Waves

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~PRESENT~

"I just can't believe you're here." Amelia said, sitting at the table in the Cameron's dining room, staring at Connor in disbelief. He was the last person that Amelia ever expected to visit her. She thought that he had probably forgotten about her after that one night they met at The Wreck.

Thankfully no one else was home. Amelia suspected that if Rafe saw Connor here, he would beat the shit out of him. Typical Rafe.

"I honestly haven't been able to stop thinking about you since that night we met." His cheeks flushed a bit, like he was embarrassed.

"Wow. Um...I just wasn't expecting this." Amelia gave him a small smile. "I didn't think you even remembered me."

"Complete opposite." Amelia felt her heart patter. "I was hoping you would maybe be up for a date?"

Amelia sucked her bottom lip between her teeth, looking sheepishly at Connor. Her mind thought about JJ. About Kiara. About them together.

"Okay. One date."

~ONE YEAR AGO~

Rafe pulled his truck into a small wooded area, parking it in the grass amongst the dozen other cars. Amelia could see the light from the bonfire burning deeper into the woods.

When Rafe had asked her to come to the bonfire with him tonight, she wasn't really sure how she felt about it at first. She knew that it would be fun just like the last one was, but she also knew that the last bonfire they had at the beach is where she met JJ. She knew that JJ would be there tonight. She was excited to see him, and she would rather be there with JJ more than with Rafe, but Rafe begged and pleaded for her to come, and she couldn't show up there with JJ. She figured going with Rafe would make her father happy.

As soon as he parked the car, Amelia opened up her door and stepped out, Rafe already walking around the front of the car to meet her. He intertwined his fingers with hers, planting a kiss to her forehead. He guided her hand in hand down the beach, and she saw the huge bonfire with dozens of people standing around in the woods, red solo cups in hand. Her eyes scanned over the crowd of people, and her eyes froze on him when she found him.

JJ was standing down by the shore of the ocean, a red solo cup in hand and a joint between his lips. Pope and a girl with dark, curly hair that she hadn't seen before sat in the sand in front of him, sipping from their drinks. John B stood beside him, Sarah wrapped in his arms. Sarah spotted her, flashing her a small wave, and JJ instantly turned around to meet Amelia's gaze. Amelia's lips turned into a smirk at JJ as his eyes fell upon her, and she could see the lust in his eyes as he smirked back at her. 

"There you are, man. I've been waiting for you to finally get your ass here." Topper says, who Amelia had only seen a few times. He handed two red solo cups to Rafe, and Rafe handed one to Amelia. She sniffed it, and her nostrils instantly smelled vodka. She lifted the cup to her lips and slicked back a large swig of the vodka in it.

Rafe grabbed her hand again, leading her over to sit on a log by the fire. Amelia could feel the heat radiating against her skin, and she couldn't deny that it felt really good in the chilly nighttime air. He reached down and picked up a bag of marshmallows and two roasting sticks. "Look what's sitting here."

Rafe popped the marshmallows onto the sticks, and leaned over, resting them over top of the fire. Every few seconds he rotated them and Amelia could see the marshmallows becoming blacker by the second. He pulled them off of the sticks, and popped one into his mouth.

Her eyes fell back to JJ standing across the beach in the same spot she had seen him before, and felt her face turn warm as she realized that his eyes were fixed on her. She turned to Rafe, giving him a small smile. "Hey, um, do you mind if I go find Sarah?"