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2. P4B: Pogues 4 Briar

Rafe's POV:

As my dad heads off to another business trip, which he said will last all month until me and Briar's internship starts, I head over to Topper's house next door. His parents are also accompanying my father on the trip, meaning we're both having our own houses to ourselves for a bit.

"My man!" Top greets me, dapping me up at the same time, "Where's your future colleague?Thought you said she was gonna pull up."

I let out a sigh. "Yeah, but Sarah convinced her to hang with the pogues tonight"

"Damn bro, I mean, the pic you sent me of her on her insta made me excited to see her. I even fixed my hair" says the blonde boy, pointing to his neatly done hair.

"Slow down Top, she's the one living with me. I can hook up with her faster than you can" I laugh.

"Isn't that unprofessional?" Top jokes.

I roll my eyes playfully and softly slap his arm.

"Anyway, she said she's hanging out with us tomorrow, so keep your dick in your pants and I'll do the same." I tell him.

"I'll try my best" the boy jokes.

I've always thought Briar was pretty, and, to be honest, she's one of the prettiest girls I've ever seen. When I figured out that she was working with me, I searched for her on social media and stalked her a bit before following her. And because Topper and Kelce wanted to know who I was going to work with, I sent them a photo of one her instagram posts to send to them. That's when I realized that I wasn't the only one who thought she was hot; Topper admitted to having his eyes on her too. I remember them telling me to see how fast I could hook up with her when she comes to the island, and Topper claiming that he could easily make her fall in love with him during her time here. Now that Briar has arrived, Topper and I are now in some competition to see which one of us Briar would fuck or, maybe, even catch feelings for.

I sit on Toppers living room couch as he fetches his weed and bong to bring down from his room.

"Have you spoken to her yet?" Topper asks as he makes his way down the stairs to sit by me.

"Yeah dumbass why would I have not?" I joke.

"Well duh but, have you, like, gotten to know each other and actually have a one-on-one conversation?" He replies while grinding a few nugs.

"Yeah actually, helped her unpack which took a couple hours, so yeah we did get to know each other for a bit"

"What's she like?" The boy asks.

"Hella smart, my dad seems to absolutely love her, and she's funnier than I expected too. She's actually probably one of the funniest girls I know," I say, "she plays the guitar and can do art which is dope, and she has a fire sneaker collection that she brought over here. She seems pretty chill, likes to party, smokes, drinks, and sh-"

"Dude," Topper interrupts "you're rambling"

I scoff in embarrassment. "Shut up bro, you asked me a question and I'm answering."

"So what you're basically saying is that she's cool as shit?"

"Basically"

"Sheesh, now I REALLY wanna meet her. I feel like cool girls have gone extinct on this island bro"

Him and I laugh together, and Top starts to take a hit from his bong.

"But, I mean, my city boy era is deemed to retire for the summer. I honestly don't think I would hook up with Briar, especially since I got to know her and actually think she's a legitimately chill person. And I don't wanna seem like a fuckboy anymore. I wanna leave that in the past, you know?" I begin to talk again.