Enemies By Night

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Sitting in her trailer alone, Violet was in floods of tears. Her small box tv filling the background with noise as she cried. After her confession none of the pogues spoke to her until they reached land.. the only word muttered was by JJ "this is possibly the worst thing you've ever done to us. Don't come back."

Hugging her knees as she sat on the sofa, she wished her brother was home. He has been away for days now on a work trip, something he did all the time. Violet just wished he was home so she had someone to talk to.. she felt so alone. As the thunder crashed outside, violets tears only fell harder. How could she be so stupid, her friends meant everything to her.. she knew this deal with Rafe would destroy that. "What am I going to do.." she mumbled to herself as she squeezed her eyes closed, more tears dripping down her face.

Sniffling, a small knock was heard at her trailer door. Violets head shot over towards the door, could that be one of the pogues? Was it really not over? Hopping up off the couch, Violet didn't care that she was wearing small pj shorts and a long white tshirt. She didn't care that her hair was a mess and that her face was red and blotchy from sobbing. Unlocking the door, she opened it slowly to see Rafe standing at the other side. "Oh.. Rafe." She tried to hide her disappointment as she quickly turned her head away, wiping her tears before facing him again "is uh.. is everything okay?" Her voice cracking, it was obvious she was crying.

"I know this isn't apart of the deal." He sighs, struggling to hide his sadness "can I crash here tonight..?" He looked up at her hopeful. He couldn't help but notice she looked different, her eyes were red and swollen, the tip of her nose red and dry.. he had just caught her crying. Protective instincts and anger clouded his own sadness as he stared at the girl, trying to think of something to say.

Sniffling, Violet nods. Staring at the boy before her she could see he was upset, an emotional she didn't know rafe Cameron could feel. His eyes almost matched hers, red and bloodshot as she spotted him sniffling a few times too. Something had happened to make him turn to her, she must've been his last resort. Violet opens up her trailer door and steps aside to let Rafe inside, She knew in her heart this wasn't a good idea.. but she could do with the company right now. "Barry's uh.. not here." She closed the door after him, locking it once again "you can take the couch, I'm sure it won't be as good as your Kook lifestyle though." Violet felt insecure.. Rafe had seen her home loads of times, why now did she feel worried about what he'd think of it.

"Thank you Violet." Rafe looks at her, his thanks sincere as he took a seat on the couch.

Nodding again, Violet didn't really know what to say.. I mean just two minutes ago she was sat crying in the very spot Rafe now was in. "I'll go and get you some blankets." She awkwardly spoke up as she headed into Barry's room, picking up his blankets and a pillow for Rafe to use. Returning to the living room, she handed them over "do you want to talk about it..?" She asked carefully, not wanting to upset him more.

"I just-" Rafe runs his hand over his chin "I had a disagreement with Ward about me not being responsible." He begins to open up

Carefully taking a seat on the couch beside him, Violet listened, allowing him to continue.

"I bought a dirt bike with money I should've used on generators for the house." He looks over at Violet "he said some stuff, I said some stuff.. he then told me to leave for the night. I wasn't welcome in the house tonight, I can try again tomorrow to see if I'm forgiven." Rafe scoffs "I know it's stupid, I don't need an earful from you too." He sighs noticing her expression

Violet shrugs "if it makes you feel better, I'm not really in the mood to tell you how stupid you are tonight." She looks down at her hands as she began to fidget