"My reputation's never been worse so he must like me for me..."
Ella Claire Routledge a pogue living on figure 8 with the Cameron's has been head over heels for her twin brothers best friend JJ for as long as she can remember, until...
Rafe. He'd al...
I wake up alone in Rafe's bed. Oh shit that actually happened. I just had a mental breakdown in front of Rafe Cameron. Ughh and of course it was a breakdown over fucking Taylor Swift merch. Gosh could I be more stupid?
I reach over to grab my phone off the charger and see I have like a bazillion texts from Sarah + 2 missed calls from my brother.
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I check her location and see she's still at Topper's but is active on instagram so I call her.
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"Omg Ella I thought you like died!"
"I'm sooo sorry Sarah I just had a lot going on last night and was super distracted so I didn't check my phone"
"You're doing that voice you do when you're pretending you're fine but you're not El. What happened?"
"You're with your boyfriend we don't need to talk about this"
"Oh my gosh he is my boyfriend isn't he! But um yes we do he can chill the fuck out plus I'm literally alone in his room right now"
"Ugh okay fine short version: my Taylor cardigan broke and unraveled and I kinda had a mental breakdown when I got flashbacks and then got stressed about JB again"
"Wait the cardigan?!? As in the cardigan you saved up for months for and then your dad beat you over?"
"Um yeah"
"Omg I woulda lost my shit too! Are you okay? I'm sorry you had to be alone for that"
I debated what I'm about to say for what felt like hours but once again just went with 'the flow' and said it anyway. "Uh well actually I wasn't alone um Rafe helped me"
"No freaking way! That's probably worse than being alone! Girl I'm gonna take you shopping when I get home"
"It actually wasn't that-
"Lying is wrongggg" she singsongs. "Ooh omg we can buy new outfits for Topper's party!"
"Sure Sarah that sounds good. Hey look I have to go talk to your dad and my brother I've been procrastinating it for like 2 days, let's just make a plan when we both are back home okay?"
"Kk sounds good love youuu!"
"love you too"
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I walk downstairs and out to the garage when of course I see Rafe. He's fixing up his motorcycle, and has airpods in so I plan on acting like he's not there. I sneak behind the two cars parked inside and manage to get to the other side of the garage. I'm standing on top of a paint can a maintenance worker left trying to reach my bike when I see someone's abs in front of me and hear a whisper in my ear.
