sloan has a pink solo cup in her hand as she looks at me from across the room. a small smile forms on my face as topper hits my shoulder getting my attention. "yes top," he smiles wide as he says "this party is crazy man i see you brought the girl from the coffee shop. what's her name?"
"sloan" the one syllable getting off my tongue nicely.
"unique. well i have a surprise for you" i look at him as he says "sarah is coming! bro!"
i laugh at his antics he has his fists up in the air as he jumps up and down. kelce is kissing the same girl he has been messing with for a long time. people are grinding bodies, some are in the pool, some are playing the games we set up today. about 300 to 400 people in this house.
kie is approaching sloan they exchange glances, talk and start to laugh. their getting along great it seems. topper rushed to talk to sarah almost immediately as she walked in with kie.
drake is playing as i sway to the beat a bit, i feel hands wrap around my waist. i thought it was sloan but it was a girl i use to talk to named maddie. maddie says softly "hey rafe what have you been up to you've dropped off the face of the earth"
"nothing much" i push her off me. as i turn to talk to her.
"i was never going to um —" i scratch the back of my neck. "make you my girlfriend yeah, we made out a few times. almost had sex but maddie you don't even like me"
maddie gives me an almost death glare, then just walks away. i sigh heavily as she leaves.
♪ Laid up, got me thinkin', babe ♪ ♪Tell me if you with it 'cause I'm with it, babe ♪
making my way to sloan, i grab her hand and bring her to the dance floor we start dancing as the chorus comes in.
♪ Oh, baby, everything you do is amazing Ain't nobody watching, go crazy ♪
doing just that we vibe with one another on the dance floor. sloan laughs as i try to do something cool, we make complete fools out of ourselves for the next 4 songs. one of the last two songs we dance to pumping our fists in the air. eyes locked only on each other, we get closer as the beat almost drops.
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♪ In the sweet surrender Alive again ... You're hurting so much I need you to breathe again ♪
our faces inches apart, her arms wrapped around my neck, swaying comfortably to the beat. senses overload, i almost turn away wanting to walk away. i don't but the feeling is there.
getting off the dance floor we go grab drinks. i get a beer, sloan gets a jaeger bomb and solo cup punch.
"i'm suppose to remind you when you get to drink three"
"which is my third this jaeger bomb shot or the punch?" she wiggles her brows at me.
bending a bit i whisper in her ear, "that's completely up to you babe"
her head turns slightly as i say babe. i chuckle in a soft tone before moving to her right. playful slapping my arm. she downs both drinks. "okay i am cut off now"
i nod as she wraps her arms in my one walking to the outdoor patio. it's about one AM the party is still jumping. no cops have been called. as the night air hits us, a familiar voice catches our attention.
kelce says "wow this is coffee shop girl, who has singlehandedly taken rafe out the pool"
sloan smiles at him as she says, "i am she hey i'm sloan"
"i'm kelce. are you a spy? that s s s sounds like a great name for a spy"
kelce almost trips on his way down the steps. he hits the lounge chair and falls asleep. suppressing our laughs to not wake him up.
"late night swim up for it?" sloan's tone laced in the type of seduction that kills.
i just nodded words aren't able to form right now.
toppers pool is heated to the 80s so we could see the steam since it tends to get a bit colder at night. people are already in the pool but in this moment it feels like it's only just us. as i grip her waist to bring her in her hands rest on my shoulders and i can't help but imagine impure thoughts. redness is an understatement. gently she touches my cheeks with both hands whispering "currently you're eye-fucking me so i know you would go ballistic seeing me naked"
my mouth forms in an immediate o closing my mouth sloan swims away, heading under water. swimming for twenty minutes does something to relax you.
my head rests on the edge of the pool, my arms on either side of me. eyes closed when i feel a warm body press against me, and a kiss hits my cheek.
"big man rafe are you conking out on me!" sloan is aggressively staring at me. i smile small as i say "no, no definitely not i just feel really relaxed — what is 'big man'?" opening my eyes again to look at her. one raised brow later, towel dry, walk into the party "you are one of the big men on at school"
"ha! please please don't describe me that way, i don't enjoy that reputation really it's just there. does that make sense?"
sloan nods. i see an alert plus as we go to change in one of the rooms in toppers house the tv was on. "a category 7.5 hurricane will be hitting the outer banks in the next 24 hours. Hurricane Zachary" sloan walks out the bathroom to look at me. i look at her like 'well it's nature'.
sloan goes back to drying her hair, i get into one of my extra shirts from my car. lost in thought i don't realize sloan puts on one of my other shirts. she turns it into a dress.
partying for another two hours before we head to my house. sneaking her in, we head to my room. as sloan turns on my light she gasps "your rooms so big" she looks around. touches things lightly, moves around the room like she's been here.
i head to my bathroom and start my night routine as quick as possible, i shower too spritzing a tiny bit of cologne on. once i come out i have to go grab my boxers in my closet sloan is already laying in my bed, she's fast asleep.
i smile at that, as i get into bed i see she's wearing one of my other tees to sleep, i pull her closer and shut my eyes. going into the land of euphoric clouds to fall asleep.
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author's note:
thank you so so much, if you're still reading I really appreciate it. or if you've read this far. this story is fun to write. I'm trying my best to give details and passion.tell me do you think sloan should tell rafe about her cancer or let it rock?
I feel like dancing is healing to the soul but I don't do it often on my own.
