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simpbur · 3 years
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maysbanks · 3 years
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dancing in the dark.
it’s been a hot minute and some of y’all will be surprised that this came from me as i’m very anti rafe but i’ve been in a drew mood for the past couple of weeks and this kinda came from that so enjoy lmao. also i’ll come back and put the read more on tomorrow sorry i’m lazy and wrote this on my phone lol (just imagine this an au kinda thing ok)
this includes rafe being sex on legs, oral sex (female receiving), swearing, mention of alcohol and drug use etc
you’re forced to go to midsummer’s by your friends and the night ends up unexpectedly with rafe cameron three fingers deep in you
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“Do you think I should wear a bra with this?” You looked over to Kiara who was stood in front of her wide mirror littered with Polaroids of you and the gang, summer yellow dress held up to her half naked body as she assessed her appearance. Your eyes rolled, a heavy sigh emitting from your lips.
“I don’t know Kie, how about you not wear the dress at all and ditch the Kook fest and stay in with me?” You tried, (about your thousandth attempt at getting her to see sense and not force you to go to Midsummer’s with her), but all you got in return was another eye roll and laugh from your curly haired friend, who turned and sent you one of her signature ‘I’m very much done with your shit’ looks.
“We’re going,” she stressed, and you whined, throwing your body back atop her bed and holding a pillow over your face in silent protest. “Stop being such a baby and get over yourself. We’re all going, it’s not like I’m just feeding you to the lions.”
She had a point, but you refused to admit it. You’d be in a mood all night if it meant you were to attend Midsummer’s, which Kie was forcing all of you to go to. She was the only Kook in your group of friends, which meant she was the only one that attended the party every year, but this year John B was also invited along due to Sarah Cameron being his girlfriend (he’d protested just as much as you when he first found out), and Pope would be there anyway because him and his dad would be working there for the night with their barbecue, and so Kie had the bright idea to invite the remaining two of you along; you and JJ.
If you were throwing a hissy fit, then JJ would be ten times worse. You could just imagine him stomping his booted feet as he refused to put on the suit that John B forced him to rent, and you wouldn’t be surprised if he’d somehow managed to crawl out of a window and escape the desperate clutches of his best friend. The thought almost made you laugh out loud, but then you remembered you were in a mood and clamped your lips shut beneath the silky purple pillow you still held captive over your head.
“Please don’t make me go,” you pleaded. You grunted when a sudden weight landed on your abdomen, the pillow you were clutching wrenched from your hands and thrown across the room, your eyes landing on Kiara’s who frowned down at you from her position straddling your waist. (If anyone were to walk in then and there and see you both half naked on her bed you were sure you’d give them a heart attack.) “Please, Kie. I’m begging you.”
Kie sighed. “It’s one night, you can manage for one night ‘kay. I’ve been doing this practically my whole life and I’ve survived, so can you.” You groaned at her matter of fact tone, huffing when she shifted her weight and gripped your cheeks in her hands, effectively cutting off any whining you were about to do and squishing your face between her hands. “Now, shut up moaning, get off my bed, and get dressed. You look so hot, and you’re going to look even hotter in that dress.” Her face suddenly changed, the stern glare morphing into a cheeky grin. “Who knows, maybe your night will end up with you on your knees.”
“Ugh, Kie!” You groaned, shoving her off of you and trying your best to ignore her cackle that had your lips quirking upward. Sending her a quick glare, you eyed the dress she chose for you that was hanging on her wardrobe door. “Fine, I‘ll go. But I’ll be complaining the whole time.”
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Turned out Kiara was right, you did look hot in your dress. It wasn’t often that you did dress up, being a Pogue in the Outer Banks there was never really any reason to, and it’s not like you could afford it anyway. You really didn’t want to know how much the dress you were wearing cost, the expensive feeling fabric enough to make you cringe. It was pretty, the emerald green a stark contrast to Kie’s light yellow, the smooth silk cooling you down in the humid summer evening. It was a deep plunge, the sides of your boobs mildly exposed enough to have people turning their heads or dipping their eyes down to catch a glance. The skirt fell mid length just a bit under your knees, but your legs were exposed nicely due to the slits on both sides that began at your mid thigh. With a pair of heels that you also borrowed from Kie’s wardrobe, you had to admit you looked the part and some more for an evening at Midsummer’s.
“Holy shit,” Pope breathed when he saw you, standing alone at the grill he would be tending to for most of the night. “You’re wearing a dress.”
“Nice observation skills, Caption Obvious,” you sassed, still in a bitter mood over your attendance at the event but feeling a little better with a beer in your hands. Your lips curled in mild disgust as you glanced around you, everywhere you looked a rich and stuck up Kook would be stood there, nursing their expensive cocktails and whiskey with the finest suits and dresses on as they made idle chat about where they’d be vacationing to and what newest model of car they’d just gotten. “I can’t believe I’m here. Midsummer’s sucks.”
Pope nodded in agreement to your statement, looking away from you briefly to flip over a burger sizzling on the grill. “Least you haven’t got it as bad as John B, Sarah’s been at him all day, making sure that he turns up. Poor guy has no idea what’s coming for him, spending the night talking to Ward and all his rich buddies.”
Just as Pope mentioned the man’s name, said man and his family appeared at the door of the country club, making their grand entrance as usual, all eyes turning to gawk as the Cameron family stride in, Ward and Rose in front (you tried not to stare too hard at the concoction atop the blonde woman’s head, it would hurt your eyes), Wheezie just behind them, grinning at the attention she was receiving, Sarah a little behind her, dragging along an embarrassed looking John B on her arm (you and Pope shared a look and snorted simultaneously).
Your eyes, however, upon returning on the Cameron clan, suddenly couldn’t look away from the person right at the back of the group, dragging his feet with a small frown on his pink lips and hands in his pockets as he ignored all extended hands held out for him to shake and instead assessed the crowd stood beneath him, as if looking for someone. You took the time to glance him over, appreciating the way his body looked in a light grey suit, black dress shirt beneath complimenting the outfit perfectly. You’d noticed his hair a bit ago, the times you’d crossed paths or seen him around town you couldn’t help but notice it - he’d stopped gelling it and wore the dark blonde strands freely, letting it flop on his forehead in a way you thought attractive. From the last time you’d seen him he’d obviously gotten in a fight (not surprising for his character), as he was sporting a bruised cheek on his right side. All in all, he looked fucking good. And you hated to admit it, because he was Rafe Cameron. And you were meant to hate Rafe Cameron.
When his light blue eyes landed on you though, all thoughts of that kind left your mind and all that was left was the ones that had you mentally undressing him. As if knowing your exact thoughts, his lips curled into a smirk as he stared you down, neither of you breaking the contact. That lasted a whole 56 seconds (were you counting?) before the trance was broken for you, and you were knocked on the shoulder by an aggressively big hand that belonged to JJ Maybank.
“I can’t fucking believe I’m here right now,” he whined in a high pitched voice, Kie on his other side rolling her eyes, Pope chuckling amusedly at his friend. You ignored them all, turning your head back desperately hoping that Rafe hadn’t moved in the few seconds you looked away, your heart hammering wildly in your chest when he realised no, he had not, and was still staring at you from across the lawn, this time his eyes swooping down your figure and taking you all in, a hand rested at his jaw and fingers dangerously close to his lips as he did. When he was finished, he caught your eyes again, this time sending you a wink and a smile when all you could do was stare back with parted lips. “Hellooo, is anyone in there?”
You turned briefly to JJ who along with Pope and Kiara was staring at you and sending you confused looks, and you swallowed as you questioned them, handing JJ the drink in your hands he requested and denying the offer of weed. The three sent you crazed glares when you refused, after all weren’t you the one that downright refused to attend and made a big deal out of it and specifically said ‘that somebody had better smuggle in some good booze and weed to get me through the night’. But all that had left your mind the minute your eyes landed on Rafe Cameron, and you had other ideas on how to get through the night - hopefully ending up with you sat on his dick.
When you looked back at where Rafe was stood, however, you were disheartened to see that he’d moved, and when you looked around the lawn to try and spot him you saw him stood in the midst of a conversation with Topper and Kelce, his mouth moving and his words directed at them, but his eyes still on you.
Your lips pulled into a small smirk as you decided waiting a while wouldn’t hurt, if it meant the night would end up how you wanted it to, which you were positive it would as Rafe licked his lips, slowly and purposely, his eyes dancing along your figure. You just hoped it would be soon, because you weren’t sure how long you could last without feeling his hands on you.
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“Fuck, these heels are so uncomfortable,” you muttered, stood off to the side with the gang as you sneakily passed vodka disguised in a water bottle between the five of you, John B having escaped the clutches of Ward Cameron and his rich buddies to join you all in complaining and making fun of the festivities that Midsummer included.
“Take em off,” John B suggested with a careless shrug, yours and Kiara’s shared scoff at the possibility of it making him frown.
JJ grinned lazily, “Nah, nah, what she needs to take off is that dress,” he gestured to you, finger pointing accusingly at your semi exposed chest. “I mean, is there even any point in wearing anything? You might as well, y’know, liven up this party while you’re at it.”
“In your dreams, Maybank,” you rolled your eyes, taking a swig of the bitter alcohol when Pope passed it to you, ignoring JJ’s return of ‘oh trust me, it will be’. “I have other plans on how to liven up this party anyways, for me, at least.”
Kie’s brows furrowed in confusion. “What do you mean?” She voiced the gang’s thoughts, waving a hand in dismissal as the alcohol was offered to her, holding a hand on her stomach to show that she’d had enough and felt sick. You just grinned cheekily, taking a hit of the vodka next when Pope also refused.
As if he knew exactly what you were just talking about, a voice suddenly sounded from somewhere behind you, the distinct attractiveness of it causing your head to turn and your eyes to meet Rafe’s as he stood a bit away from you and the gang, hands once again in his pockets of his slacks as he seemingly ignored the rest of your friends, eyes only on you. A smile made its way onto your face without you even realising, and it was as if John B had been shot right in the stomach when he came to the realisation, a loud groan of protest leaving his mouth.
“C’mon, you can’t be serious,” he practically pleaded, the remaining three of your friends still clueless and confused as to what was going on as they chorused their questions. You ignored them all, shoving the near empty bottle into John B’s hands and sending the guys a wide smirk and wink before you turned on your heels and made your way towards where Rafe was seemingly waiting, a smug smirk on his own pretty pink lips. “Oh my god, she is! She actually is!”
You were too far away by the time you made it to Rafe to hear exactly what your friends were saying, but you were close enough to hear their collected groans of disgust and exclaims of protest when John B had finally explained what was happening. You payed no mind, even when JJ shouted after you in warning, your feet landing you right in front of Rafe. The dirty blonde swiped his tongue over his teeth as he took you in so up close, his eyes glistening under the shine of the fairy lights hung up all over. He stared at you for what felt like an eternity before he glanced over your shoulder, taking note of your foul faced friends.
“Seems like they don’t want you to come with me,” he spoke in a low voice, the rumble of it so close to you and the suggestion of his words sending shivers down your body and right to your core.
You shrugged simply. “I don’t really give a fuck.” You informed him promptly, your words making a grin form on his face.
“Then let’s go, baby.” You wasted no time in taking his outstretched hand, letting him lead you away from the crowd and out towards the back. You had to put your full trust in him then, you had no idea as to anything about the country club, had no possible clue as to where he was taking you, but you found no issue in trusting him, the need for him to fuck you senseless the only thing staying in your mind.
It was when you landed in a hallway upon entering the building from a back door when he let go of your hand and instead raised them to your face, pulling you close to his body and your head near his as he pressed his lips against yours with a certain kind of desperation you’d never felt before. You gasped into his mouth at the intensity of it, hands moving to grip his hair between your fingers as he backed you up and pressed you flush against a wall, his knee resting between your legs.
When he pressed it slightly against you, you couldn’t do anything else but moan into his hot kiss, heavy rasps of breath escaping your chest. Rafe pulled back slightly, cheeks flushed and lips cherry red, his pupils dilated and staring you down. He did the same action, watching you this time, and when you moaned just a little bit louder and threw your head back to bang against the wall, your hands gripping his shoulders tightly, Rafe let out a low groan. “You’re so fucking hot,” he mumbled as he pressed up against you once more, hands at your hips and bundling your dress between his large digits, causing the fabric to ride up your legs just a little. “Dressed up all nice, your tits fucking perfect and practically pooling out, you like the attention on you don’t you, baby?”
You never thought you did until now, but you weren’t about to tell him that, simply nodding your head at his words in an attempt to make him kiss you again with those beautifully sinful lips. Rafe did no such thing though, instead looking to you with those pretty blue eyes as he gripped the dress tighter in his palms, the fabric moving higher, exposing more and more, his thigh pressing to you again. You let out a whine at the feel of it, lips parting in pleasure at his actions. “Let me hear you say it, baby. Say you like the attention.”
“I like it,” you gasped out, desperate for him to do something, anything, even in this dimly lit hallway where anyone could catch the both of you. “I like it so fucking much, Rafe. I like the feel of eyes on me, especially yours.”
Rafe moaned low in his throat, one hand moving to grip your jaw as he kissed you, lips moving open with yours and slipping his tongue in your mouth, the grip he had tightening ever so slightly the more time that went by. You had no idea when he'd picked you up, forcing your legs around his waist and pressing you further into the wall, his lips leaving yours to leave hot, open-mouthed kisses along your neck, chest and shoulders. You almost lost it completely when he trailed further down, following the plunge of your dress and kissing the space between your tits, sucking ever so gently. “Fuck, Rafe,” you moaned when his body seemed to go down with his head, ending up with you practically sitting on his squatted knees as he gripped your sides with his large palms, holding your body to him tightly as he continued his trail of warm and wet kisses on your exposed skin.
Rafe allowed his tongue to lick a stripe of your exposed tit on your left side, the whine that emitted from your lips at his sinful action echoing in the hallway. Rafe pulled his head back from you, eyes blown wide as he looked to you. “Fucking Christ, do you wanna get caught baby?”
At the half-assed shake of your head, too desperate to feel his mouth back on you, his hands trailed down your body and instead clutched your ass, holding you possessively to him as he straightened his knees and stood straight, a gasp emitting from your lips when he did so and caused friction right to your pussy at the movement. Rafe seemed to realise what he did at the same time you did, and the moan that left his own mouth was one you never wanted to forget. “Fuck, let’s get you out of here.”
The best place available in the country club turned out to be the family bathroom. You had no time to dwell on how big the space was, almost as big as your entire living room in your house, before you were set down on the marble counter and pulled back to Rafe’s mouth once more. You wasted no time in returning his hot kiss, your hands at the back of his neck as his slid under the slits of your dress and clutched your thighs for a few seconds before trailing higher and landing one hand over your thin panties, cupping your pussy.
“Fuck me,” you moaned loudly. Rafe grinned against your lips, pearly white teeth clashing with your own.
“That’s the plan, sweetheart,” he mumbled against you and you panted as he started to move down your body, peppering kisses along your body on his way, before he landed between your legs, his palms on your knees as he kneeled on his own. “Open your legs,” he demanded and you did as asked with no hesitation, causing him to chuckle darkly. “Needy aren’t we, baby?”
Of fucking course you were, you wanted to say. You’d been waiting for this all night, you wished to speak. But you bit your tongue, not wanting to delay any action any further. When you didn’t answer, however, Rafe tugged on the back of your knees slightly, causing your ass to slip from the counter a little bit, your pussy more exposed and closer to his face as he awaited your response. “Yes, Rafe! I’m fucking needy.”
“Good girl,” he cooed, and you whined lightly when he blew on your core, goosebumps forming on your skin. Rafe bundled your dress in his warm palms, moving it so it was above your hips and you were fully on show to him, your white lace panties completely soaked through. Rafe groaned at the sight, looking at your pussy like it was water and he hadn’t had a drink in days. “So fucking wet,” he muttered, more to himself than you, and you weren’t sure if he wanted an answer to that but he didn’t wait for one anyway, pulling your panties down your legs and throwing them carelessly behind him. “I’ve been waiting for your pretty pussy all night.”
“Oh god,” you moaned when his fingers trailed along you, large digits on either side of your clit as he pressed them together and grinned when you screamed at the friction. You watched as his dirty blonde head went between your thighs, and felt his hot mouth on you not a second later. He was so fucking good, you thought, you never wanted this to end even though it had only just started, not wanting to waste another minute of your life without Rafe Cameron between your thighs.
His tongue was leaving long trails, and he flattened it out against you making you shiver. One hand left your knee to grip the back of your calf as he slipped his tongue in your pussy, your head banging against the mirror behind you. His fingers followed after, his tongue leaving you only to be replaced by his long digits as you moaned helplessly from above him, one hand gripping the counter while the other tugged on his hair. When you pulled particularly hard on the strands, he would hum against you and it would send a whole new wave of pleasure throughout your body that you had to stop yourself from screaming too loudly every time.
You could distinctly hear the beat of the music coming from the party occurring outside, the beginning of Bruce Springsteen’s smooth voice hitting your ears as he sang along to Dancing In the Dark, before the sound was replaced by your own scream as Rafe entered a second finger into your pussy, his tongue sucking on your clit simultaneously.
Everything was too much and you weren’t sure how much more you could take, feeling the familiar build of light pressure in your belly as you managed to rasp out, “Rafe, I’m gonna cum,” into the room, and you weren’t even sure he heard you before he pulled his face away, his fingers moving at a perfect rhythm and pace still within you.
“Hold it, baby,” he was saying, blue eyes staring up into your own as you shook your head in a silent plea, begging to be able to let go. The hand that wasn’t fucking you reached up under your dress and found your tit, fondling it in his palm and lightly squeezing your nipple between the rough pads of his fingertips. “C’mon baby, just a second. You think you can take another finger?”
You were practically seeing stars already, your orgasm right there within reach, but you nodded despite yourself, wanting this wonderful feeling to never end. Rafe smiled as he moved his head in closer again, pressing a kiss to your clit as he mumbled, “That’s my girl,” into you before adding another finger as promised, three fingers deep in your cunt.
The feel of his fingers fucking you, his mouth upon you, the excitement of the night and thrill of the possibility of getting caught in the bathroom at the country club, mixed with the thud of the music and low groans from Rafe was evading every one of your thoughts and you couldn’t think clearly, you weren’t even sure what you were doing, but you knew that you were begging, praising, screaming into the thick air that the pair of you had created. Rafe’s head was still buried deep between your thighs, and the sight of him down there could have ended you in itself.
“Cum for me, baby,” the vibration of his voice on your cunt had you gasping, fingers knotting in his hair as your spine curled so much that your forehead was pressed against the cool glass of the mirror you were seated against, shoving your pussy further up into his mouth and effectively causing his fingers to curl beautifully inside you. “C’mon, sweetheart. Let go.”
It hit you like a train: your vision blurred, your chest heaved, your stomach clenched, and your legs and arms turned to jelly. Throughout it all Rafe still remained there, fingers buried in you and riding out your orgasm with you. His mouth detached from your pussy and he chose to watch you come undone by him instead, his cherry red lips parted in amazement as he watched you scream from above him. You gasped as you felt his fingers leave you, opening your eyes to watch him take the soaked digits into his mouth and suck them clean, a moan of approval leaving his mouth at the taste. You had no time to register him going back in, his mouth back on your pussy and licking you clean of your cum, a loud and needy whine falling past your lips at the sight.
When he pulled back, a satisfied smile upon his glistening lips, he wasted no time in leaning up and pressing back against you, one arm curling round your back and pulling you flush against him, the other in your hair as he kissed you, the taste of you on his tongue.
“I think you should come to Midsummer’s more often,” he mumbled, and you smiled against his lips, legs wrapping around his waist and heels pressing to his ass causing him to rub against your exposed core.
“If it’s gonna end up with me getting fucked by you in the bathroom every time, then I don’t see why I should complain.” You cheekily taunted, your own lips moving along his jaw.
Rafe growled low in his throat, his blue eyes catching his reflection in the mirror behind you, watching as you sucked on his neck. He grinned to himself, a hand palming your ass as he watched.
“How about I fuck you right now against this counter and make you watch, huh?”
(Fuck, maybe Midsummer’s wasn’t so bad as you originally thought after all.)
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casualwriters · 3 years
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Can I get #1 & #9 from the fluff list with JJ Maybank? 🥰
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Masterlist  A/N - Hope this what you wanted darling (: 
#1  “ I think I am  in love with you and I am Terrified’’ &  # “I will be here to protect you “
After the news you had just heard, you were in tears knowing you had to get out of there. Losing  Sara and John B was the worse feeling you could ever feel and after just hearing what you did you needed to get the hell out of there. The Storm was bad and you had nowhere else to go besides back to you're house. No one was here because you're mom was stuck in the storm which also you could not stop thinking about it. Laying in you're bed looking through some random Pictures of you and the Pogues, you take a deep breath and try to ignore the tears falling from your cheeks. Another pound of rain on you're roof made you sigh worrying about everything. "What the?" A rock hit you're window making you raised a brow " who the fuck?" You asked, "y/n it fucking cold open up!" JJ? You thought standing up and looking at the window you saw JJ and he was drenched you open the window "hurry up." You said with a small laugh walking to get JJ some clothes when he uses to spend the night here when his father was beating him. Grabbing a t-Shirt and some of his paints you heard a thump coming from behind you. Turning around and seeing JJ on the ground "you idiot " you started to laugh seeing JJ on the ground you set the clothes that he had left on you're bed. JJ frowned and looked at you " You okay?" Looking up from your phone that had no service and no way of getting in contact with Kiara or Pope. "No," you said throwing your phone on your bed " There gone JJ, there fucking gone!" You raised your voice you were not mad at your best friend and you're crushed and he knew that. "hey, listen to me" JJ grabbed your hand stopping you from getting up he looked serious or looked like he was crying before he got here, you guys are both sitting at the edge of the bed the Storm getting worst making the trees create a wind sound louder than the rain. " I will be here to Protect you," JJ said which made you shocked at first but now you couldn't stop crying about what happened With Sara and John B "there fucking dead" JJ nodded grabbing you're hand and bringing you in a bear hug, curled up on JJ chest your hands were wrapped around his waist it was like this for twenty minutes,
"How are the others?" You asked JJ he open his eyes looking down at you. "They are just as heartbroken," he said kissing you're head making you raised a brow. What? You questioned looking at you not knowing why he did that but when he did it made your heart flutter from what he did and you blushed softly from the kiss on you're head, turning your eyes away from JJ you sat up " Damn it you forgot to change" you nudged him he started laughing a sly smirk spread across his lips "okay" he grabbed the clothes on his bed and your eyes when wide "Jay, not he-!" You cover your hands in a shy manner JJ was taking his shirt off and grabbed the other one that was on the bed " you can look princess" he says and you uncovered you're eyes and this asshole was shirtless in his boxers, "you asshole!" You laughed and punched his shoulder and he grinned he slipped on the shirt you gave him and that when JJ saw the box of pictures you had he walked toward the side of the bed and started to look at them and this idiot still had no pants on Jesus JJ. "This was when we first met" looking over JJ shoulder and seeing one of the first Pictures you had take with JJ.
You were over JJ Shoulder and he had you in his arms, I swear this is when he was tickling you to death and you decided to caption it and lucky us John B was in the back around of it. "I remember this," he says chuckling "I miss those days," you said sadly wrapping you're arms around JJ and taking a deep breath "Y/n," JJ says pushing his hair back and that when you saw it the new fresh bruise that his shit of a dad gave him, not being able to reach JJ you grabbing him by the shirt but it didn't go as planned you just checked the mark but JJ and you collided together and tripping on each other feet you gasp landing on JJ lips. "Fuck I am so-" JJ had the biggest smile on his face, " I think I am in love with you" Looking at him and touching his bruise at first JJ thought the silence meant that you didn't love him and the strength disappeared. " And I am Terrified" "JJ" you shake you're head knowing even what is going on and the loss of Sara and John you still wanted to Let JJ know that you were in love with him too. Yanking JJ Face in your arms you kissed him back "I love you too Jay."
Hope this turned out alright please reblog and tell me how I did love you guys 🖤
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outerjjbx · 4 years
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Jiara July Jubilee
Day one, 26th of July- precanon day
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Kiara stared at her phone, tears brimming in her eyes. Every post she came across was about Sarah’s party. Her best friend’s party. The one that she didn’t even know was going on.
She sniffled, looking over to the gift on her dresser drawer. She had put so much time into it, so much love and thought, and Sarah never even cared. All Sarah cared about was money, clothes, boys and status. As soon as Kiara became too much of a hassle, too much of a burden, she just dropped her without even letting her know. Sarah Cameran was a bitch.
Three numbers were dialed on her phone. It wouldn’t be the perfect revenge, and it wouldn’t be anywhere near as much pain as Sarah put Kiara through, but it was something. It was a metaphor, a simple act to let Sarah know that she had gotten her message. They were done, and Kie’s next decisions were going to confirm it.
“911, what’s your emergency?”
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Everyone was posting about Sarah’s party getting busted. There were countless videos of kids laughing and yelling as cops arrived at the Cameron residence. But there was nothing worse than Sarah’s post; two simple photos, one of a group of kooks smiling and laughing, and another of them running away. It was a sympathy post, meant to make everyone pity poor Sarah Cameron. The caption was the worst part.
@kcarrera, i don’t know what i did, but i’m sorry that it made you calls the cops and ruin my birthday. i guess we’re not best friends anymore.
Kiara was seething as she read it over and over, taking in every word. Sarah was trying to push the blame to her, to pin it all on Kie. She was going to get away with her shitty actions again, just like she always did, and someone else was going to take the blame. Kiara shouldn’t have been surprised. That was the Cameron legacy, after all.
Anna and Mark were calling their daughter’s name. They’d probably heard about what happened. Kiara pinched the bridge of her nose and took a deep breath, calming herself so she could look okay. She wiped the tears from her eyes, praying she didn’t look too flushed, and made her way downstairs.
“Honey, is everything okay with you and Sarah?” Anna asked. “We just got a call from Ward. He said you called the police on Sarah’s birthday party.”
Kiara scoffed, playing innocent. “I wasn’t invited, but I didn’t call the cops. She’s just trying to make me look like the bad guy.”
Anna seemed concerned. “Are you two fighting or something?”
“We’re not friends anymore,” Kie replied. She brushed past her parents and towards the door. “I’m going out.”
She faintly heard her mother call her name, but she ignored it as she slammed the front door. She didn’t want to get in too much trouble, so she grabbed her bike instead of getting the car. Peddling around the island was never fun, but neither was the wrath of her parents. She knew she was making a bad decision by leaving, but she had to escape.
She arrived at the boneyard before she had even processed where she was going. It was empty, which was surprising for a Friday night. It was usually full of a mixture of kooks, pogues and tourons, but the only signs of human life were Kiara’s heavy breathing and some strewn around trash.
She was hoping to find a party and get wasted, but the lack of life just made her sadder. Everyone was probably either at Sarah’s party or heard of it and didn’t want to get busted. That left Kie by herself, standing between the dead logs and the remnants of a previous party. Red cups were being pushed back of forth by the gentle waves, and cigarette butts and joints were blending in with the sand. Kiara sighed and began walking around, picking up anything she could find.
She practically jumped out of her skin when she heard her name be called. She turned to see JJ sitting against the old telephone box, smoking something that definitely wasn’t nicotine. He was studying her, probably trying to find traces of his old friend in her expensive clothes and straightened hair.
Kiara regretted abandoning the pogues. She tried not to blame herself, but she knew it was her fault. As Sarah’s influence began to rub off on her, she started making excuses about why she couldn’t go out on the HMS Pogue or why she couldn’t come to a party unless more kooks were there. The only one she still briefly saw was John B, and that was only because he worked for Sarah’s dad. She hadn’t seen JJ in what felt like years but must have been only months.
“Heard Sarah’s party got busted,” JJ hummed. “Nice to know the kooks didn’t get their way for once. Did you just come from it?”
“I didn’t go,” Kie replied, her voice hoarse.
JJ raised an eyebrow. “Trouble in paradise?”
Kiara didn’t answer. She instead sat down next to him, pulling her knees to her chest so she could rest her head on them. She enjoyed the short-lived silence for a bit, only listening to JJ’s breathing and the water splashing against the shore.
It was obvious that JJ was holding something back. Knowing him, he probably felt conflicted. He was faced with his old best friend, and he probably wanted to yell, but he didn’t know what to say. Kiara was his Sarah Cameron; some bitch he had let himself get close to just to be abandoned.
Kiara knew JJ didn’t take abandonment lightly. She knew that his mom had left, and how many problems that had caused for him. Living on the Cut was bad enough, but living on it with an absent mother and Luke Maybank for a father? That was anyone’s worse nightmare, yet JJ was living it daily. And his best friend had abandoned him, right after she promised she wouldn’t.
“I’m sorry for what I did,” she whispered.
“Pope hates you,” JJ replied. “Do you know how much you have to fuck up for Pope to hate you?”
Kiara nodded. “I know, I know. I fucked up so bad, and I don’t know how to fix it. I don’t know how to make it up to you. I don’t even really know how to say sorry.”
“So you wanna come back now?” JJ scoffed. “What, things get a little tough with the kooks and you coming running back? No, Kie, shit isn’t that simple. You can’t just pick and choose, this shit isn’t just about you. We’ve got shit too, and we can make decisions too. What, do you expect us to just welcome you back with open arms? No, Carrera. You left, and now you’re dealing with the fucking consequences of your decision.”
He stood up and threw his blunt into the sand. He turned to go, but Kiara grabbed his wrist, forcing him to turn back around. She looked up at him, properly studying him for the first time, and she realised how much he has change. He was no longer that lanky kid that messed around and made everyone laugh. He looked more serious, more mature. He still had bruises on his face and a black eye, either from his dad or from a fight he’d gotten into, but he actually looked like he could fight back.
Kiara didn’t know what to say. “Please stay,” she begged, her voice barely above a whisper. “You don’t need to forgive me, but I need to at least try.”
JJ sighed and sat back down. “Fine. Try and throw as many excuses at me as you can. I’d love to hear what you’ve got to say.”
Kiara flinched af his choice of words but took a deep breath and prepared herself to speak nonetheless. “When I got sent to the Kook Academy, I was expecting to hate it. You know that. I was ready to end it all, but then I met Sarah, and she was so... so perfect, so invincible to the world’s troubles. I wanted to be like her. And, lucky for me, she kind of... took me under her wing. She let me hang out with her, and we became friends pretty fast. At first, I wanted to stay friends with you guys. That never really changed. I just saw... an opportunity, I guess, to be better. To be like her. I wanted what she had. I didn’t realise that the price she had to pay for that was to be a massive bitch. So, I... I abandoned you. And I’m so sorry. I honestly have no idea how to express how fucking sorry I am. What I did was unforgivable, I know that.”
JJ nodded, taking in her words. “What changed?”
“What?”
“What changed?” JJ repeated. “What made you suddenly realise you’d forgotten about us?”
Kiara looked down in shame. “Sarah had a birthday party, and she didn’t invite me. That made me realise that... that was basically what I did to you. And I realised how shitty it feels, and how shitty you must feel, and how much I hate Sarah for it. I don’t want to be like Sarah.”
“Were you the one that called the cops?” JJ asked.
“Yeah.”
JJ grinned. “Good. They deserve it.”
Kiara smiled and chuckled lightly. “Yeah. They do. I can’t believe I wanted to be them.”
“Me either,” JJ scoffed.
Kiara bit her lip. “So, are we okay?”
JJ paused, staring out at the ocean as he contemplated his next words. “Yeah. We are. But if you do anything like this again, you’re not getting a second chance. You even think about leaving again, don’t bother coming back.”
Kie nodded. “Do you think John B and Pope will forgive me?”
“Probably,” JJ shrugged. “John B forgives everything. Pope’s really mad, and it’ll definitely take some sucking up, but he’ll probably forgive you too. The guy’s terrible at confrontation, he’ll say it’s okay the second he sees you. It isn’t, though, so don’t stop pushing.”
“Okay,” Kiara quipped. “Thanks, JJ.”
The mentioned hummed. “You still owe me, though.”
Kie laughed and gently shoved him. JJ smiled, and it looked genuine. He pulled a joint from his pocket and lit it before handing it to Kiara, and the second he moved it in her direction, she knew everything would be okay. The pair spent the rest of the night getting high and staring out at the sea, talking about anything that came to their minds. Just like they used to.
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