𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐧𝐝 ✰

Grady white.

I woke up pretty early considering I had barely slept. I checked my phone and it read 7:35AMGreat.

I realised I'd be wearing the same clothes again since I hadn't packed any. I groaned and looked around for anything to wear. Of course there wasn't, 2 boys live in this house at most I'll find a bra.

I quickly remembered Sarah lives next door and while we were picking her up I could get changed. I smiled at my plan and tugged one of JJs large shirts over my head and took a blue cap that matched the shirt. I slid on some socks and made my way outside to see what damage had been done to this already damaged home.

I stood outside and to my surprise JJ and John b were already up. "Hey, ready to go?" JJ called out to me. "Yeah okay, I just need to stop by moms to grab some clothes." I said with a smile while walking towards a rotten dock. I hopped on the white boat.

"Looks like the hurricane did a number on this place." JJ said with a grin. "Think about all the fish we're gonna catch." John b said with a smile. "Not with your terrible fishing skills." JJ scoffed .

We sped through the water until we reached a fish mongers shop. I looked up to see what we were doing here when I saw Pope. "I can't, my dad has me on lockdown!" Pope groaned. "Your dads a pussy, Over." JJ said while pretending to be talking into a walkie-talkie."Make a run for it!" John be teased."Oh I heard that you little shit." A male said which I could only assume was Popes father.

"Don't you dare get on that boat son." The man said in a warning tone.

"I'm sorry! I'll do it tomorrow!" Pope said as he ran for the boat.

He jumped in and John b began speeding off until we could no longer hear Popes fathers shouting.

Next stop was Kiaras house, apparently her parents hated the boys which is understandable but they're her best friends. We arrived at her dock which was clean and looked well taken care of, Kiara was clearly wealthy but didn't seem to care for money. "Hello boys, hey jules." Kie said while carrying a large cooler. "Hey! Whats in the cooler Kie?" JJ asked which caused Kie to smile.

"Just some juice." She said innocently. "My kind of juice?" JJ said which causes everyone to laugh. Kiara opened the cooler and revealed at least 40 beer cans, and of course it was the gross beer from last night. JJ excitedly grabbed one and opened it before we headed over to Sarah's mansion.

Her dock was clean and well taken care of as well, which was no surprise since mine was the same. "Hey guys." Sarah said which caused John b to smile at the sight of Sarah.

"Hey!" Kie and I said in unison. John b pulled her on board and she squealed at the motion. "Get a room lovey dovies." JJ said while laughing. Pope smiled and began driving towards my dock.

"Okay I'll be back in 5 minutes tops! And I'm bringing other drink, because that tastes FOUL." I said while climbing onto my dock.

I rushed inside and quickly pulled out a navy blue bikini that matches my cap and shirt, I quickly brushed my teeth and took some sun cream before heading downstairs to the liquor cabinet. I grabbed a bottle of vodka and some sweet Smirnoff ice drinks. I tossed them into a small cooler that was sat on the table before making my way out of my house.

"Wow she's back! And it's under 5 minutes?" JJ said sarcastically.

"I'm quick!" I said while tossing sun cream and the cooler at him.

"Wow thanks!" He said while catching them.

"I brought vodka and sun cream." I said with a smile.

"I don't even remember the last time I used sun cream." JJ said while picking up the bottle.

"Yeah I can tell, you look like shit." I joked while taking the bottle from him.

He put his hands onto his heart dramatically "Ouch." He said while pouting his lips.

"Well she's right, sun cream is really good for your skin." Sarah said while taking the bottle and spraying some on herself and John b who looked confused and horrified.

"That smells like shit." John b said while trying to knock the suncream off his body. "It doesn't come off that way." Sarah said while rubbing the sun cream in.

John b stared at her with a confused expression on his face before reluctantly rubbing the sun cream into his skin.

After everyone in the group was wearing sun cream I was satisfied. We drove out towards the marsh so we could drink in privacy.

We were all drinking and blasting music while JJ decided he wanted to show off a magic trick, he picked up the Smirnoff ice bottle and put his arm out letting the cool liquid hit his mouth. Pope sped up so he could accomplish his trick."JJ stop you're getting that shit in my hair!" Kie complained.

"It's literally all over me." Sarah whined .

I pulled the towels over my head to avoid the liquid . Then suddenly we came to a halt. I heard a large splash and everyone whining ."Oh fuck pope, what happened?" John b asked . "Oh my god were you trying to murder us?" Kie asked.

"Sandbar. the channel changed." Pope said while helping John b up.

"No shit." John b replied while smiling.

"JJ are you okay??" We all asked realising JJ flew into the water.

"Ugh, I think my heels touched the back of my head." JJ groaned dramatically.

"Hey, I saved the drink though!" JJ said while swimming towards the boat.

"Congrats JJ." Pope said while making his way to the front of the boat. Pope paused and looked horrified for a moment before turning back around to us. "Guys. I think there's a boat down there." He said sounding shocked.

"Shut up. What?" Sarah said sitting up and rubbing her head. "No way." Kie said dismissively."No, no, guys. I'm serious. There's like a boat down there!" Pope said in a serious tone.

"For real?"John be asked while looking at his friend."It's a boat!" Pope said pointing at the boat that was just below where we were.

"Holy shit, he's right." Kie said in disbelief. "Let's go." Sarah said while pulling her shirt off revealing her bikini before she jumped in followed by John b, Kie and I. Pope was still tugging off his shirt and speaking to JJ about what they might find when we swam down towards the boat. It looked to be new, it was a Grady white which even I know is an expensive boat and that says a lot since I don't know much about boats.

We all swam back up in disbelief of what we just saw . "Holy shit, that's a Grady white! A new one of them is 500gs easy!" JJ exclaimed ."Oh my god, it looks like it's only been down there for a few hours." Kie said in shock. "Yeah it's still super clean." Sarah said while pushing her wet hair out of her face.

"Wait do we know who's boat it is?" Pope asked looking at all of us. "No, but we're about to find out." John be said with a smirk. "Don't be stupid John b!" Sarah yelled. "Dude it's too deep." JJ added."Not for me." John b said with a smile. "Well I'm not resuscitating you, I'm just making that clear up front" JJ said while pushing his wet hair out of his face. "Oh no of course not, I was hoping your sister would do the honours." He said in a mocking tone

"Dickhead!" Sarah yelled ."John b." Kie said in a warning tone. "What?" John be asked with a large smile on his face. "Diver down fool." Pope said while passing John b the anchor. "Diver down." John b replied while holding the anchor tightly. "Yeah, he is." JJ said while pushing him back towards the water. "JJ!" Kie yelled while pushing him to which JJ only smiled .

"Oh god." Sarah sighed while sitting on the warm white boat.

"He'll be okay, don't worry." I said with a reassuring smile.

After a few seconds that felt like forever everyone began getting worried, it had been at least a minute and that's one hell of a swim.

"Should we go get him?" Pope asked . Just as we were about to reply John b came up coughing his lungs out. "Oh my god. That took forever." Sarah said letting out a sigh of relief. "Any dead bodies?" Pope asked. "Looting potential?" JJ asked."Anything worth nearly dying for?" Kie asked.

"No, no. I found a motel key though." He said with a smile.

"Are you serious?" I said staring down at him. "When am I not?" He joked. "A key?" Pope asked confusedly . "Yes a key, Pope!" John b said loudly. "Great! We salvaged a motel key." Sarah said while rolling her eyes.

John b climbed on board and began driving back towards shore to report the wreck to a coast guard. John b and JJ went in to report it, but no one was listening or taking us seriously.

They gave up on their chance of receiving a finders fee and decided they'd explore the motel in which the key unlocks. We reluctantly agreed to their plan and we all headed over towards the creepy motel.

"This place is a shitshow." John b exclaimed."Motel or meth lab?" Kie joked."You be the judge." I replied ."Sure doesn't look like a place someone with a Grady white stays." Pope said while looking at the motel that stood in front of us ."No, it looks like the type of place someone with a Grady white would get killed." JJ added.

We sent John b and JJ in to explore while Pope, Sarah, Kie and I were on lookout. A couple of minutes later we saw a cop car pull up and watched as the two officers made their way upstairs towards the room that JJ and John b disappeared into.

"Fuck. What do we do now?" I asked extremely panicked.

"I don't know! Throw a rock or some shit!" Kie said just as panicked as I.

"I don't play sports!" Pope said while picking up a rock.

I grabbed the rock and threw it at the window as hard as possible, my aim is horrendous so it barely made contact with the window before Kie launched another it hit thankfully. And the two boys looked down at us.Sarah mouthed cops a few times before they finally realised what was being said. They both climbed out the window and stood on the windowsill. The 4 of us watched in anticipation hoping nothing bad would happen to our friends .

Thankfully the cops left and the boys got back to the boat. "Short notice?" JJ said with a smile on his face.

"None of are athletic." I said with a shrug.

We all laughed and asked them what they found in the room. JJ looked excited before revealing a gun and money. My mouth dropped open. "A gun??!" I whisper yelled. "What the fuck JJ?!" Kie whisper yelled. "No fucking way. Get rid of that!!" Sarah whisper yelled .

"Oh God, I'm gonna lose my scholarship." Pope whined. JJ tried calming Pope but instead just freaked him out more. "You're literally trying to calm me. With the fucking gun in your hand!" Pope said while pointing at the gun.

We needed a plan, whatever was in that boat was valuable otherwise why else have a gun? And that type of money?? Yeah we wanted to find it.

We decided it was too deep to free dive so we needed scuba gear. "Who has scuba gear? That's some kook shit." JJ said rolling his eyes. "I do." Sarah said with a smile "Hm. Makes sense." Pope added.Sarah rolled her eyes and smiled while sitting down .We decided on taking the scuba gear from her family's boat before heading out to the marsh.

We watched as Sarah hopped onto the boat and took out the tanks checking how much air is in them. She sighed loudly and threw one tank onto the boat.

"There's only a quarter tank, it's enough for one person." Sarah said while hopping in the boat.

We sped back towards the ship wreck excited to what we might find.

Once we arrived at the ship wreck we all began discussing who should be the one to go down. "Who knows how to dive?" Kie asked looking at all of us.

"I know a little, but not by myself." Sarah said with a shrug.

I went to raise my hand when JJ glared at me. "No." He said before suggesting he goes down.

"No, you can get the bends and die." Pope said which instantly turned everyone serious.

Pope drew out a diagram explaining how long we need to stay at what depth to avoid the bends. We all nodded intently and then it came down to it.

"I'll do it." John b said with a smile. "John b, no." Sarah said with a sad look on her face. "I have to." He said while giving her a hug. I watched as Kie took of her shirt and took it into the water with her. She came back up a few seconds later. "There, I tied my shirt at 10 feet down. Stay there for 2 minutes okay?" She said .

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John b got suited up before going diving down. We all sat and waited anxiously. A few minutes passed and a cops boat pulled up. "Hey guys, didn't you know the marsh is closed for the day?" He asked .

We all acted dumb and I knew how to distract men, it was sad but true. I pulled my shirt off and answered "No, sorry officer. We were just trying to go fishing." I lied. "You're new. What's your name?" The officer asked. "I'm Jules Maybank. JJ's older sister." I said with a kind smile. "Oh yeah, I've saw your magazines." He said with a smile.

I laughed lightly and nodded "yeah a few people have said that."

"Hm okay, well is it alright if I look on board?" The officer asked.

"Yes, of course." Pope said while opening the panel in the boat that contains the life jackets and first aid.

The officer stepped on board and looked around for a few minutes before stepping at the front of the boat looking into the water where John b was.

"Oh and where's that friend youre always with?" The officer asked .

"He's stuck in work, you know with the whole storm clean up." JJ lied.

"Huh okay." The officer said after an agonisingly long time. He began walking back towards his boat before we waved them off.

We quickly ran to the side of the boat and watched the water anxiously. "He's definitely ran out of air." Sarah said, clearly panicked.

"100%." Kie added. Just then, John b came back up to the surface. Carrying a small black bag. "Oh my god you're alright!" Sarah sighed a breath of relief and helped him up into the boat.

"Okay okay what did you get?" We all asked excitedly. John b looked shaken up. "A compass." He said quietly .

"A compass??!" JJ asked angrily. "No you don't understand, it's my dads compass, it has his weird handwriting on the inside." He said clearly in shock.

Just as we all began gathering around the compass we noticed a boat. I'm not from around here but the boat looked to be different to any others I had seen in this area. "Guys, bogey, 2 o clock." Kie said panicked.

"Should we wait on them?" Pope asked.And just as the last syllable left his mouth we heard gunshots. "No! No we should not wait! Drive!" JJ shouted. Pope began speeding off as the bullets were hitting around us. I was pulling the anchor up when I felt a strange sharp tingling in my side. I was too focused on pulling the anchor up to check it out. Well that was until I heard Sarah scream.

"Oh my fucking God!" She shouted while pointing at me.

I looked down and saw what she meant instantly. There was blood pouring from my side. I physically gagged at the sight. "Woah no okay!" Kie said while Pope took off his shirt and passed it to Kie who shoved it onto the wound. I yelled at the pressure.

"Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, we're gonna die." Pope said panicked.

Kie picked up a loose fishing net and threw it into the water. And we watched as the boat that was tailing us got tangled in it.

I looked down at the blood soaked tee and kind of laughed . "I'm gonna die in a fucking swamp." I muttered.

"You're not going to die, shut the fuck up." JJ said while pacing around the boat.

"Fuck! Okay ! I don't know what to do. Who do we call??" Sarah said pacing .

"I only know of one other person who is rough enough to know someone who can help us." John b said while turning to face me.

"Okay go on!" Kie shouted.

"Rafe." He said flatly.

"No fucking way." JJ said shaking his head.

"Remember when he got into it with his drug dealer and had a bullet wound in his leg, who did he go to? Because he didn't go to the hospital." John b said while pacing .

"Okay! Okay! I'll call him now!" Sarah said while taking her phone out and dialling someone.

"WHO DID YOU GO TO?!" Sarah shouted down the phone.

"You're not listening, she's going to die!" She said while pacing around.

"JJ's sister! She's been shot for fucks sake." She said angrily.

"Okay, okay. We can do that." She said before hanging up.

We all looked at her waiting for her to explain . "He's coming to the next dock and he'll take us." She said worriedly.

Everyone nodded and I felt faint. "Imagine I die on this boat, can you imagine what the media would say?" I groaned while wiping my tears.

"You're going to be fine." JJ said while speeding up even more.

Agh idk how to feel about this story so far, sorry it's been mixed with the storyline I just think it would be more interesting. Let me know your thoughts.