[1] Good Trouble - JJ Maybank - Rafe Cameron - (An Outer Banks AU)

Chapter 15

MIDSUMMERS PT. III

THE COUNTRY CLUB

"Is this your secret hookup spot or something?" Violet asks, hiding out in the sauna of the country club. The sauna wasn't on right now cause of Midsummers, and no one would be looking in anyways.

"One of them." Rafe says, joking. He was Rafe Cameron, all the girls at the Kook Academy wanted him or got with him at least once in their time at the academy. He had a lot of girlfriends that never lasted long. He was basically Prince of the Kooks.

"I've never hated small talk so fucking much." Rafe says, sitting down next to Violet.

"I had to listen to you and Top talk about football for thirty minutes!" Violet says.

"It doesn't matter, he doesn't even care, I'm not Sarah so he doesn't give a shit." Rafe says, referring to his dad.

"Of course he does, it's football. It's like dude-bro tradition around here." Violet says.

"Not the same way he does about Sarah. She's always the favorite. Me and Wheezie are just the unwanted ones." Rafe says, sad. He was already drunk from drowning himself in alcohol at dinner, plus the pills he took which weren't helping.

"Hey, he loves you. He might not say it a lot but he does. Every parent does, they just show it in different ways." Violet says. That part hit a little too close to home for Violet. Who never had the chance to meet Big John. The only memory that was close to Big John she had was Sir Lancelot.

"You don't get it— it's always about her. I can't ever do anything that'll make him happy." Rafe says, disappointed. He was still that little boy begging for his dads attention, his mom was the only one who made him feel loved, but she left.

"It's only cause he doesn't have to worry about you. You've always managed well without him, Sarah is always getting into things, you know how she is." Violet explains.

"Yeah, and she's still his favorite after all the shit she makes our family go through." Rafe says.

"Well, you'll always be my favorite." Violet says, trying to make him feel better.

"You don't mean that. You're just trying to make me feel better." Rafe dismisses.

"Your dad cares about you, okay? I care about you." She reassures. She caressed the side of his face with her palm.

"D-did you mean it? Do you actually care about me?" He asks. He didn't know how to react, he had never heard that before.

"Of course I do." Violet says. He pulls her in and they both kissed for the first time in a while now. Except they both weren't just making out for the fun of it.

She pulled off his blazer and threw it to the side, something fell out of it but they both ignored it. He trailed his kisses down her neck, his lips felt like cold ice on her burning skin.