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"The sudden feeling and thoughts of us being an actual couple flash through my head making my heart beat faster."
I wake up and Rafe has his arms wrapped around me tightly.
I carefully brush the hair from his face. With his mouth slightly agape he snores cutely.
I cup his face and stroke his cheek with my thumb.
His snores stop and his eyes gently open.
"Good morning" He says tiredly I move my hand from his face "Sorry that was weird" I mumble with a chuckle.
He grabs my hand and places back onto his cheek and leans into my hand.
It was strange seeing Rafe like this. He puts up this huge asshole front but seeing him lean into my touch made my heart warm.
I hear my door knob jiggle then a couple of pounds on my door "Why is this door locked!" Amy shouts to us making up both jump.
Dear god I'm gonna slap this woman.
"One second" I yell back I jump out of bed and grab my shorts from the floor then throw Rafe's pants at him.
He pulls on his pants and I unlock the door then swing it open.
"Yes?" I ask in annoyance "What were you two doing?" She asks peering in my room "Sleeping, you woke us up" I repeat in the same tone.
"Don't lock this door" she looks me directly in my eyes "Yes ma'am" I mumble and slam the door shuts when she walks away.
Rafe just looks at me and I can tell he's trying to hold in his laughter.
"You're eighteen and you can't lock your fucking door" he ask now not feeling the need to hide his laughter.
"Oh shut up, dickhead!" I throw a pillow from my arm chair at him he continues to laugh.
"You keep laughing and I'll kick you out!" I warn him as he continues to laugh "And how are you going to do that? I'm almost a foot taller than you, sweetheart" "When there's a will there's a way pretty boy"
I go towards my closet and choose an outfit for the day which includes a black bikini with a yellow floral print sun dress over it.
As I'm about to braid my hair Rafe stops me "Wait let me do it" he says happily and I look at him questioningly "You know how to braid hair?" "I have two sisters of course I know how to braid hair"
I sit on the edge of bed and he pulls me in between his legs. He brushes through my hair gently then starts braiding it.
"Where did you learn to do this?" I ask while playing with the hem of my dress. "My mom taught me when Sarah was little"
That's the first time he's ever talked about his mom.
"That's sweet" I reply and he mumbles a yeah. I decide to pry about his mother seeing as I wouldn't want someone to do that to me.
He finishes braiding my hair and he takes me to the mirror so I can look at it.
"It's looks so pretty" I say in the mirror and he hugs me from behind "You look so pretty" he kisses the top of my head causing a fuzzy feeling to spread throughout my body.
"Thank you" I smile at him through our reflections.
I turn around to face him with his hands still on my waist.
I peck his cheek "Let's go get something to eat, yeah?" He agrees and we walk down the stairs.
My family is already sitting at the table eating lunch.
"There you two are we were worried you were in a coma" My dad jokes I chuckle.
"Sir would it be ok if I took Bee out on my boat today?" He asks my dad and he immediately agrees "Oh of course! Will Sarah be joining you two?" Dad questions looking at Rafe.
"No sir it will just be us" Rafe give me a small smile which I return. "Alrighty then you two be safe" "We will sir"
Rafe brushes me out of the house "I was not informed of this" I say as we get in his car "Last minute decision" he shrugs "Ooh pretty boy going against the script? That's unheard of!" I respond dramatically he rolls his eyes and we make the short drive to his home.
We walk around the back and start to the dock where the boat floats calmly in the water.
We walk towards the dock he hops into the boat then helps me in.
He starts the boat and heads towards the marsh.
"So why are we going out here?" I question and he shrugs "Just wanted to go on a boat ride" I nod but there's a lingering feeling of tension on his part.
I just watch the waves we create in the water as we cruise through. He stops the boat in almost the exact spot that we were at when we first hung out.
I sit on the edge of the boat and swing my feet in the water then Rafe sits next to me.
We just sit there in silence.
"Do you ever think about the future?" He asks and I shrug "What about the future to be exact?" I look at him with my head tilted.
"College, career, where you want to live" I nod "I don't know about college, it doesn't seem right for me. And I don't know what I want to do career wise, I try not to worry about that stuff. What I have in life now is good enough for me I would do this forever if I could"
"But you can't," he tells me "Well obviously I know that, it would be nice to just freeze time and live like this forever though"
"So you just want to stay in Outerbanks for the rest of your life?" I shake my head "No, I might move to Florida" he furrows his brow at me "Florida? What's in Florida?" "Floridians"
"What about you what are your plans pretty boy?" I question "I'm starting college in the fall at the university of North Carolina" I smile "Ooh Rafe the frat boy, what's your major gonna be?"
He chuckles at me "Business and Marketing, I want to have my own company" "When you become successful you should buy me my own mansion" he chuckles "Of course but I think it'd be better if we shared one" I roll my eyes "Fine but only if I get my own statue" "Yes, Princess we'll have a beautiful statue of you in the front yard"
I smile at him cheekily "Thank you sir it's been a pleasure doing business with you" then we shake hands.
He puts an arm around me pulling me towards him making me nearly fall into the water. "Jesus Christ dipshit" I smack his arm and he laughs "Oh shut up you're fine"
After spending the whole day talking and a little swimming we decide to head back to the Cameron household.
Once we arrive he helps me off the boat and we hold hands while walking towards his house.
I hadn't even noticed we'd been holding hands even though we've never done it before it feel comfortable and normal.
"Hey love birds" Sarah says happily and I give her the finger. Sarah comes up to me and grabs my wrist "I'm just gonna steal her for a second" then she whisks me away then pulls me into her room slamming the door behind us.
"No fucking way!!" She shouts excitedly "What?" I asks "You and Rafe, I knew it!" She chirps "No it's not like that Sarah" she stops and rolls her eyes "Oh cut the bullshit Bee, I know my brother and I know he's into you"
"And how do you know that exactly? Has he told you anything?" A little part of me hopes she says yes and hopes he told her how much he liked me. The sudden feeling and thoughts of us being an actual couple flash through my head making my heart beat faster.
"No but never in my life saw him act the way he does around you with any other girl, and trust me there's been plenty"
