I'll Do Anything • Rafe Cameron

Chapter 10

End of last chapter: I got in the bed a fell asleep just looking at him. When I woke up, he was nowhere to be found. Rafe Cameron was becoming a major problem for me.

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Step one of getting the gold: pawning off what we already have. It sucks that we have to travel so far to get money for some gold, but money is money. The plan is to go down resurrection drive where the pawn shop lady said to go. We all piled into the Twinkie and began our journey.

"There's nothing but weeds back here" I complained. This plan was going south, and fast. With John B's stupid fishing trip with Sarah's dad coming up we were losing time and focus fast. My worries were interrupted by sirens.

"Cops? Out here?" I said in shock. We all grumbled and questioned what was happening.

"Stash the gold."
"Hide the gun."
"There better not be any weed in here."

We all started moving frantically trying to hide everything before the cops could find anything incriminating. As we all scrambled around we heard the cocking of a shot gun and froze. A dude in a mask was holding a gun right against John B's head.

"Everyone put your hands up" said the dude in a thick accent. We did as he said, suddenly I missed JJ's gun. Next we all had to get out of the car. He shouted orders at us and poked his gun around in the air, threatening to shoot if we made one wrong move.

We all laid down in the ditch as he instructed and I prayed that JJ would shut up and not do anything to aggravate this dude. He began to ransack the car searching for something. I knew he was looking for the gold. He must have been at the pawn shop.

"We were set up guys" I whispered shakily.

"That old bat shanked us." Said JJ as he hit the ground in anger a few times. I could feel Sarah shaking next to me. Pope had gone dead silent. Then all of a sudden John B got up and started moving. We all tried to tell him not to go, but he wouldn't listen. I was going to beat him if we got out alive.

I heard the gold drop in the van and new the robber had found it. We were out of time and John B was not safe at all. The robber got out of the car and yelled some more while shaking his gun at us. I couldn't hear what he said over the fear I had that John B was in danger.

The robber got in the car and it was silent for a moment. Then we heard commotion. John B was wrestling the robber for the gun. We all got up and ran toward them, trying to help John B. With all five of us, we outnumbered him easily and began to beat him up.

JJ pulled his mask down and we all recognized him. Barry, nothing but a drug dealer and low life. Other than that I knew he was a friend to Rafe... if you could even call them that. Part of me was upset just looking at him. How much better would Rafe be if this man didn't sell him coke? I pushed Rafe out of my mind and came back to the situation at hand.

JJ stole Barry's wallet and went to the car. We all followed suit. I couldn't shake this unsettling feeling that something bad was going to happen. I knew he was friends with Rafe, that could only mean we were about to be met with something bad.

We drove to Barry's place, the car ride was tense. JJ was pissed and no one knew how to get him to calm down. JJ came out of Barry's with a sack full of cash.

"So this is what we do know?" I asked. "We're just going to rob people." I knew why JJ was pissed, but now I was too. This was only going to get us in more trouble.

We all began arguing over the money, restitution, Barry, and the gold. We were talking over each other and yelling. Finally JJ left, decided to go it alone with the money. The rest of the car ride was tense. We dropped Pope off, but I knew I couldn't go home yet. This was going to cause problems that I needed to fix.

"John B will you actually drop me off at the country club?" I asked. He looked at me funny. "I'm supposed to meet my parents there." I lied.

In all honesty, I was looking for Rafe. He was friends with Barry and I felt like I needed to talk to him to smooth things out. As we were driving, we heard a bike pull up and begin honking.

"Oh shit that's Rafe" said Sarah. Fuck. This was about to get messy. They kept honking and John B kept driving until Rafe blocked him off with his bike and he was forced to stop.

"Let me handle him" said Sarah. I wanted to protest but knew I shouldn't get in the middle. Especially since nobody knows the weird relationship between Rafe and I. She got out of the car and they started yelling at each other. John B and I got out to listen until Topper pulled up. I decided to let John B take care of him.

"I'm taking care of my shit." Rafe yelled. Sarah backed away and I could tell this was getting out of hand.

"Rafe." I said. He turned and saw me for the first time. I could tell just by his eyes this was psycho Rafe, not the Rafe I had known the past few days. Thd Rafe that was never sober and always angry. The Rafe I was powerless against.
"Rafe this is bigger than you think" I tried to reason with him.

"You're involved too?" He looked pissed as hell.

"Can you just listen for a second so I can explain what is happening? Your little drug dealer friend robbed us first." I said, my voice increasing in volume as I got more agitated.

"It doesn't matter who did it first!" He yelled back. "What matters is he won't let it end until he wins. And now you're in the middle of it." He walked toward me and grabbed my face, tilting it up to meet his eyes as Sarah walked to where John B was talking to Topper.

"Don't tell me how to run my life until you fix yours." I fumed as I pulled away. He grabbed my wrist before I could walk away.

"I'm getting it together. I have a place to stay now." He looked me dead in the eyes and slowly tucked my hair behind my ears. "You're going to need me and I'm not going to be in the middle of it." He whispered and then pushed me away from him and began to walk off.

"Why would I ever need your help?" I yelled, furious that he thought he could push me around. "Don't forget who helped you when you had nothing. When you got kicked out and when your dad didn't want you."

He rapped his fingers around my neck and pushed my chin up with his thumb, shutting me up real fast.

"I think you forgot who you're talking to." He whispered. I shivered despite the sweat running down my neck.

"I could have my way with you any time that I wanted, there's nothing you can do against me." He continued, moving his hand down my chest before taking it away. "Don't forget who has power over you." He said before getting on his bike and driving away.

If it had been anyone other than Rafe, I would have punched them. Hard. But I knew he was right. He would always have the power to do whatever he wants with me.

I left John B and Sarah without looking back. I didn't want to know if they had seen Rafe and my conversation. Instead I decided to find Pope and JJ. I had enough of the Cameron's today, and enough of Rafe's psycho asshole side forever.