After I hung up the call with John b, reality hit hard. He cheated on me with her. Not even 24 hours ago he was confessing his love to me and now it means nothing. Nothing at all, to me and to him. I hear a soft knock at my door.
"Can I come in Zee" My moms voice unveils.
"Yea mom" I say in ease that it's not him.
"You're not even dressed yet?" she revolts in horror. I give her a confused look.
"Honey, today we have brunch with the Camerons!" A look consumes me, I forgot that was today. I regretted this day all week.
"Mom i don't feel so great, i can't go"
"You're going, Sarahs not gonna be there zee, Do you feel better now"
"I guess so" she leaves with the door closed, well i know where she is then.
The calls have stopped since the last one and I feel stuck. Why isn't he still calling me? Doesn't he want to fix things? My phone suddenly starts buzzing and I run to my bedside table in anxiousness.
Kie is calling, i feel my heart drop. It's not him.
"Hey kie, i feel like shit"
"What's wrong Zee? Bad hangover?" She says not knowing the real picture of what happened last night.
"Right, Hangover" Honestly I now can remember why I'm feeling this way, plus my heart ripping through my chest with Sarah's pretty tanned hands.
"What's up Zee? You sound upset" Kie says. I know her and John B are best friends so I just
"Just the hangover, and I have brunch with the Camerons." I say lying through my teeth.
"Oh shit, well maybe u can come by John Bs tonight, were gonna play music and everything" She cheers
"I can't, mom just got home" Lie, well not really.
"Okay zee Bye"
I put on my new olive silk dress that I've been obsessed with since I bought it with kie. It was supposed to be for John b and I's anniversary this week. I can't believe he would do something like that to me.
I go downstairs and start to put my converse on, I see mom already holding her keys walking out the door, wearing a fancy outfit as usual.
Usually each month we go to brunch with the Camerons since they are my moms business partners. We drive through the sunshine of North Carolina's outer banks. The blanket of heat covers my face and I close my eyes. Trying to forget last night. My mom wakes me in the car telling me we have arrived. I began to fix my dress and check my phone.
4 New Text Messages
John B: Listen it's not what it looks like.
John B: Please meet me tonight.
John B: Shit I love you so much zee I can't lose you.
My chest flutters with distraught. Why me, why last night, why can't I be enough. I shake out the thoughts when my mom slams the door shut and walks off to the yachts. I turn my phone off and make my way to ward Cameron's yacht. Huge is the word, but nothing new to me. My moms been working with the wards since I was little. Sarah and I were close, until the beginning of highschool. She left me in the dark for popularity, I stood back, joined the pogues.
"Ah, Zeya, you look so beautiful" Rose chippers and greets me with a warm hug. She treats me like a second daughter. Did I mention I haven't seen the Cameron's in years? Ever since Sarah and I separated I stopped coming to these things. But since this is my last year in obx since I'm going off to college, Mom's forcing me to come.
My mother greets ward and rose as usual and they are amazed to see me finally show. As they enter the yachts inside the dining area I go to the edge of the boat. I clasp my hands around the hot metal railings breathing in the salty air.
"Zee?" A voice shouts out.
Rafe.
"Rafe?" I turn around and see rafe cameron, built, blonder hair, older. We might live in the same area but I haven't seen him since the last time I've been to one of these.
"Wow Zee you look so-"
"I look so what?"
"Different" He says, eying me up and down not missing one part of my body.
"Thank you?" I say questionably. He's so different too.
" I've missed you around here you know?" He missed me?
"It's been a long time awaiting"
"Let's catch up" He then leads me to a lower part of the yacht where there's chairs and little sandwiches. He bites into one and gives me the look to start talking.
I tell him everything, rafe was like a safe place. To me.
As brunch rolls into the afternoon I finish the story of what happened.
"He cheated?"
"With Sarah?" he says confused, his face shifts to pity. He feels sorry. This made it real to me.
"I'm just not enough." my voice cracks and i completely break down. It didn't matter that I was in front of rafe. He was safe.
Quickly rafe wipes away my tears and looks me right into my eyes.
"You are more than enough, he's an idiot, doesn't realize how lucky he is" He's being serious, his face turns into something else. I don't know what it is though.
"You really think that?" I glance with straight eye contact. He stays quiet looking at every feature of my face. Like he was taking it in, thinking. Out of nowhere he places his lips on mine softly, passionately. I won't stop him, I've thought about this moment since I was a kid.
He starts cupping my face bringing me into the kiss harder and every part of my body is tingling, wanting more.
"ZEE IM LEAVING" My mom yelled from off the boat. I stumble out of the kiss and see rafe flustered red. Smiling.
"So, Should we do this again?"
"Call me" I walk off with excitement. My lifelong fantasy happened within minutes.
I walk off the boat smiling and see him.
"John B?"
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The Outer Outer banks//Rafe Cameron
Storie d'amoreMy friends always told me to stay away from the pogues, but I thought I was one of them. Kie and i became one of them. We basically lived with them over the summer, spent every day at John Bs. But as the school year wrapped around the corner, every...
