Tonight's the night we find the gold. We all pile into John B's van headed for the Crain house.
"You got rope?" John B asks.
"Got it," Pope states.
"Grappling hook?" John B asks.
"We don't have a grappling hook. We're not Batman," I tell him.
"Pulley?" John B asks.
"Check," Kie tells him.
"Dark Clothes?" John B asks.
"Got it," Sarah tells him.
"Flashlights?" John B asks.
"Check," JJ replies.
"All right, good. We're ready," John B states.
"Lets go," Kie says.
"Let's go get rich, guys," JJ offers.
"Yeah. Hell, yeah," I agree.
"Go, boys," Sarah says.
"And girls," Kie adds.
John B opens the side door to the van.
"Let's go," Pope says.
"Let's roll," JJ states.
"Right on," I say.
We start to get out of the van but John B stops us, "Wait, wait. I wanna say thank you, guys. Seriously. It means a lot to me that you're here tonight."
"Always," Kie tells him.
"Of course, man," Pope says.
He and John B do their handshake. "My man."
"All right, we done with the circle jerk? Can we go do this?" JJ asks.
"Yep," I say.
"Let's get that wheat in the water," Pope says.
"Weed? I'm up for weed," JJ jokes.
"Wheat. I said wheat," Pope tells him.
"After you," Kie tells Sarah.
Sarah starts to climb the stone wall. "Ladies first."
"Alley-oop," I tell her.
We walk through the yard the same way we did the other day. Suddenly the porch light comes on. We all stop in our tracks.
"Shit!" I mutter.
"Oh, shit! Go, go, go, go," John B says.
We hide behind the bushes trying to figure out our next move.
"Flashlights!" Kie warns.
"It's on strobe!" JJ says before getting his flashlight to switch off.
John B holds his finger to his mouth. "Shh!"
"Okay... Okay, so she has motion sensor lights," Pope states.
"We could, uh... move really slowly, maybe?" JJ offers.
"What?" Sarah asks.
"Yeah that's not how it works," Pope explains.
"Oh, shit. Let's throw a rock at it," John B offers.
"What?" I question.
"That's a really good idea. Let the axe murderer know that we're here," Kie taunts.
"Throw a rock at it?" Pope questions.
"Okay you guys have a better idea?" John B asks.
"Literally anything but that," I counter.
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dog days of summer//pope heyward
FanficTo the Greeks and Romans, the "dog days" occurred around the day when Sirius appeared to rise just before the sun, in late July. They referred to these days as the hottest time of the year, a period that could bring fever, or even catastrophe. For N...
