"𝐔𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚
𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧."

TOPPER THORNTON'S HOME, the place they decided to stop by. I'm convinced 100% I'm actually at the end of the list of Topper's worst enemies. If he ever finds out what these two are gonna do I'm genuinely fried.

June: "Guys, guys, guys! Think about this, we could literally go to jail." -I mentioned, placing each of my hands on the boys chests.

They both stared at me with nothing but annoyance, they were convinced already. There was no way of stopping them from doing what they were thinking.

June: "I'm not exactly on good terms with neither of the Thornton family, so I get caught doing this. I'm dead, probably really dead."

JJ: "Alright, and why is that?"

Pope: "She was making out with, Rafe." -my eyes widened after Pope, mentioned.

June: "Pope!"

Pope: "What? Is the truth. Or what, you're just gonna lie to us again?"

JJ: "You were what?!"

June: "Stop! Let's just do what you guys came to do, I'll explain everything later." -I whispered, pushing the two boys aside while finding some bandannas for them.

I heard footsteps behind me, rapid ones making me turn around to see, JJ.

June: "What do you want?"

JJ: "Were you crying yesterday because of, Rafe?" -he asked, in a very fast way.

His chest rising up and down rapidly. I took a couple of seconds to respond, only nodding in agreement. Later on, making him hit the steering wheel of the boat.

June: "JJ, stop. Please don't get angry now, I can't deal with more anger today. I got a headache, and it's really bad." -I replied, handling him the pair of bandannas I was able to find.

JJ: "Alright, but we'll talk this out at your house. John B, needs to hear what happened."

He then walked outside once again, quickly making me follow behind as he stood beside, Pope.

June: "Okay, so what exactly are you guys planning on doing?" -I asked, as they put the bandannas on.

Pope: "You see that over there, that's the 2020 Malibu, 24-MXC."

June: "Yeah I remember, you literally told me yesterday." -I replied, looking over to the distance.

JJ: "This is war, guys."

I rolled my eyes, later on putting the bandana on top of my face.

JJ: "They hit us, we hit them. Do it."

June: "Please don't do it." -I mumbled, still being heard by the two boys who glared at me.

Pope, then threw himself to the water, swimming over to Topper's boat. Me and JJ, watching everything making sure no one could see us. As Pope arrived, he began to remove the plug from the boat so it could sink. My eyes widened, almost instantly after I saw how quickly the boat had began sinking.

Kayla: "Pope?!"

Both JJ and I, docked down. Hearing the girl's voice shouting at, Pope.

Kayla: "What is wrong with the boat?!" -she asked, her voice sounding like it was getting near the dock.

JJ: "Who the hell is that?" -he whispered, as I peeked up to see what the girl was doing.

June: "You don't know, Kayla?"

JJ: "No, but she's kinda hot." -he replied, making me hit the back part of his neck.

JJ: "Ow?!"

June: "There's no time to joke around, that's Topper's sister. We're so fucked, JJ." -I replied, making him peek up with widened eyes.

I took a couple of seconds to think of an idea, hearing how Pope, kept on stuttering while trying to come up with a lie.

June: "Kayla!" -I shouted, JJ, quickly staring at me confused.

Kayla: "June?!"

June: "We found your boat sinking! Is everything okay?!" -I asked, clearly lying but trying to make it as believable as I could.

Kayla: "Ugh, that was probably Topper, that forgot to put the plug in. I'll let him know!"

The girl began to walk away, pacing quickly towards her home. I signaled Pope, to head over to us so we could leave as fast as possible.

JJ: "So, that chick. Is she availa-"

June: "No! Not at all." -I interrupted, making him nod slightly embarrassed as Pope, arrived at the boat.

JJ: "I'm so proud of you right now. Holy crap!"

Pope: "JJ?"

JJ: "Yeah?" -the boy replied, as Pope, stared over to him nervously.

Pope: "You can't tell anybody."

JJ: "Oh, no, yeah. Totally, dude."

June: "JJ, he's being serious. Not Kie, not John B. Literally no one, but I don't think that's going to work since we are the number one suspects on the list." -I replied, crossing my arms.

JJ: "What do you mean?"

June: "We were literally almost caught! By Topper's sister, who is my best friend. Sort of. Yesterday she fucked things up but we could work it out!"

The two boys nodded, looking over to the home.

JJ: "Alright, alright. My lips are sealed! Now Pope, give me that." -he replied, grabbing the plug away from Pope's hands.

The blond one, then proceeded to throw the object far away to the sea. Making my eyes wide, as I placed my hand on top of my mouth.

June: "What the fuck did you just do?!" -I shouted, quickly making JJ, place his hand on top of my mouth.

JJ: "Shut up!" -he whispered, getting his hand pushed away by me.

Pope: "That was literally the worst idea you've possibly come up with by now."

JJ: "Shut up, Pope."

June: "No, you shut up. This could literally get us arrested!"

JJ: "Well it won't."

Pope: "Alright, what do we do now?" -the boy asked, looking at the two of us nervously.

June: "We get the hell out of here."

JJ: "Yeah that's right! You see, Pope? That's our girl right there!" -he cheered, quickly heading inside the driver area of the yacht.
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The three of us headed straight to the beach, meeting up with, John B and Kiara. Some embarrassing fact about me is that I never learned how to surf, it sort of terrifies me even though I love the water. I do love collecting surf boards, also sell them or even gift them sometimes.

The rest of the group headed into the water, surfing around the waves having the time of their lives pretty much. I sat on the sand, taking a hold of my backpack that inside had my camera. I recorded the boys for a while, keeping the memories safe with me.

JJ: "Hey, not coming inside of the water?" -he asked, shaking his hair around so water could fall on top of my head.

June: "Stop! You're gonna get my camera wet, and no I'm not. I don't know how to surf, embarrassing? Yes."

JJ: "June, it's fine! You can just chill in the surf board with us, come on John B's waiting."

He began to walk off, exchanging glances with me with a slight smirk beaming on his face.

June: "Trying to be charming won't make me move outta here!" -I shouted, making him laugh as he entered the water.

I looked around the beach, suddenly not being able to spot the rest of the Pogues anywhere else. When all of sudden I felt arms grab me, holding me in the air.

John B: "Well, this will!" -he yelled, dragging me over to the shore accompanied by, Kie and Pope.

June: "Guys, guys, guys! My camera!"

Pope: "I'll keep it safe! Don't worry." -he replied, grabbing the artifact.

Kie: "Let's have fun bitches!"

We all jumped into the water, splashing each other. Everything all of a sudden felt so perfect, finally a day where things at least end well sort of.

My brain is still thinking about what happened to Pope, how well he is at hiding how scared he still feels. Cause I know deep down he is still terrified, even though he tries pretending it. Why do people do stuff like that? Why did Rafe, had to do that? What is wrong with him?

Kie: "June, I have a question?" -the girl said, suddenly interrupting my thoughts.

June: "Yeah?"

Kie: "What are you gonna do with your 100 mil?"

Everyone looked over to me, smiles beaming on their faces as I only stared at them in shock.

June: "Guys, this is your treasure. I don't want to gain anything from it, I wasn't here for half of this to deserve it. I just want to help find it, that's all." -I replied, glancing at them seriously.

John B: "Well, I don't care. You've helped us a lot, and you're my sister. You live with me now, you're like us now. You're a Pogue, we'll be splitting with you too."

I sighed almost not believing what he was saying, it is hard for me to believe someone in life besides my Mom, cares for me still. After I left and never decided to call or text back, I feel so guilty even though I know it's not my fault.

JJ: "So, Jun-Jun. What will you do?" -he asked, smiling over to me.

I never thought about it, like I said before. So I actually don't know well, at all. But dreams will always stick around on the back of your mind, they really do.

June: "I really want an artifact store, something comforting and cozy. My own store, where people either could get old stuff or new stuff that they're interested in." -I replied, making everyone smile.

June: "I sounded like Dad, there. But it's the truth. He always made sure to take me to the artifact store when I came here, since that first time I went I became obsessed."

Pope: "So you don't want to become a Kook or anything?"

June: "Nahhh, I think it's kinda dumb. Yeah you will be rich and have a nice home, but life won't change that much. You'll still have problems in life, you'll still be a human being with problems in life."

June: "Problems that can't be resolved with money, even if you have millions of it." -I finished, everyone staying silent for a while.

Kie: "She's got a point."

I smiled as I heard her say, everyone doing the same.

June: "If you guys actually split it with me, I'll gratefully take it. But, you guys deserve the rest of it." -I mentioned, making everyone nod.

After a while later, we were already home again. All of us sat on the hammocks outside of The Château, practically mesmerized by how peaceful the ambient felt.

Pope: "You really think it's out there? Like, no bullshit?" -he asked, everyone waiting for John B's response attentively.

John B: "Dad, thought it was."

Pope: "But do you?"

John B: "After hearing his voice on that tape, I think I do." -he replied, as I looked over to JJ and Kiara, who sat on the hammock silently.

June: "Only one way to find out, right?"

The two boys nodded, proceeding to do a handshake.

Kie: "Look, we're gonna find it, you know?"

June: "Yeah, even JJ, believes." -I replied, making the rest slightly chuckle.

John B: "Oh, my God, JJ, do you really believe?"

Kie, laughed after John B's sarcastic tone came out. All of us waiting for the blond ones response, almost excited for what he was about to say.

JJ: "Totally. Wait. Are we talking about four mil?

Kie/Pope: "Four hundred mil." -they remarked, making each other quickly smile.

Kie: "Jinx."

I walked over to John B and Pope's hammock, sitting down on top of John B's knees. Making him grunt in pain, pushing me towards, Pope.

Pope: "Dude! Ouch?!"

John B: "She hurt me first! Sorry." -he whispered, making me laugh as I rested on John B's chest.

JJ: "I'm gonna dream about shipwrecks." -he mentioned, quickly adjusting himself to try and fall asleep.

June: "Same, literally same."

Kie, chuckled making me do the same as well as I closed my eyes.

JJ: "Good night, Bird!"

John B: "Good night, bird shit!" -he replied, embracing me into a hug so I wouldn't feel cold.
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ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER FAILURE. When we all thought we were closer to finding the Merchant, a storm had began to approach our boat. Sending everything pretty much into shit, as we let the camera fall deep into the sea.

John B: "JJ, hold it steady!" -he shouted, all of us loosing our balance constantly over how hard the waves were hitting the boat.

June: "Guys, this ain't looking good!"

Pope: "Yeah, we can see that! But we can't give up! We're almost there, I know it." -he replied, making me sigh as I helped Kie, write.

Kie: "Okay, 900!"

John B: "JJ, we'll turtle in this storm."

June: "Guys! 920." -I shouted, looking back at the three boys who already seemed far too stressed out.

John B: "Crank it north by northwest! Ten seconds!"

June: "Pope, how are we doing?! This is taking too long!" -I asked, pulling down onto the cable as fast as I could.

Pope: "Almost there."

Kie: "There's too much current!"

June: "Guys, I think we should stop!" -I requested, almost begging at this point over how much pain I felt on my hands over the constant pulling.

Kie: "We're gonna lose it!"

The thunders had began to feel too close to our boat, sending chills down my back constantly. I feared for many things, my first one being doing this in vain pretty much.

John B: "South, southwest, JJ! Hard!" -he shouted, his voice breaking over all of the shouting he had been doing already.

June: "Kie, this is too painful!"

Kie: "Just hold on! It's okay, we're almost there! Pope, how long?!"

Pope: "I already answered! We're close, just trust me!" -he replied, looking at the recording attentively.

We all heard the monitor suddenly beeping, making the two of us look behind too see John B, staring at the controls.

John B: "Half speed. Steady at this bearing, JJ!" -he demanded, the monitor continuing to beep and do it's whirring.

I heard suddenly the beeping of the device, making me look behind to see John B and Pope, attentively staring at the screen.

June: "What do you got, Pope?" -I asked, waiting for a positive response.

John B: "Come on, man. What do you see?"

Pope: "Nothing. A whole lot of nothing, this isn't working guys."

I sighed, glancing at Kie, loosing my hope already. Thoughts rooming through my brain, sort of feeling guilty of not helping much probably.

John B: "Come on, you should be right above it, brother." -he mentioned, as they still focused on the screen recording.

Pope: "Kiara!"

Kie: "960!" -she shouted, pulling down onto the cable with my help as we also wrote the number down on the edge of the boat.

June: "970! Guys, how long?!"

The two boys stayed silent for a while. Kiara and I, still pulled onto the cable already loosing our patience.

Kie: "980!"

June: "Shit! How deep can this shit go?!" -I asked, turning back towards the boys.

Pope: "I'm at the bottom! I'm at the bottom!"

Both of us turned around, sighing out of relief. We quickly ran towards Pope and John B, to look at the screen.

John B: "Okay, steady here, JJ!"

June: "Steady here. Quarter speed, right?" -I asked, looking at John B, sooner later receiving a nod of approval from him.

We turned back towards the computer, still not seeing any sort of treasure or boat. I could see the frustration already forming on John B's expression, reminding me a lot of Dad, instantly.

John B: "You should be seeing something, man."

Pope: "I know, I know!"

June: "What is taking so lo-"

Pope: "Wait, wait, wait!" -he interrupted, all of us quickly widening our eyes.

A smile quickly forced it's way on my expression as I looked at, John B. A boat suddenly appeared on the screen making everyone go silent. We couldn't believe what we were seeing, we were practically almost in shock after seeing it.

Pope: "Oh, good God."

June: "Holy shit." -I mumbled, placing my hand on John B's shoulder.

JJ: "See anything?!"

John B: "It's the Royal Merchant."

We all stared at the screen for much longer, getting the camera to move around to see more of the boat. But, obviously nothing's ever perfect...as always.

All of our smiles suddenly faded, seeing how the boat we had found wasn't the Royal Merchant, at all. I sighed, walking away from the group trying to think of a possibility.

June: "Guys, maybe the gold is buried or something." -I mentioned, making John B, sigh slightly annoyed.

Pope: "It's not there."

John B: "Look, just...just pull the drone up."

June: "Wait, what? You're giving up?"

John B: "Shit." -he mumbled, stepping away from the device.

I knew he was avoiding my question, which was just getting me more annoyed than I was already.

Pope: "Look, we can do another pass. Recharge the battery."

June: "Exactly!" -I agreed, stepping closer to, John B.

Pope: "We can...we can go back down."

JJ: "Guys, we've been through it three times. There's nothing there."

Kie: "Shut up!" -she shouted, as she looked at JJ, annoyed by his comment.

JJ: "What? It's true!"

Kie: "June, could be right. The gold could be buried, we don't know." -she replied.

JJ, only scoffed by her response as he looked at me. Making me tilt my head slightly confused, waiting for his answer.

JJ: "June, doesn't know shit about anything."

My mouth widened by his comment, making me try and step closer to, JJ. But before I could, I was grabbed by John B, who quickly stopped me from slapping the blond one.

June: "Excuse you?! What the fuck is your problem?!" -I exclaimed, trying to push John B, away from me as he pulled me back.

John B: "June, look. If it was there, it would've been found on the metal detector, okay? Somebody beat us to it."

I looked up at the brunette one, my eyes beginning to get teary over how mad I felt. Suddenly getting startled by the boat's engine turning on, making me glance over to, JJ.

JJ: "Or it was never there."

The boat began to move, making all of us sit down. Everyone silent after the small argument, none of us daring to speak to one another.

June: "Drop me off at the town's dock, I don't want to go home." -I mentioned, looking towards John B, who nodded thankfully respecting my decision.

A while later, we had arrived at my destination. JJ, had already dropped Pope and Kie, at their location. The only ones left being John B, him and I, who were far too quiet.

I began to head out of the boat as we stopped beside the dock, grabbing my backpack that was handled to me by, John B.

John B: "Hey, be careful." -he murmured, glancing at me with apologetic eyes.

June: "It's okay, I'm just gonna go get some new clothes for me."

I looked over to the cockpit, noticing JJ, who stared over at me slightly. He was trying to not be obvious but I knew, his side eye is really noticeable.

June: "JJ, come over here." -I demanded, making him sigh as he walked towards me.

JJ: "Uuhh yeah, what's up?"

He scratched the back of his neck awkwardly, avoiding to exchange glances with me. Making both me and John B, smile over how stupid he looked.

John B: "I'll leave you two alone." -he mentioned, walking over to the cockpit.

I looked back at the blond one, who's eyes only looked over to the ocean beside the dock. Only making me smile, scrunching down to be the same height as him. Since I was sort of taller now, due to me being on top of the wooden floor.

June: "You know you look really cute when you're embarrassed?" -I said, smiling towards him.

JJ: "Wha- What?"

June: "I'm just kidding, you look stupid." -I replied, watching how confused he was by what I had said.

JJ: "June, listen. I'm really, really sorry about what I said to you. I'm just disappointed, I truly believed it and now is just done."

June: "Hey it's okay, I get it. I'm sorry too JJ, I shouldn't have reacted the way I did." -I replied, apologizing as well to the boy.

He nodded a couple of times, before finally looking over to me to stretch his hand towards me. I frowned my eyebrows but still grabbed his hand back, quickly making him shake our hands up and down.

JJ: "Apology accepted, Jun-Jun."

I laughed, making him do the same as we still held onto our hands.

June: "Apology accepted, Peanut." -I replied, making him roll his eyes.

JJ: "I'm still debating on liking that nickname."

June: "You're gonna have to get used to it." -I stated, receiving a nod from him.

JJ: "Alright, I'll see you soon."

June: "See ya! I'll go home later, John B!" -I replied, looking over to the brunette one's direction.

There's always a way to resolve problems, sometimes things might feel impossible. But I guess I could actually say everything is possible, somehow I have friends that actually care for me. Friends that apologize when they know they are in the wrong, and I'm glad of that. I never had that in life, and now I do.

End of chapter.

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