☆could you be loved~ jj maybank☆

☆nineteen☆

el heard rafe's bike outside through the screen door, she came outside and climbed onto the back of his bike, taking the extra helmet out of his hand.

"do you wanna talk about what's bothering you?" rafe asked.

"let's not" she deadpanned "just drive".

he drove her to an unfamiliar house, once he turned off the bike and it was quiet el got off and looked at the house "who's house is this?" she asked.

"a family friend's" he shrugged "they're on vacation so"

"your dad doesn't want me coming around anymore huh?" she smirked.

"more like he doesn't want me coming around" he looked down.

"shit i'm sorry" she sighed walking up to him and hugging him "come on, you can give me the mtv cribs tour".

rafe showed ellie around the house, the two ended up in the kitchen; el sat on the counter cross legged while rafe sat on the stool directly in front of her.

"you uh... want some?" he asked taking a small white bag full of white powder out of his wallet.

"i'm good" she smiled slightly.

rafe nodded, beginning to cut up lines
"i'm honestly glad you were at home instead of with my sister and your friend's today" he announced.

el didn't know what he was eluding to "oh yeah? why's that?" she asked.

"you're not gonna believe this shit but you know barry?" he began, el nodded "yeah well my sister and your friends fuckin robbed him today" he scoffed.

"oh... shit" el got nervous "how do you know?"

"barry told me himself, started threatening me and shit" he explained "then i pulled up on sarah and john b with top on the way to get you and she didn't even try to deny it, you're seriously the only sane pogue i know"

el thought back to the events that occurred earlier that day, how her friends looked at her after finding out what she'd done. how they thought she was someone she wasn't... she decided that if they thought that of her then she'd be exactly what they thought to spite them "on second thought... do you think i could have a line?" she asked shyly.

rafe nodded "you can have anything you want elaine" he smirked cutting up a line for her. she hopped off of the counter and sat on his lap, then she snorted the line off of the counter top.

"hey, fuck them" rafe exclaimed "they don't know you like i do, i know they're your friends but-"

el didn't know if this was true or not, did rafe not judge her because he knew her better or because he was a worse person than her.

"they're my family" el corrected.

"and i'll take care of you better than they could" rafe seemed to have a soft spot for el "i love you"

el never thought she'd hear rafe say that to her, let alone say it in general. he wasn't the type of person you'd be in love with, he had issues and el could see that; but el had issues too and she was known to have poor judgment.

she didn't know what to say, she didn't know if she felt that way towards rafe or jj or both or neither, without saying a word in response to him; looked at him for a moment then finally kissed him.

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authors notes: had to stir up more drama... i'm sorry!!

team rafe or team jj?