"ALL I'M SAYING IS we could totally buy this house one day." a brunette girl stated, running her hand down the pillar on the corner of an under construction beach house, looking up at a boy on the roof. "don't you, j?"

"in what world could we afford a house on figure eight?" he asked, the girl rolling her eyes and looking at a blonde boy who was seated on a scaffold between two blonde girls.

"jj, help me out, please."

"he has a point, lans." another blonde girl said as she emerged from inside the house. "we're not marlee." she added, gesturing to a blonde who was standing next to a short haired boy who was examining an assortment of tools laying on a table.

"so what if we can't afford it now? we're essentially orphan children, we could have like, one of those epic orphan comebacks or something." the brunette stated, walking over to marlee and the short haired boy and picking up a drill, pointing it at the brown haired boy on the roof. "johnny, if you jump i'll hit you in midair."

"pew pew." the rooftop boy said, aiming a finger gun at the blonde girl who whirred the drill a few times while grinning.

"they're gonna have japanese toilets with towel warmers." a curly haired girl chimed in, walking out of the house and looking at the brunette on the roof. "you're an idiot."

"old news, kie." one of the blonde girls on the scaffold said, the boy on the roof giving her an unamused look.

"okay arden."

"okay john."

"that should be considered child abuse." the other blonde girl on the scaffold deadpanned. "like he's such a stunning boy and your dad named him john."

"why else do you think kalani and i put the 'b' on the end?" arden asked, the other blonde girl shrugging as kalani looked over at the blonde boy.

"he's pretty stunning too and he has a frat boy name. like don't get me wrong, no where near as bad as toppers, but jj?"

"hey, stop flirting with my best friend!" john b said from the roof, kalani rolling her eyes.

"you wouldn't even know him without me, this entire bromance situation is courtesy of me." kalani defended, turning to the short haired boy and marlee. "you have the same name as a dead dog in a movie, and you live in vatican city."

"okay, wow." marlee said offendedly, putting her hand over her heart as the short haired boy glared at kalani.

"you have the same name as that girl on dance moms, i don't wanna hear it." he scoffed.

"girls named kalani are hot, i'm looking at one right now." jj added from behind the three. "and your name is literally pope."

"stop! siblings are off limits, to everyone!" john b said angrily from the roof, jj glancing from him to the girl on his right.

"you're literally dating my sister." the blonde boy deadpanned, john b shaking his head.

"mara does not count!" he tried, the curly haired girl on the deck wrinkling her eyebrows.

"in what world does mara not count?"

"mara definitely counts."

"mara counts the most."

"not helping." john b replied flatly from the roof, the blonde on the deck behind kalani grinning up at him.

"i would try to help you, but you just said i didn't count." mara sassed, john b rolling his eyes as he stuck his foot off over the edge of the roof.

"my girlfriend doesn't love me anymore." john b said dramatically, arden rolling her eyes and standing up on the scaffold.

"you're the single most dramatic person i've ever met, and i'm friends with maya." she said, nodding towards the other blonde who was on jj's left.

"that was good, i'll give you credit for that." maya replied, but the conversation was cut short as car brakes screeched on the other side of the house.

"hey!" someone yelled from in front of the house, kalani jumping and grabbing one of the guard rails on the scaffold so she could see who it was.

"security's here!" pope yelled. "let's wrap it up please!"

"boys are early today." john b commented, arden nodded.

"they're a group of go-getters for sure." she said sarcastically.

"oh please, the only thing they get-up and go for is a box of donuts." marlee replied, kie stifling a laugh at the comment.

"gary, is that you?" jj yelled, arden beaming down at the man standing in the driveway.

"i barely recognized you! how's jenny craig going?" she asked sarcastically as john b slid down the roof to the scaffold, grabbing the blonde's arm and pulling her down toward the deck.

"you both are idiots." he said, looking between arden and jj, who just looked at each other and grinned.

"oh please, you and maya are ten times worse." jj fired, putting one arm over arden's shoulders and his other over kalani's, pulling the two girls into the house and around a corner down a staircase, where they were immediately greeted by two security guards, one of which immediately tried to grab jj, before arden shoved him away.

"not much of a hugger, man!" jj yelled to the guard, kalani shoving his arm off her shoulder as the trio sprinted to the backyard of the house and around the side to a fence, which the brunette jumped with ease.

"what do you do when i'm not around?" john b asked as he jumped the fence behind her, followed by jj and arden.

"you taught me how to do that." she replied, the two running to a volkswagen bus parked on the corner, kalani getting in passenger seat and john b in the drivers. kalani rolled the window down the rest of the way and put her feet on the rear view mirror, putting her elbow on the edge of the window as kie and pope climbed in the back of the van.

john b finally got the van to fire, pressing the gas and speeding toward the house, where marlee, jj, arden, maya, and mara were all coming from assorted directions.

"bus is leaving!" john b yelled as kie pulled the back door open, allowing the other teens to pile into the back of the van, john b pressing his foot to the gas as kie pulled the door shut.

"how did you fall that far behind me?" kalani asked jj and arden, who shrugged, mara tapping the back window.

"guys, look at gary!" she yelled, kalani looking in her rear view mirror and laughing as jj pulled the door open, grabbing a random empty can he found on the floor of the van.

"come on, boy! you're so close, so close man!" he taunted, kalani watching the scene play out in her rear view mirror as she laughed, jj tossing the can at the security guard who ducked to avoid being hit. "they don't pay you enough, man!"

arden grabbed the blonde boy by the back of his shirt, pulling him back into the van as kie shut the door again, kalani could hear her scolding him behind her seat.

"come on, that sort of initiative is begging to be punished." jj tried, put arden smacked him on the back of the head, kalani laughing harder than she already was.

this was as perfect as things could get for the routledge triplets.

kens speaks 🪐

in true kendra fashion i haven't proofread this so don't point out my mistakes please