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yelling was heard outside of the car. julia turned head to see kiara and her mother in a heated argument. for the others, they were already staring at the three carrera's.

"they're taking it really well." jj said sarcastically.

"mm-hmm." pope agreed.

"how'd you get this rig? i know your old man didn't let you have it."

"i undid the intake valves on the carburettor. made it start pinging."

"and now you're just gonna take it to your cousin jeff's house. just gonne get it fixed."

"crash overnight." the two boys said at the same time, their eyes still on the family arguing.

"i think he's rubbing off on you, pope." julia flicked his cheek playfully.

"lying to your old man, stealing his truck." jj listed

"kinda sounds familiar." julia shrugged

"id say we have about 18 hours before he absolutely loses his shit. so as long as we get it back before then, i think we're good." pope nodded

kiara ran down the steps and got into the car "im not going to boaring school." she scoffed

"its good to see y'all mr and mrs carrera." jj waved

"hi, uh, ma'am, sir... i... i promise to have her back at a reasonable hour and safe." pope put up his hand

"hi anna! looking good." julia smiled, sticking her head out the window.

olivia gave them a small wave and smile, not knowing the two parents very well.

"kiara, listen to me. you wanna go, then you can go. but if you dont come back at the proper time, then dont come back at all!" anna yelled

once kie was in the car, she stared into nothingness "this shit would be so much easier without parents."

pope started the car and began to drive

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yelling was heard outside of the car. julia turned head to see kiara and her mother in a heated argument. for the others, they were already staring at the three carrera's.

"they're taking it really well." jj said sarcastically.

"mm-hmm." pope agreed.

"how'd you get this rig? i know your old man didn't let you have it."

"i undid the intake valves on the carburettor. made it start pinging."

"and now you're just gonna take it to your cousin jeff's house. just gonne get it fixed."

"crash overnight." the two boys said at the same time, their eyes still on the family arguing.

"i think he's rubbing off on you, pope." julia flicked his cheek playfully.

"lying to your old man, stealing his truck." jj listed

"kinda sounds familiar." julia shrugged

"id say we have about 18 hours before he absolutely loses his shit. so as long as we get it back before then, i think we're good." pope nodded

kiara ran down the steps and got into the car "im not going to boaring school." she scoffed

"its good to see y'all mr and mrs carrera." jj waved

"hi, uh, ma'am, sir... i... i promise to have her back at a reasonable hour and safe." pope put up his hand

"hi anna! looking good." julia smiled, sticking her head out the window.

olivia gave them a small wave and smile, not knowing the two parents very well.

"kiara, listen to me. you wanna go, then you can go. but if you dont come back at the proper time, then dont come back at all!" anna yelled

once kie was in the car, she stared into nothingness "this shit would be so much easier without parents."

pope started the car and began to drive

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"Guys, I've read this thing like a thousand times. It makes no sense." Olivia complains, throwing her head back again the headrest of her seat. "I mean, the Limbreys own, like, half of Charleston. What do the Kook kings of Charleston know about a murder on Kildare Island?

"Yeah. Why you specifically? That's the other creepy thing." JJ speaks up, looking over at Pope. "You know?"

"'Please come alone.' That's hella sus." Julia pipes up from by Olivia.

"I was thinking the same thing." Pope agrees with Julia, looking in her direction and nodding before looking back at the road, "I think it's because—" Before he could finish the truck lets out a hiss and a fuck load of spoke comes out of the engine. "Oh come on."

"What's that?" Kie questions.

"Pull over. That's a lot of smoke, even for your dad's truck." Olivia speaks up as JJ coughs rolling the windows up.

"Pope, I got sensitive lungs, man!"

"I'm pulling over." Pope says as he practically zooms off the road and onto the grass.

"Pope slow down!" JJ shouts loud enough for him to heard. "What are you doing, dude?"

"Okay, sure. Yeah, right now." Pope stops causing him to laugh in disbelief. "Shit."

"No. No. No. No." Pope repeats over and over again. "No. No."

"Oh my." JJ mumbles as Pope opens his door and gets out.

"It's gonna blow up, It's gonna blow up." Kie freaks.

"No, it's not gonna blow up." Julia gets out after Olivia rolling her eyes at the dramatic girl.

"You probably unhooked the radiator, Pope. I haven't seen this before. You knocked the entire hubcap off!" JJ claps, "Whoo!" He picks up the metal thing. "You might wanna reschedule your meeting tonight, Pope."

"Uhh, Plan B?" Julia crosses her arms looking over at everyone. "We could, um..public transportation. We could hitchhike. We could rent bikes."

Olivia looks over at the girl as no one answers her, "I like your ideas. You're smart."

JJ leans over the car to get a look at the engine, "Yeah, It's the radiator."

"My dad's gonna kill me." Pope mumbles to himself.

"Yeah, he might. He might."

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Someone how the five find themselves at a petrol station. Thanks to Julia calling someone to come get the truck and help them get to some sort of civilisation.

"It could be anything." The man tries to reassure Pope.

"I definitely think it's the intake valve."

"Look, I can put a rush in it, but it's gonna cost you a little extra."

JJ walk over to Julia and Olivia, Kie are. "In the middle of nowhere." He leans against the truck looking over at the two girls, "Dude's in heaven right now. "'Gotta known the calibration point before you do anything with the intake valve, JJ. You do the—" He notices that Kie isn't paying attention due to her looking upset, Olivia is fiddling with her bracelet and Julia just zoned out as always. "Hey." He taps the inside of the truck getting Kie's attention. "You all right?"

"My mom is so worried that I'm gonna be a Pogue that she's willing to send me to birding school."

"Well, I guess that's what you get for hanging with the wrong crowd, Kie."

"I mean, I'm not gonna go. It's too late anyway. I already am who I am."

"Ain't all that bad." Pope and the man speaking in the distance is all that is heard for a second before JJ speaks up again, "Just look at that guy over there. He would do anything for us. That's a Pogue if I've ever seen on." JJ points to Pope. "Bone-deep. That's just one man's opinion, though."

Pope and Kiara share a look as he walks inside and Olivia grabs JJ's flask, taking a drink before handing it back.

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The five teens find themselves in the back of the now working truck in the middle of a field.

Olivia takes the flask out of JJ's hand and lays her head on his chest.

Julia curls up into the corner, keeping herself warm and making sure everyone else has room.

"Goodnight everyone." Pope mumbles. Kie kisses the side if Pope's head and Olivia and Julia share a look as she lies down.

"Goodnight." Kie replies, still looking at the back of Pope.

JJ pulls his hat down over his eyes, wrapping an arm around Olivia's shoulder.

And with that, the five teenagers fell asleep.