|| book one of one ||
"i love you and i'm not gonna let him hurt you again!"
brooklynn was a kook who was in a very toxic relationship with none other than rafe cameron. she was completely brainwashed by the boy until a certain pogue came into the p...
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Rafe picked Brooklynn up on the side of the road in his truck. Brooklynn sat in the passenger seat with her knees up to her chest, playing with the strings of JJ's hoodie.
"You okay to come to mine?" Rafe asked, breaking the comfortable silence, "We can pick up your car tomorrow."
Brooklynn turned her head towards his and nodded. She found herself getting lost in his eyes for a moment.
"I'm sorry for calling you so late- and also just calling so out of the blue," Brooklynn apologized.
Brooklynn never thought she'd be finding herself to apologize to Rafe, the man who abused her. She never imagined herself sitting in his car acting like everything between them was okay.
"It's all good. You know I got you, Brooklynn," Rafe smiled.
When Rafe got a random call from his ex 20 minutes ago, he didn't expect it to end with him speeding to the Cut, feeling more anxiety than he ever had.
"I'm also really sorry for our breakup. Not the fact that we broke up, but the abruptness of it all," Brooklynn said, "You and my friends were fighting and I just had to stop it."
"I know," Rafe sighed, "But you could've stopped it another way."
"My way worked though, didn't it?" Brooklynn asked.
"Yeah," Rafe sighed again, "Yeah, I know."
"And I- " Brooklynn started.
"No more apologies, k?" Rafe told her.
Brooklynn felt as if she had so many more things to apologize for. The feeling was eating her up inside. If it was the other way around and Rafe needed help, Brooklynn wasn't sure if she would come to his aid.
"I'm no saint either," Rafe said.
Brooklynn scoffed, "That, I know."
Rafe was never the type of guy to spill out apologies, but Brooklynn deserved one from him.
"I'm sorry too," Rafe said sincerely.
Brooklynn let a small grin fall onto her face, "I thought you said no more apologies?"
Rafe chuckled, "Well, I needed a turn too. No more apologies as of now."
They had arrived at Tannyhill just past 11 o'clock at night. Rafe led Brooklynn into his backyard after parking his vehicle.
"Where are we going?" Brooklynn asked.
"The Druthers," Rafe said, "Power's out."
"Thats annoying. Are the generators on the boat working?" Brooklynn asked.
