𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 | 𝐣𝐣 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤

𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮?

chapter 15, did they touch you?

After Reese had finished with the Pogues she went home that night thinking longingly about her day. Being with the Pogues was like a whole different world she'd never experienced and to be honest..she loved it. She never wanted to stop, one minute she was so protected and expected to be this perfect child and all the sudden she finally felt free like nothing could stand in her way.

Then the boy came into her mind, Rafe. He had kissed her and she didn't know how she felt about that. He'd always been her person her best friend, but he was also the boy she was supposed to end up with, and that expectations hung over her mind too often.

And then there was JJ, he was fun and exciting and he was..a Pogue. She could never be with him, even if she wanted to. She slept the night away dreaming of the life she'd always wanted, to surf all day long and raise her kids to not value money but value their adventures and be grateful for those experiences and she couldn't help but dream about who she'd walk through life with.

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"Yo, Carmichael." Topper shouted from inside the Island Club. Reese's eyes whipped around to see the frosted tipped boy as she rolled her eyes continuing along with her day. "What happened to you last night?" he asked.

"What do you mean?" Reese asked still not making eye contact with him.

"I threw a giant ass party" Topper said acting like that was something to brag about.

"I was busy." Reese said trying to preserve her Kook status.

"Mkay" he said clearly distracted. He peered over Reese's shoulder to see the blonde Cameron boy. Reese adverted her eyes remembering the events of last night while the Cameron boy walked up to the two Kooks.

"uh, Top, I got clubs let's go." He said ignoring Reese.

"Carmichael you coming?" Top asked turning towards the girl. Something inside the girl told her that she should go so she took one swift look at Rafe catching his trauma-filled crystal blue eyes, "Yeah." she said softly reaching her hand out to Rafe smiling softly as the boy hesitated but quickly letting his stone interior down he grabbed it smiling warmly at the girl.

"We good RC?" Rafe asked walking out to the course with her.

"Always Cameron." Reese whispered back looking deeply into his eyes. He was so broken, and he just wanted to be loved. She wanted so badly to give him the love that he deserved but you can't force that. The most important thing was that Reese didn't want to end up like her mother, stuck in a relationship with a man she didn't love.

"Man, that party was insane!" Topper said as Reese stood by watching the boys swing the clubs "I mean, my first thought when I did the line was...'Bro, do we have enough?' It was crazy!" Top continued laughing Reese pretending to ignore the boys due to the drug talk.

"I know, right?" Rafe said laughing.

"That was good shit." Topper said reliving the night.

"Yeah." Rafe laughed nonchalantly. "Hey," Rafe turned towards the girl. She sent him a soft smile acknowledging his words "Can you get us some drinks?"

Reese sighed nodding softly as her mind was focused somewhere else. She made her way to the club grabbing the drink the boys wanted while they had other plans.

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"Hey, what's up?" Rafe asked charging towards Pope. The Pogue turned cold fear filling his eyes. "Hey, how much for one of those beers?" he asked edging Pope on.

"They're not for sale." Pope said standing his ground.

"Oh, wait, wait, wait. You can just give us one, then, right?" Rafe said almost begging the boy, his golf club latched around the plastic bag.

"Or you can order one, like everybody else." Pope continued. As the boys continued to fight it turning ugly quickly as Rafe threw his golf club down at the boy. Pope moaned as the pain spread throughout his body, this was the Rafe that Reese didn't want, luckily the girl had seen none of it. The two boys quickly ran off after challenging the Pogue. As Reese walked back to the boys she noticed Pope on the ground she sprinted to him dropping the drinks in her hands.

"Pope!" she exclaimed clearly worried. He jumped away from the girl not realizing who she was. "What happened? Who did this?" she asked knowing the answer.

"Your death squad." he seethed towards the girl. Reese's blood boiled hearing the words aloud.

"Fuck" she whispered softly helping Pope to his feet. She grazed his cheek with her thumb as he pulled away slight but slowly let the girl inspect the area. "Pope I'm so sorry," she said tears clawing in her eyes she hated seeing the Heyward boy in pain but she hated the fact that her 'friends' did this even more.

"I need to get back." he said starting to walk down the path.

"I'm coming with you." Reese said realizing she didnt want to be near Figure Eight anymore.

"Reese you can not tell JJ, he's helping me do groceries and you can't say anything." Pope explained turning towards the girl. Reese softly smiled at the sound of JJ's name but nodded her head knowing that JJ's temper would spike if he knew what the two Kooks had done.

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"Pope!" JJ yelled running back to the boat. "Dude, you are not going to believe what just happened to me, man!" he said clearly excited. "Whoo! That was the best 100 bucks I've ever made! When I say count me in on all these grocery deliveries, Pope, I mean it." he said climbing onto the boat and then noticing the girl. "Angel?" he said a soft blush arising on both of their faces.

"Loverboy." she said softly sending him a smile. She didn't say much. Reese was never very good at keeping secrets but she knew this one was not hers to tell.

"What's up with you?" JJ asked turning towards Pope who drove the boat silent. That's when JJ took notice of the bruise. "Bro, you good? Yo, what happened to your face, dude?" he said starting to get round up, pulling the hat off his head "Jesus! What happened?" he said now clearly angry Pope let out a sigh adjusting the hat on his head.

"Rafe and Topper jumped me. They said no Pogues on their side of the island." Pope explained as JJ ran over to Reese inspecting her whole body.

"Did they touch you?" he asked his demeanor changing from anger to concern. She shook her head grazing his cheek with her thumb as his face melted into her with that touch. "What are you gonna do?" JJ said now turning back to Pope. Reese knew whatever idea they had would not be good, but she knew that the Kooks actions would not go on without revenge.

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hi okay i suck
ik it took me
forever to update
i've just been bleh recently

BUT I LOVE THIS BOOK
AND THIS STORY WILL
END BEING CRAZY

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