Tension - a pov story //rafe cameron, JJ maybank

Part I - "until next time, my friends"

you and your brother John B are spending the day out running errands. You go to some local grocery shops to get some dinner for you both and the pogues. It's a Saturday night, so you are all spending it together. You have only been in the outerbanks for a couple of months now. Your uncle and aunt had been living with you and taking care of you up in santa Monica, but after years of convincing them, they finally let you stay with John B in the outerbanks, supposedly with your uncle from the other side of the family. You aren't sure how long you're staying for yet, but you're very excited to see your brother after a few too many years. The pogues have been very welcoming and they all love you. They all feel the need to protect you at all costs, especially one person in particular. When you and John B don't actually have an uncle looking after you, you both need to look after each other, and John B especially feels the need to be overprotective being your older brother.

You and John B arrive back at your house with some dinner and everyone starts to set up a fire outside to cook the food. "How was the trip Y/N? run into any kooks?" JJ says. you laugh, "no thank god. but it was nice to get out", after all you had been spending the last few days at home with the pogues doing nothing. "yeh i'm really glad none of them talked to Y/N or anything, i would've freaked", says John B. "do you wanna go get some wood for the fire Y/N?" asks sarah. you reply "yea sure". you both take a walk to find dry branches and wood. "so i've noticed that JJ has his eyes on you a lot lately" sarah chuckles. "what? how do you mean?" you reply slightly confused. "oh come on! as if you cant see it!" says sarah. "i got no idea what you're talking about sarah" you grin and blush slightly, hoping she doesn't notice. you've been thinking about JJ for quite some time and think he's pretty hot. But you sort of know that it wouldn't happen logically, because he's your brothers best friend. "ok well what about you and my brother, you guys seem close?" you ask sarah. "oh god no, i mean we are close but definitely not together or anything, he's like my brother." sarah replied. you sort of wonder why sarah hangs out with the pogues. after all she is a kook isn't she?

A couple of hours later you guys are cooking dinner and eating it. there's music blasting and everyone's laughing and having a really good time. Out of nowhere you all start to hear motorbike engines revving. "oh god", says john B. "that can only mean one thing". JJ sighs "rafe". you act confused "wait what who's rafe?". "my psychopathic brother" sarah sighs. two motorbikes appear around the corner. two males, the one on the right has long brown hair tied in a bun, he's wearing a green singlet with shorts. the one on the left looks to be tall, with blonde hair wearing a polo shirt and shorts. "which ones rafe?" you ask. "one on the left" JJ says pointing to him. the motorbikes come to a stop close to you all. "what the hell do you guys want?" kie asks. the boys remove their helmets from their heads. your eyes are immediately drawn to rafe. it was sunset at the time so the light hit his face so beautifully. You instantly felt butterflies in your stomach and felt your face burn up. he was gorgeous, you thought to yourself. "ah you guys look like you're having a great party" rafe says sarcastically. a slight smile appears from your mouth. "was a great party about 30 seconds ago" pope snaps. "yeh anyway i don't care i'm just here for sarah" rafe states. "um why? i'm staying here" sarah replies. "um, no. you're coming with me dad wants you home. it's important apparently" rafe says. you cant stop staring at him. he's so handsome. "ugh fine i'll go. sorry guys" sarah says. "fuck. see you then, sarah" John B says. we all say goodbye. you didn't really want Rafe to leave though. As sarah is walking over to him he notices you. your stomach immediately drops. "shit shit shit. he's looking at me" you think to yourself. "And who might you be?" Rafe questions with a smile on his face. you stay silent for a second and John B interrupts "she's my sister rafe, but that's none of your business." rafe smirks at you as you're trying so hard to calm yourself down. "yeh you're pretty cute" Rafe replies. "holy shit" is all you can think. you can feel JJ moving from next to you, he stands up, along with John B. "yeh why don't you just get the fuck out of here before you start something" JJ snaps. "don't talk to her. ever. you got it?" john B says. you're still freaking out on the inside, you've never felt so nervous around a boy before. He's making you burn up and you can feel a million butterflies turning your stomach, but at the same time, you feel so giddy for no reason. rafe just chuckles and walks away. "until next time my friends" he says. And he winks at you. Luckily no one else noticed, you hope. Sarah gets on the back of his motorbike, and he makes strong eye contact with you whilst he puts his helmet on. They both drive away. "you alright?" your brother (john B) asks. "yeah fine?" you nod. JJ nudges you with his knee, "don't worry about him, alright? he's just an ass". you laugh with him. "yep that's very true" says kie. you all chuckle and enjoy the rest of your night.

later on when you go to bed John B comes in to talk to you and say goodnight. "please don't go anywhere near rafe" john B says as he sits on the side of your bed. "he's not safe Y/N. i don't want you with him, alright?" he was quite assertive with his tone. JJ clearly heard him from down the hall. he sleeps on the couch with you guys when he can get away from his dad. "he's right Y/N!" he shouts. "rafe is an utter asshole stay the fuck away unless you wanna get killed or worse!" he yells. You and john b laugh. John B yells "thanks JJ just trynna have a private chat with my sister." JJ replies "my bad dude. be more quiet then, but ok i'm not listening anymore". you guys both laugh and john B closes the door so JJ doesn't listen. "what's so bad about him? he seems fine?" you ask. "trust me. he's not fine. He's the guy that will start fights for no reason. he's a jerk." John B says. "ok but isn't that just like a guy thing?" you laugh. "i mean you guys do that as well. especially JJ". John B smirks "yeh well none of "us guys" are good enough for you, even JJ." he replies "and especially not rafe. Y/N you're a good kid. you deserve a hell of a lot better." you nudge him smiling. "aw you're getting all protective of me" you both laugh. "yeh yeh shut up i'm just looking out for my sis" says John B. he fake punches you (nudges your cheek with his fist). "goodnight weirdo", he says "love you, night." you say. "yeh yeh love yas" he replies laughing. As you doze off to sleep all you can think about is rafe. it crosses your mind that the boys don't want you to be near rafe, but you just keep thinking "he can't be that bad." you just felt so different around him. when you first saw him you just felt it. it was like the world had just stopped for a second and it was just you and him. no one else around. plus he thinks you're cute. You think about somehow sneaking off to try and run into him somewhere. you really want to see him again, and you know it's going to be very hard to when you have these guys not letting you anywhere near him.

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                                          a/n

hey y'all so hope you're enjoying this little pov story type thing! it's going to include more JJ content a bit later on but it's mainly rafe-based. also this is not at all professional in anyway i'm just sorta playing around with some in-my-head scenarios and wanted to make it into a rough story line and share it so hope you like this so far! thanks <3 :))