Caroline Becker is basically the princess of the outer banks, other than Sarah Cameron of course. Caroline is your normal teenage girl. she loves surfing, animals...boys, especially her best friend JJ Maybank. Caroline is popular with everyone on th...
"you kissed rafe cameron?" he asked. all eyes at that table went directly to caroline. everyone had a different expression. jb was surprised. pope looked hurt. kiara had a look of sadness. and jj, he had daggers in his eyes.
caroline was speechless for what felt like 5 minutes but in reality it was only 15 seconds. "look guys, i can explain." she said. "yea, that'd be great." pope huffed.
without saying anything jj got up from the table and left. caroline quickly got up and followed him outside. he was already starting his bike. "jj!" she called. "i don't want to hear it." he said. "i can explain! please just listen!" "you know what caroline? no. i gave you my heart. it was the first time i've ever opened up to a girl. the first time i've ever actually loved someone." his voice cracking on the last two words like he was going to cry. "and i thought you loved me back. i guess i was just some other random pogue that you can mess around with whenever you want." he looked down and then looked back up locking eye contact with her. "i can't be with someone who doesn't put in 110% to the relationship. i can't be with someone who doesn't love me. and you may think that you love me, but you don't. not the way that i love you." he took off on his bike leaving caroline standing there with tears in her eyes.
she walked back inside and grabbed her phone. "i'm leaving. kie can tell you guys what happened and don't bother telling jj. he won't believe you anyways." she said wiping a tear from her face.
caroline pushed the door open and started the long walk back to her house. she fucked up. it was all her fault. she never should have gone over to rafes house. just because of one tiny decision, she ruined her relationship with jj maybank.
the walk was about 3 miles so she would be walking for a while. that was until she saw sarah cameron in her car. sarah pulled up next to her. "hey! need a ride?" she asked. caroline wiped the tears from her eyes and nodded her head. she opened the car door and got in. "babe what's wrong?" sarah asked the sad girl. "jj and i broke up." caroline said voice cracking trying her best not to break down right there. "what? what happened?" "rafe happened." "i don't understand." "rafe kissed me without consent and i-i told him to stop and he didn't so i ran out and then i guess he posted on snap that "we made out and i let him hit it." tears streaming down her face. "are you serious? god i swear i'm gonna kill that kid!" she said. "did you tell jj what happened?" "i tried, he didn't listen to me." "hey, it's gonna be ok. i'll talk to rafe. and you try to talk to jj. and we will fix this ok?" "ok" caroline sniffled. the girls pulled in front of caroline's house and she unbuckled her seat belt. "thanks for the ride." "yea of course and we will handle this." caroline just smiled at her and nodded her head.
she walked up to the front door and opened it. she headed straight for the kitchen. at the moment her eyes were red and puffy and her face had tear streaks running down it so it was obvious that she had been crying. "hey." jennifer said. "your dad will be home later and then we are having dinner with jj so him and your dad can talk." caroline almost broke down right then. "cancel the plans. jj's not coming over." she said voice cracking. "why?" "b-because he broke up with me." she said turning to face her. jennifer could see how hurt she was and actually had sympathy for the girl. "what? why!?" she asked. "because he thinks i had sex with rafe but i didn't! rafe is just those saying things because i didn't like it when he kissed me!" she cried. "you kissed him?" "no! he leaned in but i pulled back!" jennifer got up from her spot and walked over to caroline. "hey it's okay. you will figure it out." she said. leaning in for a hug. the hug was awkward but caroline needed it right now. she needed to feel loved. because she was positive that jj didn't love her anymore.
caroline went up to her room and sat on her bed for an hour thinking about jj. soon she heard jennifer call her down for dinner. she walked down the stairs and sat down at the table.
"jennifer told me everything that happened." her father said. "and i can assure you that you and jj will be fine and rafe cameron and i are going to have a talk." caroline just half smiled and picked at her food. finally she looked up at her father and said "thanks." the dinner was quite and caroline didn't eat anything except for two bites of salad. "i'm not really hungry, can i go back up to my room?" she asked her father with pleading eyes. "yes. i suppose you can." he responded. "thanks. she got up and set her plate in the kitchen and walked up the stairs to her room.
caroline took a shower and did her routine. she threw on some black lulu shorts and one of jj's shirts. it smelt like him. and she needed him. she really wanted to go surfing but there was no way her dad would let her out right now. it was 10 o'clock at night.
she waited for the knock on her door always at 11:15. "come in." it was her dad. "goodnight caro. i love you so much." "love you too" she responded. he shut her door and she turned off her lights and got onto her phone.
at 12 o'clock she changed into a bathing suit.
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she threw on jj's shirt and then quietly opened her door. she snuck downstairs and out into the garage to grab her surf board. she used the same one from when she went with kiara. she knew a great surfing spot a 5 minute walk from her house. she started out towards the trail. she had only ever taken jj there. she was pretty positive they were the only people who knew about it. and hopefully that's how it stayed.
it was like a rain forest the led out into this soft white sand that fed into this crystal clear water. it was beautiful. caroline pushed back some branches and there was the ocean. calling her name. but there was also someone else in the water. she stood and watched as the person surfed the waves so gracefully. she only knew one person who could surf like that.
