad karma to be implicated in a felony too" Pope states "we gotta go dark"

"If that means we get to keep the money then I agree" JJ says

John B pats JJ on the shoulder and then tells him "I don't agree" and then walks away from him

"What why" JJ asks his best friend in confusion

"Just think about it" John B states "this is scooter Grubbs we are talking about. Same dude that is buying individual cigarettes at the Porthole. Shit one time I saw this dude begging for change in the save a lot parking lot because he needed gas.  We are talking about a dead beat marina rat who has never had more than 40 dollars in his pocket at once and all of the sudden he has got a Grady white. Just saying"