Dirty Money - Rafe Cameron

01

"i would rather freeze to death on my way home than ride in a car with you"

Bella began to panic, sara was no where in sight and she was left alone in a house full of drunk and drugged out kooks, she knew she would regret coming here but sara always had a way of convincing Bella to always come out to these lame parties which always resulted in her wanting to leave. It was something she loved but sometimes hated about her best friend.

she mumbled curse words under her breath when she saw the time on the clock, her grandma is going to kill her.

"hey have you guys seen Sara or topper" she said to a couple of people but the music was too loud for them to understand. At some point she was being dragged out to dance by some guy who smelled of BO. It was clear he was drunk out of his mind.

She made a break to the front door completely giving up on her man hunt. She looked around to see only a few people mingling outside, thankfully it was quiet. She would have found it peaceful if it wasn't so cold out. She attempted to call sara but it went straight to voice mail, she decided to leave a not so nice voicemail for sara to listen to followed by I love yous and you better be okay. She knew she was okay considering the last person she was with is topper.

It had been five minutes no response so she shut her phone off.

She had no idea what she was as going to do, she had no car and Sara and topper were her only ride. She was going to freeze to death she thought. She was contemplating walking home when a familiar voice took her out of her thoughts.

"you lost carters"

she nearly jumped out of her body when she saw Rafe Cameron glaring at her a couple feet away. He was casually leaning against a tree with a red solo cup in his hand. had he been there the whole time? She felt her cheeks heat up at the thought of him hearing her cursing his little sister out through voicemail, then again he's seen worse from Bella.

She took in his surroundings, he was surprising alone. It was strange seeing him at a party without his kook posey and drunk girls on his lap.

She must have been analyzing him too long because he was now glaring at her again. The same annoyed expression you give to a younger sibling. She knew he hated her guts, then again he hated all pogues, but she knew he hated her more. He always made sure Bella knew her place on the bottom of the messed up food chain they seemed to have. It didn't help he was her best friend's brother and saw him almost everyday when he wasn't leaving town every 30 minutes.

She sighed in defeat "I'm looking for sara, shes my ride home but she's not answering my texts have you seen her?"

"funny I just saw her an hour ago macking with topper before leaving towards the lighthouse. quite a friend my sister is leaving you out here in the cold. you should keep better company pogue" Bella couldn't help but scoff at his comment against sara.

"speaking of better company,where are your two shadows?" she glared referring to his two best friends Andrew and Kelce. She had nothing against his friends, but she knew how much it got under his skin when she mentioned them. She felt as she was hallucinating when she thought she saw the side of his mouth lift up. Yup shes definitely hallucinating.

"watch it"

she sighed, of course this conversation was going nowhere then again that was every conversation she had with Rafe. She angrily grabbed her purse off the ground before walking towards the street in attempt to leave, unfortunately in order to leave the front porch she would have to walk in his direction.

"As always thanks for nothing rafe, If you'll excuse me-"

"whoa whoa" before she knew it she was yanked back a bit by his forceful grip.

"What the-"

"Where do you think your going"

"home?" she scoffed attempted to yank her hand free but failed terribly.

"youre gonna walk...?"

"no im going to teleport" she groaned attempting to yank her hand freely failing again.

"funny" clearly not amused by the situation "My dad would kill me if he found out i let you walk home by yourself"

"aw so caring of you but i would rather freeze to death on my way home than ride in a car with you"

"Don't be a smart ass Bella, I'm leaving anyways I can give you a ride-"

She glared at him "I'm not going with you" attempting to stand her ground even though she was scared shitless to walk by herself.

"He studied her for a second, and it was at that moment she realized how close he was, his breathe hitting her face, his dark glare focused on her.

"fine." his tone was no longer annoyed but firm, "walk home" finally letting go of her wrist to walk in the opposite direction. She felt a breathe of relief as she watched him walk towards his car.

"Oh and Bella" Rafe was now a couple feet away his front fully turned to her now. "When you find yourself lost in the middle of nowher with no reception" he began a smug look on his face "Tell Michael Myers I said hello" and with that he continued to walk the opposite way causing Bella glare to drop. now she was scared shitless. She began to think of any other option she could have that didn't result in her getting in his car even attempting to call Sara for the 50th time but she knew she had no other choice. Her house was too far, she would be home by the next day. She couldn't believe what she was about to say.

"Rafe wait up"