"Dude, that was so gross." Lila commented as they finished looking through the trash in the water, "I think a mino tried to crawl through my finger nail."

"If it's not in the trash, then it's gotta be in the storm drain." Pope pointed out, speaking on the gun matter.

"It's in...it's in the drain." JJ stumbled over his words.

"Damn it." Pope huffed.

"Of course it is." Kie said with a cringed look on her face.

"I've rewatched IT too many times to not believe they're hella ghost in there." Lila said as she slapped Kie's arm, "I wanna go in."

"Fine by me." Kie nodded her head, "You and JJ can go in there."

"In the sewer, there's this worm that you get when you're down there." JJ said as he looked over at her quickly, "It gets into your blood, and then it has to come out your pecker."

"JJ, you stay then." Lila confirmed, "I love you, but I do not wanna deal with that, like, ever."

"Yeah, it's gonna be a no for me too." Pope nodded his head.

"No, I get it. I get it. You guys are scared." Kie laughed at the pair.

"I'm not scared!"

"No, no."

"It's kinda cute."

"It is."

"It's the pecker thing."

"I'm not scared."

"I'll go alone." Lila confirmed, putting her video camera around her neck and pushing the headband on her head better, "In and out. Grab the gun, host seance, then i'll be back."

"Yeah, just be carful." JJ nodded, rubbing her back as she ducked and crawled into the sewer.

Kie groaned, "Lila, wait."

"Oh, she's going with her." Pope spoke with wide eyes.

"Girl power." JJ cheered them on.

"Cmon, Kie, I promise I won't scare you." Lila said as the taller girl followed close behind her, "Not like I do Popes dad."

"You really freak him out." Kie laughed, "Be looking, I don't wanna be down here any longer then needed."

Lila shined her flashlight around, in search of a gun in the disgusting water. Crawling through the small space, Kie behind her, wasn't so bad for Lila. She'd never had a problem with small spaces, though the smell was throwing her off.

"Find anything yet?" Pope called.

"Yeah, do you see the gun?" JJ added in.

Lila scoffed, "Oh, yeah. It's in my hand right now and i'm just sitting here twirling it around because I want to. Putting it in my mouth and going to town while Kie just watches. So much fun."

"Sounds like a really bad porno." JJ called back.

"You watched that one too?" Lila gasped.

"Oh my god, go, hurry." Kie said in disbelief as she shoved Lila forward as she fell into the water. Lila came back up and shoved her as well, "People are so shitty."

"Literally. They act like more then half
of our world isn't covered in water, yet continue to decontaminate it." Lila rolled her eyes as she looked at the amount of plastic.

"Exactly." Kie agreed, "So... you talk to Rafe yet?"

"With the amount of times you've been asking me, i'm starting to think you want me to." Lila said as she looked over at her with a odd look.

Kie gave a knowing one back, "Look, I just worry about you being back. I want you here, obviously. But if you get mixed up with him again, I don't want it to get like how it was over the summer, or worse. I don't want you hurt again."

Lila looked over, "Kie... i'm sorry for all the stuff I did. Like all the times I wasn't thinking straight and I acted like a complete dick for him."

Kie gave a half smile, "You know, I get it. I read some stuff for you."

"Like what?" Lila asked, rummaging through the trash some more, hoping to find a gun.

"First you gotta step out of denial." Kie said as she gagged slightly at the suden smell, "It'll bring you some comfort."

"Denial?" Lila asked her with a odd look, "This is about Rafe?"

"About the relationship you guys had." Kie said back, "Danial over the fact that he treated you good or something. You know he didn't and if you can accept that, you're a step closer."

Lila hesitated with a frown, "I do know that he wasn't good a lot of the time. But I guess I just hold onto the times when we were. I know thats kinda stupid, considering most of the time we weren't, but that's what stops me from thinking he was such a shitty boyfriend to me."

"Thats the next step. Identifying the perks." Kie nodded her head, reaching down, "It'll help you see that there's been more-"

As Kie's hand rose, the pair of girls screamed at the dead possum.

"Did you find something?" JJ yelled into them.

"You guys, there's something dead in here!" Kie screamed.

"Not ghost!" Lila called a back with a gag, "I want outta here!"

"Like a person?" Pope yelled back.

"Just, come back, climb back." JJ called out.

"Don't go." Kie grabbed Lila, "It's dead and floating in the water!"

"Kie, it's gonna give us a pecker worm!" Lila panicked as she splashed around, "I wanna go!"

"Just crawl back, cmon!" JJ called again.

The sound of a faint rumble made the two stop, the water bubbling.

"Kie." Lila panicked quickly, "JJ! JJ! Pope! The water!"

"Get outta there now!" Pope yelled at the pair.

"Cmon, Lila, cmon." Kie said quickly as she came up the latter, Lila following, "Push with me, cmon, get up here."

Lila climbed up on the rail with her as they pushed on the opening, not having it moving.

"Help! Help us!" Lila yelled, hoping someone would hear. The water was coming up fast and had already made it up to their knees, "JJ! Pope! Help us!"

"Please! Pope! Guys!" Kie begged as she hit on the metal, "We're over here!"

"Kie! Lila! We're coming!"

"JJ!" Lila yelled when she heard his voice, "We're over here!"

Their faces were looking down in the drain when they got to them, listening to the pair beg to be let out. The two grabbed the drain and began pulling. Lila wrapped her arms around Kie tightly and tucked her head into her neck when she water was at their shoulders now. Kie continued to yell and hit the metal, Lila whispering to herself slightly as she gripped onto her friend tightly.

"Hurry! Hurry!" Kie yelled as the sewer came to their necks.

"Get us out, now, hurry!" Lila began to panic again, coming back from a small void as she hit the metal, "JJ, please, please."

"I'm trying, Lila, i'm trying." he said back over her sobs and begs flying up at them, along with Kies.

"Pull hard. Just p-" Lila began before her leg slipped on the railed, making her fall deeper into the water. Kie yelled for her as Lila got lost in the dirty water. She floated up, hitting the top of the drain. It had been so dark, she couldn't see when Pope and JJ got the drain off and Kie popped out.

Lila attempted to come up again, still hitting the drain top harshly. She yelled under the water as it filled up her lungs, hitting the top of the drain as Rafes ring around her thumb sent a echo through the drain. Lila felt a hand grab hold of her suddenly, yanking her as she was pulled up the drain opening.

Lila coughed as the water came out of her lungs, taking deep breaths while Kie recovered a few feet away. JJ crawled out after Lila as she fell onto the concrete, laying there and trying to regain sanity.

"Jesus fuck." JJ said as he fell back on his back and looked at her, "You need some feet grips!"

Lila coughed but placed her hand on his chest, patting slightly as a thank you before she sat up.

"This wasn't what we were looking for, right?" Kie asked, pulling the gun from her shorts. Lila laughed as she fell back down on the ground and pumped her fist in the air while the other three cheered alongside her.

"You did it Kie." JJ encouraged her. Pope pulled Lila off the ground as the four group hugged.

"How'd your dumb ass fall and float off?" Kie laughed as she hugged Lila.

"Hair bleach goes to my brain." Lila said as she laughed at the horrible feeling, "Cmon, you crazy assholes."

"That wack vibration is the only way I tracked you." JJ pointed out, "Like a animal, like a damn animal!"

Lila looked down at her hand and thought, just for a second, that Rafes stupid ring might have been the only reason she made it out of there.

"Thanks, JJ." the girl said with a minor cough, throwing her arm around him.

"So y'all are telling me this is the firearm Rafe Cameron killed Peterkin with?" Shoupe asked after JJ laid the gun down on the mans desk.

"That's exactly what we're telling you." JJ nodded his head.

"And the exact same firearm that Ward just used to kill Gavin." Pope added in quickly.

"So, I actually have a list of psych wards that I think would be good for Rafe. I don't know if you guys get to pick but i've kinda concluded that it's a personality disorder type of things, maybe, though i'm not positive. This one right here has the best doctored for that s-" Lila began, pulling the templet from under her leg before she was cut off.

"And where's that corpse again?" Shoupe cut her off.

"Rafe isn't a c-" Lila began.

"Gavin." he stopped her in correction.

"Didn't you look?" Kie asked.

"I checked the hospital. I went by his house. He was out." Shoupe shook his head at them.

"He was out?"

"No shit! Cause he's dead!"

"Just because he's not in his damn home does not mean he was a victim of a homicide." Shoupe cut them all off quickly as he looked at each of the four with a stern expression.

"What are you talking about? Are you at least gonna send it in for ballistics and shit, or are you just gonna sit on your ass?" Kie asked in disbelief as she nodded toward the gun.

"He's gonna sit there and wax that damn mustache! Is that even real?" JJ hollered as he threw his hat at the wall.

"I'll wax this-" Shoupe began.

"Shut up, JJ!" Pope yelled at him.

"Oh, are you gonna cry because your stash looks like a dead squirrel?" Lila mocked as she gave Shoupe a pouty face.

"Oh, i'm sorry. Did I hurt his feelings?" JJ mocked along side her as Shoupe opened the door.

"Shut up." Pope scolded both of them, "Maniacs."

"Get out." Shoupe began.

"Read my damn mind." Lila stormed out of the sheriffs station first, "When one of us is dead on your door step, don't say I didn't tell you so!"

•

kylie speaks

i feel like when lila and
rafe actually see each other
it's gonna hit likE BOOM
TITLEWAVE IN THIS BITCH!

also, everyone thank mr jj
maybank for saving
our gf.