𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐔, jj maybank

𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞

﹙ 𝙖 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 ﹚'ˎ˗

˙· 𓆝.° 。˚𓆛˚。 °.𓆞 ·˙

four out of five pogues were at the wreck. flora was very serious when she proclaimed that she was out. jj tried long and hard to reason with her as they got ready for bed in the early hours of the morning after john b had been taken to the hospital. even again this morning before heading out to meet the rest of their friends, jj tried to get flora out of bed to go with him. all he could render from the girl was a blink of the eyes before she turned back over and buried herself in the covers.

lana sighed as she knocked on her daughter's door at 9 that morning before heading to her shift at the diner. "flora, breakfast!" she called.

flora finally dragged herself out of her room, still clad in her pj's. "i'm not hungry," she mumbled.

lana paused to look at her disheveled daughter. after sufficient observation, flora's mother placed her hands on her hips and spoke purposefully, "we don't 'mope' flora. remember," lana twitched an eyebrow at her daughter who knew exactly what her mother was going to say. so, in unison, they said, "a new day brings new opportunities."

lana smiled as flora sighed and visibly tried to shake off her funk, "can you wait for me to change? i'll come to work with you."

˙· 𓆝.° 。˚𓆛˚。 °.𓆞 ·˙

flora walked around the front counter where she and lana split ways as she continued her way into the dining area.

"does it come with a sweater vest? or do you have to buy one on your own?" she heard pope ask as she got closer to the table.

"god, i hope not," she announced her arrival, " you would look horrible in a sweater vest jb."

john b smiled upon flora's arrival, happy to have all of his friends on his side. the routledge boy observed, not yet saying anything, as he watched flo walk directly to jj who threw his arm around her shoulders. the pair smiled at each other before she flipped her head to acknowledge the rest of them.

"look, you promised." kie said, sending a quick smile to flo before continuing to chastise john b. "you said you weren't with her."

"bro, just own it," jj spoke up, "she got you."

"look, if you wanna hang out with her, that's fine. but i'm letting you know that i'm not doing anything with sarah."

"do you guys see her here?" john b questioned. "no, right. okay. a little focus would be fantastic."

flora furrowed at his sudden tone towards kie, who was just trying to set a boundary. he was still on thin ice with her so flo said, "watch your attitude john b. we're not all here to serve you."

he sighed, annoyed, "we've got the map, right?"

breaking the tension between his best friend and his 'best friend' jj replied, "it's all out of whack 'cause the guy was ganja'd when he drew it."