self control ~ rafe cameron

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Tame Impala - one more hour
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The car pulled up outside the Cameron's house.

"Im so excited to see Sarah."
"I know you are honey. Let's go."

The driver got out of the car and opened the door to the back seat for me.

"I've told you that you don't need to open the doors for me! Im not royalty."
"I insist ma-"
"I insist. You can call me Ivy. Im no stranger."
"Ivy!!"

My mom was waiting at the front door

"Im coming mom! Bye!"

They open the door to the house, greeted by Rose

"Ivy! Mona! I didn't know you guys were back! You should've told me I would have prepared something special for us."
"It's no problem Rose! What have we missed?"

Rose turned to look at me for a brief moment, before turning back to my mom.

"Why don't you go sit down Ivy? I'll see if Sarah's here then she can see you"
"Uh.. okay."

Somethings not right. Rose looked anxious when my mom asked her what we missed. I hope everyone's okay.

"Mona. You need to go. It's not a good time."
"Why? Whats wrong Rose. I'm sure I can help in some way."
"We should go to another room."

I watched as Rose walked into the kitchen, my mom following close behind.

"Sarah??!! Sarah! Where are you???"

Rafe walked out of his room.

"Can you shut the fu- oh. Ivy. Haven't seen you in a while. How are you? How was the trip?"
"Good Rafe. Thanks. Where's Sarah?"

He laughed.

"Nobody knows. She left for the pogues. Haven't seen her since."
"You're kidding. The pogues?! She wouldn't!"
"Did nobody tell you?"
"No! So what about Topper?"
"She left him. Well...cheated on him.With one of...them."
"A pogue?!"
"Routledge."
"John B? I can't believe her. I've gotta talk to her"
"How are you gonna do that?"
"I'll find her."

I walked down the stairs and opened the front door.

"Ivy! Is that you? Where are you going?"
"I'm going with Rafe to go find Sarah! Right Rafe?"
"Sure."
"Okay stay safe!"
"I will mom. Bye!"

I walked out of the front door and took out my phone. Dialling Sarah's number.

"Great. Answerphone."
"Get used to it. She's goin full pogue."
"No she won't."
"You want me to take you to find her or not?"
"Yes...please."
"Okay. Get in, and hurry"

We drove through the island, eventually reaching the cut.

"Look out for her. This is your best bet of where she could be."
"Wait. She's there, stop."

He stopped the car, sending me flying back into the seat.

"Ow! Holy shit just break my neck!"
"Are you gonna talk to her or what?"

I got out of the truck and ran over to Sarah.

"Sarah! Sarah!!"

Rafe followed suit, Sarah turned to face me.

"Ivy? Ivy! Holy shit Ivy!"
"I missed you so much sarah!"
"I missed you! Why did you not tell me you were coming?"
"I tried. Answerphone."
"Oh yeah. Sorry."
"Hold on let me get my phone out of the truck"
"Okay!"

I turned around and went back to the truck, Rafe came from the other side, handing me my phone.

"Thanks."
"Rafe? Ivy. Ivy. Get away from him. Ivy please he's not safe to be around."
"What? It's fine. Look. Got it."
"No Ivy seriously he's a fucking psycho."

I laughed, mostly because I thought she was kidding. But her face was completely serious.

"What? Why?"

Rafe started to walk toward her, reaching for her arm.

"Come on sarah. We both know I'm not... you are. Just look at you. With your new boyfriend. Has John b told you I'm a psycho? A pogue over your own family?"
"Ivy please hes a murderer"
"What?"

He let go of her as she said the word, rushing back to the truck and speeding off.

Once he was gone Sarah grabbed me and hugged me, then after a moment she grabbed my hand and started pulling me after her.

"I'm so glad you're here. I need you so much."
"Sarah it's all okay. I promise everything will be okay. Who were you with?"
"John B, and JJ, and Pope. They're inside."
"Okay well I'll take you to them Sarah. But I can't be with them. You know how my family is about pogues."
"Please stay. They're nice. I promise"
"I'll stay for 5 minutes. That's it."

She led me to a boat, I could see two boys stood beside it.

"Uh...I'm back!"

The boy with long brown hair, John B, turned around to the girls, walking to them once he noticed Sarah crying.

"Sarah? Are you okay? What happened?"
"It's Rafe. I just saw him. I- I cant."
"Apparently he murdered someone?"
"Yes he fucking murdered someone! And I'm getting the blame for it!"
"Um...I don't know what to say to that. Wow."

The boy with messy blond hair ran up behind John B, looking disgusted as he noticed me.

"What the fuck is Ivy Campbell doing here?"
"And who are you?"
"JJ. And you need to get outta here."
"I'm not going anywhere. I'm making sure my friend is okay."
"John B you've gotta get her outta here man, she'll tell Shoupe."

John B shook his head, walking out into the trees.

"How about everyone goes inside. And we talk about what's going to happen."

I followed Sarah into the house, not taking my eyes off JJ.

"Holy shit is that Ivy Campbell?"
"Yeah."
"Uh...hey. I don't know who you are."
"Pope."
"Nice to meet you Pope. Hopefully you're a little nicer than your friend."

I put my phone on a counter and walked over to the fridge.

"You don't even have water?"
"Make yourself at home. Kie says she'll be here soon."
"Kiara?"
"Yeah?"
"What the hell? Sarah you didn't tell me you were friends with Kiara."
"There's a lot you don't know"
"Where's the bathroom?"
"First left."
"Thanks."

I walked into the bathroom, leaving my phone with the pogues.

"Yo Sarah i think your friend got a text."
"Okay just leave it she'll see it in a sec."
"I'll read it. We need to see who it is."

John B picked up the phone and read the text.

"From Rafe. 'Don't trust her. Be back to pick you up in 5. Lmk if you see John B.'"
"Don't even lie about that John B."
"I'm not! Look!"

Sarah read the text and placed the phone back on the counter.

"Pretend you didn't see anything. See if she tells us he's coming"

I walked out of the bathroom and grabbed my phone. Reading the text.

"Sarah can I talk to you for a second?."
"Why?"
"Just...come on."

She followed me out onto the porch, standing by the door.

"So what's up?"
"Your brother just texted me, said he'll be here in 5. He wants me to tell him I've seen John B."
"Please don't tell him."
"Okay. I won't."
"You're the best."
"Don't come crying to me if something goes wrong. I'm just being supportive."
"I'll see you later."
"Yeah. Bye."

I walked off the porch, waiting on the sidewalk for Rafe to get there.