Sweet // JJ Maybank

Helpless

Elizabeth Miller has been standing in the Redfield's family crypt for the past few seconds, eyes locked on a FedEx envelope stuck in a large and deep crack in the wall. She tugs it out, shining a lit on it.

"For Bird"

She reads, noticing the weird shape of the R, Big John. She walks back towards the hole, handing the envelope to John B.

"That's not gold." Pope sighs disappointed in seeing the envelope. Grunting, she pulls herself through the hole, latching onto JJ's hand to get to the other side.

"Holy shit. This is from my dad." John B mutters looking down at the package in his hand. Kie and Ellie looking at each other with weary but hopeful looks.

Beth looks up at JJ as she hears his lighter click, watching the flame light up the rolled up, weed filled piece of paper to his mouth. She watches as he inhales and exhales the smoking the builds up in his lungs.

"Hit me." She says quietly, her hand reaching up and taking the joint out of his mouth and into hers, watching as JJ's eyes follow her hand's movement. They both look away from each other when the bright glares of a vehicle blind them.

"Code red. Code red. Square groupers! Square groupers!" JJ hurries his friends quietly, leading them behind the crypt, his hand wrapped around her wrist makes her the last one to be hidden.

"It's the guys who robbed your house." Beth blinks and winces when she gets hit in the eyes by the glare of the lights the friends were carrying.

"Fuck, guys. Light! Light!" She tells them, reaching up and clicking off JJ's headlamp, as he tapped his joint on the cement wall.

"I see something!" A masculine voice says from far away, making the teens, mostly JJ, try to see.

"Do you think it's them?" Kie says from next to John B. Beth blindly reaches for her best friend's hand.

"Homie's got a gun." He says going back against the hard wall.

"Screw this." Kie says before running towards their van, the others following closely behind her.

With their lights on to see where they were stepping, they run towards the tall, metal fence. Climbing over the fence, they go John B first, Kie following, JJ and Beth next

"Hurry up!"

Once they get back on the solid ground, Ellie turns back seeing Pope stuck on the fence.

"Guys, I'm stuck." He says and Ellie walks to him, trying to pull him down.

"I got you." Kie and Beth says as they try to get the boy off the fence.

"Pope don't move, okay?" Elizabeth hears JJ say, turning around she sees the blonde with the gun in his hand.

"You good?" She asks Kie and the girl nods. Both tugging on the boy's hips.

"You're gonna rip me. Wait. You're gonna rip me!" Pope panics and Ellie leaves him for a few seconds to turn to JJ laughing and mouthing "that's what she said" the boy letting out a loud laugh as the light brunette goes back to pulling Pope off.

"You're fine. Come on!" Kie says as they finally get him off, his pants stuck at the top of the fence.

The teens laugh at their friend's appearance, walking quickly towards John B's van.

"Nice! Come on, dude. It's a little Tootsie Roll." JJ mocks earning a light flick on his forehead as they all get inside the van laughing.

Kie shuts the sliding door and Elizabeth watches as Pope covers himself with his hands. The five friends laughing off the adrenaline rush they just lived.