{Red Roses} ~Rafe Cameron~

35. He's not my boyfriend

Once the two teens arrived back home, Ophelia helped Dean put all the groceries in the pantry and fridge.
"I'm going to sleep" Dean yawned.
"Ok I'll be there in a sec" Ophelia kissed his cheek and walked over to her room. She sat on her head for a minute trying to process everything that's happened today.

She trailed her eyes along the bookshelf leaving against the light blue wall. Her eye caught something shiny. She stood up and went to see what it was. A picture frame. She traced her hand across the frame and stared at the photo. That boy. The one she saw earlier at the store. Suddenly it hits her. Clyde lewis. Holy shit.

Clyde was one of Ophelia and Dean's best friends back when they were 12. They were called the three musketeers by the other members at the orphanage. But all of a sudden Clyde left. They were told that Clyde had found a new family and left the island. Ophelia and Dean we're devastated. They lost one of their best friends.

Clyde however, he was furious. He was so mad that he had a family and his best friends didn't. He was furious that he had to leave them. He was especially furious when he found out that Ophelia and Dean were still together without him. He hated Dean for that. He couldn't take it out of Ophelia because he did have a little crush on her. But he hated Dean and wasn't afraid to show it.

He would come by the boys orphanage and make fun of Dean for not having a family and being poor. Ophelia obviously didn't know that any of this was going on. Later on in the years the two got over it and that's when they both escaped.

The flash backs of their past hit her like a train and all the memories came rushing back. She had to see him. Ophelia tip toed into Dean's room and saw that he was fast asleep. She quietly tip toes back to her room and threw on one of his hoodies and ran out the door as quietly and quickly as she could. She didn't start the car because it would make too much noise so she took her old bike.

It was 12:38pm as she peddled as fast as she could go. Swerving through cars and bushes. She finally made it. She dropped her bike and ran. She ran all the way to the back of the building where she saw the one and only Clyde lewis. They made eyes contact neither of them broke it.

"Took you long enough to come back lia" Clyde smiled at the girl. He was waiting for her. He knew she'd come back.
"Holy shit, Clyde" Ophelia ran up to him and he picked her up in a hug and spun around.
"Your idiot of a boyfriend is letting you walk in the middle of the night?" He asked referring to Dean.
"He's not my boyfriend" Ophelia rolled her eyes with a chuckle.

"Fuck I missed you" Clyde whispered into her hair.
"I missed you so much Clyde. Why'd you leave?" She whispered. Soft tears were trickling down her glowing cheeks.

"I'm sorry lia. I'm so so fucking sorry" he whispered. They held onto each other tightly, in the dark while the moon shone onto them. They slowly let each other go abs stared at each other with soft smiles. Clyde reached his hand out and whipped her tears away with his thumb.

"Do you have a family now?" Clyde asked Ophelia of no where.
"Nope" Ophelia shrugged.
"Then how'd you get out of the orphanage?" Clyde asked confused.
"Ran away with Dean" Ophelia smiled. Clyde raised his eyebrows with a huge grin.
"That's my girl" he smiled.

"So, how's your new family?" Ophelia asked.
"I don't know" he shrugged.
"What do you mean?" Ophelia asked confused.
"I don't know coz I ran away" he smiled.
"Are you serious" Ophelia laughed.
"So serious" he laughed with her.
"So where do you live now then?" She asked.
"I don't really have anywhere to live" he shrugged. Ophelia thought for a bit.
"You can stay with Dean and I" she smiled.
"You have your own house?" Clyde asked shocked.
"Nah, we live in my mums house" she told him.

Clyde knew about Ophelia's mother and felt her pain. His birth mother was abused by his step dad and she was beaten to death. Clyde was only 9.

"Can I?" He asked. He didn't want to invade into their home all of a sudden.
"Of course you can" she smiled.
"Um. But Dean might not like that" he told her.
"Why not?" She asked not knowing the way Clyde treated Dean in the past.
"Um we got into an argument" he half lied.
"It's fine I'll be there so I'll try and ease everything." She smiled and took his hand.