MERCEDES, jj maybank

13.

JUST A JOKE?

She knew who's necklace it was but she also knew she couldn't tell Rafe the truth.

"It's a necklace,"

"Yeah, no shit! Who's!?"

Trinity gets up in heartbeat and closes her bedroom door, "Rafe, please can you not shout?"

"Who's is that!?"

"I don't know, could be mine,"

He shakes his head, "No it's not, tell me who's it is—"

"This always happens, doesn't it? Whenever we have a good time something always has to happen,"

"Trinity, tell me who's fucking necklace that is I'm not playing around."

"I told you! I don't know but it could be mine!"

"We've been dating for almost a year I would know if you had that or even wore stuff close to that - I swear to God Trinity—"

"What do you want me to say? That I'm fucking cheating on you or something?"

"Well, are you?" He retorts.

"Rafe! No—"

"I've not seen any one of our friends wear this."

Trinity just stays quiet, knowing full well that she can't win this.

"Exactly." He huffs and sits at the foot of her bed.

"Look, I don't know what to tell you, because if it's not mine and I don't know who's it could be or how long it's even been in my bathroom." She goes and sits next to him.

"Trinity?"

She shuffles and faces him, "Yeah?"

"You know...the reason I get so, like, angry or worked up over the smallest things is that I'm worried I might lose you, so I'd do anything in my power to make sure I don't,"

She nods, "I know,"

Trinity knew that Rafe had good intentions but never knew how to show it properly. She definitely did not like how fast his temper switches and how bad it could get and while Trinity was a level headed person and could sense that maybe she would do better off without Rafe but at the same time she knew she would miss it.

Trinity reaches over and gets the necklace and puts it in the back pocket of her shorts.

"Where are you taking that?"

"When I next see Sarah I'm gonna give it to her and ask her if it rings any bells," She lies.

"You really don't know who's it is?" He asks her again.

Trinity shakes her head, "Not a clue."

Rafe nods to himself, "I'm sorry,"

"It's fine,"

"No, I am sorry, I shouldn't have jumped to the first conclusion which was you having another guy here,"

"Honestly it's fine, let's just move past it," She gets up and stands in front of him, in between his legs.

Rafe's hands delicately traced up the outside of her thighs and pulled her in to close the gap, his arms rested at the top of her legs as he hugged her. Trinity looked down and held his head close to her chest.

After their moment Rafe stood up tall next to Trin, "Do you want me to drop you at Alicia's so you can get your bike?"

"Yeah, please."