{Red Roses} ~Rafe Cameron~

45. I love you

*Time skip to after John b and Sarah's boat accident*

"I made pancakes" Dean
screamed from the kitchen.

"No you didn't, you burnt them" Clyde laughed.

"Ophelia come eat" he yelled again.

But she didn't respond.

"Ophelia?" Dean walked upstairs and Into Ophelia's room.

She was facing her window. Staring at the dark clouds and small drops of rain on the cold glass.

"They remind me of him" she whispered. Referring to the raindrops.

John b.

"I know. I miss him too lia" Dean walked over and sat on her bed.

"I guess- I guess now he's with mom" she smiled softly at the thought of her brother meeting their mom.

"I want to meet mum" she traced the raindrops with her cold fingertips.

"Lia. I know it's hard for you, but you haven't been eating or drinking. Or even come out of your room" Dean sighed and placed a warm hand on her shoulder.

"I miss Sarah too." Ophelia smiled softly at the thought of her friend.

Callum walked in and sat on one of the chairs.

"They didn't deserve it. Any of it. Rafe is to blame for all this shit" Dean pulled a face at the thought of rafe.

He didn't like him very much.

Flashback

"Rafe put me down" lia giggled as she was being carried on Rafe's shoulder.
"Nope. No way" rafe laughed and hugged his body around hers.
"I love you lia" he whispered softly.

End of flashback

"I didn't even get to say goodbye to John b and Sarah" Clyde sighed and played with his fingers.

Flashback

"Come on lia. Live a little" John B nudged her and climbed the roof of a Broken down house.
"Jonny boy I swear to go, if I fall your paying for my insurance." Ophelia giggled and followed him.
"I would never let that happen" he smiled and kissed her forehead.

End of flashback

"I want to go to the beach" Ophelia smiled and walked out of the room. Tears prickled at her eyes but she didn't dare let them fall.

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"Hi mom." Ophelia smiled as she sat on the soft sand, staring out into the ocean.

"Say hi to John B for me" she smiled as soft tears spilled out of her eyes.

"You know, I've never told you this, but. I want a child of my own one day."
Ophelia smiled and the thought. She remembered her mother telling her about it.

"I told you I didn't want any. But, I do now.... I'd want to tell them stories about our life. I'd want to wash them and feed them, and teach them how to talk." She rambled on with a small smile dancing on her lips.

"I also want a dog. Maybe a girl dog, and name her daisy." She chuckled and drew shapes in the sand.

"What do you do in heaven?" She asked.

"I'd like to come and visit you mom" she smiled softly.

"I know you have your own little house there. With pretty roses growing in the backyard. While John B and Sarah have little picnics with the dandelions blowing in the wind." She let out a soft laugh at her thought.

"I miss rafe" she spoke after a moment of silence.

"I don't want to. But he'll always have a place in my heart" she smiled at the thought of him.

She stopped talking and drew small shapes in the wet sand. Her feet touching the soft cold waves.

Her hair blowing in the wind.

Suddenly she felt a presence next to her. But she didn't look.

She already Knew how it was.

Their cologne colliding with the ocean breeze. Their deep breaths making soft noise.

"Ophelia" he whispered softly.

She didn't respond.

She couldn't.

She lost her brother and her best friend because of him.

Wait.

Her best friend. Was rafe's sister.

She turned her head around to meet his eyes.

His pretty blue ocean eyes. Ones that used to look at her with love and desire. Now they were just cold blue.

"I'm sorry about Sarah" she spoke softly, trying to hold back her own tears.

Rafe didn't respond.

He only stared at the ocean.

Ophelia turned her head back to the ocean waves. Now both teens hypnotised buy the soft sound of the waves crashing together.

"I'm sorry lia. For everything. I'm so sorry" he looked towards her while his beautiful eyes burned with tears. Sharp burning tears left red stains in his eyes.

Ophelia nodded her head. She didn't know what to say.

"I'm sorry about everything. Please forgive me. I'm going crazy without you, I didn't think I needed you, but- but I do, lia" he cried softly as he pleaded for Ophelia's forgiveness.

"I'm sorry I wasn't there for you" she nodded and looked done at the sand.

She observed the way two shiny bits of rock stood out to her. How they were so far away from each other, but as the waves kept coming, they got closer. The two rocks now touching, close together.

It reminded her of her relationship with rafe.

She doesn't want to love him.

But she does.

"I love you Ophelia. And I'm sorry for what I've done to you. But please forgive me, I can't bare to see that disgusted look in your eyes." Rafe slowly grabbed Ophelia's hand and held it close to him.

His touch sent shivers flying up her arm. His hands were colder and his face was more paler.

His hair messy while his eyes a dark shade of blue.

"I don't want to. But I do forgive you rafe" she answered softly without taking a glance at him.

"They're coming for me." He speaks after the long silence.

"Who?" Ophelia looked around.
"The police" he nodded aggressively.
Ophelia nodded her head with him.

Will she ever see him again?

Does she want to see him again?

"So before I go. I just wanted to say, say that I love you and you will always be here in my heart. I'll do anything to protect you." He gathered up all his strength the say that.

His mind clouded with all his thoughts.

But the one thing he knew was true.

Was that he loved her.