"𝐌𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝
𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬
𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞."

WE HAD ARRIVED OVER TO THE CHÂTEAU AFTER A WHILE. JJ, had placed me on top of the couch, as the two others searched for a medical kit for my wound.

JJ: "June, can you hear me?" -he asked, grabbing my face in between his hands to gain my attention.

I woke up from the sound of the car's door slamming when we arrived. I was unconscious for the whole ride. The amount of pain I felt on my skull, was unreal. My head was pounding.

June: "Yeah." -I mumbled, making the blond boy sigh.

He was relief to hear my response, grabbing my hand as soon as I responded. The sound of footsteps approaching our way made JJ, look over towards the hallway seeing Pope and Kie, arriving.

Kie: "John B's not here, I don't know where he go. Did he said something to you?" -she asked, receiving a "no" from JJ, as she began to clean my wound gently.

I winced after feeling the slight burn on the back of my head from the rubbing alcohol, grabbing Pope's hand tightly for support.

Pope: "Kie, try being fast. She's in a lot of pain, maybe don't rub too much alcohol as well."

JJ: "I swear I'm gonna kill those Kooks, I don't care anymore." -he mentioned, standing up from the couch to angrily pace around the living room.

June: "If you do, I actually wouldn't stop you."

Kie, laughed after hearing what I mentioned, as Pope, widened his eyes by my comment.

Pope: "We're not making any other beef, today was way too much."

June: "True." -I mumbled, as Kie, began to place me down on the couch.

Kie: "There, the wound is clean. Thankfully it's not deep, anyone else needs medical attention?"

JJ: "No, let's just go to sleep. I'm freaking tired, today better be a good day."

We all nodded, the group placing pillows and blankets all around the floor. Kie, decided to sleep on the couch with me as the two other boys slept on the ground.

Kie: "Hey guys?" -she whispered, darkness surrounding the space.

Pope: "Yeah? What's up?"

Kie: "Tomorrow's midsummers, I kinda forgot." -she replied, everybody else sighing after remembering.

JJ: "Well, looks like it won't be a good day actually."

June: "I don't even have clothes." -I mumbled, closing my eyes shut realizing I was screwed.

JJ: "I can't go, Pope, are you going?"

Pope: "Yeah, I need to help my dad, with the catering." -he replied, sounding annoyed.

JJ: "Shit, great."

Kie: "I can invite you JJ, that's the only way you can go." -she mentioned, making JJ, scoff.

JJ: "I don't even have formal clothing, what am I supposed to wear?"

Kie: "John B, probably has something. We'll figure it out tomorrow." -she replied, adjusting her position.

June: "Goodnight, everyone."

Pope: "Goodnight, June." -he said, everyone else doing the same.
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We all woke up early the next day, deciding to go to Heyward's shop before midsummers to help him out with the catering. Today the shop was filled with people, most of them talked about the fire from yesterday.

Pope, was handling bags through the entrance of the shop, as Kie, was on the cashier area. While JJ and I, just sat on the counter and watched everything happening. Heyward, didn't allowed neither of us to help out, which to me was understandable but for JJ...not too much.

June: "My head still hurts a little. What do you think I hit my head with, dude?" -I asked, throwing a rubber ball to, JJ.

JJ: "Maybe a rock? Shit, I literally thought you were gonna die like two or three times yesterday."

I laughed after his response, catching the ball once again as he threw it at me.

June: "That was pretty scary though, I literally saw everything happening in slow motion almost."

JJ: "Don't let it get in your head. Three of them and two of us, that's typical Kook shit right there." -he replied, smiling at me slightly.

Kie: "Hell yeah."

Pope, then approached us, giving some of the money he had earned to, Kie.

JJ: "What was your thought process, using your head?" -he asked, making me slightly laugh as I remembered Pope, doing that yesterday.

Pope: "I don't know, man. I just kind of acted off instinct. I was a cornered animal."

Kie: "Yeah."

June: "You had it though, Topper, grunted like a little kid." -I mentioned, making the three of them laugh.

Heyward: "Hey, Pope, someone here to see you."

We all glanced up seeing Heyward, entering the store. Later on noticing Shoupe, making his way inside the shop, the sound of his radio chattering being the first thing I noticed.

Pope: "Evening, Officer." -he stammered, stepping slightly back.

I glanced at JJ, who already seemed to know where this was heading to. Only making me look down to the ground, trying to prepare myself for what was about to happen.

Shoupe: "I have an arrest warrant for felony destruction of property." -he commented, approaching the counter.

Heyward: "What?"

Shoupe: "Hands where I can see 'em."

June: "Wait, this is a misunderstanding. He didn't do anything!"

Shoupe: "Young lady, out of my way." -he demanded, placing the handcuffs around Pope's wrist.

Heyward: "Whoa, Shoupe. What'd he do?"

They all argued, as I tried to maintain Pope, calm with JJ's help.

Kie: "Be careful!" -she pleaded, placing her hands on top of her head frustrated.

I covered my ears over how loud the shouting was getting, everyone arguing with the officer.

JJ: "How much did they pay you, man?" -he asked, hitting the counter aggressively.

We all followed Shoupe, outside. All of us trying to make Pope, not feel scared or nervous as he was being pushed towards the vehicle.

June: "JJ, what do we do?!" -I asked, grabbing his wrist as Pope, was about to be sat on the cop car.

JJ: "Shit."

He walked faster, getting closer to Shoupe, me closely following behind.

JJ: "It wasn't him!" -he exclaimed, all of us looking towards his direction.

He glanced at me with a slight smile, making me shake my head side to side.

JJ: "It was me. He tried to talk to me out of it, but I was angry because he'd just been beaten up." -he lied, beginning to approach the officer and, Pope.

June: "What is he doing?" -I whispered to Kie, grabbing her wrist gently.

Kie: "It's JJ, he'll do anything for, Pope."

I looked in front of us again, seeing how JJ, explained everything detail by detail.

JJ: "I was so sick of those assholes from Figure Eight, that I lost my shit." -he finished, glancing at Shoupe, who only listened to everything attentively.

JJ: "I can't let you take the blame for somethin' I did, you've got too much to lose."

Pope: "JJ, what are you doing?" -he asked, trying to step closer to the boy.

JJ: "I'm tellin' the truth. For once in my goddamm life, I'm gonna tell the truth."

June: "What do we do?" -I asked Kie, only making her shrug her shoulders.

JJ: "I took his old man's boat, too." -he added, making Heyward, look over to him annoyed.

June: "JJ, stop!"

Pope: "JJ, come on."

JJ: "Just shut up, guys! Just shut up." -he exclaimed, all of us looking at him with pleading eyes.

JJ: "He's a good kid. You know where I'm from."

Shoupe: "Yeah."

JJ: "This was all me." -he stated, making me sigh as I looked over to Shoupe, who glanced over to, Pope.

Shoupe: "That's the whole truth?"

Pope, glanced around the space almost not knowing whether to tell the truth or lie. But before he was about to speak, JJ, spoke once again.

JJ: "Whole truth, swear to God."

Shoupe: "I know what you think, damm it, I'm asking, Pope." -he snapped, looking back at, Pope.

The two boys only stared at each other, JJ only looked at Pope, with a reassuring smile beaming on his face. Later on, he glanced at me as I practically begged him to not do what he was about to do.

Pope: "Yeah, that about covers it." -he replied, all of us sighing as the officer began to put the handcuffs on JJ, this time.

I looked back to Kie, who was also beginning to panic after he was placed on the vehicle. The car door slammed, later on the vehicle drove away. Leaving the rest of us in complete silence, only to see Pope, pacing around.

Heyward: "Pope." -he said, trying to calm the boy down.

Pope: "Shit!"

The boy then stormed off, Heyward, following close behind. Kie and I, only stayed there practically shocked over everything that happened.

June: "What do we do?" -I asked, looking at the girl who only stared at the distance.

Kie: "I don't know."

She then placed her hand around my shoulder, both of us beginning to walk off from the shop. Deciding to leave Pope, alone for sometime. Since we knew he wasn't going to talk at the moment.
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A couple of hours after, I spend sometime on Kie's home. It wasn't for too long, her parents needed to head out with her and I couldn't stay. Thankfully Kie, gave me a dress for me to wear for the midsummers party, I was very grateful since I literally didn't had any fancy clothes.

Now I'm just heading over to The Château, trying to see if my twin brother is finally home. But as I was about to walk in through the old gate, I noticed a random car stopped at the driveway. Making me quickly run over to the big land, trying to head over to the backyard.

As I ran over I spotted John B, walking completely unbothered by everything pretty much.

June: "John B!" -I whispered, trying to get him to hear me as I ran over to him.

I quickly tackled him to the ground, the fall making my head hurt way more. The only sound around, being both of us grunting in pain as we fell to the ground.

John B: "June, what the f-"

June: "Shhhh! Shut up." -I whispered, placing my hand on his mouth.

As I was about to speak to him we both jumped up, startled by a pair of hands grabbing each of us. Pushing us towards the back part of our shed, I was able to get the person's grip off me but I noticed John B, on the ground fighting...JJ?

JJ: "It's me, JJ. Stop, stop, stop, stop."

John B: "What are you doing?!" -he exclaimed, his mouth quickly getting covered by JJ, I was still looking at the blond one in shock.

JJ, then pulled us both towards a pile of kayaks, making us look over to the distance to see the car from before.

JJ: "See that?" -he asked, making me nod as John B, only stared at the vehicle confused.

June: "I saw it before when I arrived, that's why I tackled you."

John B, only smiled at me sarcastically, all of us still trying to see who the car belonged to.

JJ: "They're watching us, okay?"

John B: "Who?" -he whispered, JJ, shrugging his shoulders in response.

JJ: "I don't know. Let's go. Sneak around to the dock."

We all ran over through the tall grass, as fast as we could but trying to have a low cover. I held onto my shopping bag tightly, noticing that they were heading over to the water.

June: "We need to go through there?" -I asked, the two boys looking back at me noticing my bag.

JJ: "Gotta go this way."

John B: "Here, I'll put the bag on my backpack." -he replied, as I handled him the plastic bag.

We waited for the brunette one to place it inside of his backpack, later on walking off again as he finished. We then jumped into the water, slowly making our way through the dark green liquid. It was freezing cold, I tried my best to hurry up since I couldn't stop shaking.

John B and JJ, held their backpacks on top of their heads, as I took a hold of John B's shirt to keep up with them. We arrived over to more of the tall grass from before, stopping suddenly due to JJ, looking back at us.

JJ: "Wait, wait, wait, wait. You got the keys to the Pogue?" -he asked, looking at John B, for a response.

John B: "Yeah."

JJ, then continued walking, the two of us following close behind the blond boy. I was still wondering how the hell he was out of jail already, did he escaped? Was he bailed out? Many questions roomed through my head but right now wasn't the time to ask questions.

We threw ourselves once again inside of the freezing water, the two boys being completely unbothered by it. Me on the other hand, taking deep breaths as I jumped to grab onto the boat's ledge.

JJ: "You could've use the rope, dumbass." -he whispered, as I threw myself inside the small boat.

The two other boys proceeding to also fall in, first one being JJ, then soon after John B, as well.

John B: "Hurry up. Come on, come on, come on." -he whispered, waiting for JJ, to untangle the rope of the boat.

John B, then pushed the boat away from the dock. Proceeding to let JJ, know to turn the engine on. We slowly exited the dock area, finally leaving, The Château.

A little while later, we stopped by a near land abandoned a long time ago. Sitting down at a pair of rocks quietly, me trying to process how things were going.

June: "Guys, things are not looking well at all. What do we do? I mean, why is there someone spying us?" -I asked, standing up from the rock to glance at the two boys.

JJ: "She's right, John B. First, I almost get strangled to death by Kooks, and now I'm on the hook for 30 grand."

JJ: "We should just dip." -he finished, looking at me in search for approval. 

John B: "Okay, where do you wanna go? Hm?"

John B and I, waited for his answer attentively, the boy seemed to try and come up with something after the question.

JJ: "Yucatan." -he replied, making me sigh.

John B: "Yucatan." -the brunette one repeated, a slight laugh coming out of him.

JJ: "No, I'm dead serious right now. Surf all day, and then we can just live off lobsters we catch with our bare hands."

I smiled after I heard him say, looking at John B, who still seemed to not like the blond one's idea.

John B: "You just wanna leave 'cause you got your ass beat?"

June: "John B, stop." -I snapped, death staring the brunette one after noticing JJ's facial expression.

JJ: "You didn't see the photos."

John B: "Think about it. They're willing to kill for the gold, then it's gotta be out there, JJ."

JJ: "Have you lost your mind?!" -he shouted, throwing his cap aside aggressively.

June: "Guys, please don't start arguing now." -I begged, seeing how the pair stepped in front of each other quickly.

JJ: "One hundred years, man. One hundred years, people have been tryin' to find this Royal Merchant, and no one succeeded."

JJ: "And you think you are gonna be the one that actually finds it? When will you get it in your thick skull?"

June: "JJ, stop it already." -I demanded, only getting pushed back by the blond one.

JJ: "If you keep goin' down this road, you're gonna end up just like your dad!" -he exclaimed, suddenly getting pushed back by, John B.

My eyes only got teary after hearing the boy's sentence, stepping away from the pair as I kept listening to their argument.

John B: "I can't give up, JJ! The last time I saw that dude, we got in an argument." -he yelled, his voice breaking as he spoke.

I turned around to look at the pair, tears rooming down my face as I watched the both of them.

John B: "Then he took all of our rent money and dipped for this Royal Merchant. Never even answered any of June's messages or calls,  and then I told him he was a shit father."

John B: "You know how the rest of the story goes." -he finished, backing away from JJ, wiping tears away from his face.

JJ: "Bro, that wasn't your fault."

John B: "It doesn't matter whose fault it is, JJ! Do you not understand that? I can't give up on the hunt, man. We can't give up." -he stated, pointing at me as he finished his sentence.

June: "John B, there's someone out there willing to kill us for that gold, how do you expect us to defend ourselves?"

John B: "I don't care who's out there, who's gonna try to kill us. Do you understand that?" -he said, looking at the both us.

John B: "You both know that."

As he finished, he began to grab his backpack to walk over to the boat once again. JJ and I, looking at each other as he did so, not knowing what to do.

June: "He's insane." -I mumbled, JJ, only nodded as he glanced down at the ground.

John B: "Look, I've got a plan. You comin' or what?"

We heard the brunette one say, on the distance. The both of us quickly following behind, to head over to the boat.

John B: "Four hundred mil, JJ. How much do you owe in restitution?" -he asked, glancing at JJ, who only silently stared back at, John B.

June: "Come on, let's get going."
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HERE ONCE AGAIN AT FIGURE EIGHT, the place that I did not wanted to be in but needed to. John B, basically obligated me and JJ, to head to the party. The both of us undercover to search for Kie, Pope and Sarah. Why, Sarah? I don't even know.

Worst part about that whole drive through sea, was that I needed to put my dress on inside tall grass. They made me dress up inside the most uncomfortable place you could possibly be. But, I was able to succeed and thankfully nobody saw me.

The sun was beginning to fall down, the moonlight being our source of light as we walked towards the shore. The Island Club, a bougie country club in Figure 8 could be seen. A lot of people already dancing and hanging out at the large backyard from the place.

JJ: "Ready?" -he asked, looking at me as I struggled to walk through the sand with my high heels.

June: "Does it look like I am?"

JJ: "Well, at least you look pretty." -he replied, laughing as I lost my balance due to my heel getting stuck on the sand.

June: "That's really sweet of you, JJ." -I responded, death staring the boy as I walked deeper into the shore.

We all glanced at John B, who had approached us and quickly grabbed my hand to help me walk.

John B: "Can you believe this Midsummer shit, man?"

JJ: "Of course I can, happens every year. No matter how screwed up the rest of us are." -he replied, proceeding to walk as well following me.

June: "So, like, what's the plan, exactly? Besides getting, Kie and Pope."

John B: "Okay, JJ, I need you to get this to, Sarah."

June: "Oh! That was my question, what is your business with, Sarah Cameron?" -I asked, stepping near the brunette one, with a slight smirk.

John B: "It's nothing, I just need her help with something." -he said, passing a note to, JJ.

JJ: "Ooh! Can I read it?"

June: "Yeah, yeah. Read it!" -I exclaimed, trying to open the note but was stopped by John B, quickly.

John B: "No, you guys can't read it."

June: "Why not?" -I asked, another smirk beaming in my face making JJ, laugh with me.

JJ: "Who's, Vlad?"

John B: "God, do you ever listen?"

June: "Isn't that like the vampire?" -I asked, looking at JJ, for an answer but he only shrugged his shoulders.

JJ: "I don't know, wait, hold up! Are you mackin', Sarah Cameron?

John B: "Would you shut up?"

June: "You're macking, Sarah! Oh my god, his getting red." -I clapped my hands filled with excitement.

John B: "Alright, man. I'm doin' it for everybody, all right?"

JJ and I, only glanced at each other with smiles, not believing any of the brunette one's response. We kept walking silently only to make John B, sigh.

John B: "What?"

JJ: "Nothin'. Thanks for being a team player, bro." -he replied, making me laugh after he finished.

John B: "Yeah, well."

John B, then proceeded to help JJ, with his bow tie. The blond one, on the other hand buttoned up his shirt. I looked over the distance, seeing a couple of security guards by the door.

June: "What exactly do we do with the guards?" -I asked, looking back at the pair.

John B: "JJ's going to act as a waiter, that's why he's wearing this."

June: "Okay, but what about me?"

John B: "Just say you were invited by Kie, make them search for her. Don't worry, they'll let you in." -he replied, nodding after he finished.

He later on reached for JJ's backpack, grabbing the gun. My eyes widened open as I noticed the object on his hand, quickly making me walk over to him.

John B: "Are you kidding me?"

June: "You brought the gun again? Are you kidding?!"

JJ: "No, I'm not kidding neither of you."

June: "What do you even need it for?" -I asked, stepping closer to the blond.

JJ: "Protection, June. Protection, remember?"

June: "Yes, but there's kids here, again."

JJ: "It's only for an emergency, you never know what could happen."

John B: "If you get caught, you're goin' to jail." -he whispered, pushing the boy back.

June: "He's right, JJ. Stop risking it, please."

JJ: "Fine, but if I get ambushed, it's on you two."

June: "That's why I'll be your date for today, no one is going to fight you if I'm there. Right?"

JJ: "Oh yeah, so Rafe motherfucking Cameron, punches the shit out of me?" -he replied, a sarcastic smile forming on his face.

June: "He won't, stop being so negative."

I grabbed a hold of his wrist, pulling us out of the shore. Both of us heading straight towards the big building, leaving John B, alone.

As JJ and I walked over to the place, I stopped him midway. Seeing a table that had a couple of drinks set up, I grabbed the pile of drinks passing it to him.

JJ: "Smart move, June. So, I'll go try and find Sarah, what about you?" -he asked, grabbing the drinks.

June: "I'll see if I can find, Kie or Pope. Also, try not getting too distracted, okay?"

JJ: "At your service, ma'am." -he joked, proceeding to walk away to head up a pair of stairs.

He met up with the security guard quickly, my smile dropping as I saw the man looking at JJ, suspiciously.

JJ: "I keep finding glasses half way down the beach. Do me a favor. Try to keep 'em corralled, will ya? I thought you were security."

The blond one walked off with a smirk, leaving the security guard staring at the boy filled with confusion on his facial expression. I only laughed, making my way towards the large group of people. Searching quickly for Kie, who I hadn't seen anywhere.

I was quick to spot JJ being hugged by Pope, the blond one seemed surprised by the sudden embrace. I was wondering why JJ, had all those bruises on his face, I didn't wanted to ask him about it. I thought it would've been me getting too personal with him probably, I didn't wanted to bother him. I'm worried about it though, I don't think Shoupe, or any of the other cops did that. So, who exactly did?

As I walked through the crowd, I suddenly stumbled across Kie, sighing relieved to find the girl, quickly.

Kie: "June, you came!" -she exclaimed, pulling me into a hug.

She later on pulled away, taking a quick look at my outfit.

Kie: "You look beautiful, the dress fits you really well."

June: "Thank you, I was scared it wasn't going to fit at all." -I replied, adjusting my hair as I looked around the space.

Kie: "Did you brought someone with you?"

June: "Technically yeah, but no."

Kie: "That doesn't make sense, what do you mean?" -she asked, laughing by my response.

June: "It's quite a long stor-"

I stopped my sentence after noticing Rafe pulling JJ, away from the crowd. I took a step forward, soon after noticing JJ, running inside the building followed by the Powerpuff Girls. (If you know what I mean)

June: "I'll be right back." -I said, quickly running off to catch up with the group.

People around the small living room whispered to each other, pointing towards a hallway. They seemed slightly terrified or confused, something telling me that I needed to head that way.

I ran towards the hallway, in the distance hearing what sounded like Rafe, yelling something. Quickly I spotted a door that was still sort of swinging, more shouting coming from inside.

June: "JJ?!" -I shouted, entering what looked like bathrooms.

A couple of men only stared at me confused, others exchanging winks to me. I immediately walked away quickly, entering through a hallway to see many boys. Especially JJ and Rafe, the two blonds looking at each other angrily.

Rafe: "Hold him still, what do you think? A four iron, right?" -he asked, positioning himself as if he was playing golf.

June: "When will you stop being such an asshole?"

I entered the room, one of the boys quickly grabbing my arms to avoid me from helping, JJ. I tried fighting the guy off, but failed since he was gripping onto my arms tightly.

Rafe: "Alright, keep his head still. I'm gonna line this up."

June: "Stop!"

Unknown boy: "Shut your mouth." -he whispered, pushing me against the wall.

JJ: "Don't touch her!"

Rafe: "Dude, calm down. She's fine, they won't hurt her."

JJ: "Very Rafe, of you. Five on two?" -he grunted, trying to take Kelce's grip off of his neck.

Rafe: "Okay, if you could please stop talking? It's very disrespectful. I'm trying to hit a ball, alright?"

Rafe: "Learn your etiquette, my friend." -he finished, stepping nearer to JJ.

June: "Dude, just stop fucking with us! We didn't do anything."

Rafe: "June, shut up." -he yelled, pointing his finger towards me.

He walked back towards JJ, still looking at me with a dirty look. As he approached the blonde boy again, he slowly scrunched down to look at, JJ.

Rafe: "Your face looks really bad. You're starting to look like your dad a lot more." -he mentioned, soon after getting spat by, JJ.

Rafe: "Oh, shit. All right. It was-"

The dirty blond boy, stopped his sentence due to the lights of the locker room flickering. Everyone looking over to the entrance to see what was going on, noticing the security guard from before.

Security Guard: "Gentlemen! Is there a problem?" -he asked, JJ suddenly getting pushed back by, Kelce.

The boy grabbed my hand, pulling me towards him as he looked at the guard.

JJ: "Oh! Pardon me, officer. No, there's not an issue."

June: "Actually, yes. No, there is an issue. Right, JJ?" -I interjected, the blond one quickly understanding what I was trying to do.

JJ: "Uh, right. We got criminal trespassers in progress here. Beep! Call it in, right?"

June: "Yeah, we're really sorry about what we did."

June: "We just wanted to see what the experience was like, it's such blatant disrespect for private property." -I stated, JJ, only nodded in agreement with everything I said.

Rafe: "Yeah."

I glared back at the boy, who awkwardly scratched the back of his neck. His eyes locking with mine, quickly making him glance away.

JJ: "Yeah, we're in violation of all kinds of shit, sir. But these young gentlema-"

Kelce: "Don't touch my shit." -he snapped, pushing JJ's hand away from his bow tie.

June: "Uh, they caught us, sir, and they're about to take us away."

I continued following JJ's lie, trying to find a way to get out us out of there.

JJ: "Yeah, yeah, exactly. That's what you should do, escort us out of here." -he finished, placing his hands up making me do the same.

June: "You got us, yay!" -I said, smiling awkwardly towards, JJ.

The boy then was grabbed by the security guard, him motioning me to follow along behind the pair. I stood still for a second, quickly looking back towards Rafe, suddenly slapping him.

Security Guard: "Young lady! What are you doing?" -he exclaimed, walking quickly towards me grabbing my wrist as well.

Rafe, only stared at me with a smile plastered on his face. Only receiving a dirty look from me, as me and JJ, were getting pulled by the man.

Security Guard: "Come on."

JJ: "All right. Fix that tie, son. You're lookin' spiffy, too. You Powerpuff Girls have fun." -he mentioned, making me hold my laugh.

Rafe: "June, you look pretty hot for a Pogue!"

As I heard that, I wasn't quick enough to stop JJ from running after, Rafe. The only thing I could do, was just watch them almost fight each other again. Thankfully, the guard was able to stop them from doing so.

JJ: "You think I'm afraid of you, bro?" -he yelled, looking back at the group as we got pushed away.

Security Guard: "Come on."

Rafe: "Hey, safe travels back to the Cut."

June: "Shut the fuck up, Rafe." -I shouted, making the boy laugh.

JJ: "This ain't over!"
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BOTH OF US GOT PUSHED OUTSIDE, many of the people looking at us weirded out. I grunted in pain, as I accidentally scratched myself with some of the wooden wall. JJ, on the other hand still trying to get the man's grip off of him.

JJ: "Look, look, man, I can walk myself. I got legs, can't you see that, brother?"

I looked to my left seeing Kie, her expression turning worried as she noticed the two of us.

June: "Send help." -I mumbled, passing right beside the girl.

JJ: "Alright, I really appreciate what you did back there. But let me just walk out by myself."

June: "Stop arguing, JJ." -I whispered, getting ignored by him who only continued trying to convince the man.

JJ: "Oh! Mr. Dunleavy, I see you got your drink. Good, that's really nice of you. I'm actually gonna down that." -he mentioned, grabbing the drink from the old man.

June: "Great, I'm really sorry about his attitude." -I apologized, looking at the elderly man who only nodded.

The guard began to walk us down a small steps, more people staring at us. JJ, also practically embarrassing me way more than I already was after he shouted. Everyone looking over to the us, confused and judgmental expressions forming on their faces.

JJ: "It's okay, everybody! Do not panic. Just  leave it to the men and woman in uniform." -he exclaimed, making me close my eyes shut trying to cover my embarrassment.

JJ: "Let's hear it for them. Rose! You look like Lady Liberty."

June: "JJ!" -I whispered, trying to make him stop after noticing Ward and Sarah, glancing at us.

As we kept getting pushed off, what sounded like Kie, shouting made the man spin around to look at the curly head.

Kie: "You can't just boot them!"

Security Guard: "Excuse me, ma'am?"

Kie: "I invited them here." -she explained, everyone else listened to everything attentively.

I noticed Rafe laughing over what Kie, was saying. The girl only glared at him angrily, also trying to get her parents hands off of her.

Kie: "I'm a member of this club."

JJ, suddenly pushed the guard back, taking a hold of my hand once again. Placing me behind him, to start walking away.

JJ: "Sorry about that. Hey, mandatory power hour at Rixon's, Kie." -he declared, pointing towards the curly head.

June: "Pope, you as well, best friend."

The boy slightly smiled at me, looking back at Heyward, who was already death staring the both of us.

JJ: "Rixon's Cove. Let's roll. All right, Kie, come on. Workers of the world unite. Throw off  your chains!" -he announced, turning around to stumble across, John B.

John B: "Whoo-hoo!" -he cheered, embracing me into a hug quickly.

JJ: "Colonel."

John B: "Captain." -he replied, making me laugh as the two of them saluted each other.

June: "Mission accomplished, brother."

The two resting pair, began to run towards us. Bright smiles formed across their faces, them quickly embracing us into hugs as they arrived.

Pope: "Jun-Jun!" -he teased, hugging both me and, John B.

Kie, later on approaching me, placing her arm around my shoulders.

JJ: "Later, losers!" -he exclaimed, all of us running off leaving finally the place of madness.

I like to think this is a restart, probably solving the everything goes wonderfully wrong, again thing. I'm truly hoping that. I'm too tired of being on the run from something or someone. Tired of crying and fearing for my life every time, I'm starting to feel like a Pogue now. I know I am, I'm just not used to the whole problematic thing. But so far, I love and hate everything about it. Mostly love it though, I feel free.

End of chapter.

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Sofia's notes:
This was probably one of my fav episodes to write, the midsummers episode is one of my favorites so that it probably why. Hope y'all enjoyed it, I think it was sort of boring at the end so I'm sorry. Love you all, see you soon 💗

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