The Accident

(A/N: so sorry about the late start!!! And THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR 4K READS!!!! This is so cool :3I'll stop waffling and get on with it now 😂)

A small fire flickered in the night sky. The Pogues adrenaline had run down and they sat contently and calmly together. Y/N took a seat next to Kie, and JJ was with John B opposite Pope. Cicadas chirped in the grass around them and the waves slowly pushed against the ground nearby. JJ stood up and threw a twig on the fire. Y/N copied him and lit the end of a stick on fire. She drew shapes in the air and waved it around until Kie, who was leaning back so far she was almost on the floor, pushed Y/N's hand down. She took the flaming stick and threw it into the flames. "I'd rather not get third degree burns today." Kie chuckled."I wasn't going to burn you." Y/N smiled back at her."Hey guys." Pope looked at them all. "So, like, my dads already gonna kill me. So what's this mandatory meeting about?"John B smiled at JJ and bit his lip. He shot finger guns in his direction."Might as well tell him man." JJ said after a moment. His hair was sticking out of his hat that he'd changed back into.Y/N thought he looked good... "Before we're all gaffed anyway." She sighed."You ready for this?" John B's excited face lit up in the fire's glow.He looked at Kie. She nodded enthusiastically and said "yeah.""So. The gold never went down with the royal merchant." John B began."Oh my god. Here we go again with this." Pope sighed and rolled his eyes. "No. All right wait. Hear him out. Ok?" JJ stuttered.A moment passed, "It's been here the whole time." John B smiled. He looked at them all one by one. "It's on the island.""Are you serious?" Asked Kie, her interest peaked. "Oh my god.." she started to smile with disbelief."I'd like to voice my skepticism." Pope called from his log."I'm sure you would Pope." Y/N began to Poke the fire again. JJ joined her and they poked their flaming twigs at each other."Y/N! JJ!" Hissed Kie. They stopped."Anyway.." John B smiled. "May I present you with my evidence sir?" He strolled over to Pope. "Proceed." He replied, still not believing him."All right. So in my backpack..." he pulled out some old paper. "Is a letter from Denmark Tanny.""Who the hell is that?!" Kie squinted.Pope glowered, "And where did you get it from..." "Sarah macking." Nodded Y/N."Shut up Y/N. Denmark Tanny, Kie, was a slave that survived the royal marching wreck. Check this out.""What?" Said Kie curiously as John B opened up the letter."Here." He handed it to her. "Okay, slaves weren't mentioned as crew members on the ship... but my dad. He found the complete manifest. That was his big discovery."Kie marveled before the paper in her hands. "So Tanny used the gold to buy his freedom." He said.Kie whistled, impressed, and passed the Letter to Pope."After that." John B continued. "He bought his farm. Drumroll please because that farm is..."They all slapped their knees loudly."Tannyhill Plantation." He announced casually."Tannyhill?" Kie's eyes grew wide."What did he do with the rest of it?" Y/N asked John B."After that he used his money to free even more slaves. And then sold a shit-ton of rice, which pisses off all the white planters, and they decide to lynch him." He started pacing slightly and waving his hands around in emphasis.No one spoke as they started at John B to continue."So. On the day they were coming to get him. He writes a letter to his son as farewell. And in the last line of that letter, is a coded message of where to find the gold." He grinned around at his friends.Kie bit her lip and she and Y/N looked at each other, then at John B. "Where?" She asked."Harvest the wheat. In parcel nine. Near the water. Except.." he pointed at Y/N and Kie. "There is no wheat. You see wheat is code for gold." He went to stand behind Pope. They looked at the letter and John B continued, "check this out." He pointed at the code. "The gold is in parcel nine. Near the water..." and showed Pope pictures of the gold bars with wheat on them as they shook the torch through the paper from the back of it."Holy shit." Was all Pope said."All we need is an original survey map of the property..." Y/N concocted."And we've found the gold." John B finished."Okay so this might have a small chance of actually being true." Pope admitted.

JJ stood up and walked over to John B. He stretched out his arms and embraced him. "Dude is like king Tut!" He grinned."I am a genius!" John B chuckled. "Hey woah!" He said as JJ lifted him into the air. "Hello? Fire. Fire JJ I'm gunna burn" he wriggled."I'm so proud of you right now." JJ grinned widely."Thank you." John B grinned back and patted JJ's cheek."That's our boy John B!" Y/N called and clasped a hand on his shoulder as he reached over to her and wrapped an arm around her neck. "Okay, so, guys." Pope pulled their attention back. "What's the plan?""Good question." John B pointed at him. "Sarah Cameron's coming tonight. She'll bring an original survey map-"Y/N saw Kie tense and her smile faded. "Hold on. Sarah? Wh-Why Sarah?""Um..." John B stammered. "Oh this'll be good." Y/N ran a hand through her hair.Pope threw a nervous glance at John B and JJ bit his lip in a successful attempt not to laugh."Sarah, um, she-" John B tumbled over his words. "She got me into the archives at chapel hill yesterday. That's where I got the letter." He felt satisfied with his answer."And some action." Y/N whispered. JJ got an idea."You were in Chapel hill with Sarah Cameron?!" Kie's eyes looked judgmental and she sat up."Yeah, um-""He was mackin out on her." JJ snarled at John B with a mischievous glint in his eye."I wasn't macking." Lied John B.Y/N shook her head "You so were dude." "I wasn't macking her okay?! I was using her for access." He glared at Y/N and JJ."There was access alright." JJ mumbled and Y/N smiled."Did you tell her about the treasure." Kie stated, demanding an answer.John B stayed silent for a while, "I was trying to get in to the archives.""Is that a yes?" Kie glared at him."I- well-""Is that a yes?!" She shouted."Yes!" He snapped back.Kie was furious, "what?!""I- I left out some details.""You let a kook in on our secret?!" She held her temples with her fingertips and threw down her arms when she yelled. "What about Pogue Life?! What about the t-shirt company bro?!""I was just using her for information!" John B tried to defend himself."Why don't I believe you?!" Mocked Kie."I'm trying to make us filthy rich here." John B stared at Kie in disbelief. Why did she hate Sarah so much? "Okay?! So that we can pay off a boat" he looked at JJ "or— or, Uh... send you to autopsy school to study dead bodies." John B gestured at Pope. "Look! You guys know me..." John B pleaded. Kie didn't even look at him. "Do I look like the type of person to fall for Sarah Cameron?""Uh..." Pope glanced at him."Do you want us to answer that..?" Y/N shrugged at him."Just- just stop." He glared at the two of them again.

"Look." Kie made everyone shut up. "You don't know her yet. I do! You can't trust her.""Her brother did hit me in the back with a golf club." Pope nodded."Rafe and Sarah are different human beings." John B shook his head."What did she do to you exactly?" JJ scowled at John B, his jaw tense."A really good blow job?" Y/N tried to joke but was also pissed."She's like a- a spitting cobra." Kie shook her arm and stabbed it forwards like a pounding snake. JJ looked at her with confusion at her unusual analogy."First she- she blinds you. And then-""This is a bad example." Y/N squinted."Listen to me!" Kie was exasperated. "Whatever we get. She is going to try and take." She looked genuinely concerned. John B just shook his head and walked off. "She's not like that.""How would you know?!" Kie fired back."How would you?!" John B finished the argument and went to sit by himself.JJ whistled and sat down next to Kie and Y/N went to the other side of her. She glared at John B and put a hand on a distressed Kie's shoulder. It didn't take long for John B to come back looking meek. "Let's just go ok?" He jingled his keys. They stood up and walked to the van quietly. No one sat shotgun with John B today, all four of them were settled in the back. Y/N reached over to the radio and put on an old Joan Jett cd. It was good music. They continued in silence- expect for the nearing in Thunder crashing over the music.

The van crunched over the gravel and over the bright green grass. The Twinkie lurched to a halt outside the old treehouse where they were going to meet Sarah and JJ dragged the door open as thunder boomed."All right." John B sighed."Let's go guys. We're going recon mission." Y/N sat up. "Yo, Uh... so, uh, I think I'm gonna do this one by myself." John B bit his lip. He nodded like it was no big deal but was met with Kie's cold angry gaze. She rolled her eyes. "Fine."JJ pulled the door shut again. "Really." He sighed.John B snapped, "What?!" "Nothing...." he looked at Y/N who pointed at John B with her thumb and did a mock "making out" with her hands. JJ chuckled and took off his hat."I don't want to spook Sarah with the peanut gallery." He reasoned."I don't understand why we're involving Sarah at all." Kie started up again. The sky crashed with her anger."I thought this was OUR adventure John B. Not Our adventure oh and the Kook princess will tag along so John B can shag her." Y/N poked her blunt through her hand to mimic sex.JJ, Pope and Kie grinned while John B glared at her."We're not involving her ok?! It's- Uh, it's just like a- a business meeting..."JJ mocked sucking off his newly rolled weed and made gulping sounds. They all grinned and laughed with him."Look once we get when we need, we cut her loose. All right?" He started at his friends, who he thought were being unreasonable. "Plus. We need the map""Promise me nothing's happening between you." Kie demanded."Nothing is happening kie!" John B raised his eyebrows in annoyance."I'm being serious." Her jaw tensed."Okay..." He sighed."This ain't about you. And this ain't about us. This is about her." Kie's face settled and showed real worry. "Dude shes gunna get inside your head... just promise me nothing is happening between you guys please." Her earrings swung as she shook her head."Promise." Said a stone faced John B. Thunder rolled in the nearby clouds."That was all so believable." JJ lit the end of the roll.Y/N took the lighter for hers, "very trustworthy.""A hundred percent believable." Pope contributed."Anyways.. um. Gotta take care of business." And he left. Slamming the door behind him."Yeah you take care of that business." Y/N smirked.Pope nodded, "He'll take good care of it I tell you." "We'll just sit here John B don't worry." JJ gave him a lazy salute goodbye."Yeah.. yeah." Y/N blew out some smoke."In this hot ass car." JJ blew some and it joined Y/N's"I'm opening the door." Kie reached forwards and dragged the door open. Releasing the smoke.Y/N glared at the floor and thought about John B and Sarah. She was mostly annoyed at his disregard for Kie's blatant worry. JJ poked her in the head with his lighter. "He accepted when I kissed you earlier.""This is different JJ." Kie butted in. "She went full kook a long time ago."

He nodded, accepting that he couldn't do anything to make what John B blew off as "business" okay."Yeah well. I don't mind lighting up so this is fine by me." He blew more smoke into the air."I hear you." Y/N nodded and smiled."You two will barely feel anything after those you know."Y/N shrugged. "Just do more until John B gets back.""It's Pogue life Popey." He took another puff.Kie wasn't listening. Nothing could make her feel better about this. The air was tense with her obvious anger. She didn't want Sarah coming in and ruining everything like she did to Kie once before..."He's our best mate." Y/N said after a while. "We can get past this once he shags her and she dumps him." "Yeah.. she won't stay around long." Pope agreed."We'll be back to normal then. Wont we..." Nodded Kie."and if she goes near our gold she'll be a goner." JJ said, stone faced.Y/N bit her lip, "Our gold. The Pogues.""All the Pogues. Including John B who will eventually get over this." Pope said. It sparked some hope in them and a gentle smile passed around the van.A Crash.Not of lightning. Of breaking Wood.

"Yeah Rafe and Kelce followed me-" JJ was relaying just story from the ball when they heard something."No! John B!" Someone called in the distance. Alarmbells ran in everyone's mind. "You hear that?" Y/N sat up from JJ's lap."What?" JJ asked."No?" Pope sat up to listen."Someone help!" "Oh shit!" JJ stood up. They threw their glowing butts to the floor and barely stomped them out. "I heard that." Pope followed him."Quickly go!" Kie shouted.The door shot open and the four of them raced out into the cold bitter air. "Please somebody help!" The voice called again.Y/N snatched the gun from JJ's bag and ran after her friends- who were all running in the direction of the treehouse. They ran around the corner with a torch Kie had grabbed and found Sarah on the floor- cradling John B's head in her arms and weeping. "Sarah!" Pope yelled and ran over "what happened?!" Kie arrived next to him and held his hand. "It's okay John B we're here now..." she threw a nasty look at Sarah.John B groaned as Sarah cried louder. Y/N felt her stomach twist."I don't know what to do!" She said between sobs. "Topper shoved him." They all knew what happened. He 100% caught them macking. "Where the fuck is he?!" Y/N clicked the gun. Sarah pointed in a rough direction and JJ ran after him with Y/N."Oh please, please get help! I don't care who just call someone!" She pleaded.Kie started crying as well and held John B's hand to her face. "I knew we should've come...""Pope go!" Y/N shouted back at him.Pope looked around, anxious, and ran to get help. He needed to find someone with a phone."Pope Hurry!" Kie cried.Topper saw Y/N click the pistol, he knew that after all he'd done they'd shoot on sight, and fled into the woods."Topper you cowardice piece of human fucking garbage! Get out here right now!" Y/N screamed through the empty trees. She felt the salty tears steam down her cheeks. She was angry."Please John B. Stay with me..." Sarah kissed him. "Please don't leave me..."Kie watched her. Her concern for John B over powering her anger. He lied to her. They had something there and it would ruin everything. She knew it would. Y/N rejoined the group and went up to JJ."Pope come on!" He screamed.She put a hand on his shoulder and saw the tears fall from his sad blue eyes. She opened her arms and he held her waist in a hug. His head pressed into her shoulder as he cried silently. Staring at John B. She rocked him and kissed his forehead, grinding her teeth.

It was a while before John B woke up. Sun streamed in from his window and he opened his eyes to see Sarah sitting with him. The Pogues all took shifts with watching over him. And they protested against Sarah having one but she was in such a state that even Kie allowed a few minutes. Unfortunately none of them were there when he awoke. The Pogues were sitting together at the beach, silently. Y/N was drunk and puking in a bush, JJ wobbled around and held her hair. Kie started into the ocean, sniffing, and lent on Pope's shoulder. They didn't know that John B was okay. They also didn't know that was given a place to stay. Somewhere the police approved of- where he would be free from the threat of foster care.The Cameron's house.

(A/N: well I hope you liked that pretty sad chapter! I was going to edit some other chapters today but I'm so tired right now I'm just going to go to watch some YouTube 😂 ahhh my throat hurts so bad rn 😫 I hope the rest of your day/night is real good my bro's,Until next time! X)