June was sitting on John Bs porch, her head rested against the back of the couch.

" You tired?" JJ asked, looking over at her with furrowed eyebrows.

"No I just woke up from a nap actually. And then I came here." June said, covering her mouth as she yawned. He nodded, giving her a once over before sending her a grin. The grin soon fell off his face as John B rounded the corner, Sarah in tow. Kies face instantly changed, her eyes squinting at John B in disbelief and anger.

"Oh shit." June whispered to Pope, whose eyes were already wide and awaiting the words from one of them.

"No effing way! You brought her here . So what she's in on this now?" Kie finally started, staring down John B and absconding any kind of contact with Sarah. John B looked over to Pope for help but Pope just shrugged, not knowing what to say.

"Look, all I care about is that her cut comes out of your share." JJ said, pointing towards John B and Sarah. June stood from her spot, JJ looking up at her before patting the spot beside him for her to sit. She squeezed herself in beside him, his arm going around her back.

"You know, I don't remember taking a vote. I don't remember taking a vote with June either. You just seem to bring people in on our biggest secret and then talk to us about not telling the secret. This is our thing. A Pogue thing." Kie said, gesturing towards June.

"All in favor of June joining say I. I." JJ said, looking towards Pope.

"I." Pope said, shrugging again. June nodded her head, a smile on her face knowing that she had been accepted in.

"I gotta say I'm just a tad bit uncomfortable with this." Pope said pointing between the three of them.

"Thank you!" Kie said.

"When are you not uncomfortable?" John B said defensively.

"I dunno . I rode here on the back of JJs bike pretty comfortably." Pope argued, adjusting his shirt.

"It's true. Most relaxed I've ever seen him." JJ backed him up, nodding along.

"That's cute guys." John B said, looking back to Kie as she started to talk again.

"You know we were all extremely comfortable until you brought her." Kie said.

"Stop talking about me like I'm not here." Sarah finally chimed in, looking up at the fuming Kie. June gave JJ a look as the tension built.

"Then leave." Kie said, glaring right at Sarah.

"I told you." Sarah turned to John B, less than happy at the turn of events.

"Told him what exactly? That you're a liar?" Kie said.

"No that you're a shit-talking bitch." Sarah said, earning gasps from Pope, JJ, and June.

"Oh shit." June said as JJ reached into his pocket pulling out some money. "My moneys on Kie." He said handing the money to Pope who was looking for his own. The two girls continued to argue and the two boys continued to bet on the situation, until John B snapped.

"Everybody shut up!" June's eyes widened at that, turning toward JJ and giving him the 'oh shit' look. JJ returned it, stuffing his dollar back into his pocket as John B continued.

"Kie, you are my best friend right? And Sarah you're..." he lead off, chuckling as he thought of what to say.

"Say it." Sarah said, a small smile on her face.

"...my girlfriend." John B finished, looking at Sarah with an indescribable look.

"What?" June whispered, looking over at the other two boys as they looked on in feigned surprise.

"That's new..." JJ commented.

"So she's your girlfriend now? What was all that talk about you just using her for information? Get a map, cut her loose." Kie said, causing John B to put his head in his hand.

"You said you were using me?" Sarah asked, hurt evident in her tone. June cringed at this scene in front of her.

"No." John B replied, everybody jumping in to call him on his lie.

"Look, love just walked in okay?" John B said, trying to defend himself. June looked over at JJ, mimicking John B before making a vomit motion. JJ snickered at that, quickly dropping it when he saw John Bs face.

"Oh vomit."

"I didn't expect it it just it kind of happened." John B finished, looking between everyone else. "You guys can relate I mean....you didn't expect to get together. But you are. Together I mean." John B said, pointing between JJ and June .

"Don't bring us into this." June said, sitting back into JJs arm. He nodded along, agreeing with her.

"And I'm not gonna deny it. Right?" John B said, looking at Sarah. Pope groaned before speaking his piece.

"That's corny." He said before fake retching .

"Look cut the bullshit John B. If she's in, I'm out." Kie said, causing everyone's eyes to widen at the ultimatum.

"Kie I'm not gonna do that."

"You are gonna decide. I'm very interested actually. Me or her?" Kie said, turning her head sideways in anticipation.

"Both." John B answered warranting comments form the boys.

"Ooh." Pope said as JJ whistled.

"Went for the Hail Mary." JJ said. Pope shook his head as he looked at John B, who was watching Kie walk away. The three of them sat there awkwardly as Sarah turned to John B.

"It'll be cool right? I'm gonna leave. Let y'all chat. Let me know." Sarah said before taking her leave. June imitated a bomb dropping, as JJ pushed himself up from his spot, walking towards John B.

"I'm just gonna say you handled that beautifully." JJ said, causing John B to look at him with anger behind his eyes. June looked at Pope who was looking at JJ and nodding.

"Very interesting." Pope said.

"Listen somebody should go talk to her." June said, pointing towards Kie who was sitting alone on the dock now. Pope raised his hand, volunteering to go.

"I'm going inside." June said as Pope started towards the dock. She stood, pulling open the door and walking in, crashing onto the couch. She laid down, closing her eyes briefly before looking back up at JJ and John B. She watched as John B and JJ went into the kitchen, pulling beers from the fridge and opening them. They stood there in silence until Pope came back in a few minutes later, a very interesting look on his face.

"What'd she say?" John B asked, throwing him something.

"That you're an idiot." Pope said, walking past him to the counter.

"It's a no brainer you're picking Kie." JJ said, opening up the fridge and grabbing another beer. He popped it open, pushing it towards Pope.

"Look I can't make a decision." John B said, shrugging his shoulders.

"So what? We're just dead in the water because you're pussy-whipped?" June's head shot up at that, sending a glare in JJs direction.

"What the fuck?" She said from the couch,  shaking her head at JJ.

"I'm pussy-whipped? Then what are you?" John B said, pointing to June on the couch. JJ ran a hand through his hair, lifting the beer to his mouth.

"It's different because everybody likes my girlfriend. Can't say the same about yours." JJ explained, June feeling satisfied that he called her his girlfriend and laying back down on the couch.

"We can't do this without Kie and you know it." JJ added, throwing the bottle cap into the sink.

"And I can't do it without Sarah. Okay? They both have to be in on it."  John B said.

"Well good luck with that." Pope said, just as June turned away from them on the couch, she crossed her arms, trying to settle into a comfortable spot to maybe take a nap.

"You know what? I know this is my fault all right? But it's our problem. I've got a plan. And you two shitheads are gonna help me out." John B said, pulling them both into the porch to explain it. June couldn't fall back asleep so she got up, walking over to the fridge to grab a water. Whatever this plan was she hoped it didn't involve her in any way.

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June was now laid out on the front of the boat her  bathing suit hiding under her button down and shorts as she lounged on deck. She still had absolutely no idea what this plan was which made her  nervous because that meant she was probably unknowingly part of it. JJ hadn't mentioned it at all to her after he had heard it which definitely lead her believe that she was in for it with this plan.

June stood up from the floor, making her way towards JJ who was originally steering the boat.

"What happened?" June said as she looked at the exposed engine in the floor. John B and JJ were sat around it, screwdriver in hand and pieces on the ground beside them.

"The alternator." JJ said, looking up at John B who shook his head.

"Great." June said, turning around as she looked at Kie and Pope approaching.

"Can't you guys do anything without me?"  She said, hopping into the boat. She made her way towards the engine asking what had happened as she entered the room.

"Uh the alternators not alternating anymore." JJ said, sticking his hands into the hole.

"It's not charged." John B added.

"Did you check the plugs?" Kie asked, pushing her hair behind her ear.

"No, no ...you should check it." JJ said, handing her the screwdriver. June stepped back and JJ and John B pushed past her, both of them running  past her and diving into the water.

"Sayonara ladies!" John B yelled.

"Shit!" Kie yelled, running from the room. At that exact moment, June and Kie heard a voice from under the ground, Kie reaching down to open the hatch. She pushed it away to reveal Sarah, the plan revealing itself to June. Her eyes widened as she ran to the edge of the boat, waving them down as Pope pulled them into the deck of the other boat.

"Why the fuck am I stuck over here?" She yelled, continuing to wave them down.

"Get your asses back here." Kie yelled after them,  as Sarah started to yell as well.

"Hello! Why am I here JJ?" June yelled again. She ran a hand through her hair, a frown stuck in her face.

"You have to make sure they don't kill each other . But don't worry! I'll make it up to you."  JJ yelled back, turning around and smacking his ass JJ her direction.  She flipped him off before going back to the engine, blindly trying to put something back together.

"I can not be stuck here with these two. I'll kill myself." June said to herself as she tried again to put something together. When she came up empty she put her head in her hands, letting out a sigh. June ran back out, unbuttoning her shirt and pulling her shorts off, stepping to the edge of the boat.

"If I don't get off this boat I'm gonna end up dying here." June said, just as Sarah jumped into the water.  JJ looked back one last time, smiling at June and sending her a wave before driving the boat away.