"Pope!" Rio yelled when she floated up to the docks near the Chateau. She was running on fumes, the sun going down. "JJ!"

"What was that?" JJ looked over, still coming down from his own panic attack after attempting to break John B out of jail.

"Pope!" the voice heard again.

"That's Rio!" Pope called, taking off in a sprint as JJ followed. Kie was in the shower, surely no being able to hear a distant yell. "Rio!"

"JJ! Pope!" she called in a panic, getting off the boat as she nearly tripped.

"What happened to your head?" Pope asked in a panic as she ran through the yard to them.

"How did you get here?" JJ gapped before she threw her arms around the both of them tightly. "Is that your boat?"

"Rio." Pope pulled back to look at her. "What happened?"

Her eyes were wide and panicky, inhaling. "Renfield."

"This is war!" JJ was on a rant when Rio explained what happened, pacing the chateau as Rio sat with Pope. "This- we have to hit them back!"

"With what?" Kie gapped in disbelief. "And all of us go to jail too?"

"Maybe!" he exclaimed with a wide eyed look. "He tried to kill Rio!"

"JJ, we can't just put a hit on someone." Pope shook his head. "We just went over this this morning, and look how that turned out!"

"So we're gonna do nothing?" the blonde gapped.

"JJ." Rio waved him off. "My head is killing me."

"Yeah, because you were almost murdered." he violently passed her a bottle of Advil. "Eat em."

She took the bottle, taking the tea Pope made. Kie exhaled, looking to her friend. "You sure you don't wanna go to the hospital?"

"I just wanna go to sleep." she said honestly, rubbing her eyes.

"Yeah, of course." Kie nodded her head. "I'm gonna sleep in here so you can have John B's room."

"No, you don't wanna sleep in that room." JJ helped her up. "You can stay in my room."

"Like that is any better?" Pope followed as he lead her toward the room. "She's gonna get an STD."

"No true." JJ gapped at him, looking to Rio. "Not true."

She ignored them both, crawling into the bed with an exhale. Pope had wrapped her head up for her and stopped the bleeding, but she still had a pounding headache for the time being. The boys shared a worried look at her lack of fellow jokes, only met with silence. Pope put a hand on her shoulder a second. "We'll be in the living room if you need anything."

"Wait." she looked back, JJ bumped into the back of Pope when they paused. "Can you stay by the door until I fall asleep?"

She was scared, but wasn't gonna admit it out loud.

"Yeah." Pope said first, walking toward the bed. JJ followed as they sat on the ground, backs to the side of the bed. "Of course."

The pair looked back at Rio as she turned her back to then, then met each other's eye.

"Oh, look at you." Kie looked up when the chateau doors opened, Rio coming out later in the day. "How you feeling?"

"Better." she exhaled with a faint smile. "No longer seeing double gorgeous by my bed."

JJ put a hand on his heart. "She's talking about me."

"She's so obviously talking about me." Pope argued.

"Talking about myself." she corrected.

Pope grinned before looking toward JJ. ""That's a lot of wax on your board. Put too much wax, it's gonna be slippery."

"Are you telling me how to wax my board, Pope?" JJ asked as he looked back at him in disbelief.

"Just saying that's a lot of wax." Pope pointed out.

"No-no. You're telling me how to wax my board. Are you kidding?" JJ began to argue with him, standing up better and turning his way.

"I'm saying that's a colossal waste of wax." the Hayward boy argued back with an innocent look.

"Guys, really?" Kie asked in disbelief, a car honking echoing behind them.

"Did you hear that?" JJ spoke up. Rio sipped the tea Pope gave her, looking over to see John B in a van.

She choked on her drink. "Maybe I am still out of it."

"Am I dreaming?" JJ called out.

"Are you serious!" Kie laughed.

"Guess who's out the cling, boy!" John B hugged them tightly.

"No freaking way, man!" Pope hollered.

"My boys out of the can!" JJ laughed as the four hugged tightly.

"We missed you." Kie spoke.

"I missed you guys too." John B sighed in content.

"How'd you do it? You bust out?" JJ asked as they all pulled back.

"They dropped the charges." John B shook his head.

"Dude, that's phenomenal." Kie explained.

"You're telling me I did all that work for nothing?" JJ asked as he shook his head.

"Wait, where's Sarah?" John B asked as he looked around, realizing she hadn't been here.

"She went to go meet Wheezie last night." Kie shook her head, "She didn't come back."

John B did a double take to the figure under the porch. "Back already?"

"Lucky you." Rio stood up with a hum. "Hope you got room for an extra stowaway."

"I don't know." John B exhaled as he looked back. "What are we thinking?"

"I'm thinking..." JJ trialed off. "Initiation."

"I'm thinking she has a concussion and no initiation." Pope shook his head as he walked toward Rio. "Come on, Rio. We should get you some medicine before a headache sets in."

"Doctor her up, Pope!" JJ called.

"After you, Handsome." Rio encouraged as Pope took the lead. "JJ, come on!"

"Yup!" the blonde ran after the two.

John B looked toward Kie. "They stole your friend."

"They stole my friend." she nodded in confirmation.

"Hold on, woman." JJ held his arm out for Rio to grab, Pope helping her on the boat. "Don't wanna break a nose next."

"Very true." she agreed, sitting down and pulling the sunglasses on. "I bet i'd still look good with a broken nose."

"Oh, for sure." JJ agreed.

"Pope?" Rio moved her glasses with a curios look. "Would still look good with a broken nose?"

"Well, I think you'll be pretty still." Pope nodded his head.

"Isn't he so cute?" JJ gushed.

"The cutest." Rio put a hand on her heart.

"So, Sarah just dips and doesn't call?" John B walked over to join them.

"She just left her bag. Didn't tell anybody." Pope looked over toward John B from behind his sunglasses.

"I-I-I really think Ward got to her." John B stepped onto the boat. "I mean, the dude tried to have me killed in jail."

"What?" Kie gapped.

"Yeah. He sent somebody to the prison who yoked me up and almost killed me." John B shook his head, putting his hands around his neck to show.

"You serious?" Kie looked in disbelief.

"Do we know who this dude was?" JJ looked at him.

"No, I have no idea." John B shook his head. "Dude, I swear to god, one day i'm gonna kill that son of a bitch."

"Take all his money too." Rio winked his way.

"It's okay." Kie shook her head.

"No, Kie, it's not okay. We gotta find Sarah." he huffed, sitting down.

"No, literally, it's okay. She's right there." Kie pointed behind him, Topper driving the boat over with Sarah on the front.

"There's our blonde." Rio grinned, nodding to JJ. "I think blondes are hot."

"Was that a compliment to me or to Sarah?" he gapped at her with risen eyebrows.

"Mmm....Marilyn Monroe?" she suggested.

"What the hell is she doing with Topper?" Kie looked in disbelief.

Topper pulled up next to the boat, John B walking over to help Sarah. "Hi."

"Hey!" she laughed, hugging him tightly.

"Oh my god. I'm so glad you're okay." he hugged her harder.

"I didn't know if i'd see you again." she spoke, holding onto him tightly. "What happened?"

"Charges got dropped." he looked down at her with a shake of his head. "Yeah, no, yeah, I'm a free man."

Sarah laughed in joy, hugging him again. "That's amazing."

"I know. It's great, but..But listen, Sarah, they're coming after Rafe." John B broke the news to her gently.

"Good. He's completely unhinged." the blonde shook her head. "He jumped me last night."

"I'm getting serious bad vibes from this unknown Rafe dude." Rio spoke up as Sarah look over.

"You're r back?" the blonde hugged her.

"Yeah, man. Rafe has lost his mind. Literally almost drowned his own sister." Topper spoke up from still being on his boat. "Thankfully, I got there..got there just in time."

"Yeah, he did." Sarah agreed.

"Uh, well, I guess I owe you one, Topper, don't I?" John B hummed in his direction, but it was clear it killed him to say it out loud.

"It's all good." Topper gave a minor laugh. "I mean, somebody had to rescue your girlfriend, right?"

"Uh, that's funny because she's not actually my girlfriend, right?" John B looked down to Sarah.

"Uh, well, what is she then?" Topper laughed.

"Tell him." John B encouraged.

Sarah looked between the two with an awkward look. "I-I'm with him."

"Mm." Rio inhaled, looking away as she pulled JJ and Popes heads to do the same.

Topper gave a sudden laugh."Gotchu. You're with him. Okay, yeah. I just, like, needed a little clarity there. You guys clear on that?"

"I think it's clear you gotta go now." JJ hummed, scratching the side of his face.

"Yeah, think i'll head out. It's about that time." the blonde hummed in response.

"Topper. Thank you." Sarah walked over, hugging him.

"Yeah, of course. I'm just glad you're okay." he hugged her back gently.

"Okay." Rio cleared her throat to save John B. "Sweating isn't something I enjoy, even though the glow makes me look fantastic. Can we head out?"

•

kylie speaks

only good thing reinfield
has ever done was attacking
rio so she could go back
to her boys