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drew starkey with his family on august 2 in north carolina!

[kooksvspogues]

You’ve grown up…

Part 4

RafeCameron x ThorntonStep-sis

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The ten minute drive to the diner was full of small talk and lots of laughs from Rafe’s end. I very much believe that I’m a comedian on a normal day, but throw a little alcohol into the mix, I could be on a world tour, I swear. And me trying to prove that has really provided Rafe with plenty of entertainment.

“You’re just jealous you’re not as funny as me” I say crossing my arms as he pulled into the diner parking lot

“Yeah, that’s what it is” he nods sarcastically, laughing as I roll my eyes.

He pulls into a parking spot, turning the engine off. “Don’t move,” he says before sliding out of the truck and making his way to the passenger door, opening it.

“I could get out” I say

“I’m not chancing you falling and landing on your face so no” he smiles holding out a hand for me to grab. I turn my body towards him, now realizing I’m actually eye level with him.

“Holy crap… I’m as tall as you” I laugh pointing at him

“You drank way too much” he laughs at me

“I’m eye level with you, that’s insane. You’re a giant…” I reason

“Girl, if you don’t get your ass out of the truck, we’re not getting food” he threatens leaning his hands on the top of the truck.

“Oh how dare you” I say crossing my arms again, rolling my eyes, leaning back into the seat, eyeballing him.

“That’s it” he laughs before pulling me off the seat, making me yelp, as he immediately putting his hand on the backside of my thigh to hold me up until he could place my feet on the ground.

“You can’t just toss me around like a rag doll” I scold him, laughing lightly

“Looks like I just did sweetheart” he says winking at me as I playfully push his arm

“You’re annoying” I roll my eyes up at him

“So I’ve been told” he smiles throwing an arm around my shoulders leading us to the front door of the brightly lit diner.

I walk in and immediately take in the oldies music playing from the jukebox in the corner along with the smells of food coming from the back. I notice a few people in the corner at one of the big round booths

“Hey Cameron” one of the boys say giving him a nod, as Rafe lifted his chin towards him as he lead me to one of the booths on the opposite side.

I slid into the booth expecting him to slide into the other one opposite of me but instead, he slides in right next to me. I raise an eyebrow looking at him

“Guys in the corner are cool guys but also really annoying when it comes to girls, trying to make sure they don’t try anything..” he says giving me a small smile as I hand him a menu from the caddy.

“Ole country club” I hear as I look up seeing a somewhat familiar guy standing at the end of the table with an apron on. Dark longer up in a bun.

“What’s up man” Rafe says standing up doing a little handshake with him before sitting back down

“Who’s this pretty little lady?” The guy says smiling at me while leaning on the table.

“This is Makayla, you might remember her actually”

“Kayla bug?” The boy says making me look at him suspiciously… “holy shit” he says smiling

“Barry?” I ask watching him grin really big

“How the hell are you? Where the fuck you been?” He said sliding into the booth across from us

“I’m good, been in Kentucky with dad, how are you?? I hardly recognized you!” I say leaning toward him

“Me? Look at you? You’ve grown up so much! What’s it been? Like 12 years now?” He asks

“Well with you going to juvy back then, that’s probably about right” I say making him laugh

“So are you back here permanently?” He asks

“Umm no no.. just for the summer. Dad was gonna be gone on a job for a while and I figured it was time to give this place another chance” I say as he nods lightly

“Well I’m really glad to see ya” he smiles at me as I smile back

“What have you been up though?” I ask watching him closely

“Well, me and country club had a good little rough patch for a minute, but I like to think we’ve both got out shit together now. Still selling some, but not really using like I was” he explains as I eyeball both of them

“So what made y’all civil exactly?” I ask

“Drugs” Barry said making Rafe shoot him a look

“I bought from Barry for a while, ended up owing him money, and before we knew it, we were decent friends after alot of threats” Rafe explains

“Well I’m glad y’all are both doing better. I’m proud of y’all” I say making them both smile at me

“Means alot Kayla bug, but what can I get y’all to eat?” Barry asks

“Just bring me my usual” Rafe tells him, “and I know she’s wanting a sandwich”

“Turkey and cheddar?” Barry asks me making me smile.

“You got it, with lettuce, pickles, mayo, and some water” I add

“Fries?” He asks

“Yes please” I say as he nods slightly before walking to the back.

I groan crossing my arms on the table, laying my cheek against them, closing my eyes

“You good?” Rafe asks

“I may need to throw up” I mumble and I feel the booth shake some. I shoot my eyes open seeing Rafe with his hand over his mouth trying to hide his laughter, “oh fuck off” I glare at him before laughing lightly

“Do you really need to though?” He asks

“Not yet, maybe I’m just tired and hungry” I tell him

“Well hopefully this sandwich will help” he says patting my back a few times as I smile lightly.

I pull my phone out, seeing that I had a few snapchats unanswered from some friends from back home. I opened snaps from Chelsie, Drake, and Belle for now, before clicking to take a picture, instead I decide to video, I make a face at the camera before leaning over for Rafe to get into the video. He’s grinning at me before smiling at the camera, waving.

“Who’s that going to?” He asks

“Just some friends from home, Chelsie, Belle, and Drake.” I explain

“Drake? Is that a boyfriend?” He asks clearing his throat

“Oh no, just a really good friend” I say as Barry comes back with our drinks, “thanks Barry” I say, watching as he shoots me a wink.

“So, how’s business man Rafe Cameron doing?” I asks

“You see it,” he laughs “I go on business trips, have serious days, but overall, I’m doing whatever I want to do.” He explains watching me closely

“That’s um nice” I say storing my straw around in my water

“Yeah, most of the time when I’m not dealing with the business, I’m trying to get some law stuff figured out to get Wheezie back” he says

“Wheezie?” I asks

“My little sister. After dad passed, our step mom took Wheezie and ran. Sarah and me haven’t seen her in like 4 years now” he says

“Wow.. I’m sorry, have you gotten anything figured out?” I asks

“So far, no. I thought I had a few times but Rose was always able to get around it”

“I’m sorry” I say again

“It’s okay, we’ll get her back eventually” he smiles as I nod studying his face

“If there’s ever anything I can do, I’ll be there” I say reaching out to place my hand on his forearm

“Thank you” he smiles, “you know you look really beautiful right now” he says lifting his hand to brush a piece of hair behind my ear

“Rafe” I say, praying that my cheeks wouldn’t rat me out

“Nothings wrong with me giving you a compliment, right?” He defends

“…right...” I say as Barry places our plates down in front of us.

“Y’all need anything else?” Barry asks

“No sir” I smile at him as Rafe shakes his head

“I do have a quick question” Barry says putting both his hands on the table studying us as we await his question, “are you two dating?” He asks and I laugh, feeling both their eyes land on me

“No, we’re just… friends?” I question glancing at Rafe

“Yeah we’re friends” he confirms

“Might outta stop looking at her like that then country club” Barry laughs, slapping his arm, and making his way back to the back.

I feel my cheeks heat up at Barry’s words as I stare down at my sandwich. “Ignore him, he’s full of bullshit” Rafe says as I just smile shyly before taking a bite of my sandwich.

We both stayed quiet while eating, not really sure what to say, but I know I couldn’t ignore every slight touch of our knees, arms, or hands. I can’t lie and say I don’t find him attractive, that I don’t want to learn more about him, that I don’t wanna give him a true chance at anything. But regardless, if something did come of us, it would be a waste of time since I’m going back to Kentucky soon, so there’s no point. Right?

When we get done eating, it’s about time for the diner to close, so we make our way to pay, which Rafe quickly pays for my meal too, automatically earning daggers and heart eyes from me.

“You didn’t have to pay for mine” I say when he opens the diner door for me.

“Just say thank you” he smiles down at me making me roll my eyes

“Thank you so much Rafe” I dramatically say before wrapping my arms around his waist squeezing tightly, “you’re so amazing” I add making him laugh

“Glad somebody sees my potential” he laughs wrapping his arms around me hugging me just as tight

“Oh my gosh.. I… need… air” I struggle tapping his back

“Crap, sorry” he says pulling away quickly

“It’s okay, height difference didn’t help with it I think” I smile making him smile back.

He follows me to the passenger door, opening it for me before picking me up again to place me in the seat. “Thank you” I say as he shoots me a toothy smile, going to shut the door but quickly pulling it open again looking at me.

“I’m sorry” he says keeping his eyes locked on mine

“For what?” I ask confused

“Everything when we were younger, for Barry saying that earlier, I’m just sorry” he explains

“Rafe, we’re good I promise” I say putting my hand on his shoulder

“Makayla…” he mutters studying my face

“Yea?” I ask

“You feel something too, right?” He asks

“What do you mean?” I ask furrowing my eyebrows

“Between us…” he whispers

“Rafe..”

“Fuck it” he says reaching up to place his hand on the side of my neck pulling my face towards his, placing his lips on mine. I try to push back, knowing half of me didn’t agree with this. I feel like pull away slightly, hovering his lips over mine, “don’t fight it, please, if there’s nothing after, I won’t ever try again… deal?” He whispers keeping his eyes closed and his forehead against mine

“…deal” I whisper before he pushes his lips against mine again. I turn in the seat to face him, which he quickly slides himself in between my legs, putting his hand on my waist to pull me closer. Never in a million years did I think I would be kissing Rafe Cameron. Maybe it’s the alcohol pushing this. Or maybe it really is the way that this now MAN has made me feel just in the past few days. I guess my thoughts made me forget what I was doing for a second bc I feel him squeeze my side, making me laugh against his mouth.

“That tickles, you dip shit” I laugh

“Kiss me dammit” he laughs as I grab his face pulling him into me, connecting our lips once again.

What did I get myself into…

Eventually, we pull away, leaning our foreheads against each other trying to catch our breaths. A ringtone makes him pull away, he fishes his phone out of his pocket, only to see ‘Topper’ across the screen. He looks at me apologetically before answering the call.

“Yeah man?” He answers, “yeah, we’re about to head to the house, you good?” He asks listening to toppers answer. “Ok, yeah, see you then, bye” he says hanging up.

“Everything okay?” I ask

“Yeah, he was just checking up on ya” Rafe smiles at me as I smile back. “And as for you, you can’t tell me that wasn’t nothing, so don’t even try” he says like he already knew what I was gonna try to do.. ignore it.

“I didn’t say anything” I defend

“Mhm, buckle up” he winks before closing the door and making his way to the driver side.

~~~~~~~

When we pull up to Tanny hill, Rafe hurries up to the passenger side to help me out of the truck. I didn’t let him pick me up this time because I was less drunk than earlier. I follow him upstairs, where he lead me to where Sarah’s room is. He knocked lightly and opened the door once we heard a ‘come in’

“About time you two showed up” Topper teases

“Oh shut up” I laugh, “did y’all have fun?”

“Oh tons” Topper winks making me fake throw up.

“All I’m saying is, if that ‘fun’ happened where y’all are expecting me to sleep, I’ll pass” I say

“Oops” topper says, Sarah slapping his chest

“Don’t leave me baby, I wanted cuddles with you” Sarah playfully flirts reaching her arms out for me causing me to laugh.

“Did you cheat on me in that bed?” I asks putting my hand over my heart

“Maybe…” Sarah says looking down

“So rude” I say playfully walking out of the room, “I’m sleeping on the couch” I sing

“The fact that you seem more interested in Makayla than me really makes me curious” topper says making everybody laugh.

“Kayla” Rafe says closing Sarah’s door looking at me, “you can sleep in my bed, I’ll sleep on the couch” he offers

“I can’t kick you out of your bed Rafe” I say

“Then how about, we both go to my room, you have my bed, I get my couch, we can watch a movie, talk, whatever. As long as you’re comfortable” he offers reaching for my hand

“I guess, you sure you don’t want your bed?” I asks

“Nah, it’s too soft for me anyways, I’ll probably sleep better on the couch” he informs me

“You’re so full of shit” I laugh making him grin as we walked into his room.

I don’t really know what I expected but it wasn’t at all what I thought. King size bed covered with a navy comforter that was a little thrown around from the night before I’m assuming. All the furniture was a very pretty and classy oak finish. In one corner, was a desk, with papers neatly stacked in folders. On the other side was the entertainment center with the tv, play station, and tons of little knick knacks on the shelves, with the couch against the wall in front of the tv.

“What? Good or bad?” Rafe asks

“Surprisingly good” I laugh

“I’m taking that as a compliment” he chuckles before walking over to his dresser. “You want something to sleep in?” He asks

“Maybe, what ya got?” I ask

“Does one of my shirts and some boxers sound okay?” He asks

“Yeah, I can try it” I smile

He quickly finds a pair and hands them to me, “bathrooms right there” he points to the other side of the room. I nod and make my way over.

To my surprise, the bathroom was fairly clean too, for it to be a guys. Made me proud. I quickly change, leaving my bikini on and sliding his shirt on, the hem barely above my knees. I slide his boxers on and have to fold the waistband a few times to get them to stay up. I giggle at the fact of where the heck I am. How ironic is this shit.

I step out and see a shirtless Rafe with just gym shorts on. “Hey, so just wanna make sure, how all this been cleaned since the last time you’ve ya know?” I ask feeling the heat rush up my neck and onto my face.

He puts his hands on his hips and just grins at me. “Yes it’s probably been washed 100 times since the last time anything like that has happened” he answers as I nod

“Ok, thanks for answering” I say slipping under the comforter

“You’re adorable” he says coming over to the bed putting his hands on either side of my head hovering over me.

“Can I help you?” I ask

“Sure can” he winks before leaning down to place his lips on mine and I immediately kiss back. He pulls away after a second “I knew I was right” he smirks walking over to the couch.

“Oh shut up” I say rolling over so my back is to him

“Goodnight Kayla”

“Goodnight Rafe” I smile, slowly letting sleep take over.

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You’ve grown up…

Part 3

RafeCameron x ThorntonStep-sis

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~~~ Friday Afternoon ~~~

I grabbed my bags out of the car and made my way inside the house, meeting Topper at the bottom of the stairs

“Hey! There’s a party tonight if you want to come” he offers, giving me a smile

“I got to get a shower before anything but I will let you know for sure in a little bit if that’s okay?” I ask, deep down not wanting to go but also not wanting to decline every idea he gives me.

“Yeah, yeah, that’ll work” he says making his way towards the kitchen as I continue up the stairs and into my room. I sat my bags down and immediately headed straight to the shower, spending my time in there counting up the pros and cons of this party.

By the end of the shower, I decided to ignore the cons and just give it a shot. If something happens tonight, I’ll be done with kook parties forever.

I throw on some pajama shorts and a tank top, leaving my hair up in a towel, before running downstairs looking for Topper.

“Top!” I yell

“Yes? Are you okay??” He yells back flying out of the kitchen

“Yeah, I think I’m gonna go, I just have no idea what to wear…” I admit to him.

“Just whatever you feel comfortable in” he says

“Top, it’s a kook party, I haven’t seen most of these people in seven plus years, I want to look decent but also not over the top, I need help” I start to beg

“Sarah is on her way over right now, she will be more help to you than I could” he says and I smile

“Perfect, thank you” I say starting to go back up the stairs

“Makayla” he says making me stop to look back at him, “I’m really glad you decided to go” he admits making me smile

“Thanks for inviting me” I say making him smile back at me.

~~~~~~~

Sarah knocked on my door, coming in when I told her she was good.

“Top said you needed some help” she says and I nod

“Extremely” I admit, pointing to the several different options that are laid out on the bed in front of us.

“Okay, Kelce’s parties, they can get wild, all sorts of people there, half of them end up down at the beach, I would say wear a swimsuit, some shorts, and a tank top or crop top. I like this idea” she says pointing at the black jean shorts and navy green tank top. “Do you have like a bright colored bikini?” She asks as I go over to the drawer and pull out a white, pink, yellow, and a few more of the brighter bikinis.

“What color do you think matches best?” I ask

“I say wear the white one. The neck strap will show with the tank and just add to the outfit” she smiles, adjusting her tube top.

“Thank you, I have not had to ever be concerned about a house party here. In Kentucky, it was always just jeans, boots, and whatever. Plus, not seeing most of these people for this long, I want to look good, ya know?” I explain

“Oh no I get it, from what I’ve heard around town, there’s many people trying to figure out who exactly the new caddy girl is” she winks, making me laugh

“I don’t know if I like that” I admit

“Girl, enjoy it. I got your back and so does Topper” she smiles

“Thank you” I say

“Now, go get dressed, and I’ll curl your hair for you while you do your makeup?” She offers and I happily agree. I go to the bathroom and change into the outfit we decided on and told her to come on. I did very light makeup while Sarah did my hair. She ended up curling it and then doing a half up half down hairstyle with it

“I’m glad we were able to meet” Sarah says

“Me to, it’s nice having someone to do this with, thank you, truly” I say smiling at her through the mirror

“Anytime, not many true girlfriends around here, so it’s nice to have someone so genuine around” she smiles back, “but, for now, are you ready? Top has already texted like 10 times” she laughs making me shake my head.

“I’m ready as I’ll ever be” I say going to grab my phone off the charger and leading the way down the stairs where were ofcourse met with

“About damn time” Topper says playfully going to hold the door open for us.

“Bye mom, love you” we all yell waving at her from the entry way of the kitchen.

“Be safe and have fun, love y’all too!” She says back

~~~~~~~

Walking into Kelce’s place, you were immediately met with sweaty bodies dancing around and a mixture of aromas of alcohol and weed everywhere. I followed behind Sarah, pushing through the crowd of people till we make it to the kitchen, where all of the alcohol is.

“What sounds good to you babe?” Sarah asks looking around at the liquor, “wanna take a few shots with me?”

“Sounds good to me” I laugh watching as she grabs two shot glasses filling them both up with vodka, quickly knocking them back

“There she is, the talk of the town” I hear behind me making me turn to see Kelce.

“Hey Kelce” I smile giving him a hug

“I’m glad you decided to come” he said as I smiled, “please, get whatever you want, Mi casa es su casa” he throws his arms up gesturing to the house doing a little spin. “Sarah, where’s Topper?” He asks and she shrugs

“He said something about trying to find you so I’m real— well speak of the devil” she smiles looking behind Kelce, seeing Topper and Rafe standing there. Rafe immediately making eye contact with me and giving me a big grin. I quickly grabbed the second shot Sarah poured and drank it quickly. When I glance back over slightly and see a brown headed girl wrap her hand around Rafe’s forearm, leaning up to whisper something in his ear. For whatever reason, it made me fill up both shot glasses again and knock both of them back along with grabbing a solo cup and making me an actual drink.

When I glanced back up, the girl was gone, and Rafe was keeping his eye on me. “I’m glad I was able to convince you to come” he said when he walked up next to me to fix him a drink after Topper, Kelce, and Sarah walked away, heading towards outside.

“Don’t flatter yourself, only reason I came was because Topper asked me to.” I inform him

“Ouch, not even a little bit of my doing?” He asks

“In your dreams, pretty boy” I say patting his arm before following where Sarah and the boys went but was quickly pulled back by my arm,

“Pretty boy, huh?” He smirked down at me. Keeping one hand on the island where his cup was and his other hand on my waist.

“It’s a saying” I explain

“Didn’t feel like it” Rafe claims

“Sorry to burst your bubble then” I say, cocking an eyebrow

“Stop being so feisty with me,” he laughed, “for real though, I’m glad you’re here, wether it was me or Topper, I think this will be good for you” he tells me

“Maybe so. But I’m gonna go join them outside, you need to go catch up with your girl?” I ask, wiggling my eyebrows

“My girl? Who ar— ohhh, Sofia? She’s not my girl” he chuckles

“It’s not my business, she just seemed a little friendly with you, wasn’t sure if y’all had a ‘meeting’ planned,” I winked making him laugh

“She wishes, besides, this is your first ‘kook party,’ so I’m staying with you and making sure you’re good” he tells me

“You really don’t have to do that, I’ll be fine” I say

“No, I want to, but let’s go on out with everyone” he says grabbing my hand and leading the way through the crowd towards the back door, “by the way, you look really beautiful tonight” he says once we cross the barrier of outside, where it’s slightly calmer

“Thanks… I think?” I say more of a question, looking up at him.

“What?” He asks as we make our way down to the beach where plenty of people were smoking, drinking, and having fun.

“Nothing” I say, pushing every overthinking thought I had, out of my head. As he raised an eyebrow questingly before continuing on where Topper and Sarah are.

I sat down next to Sarah, people watching, asking her to explain some of the things I seen or to name some of the familiar faces. After several drinks, Sarah and I were laughing at every little thing we did or seen. Watching Topper, Rafe, Kelce, and a few more of their buddies trying to play corn hole was absolutely hysterical. Especially when we made jokes about them missing.

“Hey Top, you’re not playing any better than how you were the other night” Sarah slurred out before busting out laughing, causing me to join her

“Okay, that’s it, let’s go get some water” Topper said pulling Sarah up from the bench we were sitting on as she pleaded with him just telling him she was having fun.

I laughed watching them walk up the steps of the porch and into the house, quickly disappearing into the crowd. I glance back over at the corn hole game, noticing Rafe’s eyes on me.

“What?” I ask raising an eyebrow

“I think you need some water too” he grinned, walking over, reaching his hand out for me to take. I glance at his full beer bottle, deciding that sounds much better than water. I slowly take his hand, letting him pull me to my feet. When I see a clear shot, I quickly reach over, pulling his beer bottle out of his hand and taking off running towards the ocean.

“Makayla!” I hear Rafe yell behind me as I start to laugh. “Stop!” He yells again, starting to laugh at me as I was attempting to drink and run from him at the same time. But he ended up getting a clear shot and yanking me off my feet, spinning us around before falling into the sand, me on top of him, laughing at each other.

When I realize the beer was still half full and in my hand, I smirked down at him, sitting up to where I’m straddling his hips while also holding one of his arms down. “I won” I smile before chugging the beer as I feel him breaking out of my hold, pulling the beer from my lips and being flipped over, feeling his body hold me in place against the sand.

“Looks like I won, actually” he said grabbing both of my wrist, holding them down in the sand before chugging the rest of my…his… beer, while I’m calling him names and laughing in the process. When he finishes the beer, he sits it down before looking down at me. “You done?” He asks as I roll my eyes

“Probably not” I admit before laughing, watching as he closes his eyes and drops his head, trying to hide the smile coming across his face.

“You hungry?” He asks raising an eyebrow

“I could eat, what ya got?” I ask in all seriousness

“We can go to the diner a few miles away. It’s about 2am, and they close at 3:30. Sound like a plan?” He asks

“I could go for a really good sandwich right now” I say making him laugh, as he sits up, letting go of my wrist.

“Well we can for sure get you that sandwich, and anything else you want” he says watching as I sit up in the sand, looking at him.

“Ya know.. I really don’t know how I feel about you…” I admit

“What do you mean?” He asks

“You’re just really confusing” I admit, causing him to stop in his tracks, studying my face cautiously

“How am I confusing?” He questions

“Why are you being so nice to me?” I ask watching as he looks down at the sand

“Because I want to be” he states

“But why? You once hated my guts… and now you wanna be… whatever this is… it’s weird” I explain looking up at him.

“I’m sorry for how I was growing up, I truly am. That wasn’t fair and I wish I could go back and do things differently. But the boy I was then and even a few years ago is long gone. All I wanna do now is make things right, and in the process of mending things with you, I’d really love to get to know you even more, if you’re willing to allow that” he admits, locking his eyes with mine.

“What’s the catch Cameron?” I softly but seriously ask.

“No catch, just let me try to make your opinion of me better?” He asks with hopeful eyes, holding out his hand

“Fine..” I say reaching for his hand and shaking it, watching him light up with a smile.

“Really?” He asks watching me closely

“Count your blessings, Cameron” I say standing up, reaching my hand out for him to pull him up, watching as he quickly towers over me.

“I’m counting em, that’s for damn sure” he says wrapping his arm around my shoulder, leading the way back to the house trying to find Sarah and Topper, and when we did, they were eating each others faces off.

“I was gonna invite them but I’m thinking they’re happy where they’re at..” Rafe says, making me laugh as I walk over to them, placing a hand on each of their shoulders, making them jerk away quickly.

“Hiiii, Rafe and I are going to the diner, do y’all wanna come?” I asks

“I think we’re gonna make our way back to Tannyhill, are you going home tonight?” Topper asks me

“I don’t know, you’re kinda my ride” I say laughing

“How about we all just stay at Tanny tonight, when we get to the house, Kayla can get in bed with Sarah, Top, you can go to the guest room.” Rafe says coming up behind me

“That’ll work” Topper says, “I’ll let mom know”

“Thank you” I say leaning down, giving them both a hug, “I’m going to get food” I say making them all chuckle before I make my way to the front door.

Rafe places his hand on the small of my back leading the way to his jacked up truck. When we approach his truck, he happily opens the passenger door for me, laughing once he sees my facial expression towards the height of his truck.

“Rafe… my shoulder is even with the floorboard… how the hell-“ I start but quickly shut up when he picks me up bridle style sitting me in the seat.

“That work?” He smiles at me as I watch him closely in shock of what he just did, as he grabs the seatbelt, placing it across me, before clicking it in.

“Yeah..” I stutter out as he pats my knee before closing the door, making his way to the driver side when I see the same Sofia girl from earlier walking over to Rafe. He keeps his hand on the door handle, talking to her for about a minute before she stomps off. He finally opens the door, climbing in, and cranking the truck up.

“Everything good?” I ask him

“Yeah, she’s just been trying to get with me for a while now” he explains, shrugging it off.

“Ohh” I say as he pulls out of his parking spot making his way down the road

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you & blue collar!rafe take the kids to the rodeo, but you've got other things on your mind

cw: suggestive, flirting, tension, emmett is five, wren is two

THE SUMMER SUN was starting to dip low in the sky, casting a warm, golden haze over the crowded fairgrounds. dust kicked up under heavy boots, music floated in the air from distant carnival rides, and the scent of deep-fried food mixed with hay and kettle corn made the whole place feel sticky and alive.

you were walking just behind rafe, and every time your eyes wandered, they landed right on him. jeez. he looked like he’d walked out of a western movie and straight into a daydream you weren’t entirely prepared for.

his worn white t-shirt clung to his back in all the right places, the thin fabric hugging broad shoulders and stretching tight over his arms. the seams near the sleeves were pushed high, forced to make room for those tanned, muscular biceps that flexed every time he adjusted the strollers handles. his jeans—covered in dust and faded from wear—sat low on his hips, the leather of his belt creaking slightly with each step. and the boots… scuffed, heavy, broken-in from years of labor, grounded him like he owned every inch of dirt under his feet. his dammed, sexy cowboy hat that sat low on his head, shadowing his sharp jaw and eyes that flicked toward you every now and then—eyes that sparkled with mischief each time he caught you staring. you weren’t exactly subtle about it.

“baby,” he muttered under his breath, leaning toward you as you both strolled down the path toward the rodeo grandstands. “if you keep lookin’ at me like that, we ain’t makin’ it through the bull riding.”

you grinned, letting your shoulder bump his lightly. “i’m just admiring the view.”

rafe didn’t smile. no, he just tilted his head toward you with that lazy smirk, the one that made your thighs press together a little tighter even while you walked, the one that said he knew exactly what was going through your mind. his voice was low, just for you, the kind that rumbled in your belly.

“darlin’, you show up in those little shorts and that top, smilin’ at me like you ain’t got a clue what you’re doin’, and you expect me to behave?”

you bit your lip, cheeks warming—but not from the sun. emmett jogged a little ahead, clutching his corn dog with two hands like it was the most important job in the world. wren sat in her stroller, clapping her hands to the sound of a nearby banjo player, her tiny cowboy hat slightly crooked on her head. she was completely content, wide-eyed and sun-kissed, a sticky lollipop stick clutched in her chubby fist. and behind them, the two of you were playing a different kind of game.

“i expect you to keep your hands to yourself until we’re not surrounded by cows and toddlers,” you whispered teasingly, sneaking a look around before slipping your hand into the back pocket of his jeans. he stopped pushing the stroller just long enough for you to do it, turning his head slowly toward you, one brow arched high.

“you tryin’ to get me hard at the fair?”

you shrugged, all innocence and feigned shock. “you’re the one who wore that damn shirt.”

he leaned in close again, a shit-eating grin plastered on his face, his voice hot against the shell of your ear. “soon as the kids are asleep tonight, you’re climbin’ on top and ridin’ me like we’re in the fuckin’ rodeo.”

your jaw fell slightly agape, heart fluttering with heat and amusement. “is that so?”

rafe stood tall again, adjusting the brim of his hat with a smirk, all while steering the stroller with one hand like he hadn’t just whispered filth in your ear in broad daylight. “damn right it is.”

you walked side by side toward the bleachers, the dirt beneath your feet soft and warm, dust swirling around the wheels of the stroller. your fingers occasionally brushed together, both of you pretending not to notice the charge that sparked every time it happened. rafe’s eyes kept flicking over to you, hungry and slow, always dropping to your legs, your chest, that smile on your face he swore he’d never get enough of. it was almost cruel. the heat between you both. the slow burn. the unspoken promise of what would come later.

you finally reached the stands, emmett skipped ahead to find a seat in the front row so he could get as close as possible to the bulls. rafe helped lift wren from the stroller, her little arms reaching for him eagerly as she babbled and wrapped her arms around his neck. he held her effortlessly, resting her on one hip, her tiny boots swinging against his torso. and somehow, that was the hottest thing of all.

the way he looked with his baby girl on his hip, dust on his boots, muscles flexing beneath that shirt, and a look in his eye like he was about to eat you alive as soon as he got the chance.

“y’all good?” he asked casually, holding wren’s sippy cup in one hand while still managing to tuck her hat straight with the other.

you nodded, watching him with a soft grin. “yeah,” you murmured. “we’re real good.” he caught the look in your eye again—sugary sweet on the surface, filthy underneath. and all he did was smile. that slow, dangerous smile that promised you were in for it later.

and now you just couldn’t wait to go home.

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its giving dad!jj so much i think i need to get pregnant and make him a father

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© drew starkey

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You’ve grown up…

Part 2

RafeCameron x ThorntonStep-sis

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My first shift went great financially wise, mentally and emotionally wise, I am an absolute wreck. I pulled into mom’s parking spot at the house, pulling the visor down to look in the little mirror at my eyes, red and puffy. I took a few deep breaths, trying to get my heart rate to calm down, so I could walk inside and not be bombarded with questions. I look in the mirror one last time before opening the car door and making my way towards the house.

When I walk in, I notice mom in the office so I go and let her know I’m here, “hey mom”

“Hey, how’d it go today?” She asks

“It went pretty good, made lots of tips already” I laugh

“That’s awesome, Topper is grilling tonight and has a few friends over, I think they’re outside by the pool, but is there anything specific you would want?” She asks

“Oh no, anything’s fine, I’m gonna go change” I say as she gives me a smile before looking back down at the paperwork.

Once I get to my room, I decided to open my window up a little cause it felt so stuffy in here, or maybe it was just me. I didn’t see anybody out by the pool or anywhere in the yard so I turned towards my closet. I grabbed a pair of blue jean shorts and a cropped tank top and slid them on. As I was zipping the shorts up, I hear a few voices. I go to slightly look out the window and see Topper and another guy getting into the pool, while looking back listening to someone else talk.

“Did y’all see the new girl at the country club today?” The guy asks

“Gonna have to be more specific than that bro, there’s like 10 new ones in the past week” Topper laughs

“She was out on the course with Lexi, said her name was Kk” the guy says still not where I can see him.

I think back on who all I introduced myself too today as Kk that would also be friends with topper, even though I thought of a few, there’s one name that my heart kept telling me repeatedly. Please no

“I don’t know anybody that goes by Kk and I’m pretty sure I know everybody that works there, but Makayla should be home any minute, you can ask her” Topper says nonchalantly

“Makayla?” The voice says finally coming into view following the other two boys into the pool. Rafe fucking Cameron…

“Yeah, she’s here for the summer, got a job at the country club actually, so she might know who this Kk is” Topper offers

“Makayla Stephens is back on this island??” He asks surprised

“Well that’s what I said, she’s done grown up a lot, no where near the dorky little gal that she used to be” Topper says and I immediately roll my eyes, hoping and praying I’m not compared to that all night.

“Wow, I never expected her to come back, she seemed pretty set on never coming back here after her mom and your dad’s wedding” Rafe said

“Yeah, which, we ain’t talked much but I do want to try to have some sort of friendship with her, I actually kinda like just knowing she’s here, makes her mom insanely happy” Topper says and I smile, “But this Kk girl, what about her? She hot or something?” Topper asks

“Nah dude, this girl was gorgeous” Rafe says

“Dude, what if this Kk girl is Makayla?” The other boy asks

“That would be hilarious” Topper says

“Honestly, if it is her, I probably don’t have any kind of chance at all” I slightly hear as I nod, agreeing with the words, cracking a smile before walking downstairs.

Just as I make it down the stairs, the doorbell rings, so I go ahead and open it, only to be met with a sun kissed blonde girl.

“Hey, you must be Makayla?” She asks

“Yeah, and you are?” I ask confused

“I’m Sarah, Topper’s girlfriend” she said shooting me a smile

“Ohh, hey, I think he’s out back with some friends” I tell her, stepping aside so she could walk in.

“Yeah, he told me to come by because he was grilling and so I could meet you” she smiles

“Oh hey sweetie, how are you?” My mom comes into view pulling Sarah into a hug.

“I’m doing good Mrs. Thornton, how are you?” She asks as mom shoots me a proud look

“I’m doing great, I have my babygirl here, and now y’all have met and I just know y’all will be great friends” she says

“I’m sure we will be too” Sarah encourages as I lightly smile

“You girls want a drink?” Mom asks leading into the kitchen as we follow

“How’s it feel being back?” Sarah asks me

“It’s different, but so far so good, happy to be here with mom” I tell her as she smiles as we watch mom throw stuff into a blender, making daiquiris.

“So of all the guys on the island, why in the world Topper?” I raise my voice over the blender to tease her a little

“Our families grew up super close, so we have always been really close, and we decided to take it to the next step a few years ago. He’s really a great guy” She smiles

“Well if you ever need me to, I will gladly beat him up for you” I tell her

“If it gets to that point, my brother may beat you to it” she laughs

“Who’s your brother?” I ask

“You probably know him, I think y’all were in the same grade, a year give or take, but Rafe” she says

“Ohh okay, yeah, I know of Rafe” I say trying to hide the fact that my heart is pounding yet again.

“Yeah, probably not the greatest back then but he sure has grown up a lot since our dad died, he’s extremely different than what he used to be.” She says

“I’m sorry about Ward, I had no idea”

“It’s alright, every day gets a little easier, but he made sure we were set incase anything ever happened” she smiled as I smiled at her

“Well if you ever need to talk or just get away, I’m here” I offer

“I’ll hold you to it” she smiles as mom hands us our strawberry daiquiris

“Sarah, I want you to stay here tonight if you drink any” mom says

“Yes ma’am” she smiles, happily taking a sip.

“Foods ready!” We hear Topper yell as we follow mom out towards the back door.

Here we go

I walk out on the back patio, staying close to Sarah.

“Ladies first, and hey babe” Topper says urging us to go ahead and get our burgers and giving Sarah a kiss in the process

I sit down next to Sarah as mom sits down at the head of the patio table. Topper came and sat on the other side of Sarah. I glance up and accidentally make eye contact with Rafe and immediately look away. I see him pause completely in the corner of my eye before deciding to sit right across from me.

“Do you know when dad should be home” Topper asks mom looking down the table at her

“He’s saying it might be next week but he didn’t sound really sure about that” she says as he nods

“Oh! Makayla, this is Kelce, and that’s Rafe, not sure if you remember him or not” Topper says introducing everybody

“Kk hmm?” Rafe smirks, staring me down playfully, making my heart pound out of fear of the unknown

“Yep” I say cocking an eyebrow staring him down

“Where’d that nickname come from?” He asked

“College, nobody here knows it, so thought I’d use it for certain situations” I tell him, standing my ground

“Hmm” he says smiling, “you’ve grown up”

“Somebody had to” I say as he raises his eyebrows, slightly smirking

“Makayla Grace, quit it” mom said giving me a stern look

The rest of the meal was full of laughter from every other chair except mine. Even though my heart is pounding, it’s like all the anxiety that involved Rafe Cameron turned into adrenaline and I went into complete defense mode. I felt like I was on edge and every time I felt his eyes on me, made me want to pounce and tell him exactly what I think of him, but I know I can’t do that, not here anyways. So instead, I sat there and drank my daiquiri and several more after that.

After we ate and talked for a while, the boys jumped back into the pool, Sarah following them

“Makayla, come on!” Sarah yells over at me

“I’m good, thank you though!” I smile at her as I look over at mom

“What was that?” She whispered leaning towards me

“Do you remember when I was still going to school here and this certain boy was always picking on me?” I ask her and she nods, “that’s him” I state

“Ohhhh, honey, I’m sorry, you never told me his name” she said

“It’s fine, it just felt like my body went into defense mode or fight or flight mode earlier and I’m sorry, it just come out” I explain and she nods

“I understand, it’s okay, but try to give him another chance, he’s had to do a lot of growing up, now he’s the CEO of his dad’s business doing phenomenal. The little troubled teenage boy that used to run around this house hasn’t walked through that door in years. He seems to have a good head on his shoulder now.” She says and I nod

“That seems to be everyone’s impression of him now” I say

“And this might be just me, but the way he was looking at you, seemed like there was more to it” she suggested and I groaned

“That’s disgusting mother” I say making her laugh

“I wouldn’t be opposed to it” she defends

“Don’t count on it” I tell her and she smiles

“Just be happy, with whatever you do, be happy” she said grabbing my hand, “you should go put on a swimsuit and join them” she says looking over at the four in the pool playing volleyball

“I think I’m gonna go get a shower and try to get some rest. Lexi wants me up there first thing in the morning.” I tell her

“Well alright hun, goodnight, let me know if you need anything” she says and I nod walking into the house and up to my room.

~~~~~~~ Thursday ~~~~~~~

“Good morning, So I need your help with laundry and then I want you out on the course today” Lexi says as I walk up to her

“Yes ma’am” I say giving her a playful salute as she winks at me

Once we get all the towels folded and put back in their closet, it was about time for the golf course to open. Lexi leads me to a golf cart. “This one is yours for the time being, you might not have any body show up for a while and if that’s the case, relax, read a book, whatever you wanna do. Just make sure whoever shows up is taken care of” she smiles as I nod, “you have my number if you have any questions?” She makes sure

“Got it” I smile

“Great, you’ve got this.” She beams, “I’ll be in the cafe if you need me” I nod as she walks away, back inside.

I sit back, propping my leg up, pulling my book out of my bag, opening it to where I stopped last night before bed. I sat there for probably 30 minutes just reading my book when I heard footsteps coming up behind me,

“Well well well, once a bookworm, always a bookworm, huh?” The voice that I identified quickly says, putting his hands on each of the bars on the golf cart, grinning down at me.

“Have you ever even read a book?” I ask continuing on with my book

“Somewhat” he says, “you out here today?” He asks

“That’s kinda what it looks like doesn’t it?” I ask sarcastically

“Ouch” he chuckles, “but fair” as I smile down at my book, “there’s the smile” he says making me huff, closing my book to look up at him.

“Can I help you?” I ask sitting up

“Well I actually just hired my own little personal chauffeur for the day since I’m not coming with a group today, and that little chauffeur just so happens to be…” he leans closer to me before bopping me on my nose, “you” he smiles walking over to get his golf bag

“Umm I’m supposed to be driving around being a caddy girl, not your chauffeur” I say sliding out of the seat and crossing my arms at him

“Well Lexi told me to tell you, that if it’s just me out here, that’s fine, you could do a double job, and lucky for you, Thursday’s are extremely slow out here, so it’s a great time to get some practice. I’ll tip you good” he says placing his bag in the back by the ice chest and putting his hand on his hip trying to match my attitude.

“I take my payment up front” I say throwing my hand out towards him as he laughs

“You don’t trust me?” He asks

“You already know that answer” I say, wiggling my fingers waiting.

“Here ya go, princess” he says handing me a few hundred dollar bills before climbing into the passenger side.

“I didn’t expect that much but okay” I say climbing back in behind the wheel as he just chuckles.

We head on down to the first hole, he hops out and grabs his club before walking over to get ready.

“Ya know, you coulda just told me your actual name yesterday” he said getting into position

“I didn’t think that would be the best way to start this job” I admit as he swings, making a hole in one.

“Well I do want to take this time to truly apologize for how I was when we were younger. After my mom died, I really just didn’t care about anyone or anything and I took it out on everybody, even the people I actually liked in our grade and I’m sorry for it all” he says sounding very genuine and wholeheartedly.

“I get not knowing what to do after something like that but I tried so hard to be there for you cause we actually were decent buds back then and then it was like I was your worst enemy and I have no idea why. We went from being in the same friend group to me getting bullied out of it.” I tell him

“I know and I’m sorry.. I truly truly am.” He says walking closer, “can we please just start over? Fresh start?” He says reaching out his hand, waiting for me to shake it as I just stand there looking at it.

“If I agree to this and you make fun of me in any kind of way like you used to ever again, I will beat your ass” I say

“Don’t tell me that, that’s kinda tempting to see” he says pouting and I shoot him a look, “it is tempting but I’m playing, we got a deal” he says wiggling his fingers.

I look up at him and roll my eyes before putting my hand in his and shaking it. “Nice to meet you, I’m Rafe Cameron” he says smiling big as I bust out laughing, “what?” He laughs

“You’re so stupid” I say laughing

“Now who’s being mean?” He says cocking his head

“You’ll live” I say trying to get myself to stop laughing, realizing our hands are still together, so I shake it, “I’m Makayla Stephens” and let go quickly as he smiles at me as I drive down to the next hole.

“It’s a pleasure” he says as I roll my eyes at him again, “you keep doing that and they’re gonna get stuck”

“They’ll be alright, just go hit ya ball” I tell him

I watch him get into position, his gray polo shirt fitting him just right, even tighter around his arms when he’s flexing, his black shorts show how tan he is. And his buzzed head is now covered by a black under armor ball cap. Compared to what he looked like at mom’s wedding, this is very much an upgrade. I can’t lie, he has turned out very handsome and something I’d never complain to watch, but I think my brain and heart will always have that wall built up because of all those years ago, regardless of the deal we just made. But, maybe being associates or even friends, I can handle.

“You good?” Rafe ask waving his hand at me

“Oh yeah, sorry” I say looking ahead to try to see where his ball went

“It’s in the green” he says pointing and I nod appreciatively before making our way down there.

Eventually, he gets done with every hole on the course, and I make my way to drop him back off at the doors of the country club.

“Thanks for being my chauffeur today” he winks at me, “maybe we can do it again”

“Don’t count on it Cameron” I smile, making him smile back at me.

“Oh um, Kelce is having a little party tomorrow at his place, maybe you’d wanna come?” He offers

“I’ll think about it” I tell him

“Well I hope to see you then”

“Again, don’t count on it” I say making him roll his eyes

“I really hate that phrase of yours” he says grabbing his golf bag and heading towards the exit.

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You’ve grown up…

Part 1

RafeCameron x ThorntonStep-sis

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“Mom, I’m here!” I yell pulling all of my luggage into the entry room, hearing footsteps coming down the stairs quickly.

“Honey, it’s so good to see you!” She said pulling me into a hug as I wrap my arms tightly around her.

“Yeah, it’s been a while” I smile up at her

“How’s college? How’s your dad?” She asks

“College is going good and dad is great, how have you been?” I ask looking around.

“I’ve been good, even better now that you’re here” she smiles, “Topper! Come get Makayla’s bags and take them to her room please!” She yells towards the kitchen

Topper quickly comes around the corner, coming to a stop when we make eye contact. “What the hell happened to you?” He asked wide eyed

“What do you mean??” I ask looking down at my clothes

“You grew up, big time, wasn’t expecting it” he clarifies, “you’re still the same height though” he laughs as I roll my eyes

“Well you kinda grow up when you’re not stuck on this island for the past 7 years” I smile pushing my bags into his hand and walking past him, following mom.

8 years ago, my mom wanted a divorce from my dad, only for a few months to pass, for us to find out she was with Topper’s dad. A year later, they got married. 7 years ago, me and dad wanted an escape, so we followed his job to Kentucky and made a fresh new start for us. The last time I stepped foot in the outer banks was at mom’s wedding. Now, I’m here because dad felt like I needed to come spend a summer here and actually spend time with mom since he was gonna be gone all summer for work.

“Here’s you a water babe,” mom smiles at me, “how was your flight?” She asked

“Long but good” I smile

“Is there anything you’ve thought about that you wanted to do while you’re here?” She asks me

“Not really sure, I know I want to be at the beach a lot, but I did think about getting a summer job while I’m here” I explain

“Yeah, I’ve missed watching you surf, and you know you don’t have to get a job, if there’s something you wanna do, I can give you the money” She offers

“I’ll keep that in mind but I really enjoy earning and having my own money” I explain

“Well I know that the country club is wanting some extra hands over the summer, I think being a caddy girl, lifeguard, waitress, just whatever they need that day” she gives an idea

“Yeah, I guess I could do that, might as well run into all the kooks at once and get it over with” I sarcastically say as she gives me a pointed look

“I’m sure they’ll love you” she smiles as I chuckle, “I’ll call the manager, she’s a good friend, and I’ll see why I can do” she smiles

“Thank you” I say taking a sip of water, “I think I’m gonna go upstairs and get some things unpacked” I tell her, excusing myself as she’s pulling out the number to the country club.

I walk upstairs, heading to the same room I stayed in when I was here for the wedding and opened the door, seeing just how much effort mom put into the room for me. She even has a picture of me and dad on the nightstand for me. It kinda makes me wish I didn’t take this long to come back here. I smile picking up the picture, thinking back on the memory of when dad was teaching me how to surf when I was around 3 years old, and that was only because I kept pestering him about it. He didn’t want me starting till I was atleast 6 because he ‘don’t need me getting hurt so young.’ But, I finally sweet talked him enough into teaching me.

I walk over to my suitcase, throwing it on the bench in front of the bed, unzipping it and pulling all my clothes out, making my way of getting everything on hangers or in a drawer.

“Hey hun, Lexi said that if you could come up Wednesday, that would be great. Do you have any tennis skirts or anything?” She asks coming to inspect my clothes, which mainly consisted on blue jeans shorts, oversized tees, and tank tops.

“Not really..” I say

“That’s fine, we can run to town tomorrow and get you fixed up” she smiles as I nod

~~~~~~~ Monday ~~~~~~~

We ended up going to the mainland and mom dragged me into Lululemon to look for country club outfits.

“Mom, these prices are insane” I say

“Don’t even look at the prices, just look at the outfit, try it on, if you like it, get it, you’ll need a few pairs of everything, this is on me, don’t worry about anything” she tells me handing me some tennis skirts, tops, and a jacket and pushing me to the dressing room.

Everything fit great and looked even better but I couldn’t help but feel like I’m taking advantage of her, but she just about wouldn’t let me put anything down, once she figured out exactly what size I needed in everything, she was grabbing everything she could in those sizes it felt like. Eventually, we finally get out of that store with several bags and already too much money spent.

“I also want to get you some cute summer dresses for any events we may have to go to” she tells me, taking the lead and going into another store that was filled with gorgeous clothes that I haven’t even thought about wearing since I was living here. “You see anything you like?” She asks me as I shrug

“I haven’t really looked at anything like this in years” I admit as she looks down

“I’m sorry” she says and I immediately grab her hand

“I promise it’s okay, when me and dad moved away, everything was much more laid back and I just kinda backed away from the ‘kook life’” I explain pulling her into a hug

“I just hate that y’all moved but I get it too” she says wiping her eye quickly

“I’m sorry it took me so long to come back here” I tell her

“What matters is that you’re here now, now, enough of this before I start tearing up,” she laughs it off, “does anything catch your eye?” She asks me

“I’m looking, but if you see something you like, just hand it to me and I’ll try it out” I smile at her making her smile really big

“Just like old times” she cupped my cheek before turning to look around

~~~~~~~ Wednesday ~~~~~~~

I pulled up to the country club, grabbing my keys, phone, and sunglasses before heading towards the entrance, immediately looking for Lexi. I spotted a middle aged blonde lady with 50 pounds of makeup and a clipboard in her hand, so I approached her, “Hey, are you Lexi?” I ask as she shoots me a smile

“Yes, you must be Makayla?” She asks reaching out her hand for me to shake

“That’s me” I smile, shaking her hand.

“So good to finally meet you and I absolutely love your outfit” she smiles leading us down a hallway

“Thank you” I smile looking down at the white skirt and gray shirt I had chose.

“Let’s get on a cart and I’m gonna show you around and what to do” she smiles as she holds the door open for me.

We slide into the seat of a golf cart, both of us slipping our sunglasses on and we rode down the path, she explained how all the holes were set up and what was expected of me when I was out here. Then, we pulled up to a group of older men

“Hey guys, I’m showing our new hire, Makayla around and giving her run down, do y’all need anything while I’m here?”

“Yeah, we could take some beers” he smiles and shoots me a head nod, “nice to meet you” he says reaching over to shake my hand.

I follow Lexi to the back of the cart to see how everything is set up, I grab each of the men a beer and hand them out as Lexi takes their money. “Here’s you a good luck tip” the older guy said, handing me a $50 dollar bill

“Oh wow, thank you” I say shooting him a huge smile before going to the back of the golf cart where Lexi was still, so she could show me how the handheld works. But then we hear another cart come up on us to the side.

“Hey Lex, could you hand me a few beers too” a buzzed cut younger man with a big grin asks her

“Yeah, will you grab those for him?” She asks me and I nod

“How many?” I ask

“Ummm, go ahead and make it 6” he said and I nodded grabbing them and walking them over to where he was now standing at his ice chest.

“You new?” He asks

“Yeah, something like that” I smile

“Well keep the smiling up, a smile that bright will get ya plenty of tips” he shoots a playful wink at me, before handing me a hundred dollar bill.

“Let me get your change” I say going to walk over to Lexi

“No, that’s your tip”

“Are you sure about that?” I ask him furrowing my eyebrows

“Absolutely, just put these on my tab, I’ll pay it after we get done for the day” the man says

“Well okay, um, what’s the last name?” I ask picking up the clipboard to take a note since Lexi was now on the phone

“Cameron” he said giving me a smile as I immediately felt my heart start pounding. When I go down the tab list, my eyes land on Cameron, Rafe.

“Oh my God” I whisper to myself

“What’s that?” He asks

“Just that I got you down, have a good day” I give him a smile, so thankful that I brought my darker shaded sunglasses with me to hide the fact that my eyes were huge.

“You tooo—-?” He starts making a face as if waiting to hear my name

“Oh um.. you can just call me Kk” I say as I slide into the passenger side of the golf cart

“Well you have a good day too, Kk” he says giving me a huge smile before driving away.

Oh my God… I want to leave.. NOW! I thought he would be far away from this town by now. I can’t believe he’s here.. so many memories from school are filling my mind and none of them are good. But, maybe I can pull this off, he didn’t even recognize me. Hell, I didn’t recognize him… Wait.. holy crap… my old bully just flirted with me.. I need to throw up.. what the fuck…

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A/N: I hope you guys like the start of this story, it’s one of many I have been working on. Any feedback is always appreciated and if you want to be added to a tag list for this specific story, let me know. Xoxo

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𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

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PAIRING: Rafe Cameron x Reader SYNOPSIS: You’ve friend-zoned Rafe Cameron you’re entire life, he finally has enough.

WARNING(S):Dark!Rafe Cameron, Twin! reader, Pogue! Reader, Platonic!Pope x Reader, Platonic!JJ x Reader, Divorced Parents, DARKCONTENTBELOW18+MINORSDONOTINTERACT! non-canon ages, Non-Con, violence, This is a slow burn

AUTHORSNOTE:Currently editing this series because it’s come out different from what I originally planned to write. so expect some changes soon

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Good Outcomes Maybe?

Part 4 - Final part

JJMaybank x BlakelyRoutledge

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“Fuck, I shouldn’t have done that, I’m sorry” JJ panicked stepping away from me and all I could do was just stand there in shock. “I just fucked up everything, didn’t I?” He asks me, “Blake, talk to me please, say something…. Fuuuuuck” he says interlacing his hands on the back on his head.

“Jay…” I whisper and he immediately stopped and looked at me waiting, “what was that?” I asked

“I done did it, so here I go, I’m gonna put it all fucking out there, ight? I’ve wanted to kiss you for years, all these girls, for a while some of them were just a way to get you out of my head, cause I knew John B would be pissed if we ever got together, so I turned to other stupid fucking distractions and for a while it worked, and then it didn’t. That night at the party, yes we made out, but I walked away not long after, I haven’t been able to hook up with anybody in forever. I like you Blakely, I have for years, but for whatever reason here recently, those feelings have become even bigger and harder to ignore. And maybe seeing you be extremely friendly with Rafe is what set it off months ago, I don’t know, but that’s why I’ve been so pissed off, I just couldn’t stand the thought of him having you, it’s bad enough knowing y’all have kissed, I couldn’t handle more. I want you Blake, I want our bickering to be our bickering even more, I want us to be together and not just teasing John B about the possibility of it. I love you Blakely… But obviously you don’t feel like that, so I’m sorry for kissing you, I’m sorry for yelling, and I’m sorry for talking to you the way I did the other night, but I’ll leave you alone, sorry I fucked it all up…” he said running his hand through his hair, keeping our eyes locked for a few more seconds, before turning to walk towards the dock.

He just confessed everything to me and I’m still standing here like a brick wall. I watch him start to untie the boat from the dock and I immediately snap back to reality, I close my mouth before a freakin fly could decide to fly in and take off running to the dock to finally get everything off my chest.

“Jay!” I say grabbing his arm before he hopped into the boat. I felt his arm tense slightly under my hand and he continued to look ahead. “Look at me” I say reaching up to put my hand on his cheek to urge him to look down at me but he clenched his jaw and kept a stern look towards the brush along the water, “I’m not saying what I wanna say till you’re looking at me” I tell him

“You really ain’t gotta tell me you don’t feel the same way, you didn’t kiss me, there’s my answer” he said leaning down to grab the rope and throwing it into the boat before stepping onto the deck of the boat himself, heading towards the ignition.

“I love you too JJ” I say quickly before he can turn the key. He keeps his head down, looking at the wheel.

“What?” He asked finally looking at me, to which I’m met with bloodshot watery eyes now…

“I love you too, always have, always will” I tell him again

“You’re not just saying that?” He asked sincerely

“Absolutely not, come here you idiot” I say holding out my hand for him but instead he pulls me onto the boat with him and wraps his arms tightly around me as I do the same to him.

“Why didn’t you kiss me back asshole?” He chuckles

“your breath stunk” I laugh as he pinches my sides playful

“No it does not” he argues

“I’m plaaaayin, had to lighten the mood” I say leaning back to look up at him, “but honestly, I was in shock, I’ve wanted to kiss you for as long as I can remember, my whole body just froze”

“We’ve kissed before” he points out

“Not a for real kiss, those were always for games or just being mean to John B” I explain

“Well I counted them” he smirks

“Ofcourse you did” I smile

“Can I get a your version of a for real kiss now, since I did kinda embarrass myself back there” he says throwing his thumb back to where we were a few minutes ago.

“Hmm, I’ll think about it” I wink before pulling away to head for the ice chest, “want a beer?” I offer him as I start to lift the lid

“Fuck that beer” he says walking up to me and pulling me to stand back up, and grabbing ahold of my face and leaning down to place his lips on mine. This time, I finally kiss him back, for real. I reach up to wrap my arms around his neck as I feel his hands cup my thighs to lift me up so I’m finally level with him. I wrap my legs around his waist while he has one hand keeping me in place and the other on my face, deepening the kiss as much as possible.

“I love you so fucking much Blakely Routledge” he whispers against my lips as I smile

“I love you so much too” I peck his lips again

“And yeah, that’s kiss, TOTALLY different then all the others, and it was so fucking worth the wait” he says putting my feet back on the ground.

“Told you so” I wink up at him

“Blakely Ann Routledge, what the fuck are you doing?” We hear yelling from the yard, making us turn around quickly to see the whole crew back. Kie and Sarah smiling like idiots behind John B, Pope is just in shock, and then there’s John B, red a damn tomato, speed walking towards us.

“Listen man, we were gonna tell you, it just sorta happened, I’m sorry, don’t be mad at Blakely, be mad at me!” JJ yells, hurrying up to start the boat, groaning when it sputters and doesn’t want to crank up quickly.

“Don’t you dare fucking leave J!” John B yells just as the motor finally decides to be in our favor.

“Totally can’t follow that rule at the moment captain, I uh, gotta get me and the treasure out of troubled waters, yeah, well uhhh, see you in a few hours, cold beers in the fridge, we’ll be back when you won’t kill us” JJ yells backing the boat up quickly and speeding away from the very pissed John B and smiling and waving, Kie and Sarah.

JJ gives them all a final salute before pulling me into his side, wrapping an arm around me. “Since he knows, want to go ahead and make it official?” He smiles down at me

“Absolutely, the hard part is over with” I laugh looking up at him

“So you wanna be my girlfriend?” He asks wiggling his eyebrows

“Without a doubt” I say leaning up and kissing his cheek while he did a little happy dance behind the wheel making me laugh.

“Might as well make the most of it, cause I know when we go back, he’ll probably ban me from the chateau” he says

“There’s always my window, Maybank” I wink at him as he smirks down at me.

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The end

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A/N: I hope y’all enjoyed it, I have more ideas coming, some are done and some are still in the making. Any feedback is greatly appreciated! xoxo

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Good Outcome Maybe?

Part 3

JJMaybank x BlakelyRoutledge

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After a few days of absolutely no communication between me and JJ after that night, I was pissed. The pogues were all picking up on it and shockingly, JJ never said a word to John B about this “date.” The tension was hard and heavy and everyone knew it. And about that “date” with Rafe, never happened. I got dressed up all cute and went down to The Wreck and told Kie everything.

“Wasn’t JJ at the chateau?” Kie asked

“Yep, kinda why I got a little more dressier than…ever, we haven’t talked in days, I’m trying to get something out of him, is that stupid?” I ask putting my hands over my face

“Not exactly stupid, I mean, at that point, I probably would have done the same exact thing.” She slowly agrees

“I don’t even understand what the huge deal would be with him if I did go out with Rafe, like I don’t want to but still? I’m so sick of the ‘kooks vs Pogues’ bullshit”

“Blakely, do you really not see it?” She raises her eyebrows

“What?”

“Yes, Rafe would be a whole other issue in hisself but more than anything, I feel like JJ has an issue with you”

“Kie, obviously he has an issue with me” I state yet obviously again

“No, you idiot! He likes you! He has for probably forever” she said slapping the side of my head lightly

“No he doesn’t Kie, if he did, he wouldn’t be all up on different girls every night” I argue

“Blakely, think about it. The way he looks at you, the way when he has multiple choices of who to sit by, who to dance with, who to do literally anything with, it’s you. It’s always been you. The smile and eyes he gives you is very different compared to what the rest of us get. Don’t even get me started on how many times I catch him staring at you, getting all blushy, and the adoration in those eyes. There’s something there. So knowing JJ, you’re what he feels like he can’t have, not only because of John B, but now Rafe too. You know how he is and you obviously know where your heart is at too. So get it together” she urges me with a big Kie smile.

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Now for the past 2 days, I have stayed in my room or in the water surfing, just thinking. What about John B? What about if me and JJ do like each other, is John B going to disown us? If we break up, will it ruin the dynamic between all of us? Is it worth trying and not knowing what could happen?

I was walking back to the chateau after surfing by myself for a while. When I got back, I noticed that the Twinkie was gone, hinting that the house was probably empty. I lay my surf board up against the house before walking in. Immediately noticing a shirtless JJ on the couch with his arms covering his eyes. I quietly walk to the fridge to grab a beer and go to my room to grab my phone, before going back outside and heading to the hammock.

I turned my music on and just soaked in the sun, taking a few sips of my already warm beer every now and then. I hear the door of the chateau open and close quickly before I hear footsteps coming closer to me, but I continue to keep my eyes closed, feeling my heart beat rise and my nerves going all over the place.

“Need another one?” JJ, for the first time in almost a week, asked me

I open my eyes as they land on his hand right in front of my face holding an ice cold beer. “Thanks” I say

“Mhm” he says barely audible before taking a seat in the chair across from me. I crack the bottle open, taking a swig before closing my eyes again, not quite sure what I need to do.

“You gonna talk to me?” JJ shoots making my eyes pop back open quickly.

“Okay… how are you doing?” I ask sitting up, letting my legs hang off the side of the hammock adjusting my bathing suit top

“Oh I’m just fine and dandy Blakely,” he sarcastically smiles, “how are you and your little kook?” He now asks

“Is that what this is about?” I ask

“I’m just trying to make sure he ain’t trying to kill you already, since, ya know, that’s kinda his thing, but apparently not with you though, right?” He sassily says as I chuckle rolling my eyes

“Jay, don’t start this, okay?” I say and he throws his head back and groans

“I don’t see what you see in him!” JJ finally says before standing up to come stand in front of me, waiting for an answer

“This is the first time we’ve talked in a week, can we not argue right now?” I plead

“Fuck that Blakely, you and him are the problem, so I wanna know. Make me understand why you think you should be with him and I’ll let it be” he tells me

“I didn’t go” I mumble looking down

“Do what?” He asks putting his forefinger under my chin lifting my head to look at him

“Rafe and I didn’t go on a date” I say softly

“You litterly walked out of the chateau looking like a million bucks and you’re now trying to tell me you didn’t go on a date with him? If that’s the case, then who did you go out with?” He asks keeping eye contact with me, with a very stern look on his face too

“Nobody, I went to the wreck and talked to Kie.” I answer

“Why?” He asked

“Because I lied and told you we were going out when that never happened, and then after you talked to me, part of me just wanted to hurt your feelings like you hurt mine and that’s stupid, I know, but it’s done now, so I’m sorry, truly, for lying to you” I explain everything

“So…. You haven’t been going out with Rafe the past few days when you would just disappear?” He asks watching me closely

“I’ve been surfing” I answer

“Alone?” He asks as I nod, “okay, what’s going on up there in that head of yours, you only surf alone when you wanna think”

“Can we talk about that part later?” I plead quietly

“Why not right now?” He ask

“Because I’m not ready JJ, not yet” I explain

“Well I am” he says crossing his arms

“Why does any of this even matter JJ, you are up against a new girl every freaking night, why are you so obsessed with me and my so called love life???” I point out, raising my voice some

“You do realize I haven’t talked to anybody since the night I seen you leave with Rafe, right?”

“Yeah right” I roll my eyes putting my hand on my hip looking up at him

“Ask your brother, he was trying to get me to hook up with some chick the night you left in that dress, and guess what, I didn’t do it.” He tells me

“Well maybe you should’ve” I said starting to walk past him to get into the chateau.

“Blakely” he called out but I kept walking, “Blake!” He yelled in a irritated tone and that’s when i stopped on my heel and slowly turned around, pissed as all get out

“Don’t you ever yell at me like that again” I said, feeling my adrenaline go through the roof, not knowing what else was going to come out of his mouth, but when I lock eyes with him, I notice a hint of amusement in his eyes, that little sparkle in his eye standing out, and then I notice the little smirk playing at his lips right before he speed walks over to me, “what are y-“ I started to ask him but quickly got cut off when his lips landed on mine and his hands cupping my head.

Out of pure shock, I stood there and couldn’t move, I was just extremely pissed off and now everything I’ve ever wanted has just happened and all I can do is just stand here…. Not kissing him back….

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