LITTLE SECRET | RAFE CAMERON

18: 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵

Rafe sat silently on the edge of Alice's bed as she brushed her teeth in the bathroom. He was looking at her, she could feel it clearly.

She had put on one of her old white shirts, which hung at least just to her thighs. Her panties covered everything that should be covered and yet she felt strangely exposed under his gaze as she walked back into her room after shutting the bathroom door behind herself.

Her room was soaked in warmth, a gentle wave with the tension of what had happened before. Her bed looked fresh again, thanks to Rafe who had volunteered to remake the sheets while she took care of herself.

But now they didn't speak as Alice watched his eyes follow her every step. Dressed in nothing but his boxers, he sat there with his hands folded in front of him and his arms resting on his knees.

God, the sight of him has never been so...much.

Earlier, when he kissed her, touched her, and spun her mind so that she couldn't think straight, she didn't realize how quickly the repercussions of her actions would catch up with her.

„You okay?" Rafe broke the silence as her footsteps stopped her. It almost seemed like she wasn't sure if she should get closer to him.

„Yeah, I'm fine" She nodded, her voice accompanied by hesitation. „it's just..."

If she would've known before that she would feel guilty after having sex with Rafe...well, she probably would've done it anyway, but that wasn't the point right now.

He tilted his head to the right as he held out this hand to her. „come here"

She took his hand and let him pull her closer so that she stood between his legs and he sat in front of her.

The fact that he still seemed bigger to her was inexplicable.

His hand slipped from hers. Rafe let both of his hands fall to her hips where he felt her twitch slightly as his cold fingertips met her exposed skin for the first time again.

His touch moved from her hips down to her thighs, where he finally brought them to a stop as she placed her hands on his shoulders with a smile, stroking the spot where his neck and shoulders met.

And somehow it felt like it had never been any different between them.

„Do you regret it?" Rafe asked her cautiously.

„What?" Alice furrowed her brows and shook her head. „no, I don't, it's just..." She tried to say it out loud, but her sigh made the words stuck in her throat.

„Just what?" He looked up at her, stroking the skin of her thighs comfortingly.

„Sarah" She said shortly.

„Sarah?"

„Yes, Sarah."

Rafe frowned in confusion, small wrinkles appearing on the skin between his brows. „what about her?"

„Don't get me wrong, this thing with you...it doesn't feel wrong, but I feel like I'm betraying her" Alice admitted honestly, probably more honestly than she had been in a long time.

„Don't tell me you two did some stupid best friend's rule thing"

She laughed lightly as she thought about how Sarah and her made those stupid rules many years ago. The third rule was to never date the older brother, which followed first and second by never lying and always telling the truth.

It was pretty obvious that they were ten when they wrote these rules. But they worked, until now.

„Maybe we did" She giggled softly and let her hands wander up into his hair.

And while her fingertips tangled in his hair, he slowly pulled her closer to him, his hands traveling up her thighs. „...too bad that you had to break that rule, huh?"

Giggling, she rolled her eyes as her legs pressed into the mattress on each side of him and she let him pull her onto his lap. His hands placed themselves over her panties, between skin and material he pulled her closer to him. The lack of clothing made it impossible for the two of them to simply forget how good it felt to have each other.

Even though it only happened once so far.

„We can't tell her" She lowered her lips to his, the stare of his eyes made her feel warm. „we can't tell anyone"

„So we got a secret now?" He grinned.

Alice placed a short, warm kiss on his lips, but pulled away when she felt him getting greedy. „let's say a little one, I'm not a fan of secrets"

„You're my favorite secret" He grinned against her lips, drawing a small laugh from her.

Rage pressed his lips on hers and pulled her closer to him, bodies pressed together as the movement of her hips made him groan. Her hands ran through his hair, all the way down to his neck as he sank into the bed and his back hit the mattress.

His hands ran under her shirt and along her spine, up to the contours of her uncovered breasts as she sank her hips onto him.

Alice wasn't sure what was happening. They would probably spend the whole night being all over each other until they couldn't take it anymore.

But for her - probably for most girls - this was more than just fine.

„Shit, let me f-„ Rafe spoke between their kisses, but from a distance something ringed in Alice's ears, causing her to quickly press her hand on his mouth.

She sat up on top of him, pulling his hands out from under her shirt. For a moment she thought she had just misheard, but when the creaking of the wooden floor echoed down the hall towards her room, she knew that wasn't the case.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

Her eyes flickered to her door where three loud knocks hit the wood.

„Alice?" Ian's voice appeared from behind the door, the doorknob rattling harshly.

„Yeah, just a second" She shouted back, frantically climbing off of Rafe, rushing over to his clothes which she tossed to him before grabbing a pair of pants herself.

Her brother became impatient. „why is the door locked?"

„Uh, i'm...changing" She found an excuse before turning to Rafe, who was zipping up his pants and pulled his shirt over his shoulders. „go in there" She hissed in a whisper, pointing at her bathroom.

„Do you hide every boy in there?"

„Stop asking stupid questions and go" She whispered in a hurry, pushing him to the bathroom, while the rattling of the doorknob became a little harsher, the knocking more impatient.

„What's taking you so long?" Ian's voice grew louder.

„Jesus, can't you just wait for once" She looked at her bathroom one last time - the door being ajar and the light inside off - before she finally opened the door and met the irritated gaze of her older brother.