I'll Do Anything • Rafe Cameron

Chapter 1

After the hurricane not much had felt normal so, to have the regular Outer banks movie night on the lawn was nice. A little normal was exactly what the Pogues and I needed. Even if John B was no where to be found, at least I had JJ and Pope.

We set down our stuff and I ran to go get us all some Pepsi's. Just as I had finished paying I felt a tap on my back.

"Hey Kenna" said Rafe. I tried not to associate with him as much as possible. That meant avoiding him at the Kook academy, figure eight, and every other possible place. Being from Kookville made that harder but being a Pogue helped me stay a little farther out of reach.

"What do you want Rafe?" I responded coolly trying to show on my face that I wasn't interested in small talk... or any talk that involved him.

"Whats up? How are you?" he said. Why the hell was he talking to me?

"Um I'm fine" I replied hesitantly.

"Good, good." he paused for a bit then stared straight at me intensely and said under his breath, "Tell your boy I know what he did".

I looked at him blankly. I always knew he was off his rocker but, what did that event mean?
"I'm sorry I don't know what or who you're talking about" I said finally.

"Just tell him. He'll get it" he responded before walking off. What a douche bag. I grabbed my Pepsi's and walked over to the boys. I contemplated what the hell they could have done this time. Pogues and Kooks never got along but that encounter was different. Much more odd. A shiver ran down my spine as I thought about the intensity of his eyes when we talked, I had a very very bad feeling.

"Well I just talked to Rafe, of all people, and he told me to tell you guys 'I know what your boy did' or something like that. So what's going on, what happened?"

They both whipped around to find Rafe and his Kooks and then started frantically whispering. I couldn't hear all they were saying but caught a few phrases about swinging and being on edge. Then JJ proceeded to shake around his bag. That could only mean one thing.

"Oh my God JJ please tell me you did not bring a gun here? There are kids JJ" I groaned as I glared daggers at him. He didn't answer me and simply looked away. They were always weird but something was definitely wrong.

"One of the golden rules guys, no secrets between Pogues. What the hell is going on?" I questioned them as they looked like wounded puppies.

"Look, Kenna" Pope started, "it might go down tonight okay?"

"What does that even mean Pope? It might go down tonight? What did you guys do?" again I received no answer. They're lucky the movie started or I would have pushed them pretty hard to get the truth out.

It was hard to concentrate on the movie at first. All I could think about was what Rafe had said and the intensity in the way he looked at me. Also how weird the boys were acting. I knew I couldn't trust Rafe and the Kooks, but why did I also have a bad feeling about JJ and Pope. Obviously they were keeping something from me, but what was so bad that they couldn't even tell me? If it's really going to 'go down' tonight don't I have a right to know why?

Finally my thoughts slowed and I got lost in the movie. Everything felt normal and we were nearing the end. It was fine until the boys started whispering to each other again and slowly stood up and walked away.

"Where are you going?" I whispered

"We gotta ring it out" JJ said back. I rolled my eyes in response. Boys are so gross.

They hadn't been gone for two minutes before I noticed Rafe, Topper, and Kelce moving in their direction. Shit. This is probably what they meant by go down. Well, if they're in trouble I might as well be there. I grabbed JJ's bag and slowly walked around the large projector screen. When I got there I saw a bloodbath.

Topper was throwing punches left and right at Pope. Both Rafe and Kelce had hold of JJ. Kelce held him as Rafe laid punch after punch on him. I immediately jumped into action.

"Stop it Topper" I yelled as I pounded my fists on his back. Topper didn't stop or budge and was beating the shit out of Pope. I jumped on his back and tried to pull him away. Before I could do much damage, Rafe grabbed me by the waist and threw me to the ground before returning to beat JJ's ass. I dug around JJ's bag looking for something other than the gun. Where the fuck was his lighter? It was hopeless. I turned back to the fight to see Kelce put JJ in a headlock. He cut off JJ's air and I watched as his face became red. Rafe continued to throw punches. One look at JJ's face told me his life was in danger. I had only one option. I grabbed the gun and pointed it right at Rafe's head.

"STOP" I shouted to get his attention. Looking at the pain on JJ's face I began to sob. In that moment Pope and JJ's lives flashed before my eyes and I couldn't hold back the tears. "Can't you see you're killing him?" I cried as I held the gun in my shaking hand.

"Rafe let them go now before I have to use this thing" I sobbed. One more look at JJ's face made me sure he was hanging on by a thread. Kelce and Topper releases their grip ever so slightly allowing Pope and JJ some air.

"That's cute Kenna" laughed Rafe. "Real cute" he said. What the fuck was wrong with him? Quick as a flash he pulled a gun out of his waistband and put it to JJ's head.

"Surely you knew we would arm ourselves after JJ pulled a fucking gun on us. So, why don't you put the gun down because we both know which one of us would actually pull the trigger" Rafe smirked. I really hated this asshole.

Kelce and Topper both tightened their grips again waiting for me to put down the gun. I had no choice. I dropped it at my feet.

"Okay Rafe I did what you said just let them go and put the gun away" I pleaded, slowly making my way toward him. I felt powerless. Rafe didn't move and kept his eyes trained on me intensely. Pope and JJ were still struggling for breath and were getting paler by the second.

"Look Rafe I'll do anything just please let them go. Anything." I begged as I gripped the front of his shirt.

"Anything?" He repeated as he laughed at me. I knew I looked pathetic but I was desperate. I was watching my friends die.

"Yes anything" I pleaded. Rafe nodded his head once and never broke my eye contact. Topper and Kelce dropped the boys. They both fell to the ground gasping for air. I first ran over to Pope and checked his breathing. As I did I saw Rafe put his gun away and bend down to JJ's level.

"You hear that?" Rafe said squatting next to JJ and grabbing his face. "I'm about to make your bitch my slut." He laughed.

My heart dropped into my stomach at his words. What did I just do?