MATILDA , jj maybank

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MATILDA! CHAPTER THIRTEEN:
MIDSUMMERS
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when they got into Midsummers, Kie and Liz saw Pope who was working the food with his father.
"Hey there's Pope, let's go bother him" Liz giggled as she pulled Kie towards him

"Excuse me, sir. Do we have to shuck these ourselves?" Kie asked with an accent and Pope went to turn around looking annoyed until he saw the two girls and smiled

"Cause it might mess up our costumes." Liz said while trying to hold her laughter

"We wouldn't want that now, would we?" Pope laughed, both doing the pogue handshake "That accent was bad."

"It was. I was gonna let it go." Kie said

"You ever seen this many Kooks in one place?" Liz asked looking around

"Yeah. Last year."

"We're in the lion's den."

"Exactly."

"Hey, have you guys heard from JJ?" Liz asked

"No" both shook their heads

"No. He'll be all right. He's got the survival instincts of a cockroach." Kie said

"It's all my fault."

"Uh-- You didn't do this, Pope. Rafe almost killed you. Remember?" Liz reminded Pope.

The Cameron's came out, Ward with Rose who looked like lady liberty, Cassie would have to make sure to keep her head up and make sure she wouldn't get hit by any of her spikes.

"Here come Lord Capital and the Exploiters"

"She's definitely gonna poke somebody's eye out with that" Pope said

"Better somebody else than me" Liz muttered and watched as Wards eyes met hers. She looked at him and sighed. (SHE KNOWS... SHE KNOWS)

Liz talked with kooks the whole night, non of which actually knew she was a pogue or they just didn't know—and eventually ended up in the crowd of people who danced. Liz bumped her back into someone and startled she turned around to see Sarah Cameron.

"Oh my god, I'm sorry" Liz apologized and Sarah giggled and shook her head

"It's totally fine" she said "hey your mom owns that amazing Shake Shack right?" She asked, giggling

"Yeah" Liz nodded and smiled at Sarah "I feel so weird being here" Liz said

"What? No this is like the most fun event of the year, although I wish I didn't have to fake being happy with Topper" Sarah admitted and Liz's mouth opened

"Why? I thought you guys were like the perfect couple of the island"

"I met someone else... someone who gets me" Sarah smiled and Liz raised an eyebrow

"Who might it be?"

"You might know him" Sarah smirked and Liz shook her head as the two continued to dance, and the slightly got separated in the crowd.

Liz danced until she felt someone grab her hips— she turned quickly and saw JJ who had a huge grin on his face as he began to dance with her.

"Hey Princess" he smirked and Liz went a shade of pink at JJs words before her smile turned to concern as she turned along with JJ.