go away // rafe cameron

one

"August Josephine if you don't get your ass down here in the next 10 seconds I swear to god" the angry voice of my father booms through the entire foyer and up the stairs to where I am standing just out of sight.

I come around the corner, stopping on the top stair and leaning over the bannister, staring at my angry father below "you called, Matthew?"

my father becomes angrier at my response and i can feel his heart racing from up here. "why the fuck am i getting phone calls from the sheriff saying that you were fighting with another kid from school again?"

"this one wasn't my fault dad, i promise. they were being cunts" i argue but he cuts off before letting me continue. "I don't care August, what do you think people are going to think if they keep finding out that you hold a fight club at school?" i roll my eyes.

"it's not fight club dad, i'm standing up against bullies" he scoffs at me, grabbing his keys off the table in front of him "by being a bully yourself? kinda backwards isn't it August?"

he leaves the room and out the garage door before i can say anything else on the matter. I huff out in frustration and turn around, walking towards my bedroom. I enter the room and can hear my phone vibrating on my nightstand where i left it and i run towards it.

"John B!" I answer the phone and sound out of breath. "August, you are coming to the bonfire tonight right?" I chuckle, looking down at my healing busted knuckles for a second. "oh you know it"

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it's almost time for the bonfire and i've spent the entire day by the pool so now it's time to get ready. I walk into the house and see my father and step-mother sitting in the kitchen eating dinner.

"no, i'm not hungry don't worry about it" i engage in conversation with myself since my step-mother doesn't acknowledge my existence most of the time. "oh honey, i didn't think you were home"

if anything is true, my father will do anything to protect his wife even if that means making excuses for her disrespect towards me. "it's not like my range rover is parked right next to your car in the garage or anything dad." i roll my eyes, not even having energy to argue with him about it.

i open the fridge and grab something quick along with a bottle of wine before closing it and turning to walk out of the kitchen, "i'm going to the bonfire tonight, no need to wait up" i make a fake kissy sound and leave before they can say anything.

"you need to stop spoiling her matthew" i laugh loud enough for the two of them to hear me so they know i heard her, even though she has no empathy when it comes to my feelings.

i walk up stairs, unscrewing the cap off the bottle of wine and bringing it to my lips. I walk into my bedroom and tell alexa to play music and set it to 8 just to piss off Amanda.

i walk into my closet with the wine bottle still in my hand, looking at the rows and rows of clothes i never want to wear, trying to decide what i want to wear. the bonfire is in the cut so i don't want to go full kook.

i finally decide on an outfit, grabbing the clothes and bringing them into the bathroom with me. I turn the shower on, stripping out of the bathing suit i was wearing and stepping under the water. I have my hair up in a messy bun to avoid getting it wet.

i turn the shower off and dry off with a towel before stepping out of the shower. I apply lotion to my legs and a after sun tan lotion before slipping into the outfit i chose. I add light curls to my hair.

I only apply a little liquid blush and turn the bathroom light off, walking out and looking down at my watch seeing that the bonfire started about 15 minutes ago, which is the perfect amount of time to show up.

I walk out of bedroom and into the room right next to mine, turning the light on and being met with my shoe collection. i stand there, looking at all my shoes trying to decide which pair i want to wear.

i grab a pair of birkenstocks since i'll be on the beach and turn the light off, walking out of the room and back into my room. I grab my phone and the bottle of wine.

i walk downstairs and see dad and amanda watching tv on the couch in the living room. "i'll be back later dad, love you" he turns around and looks me up and down.

"not going to wear one of your new pairs of dunks to 'flex' on everyone in the cut?" I roll my eyes at how he's trying to sound hip. "you know how hard it is to clean sand off them? no thank you."

he laughs and nods, "being a sneakerhead is stressful isn't it?" I nod, turning around and walking out of sight of them. I grab my keys off the wall right outside the garage and open the door. i get into my car and open the garage door behind me, pulling out of it and turning down the street towards the cut.

i park my car right next to the row of cars that other kooks are obviously driving. I jump out and walk towards the bonfire, finding Sarah Cameron. "August!!" I smile at her.

"hey kiddo" i smirk at her, knowing she hates being called that. I've known the cameron's my whole life, Sarah always taking a liking to me, same with her little sister wheezie.

Rafe Cameron has always gotten on my nerves. He's one of the kooks i find annoying because he blows his daddy's money like it's not a issue and is always coked out. He's the type of kook i fight at school.

Rafe and I are the same age. He considered the Kook King and unfortunately i'm referred to as the Kook Queen. We always win homecoming and prom king & queen. so on top of our families being close, we always end up in the same circles.

I quickly dodge out of the conversation with Sarah Cameron and walk towards John B and JJ, who are standing off to the side and drinking. I walk up and grab the cup out of JJ's hand, taking a sip.

"thanks for the drink maybank" i wink at him while he sighs, walking away to find a new one. John B and I walk towards the beach, talking about random stuff when Topper Thornton comes walking up, talking some dumb shit to John B.

it was innocent until it wasn't and now John B and Topper are throwing punches at each other. I drop my cup and start yelling at them to stop. "topper what the fuck, get off John B!"

topper doesn't stop and now their is a crowd of people around watching. Topper is basically drowning John B, Sarah Cameron is screaming and crying for Topper to stop and no one else is doing anything to stop it.

I take a step forward to attempt to stop Topper from killing him when i'm knocked over in a swift motion by JJ. JJ pulls a gun and sticks the barrel on the back of toppers head.

suddenly everything seems to be moving in slow motion. i've been in plenty of fights but never any that ever escalated to something like this "kie, control your psycho friend!" Sarah screams at Kiara.

Topper drops John B, leaving him there gasping for air and coughing out all the water he just ingested. "party's over, get the fuck outta here kooks" JJ screams as he shoots the gun into the air.

I feel frozen, unsure of what my next move should be since i've been friends with them for awhile now, me being an honorary pogue but before i can make a decision, i'm being carried from a mystery person towards the parking lot.

the person finally sets me down and i turn around, coming face to face with none other than Rafe Cameron.