𝘼𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣'𝙨 𝙋𝙊𝙑

"Hold on. Why does she get to tickle?" JJ whines as Pope hands Kiara the phone.

"She's the best tickler" Pope answers simply.

"I think Allison should be the judge of that" Makoa says matter of factly and I playfully glare at him.

"Should I do, like, an accent?" Kiara asks in a terrible southern accent.

"Not that one" I grimace and Makoa nods in agreement.

"Definitely disguise your voice" Pope tells her.

"Disguise my voice how? Like, how would you like me to talk?" Kiara then asks in an even worse English accent.

"Not like that" JJ shakes his head in horror.

"Please no" Makoa pleads and she glares at the boys.

"Maybe accents just aren't your strong suit" I try to tell my girlfriend sweetly and she hums, accepting my statement.

"Batman" Pope suggests.

"Batman" Kiara repeats in a deep husky voice that makes me giggle and that makes her smile.

"There you go" Pope chirps.

"Spot on" JJ nods "Let's do this"

"Ready?" Makoa asks the Carrera girl.

"Ready" She confirms and she dials the number.

"Hello?" Gavin answers the phone.

"Hello" Kiara husks out before muting it and looking at us "I can't"

"Just talk" Pope replies.

"Hello?" Gavin repeats in confusion and Kiara clears her throat before unmuting the call.

"Is Gavin there?" She asks normally.

"This is Gavin. Who's this? Hello?" The man speaks.

"I know what happened on the tarmac" Kiara declares and Gavin laughs nervously.

"Um...Who's this?" He asks.

"It was Rafe Cameron. But you already knew that, and you lied about it" Kiara continues.

"Okay. Who is this?" Gavin asks again, worry clear in his determined voice.

"We're gonna prove it. You're guilty" Kiara states.

"You're gonna tell me who this is now" Gavin demands.

"You could have saved her, Gavin, and you didn't. And you're not getting away with this" Kiara retorts.

"Listen to me! Who is this?" Gavin shouts in anger and she hangs up the call.

"How was that?" Kiara asks us.

"Yeah, I was scared" JJ shrugs "Good job"

"That was great, Kie" I assure her.

"All right. We tickled the wire. Phase two complete" Pope announces "Now we wait and listen"

Within five minutes Gavin is getting in his car and pulling out of his driveway.

"Hey, here he comes. Stay down" Pope warns us.

Pope and Kiara sink down into their seats at the front and I'm tugged down by the boys. I listen carefully as the car exits the driveway and drives right past where we're parked.

We all pull ourselves up and I watch the car in the distance getting further away.

"He didn't see us" JJ declares and I sigh in relief.

"Hit it" JJ snaps at Kiara.

"Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go" Pope rushes the Carrera girl and yanks at his seatbelt frantically "My seatbelt is stuck!"

"Are you seriously buckling up right now?" JJ asks in disbelief.

"Yes, I am buckling up right now" Pope retorts.

"Of course he is" Makoa shakes his head.

"You don't need it right now" Kiara tells him as the car starts moving.

"I'm sure you'll be okay" I assure the Heyward boy and he huffs, letting go of the seatbelt to put in the AirPods.

"He's talking to Ward" Pope abruptly informs us and an unsettling feeling grows in my gut.

"Are you serious?" Kiara scoffs.

"Yeah" Pope nods.

"Get clo- get closer. I can't hear" He adds.

"Okay" Kiara replies.

We speed up and I lean forward in my seat, JJ and Makoa on either side of me doing the same thing.

"He's talking about negotiating something" Pope explains "Re-Renegotiating"

Pope's face suddenly twists in surprise and I share a worried look with Makoa.

"What's wrong, Pope?" Makoa questions.

"Gavin's got the gun that Rafe used to kill Peterkin. He's got it" Pope blurts out and my eyes widen in surprise.

"Holy shit" Kiara gasps.

"I think he's trying to use it as extortion, as leverage" Pope says.

"Wait. He's pulling over" Kiara states and I see Gavin's car stopping.

"Shit. He's panicking" Pope curses.

"Do I pull behind him? What do I do?" Kiara asks in panic herself.

"Go around the block" JJ tells her.

"Yeah. Yeah, just go" Pope nods.

"We're gonna lose him" Kiara stresses.

"If you stop he'll notice" I counter in worry.

"Go, go, go!" JJ hisses.

"I'm going. I'm going" She huffs.

"Go faster, Kie" Makoa rushes out.

"I can't hear anything" Pope states.

"Shit" JJ mutters.

"I'm losing signal. I can't hear him" Pope adds.

"What the hell is this?" JJ snaps and I notice construction workers up ahead.

"Stop. Just stop and turn around now" Pope orders.

"Pull in here and back up" JJ advises.

"Okay, I'm just gonna back up" Kiara tells us but an excavator pulls out behind us, trapping us in.

"What are you doing?" JJ snaps in annoyance.

"Oh, no, no, no" I groan.

"Are you kidding?!" Kiara screeches.

JJ opens the car door and pokes his head up, looking back at the construction crew.

"Hey! We were about to back up" JJ tells them.

"You gotta let us out!" Makoa yells from his window.

"What are you doing?" Kiara asks as Pope climbs out the car.

"You literally had to do that now?" JJ yells before seeing Pope running "Wait! Hey, Pope!"

"We gotta know where they're meeting!" Pope shouts, running off and I pull myself out of the car behind JJ, Makoa following.

"We're going after him, right?" JJ asks us.

"Yep" Kiara answers, jumping out the car.

"Pope, wait up!" I call out, running after the Heyward boy.

"You can't leave that car here!" A crew member barks.

"We won't be long, sir!" I assure him.

"Sorry!" Kiara apologises.

"We'll get it later!" JJ adds.

We start frantically chasing after our friend through back yards, lights shining on us as we hop fences. We reach a garden with a pool containing two girls and two boys all laughing as they splash each other.

"Pope!" I shout in disbelief at how fast the brainy boy can run.

"Sean? Ah, this is where you live, you Kook" JJ shouts at one of the boys, sticking up his finger "Goddamn"

"Hey, Allison!" A feminine voice shouts and I turn to see a smiling Emmaline from my art class.

"Hi, Emma!" I smile back sweetly, waving at the girl who waves back.

"Goodbye, Emma" Kiara snarks at the brunette in the pool before dragging me after JJ and Makoa.

"That wasn't very nice" I frown at my girlfriend as we climb over a fence, still chasing the boys.

"She's into you, and you're too nice to see it" Kiara tells me matter of factly.

Before I can argue with her statement we reach the boys who are now with Pope by a hedge and he looks at us in awe.

"What does that mean?" Kiara asks, referring to the look on his face.

"Did you hear something?" JJ asks.

"What happened, Pope?" I question in concern.

"Tell us" Makoa says impatiently.

"He- he's meeting with Ward right now. We gotta go" Pope blurts out "Come on"

"Okay, come on" Kiara nods.