Here's a little something while I work on the next chapter of Carried Me With You.
"I know you're somewhere out there,
Somewhere far away
I want you back
I want you back"
JJ refused to believe that John B was dead. There had to be some way that he and Sarah had survived the storm. Now you know how John B felt after his dad got lost at sea, JJ thought to himself glumly.
"My neighbors think I'm crazy
But they don't understand
You're all I had
You're all I had"
John B was everything to JJ. JJ felt as if he would go mad if he didn't have John B. He was his partner in crime, his best friend, the boy he loved.
"At night when the stars light up my room
I sit by myself
Talking to the moon
Tryna get to you
In hopes you're on the other side
Talking to me too
Or am I a fool
Who sits alone
Talking to the moon?"
JJ glanced up at the full moon shining through the windows of the Chateau. He imagined that if he talked to the moon, John B could hear him. The moon was the same everywhere in the world, right? He knew it was a stupid thought, but he couldn't help but hope.
"I'm feeling like I'm famous
The talk of the town
They say I've gone mad
Yeah I've gone mad"
Everyone was talking about the "Maybank boy." Going to end up just like his dad. Good for nothing Pogue. Worthless trash. His best friend is a murderer. He had already been told off by both Pope and Kie to tone down his reckless behavior. Ever since that night JJ's been in destructive mode and he was going to get himself hurt.
"But they don't know what I know
Cause when the sun goes down
Someone's talking back
Yeah they're talking back"
But John B was still out there. And even if JJ was going crazy, even if he might end up in jail like he's always feared, he'd get John B back.
One day John B and JJ showed up halfway through the school day. When the principal asked them where they had been, they had answered that JJ was going through some stuff (which really wasn't too far from the truth). The principal had asked why John B hadn't just come to school since it was JJ's problem.
"Well sir," JJ had said, "John B here's my emotional support animal." He pulled a sad face, slinging an arm around John B's shoulders and ignoring the exasperated glare he was giving him.
It was true though, despite John B not actually being an animal. He helped JJ and cared for him and put up with him and kept him company. JJ would've been gone a long time ago had it not been for John B.
"At night when the stars light up my room
I sit by myself
Talking to the moon
Tryna get to you
In hopes you're on the other side
Talking to me too
Or am I a fool
Who sits alone
Talking to the moon?"
"Come back John B. Please." JJ whispered up at the sky.
"I know you're somewhere out there
Somewhere far away."