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driversatellite · 1 year

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cruel summer | r.c | part one

synopsis: after she had been left heartbroken by jj maybank, y/n had felt herself feeling withdrawn from everything around her, it seemed that nothing could make her feel better, except for maybe her best friend sarah’s older brother, rafe cameron. the two had a rivalry that began before either of them could remember but after her heart was broken y/n found herself enjoying rafe’s presence more and more, maybe he wasn’t who she thought he was.

rafe cameron x desi!reader

part one: cried like a baby coming home from the bar

word count: 4.2k

a/n: hi everyone!!! sorry for being so mia, i’ve lowkey been going through it, but it’s okay! anyways i know i said that i had another harry series coming, but i’m kinda in a writing slump for that especially cause it’s so school based and i’m in a very summery mood right now, and this idea was kinda birthed because of that, but don’t worry, i’ll get that series out soon, but while you wait for that, i hope you enjoy this one, it’s got a few of my fav tropes and i’ve had a lot fun writing it, i’ll try to get this one out on a schedule, but life happens so no promises about that! but i hope you all enjoy! as always endless love to you all <3!! (also omg new olivia rodrigo music, i’m so excited!!!)

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It was a typical Friday night for the teens who lived on Kildare island. This night was especially special because it was the first official boneyard party of the summer and everyone was ready to really let loose after how tough their school year had been. Y/N showed up to the party a few shots in, her arm hooked around her best friend Sarah’s. She was a giggling mess as Sarah dragged her to where the pogues sat. Once she spotted JJ sitting on the log Y/N quickly slipped her arm out of Sarah’s and headed toward her boyfriend, greeting him with a sloppy kiss on his cheek.

JJ looked at his girlfriend in confusion, “Did you pregame?”

Y/N giggled and nodded, “Sar and I wanted a little something before.”

JJ just nodded and didn’t say anything more, tuning back into the conversation that the rest of the pogues were having. That was pretty unusual for him, typically he’d ask about Y/N’s day and she wanted to walk closer to the water so they could talk more, but that night he barely greeted her and didn’t even ask how she was.

She let out a small hmph and looked over to her side where Kiara was sat, “Want to get a drink?”

Kiara nodded and grinned and the two girls got up and started towards where the drinks were, Y/N turned around and saw that JJ hadn’t done anything to acknowledge that she was leaving and she let out another huff, Kiara looked at the girl with a knowing look.

“What’s up with you?” Kiara questioned as the girls got farther from where the pogues were and closer to the drinks.

Y/N sighed and shook her head, “It’s nothing, I’m probably just being dramatic.”

Kiara nudged the girl affectionately, “I’m sure you’re not being dramatic.”

“Well JJ’s acting weird, I don’t know what’s up with him. Has he been acting weird around you too?” Y/N asked.

Kiara shook her head, “I don’t think so, he hasn’t been as talkative, but nothing else seems off.”

Y/N sighed, “I don’t know, it’s just weird. Like this is going to be our last carefree summer and I just wanted to let loose and enjoy it, like I worked so hard during high school and now I can finally breathe before college and it just seems like he doesn’t like me letting loose.”

Kiara nodded along, “Yeah, him asking about you pregaming was weird, acting like he doesn’t pregame before every single party.”

“Will you talk to him for me? Or maybe I could get one of the guys to, I just want to know what’s wrong, if I did something or if it’s something else.” Y/N rambled.

“You’re stressing out about this too much Y/N, it’s the beginning of summer, we can’t have any negative thoughts weighing us down tonight.” Kiara said as she handed Y/N a red solo cup, “Now drink up, so we can have fun.”

Y/N took the cup and didn’t think twice as she downed as Kiara cheered, “Give me another one, I’m gonna need it to let loose tonight.”

Kiara just laughed but obliged and handed Y/N another drink before the girls headed to where John B and Sarah were dancing. They joined their friends and Y/N felt her stress slowly leave, Kiara was right, tonight was not the night to have any negative thoughts, she just wanted to let loose.

The girls had been dancing for a while before Sarah pulled Kiara and Y/N with her to grab some more drinks and some fresh air.

“God, I needed this.” Sarah said as she took a sip of beer. Kiara and Y/N nodded along as they too took sips of their new beverages.

“I’m gonna go find Jayj, I’ll find you guys later kay?” Y/N said as she looked around the beach, it had been awhile since she had seen him and wanted to check in. Kiara and Sarah nodded and Y/N was off to where the pogues were previously sat, she spotted JJ’s familiar mop of blond hair sitting on a log, along with some other pogues that she had met, but couldn’t remember their names.

As Y/N neared the group, she could make out what JJ was saying, “I don’t know, it’s just weird, with college and all, I don’t know what to do.” Her brows scrunched in confusion at JJ’s words but she didn’t pay much mind to them as she leaned down and wrapped her arms around his shoulders from behind. JJ nearly jumped at the feeling of arms around him, but slightly relaxed once he spotted Y/N’s perfectly manicured and bracelet adorned hand.

“Come dance with me Jayj, you’ve been sitting here the entire time.” Y/N whined.

“Babe, I'm in the middle of a conversation.” JJ said

She rolled her eyes, “You can finish it later, come dance with me.”

JJ let out a huff but got up and Y/N grinned as she slipped her hand into his and tugged him along to where she had left the rest of their friends.

“Why are you being like this?” JJ asked and Y/N halted and turned to him in confusion.

“Being like what?” Y/N questioned.

JJ shrugged, “I don’t know, all giggly and drunk, it’s not like you.”

“Well, I graduated as valedictorian, I think I’m allowed to get drunk and celebrate that.” Y/N snapped and JJ rolled his eyes and she scoffed at him, “Do you have a problem with it?”

“No, it’s just weird. It’s not like you. Are you gonna be like this in college?” JJ asked.

“Why do you care?” She asked.

“Well I want to know if you’re gonna go get wasted every week when you’re across the country.” JJ said.

“You do it.” She challenged.

JJ sighed, “Yeah, but that’s different.”

Y/N’s eyes narrowed, “How is it different? Why am I not allowed to have fun?”

“I never said that.” JJ grumbled.

“Well you implied it.” She retorted.

JJ rolled his eyes, “Can we not fight? You’re being unreasonable about this.”

She scoffed again and then pointed to herself, “I’m being unreasonable?” She then pointed to JJ with a frown on her face, “You’re being an asshole JJ. You’ve been an asshole for a while, but I haven’t said anything to you about it.”

“I’m being an asshole? How am I being an asshole?” JJ questioned as he crossed his arms against his chest.

“Where do I even start? First, we haven’t been on a date in weeks, you’re always busy whenever I ask. You’re also questioning my every move, you don’t control me. You’ve been super moody and today you didn’t even greet me properly.” She ranted.

All JJ could do was scoff and roll his eyes, “I told you, I’m busy. I have work, I’m not some kook who’s going to college and getting their entire future paid for, I actually have to work and I’m in the wrong for asking what you’re doing, you’re always complaining about how I don’t seem to care enough, isn’t me asking you caring? So what if I’m moody, some days you’re a bitch, but you don’t see me telling you that.”

“I’m being bitch?” She snapped.

“That’s all you took from that?” JJ asked.

She just shook her head in disbelief, “Do you have a problem with me going to college JJ? Cause I want to know, you’ve only started acting like this since I committed to Cal. I know it’s across the country and it’ll be hard, but we can do it, if we try.”

“That’s what they all say.” JJ mumbled.

“You don’t think we’ll make it through college?” She questioned.

“Look at us Y/N, we’re not supposed to be together, you’re a kook and you’ve got your whole life planned out and paid for you, you don’t know what it’s like to work for a living.” JJ snapped.

“I might not understand what you’ve had to go through JJ, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t had any hardships.” She said.

“Right, I forgot, your mom got you the wrong colored Prada bag.” JJ snarkily replied.

Y/N frowned, “You’re being mean JJ.”

“I think we should call it.” JJ murmured and Y/N held her breath.

“What?” She whispered.

“We should call it, we won’t be happy if we keep doing this.” JJ said.

“You want to break up?” She whimpered. JJ couldn’t even give her the decency of eye contact, he was looking everywhere but her.

“It’s for the best.” JJ said.

“What about the past 2 and half years?” Y/N asked.

JJ shrugged, “It was fun, but I just don’t think we’ll work. I don’t have time for a relationship right now.”

She shook her head, “No, you just don’t care enough to put the effort in, Sarah and John B are staying together and Sarah’s going to Georgia, but they care enough to put in the work.”

“It’s just I’ll be so busy with work that I won’t have time for a relationship, I wish it could be different.” JJ said and Y/N had to hold in her eye roll, “Sorry tonight went this way.” He mumbled.

She scoffed, “Whatever JJ.” She gave the blond boy one last glare before stomping away, all she knew is that she wanted to get out of there.

Her tears were blurring her vision as she headed to where the cars were, so she didn’t see Pope coming her way and it was too late when they crashed into each other. As she landed on the ground the tears she had been so desperately trying to hold him burst out and she just started sobbing.

Pope, who was wearing a grin on his face, quickly scrunched his eyebrows in confusion, “Wha-Y/N what happened?”

“He broke up with me.” She whimpered out through her sobs. Pope didn’t waste time pulling the girl into a hug, JJ may have been his friend for longer, but he and Y/N had grown incredibly close in the years that they had known each other and seeing her like this broke Pope’s heart.

“Let’s go find somewhere to sit.” Pope said as he helped her to her feet. All she could do was nod and follow as she continued to cry. Pope led the girl to where a few logs were haphazardly placed and helped her sit down before grabbing his phone and sending Kie and Sarah and code red text. After sending the text, he took a seat beside Y/N and wrapped his arm around her shoulder and let her cry into him.

It wasn’t too much later when a confused Kie and Sarah approached the pair, but as soon as they saw Y/N’s tears they didn’t question anything, they just pulled their crying friend into their arms.

“What happened, y/n/n?” Sarah questioned as she pulled away from the hug.

“He dumped me.” Y/N murmured through the hiccups and tears.

“He dumped you here? In the middle of a party? What an asshole.” Kiara scoffed as she wrapped her arm around Y/N’s other side.

“It’s his loss y/n/n. Just remember that, you’re one of the most incredible people I’ve ever met and if he doesn’t see that he doesn’t deserve you.” Sarah tells her

Y/N gave her friends a watery smile, “I love you guys, thanks for being here for me.”

The three of them just smiled and pulled her back into a hug, all they wanted was for their friend to feel better.

It had been a few days since the party and Y/N was still moping but Sarah had dragged her along to the club so they could sip on mai tais while lying poolside. She knew it was risky with all the adults around, but she couldn’t find it in herself to care. Her half-drinken mai tai sat on the side table along with a plate of truffle fries as she flipped through the pages of her latest read, a murder mystery novel, she couldn’t bring herself to bring a romance novel, her broken heart wound still being too fresh. Sarah had abandoned her to go grab some more drinks and it felt like ages since she had disappeared. Y/N scanned the club and spotted Sarah talking to a few people that they had gone to school with and knew she would be awhile when she saw that Sarah hadn’t made it to the bar. She let out a huff and flipped onto her stomach and slipped her sunglasses back on before going back to the book, but before she could fully be invested in her book a shadow loomed over her and she looked up and let out a groan when she saw a smirking Rafe Cameron.

“What do you want Rafael?” She questioned, not bothering to get up.

Rafe just smirked, “Drinking out in public? That’s bold of you Y/N. I thought you wouldn’t wouldn’t want to tarnish that good girl rep.”

Y/N rolled her eyes and sat up and reached over to grab her mai tai before bringing it to her lips and draining the whole thing in one gulp, “I don’t care and I don’t have a good girl rep.”

Rafe just chuckled, “Keep telling yourself that miss goody two shoes.”

“Leave me alone, Rafael.” Y/N grumbled as she settled back into a comfortable position with her book. Though she and Sarah had been best friends since before she could remember and so had Rafe and her brother Neal, she had also been enemies with Rafe before she could remember. Okay, maybe enemies was too harsh a term, but the two had been rivals since they were little, making sure to get on each other’s nerves whenever possible. Sometimes their siblings joined in on their rivalry, but usually it was Rafe versus Y/N. She can’t even remember how their rivalry started, but she knew it wasn’t ending anytime soon, Rafe still managed to get on her nerves and she knew she got on his nerves and that feeling of satisfaction was just too good for her to stop playing their childish games.

Rafe just smirked and languidly walked away from the agitated girl, he had done his job of annoying her and now he wanted to treat himself. Y/N just rolled her eyes and went back to her book.

It wasn’t too much later that Sarah came back with new drinks and the club’s famous arancini balls, “Damn, you finished your drink? You never finish a drink from here.”

Y/N shrugged her shoulders, “I wanted to. It helps drown out my sorrow.”

Sarah rolled her eyes, “Ok, ok, no more wallowing in self pity. It’s his loss and if you keep being sad about it he’s winning. Just show him that you don’t care.”

“I just don’t understand Sar, everything was great, I don’t know what changed.” Y/N mumbled.

Sarah gave the girl a small frown before wrapping her arms around her, “I know it’s hard, but sometimes things happen for a reason, maybe you two aren’t meant to be and that’s okay, there’s gonna be someone out there that’s perfect for you.”

Y/N smiled and leaned into Sarah’s arms, “You always know the right thing to say Sar.”

Sarah smiled and hugged her friend tighter, “I’ll always be here for you y/n/n, no matter what.”

It officially hit the two week mark since Y/N and JJ’s break up and even though Y/N still wasn’t feeling 100% better, she was slowly getting there, which is why she agreed to go to the chateau that night. Sarah and Kiara had begged her to come, telling her that it was going to be a super chill evening, just them and some other pogues just having fun. Y/N begrudgingly agreed, it had been a while since she had been out and she decided that she needed to stop letting JJ stop her from having fun, she deserved to have fun.

The trio was getting ready at Kiara’s place and pregaming there too.

“So who’s gonna be there?” Y/N questioned as she applied her blush.

“The usual people, us, the boys, and a few other pogues and some tourons. John B said it wasn’t going to be super small, but it’s not gonna be super big.” Sarah told her and Y/N nodded, she could do that, as long as she didn’t have to make conversation with JJ she’d be fine.

The girls took a few shots and made sure that they looked good before ubering to the chateau, they could hear music and chatter as they stepped out of the uber and Y/N relaxed knowing there’d be enough people to shield her from JJ.

Sarah tugged her friends along as she looked for her boyfriend and it wasn’t too long before she spotted John B, Pope, and Cleo all conversing near the drinks and they made a beeline towards them.

“Finally, you guys made it.” Cleo said as she greeted the girls, she had opted out from getting ready with them to finish some work, but had promised them next time she’d join them in getting ready.

“Sorry, we took a bit longer than expected, we took a few little shots and lost track of time.” Kiara explained and Cleo laughed.

“Well, let’s get you guys some more drinks.” Cleo said, handing each of them a cup full of a beverage. The girls happily accepted and they all downed their drinks before dragging Cleo to dance with them, Pope and John B staying behind.

Y/N was having fun, actual fun and she couldn’t be gladder. She was worried that she’d be in that sad broken heart phase forever, because it felt like that for her, but she was glad to be drunk and having fun with her girls, she had desperately needed it. They danced for what felt like hours before stumbling to where the hammocks were and seating themselves as they caught their breaths.

“God, I needed this.” Y/N panted out.

“We’re glad you came out with us, it’s been a while.” Cleo said.

Y/N nodded and smiled, before leaning her head on Sarah’s shoulder, “I just needed a bit of time to recuperate, but I’m glad to be back.”

The girls smiled and they caught Y/N up on what she had missed at the previous parties, all of them laughing and having the time of their lives. It wasn’t too much later that John B and Pope joined them, and Y/N felt at peace, she had missed this, missed them.

But her happy bubble burst as soon as she saw JJ. He was heading their way and he had his arm draped around a girl, a girl that Y/N didn’t recognize. She swallowed and sat up straighter as the two of them approached the group. The laughter and chatter ceased as JJ brough the new girl to them, everyone unsure what to say.

JJ cleared his throat, “Hey guys, this is Rina.”

The rest of the pogues gave Rina a tight smile, confused on what JJ was doing.

“It’s so good to meet you guys, Jayj is always gushing about you.” Rina rambled out, wrapping her arm around JJ. Y/N swore she felt her patched up heart crack at the sight of that and the use of JJ’s nickname, her nickname for him.

John B was the one to break the rest of the group’s silence, “It’s good to meet you. Are you new here? I haven’t seen you before.”

Rina nodded, “I’m new. Just moved to the island, I met Jayj working at the docks, he’s been helping out with my uncle’s fishing boat.”

“Sounds like JJ’s been a great welcoming committee.” Kiara snarkily said.

Rina grinned, it didn’t seem like she picked up on Kiara’s tone, “He’s been the best.”

Y/N wanted to walk away, but she knew she couldn’t, she didn’t want to make a scene and she had just spent the entire night convincing her friends that she was over the break up and if she did anything to counter that, she would continue to get all those pity looks from them and she couldn’t bare it.

“Well, I just wanted to introduce you guys, I think we’re gonna go grab a drink now.” JJ said as he made a move to turn towards where the drinks were, but Rina stopped him grabbing his hand.

“Jayj, you said we were gonna tell them tonight.” Rina whispered, but it was loud enough for everyone to hear.

JJ nodded and swallowed hard, “Right, yeah, um, well, I don’t know how to say this-”

Before he could get through the rest of his sentence Rina interrupted him, “Jayj asked me to be his girlfriend a week ago!”

The statement was met with complete silence from the friend group, none of them knew what to say, all they could do was glance at Y/N who sat with a blank expression.

Y/N felt her heart break at the announcement, she couldn’t believe he had moved on so fast, especially after he had told her that he didn’t have time for a relationship and that was why they were breaking up. She dug her nails into her palm and bit her cheek to stop herself from bursting into tears right there. She just wanted someone to say something and for them to walk away so she could be left alone to her own thoughts and cry in peace.

It was John B who broke the silence seeing as no one else was willing to do it, “Wow, a week?”

Rina nodded excitedly and JJ just gave him a curt nod, “Well, we’re gonna go grab some drinks, see you guys later.”

The group waited for the new couple to be out of earshot before whipping their heads towards Y/N, who was hanging on by a thread.

“Y/N are you okay?” Pope asked. She could do nothing but nod, she didn’t want to cause a scene and cause a rift in the friend group.

“I’m fine, we’re broken up, he deserves to be happy.” She said.

“But-” Kiara went to say but Y/N shook her head, “No, really, I’m fine. I’m over it.”

It was a lie and Y/N was hoping none of them could see that, she just wanted to go home and cry, she was so completely over everything. The rest of the group exchanged looks, they knew that Y/N looked far from fine, but they knew not to push it, the boys got up and walked away, leaving just the girls alone.

“It’s just us y/n/n, you can talk to us.” Sarah said.

“I already told you, I’m fine. Please can we just drop it?” Y/N snapped, she didn’t mean for it to come out so harshly, but she just wanted to forget that past ten minutes had happened.

“Okay, yeah, we can go get more to drink.” Kiara said.

Y/N shook her head and glanced down at her phone, “Actually, it’s pretty late, I have to run errands with my mom early tomorrow morning, I think I’m gonna call it a night.”

“I can come with you.” Sarah offered.

“No, it’s okay, I’ll just get an uber, you guys stay and have fun. I just need to call it an early night.” She said as she stood up and headed towards the front of the chateau. The girls shared a look with each other, they knew that their friend was far from okay, but they didn’t want to push her, they knew she’d come to them eventually.

Y/N hadn’t called an uber, she had called her brother, knowing that he was already on the cut, she just wanted to get home. She had wrapped her arms around herself to keep warm and sat on the front steps of the porch to the chateau. It wasn’t too much later when she saw her brother’s black Range Rover pull up and she quickly stood up and made her way to the passenger side, but was surprised to see Rafe sitting there. She just let out a huff and slid into the backseat wordlessly.

Neal, her brother, turned to look at her, “What’s wrong? Why didn’t you get an uber with the rest of them?”

She shrugged, “I didn’t want to, can we just go home, I’m tired.”

Neal didn’t want to push it, he could sense something was off, so he dropped it and started towards figure 8.

Rafe glanced at Y/N through the mirror and noticed her melancholy expression and how quiet she was being. Growing up together meant you learned a lot about each other, so he could easily read her like a book and he too could tell something was off. He had noticed something had been off since a couple weeks ago, when Sarah, Kiara, and Y/N had a sleepover, but tonight she looked especially somber. He knew not to push her tonight, but he’d figure out what was wrong, one way or another.

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meowshark12 · 2 months

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i know it won't work...(rc)

series summary: you're best friends with topper, kelce, and rafe. it has never bothered you to see them with other girls, knowing that they usually only have flings, but, when rafe gets what appears to be a girlfriend, how does this change things?

(not rly canon)rafe x kook!reader, original characters

warnings: none idk, first time writing beware

a/n: the slowest of all slow burns rn. feedback appreciated!! but pls be constructive abt it I can't handle hate

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chapter 1: just friends!

It was approaching the end of May, something you were thankful for. Without any more classes to think about, you could focus on the important things in life; the beach, getting drunk, and hanging out with your friends.

Your friend group was one constant in your life that you felt would be impossible to live without. No matter the situation, you knew you could count on them.

Your boy friends, Topper, Kelce, and Rafe, you had basically grown up with. Topper's father is a business partner of your father, and both of your mothers got along so well that, when they became pregnant at almost the same time, they were ecstatic.

Topper made his own friends, and so did you. So what could be the harm in merging your groups?

Your girls, Stella and Macey, have been your closest friends since you all met in the same class at the beginning of freshman year. The three of you were inseparable, defying the odds of "trios never work".

The group of the six of you got on like a wildfire, which was why you were so excited to spend the whole summer with them.

You had entered your final class of the day, a class that you had with Rafe and Kelce. Assigned seating was your worst nightmare, you being seated in the back and them together in the front. None of your girls were there, and your boys were too far out of reach. So, you decided to focus on what you could, which was probably why you were doing comparatively better in this class than all of your others.

The class droned on for a while, Kelce and Rafe both messing around in the front while occasionally stealing glances at you. Rafe lets his look linger for a split second too long. You had barely noticed, but you heard whispers of the girls in front of you.

"I really don't understand how they're friends" one of them whispered.

"He's definitely looking at you, Amber, not her." her friend replies.

From there, you tuned it out. You were used to the jealousy that came with being close with them, so you try to not let it bother you anymore. But, maybe he wasn't looking at you. Maybe he and Kelce were messing around to get the attention of the girls in front of you. You tune back into the lecture, only letting your gaze drift to Rafe and Kelce a few more times.

As your final class of the day ended, you checked your texts from the "big 3" groupchat with just you, Stella, and Macey.

...

stella may💫

im bored

mace🦋

girl pay attention. how do you expect to learn

anything if ur always on that damn phone

stella may💫

stfu. what r we doing later? need to fantasize ab

something to get me thru the day

mace🦋

idk. thought top was throwing? ask yn,

he usually tells her first🙄

stella may💫

don't sound so jelly just bc u want topper bad.

yn what's the plan?

...

You looked down at your phone, smiling briefly at your friends' text messages. Truthfully, you didn't know if Topper was throwing, but you hoped he was. Parties are always better when your friends were the first there and last to leave. You reply to the girls, a quick "idk, come to mine after school?", before turning off your phone and packing your things as the class was dismissed.

At the front of the class, you see Rafe and Kelce waiting for you. Rafe is staring at his phone, while Kelce taps his foot, faking impatience with you.

"What took you so long?" Kelce asks, eyeing you quizzically. The three of you begin to walk outside, slowly making your way to the parking lot to meet your friends.

"Just the girls blowing up my phone," you laughed. "They're asking if Top is throwing tonight. They always expect me to have the answer," you say with a sarcastic roll of your eyes. Kelce laughs. There is a silence that follows. Kelce accepts your answer, and Rafe is still glued to his phone.

"What are you staring at dude?" Kelce questions, shoving Rafe lightly.

Rafe replies, "Oh- just a message from my dad. No big deal," eyes shifting so slightly that you almost missed it. He avoids your gaze and changes the subject easily. "So, Topper's throwing then?"

You knew Rafe better than to let that slide, and decided you would talk to him about it another day, perhaps after he had cooled off a little. Though you and Topper were originally the best of friends, you and Rafe have become closer over the few years that you have known each other.

Rafe always found it easy to talk to you. You were like a vault, so anybody's secret would be safe with you. You believed that people's stories were their own to tell, and, if someone told you something, you would never even think about sharing it for them. Because of this, and because of your willingness to trust Rafe, he began to slowly open up to you.

The first instance of Rafe's openness was years ago after a party at Tannyhill, before the two of you had really even become friends. You were more like acquaintances who knew each other through Topper. Most everyone had gone home, a few stragglers stumbling out and your friends already upstairs, but you had started straightening things out downstairs in the kitchen. This party was particularly rowdy, and it always pained you a little bit to let other people clean up a mess that they didn't make. Rafe walks into the kitchen and stops when he sees you.

"What are you doing?" He asks, and you turn, still squatted down trying to sweep up shards of broken glass.

"Just trying to clean up a little, it makes me a little anxious just going to bed and leaving all of this," you reply honestly, standing up and tossing the broken glass into a bucket that you had found outside. You looked into his eyes. The blue of them was much darker in this lighting.

"Oh," he says, shocked, "you don't have to do that. I can take care of it." He breaks eye contact with you, but you speak again.

"It's really not a big deal, just trying to make it a little easier in the morning." There's a silence that follows. You clear your throat. "I just know that I like when other people do this for me, so I figured I would return the favor... as best as I can, I guess. These people really did a number on your house." You laugh lightly.

He scoffs, amused. "You could say that. This is gonna be the last party I throw here for a while." Rafe says, leaning against the countertop behind him. He notices the look that you give him, which propels him to explain himself further. "Ward hates when I party, and after the last one he gave me this huge lecture. I dont know, I think he thinks it's gonna send me down the wrong path." You're silent, just barely nodding along as he speaks. He continues, "I guess he's kinda right, I mean I'm not perfect, but it's annoying that he sees me as this unhinged freak when Sarah does the same things and he sees her as an angel." He finishes. You nod, sympathetically while Rafe begins to wonder why he even told you that to begin with.

He's not the most open person, after his mom died and his father remarried, he's found it hard to open up to anyone. His mother was his rock when he was younger, and he resents his father for just giving up on her like and finding someone new. But, something in your warm demeanor reaches out to him, and he feels like he would tell you anything if you asked.

"I get it," you say, before Rafe can walk away and pretend this conversation didn't happen, "My parents have always been like that with my sister too. Sometimes I feel like I don't really even exist to them, but I know that they just want what's best for us. She just needs more attention, I guess," you reply, shrugging a little. Rafe gives you a small smile, acknowledging what you said. You knew that Rafe had really opened up to you, and you felt like you owed him a little piece of yourself in that way too.

The silence that follows is comfortable, and you both begin straightening things around the house. Rafe is sweeping everything into a pile in the kitchen as you enter from the living room carrying a bag of garbage. It's only been around 15 minutes, but you speak again.

You had been thinking about what he said as you picked things up. "I hope you know that you're not actually an unhinged freak, Rafe," you begin, setting the bag down and turning to face him, hoping to add a bit of humor to make the next thing you are about to say a little less serious than it is. Rafe chuckles, but stops what he's doing to look at you, clearly interested in what you were gonna say next. You continue timidly, "at least, I know that's not how I see you"

"How do you see me, then?" He replies with a smirk, looking you up and down. You knew he was trying to give you a chance out of what you had started, but you don't relent.

"Thats not what I meant," you say with a roll of your eyes, you lean on the counter facing the table, "I just meant that I don't think you give yourself enough credit." You wait a beat, seeing how Rafe is reacting to what you're saying. You wouldn't want to continue if he seemed any sort of uncomfortable, but Rafe seemed to be hanging onto your every word, now seated on the kitchen table. You continue, "I mean, putting a drunk Topper to bed is a skill that few people have been proven to possess," at this, he lets out a laugh, leaning back onto his hands while waiting to see what else you have to say. "And it's almost impossible to remember Stella's or Macey's coffee order, but you do it flawlessly any time they ask."

He playfully rolls his eyes. "It's not that hard..." he responds before you continue.

"And I've seen the way you treat your youngest sister, even if she can annoy you sometimes." You pause, but he doesn't respond, looking down at his feet. "And I know you put on that tough guy act, but your actions toward some people about show that you care a lot more than you let on. So basically... I have a lot of respect for you." you finish, unsure what really possessed you to say all of that.

Rafe is silent, the only sound in the room is some light snoring that you know is coming from Topper down the hall. Was he really that transparent? You think that you may have said too much, but Rafe takes a deep breath before saying, "Do you really think all of that?" You nod, he lets out a surprised huff, and you accept that as your queue to turn in for the night. Maybe you both were too drunk to act sane, which could explain the nature of the conversation, but you meant everything you had said.

"Well, I think I'm gonna go to bed, but thanks for staying up and cleaning with me. Goodnight, Rafe" you say with a yawn.

"Goodnight, YN" he responds, and you swear you see the faintest blush on his cheeks. He was still reeling from all of the nice things you had said to him.

After borderline forcing Topper to host a party tonight, you and your girls split ways with the boys. You all piled into your car, blasting music on your way back to your house. You walk in, saying a quick "hi" to your parents and siblings before heading straight up the stairs into your room. You sit on your bed, while Stella and Macey find spots in an armchair and at your vanity. The three of you sit in silence for a while before beginning to debrief the parts of the day that you had spent without each other. The debrief was nothing to really write home about, until you spoke up after a few seconds of silence.

"You know that Amber girl who sits in front of me in 4th period?" you ask, trying to be nonchalant about your question, though it was weighing on your mind all day.

"I think so," replies Macey, looking at herself in your vanity mirror. Stella just nods along.

"Well, Kelce and Rafe were messing around during class and would look in my direction every once in a while for some attention, and the one time she was like 'ugh I don't even know how they're friends' or something like that," you explain, and you see the girls' faces change, Macey's jaw hanging open. "Usually shit like that doesn't bother me but there was something about it that I lowkey can't stop thinking about..."

A look of recognition crosses Stella's face. "Wait... isn't that the girl who is literally obsessed with Rafe?" she questions, "I swear I remember him talking about her to Top and Kelce the one day."

"That would make sense," Macey adds, while you just look confused.

"I mean yeah I guess," you reason, "but I don't know... it just rubbed me the wrong way I think." You try to articulate your thoughts the right way, but it makes you seem more possessive of your boy friends than you intended.

Of course, they can have other friends that are girls. You would just prefer that you and your girls are their first priority. You continue as you remember another detail. "oh my gosh and then her friend was like 'he's definitely just looking at you Amber' which made me unsure if they were actually looking at her or me. UGH I don't even know what to think. Not that they can't look at her obviously. I just thought they were looking at me, and, I don't know, I feel stupid even saying this."

"I don't know, I wouldn't worry about it too much. You know you're their number one girl anyway," Macey says, while Stella rolls her eyes at her friends bluntness. You blush lightly, not considering it like that. You and Stella exchange a glance before you speak again.

"You know they love you guys just as much as me." You explain, not trying to start a confrontation before what is supposed to be a great night. The two girls just shrug.

"Yeah we know, but I think she's just saying that you don't need to worry about them replacing you with that Amber girl. You're their best friend!" Stella says, trying to reason with you. You understand what they're saying, and you nod along.

You decide to change the subject. "Ok well do you guys want to get food before we leave?"

"Hell yes. Pizza has been calling my name all week." Macey says.

"Yeah I'm down!" Stella exclaims.

You call and order pizza, glad that you were able to change the subject. Just after that, Topper calls you asking for drink requests. You tell him to get you "the usual" and that you'll Venmo him later. He tells you that he will text the group chat of the six of you when they're back and you can come over.

The three of you eat the pizza in what feels like record time, still having probably around an hour before needing to walk over to Toppers house. It was lucky that you lived so close to him- he was always nearby if you needed him, or if you needed to walk back to your house after getting shitfaced.

After Topper's call, the three of you begin getting ready. You put on a black tank top and loose jean shorts, accessorizing with your favorite jewelry.

"Shots?" You ask, raising your eyebrows. The other girls immediately agree, and you pull out a bottle and three shot glasses. You take the shots, wincing. You look between your friends, wondering how you got so lucky, when you get a text from Topper telling you to head over.

(to be continued hopefully. lmk if you like!)

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