Anastasia closed the Twinkie behind her and took a deep breath, looking at the Crain house in front of her. They were gonna break in, adding another thing on her list of crimes she committed.

"Scared, Ana?", JJ chuckled and pulled the hood of Anastasia's black hoodie over her eyes.

"No", she replied. JJ didn't believe her. Sarah, Kie and Pope were all jittery: no way Anastasia wouldn't be scared.
When Anastasia tried to push the hood back out of her face, JJ quickly wrapped his arms around her body pulling Anastasia off the ground.

Anastasia let out a scream mixed with laughter once she realized it was JJ, who just threw her over his shoulder. Her fist hit his back multiple times, but JJ wouldn't budge. "Let me go!".

Kiara just watched the scene in front of her confused. She nudged Sarah and Pope next to her, wanting to know their opinion about Anastasia and JJ. But the two just laughed along with Anastasia, who was still not back on the ground. Why did Kiara feel bitter about her best friend and JJ?

"JJ stop it", John B intervened, shushing his friends. "We're about to break into the Crain house and you guys can't stop flirting".

Silence.
Anastasia and JJ both looked at John B with a blank expression.

"We didn't flirt or anything", Anastasia replied, shaking her head aggressively.

"Yeah, no", JJ agreed,"Definitely not".

Pope, Kiara, John B and Sarah all looked at the two standing in front of them. They were all trying to figure out whether JJ and Ana were being sarcastic or honest about the whole just friends thing.

Sarah was the first one to crack a laugh. Shortly after the six friends were all laughing together about the awkward situation. Kiara was the first one to pull herself back together. "Alright. Let's go break into a house".

-

Rafe Cameron swallowed hard and took a deep breath before he was going to enter his dad's office. He was jittery and he felt like he'd collapse any minute. In his hand was a duffel bag filled with money. The money he and Anastasia won last night.

"Hey dad", Rafe spoke up, trying to sound strong,"I took care of my mistake". Ward didn't even look at Rafe once, which made his son even more nervous. He was trying had to find the right words.

He dropped the bag on Wards desk, and finally his father looked up. First at the bag, then at Rafe. "What is this?".

"The money for the generators", Rafe replied, running his hand through his hair in a nervous matter.

"How did you-?", Ward gasped and immediately got up to open the bag to find it filled with cash. His eyes lit up, and Rafe was starting to crack a smile.

"I-", Rafe tried to answer, but Ward cut him off.

"I don't even want to know", Ward rolled his eyes with disgust. He expected that Rafe must've done something illegal to get so much money in euch short time.
Rafes smile dropped and he lowered his gaze.

Ward eyed his son and once again wondered where he went wrong in terms of raising his child. After all Rafe turned out to be a careless, arrogant man, who only thought about himself and what he'd do in the next five minutes. "Leave".

-

Anastasia's mind was blank. She didn't think of anything anymore. Her back was pressed against the wall, Sarah next to her was starting to sob.

The plan that the girls would sneak into the house and turn the electricity off worked out - except that they didn't think about Mrs. Crain. No one would've expected her to be up on her feet and awake for a grandma. But she was and she was hunting Kiara, Sarah and Anastasia. The girls hid in a closet.

"We need to get out of here", Kie whispered, grabbing Anastasia's hand hard. With every shot Mrs. Crain fired, her grip was getting stronger. Sarah was freaking out and Kiara scared as hell.
Whereas Anastasia was the calm in the storm, that's what it looked like.
But her mind was racing.
She needed a plan. Quick.

"Fuck it", Anastasia muttered underneath her breath and opened the closet door a tiny bit. Mrs. Crain was nowhere to be seen, even though she was still shooting.

Anastasia ran outside, pulling Kiara with her and Kiara grabbed Sarah so she'd follow too. The girls made their way back to the door, but once they opened it, it creaked loudly. The girls flinched.
Within seconds when they froze, Mrs. Crain was going off running back to them, shooting her gun like a maniac.

Watching her run wearing a pink robe and green slippers looked funny. Extraordinary funny and Anastasia was about to laugh out loud, but Kiara had already dragged her outside.

"We need to get the boys and leave", Sarah yelled, running through the backyard over to the entrance to the basement. Anastasia and Kiara were right behind her.

"Are you ready to leave?!", Kiara asked immediately when they approached the well. JJ and Pope were staring at the girls and John B - he was still down in the well.

JJ let out the breath he had been holding since the shooting started once his watercolor eyes settled on Anastasia, who was running both her hands through her hair.
While Pope wrapped his arms around Kie and Sarah was kneeling next to the well, shouting something to John B, JJ walked over to Anastasia. "You good?".

"Yeah", Anastasia gasped still trying to catch her breath. Once her eyes met JJs, she started laughing. "That grandma was chasing us wearing a pink robe and green slippers".

JJ chuckled awkwardly watching Anastasia loose it over the fact they could've been killed. He once again realized how little he knew about Anastasia and how she could laugh about almost being killed.

"We need to leave", Kiara shouted,"Like right now".

"John B?!", Sarah yelled,"Can we pull you back up?".

John Bs answer was muffled and Anastasia couldn't understand a word, but she guessed he still needed time. But they didn't have much more time. The pogues could hear footsteps walking towards the basement.

"The door!", Pope yelled once he connected the dots. They had to block the door Mrs. Crain would use to get from the house to them.

Pope and Kiara were already trying to push a wardrobe in front of the door. JJ and Anastasia were running towards them, ready to help them push. Once Anastasia placed her hands on the wood, she could feel JJs chest right at her back. He was standing directly behind her, his arms next to the sides of her body helping to push the wardrobe.

Even though Anastasia was stressed, she couldn't stop herself from thinking about his strong arms briefly touching her.
While they waited for John B to be ready to get pulled back up, Anastasia was having a hard time trying to control her mind.
Because even though it was JJ, who touched her - Anastasia couldn't stop thinking about Rafe Cameron.

"Go!", Popes scream pulled Anastasia back into reality. They were all pulling on the rope John B was tied to. Mrs. Crain was already at the door, rattling at it. Getting more and more aggressive.

They all knew they didn't have much more time before she'd go manic again and shoot at everything and everyone.
A gun cocked.
Click.

Suddenly the device Pope built to lift up John B broke. Within seconds Sarah threw herself on the floor, sticking her hand into the well to grab John B. Anastasia was right behind her, holding Sarah so she wouldn't slip away. JJ fell down on his knees to help the girls.

Mrs. Crain started to shoot. Pope and Kie duck down, trying to grab all their important things while the others pulled John B back up. "Go go go!". Pope yelled.

"Guys!", Kiara screamed and pushed the door open, leaving the basement. Her head whipped around and she saw a glimpse of Sarah, Anastasia and John B starting to run. JJ and Pope had already passed Kie to sprint off to the wall to help the girls climb it quicker.

Kiara was the first one to reach the wall and climbing on its top. She pulled Pope up and screamed once again so John B and Anastasia would run faster. JJ jumped down and got into the driver seat off the Twinkie. Kiara followed him. Pope helped Sarah get off the wall and he opened the slide door of the car and jumped in.

Anastasia and John B climbed the wall in sync. JJs head whipped back around to the steering wheel once he saw that John B and Anastasia had approached them. He started the car and Anastasia along with John B threw themselves into the driving Twinkie.

They all tried to catch their breath, except Anastasia - she was staring at John B, who was drenched in mud. She watched him crack a smile and reach into his pocket.

Anastasia's cheer echoed in the car and everyone turned around to look at her and John B. He was wiping some mud off a gold shimmering thing. "We did it", he whispered.

"Guys we did it!", Anastasia yelled and threw her head back, laughing as hard as ever.
Sarah wrapped her arms around John B, pulling him closer no matter that he was muddy.

"Wohooo", JJ cheered, watching Anastasia laugh wholeheartedly through the rearview mirror.

"To going full kook!". They all chanted.

-

It was long past midnight once the six friends had all calmed down and settled on the jetty at the Chateau. Everyone except Anastasia was sipping at their beer can. They did it. They found the gold. Big John's legacy.

Anastasia's gaze moved away from her friends and over to John B. He had been off to himself for the last thirty minutes now. She got up on her feet sat back down next to John B. Both their legs were dangling just over the surface of the water.

In complete silence both stared at the moon reflecting on the water. Neither John B nor Anastasia needed to say a word to one another. She knew he was thanking her for always believing in him. He knew she was congratulating him.

"Do you think he's still out here somewhere?", John B whispered. His voice weak but gentle in the night air.

Anastasia was silent for some seconds before she finally replied:"Yeah. The gold was still out there. So is your dad".

John Bs lips curled up into a smile and he watched the water underneath him. "The ocean doesn't wash away anything. In fact it makes you remember".

The ocean makes you remember, Anastasia let this sentence sink in and suddenly, after all this drama, her mind was back to yesterday.

Remembering Rafe Cameron and the night she spent with him. Where she had seen a side of him she hadn't seen in a very long time. Rafe was living in her mind, he had a place in her heart no one could ever have. She ached and longed for him like no one ever could.

Her eyes settled on her phone to check the time. She just got a notification. From him.

i miss you.