summertime sadness| jj maybank

❖ thirteen ❖

'alright, you guys got rope?' john b asked.

'got it.' liv smiled.

'grappling hook?' john b asked.

'we don't have a grappling hook, we're not batman.' pope said.

john b stopped the van at the stone wall, 'pulley?'

'check.' kie said.

'dark clothes?' john b asked.

'got it.' sarah said.

'flashlights?' john b asked.

'check.' jj said.

'alright, good. we're ready.' john b said.

'let's go.' kie added.

'let's go get rich guys.' jj smiled.

'hell yea.' liv said.

'let's go boys and girls.' kie said.

john b opened up the door of the van. 'wait wait. i wanna say thank you guys, seriously. it means a lot to me that you're here tonight.'

'always.' kie smiled.

'of course man.' pope said, giving john b the pogue handshake.

'alright, we done with the circle jerk? can we go do this?' jj asked.

'yea.' everyone said.

'let's get that wheat in the water.' pope said.

'weed? i'm up for weed.' jj smiled.

'wheat. i said wheat.' pope said.

sarah climbed up the wall, then kie, then liv. jj tossed the rope over to liv, then climbed up with pope and john b behind him.

they all walked up to the crain house, then a light flashed on.

'shit shit shit.' liv whispered.

'go go go.' sarah whisper yelled.

'flashlights!' kie said.

they all ducked in the bushes. ''ok, so she has motion sensor lights.' pope said.

'we could, uh, move really slowly, maybe?' jj whispered.

'what?' sarah asked.

'yea that's not how it works.' pope said

'oh, shit. let's throw a rock at it.' john b whispered.

'that's a really good idea, actually. let the axe murderer know that we're here.' kie said.

'throw a rock at it?' pope asked.

'ok you guys have a better idea?' john b said.

'literally anything but that.' liv whispered.

'what about the breaker? in the circuit box on the porch. we used to play hide and seek here as kids. and if we were brave enough, we'd go all the way up to the porch. i've seen it.' sarah said.