"Scooter? Oh, God!" Lana Grubbs cried over scooters body at the docks. We all sat on the railing watching what was going on. I sat next to JJ leaning my chin on his shoulder
"Who's that?" John B asked a girl who was sitting next to us, we went to school with her so we've seen her around
"It's Scooter Grubbs. He was out during the storm. Check out this pic I got. Dead body" she said showing us. I felt as if I was about to puke my guts out, so I jumped off the railing and ran to the nearest bush and let it all out. I felt a hand rub my back and someone pulling my hair back. I look to see JJ there smiling at me
"Shit I'm sorry" I said whipping my mouth
"No worries baby" he replied. A sudden shock hit me, there was a new pet name. He has never called me that before, to be honest I like 'baby' better then 'princess'.
We walked back to the rest of the group and sat down like nothing happened
"You okay" said Kiara putting a hand on my shoulder
"Yeah" I say letting out a small laugh
"What kind of boat did he have?" John B ask the girl
"Somehow, that dirtbag copped a brand-new Grady-White. Everyone's out looking for it" the girl said. I couldn't help but let out a giggle, the girl looks at me confused. I aggressively shake my head and look down, not wanting to make eye contact.
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Once we got back to the Chèatue, Pope came bursting through the Screen door
"Okay. So, um... we didn't see anything. We don't know anything. We need to have total and complete amnesia" pope said sitting down next JJ on the sofa.
"Actually, Pope's right for once.See, I agree with you sometimes. Deny, deny, deny." JJ said taping his foot on every 'deny'
"Guys, we can't keep that money" Kiara signed
"Okay. Not all of us can afford unlimited data plans, Kiara" JJ snapped back.
She just ignored him and went back to talking "We have to pass that off to Lana Grubbs. Otherwise, it's bad karma"
"Eh" I said, I never really believe in karma as much as Kiara did
"Bad karma to be implicated in a felony, too. We gotta go dark" pope said
"If that means we get to keep the money, then I agree" JJ said
"I agree too" I say raising my hand
"I don't agree"
"John B, we need all the money we can get if we want to keep this place" I whined
"Just think about it" John B snapped
"This is Scooter Grubbs we're talking about.
Same dude that's buying individual cigarettes at the Porthole. Shit, one time I saw this dude begging for change in the Save-A-Lot parking lot because he needed gas. We're talking about a dirtbag marina rat who's never had more than 40 bucks in his pocket, and all of a sudden, he's got a Grady-White? Just sayin'." John B raised his hands up in defense.
We all walked down to the docks so pope and JJ could fish. I just sat on the railing next to pope and JJ in silence
"All right, so think about it, how does a marina rat get a Grady-White?" John B asked
"Prostitution" I said, Pope chuckled and I and gave me a high-five. I look over to JJ who had a little bit of jealousy on his face.
"Square groupers, bro" he sighed "Okay, flying under the radar, no aerial surveillance.
They don't do that stuff during a hurricane. What does that mean? JJ?"
"They were straight smugglin'." John B said. I look over to Kiara who just shrugged at me
"And I guarantee there's a serious amount of contraband in that wreck"
"Hell yea, fish on" JJ yelled. He reels the fish in and holds it up
"JJ.." I said with a pleading face. He throws the fish back and wraps his arm around me.
Now we were sitting in my room still talking about scooter grubs
"For the record, if that is a smuggling ship with illegal contraband on the inside of it..." pope said trialing off
"Mhm" John B raised his eyebrows
"it probably belongs to someone else" said Pope grabbing the money out of JJs hands
"Minor details" Kiara added
"They could come looking for it, Taking it would be catastrophically stupid" pope said leaning back on the chair. I grab the money and spread it out in my hands looking at pope
"Right. Well, stupid things have good outcomes all the time" I said smirking
"All we need to do is figure out a way to get into the cargo hold of that wreck. Until then, we just lay low. Just act normal" pope said
"And how do we do that" Kiara said. I look at JJ who looked at me and smirked
"Kegger?" JJ and I said at the same time high-fiving
"Hell yeah"
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Winifred Routledge X JJ maybank
Teen FictionOUT NOW! "Fuck you" I scoff "You know you wanna" JJ winks at me. 16 year old Winifred routledge X her best friend JJ maybank They were once Best friends but then it turned into something else. TW!
