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His Girl

Y/n's POV:

Pacing towards the lake, I hear footsteps assembling towards me, turning around, I see Rafe moving towards me,

Meanwhile he takes off his shirt, leaving him only in joggers,

He drops his shirt aside, towers over me and cups my chin with his fingers,

'If you want to act this way, fine, but I'll treat you accordingly then.' He said, letting go and stepping towards the water,

He goes in and rinses his hair, moving his head back up as the water drips swiftly down his tones abs,

Everyone has gathered here by now,

It was not really cold either,

'Y/n?' Sarah asks, making me snap out of the trance,

'I'll go refresh myself.' I said, annoyed,

'Is anything wrong?'

'Your brother Sarah is what's wrong.' I grit through my teeth and go into the water,

Rafe is standing, his eyes remaining on me as I trudge past him in the water,

Going deeper, I down myself,

Standing back up, my hair wet, I use the palms of my hands to scrape my hair back whilst straightening my back, lifting my head up,

I can hear all Rafe's mates in the water, all laughing, except Rafe,

His eyes are sternly on me, I can feel them and see them as well,

I give him a fake smirk and begin swimming away...

—-

'Alright, we can come back here at the end of our journey, but we've still got places to go, so let's get it moving.' Rafe demands, taking the luggage,

I can hear Rafe talking to his mate whilst I take out my gum out of the bag,

'You're taking Y/n with you right?' He asks,

'Yeah, I'm taking my girl with me, is there a problem with that?' Rafe asks seriously,

'No, not at all, just making sure...'

I know that he only said it to make it more realistic,

But the way that nickname rolled out on his tongue, it's tingly,

Not real though...will never be...

—-

I was holding a map and arguing with Rafe, five minutes in and we're already fighting and struggling to manage in one another's presence,

'Guys, let's just be calm-' Sarah was interrupted my Rafe raising his voice at me, his jaw clenched and one hand on the steering wheel, the other holding my own arm,

He was doing it to point where I am apparently wrong (I am not),

He holds my index finger and traces it to the 'right' path,

Still concentrating on the road,

'I know where we are meant to go-'

'Well apparently you do not Cameron!'

'Oh you will be teaching me how to do it properly now are you?' He yells and chuckles in sarcasm, looking at me,

'It seems like I have to!'

'Oh yeah?'

I look at him, his muscles tense,

'Look, I've been here, you can cut here and go the other way, it will be quicker.' I explain,

'It is not.'

'Yes it is!'

'No.'

'Yes!'

'No-'

Rafe is interrupted by Sarah breaking the fight,

'Just go straight, then turn right, we won't use any of your paths, happy?' She asked as me and Rafe maintained the eye contact,

'Even though I am right.' I mumbled,

'What as that?' Rafe asks as I shake my head and look outside the window, arms crossed,

'Nothing.'

'That's what I thought.' He said...

Whatever.

—-

Our next destination was further way, as on our journey there, I noticed a field of horses,

'Wait! Can we go horse riding?' I ask,

Rafe chuckles at the word 'riding'...

'Oh come on, I am tired, I need to move a bit.' I say,

'No, if you really want to move, I'll let you out, give you a map, and you can use your own path to get there.' He says,

'Fine, let me out then.'

'No I said.' He declared,

I checked that there are no cars, undid my seatbelt and looked at him,

'Y/n, put your bloody seatbelt back on.'

'No, unless you let me out.'

Rafe sighs and stops the car, unlocking the door,

I get out, as I hear him open his own door as well,

'So no one will ask Sarah's opinion yeah?' Sarah asks hopelessly as I yell an apology whilst pacing toward the field,

I can see a barn and that these horses are owned by someone,

'Y/n.' I hear Rafe yell behind me,

'Wait for me in the car, or give me a map.' I yell in response, as I see a man dismounting a white gorgeous-looking horse,

'Hey, excuse me, I am so sorry for barging in, but is it possible to just mount a horse for a while, not long, I just saw them and thought...' I said to the man,

He looked at me and then at Rafe who was standing near me,

'I'll pay.' Rafe said,

'No, no he won't, I will if I have to.' I said as he looked down at me,

'Y/n, I said I'll pay-'

'No I will-'

'Guys, it's alright, no need for that, you may ride them, not long though, I will be closing down soon.'

'Thank you so much, we appreciate it.' I respond to the man,

I see Sarah reaching us, looking at me in disappointment,

'Take your pick, do you know how to deal with horses?' The man asks as I nod, looking at Rafe who does the same and so does Sarah,

'Perfect, I am tired anyway.' The man says as I notice the same white horse,

'Can I have that one?' I ask, looking at it in awe...

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