THEY ALL HEARD A plane engine whirring, as they looked up seeing the airplane, " there goes the gold. " jj kicked a chair, making leilani flinch a bit. pope in the background, was breaking everything he saw while yelling curses, kiara yelled his named, but he just continued until he got tired and sat down.

" yeah, dude. i was wondering when this was gonna happen. here you go, chief. a little weed never hurt no one. " jj held out a cigarette, " jj.. " kiara trailed off. " relax, kie. " jj told her, " you know he doesn't smoke. " kiara shook her head, " well, maybe not until today. " jj shrugged. pope taking it

" pope. yeah, what is that gonna help? " kiara said, " i lost my scholarship. walked out in the middle of the interview. every... it's gone. it's not gonna happen. you did that for us? no, not for us. for nothing. " pope vented, " i'm here for you, pope. welcome to my world, okay? " jj patted him on the shoulder

" jj ... " kiara shook her head. " what, kie? he's right. it doesn't matter anymore. " jj shrugged, kinda annoyed. " you don't have to do that. " kiara told pope, worried for him. " what do you care? " pope furrowed his eyebrows, they all turned seeing john b "dude! " jj smiled. they walked to him, blood on his hands. " who's blood is that " leilani asked

they heard sirens approaching as they all hid, " hey, you okay, man? john b, are you okay? " jj asked.

   THE CAR STOPPED AT THE POLICE STATION, " john b, what are we doing at the police station? " jj asked, somebody's gotta tell them what happened. " john b breathed out, as pope started coughing from the cigarette, " easy there, chief. damn. " jj said with a smile, before turning to john b without the smile

" all right. I'm just gonna be real with you right now. you might end up in the lion's den, but you don't go there on purpose. It's fundamental. just like my old man always told me, you should never ever trust cops, no matter what the circumstance is. " jj explained, " your old man's an abusive liar. " kiara reminded

" i agree with jj. screw the police. " pope said, " you goin' to the dark side now? " kiara asked, " with one or two cigarettes? " leilani titled her head, " when's the last time the police helped us? " pope told them. " peterkin looked out for me, all right? tried to, at least. they need to know. " john b said before getting out the car

not even five minutes after, he ran out." leilani start the car! " he yelled, " what john b? " kiara shouted, as leilani started the car. " what did you do? " leilani exclaimed, " the cops! " john b said as jj mentally cursed, " go! leilani, drive! " john b ordered, im going! " leilani said,

" we're sorry! " kiara yelled to the cops, " stop the car! right now " the officer yelled, " what did you do? " kiara yelled, before the group lost the cop.

THE GROUP OF TEENS LAYED IN THE CAR, all of them bored out their minds as none of them could do anything cause of john b's situation, " good news for residents of outer banks. dominion power says their underwater transmission line, which will restore power to 90% of the area... " the broadcaster said, as they heard sirens blaring as jj sat up

" should be functional within 24 hours. " the broadcaster finished, as the second siren approached, the car passing them like the other, " and still, no arrest in the shooting death of sheriff susan peterkin. the state police have issued a statement regarding a local person of interest, a juvenile from... " the broadcaster spoke but got cut off by kiara switching the radio off.

" let's game this out. maybe you guys can help, being the smart ones and all, " jj turned to the three in the back row, as leilani felt like she was third wheeling kiara and pope " but...who are the cops going to believe? ward cameron or us? " jj asked, " so the accuser is a bigshot developer, kind of lord of the island, got the governor on speed dial kind of person, and the accused... is john b, who is... pretty much a homeless 16-year-old boy at the moment. " jj shrugged

" thanks. " john b said, sarcastically. " okay, man. yucatan, all right? i'm saying that's the only option. " jj said as leilani furrowed her eyebrows, confused why he was so obsessed with yucatan, " what other option do you have? " jj asked, " hawaii, paris, mexico? " leilani said

" enough with the trips. sarah will bail me out. " john b shrugged, " she did witness the whole thing. " kiara added, " thank you. " john b said, " and she's gonna snitch on her brother? " pope asked, " not happening, bro. okay? we've gotta get you off the island. "

" the ferry. it's the only way. exit stage left while you still can. " jj ordered, " before the entire island is on lockdown. " jj added on, " guys, just get down." kiara told them, as a cop car passed them, " sarah's not a pogue, john b. " pope reminded, " yeah. you can't stay here, man. " jj said

LEILANI GOT OUT THE CAR TO CHECK THE FERRY, instead she found john b's criminal poster, " okay, so. . ." leilani trailed off, " what " jj looked at her, she got in the car sitting next to him, " not the greatest news. . .but the ferry's closed, and there is this. " leilani handed jj to poster,

" what is that? what is this? " john b asked, confused. " well, john b, uh... this is a good framer of you." jj said. passing it to pope,
" okay, so the whole island's lookin' for john b right now. " pope sighed, " that's a lot of money. " kiara shook her head " congratulations, john b. you're famous." jj said

" guys, we got to get to the hms. we need small, no running lights... " kiara said, " it's at the château, kie. " john be informed, "and i wonder if the cops got the entire place staked out. let me think. oh, yeah. no. they definitely have that place locked down." jj joked making leilani laugh a bit

" yeah, copy that. " kiara rolled her eyes, " let me think. just give me a second! " pope exclaimed, " jj " pope said, " what? " jj raised an eyebrow, " does your dad still have that boat? the cigarette boat, the phantom. " pope asked, " the one he used to race. " pope added on. " maybe " jj shrugged

" you could get right up the coast, no problem. " pope said. as both kiara and jj started rambling about other stuff, " why is nobody moving forward? " pope asked, " can you relax? " kiara ordered, " jj, how much weed did you give him? " kiara turned to the blonde

" we have a criminal, in the car. please lower it " leilani said, as pope honked the horn, getting the attention of some people, " can we move it? " pope shouted a bit, " pope! it won't help. " kiara exclaimed, " come on " pope said,

" don't honk the horn. " jj said, " it's that guy, right there! " a boy exclaimed," we got a snitch. pope, turn the car on." jj ordered,

" we get $25,000 if we find him. " the boy continued, an older man walking up to the car, " he's right there! " the man exclaimed, " hey! we gotta go " kiara said, " turn the car on! " jj ordered, the little kid arguing with the man.

" pope, turn the frickin' car on! " kiara exclaimed, " i am trying! " he shouted, " dude ... turn the car on! " kiara said, " the cops are looking at us " leilani added on, "go, go, go, go, go! " leilani said, pope bumping into the car in-front of them, " pope, jeez " jj breathed out, " your gonna be the death of us! " leilani said

" the other way. " kiara said, " it okay! pope, just go! " jj said, him just going on the grass and driving away, " are you insane! " leilani asked, " what are you doing? " kiara exclaimed, " we'll bump out " jj said

" watch out! pope! whoa, whoa, whoa, watch out! " kiara exclaimed him hitting a sign, " never give him a cigarette ever again! " leilani exclaimed at jj, as the blonde laughed. " i'm livin' my best life now. " pope exclaimed,

" My mom is gonna kill me. " kiara said, " oh my gosh. " leilani said, " i should be the last to say this, but you are not okay to drive. " jj said, " and that was jj " leilani nodded. " stop! " jj said, as pope listened the tires squeaking. " oh jeez " jj said,

" john b, get out. " pope said, " he's right, we'll draw the cops, you run. " jj ordered, i'll get the rig, and i'll meet you in the dump tomorrow, okay? " jj said, " three o'clock, okay?"

" three tomorrow at the dump. "

       LOUD HIP HOP MUSIC PLAYED AS POPE DROVE, " pope, you clocked that car man! " jj laughed, in the backseat next to leilani, " im glad i'm not driving now " pope said smoking a cigarette, as jj started laughing even more, " pull over. " kiara said, pope listening

" jj. it's not funny! he shouldn't be driving "  kiara said getting in the drivers seat, " mamas mad " jj said, " where are we going? " jj asked, " the last place they are gonna look " kiara said - starting the car.

the car stopped at the cameron house, " i'll go " leilani stepped out the car, " no, stay here. we need lookout and i don't want dumb and dumber doing it " she looked at pope and jj, leilani nodding. " you sure this is a good idea? " jj asked, " she's the only one who can clear john b " kiara said

the two entering. leaving leilani and jj alone, " imagine, how amazing yucatan would be " jj said, " what's your obsession with that " leilani smiled, " i wanna buy a big house there, " he looked at leilani, " live together. . ." he started, " all the pouges im one house would be " leilani didn't even finish her sentence, she just shook her head

" i mean you and me. . .have our own shop " jj shrugged, leilani smiled. " how again? " she asked, jj shrugged, " your rich " he reminded, " you know we can have like a bakery " leilani said, turning to jj. " which also sells whatever you want - ocean stuff im guessing " leilani shrugged

" than a surf trip " jj said, leilani smiling, " to where? " she raised an eyebrow, " anywhere " jj shrugged. " anywhere huh? " leilani squinted her eyes a bit, " deal " she shook his hands with a wide smile