Golden Hearts | Rafe Cameron [1]

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Adeline's pov

I'm out for a walk along the beach, lost in my own world as I listen to music through my headphones when suddenly I hear someone shouting my name from behind.

"Adeline!" I turn around and am met y by Kiara and her friends. I stop, and when they reach me, I notice that JJ has a bruise on his face. So they used violence. But that's what I suspected they did on midsummer. Just hope it wasn't Rafe or Nathan.

"We were just about to buy ice cream. Do you want to come along?" Kiara asks with a smile.

"Sure," I say, realizing I don't have much better things to do.

"Great, come on" Kiara says, and I follow them towards the cut where I was at the border to.

"I hope your bruise doesn't hurt," I say and smile gently at JJ, who looks at me with a slightly irritated look but then smiles.

"No, it's fine. Your boys just hit me about twenty times," JJ says, clearly annoyed with them.

"I'm really sorry," I say.

"It's not your fault, but I don't understand why you hang out with them though" JJ says.

"JJ, they're her brother, boyfriend, and best friend's boyfriend, among other things. Of course she's with them," John B says, walking beside me and JJ while Kiara and Pope walk just ahead of us in their own conversation.

"But still..." JJ continues.

"I'm doing just fine," I say and smile at both of them to make them understand that I'm doing fine with my kook friends.

We arrive at the ice cream stand where Pope and Kiara quickly order their ice creams. I choose a chocolate cone and sit at the bench where the others are sitting. I'm still wondering what I'm doing with them right now.

The others are in their own conversation, so I don't pay much attention to what they're talking about and instead enjoy my ice cream rather than worrying about them. It sounds like they're talking about something only Pogues do.

"We didn't talk much on midsummers" Kiara suddenly says, sitting next to me, making me look up at her.

"No, I know. I had so much else going on that I completely forgot, sorry," I say.

"You were probably too busy with your boyfriend, I assume, or I mean, it was obvious," Kiara says and chuckles a bit. "But trust me, it's okay, I was just a little disappointed that we just talked for about five minutes before yeah you know"

"Sorry," I say and suddenly feel bad.

The sound of a motorcycle approaching is heard, and I see my brother stop and take off his helmet. A few seconds later, Rafe arrives with his motorcycle and also takes off his helmet. They both look at me with disappointed looks.

"Addie," Nathan says, waving for me to come over to them.

"I guess we'll let you go," John B says.

"No, let her stay if she wants. They don't decide for her," JJ says, but I ignore them both and walk over to Nathan and Rafe.

"I don't even want to know the reason. Dad wants you home anyway," Nathan says. "He sent us to look for you." Nathan stretches his helmet towards me, but Rafe is quicker and puts his helmet in my hands, which I accept. It makes Nathan roll his eyes before he sits on his motorcycle.

"You're not riding with Rafe," Nathan says and nods for me to sit behind him.

"You'll sit behind me," he says firmly.

I look between my brother and his best friend before meeting Rafe's gaze. There's something in his eyes that makes me go to his motorcycle and sit behind him. It makes my brother snort loudly, but he doesn't do anything else.

"Hold on tight," Rafe says and starts the engine "hard." He looks back at me with seriousness in his eyes, which makes me nod.

"Good," he says under his breath as he starts driving away from the place where I just had a nice time.

As we drive along the long road that runs along the beach, I keep thinking about what my dad wants. Probably nothing positive, because when does he ever want something that I want? He was in a good mood yesterday, but anything can happen with him.

Rafe parks his motorcycle right next to Nathan's before they both get off it and wait for me to catch up with them. It seems like Rafe is coming home with us today too, as he continues behind me with my brother.

As soon as I walk into the house, I'm greeted by my dad who takes off his sunglasses and hangs them on his polo shirt. "You found her," my dad smiles at Rafe and Nathan, who are still behind me.

"We found her with-"

"With Kiara and Sarah," Rafe finishes with a cough, and I can feel my brother getting irritated behind me.

"Good, good, come with me, Adeline. You two can go now," my dad says, waving away my brother and Rafe as they walk into the house, while I and my dad go to the kitchen.

"You wanted to talk," I say nervously.

"That's right," my dad says. "Sit down."

I do as he says and sit on the chair opposite him. My dad clears his throat loudly before looking at me, his eyes meeting mine.

"I've talked to your mom a bit, and we've discussed this about you needing to take more responsibility," my dad says, which makes me look at him in surprise. What does he mean by responsibility?

"Responsibility?" I ask.

"Yes, responsibility. You'll be joining me and Ward for a job meeting on the mainland tonight. Rafe is also coming along since this concerns him too, but he already knows about it," my dad says.

"Why though?" I ask.

"Because you need to take responsibility so you can work in our footsteps later, like Rafe is going to," my dad says.

"But what if I want to work with something else?" I say.

"Like what?" my dad says.

"An author."

My dad laughs, but his smile fades when he realizes I'm not lying. "You're serious?"

"Yes," I say.

"Of course you can't work as a writer. How will you ever succeed? You won't make enough money," my dad says firmly.

"But-"

"No, I don't want to hear anymore! Up to your room and get ready. We're leaving in an hour," my dad says loudly but lowers his voice when he realizes that Rafe is still in the house. As if Rafe almost scares him.

I stand up from the chair and leave the kitchen. I don't want to be with my dad right now, and why is he forcing me to go to some meeting to learn to be more responsible? It's all just so weird.

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A/N: As a thanks for almost 600 reads here's another chapter! I love y'all so much I'm so thankful, I'm literally crying it's so cute that y'all reading this 💓💓

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