Vapor

Three

*A few weeks later*

Rafe and I had been texting almost every night since the boneyard party, and we had gotten to know each other quite a bit. The Pogue crew and I were walking down the beach when Rafe ran up to us. "Hey, Skye!" Rafe yelled as he came up next to me, ignoring everyone else who had stopped in their tracks. I was about to respond when JJ Stepped in between us. "The hell do you want kook?" Jj said, getting in Rafe's face. "You want to fucking go, Pogue?" Rafe yelled pushing JJ back. JJ went to swing, but Rafe was faster. "Hey!" I yelled, and Rafe froze, allowing JJ to land a good punch, knocking Rafe into the sand. "JJ!" I yelled and pulled him off of Rafe, who had sprung up, panting, with his fists clenched. "Rafe, cut it out." Sarah rolled her eyes at her brother. "JJ, you good?" I asked. He nodded and I turned to ask Rafe the same thing, to see he was now walking away. "I'll be back." I said, and ran to catch up to him. "Hey! What was that about?" I asked. Rafe turned to face me. "This is why I don't hang out with dirty pogues." Rafe seethed, and went to walk away. I grabbed his arm and pulled him back. "I had nothing to do with that fight. JJ Shouldn't have challenged you, but you didn't have to fight him. And you sure as shit aren't going to disrespect me just because you're mad." I said, my hand still wrapped around Rafe's wrist. His face softened. "I'm sorry. You're right." He gave a half smile. I looked at him surprised. "Its, fine. Just don't let it happen again." I said, and let go of his arm. "I wanted to ask you something when I went over there." Rafe said, almost nervously. "What is it?" I questioned. "well, I was wondering if you wanted to hang out sometime, maybe go for a ride?" I smiled. "Go for a ride? On what? Your dirtbike?" I giggled. "Whatever, forget I asked." Rafe huffed. "No, I'd love to." I said, and Rafe smiled. "Okay, I could pick you up at 8 tonight?" I nodded, rolled my eyes when Kie called my name. "I'll see you tonight, yeah?" Rafe asked, and I grinned. "See you tonight." I said, before running back to the group.

"What was that Skye?" Pope asked. "I was talking to him. JJ, he said to tell you he was sorry about the fight." I told them. "Rafe Cameron apologizing? Holy Shit, he must have gone off the deep end." John B laughed, and Sarah smacked him. "The look he had on his face after he hit J was something I hadn't seen in a while. Maybe you'll be good for him." Sarah said, and Kie nodded. "Are you kidding me? He fucking punched me!" JJ yelled. "To be fair, you started it dude." Pope said, and JJ rolled his eyes. "Whatever." JJ sighed. "He also asked me out." I giggled. "WHAT?!" Everyone yelled. "And I said yes." I said. "WHAT?!" They all yelled again. "We're going for a ride on his bike, he's picking me up at 8." I grinned. "As much as this scares me, I'll help you pick out your outfit." Sarah said, and Kie agreed. "Well, my mom's out of town with my brother, why don't all of you just sleepover?" I said, and everyone nodded. "Sounds like a plan." JJ said, and crackled his knuckles. "Please promise you'll be nice." I begged. "Ugh, fine. But if you come back crying, I'm going to kill him." JJ reluctantly agreed. I gave him a hug and we headed back to my house since it was already 6pm.