Golden Hearts | Rafe Cameron [1]

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July 24

We walk along the street in the city to find a restaurant to eat at all together. It's sometime after five in the evening, and we've spent the day by the pool outside the house. Swimming and sunbathing. I'm wearing my sandals, a long white skirt, and a short black top.

"So let's find a restaurant that has good food," Topper says as he takes off his sunglasses.

"As if that's the easiest thing," Nathan sighs.

"Do you want us to go in and try the food for you first?" Kelce asks, making Topper laugh.

"That would actually be quite nice," he says, smiling.

I walk beside Rafe on one side. He's holding my hand, which he doesn't usually do in public. It's actually quite cute, I think. I like it when he holds my hand like this. On my other side, Sarah walks in her cute light pink dress.

"Doesn't that restaurant look good?" Sarah asks, pointing to a restaurant a few meters away. It looks like a pretty fancy restaurant, but there are many families with children outside, so maybe it's more of a casual place.

"We'll just go there and hope for the best," Kelce says, starting to walk towards the restaurant. We don't say anything but just follow along. It's tiring to walk around for so long in this heat, so we really need to find a good place to eat as soon as possible.

We're greeted by a waiter as soon as we enter the room. "Do you have a reservation?" the man asks, who has several tattoos and a long beard, and if it weren't for his smile, I would almost think he could kidnap us all at any time.

"No," Kelce replies.

"Okay, but it's not too crowded right now, so I should be able to get you a table anyway," he says, waving us to follow him to some tables further into the restaurant. He hands us the menu when we sit down at the table.

I open the menu and see that there actually seem to be quite good options to choose from.

"What are you going to choose?" Nathan asks.

"I think some kind of pasta," Sarah says.

"Same," Topper says, smiling at his girlfriend.

The waiter comes to us and asks for our orders. We tell him about the food and drinks we want. Unfortunately, none of us manage to order alcohol, so we leave it and order a soda instead.

"Wouldn't it be fun to go to a club later?" Rafe asks.

"Like where?" Nathan asks.

"I don't know. Anywhere," he says, putting his hand on my leg. I put my hand on his warm hand.

"That would actually be fun. There are hardly any clubs in OBX, so it would be nice to take the opportunity," Topper says, nodding as he looks at the rest of us who agree with him. That would be fun.

"Then let's do that," Kelce says, leaning his head on his hands. His arms are up in the air, and he stretches before crossing his arms just as he sat before.

The waiter brings our food, and we thank him kindly.

"It seems to be a good restaurant, just as you wanted, Top," I say, smiling at Topper, who has already started eating his food. He nods and lifts up his fork with his mouth full of food.

"So, what are you two going to do now that you're starting college?" Kelce asks, looking at me and Rafe.

"What do you mean?" Rafe asks.

"I mean, what are you going to do about your relationship?" he says.

Rafe shrugs. "I hope we can still see each other somehow," he says, and I nod.