Bad Influence (Rafe Cameron)

Chapter 23

I wake up and look around me, confused as to where I am. As my vision clears I take in the familiar sight of John B's living room, and I remember spending the night hanging out with the pogues.

I smile to myself, recalling the fact that I finally have my best friend back and my relationship with Rafe is actually going pretty well. We actually were able to spend time together without getting into a terrible fight.

I look to my side to see JJ lying next to me just a couple inches away. Guilt fills my stomach at this, but I push it away quickly. We're just friends and that's it. All we were doing was sleeping here.

JJ groans quietly and turns over, peeking an eye open at me and smiling. I smile back and sit up, yanking the blanket off of my lap and throwing it at JJ's face.

He groans again and throws it back at my retreating figure. I go outside to see Sarah and John B sitting on some chairs out on the dock. There's no way I'm ever going to get used to seeing those two together.

"Hey." I say, taking a seat on the railing of the dock. "What are you two doing out here?"

"Just talking about stuff." Sarah says, smiling softly at John B.

"You're hair looks like a lion's mane." John B points out, smirking at my appearance.

I frown and feel my head and sure enough my hair is sticking up in all directions. I silently curse JJ because now I know why he smiled at me when he looked at me this morning. I thought he was just trying to be nice.

"I'm gonna call Rafe to pick me up." I tell them. I hop off the railing and walk back into the chateau to grab my phone and notice JJ looking through it with a furrow in his brow.

"Hey! Give me that!" I yell, ripping my phone from his hands.

I grow furious when I see that he was looking at my messages with Rafe.

"JJ! What is wrong with you? That's private, why are you being so invasive?" I question angrily.

He just looks at me, keeping his expression composed and motions his head at my phone.

"How about you take a look at your recent messages sweetheart." He says.

I finally take a second to look at my phone thoroughly and see what he is talking about and there's a new message from Rafe. My eyebrows raise upon seeing the vague message.

I raise an eyebrow at JJ and he motions his head at my phone again. "What's that about?"

I slowly lower my face back to my phone and sit down on the couch, my stomach tightening in fear.

The Idiot: We need to talk.

This could mean so many things and I need to find out what as soon as possible.

"I need to go JJ. Tell the others that I had some family business to deal with." I tell him, walking towards the door.

"Don't you need a ride?" He asks, furrowing his brows in confusion.

"I'll walk. I need to prepare myself for whatever is coming up anyways." I tell him, opening up the door and walking outside.

"Be careful." I hear JJ say softly as I shut the door behind me.

I sigh and think about what kind of life I'd be living in right now if I was dating JJ. I smile to myself, finding that life a lot simpler and happier than the one I'm living now.
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Rafe's POV:

I can't stop looking at my phone waiting for an answer from her. Will she actually come and talk? What will happen when she finds out about everything?