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❝ can i not be trusted either? ❞
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𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘦'𝘴 𝘗𝘖𝘝

"I never doubted them" JJ declares as we walk towards the Wreck.

"I owe you five bucks" Kiara replies.

"I owe you ten" I add.

"Kiara, I need those setups done by five!" Anna shouts.

"There are other people that work here" Kiara retorts.

"None of 'em are my children" Anna quips.

"I feel that. On a deep, emotional level, I understand that" Pope groans as we take a seat on the dock.

"So we going to the Bahamas or what?" JJ asks.

"There's no way we're getting to the Bahamas" Pope scoffs.

"John B will get nabbed sooner or later. So if we're gonna clear his name, we need to have done it, like, yesterday" Kiara states.

"I totally agree with that" I tell the girl "But, like, how exactly do we do that?"

"I'll tell you how we do it" JJ replies.

"So you have it all planned out?" Pope asks sarcastically.

"As a matter of fact, I do" JJ grins smugly "We kidnap Rafe"

"I'm sorry, what?" Pope asks in surprise.

"We kidnap Rafe, tie him up and stick the gun in his mouth and just wait till he starts squawking" JJ explains.

"Well, that's not fucking happening" I state in disbelief.

"You know, torture's a war crime" Kiara pipes up in my defence.

"Yeah, so how exactly do you plan on clearing John B's name from a prison cell? Because that's a felony" Pope says sassily, agreeing with Kiara and I.

"All right, well, what do you got, Pope?" JJ retorts, sitting down and pulling me onto his lap "I was just trying to keep it simple. You know, one stop, and we're done"

"Will you shut up?" I huff, flicking his forehead and he whines with a pout.

His puppy dogs eyes guilt me into pressing a light kiss to his forehead where I flicked him and he grins giddily, tightening his hold around my waist and laying his chin on my shoulder.

"Guys, all we need is a material witness. We saw Ward's plane fly right over our heads with the gold inside it. He didn't fly it. If somebody else flew, they were there on the tarmac. They saw Peterkin get murdered" Pope rants "We just have to find whoever that was and get them to confess on record"

"How do we do that?" Kiara asks.

"A little light espionage" Pope answers, cracking a smile.

"A little ghost recon" JJ adds in amusement.

"Woogity woogity" Pope grins.

"Woogity, baby" JJ replies, the two boys doing their signature handshake.

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"If this guy flew planes for Ward, he's gotta be pretty tight lipped" Pope states from the passenger seat.

"So then direct approach gets my vote" JJ says from beside me, cocking his gun and my heart drops to my stomach.

"No guns, JJ" I snap at him.

"No. What?" Kiara shrieks in disbelief.

"Put the gun down, man" Pope warns him.

"Guys! We gotta keep this simple, or we're never gonna get John B off" JJ exclaims.

"Or we just tickle the wire" Pope responds, holding up Kiara's AirPods.

"What?" Kiara asks in confusion.

"We tickle the wire" Pope repeats.

"Sorry, I'm not familiar with the term tickling wires. Is this a kink of yours?" I ask him sarcastically, causing the Heyward boy to glare at me while Kiara and JJ smother laughs.

"I plant my phone in his car, and then we listen in on your AirPods" He answers, holding his phone to Kiara "Say something"

"Something" Kiara says.

"Okay, we have audio" Pope nods.

"I think that's his house over there" The Heyward boy adds, pointing to a small one story house.

"All right, honk or, uh...or yell or something if you see anything suspicious" He tells Kiara.

"Don't do anything dangerous" Kiara warns him.

"Come on. I'm not JJ" Pope retorts and I snort in amusement.

"Funny, Pope. Love my girl laughing at my expense. It's my favourite thing" JJ says sarcastically.

I lay my head on his shoulder and the blonde wraps an arm around me, pressing a kiss to my head which makes me smile.

"How'd you get out of school? The Kook academy is like a prison" Kiara questions me curiously.

"Faked a panic attack" I shrug.

"The nurse just let you go?" She asks with a surprised raise of her brows.

"Well, no" I drawl off "Topper got me out of class and I asked him to cover for me"

"You asked Topper to cover for you?" Kiara laughs.

"Yeah, he's gonna tell the teacher that Rafe picked me up from school because I fainted" I explain.

"You trust him to do that?" JJ pipes in, sitting up straight to look down at me.

"Yes" I answer easily.

"You trust Topper Thornton?" JJ scoffs in disbelief.

"He's not that bad of a guy, JJ" I defend the Kook.

"He's a Kook. I thought we all agreed that they can't be trusted" JJ says, looking a little irritated.

"I'm a Kook too" I declare defiantly "Can I not be trusted either?"

"You're not a Kook, Sylvie. You're a Pogue and you always will be" The boy states firmly, leaving no room for argument.

I sit back in my seat, feeling slightly upset after the disagreement due to the angry frown on JJ's face and the awkward expression on Kiara's.

"How's it been going, you know, with Pope and all?" I ask Kiara, hoping to change the subject.

"It's good" She shrugs nonchalantly.

"Just good?" I question and she nods "That's fun. Good is fun"

There's a short silence in which JJ shuffles closer to me as his anger dissolves and I accept his warmth with a smile, pulling his arm back around me. The blonde smiles down at me softly and I lean up a little, pressing a chaste kiss to the corner of his lips.

"In the bedroom, is he, like, kinda freaky, cause it's Pope, you know?" JJ asks out of the blue and I cover my mouth with my hand, smothering a laugh.

"Why are you asking?" Kiara snaps in horror.

"I don't know. Just kinda curious. Just spitballing here" JJ answers with an awkward shrug.

"You don't need to spitball. We could sit in silence" Kiara states sternly.

"You idiot" I snort quietly, slapping JJ's chest.

"I don't like the silence" He whines under his breath.

"You're making her uncomfortable" I tell him with a warning glare, but he doesn't seem to find me all that threatening.

"Ranking wise-" JJ is cut off by Kiara spinning around in her seat.

"Oh, you're still asking?" She snaps.

"Yeah, I was just curious" JJ replies, absentmindedly playing with my blonde curls.

"You're still curious" She repeats.

"Is John B better?" JJ splutters out and my mouth drops open when Kiara's face twists in disbelief.

"What?!" She shrieks.

"Okay" JJ shrugs, accepting the fact he won't get any answers.

"That was out of pocket, J" I scold him.

"I was curious" He argues.

"Curiosity killed the cat" I declare.

"But satisfaction brought it back" He smirks smugly.

I elbow him in annoyance and he wheezes in surprise, causing Kiara to snort in amusement. The passenger door is finally swung open and Pope jumps into the seat.

"Okay. Phase one is complete" He chirps but no one replies "Everything- Are we all good?"

"We're great" I assure him.