"Welcome to Crackhead Wasteland." Sarah scoffed out as JJ pulled up to a wrecked mobile home. Pope sighed at the look of the place, shaking his head and turning back to JJ. "I don't know about this, man."

John B squinted at the house, turning to JJ. "Dude, why are we at Barry's?" JJ sighed, getting out of the van. "This'll only take a second."

"What?" Quinn mumbled under her breath from the back, moving to open the sliding door. "JJ! Where you going?" She yelled after him. "Yo soy justicia." JJ yelled as he walked towards the house.

"Did you glean anything from that?" Pope and and Quinn shook her head, sighing as she watched JJ walk into the house before turning to the group."You know somebody should..." "Yeah, I got it." John B grunted, going in after JJ. "Right." Kie mumbled.

Pope sighed from beside Quinn, getting up to move out of the van. "This isn't gonna end well, is it?" Quinn let out a tired groan as she and the other girls got out of the car. "Probably not." She mumbled as she grabbed her foot, pulling it up to stretch it.

"All right, so we're looking at five grand each for reparations for putting us through that bullshit. Sorry about that, y'all." JJ said as he walked out of the house, a wad of cash in his hands. Kie rolled her eyes, looking at JJ like he was crazy. "So that's what we're doing now? We're robbing drug dealers?"

Sarah nodded along with Kie, turning to JJ. "This Barry guy's gonna find out. And he's gonna come after us." Pope nodded crazily, taking a step towards JJ. "Yes, he will. This is not the time to start wilin' out."

"How'd you like havin' a gun pulled on you?" JJ yelled, tilting his head sarcastically. John B walked right up to JJ's face. "Relax." JJ pulled his lips into a line angrily, pointing at John B's forehead. "He had it right here on you, bro."

"Look. We've gotta go get the gold, okay? Just give me that shit. We're putting it back." John B said, grabbing the cash out of JJ's hands, going to walk towards the house before JJ pushed John B against the van.

"Do you feel like a tough guy? Huh? What are you gonna do when he comes for us?" John B asked. "We punch him in the throat." JJ said, making John B let out a dry chuckle. "Yeah, good fuckin' idea, JJ."

JJ shook his head, taking the cash back from John B and walking into the van. "I'm not putting it back." He counted the cash as he sat in his spot in the backseat before realizing no one got in with him, making him look up at the group and chuckle. "You guys getting in or what?"

Quinn tilted her head sadly at JJ, slowly shaking her head. JJ let out a confused chuckled, shrugging. "What?" He asked, getting out of the van.

"We're sick of your shit." John B scolded, making JJ's eyebrows raise. "Oh, my shit?"

"Yeah. Yeah. Your shit. Your pulling guns on people shit." Kie said, crossing her arms over her chest. Pope took a small step towards JJ. "You acting like a maniac-" "Okay, Pope, I took the fall for you, man! Know how much I owe because of you?" JJ yelled.

Quinn shook her head, walking towards JJ. Her hands were put together as she pointed at him. "JJ, I can help you-" "No! I don't want your pity money!" JJ yelled, smacking Quinn's hands away from him.

Pope shook his head, pulling Quinn vehind him as he looked at JJ. "Look, I'll pay you back. Both of you back." "I just did! Pay it back. Right here, right now, by myself." JJ yelled, shutting Pope up.

JJ let out a small annoyed laugh, wiping his mouth. "You know what? That's exactly what I'm gonna do. Go off by myself." JJ said, turning to walk away from the group.

"JJ..." Quinn mumbled. John B sped after her, grabbing her arm to stop her. Hey, wait. Just let him go." Quinn sighed, stopping and watching JJ walk away from the group.

...

"Look, he'll come around, all right? It's... He's doing a JJ thing." John B groaned out as he, Sarah, Quinn, Kie and Pope sat on the porch of John B's house. Quinn shut her eyes before looking back up to the group. "You think he'll go home?"

Pope sighed, wrapping an arm around Quinn from next to her, rubbing her arm reassuringly. "There's about a zero percent chance that JJ goes home."

Pope rubbed his eye with his other hand and sighed. "Okay. It's too dangerous to pawn this thing off piecemeal. So our best bet is to go down there and get the rest of it. Bring it all up at once. Put it in... in a safe or a vault or something. I... I don't know. Just until we can find someone who won't rip us off. I can figure it out tonight, get it done, and we can be out there tomorrow morning."

John B nodded at the plan. "All right, let's do it." Quinn nodded, looking up at Pope. "I can help." Pope looked down at Quinn, smiling slightly before nodding.

"What about that thing with my dad?"Sarah asked John B. He groaned, shutting his eyes. "Shit." He whispered, making Pope lean towards him. "What thing?"

"I have to go fishing with Ward." John B said guiltily, making Kie roll her eyes. "You can't get 400 mil 'cause you're gonna go kill fish?" Quinn turned her head to John B as he sighed. "Look, I have to go." Quinn pursed her lips and shrugged. "Blow it off."

"It's 400 million in gold!" Pope whisper yelled as Kie nodded in agreement with the pair, looking at John B. "Make something up!"

John B shook his head, whipping his head to the three, slightly angry. "Look, I... I have to, okay? He... he saved me, all right? If it weren't for Ward, I'd be in foster care. So... I have to go. Plus, it'll be better to do it at night, right?"

Quinn looked back and forth between Kie and Pope befre Pope sighed, nodding. "Fine. Fine, go fishing. And at least JJ will probably have washed up by then."

...

"Gotta be done before my scholarship interview in the morning." Pope said as he pulled up to the John B's house. Kie sighed from the backseat as Pope parked the car. "Okay, well, we gotta focus."

Pope let out a small exhale as they all got out of the car, walking towards the back of the truck. "I know. It's gonna be fine. We got John B and JJ inside the well, and me and Quinn up top. You and Sarah will be outside transporting." Pope said to Kie, making her and Quinn nod. "Yeah, we got this."

Pope nodded as Quinn opened the back of the truck. "Cool. Uh, I got a winch that tin can hold over like... 200, 300 pounds."

Suddenly, a loud whirling noise echoed through the yard as fairy lights turned on. "What the hell?" Quinn asked, looking around the yard. "Who the hell is that?" Kie asked, walking towards the backyard, Quinn and Pope following after her.

When they got to the back, their eyes landed on tons more lights and a huge hot tub right in the middle of the backyard, JJ sprawled out in it.

"What did you do, JJ?" Pope whispered. JJ smirked, pointing down at the water. "I got a jet going straight in my butt right now. Y'all should get in immediately, you hear me? Salud!"

"How much did this cost?" Quinn asked, taking a small step towards the hot tub. JJ let out a small chuckle, looking around the yard. "Uh... Well, with the generator, the petrol, and oh, hey, express delivery... pretty much all of it, yeah."

Quinn's eyes went wide. "All of it?" JJ pursed his lips and nodded. "Yeah, all of it." Pope looked at JJ like he was crazy, tilting his head slightly. "You spent all the money in one day?"

"Yeah, burned a hole right through my pocket. But, I mean, like, come on, guys, like, look at this! Finest in jet-based massage therapy, that's what they told me." JJ said before he saw Kie's face. "Kie, what? Can't a man have a little luxury in life? Come on, all this scrimpin' and scrapin'... I mean, like... guys, we... You only live once, right? Enough of this emotional shit. Get in the Cat's Ass. Come on."

Quinn and Kie both started to notice JJ's voice breaking slightly. "In the what?" Kie asked as Quinn watched JJ worriedly. JJ laughed, gesturing to the hot tub. "In the Cat's Ass. That's what I named her. Oh, hey, yo, I almost forgot." He reached for a remote on the corner of the hot tub and hit a button.

The disco ball above the pool started to spin as the pool started to light up, making JJ chuckle. "Yeah, that's right, I know. Disco mode. That's right, baby!"

"Are you kidding me?" Pope yelled as Quinn squinted at JJ. "You could have paid for restitution!" Kie scoffed, tilting her head at JJ. "Or literally given it to any charity!"

"You could have helped us buy supplies to get the rest of the gold out of the well!" Pope yelled, making JJ annoyed, standing up. "Okay, well, you know what? I didn't do that!"

Quinn's heart dropped as her eyes trailed down JJ's chest and stomach, huge bruises painted all over him. "I got a hot tub! For my friends. I got a hot tub for my friends. You know what? No, you know what? Screw friends. I got a hot tub for my family!" JJ screamed.

Quinn shook her head, her hands going up her her face to cover her nose and mouth. "JJ-" "I got this for you. Guys, look what I did for you! All right! Look at this! Look at this!" JJ interrupted. Quinn felt tears in her eyes as Kie shook her head. "JJ." Quinn whispered again.

The blond boy turned to the girls, shaking his head. "No, you stop being emotional. It's fine, okay? I mean, it's sweet, right? Everything..."

Quinn ran towards the hot tub, pulling JJ into a hug. JJ's head fell into the crook of her neck, hugging onto her tight as she ran a hand through his hair. "You can stay at my place as long as you want." She whispered and she felt JJ cry into her more. "I can't take him anymore! I was gonna kill him. I just wanna do the right thing."

Quinn nodded as Kie and Pope joined them in the pool for the hug. "I know." She whispered. "We got you." Kie whispered as they all let JJ cry.

—i love jj and quinn's friendship so much AND TRUST ME WE GONNA BE GETTING A LOT OF... PINN?? IN THE NEXT CHAPTERS