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chapter sixty
JUST OUR LUCK
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"Ricky! Hey! Bro!" JJ hollered as they jumped out of the car at a house.

"I need some help." Athena spoke, John B and Sarah going over to help her lift Pope.

"Ricky, hey! I got a problem, bro! I know you're made at me!" JJ shouted as he knocked harshly on the door to get the man's attention. The four helped carry Pope towards the door, leaving the jeep in the driveway.

"Please! We need help!" Sarah yelled after the door slammed in JJ's face, "He got stung by a wasp! He's having a reaction!"

"Please help!" Athena begged.

The five began yelling over year other, all trying to explain at once in hopes of him opening the door and taking pity on Pope, who was still gasping for air.

"He can't breathe, Ricky!" JJ began hitting the window suddenly. "He's right here!"

"Who can't breathe?" Ricky asked as he swung the door open.

"Look at him! Help my friend!" John B spoke quickly and in a begging manner.

"All right, jesus Christ." Ricky huffed as he pulled the screen door open, letting them in.

"Hey! Nice to meet you. Sorry." Sarah greeted quickly as she walked in first, John B following as he helped the girls with Pope.

"You know, I wouldn't come to you if it wasn't an emergency." JJ said to him as Sarah shoved everything off the table, laying Pope down across it as he gasped for any form of breath, "Hang in there, buddy."

"What's wrong with him?" Ricky asked hurriedly.

"Wasps."

"Wasps?"

"Yes, he got stung by a wasp." Athena turned to him.

"Is he allergic to wasps." Ricky spoke as he looked between each of them.

"Clearly." Kie explained with wide eyes.

"A beehive of wasps." John B added with a violent nod.

"Raise his legs!" JJ ordered, John B doing as told.

"What's his name?" Ricky questioned.

"Pope." Sarah informed him as Athena backed up, allowing Ricky more room.

"Hey, Pope? Hang tight. I gotta get my kit." Ricky sat as he hurried off.

"He's looking for a kit. Go help." John B encourage JJ as the blonde sprinted after him.

"Breath a little, okay? Like a little bit." Kie cried as she looked down at Pope. "I need you to focus. Focus on your breathing, okay?"

"It's like a duffel bag!" Ricky yelled to JJ, the two looking around.

"Where's your kit?" Kie shouted in disbelief.

"Oh my god! If he dies because we came here instead of a hospital I will literally kill you." Athena threatened as Ricky came running back.

"Okay, I got it." Ricky yelled, black bag in his hand.

"Okay what do we do now?" JJ asked quickly.

"You don't do anything because you're not a paramedic." Ricky spoke as he pulled a shot from his bag. "Okay, hey, Pope. How you doing, man? You look like shit."

"Is that like an eppy?" Athena asked, holding JJ's hand tightly for comfort.

"Here's the thing. This is a paediatric dose of epinephrine." Ricky said as he looked her way.

"He's not a kid." Kie said, disbelief lacing her tone.

"Is that gonna be enough?" Sarah asked.

"It's ten times the normal dose. So if it doesn't stop his heart, it'll help him." Ricky explained, they group gapping at him. "But I gotta use the whole thing or it won't work. And I'm not going down if he dies."

"Like I said if he dies I'll kill you!" Athena exclaimed, pointing at him. "But if you don't help him I will beat your ass before I send you to the police."

"Do it! Do it! Hit it!" JJ encouraged, squeezing Athena's hand tightly as Ricky turned and pushed the needle into Pope's bicep. Athena held her breath as she watched closely.

"Okay, that's it." Ricky spoke after her pushed the medicine, removing the needle from Pope's arm.

"Now what?" Sarah questioned.

"Now we wait." Ricky shrugged as they all watched Pope, him laying limb, completely still.

"What the hell did you do!" Athena shook her head when the boy didn't move.

"You killed him!" Kie exclaimed in disbelief.

"No."

"Yes, you did!" She snapped. "What did you do?"

"I did exactly what you asked me to do." Ricky argued.

"Please! Please! Pope, please, come on!" Kie cried.

"Pope, c'mon, bro." JJ shook him.

"C'mon, Pope. Wake up!" Athena begged, shaking the Heyward's boy as she cried. "You have to wake up, you can't die, don't leave us. I need you."

Pope's chest suddenly heaved, harsh breaths coming from his mouth. Athena let out a audible sigh of relief as she dropped her head onto Pope for a second, the group feeling in relief more than anything. Everyone started to laugh and cheer as Pope coughed.

"There he is. That's my boy right there!" JJ explained as he pointed at Pope, a large smile across his face.

"Oh thank god." Athena smiled.

"I'm hot! I'm really hot, guys!" Pope explained, yanking his jacket off.

"Okay, take it easy." JJ laughed as he held his shoulder.

"I gotta get outside." Pope explained as he jumped off the table.

"Simmer down." John B tried to reason.

"Uh JB." Athena turned the brunet, "Should we —"

"Yeah." He nodded, the pair rushing outside to try and keep Poep out of the road.

"It's hot!" Pope yelled as he ran outside.

"Pope, let's not get hit by a car, okay!" Athena called his way. "One life or death situation is enough for today."

Pope began running around. Kie, John B and Athena attempting to keep him in the yard as JJ and Sarah thanked Ricky.

"Let's go get that cross!" Pope yelled as he sprinted and jumped into the air. "Game six, baby! I'm Michael Jordan!"

"Uh, Pope, you're driving pretty fast." Sarah stated as Pope drove through the night down the empty road. Pope cheered into the air.

"Pope, last to judge, but I think you should slow down a little." JJ suggested from the back.

"That would definitely delay our arrival to the cross. We gotta get there." Pope explained with a point of his finger, speaking quickly.

"I'm not feeling very safe, right now!" Athena called towards Pope, sat on JJ's lap.

"Why did we let him drive again?" Kie asked.

"Because I said I'd rip your ears off." Pope informed her.

"He said he's rip our ears off." Sarah nodded.

"I was joking about that, by the way." Pope giggled.

"It's a really funny joke." Kie laughed forcefully.

"And he grabbed the keys from my hand and pushed me out of the drivers seat." Athena added.

"Sorry bout that." Pope giggled once more.

"Hey, how ya feeling, buddy? How ya doing?" John B called from the back, feeling on edge at how fast they were driving.

"Uh, fantastic. I don't know what JJ's cousin gave me, but I am moving!" Pope explained with a bright grin, waving his hands around.

"We couldn't tell." Kie shook her head.

"Okay, well, um, you're going really fast right now." John B tried to reason again.

"Really fast." Athena added, turning to John B. "This is Lightning McQueening this shit."

"Yeah, really fast!" Pope yelled as he turned to look at them.

"Pope!" Sarah yelled as Pope did a sudden swerve on the road.

"I don't know if you noticed, but there's these giant oak trees all along the road. They're like six inches off the road." John B explained quickly in hopes of calming Pope down or getting him to pull over.

"Car ahead!" Athena called as the light came their way.

"You don't need to pass. You don't need to pass." Kie spoke quickly as she gripped onto the door.

Pope swerved past the truck, "What an asshole."

"He's going the speed limit." Kie inhaled quickly.

"We're not gonna get to the cross if we're dead, Pope!" John B exclaimed.

"We're not gonna die. It's our divine right to get to that cross." Pope explained over his shoulder.

"Pope, look at the road!" John B hollered at him quickly, the other four shouting also. The car swerved, nearly running into an oak tree, Pope quickly turning the wheel suddenly making them spin in a circle. The six yelled as the jeep spun, crashing into an oak tree as the windows broke and the air bags blew.

"Oh my god! I am over pogue life." Athena exclaimed as she jumped out of the car.

"Is everyone okay?" John B asked.

"I think so." Sarah spoke weakly.

"Never better." JJ groaned. "This is last time you drive, Pope."

"My jeep!" Athena huffed.

"One word, totalled."

"Rose is gonna kill me!" Athena turned to Pope. "I never said you could ruin my jeep!"

"Okay, take a chill pill." JJ sent Athena a look.

"We're gonna have to walk the rest of the way." Pope spoke up quickly as he jumped out. "I'm going to get my cross."

"My jeep is ruined. Rose is going to flip her shit, she helped pay for it!" Athena looked at JJ in disbelief.

"If Rafe doesn't kill you first." Athena scoffed, rubbing her forehead.

The large truck passing them made Athena look over, catching sigh of Renfield in the passengers seat, looking at Pope while Rafe drove. He didn't bother to look, Renfield sending them a grin out the window.

"Just our luck." Athena glared.

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y'all don't hate athena for how she acted at the end of this chapter if someone crashed your car you'd be mad too
hehe i like to write jj upsetting athena by making jokes about rafe for fun and no reason for season three at all :)