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{tw: drugged drink}
"No fucking way," JJ replied, looking down to where Pope was pointing.
Maddy, who was already soaked, threw off JJ's shirt and her shorts and dove into the water. The rest of her friends entered the water beside her and they swam to the white figure on the bottom of the marsh. Sure enough, it was a sunken boat.
When they resurfaced, Maddy started laughing to herself. Sometimes she wondered if she and her friends were quite literally thrown into these situations out of sheer luck or if there was some higher power leading them towards it.
"It's a Grady-White. Those are expensive," JJ said as they climbed back onto the HMS Pogue.
"I know, it's the one I saw surfing the surge," John B replied, while Maddy looked at him with scared eyes. If there was one thing she feared more than storms, it was her friends being hurt by one.
"You surfed the surge?" Kie yelled as Maddy whispered "John B..."
"Yeah, that's my boy! Pogue style," JJ laughed, clapping his friend on the shoulder before seeing Maddy's concerned look and coughing to cover his pride.
"I wonder if there's anything down there," Pope mused, looking at the white boat below them.
"Money?" JJ guessed.
"Dead bodies," Maddy joked, poking Pope. It had been a long-term joke that she would tease him about wanting to study corpses for a living.
"Well, someone needs to check it out," John B declared. "I can do it."
"John B, it's deep. I don't think this a good idea," Kie pleaded.
"Plus, you're not even the best swimmer. I am," Maddy replied.
"No way. You're not doing it," Pope said, immediately protective of the girl he saw as his family.
Maddy rolled her eyes but didn't argue, knowing that it was something she'd never win.
"Whatever. I'm not resuscitating you," JJ said.
"Would you resuscitate me?" Maddy joked, running a finger down JJ's forearm.
"Absolutely," he replied, taking her hand and spinning her quickly before pulling her into his chest, both of them laughing as he did.
"Diver Down," Pope said to John B, the two saluting each other jokingly.
"Yeah, he is," JJ laughed, pushing John B into the water.
