you had been arrested. It was silly, really, a complete misunderstanding. Well, more or less. you may or may not have gotten into a fight with Topper and may or may not have broken his nose. Whoops! you hadn't come out unscathed, a good bruise and scratch here and there, but you were in better condition than that Kook.

you'd been put in jail for the time being, which is quite overdramatic for the charges, to be honest. But hell, you'd 'assaulted someone' but it was a Kook, even if it was deserved it would have repercussions. You'd still do it again.

when Shoupe had let you out because someone had bailed you out, you were more than confused. Your parents could certainly not pay for that on such short notice, so who?

the answer was far more confusing than anticipated.

as you pushed open the glass exit door and stepped out, hopping down the little stone steps leading to the station you saw someone waiting for you, leaning back against the building with his arms folded across his chest, a begrudgingly look on his face, as if he didn't want to be here. Someone you'd never thought you'd interact with, ever again. JJ Maybank.

you and JJ had been friends when you were kids, the fallout was unexpected when he completely shut you out and ignored you. So this, this was unexpected. you'd be lying if you said you weren't at least a little bitter for him ignoring you without explanation and ruining a 4 year long friendship at the time.

after that whole Blue Crown thing, he and his friends all had a bunch of money, but why would he use even a little of that to help you?