After Aria got her drink, she walked over to Sarah and her friends. "Hey Aria! I noticed that you and your sister came with some pogues, what was that about?"
"Oh, Kiara offered us a ride here."
Sarah's smile faded as Aria remembered the story Sarah told her about their past while they were at the country club.
"Hey, just warning you, I wouldn't hang out with them." Sarah says, watching JJ balance on a price of driftwood. Aria smiled in acknowledgment, knowing that she had to decide who she would hang around.
Her sister on the other hand had definitely already chosen. She was flirting with JJ and laughing with Kiara practically the second they got there.
For most of the party, she talked to the Kooks, introducing herself to a lot of people and making new friends really fast.
Aria was talking to Sarah until their conversation got interrupted by a tap on her shoulder.
"May I offer you a drink, Aria?" JJ asks, holding out a solo cup in front of Aria.
"I already have one, so I'm okay." She said with a fake smile.
"How about you, Kook princess?" He changes his gaze to Sarah. "Same with me, we're really okay."
"Oh come on, there's nothin' like it!"
"You know what, I'll take it, JJ." Topper cuts him off, reaching for the drink. JJ pulls away and snaps, "I don't think I was asking you, Top."
He smacks the drink out of JJ's hand and quickly gets a shove by John B. Topper and John B broke out into a fight quicker than expected, rolling around on the cold sand.
"Guys! Stop!" Sarah runs her hands through her hair.
The boys eventually made it to the water
and Topper yells, "Want me to drown you like your old man?"
Aria gasped and knew that at this point the fight was getting out of hand. Before she could do anything, JJ puts a gun to Topper's head.
Top immediately let go of John B and raised his hands in the air.
"Get the hell off our side of island!" Shots fired in the sky as Aria quickly got picked up off of her feet.
She looked over the boy's shoulder to see the familiar buzz cut boy, running with her in ease.
Aria got thrown in the back of a black Jeep and Rafe hopped in the passenger seat. Sarah was in the back with her, tears ran down her cheeks as Topper sped out of his parking spot.
"What the hell was that?" Aria asked in distress. "An average night for pogues. Welcome to OBX." Rafe chuckled.
Topper dropped Aria off at home and she didn't see her sister for the rest of the night.
In bed, she couldn't help but think about Rafe. "He invited me to a party and then didn't speak to me once!" She thought, tossing and turning in her sheets.
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The next morning, she got ready for her plans with Sarah. Sarah invited her over to binge the new season of The Summer I Turned Pretty.
The two girls ate their favorite snacks and giggled their way through the first two episodes.
"Shoot I need to pee, pause it please!"
Aria walked up the stairs to see Rafe coming out of his room.
"What are you, stalking me now?" He smirked. "Definitely," She scoffed. "Where's the bathroom?"
"In here." He said opening his bedroom door. Aria raised an eyebrow but reluctantly walked towards the doorway.
Before she could enter the room he stopped her and whispered in her ear. "Make yourself comfortable, I'm planning on having you in here more than once."
His bottom lip lightly brushed her ear as he pulled away with a smirk. Aria's eyes widened and she tried to hide her rosy cheeks. Avoiding eye contact, she continued to walk towards his bathroom.
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