Dark Clouds || Rafe Cameron || OBX

𝟚. Reunited

    THE SOUND OF VIBRATIONS coming from Valerie's phone snapped her out of her sleep. She opened her eyes ever so lightly, looking over at the phone on her night stand. When she saw who had was calling, she immediately jumped out of bed to get it.

"JJ?"

"Val." He breathed out, glad to hear her voice. "Val, I'm so sorry." He spoke with guilt. "We should have called sooner."

"No J, it's okay, where are you." She stood from the bed, rushing around the room to gather her clothes.

"We're about to pull up to the chateau, please come over, we miss you." He said while in the back round Sarah's voice could be heard.

"Is that Sarah?" Valerie squealed.

"Yeah, they're safe, everyone's safe." He laughed

"I'm so glad." She couldn't contain her smile as she put on her clothes. "Okay I'm coming right now, see you there." She hung up.

*

Rafe Cameron.

"Come on, pussy, have a drink with me." He poured the shot onto some older guys hand, too stoned out to realise how stupid he looks. 

"Hey! What the hell man!" The guy stood up and shoved Rafe's shoulders back. "SIT THE HELL DOWN!" Rafe yelled out, feeling his veins tighten on his neck.

"Rafe. Hey! Calm down man." Kelce grabbed his arm, pulling him away from the angry man. He popped out of no where, causing Rafe's mind to go fuzzy from the thinking and the alcohol in his system. "I swear to go-." Kelce gently slapped his cheek in order to get his full attention. "I swear to god, 20 minutes ago I say John B with your sister dude."

"What." He frowned. How was this possible? His sister was alive. He though about his best friends girlfriend, Valerie. Did she know? Has she known this whole time and didn't even bother to tell him? "I'm trying to relax and you tell me this bullshit?"

"I swear to you. I just saw them buying beer and heading back to the chateau." He looked at him with a stone face expression. "Thats not it." He added, furry already burning in his eyes.

Rafe looked at Kelce, not sure if he was ready to hear what Kelce was about to say. "They called Val, I think she's heading towards them right now. I swear to god, I'll kill all of those dirty pogues."

Rafe's jaw clenched, the unwelcoming thought of Valerie hanging out with the people he hated most fled his mind. "Let's go." He muttered before heading out of the golf club.

*

Valerie Jones

She made her way to the chateau, she figured it would be better to walk since she'd either stay the night or be too drunk to drive. The group of best friends sat in the hot tub with beers in their hands and smiles on their faces. "Hey!" She ran over to them, unable to hold in her excitement much longer.

"Val!" All of them yelled out, joy filling their faces. "Come on girl, get in." Kie waved over to her.

She took off her denim shorts and sandals, since that was the only thing she had on other than a swimsuit. "I'm coming, I'm coming!" She squealed before jumping into the hot tub and giving the group a big hug. "I missed you guys so much!"

"We missed you too." Sarah said before giving her another big hug. Before she could ask any questions about their trip, JJ handed her a can of beer. "You want one." His bright smile shined per usual.

She smiled at him cheekily. "And a joint please." She twisted her face like a baby, waiting for the blonde to lend her the toxins.

"Coming right up." He smiled back at her before fetching a joint.

She opened the can of beer before taking a sip out of it. "Oh my god, I've missed this" she tilted her head back, letting the alcohol run through her body and settle in her system.

"Looks like Kelce hasn't let you do that in a while." Kie spoke up.

"Uh! Please, if I don't hear his name for the rest of the day it will be a dream come true. I'm starting to get fed up with him." Valerie groaned. JJ came over, handing her the joint she had asked for earlier. She placed it between her teeth, allowing him to do the honours of lighting it up for her. "Thank you," she smiled before taking a long inhale of the toxic substance.

She began to cough, the white smoke escaping her mouth in the process. "I forgot how strong this shit is." She laughed out, clearly the others found it amusing as well.

A moment of silence surrounded them until Kie was the first one to break it. " He doesn't deserve you at all. You're too good for him, Val." She referred to Kelce. "And I swear, if you don't come with us on the next hunt, I'll literally kill you."

Valerie laughed at her remark. "Okay! Okay!" The small crack in her heart began to slowly fill. She took another long drag of the joint, this time managing to do it without coughing. "Enough chit chat about those lame Kooks. Let's have some Pogue fun!" She yelled out while stretching her hands in the air. The rest of the group repeating her actions.

"Thats my girl." JJ laughed before taking the joint out of her hand and taking a hit himself.

*

After a few hours of non stop drinking and smoking joints, Valerie got to the point where her whole world was spinning. She wasn't used to this. She hasn't done this in ages. "Guys, I'm gonn-" she slurred out, while the throbbing pain in her head got worse. "I'm gonna go inside for a bit." She finally was able to form a sentence while slowly getting out of the hot tub.

"Okay, come back though." JJ yelled out before going back to their activities with the rest of the group.

Valerie tumbled into the chateau, one hand on her head and the other reaching out to anything that was close to her for support. She was so dizzy and unwell, the fact that she could barely see anything did not make it better. Her sight became fuzzy and her legs became numb. She thought she was going to throw up, she could see the bathroom door and once reached for it, her foot slipped and the last thing she felt was her head being slammed against the kitchen counter.

*