you found me - Rafe Cameron

V - happiness is a butterfly

It's pitch black and i'm walking back home from Rafes house. The uncontrollable tears fall from my eyes. It's the worst thing i've had to do but Rafe is my past and Noah is my future. I can't ruin what me and Noah have all for Rafe. It's time to let go of my past and move on to the brighter and better future.

I get home and climb back into bed with Noah. He rolls around and wraps his arm around me. I contemplate what the best thing to do. Do I tell Noah about me and Rafe? It could give us a clean slate back in New York. Do I leave it? I don't want to ruin what we have. I think about what Sarah said to me and I think she's right. Telling Noah wouldn't help things. The best thing for me to do is forget it happened.

The next morning I woke up feeling refreshed. Noah was still asleep so I decided to get up and start packing my things. I made too much noise accidentally so it woke Noah up.
"Hey. What's wrong?" He says sitting up.
"Nothing. I'm just packing up my things."
"Why?"
"I wanna go back home to New York. Yeah it's been great here but I think i'm ready to go back to work and our life now."
"Are you sure? I mean I don't want you to feel pressured."
"No I want to. I'm ready." I say walking over to the bed. I sit in the edge and Noah grabs my hand.
"I love you Shaine."
"I love you too." I reply.

I call Sarah and explain to her everything that has happened and she told me she will tell all the others for me. I wish I could have had more catch ups with them all but there is always next time I guess.

We are both all packed up and luckily this time Noah had his jet so I didn't have to get tickets for a plane. We carry our things downstairs and Nathan is sat on the sofa.
"Oh hey guys."
"Hey." We both reply.
"Where have you been?" I asked.
"Oh just uh somewhere." He says trying to hide his smirk.
"Somewhere?" I ask.
"Rather someones."
"Right. So you have a girlfriend?" I ask.
"Yeah kinda I guess."
"Oh my god quit playing around who is she?" I ask.
His face kinda stops smirking when I ask him this.

"Yeah- no I am definitely not telling you."
"And why not?" I ask.
"Erm because you don't know her."
"And? Why does that mean anything."
"Hey Shaine it's okay, maybe give him time to tell you." Noah says chuckling.
"Because she-" His words are cut of by the door opening.
"Hey babe you left your wallet at my h-" She stops talking as she looks at me. My face drops as I see who it is.

"Jessica Hughes?" I say to Nathan. He closes his eyes and sighs.
"You're fucking Jessica Hughes?"
"Erm that's kind of gross way of putting things." Jessica says.
"Oh i'm so sorry my bad. So the kook princess who has got with everything on the island is now bang- oh wait no i'm sorry dating my brother."
"Yeah I am." Jessica says.
"Oh my god someone get me a bucket because i'm literally going to throw up."
"S." Nathan says.
"I'm sorry i'm overreacting." I say looking at them both.
"Maybe just a little." Noah whispers.
"Who's side are you on?" I say looking at him.

"Look Shaine. I have nothing against you. I mean I haven't saw you in like years and what happened with us was just two immature teenage girls and I'm not saying that you and I have to be the best of friends but I want to at least get along with you. For Nathan's sake." She says grabbing his arm.
"I promise i'm not faking any of this. I love Nathan." I raise my brows.
"What?" Nathan says.
"I love you." She says looking at him. He smiles.
"I love you too."
Okay, maybe they are for real. But I still do not know how to feel about it.

Nathan drives us to the airport, accompanied by Jessica.
We get there and walk to the air strip. We reach the plane and the hostesses take our luggage. Noah and Nathan hug and say their goodbyes.
"Take care of her will you." Nathan asks Noah.
"Always." Noah replies. He looks at me
"You go. I'll be there in a minute." I tell him. He smiles and walks to the jet.
I look at Nathan and I hug him. He holds me back.
"Thank you Nathan. For everything."
"Love you Nath."
"Love you too S." We let go. Jessica is looking at me weakly smiling.
"Please be good to him." I ask.
"I will." She smiles. I smile back and walk towards the jet.

I walk in and sit down infront of Noah.
"You sure you're ready?"
"Yeah, yeah i'm ready." He kisses me and I kiss him back.

Back to New York we go.

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Back in OBX...

• Rafe POV •

God I am definitely getting punished for last nights stupid decisions. I wake up to my phone just non stop ringtone noises.
"My god shut up." I grab my phone to see Sarah is calling me.
"What dude."
"Hi Rafe. How are you? Good to know. Anyway today is our monthly catch up so get up and get ready we're going to the beach."
"Seriously? Now."
"Yes now, so get out of your bed and get ready now." Before I can say anything else she ends the call.

I finally drag myself out of bed and get changed before Sarah comes to my house and drags me out by my ear. I walk down to the beach and she's already sat there on a towel. I walk over and sit beside her.
"Okay so what's the urgency behind this meeting?" I ask. She sits up.
"Well Rafe Cameron. I believe we have a lot to catch up on."
"I don't think we do."
"Oh no we definitely do."
Great.

"So how are you?" She asked me.
"Fine. How are you?"
"I'm great thank you. I had the best catch up with my good old friend Shaine the other day."
"That's nice."
"Aren't you going to ask me how?"
"Not really. You probably spoke over the phone." Her smirk falls as she slowly nods.

"Okay yeah you have a point actually. But. You and I both know that it wasn't a conversation over the phone." I roll my eyes.
"Because you and I both know she came back to the Island a few weeks back."
"Right."
"Yeah. So how's Charlotte?"
"Wouldn't know."
"Oh right so that's why you hooked up with Shaine."
"Oh my god Sarah." I cover my eyes with my hand.
"Well Rafe what were you thinking? I mean she has a boyfriend you know and you semi have a girlfriend."
"I don't know. Old times sake."
"Old times sake? Are you serious?"
"Look Sarah I don't know okay? I don't know. Not that it even matters anyway. It was a one time thing and I'm going to just forget it happened. If I see her i'll act normal."
"You won't see her anyway."

"What? What do you mean?"
"She left today with Noah. They're going back to New York." Oh shit.
"Oh right. Good for them."
"Anyway let's talk about something else."
Sarah goes on to talk about her and John B. I can't believe it. Shaine has actually gone back to New York with Noah. And she didn't even tell me. I guess it's not my business to know anymore.

I go back home and drink a lot. I end up calling Charlotte

Charlotte : "Hello?"

Rafe : "Hey."

Charlotte : "What do you want Rafe?"

Rafe : "You. I want you back. Please come back home. I'm sorry for what I said I was so stupid. I'm sorry."

Charlotte : "Okay fine. But Rafe you seriously need to cut down on the drinking and I mean it."

Rafe : "I will. I promise. All I want is for us to be right again and get back on track."

Charlotte : "Me too. I love you Rafe."

Rafe : "I love you too Char."

The call ends and I sit thinking about everything. Maybe I do need to change. Maybe Charlotte and I could actually work out if I stopped drinking. I guess it's finally time I realised that I needed to fix up because I cut out all the important people of my life. I don't want to lose Charlotte too.