Lilah sat in John B's van with Kiara and Sarah, looking over the floor plan of the Crain house. Kiara held up a piece of paper, "He said it looked something like this. That's fifty feet down and they're using one-hundred feet rope. So I guess this little wagon will go...straight to the gold room."

     "Who drew this?" Sarah laughed at it which made the other two girls giggle with her. "Who do you think?" Kiara whipped her head around to the front of the van where John B and Pope doing something that Lilah didn't bother to know. Sarah and Lilah followed Kie's glaze to where Pope was and he was already looking at them. The sisters looked at each other slightly and smirked at the two.

     "Kie! This better work."

     The plan was to go to the pawn shop and get some money from it. Simple and easy. The problem was that it couldn't have the wheat symbol on it because then they would know it was from the Royal Merchant and nobody could know that.

     JJ brought the gold bars out to them and handed it to Kiara so she could melt them down. "We can't pawn this if there's a giant wheat symbol on it." JJ's face was covered in annoyance as Lilah playfully rolled her eyes. Kiara picked up the blowtorch and gave the blonde boy a smug look, "It's gonna work."

     They got out of the van and got the equipment ready to melt it down. John B and Sarah sat by the tree, watching from afar with grins covering their faces while Kiara smirked at what she was doing with a blowtorch. JJ smiled at gold and high fived Lilah before doing his handshake with Pope.

The group was officially at the pawn shop as John B'a van skirted on the side of the road to park. JJ was the first to get out and he was not smiling anymore, "Hell of a job melting it down, Dr. Frankenstein." He deadpanned at Kiara who just scoffed behind Lilah who got out right after JJ.

     "Like you could've done any better."

     "I could have done much better, I took a welding class."

     "When?" Lilah asked, genuinely curious because she knew JJ wasn't the type of person to just randomly take a class like that. Kiara waved her hand, signaling a "Thank you" for asking when she was thinking as JJ held his hand up in Lilah's face, trying to silence her.

     "Oh, you did not just put your nasty hand in my face."

     "Oh, yes I did!"

     "Whoa, whoa. Hey. Sh!" John B shushed the two, as he didn't want them to draw attention to the group, "Chill out, okay?"

     "Easy for you to say. You're not the one that has to pawn this piece of shit off. How did I get this job anyway?" JJ huffed before making his way into the pawn shop as Pope piped up from behind Kiara, "'Cause you're the best liar."

     JJ quickly went into character, "Afternoon, ma'am."

     The lady already didn't look too pleased, "Afternoon."

     Lilah stood behind next to Pope as the group scattered around to let JJ do what he needed to do. "I see you buy gold." He started off and the lady made a "seriously?" face, "That's what the sign say, don't it?"

"Well, I sure hope you buy a lot of it, because I'm about to blow your mind." JJ began to unzip his backpack as the lady slightly scoffed, "I ain't got much mind left to blow, so have at it." He put the melted gold onto the counter, "How about them gold apples?"

The lady chuckled, "That ain't real."

"That ain't real?"

"It can't be."

JJ was quick to retaliate, "Feel how heavy it is."

The pawnbroker struggled to pick it up but was able to after a couple seconds passed by. "Let's get some light on that." JJ smart mouthed but the lady continued to look at the gold with a magnifying glass that had a light attached to it, "Spray-painted tungsten."

Lilah looked at Pope, "What is that?" she mouthed to him and he waved her off, "I'll tell you later." He mouthed back which Lilah just nodded.

"Spray-painted tungsten? Really? Okay. Why don't you see how, uh, soft it is?" JJ crossed his arms and the lady brought out a small hammer, "You mind?" She asked and JJ shook his head, "No, go for it."

She used the tiny nail and hammer and it didn't break or chip but she still didn't seem convinced. "Wow. Would you look at that?" JJ sarcastically told her but she shook him off, "Hold your horses. We ain't got to the acid test yet."

JJ piped up in fake excitement, "Ooh! The acid test. My favorite, guys."

After the acid test, the pawnbroker looked at it in slight disbelief, "Well, it ain't plated, and it ain't painted." She mumbled more to herself but JJ still responded anyway, "Ma'am, I'm telling ya, this is as real as the day is long."

She looked up with a mix of confusion and disbelief, "It looks like somebody tried to melt it down."

This is where JJ's lies come in to play.

"My mom. She had all this jewelry laying around the house, and she thought it was best to... to melt it down. To "consolidate" it." Lilah looked at her sister who was in the corner, trying to hide her laughter. She thanked God that Sarah didn't make eye contact with her because the two would of surely busted out laughing.

"Seven pounds? That's a lot of earrings." She put it on a scale and looked at him with more disbelief.

JJ needed to hit hard to make sure the pawnbroker believed him, "Okay, to be honest, ma'am,...it's really hard to see my mom fall apart with Alzheimer's."

"Oh, brother." Lilah heard Pope mumble and looked at him to see his hand over his eyes and shaking his head. Lilah sucked in her laugh and put her head in Pope's shoulder to make sure it wasn't let out.

"Mm-hm. Alzheimer's? Give me a minute." The pawnbroker made her way to the back and as JJ watched her go, he sniffled, "Take your time, ma'am."

"C'mon." Pope grabbed her wrist and they made their way over to JJ. "Good job, man. I think you almost got her." Pope whispered to him and JJ rolled his eyes, "Yeah, I can tell."

Lilah smirked at the two boys before looking at JJ completely, "Nice story. Alzheimers? Really?"

"Well, I was gonna say it was your Kook jewelry but I thought Ward would have me arrested." He mumbled as Lilah let out a giggle, "Yeah, probably. But hey! Wouldn't be the first time that's happened to you." She joked as JJ sarcastically smiled at her and scrunched up his nose.

Pope stopped their banter by pushing Lilah away while whispering."She's coming out..."

"So, I, uh...I talked to my boss. And? And, uh, this is what I can do." She handed JJ a small piece of paper and he opened it, revealing the price. He slowly looked up with a glare, "Fifty thousand? You think I walked in here not knowin' the spot price? Ma'am, I know for a fact this is worth 140, at least."

"Well, sweetie, you in a pawnshop. This ain't Zurich. Do I look Swiss to you?"

JJ popped his tongue inside his cheek, "Ninety, or I walk."

The pawnbroker sassed back, "Seventy. Half price... and, um...I don't ask questions about where you got this." She whispered to him and he looked at John B who just nodded, signaling to take the deal.

"I'm gonna need that in large denominations, please."

The group all smirked at each other, knowing they'd be getting the money soon.

The lady spoke again, "Well, here's the snag. I don't have that much denominated, not here anyway. I can write you a cashier's check."

JJ immediately shook his head, "Cash... No, ma'am. I want the cold hard. That's what that sign says. Cash for gold. And that's what I expect. I'm gonna get it in cold hard."

The lady just sighed, accepting defeat, "Well, I have to send you to the warehouse. I have the money there. Is that all right?"

JJ took a second to answer then looked to the side, directly at Lilah. She nodded at him but also shrugged at the same time, using her body language to tell him, "Why not?" JJ nodded his head before looking back at the pawnbroker.

"Where's this warehouse?"

     The group was back in John B's van as music played from the stereo that Lilah was dreading as she picked at her nails, "John B, please turn this music off. I can't do it." Suddenly, Lilah felt eyes on her and she slowly looked up to see the Pogues looking at her in disbelief, even John B who was driving.

     "HELLOOO! Eyes on the road! I'm too pretty to die." She yelled at John B and smacked his shoulder as the brunette held his hands up in surrender.

     "You don't like reggae music?" Kiara asked her, in shock, as Lilah looked at her in confusion. "I mean not really. Jesus, why do I feel like enemy number one all of the sudden?"

     Pope changed the subject, sensing Lilah was slightly uncomfortable with the glares at her, "So they keep money out here?"

JJ shrugged as he looked out the window, "That's what she said." Suddenly, JJ chuckled from beside Lilah and nudged her, "That's what she said." She began to let out a laugh as well until Pope glared at the two, "Stop."

The two blonde's smiles dropped as they looked down at their shoes.

Sarah piped up from the passenger seat, "I've never even heard of Resurrection Drive."

"That's cause you're rich." JJ snapped at her and Lilah wacked his shoulder, "Don't be a dick." Kiara rolled her eyes at her friend, "You've never heard of it either." Sarah smiled at her two friends, "Thank you."

Kie looked around outside from the van, "There's nothing but weeds back here."

JJ tried to make light of the situation, "All right, just 'cause it's just weeds, doesn't mean it's, like..."

The mood was brought down quickly as sirens whooped from behind the van. "Cops? Out here?" Kiara looked at the car behind them as JJ grunted, "God! Are you kidding me?" Sarah looked in disbelief, "What did we do?" Lilah grabbed Sarah's wrist and rubbed her thumb over her bracelets, calming both of the sisters down.

Pope looked at the group in confusion, "Why are we getting pulled over?" John B looked back at JJ, "Stash that." His eyes widened as Lilah rolled her eyes, "Chill, guys." While Pope tried to tell JJ where to put it but couldn't find anywhere after all.

"I hate cops." JJ whispered to John B but considering Lilah was in between them, she heard it. John B froze and reached over to JJ's shoulder, "Did you bring the gun?" The group's breath's got caught in their throats, waiting for his answer.

"No. Okay?"

They all sighed in relief.

"Everybody told me to leave it back at the place and when I tried to sneak it in my backpack, Lilah caught me and snatched it from me." JJ huffed as the Kook squinted her eyes, "Oh yeah, I forgot about that."

"Thank God. Okay... Please, everything else in your bag." Kiara rushed him as he stuffed shit into his bag, "I am! I am, all right?"

Lilah thought for a second before looking at JJ in worry, "How much weed do you have on you?"

Pope tensed up as he helped JJ shove the backpack into the seat, "He's walking up right now!" John B looked out the window while talking, "Nothing better to do...Sir..."

John B was met with a rifle staring right at him in the face. The group froze and Sarah softly gasped from the front seat. Lilah, not being used to this sight, grabbed JJ's wrist in fear. John B was too scared to even breathe as he felt in one wrong move, everything could go wrong.

"Why don't I go ahead and see them hands in the air?"

BEAU SPEAKS !
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lilah in the first scene bc for once i couldn't come up with funny one liners for her: 🧍‍♀️

guys...we are almost done with season 1 omg this is crazy

and we are getting close to sad lilah...idk if im ready :(

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