TWO WEEKS LATER

Over the next two weeks, Lolla was mostly spending time with her family and Rafe. She hadn't seen JJ at all and had called John B once or twice.

"Who are you and what are you doing in my house?" Sarah Cameron asked Lolla aggressively.

"Lolla Brown nice to meet you" she smiled up at her.

"Wait you are lolla? The super rich girl that just lived here?" Sarah asked the other teen, coming off as rude.

"I'm glad to know what people think of me. I'm here for Rafe can you tell me where he is?" she asked while looking around the house. It was really big but not as big as hers.

"Up the stairs on the left. It was nice to meet you Lolla brown" said the blonde girl while walking off.

"You too Sarah Cameron"

Lolla reached the top of the stairs and knocked on Rafes door. She could hear him stand up from his bed.

"Wheezie I told you to stop knocking at my door" he said, before opening his eyes and realizing that the girl infront of him was in fact Lolla. "What are you doing here?"

"Well if I remember correctly you did ask me to be your dealer" she said while walking past him into the room.

His room was mostly clean, and smelled like rich perfume and weed.

She had been here a bunch of times over the past two weeks, and had almost formed a friendship with Rafe, if you forget about the part that she was his dealer.

"I didn't think that meant showing up at my house uninvited, not that I mind" he said and she rolled her eyes at him.

She sat on the bed. "So what have you been up to since the party?" she asked him innocently, trying to make conversation.

"The party where you were all over Maybank? Nothing much too be honest" he ironically snapped back while walking towards her.

"Glad to know you were watching me" she smiled up at him sarcastically.

While waiting for him to respond she started to notice his clothes. The way his polo shirt was tight around his biceps. How his hair wasn't slicked back and was a bit messy. The way he was close enough to where she could smell his perfume.

Before Rafe could say anything, the door opened reveling his father, who looked mad to say the least. When he saw the brunette sitting there, he instantly put up a fake smile.

"Rafe didn't tell me we had company. You must be Lolla, I was just attending a business meeting with your mother. I'm Ward Cameron." he put out his hand and she shook it.

"Sorry to interrupt but I have to borrow Rafe for a minute if that's okay with you." she replied. But she instantly noticed how Rafes jaw tightened and his hands formed into fists at that offer.

"Sure no worries take your time"

When the father and son closed the door behind them, Lolla had a strange feeling in her stomach, telling her to check on him.

So she opened the door a few minutes later and walked down to where she could hear them talk. She stopped at the end of the stairs, realizing that they weren't talking, but Ward was screaming at his son.

"How many times do I have to tell you Rafe? Will you ever get it through your junkie brain that you are a fucking disappointment huh?" Ward yelled at his son.

"Look at me when I talk to you" he yelled while grabbing Rafes face to face him. "No matter what you do, you will always be a disappointment. Get out of here I'm sick of looking at you" he screamed before pushing Rafe back, causing his back to slam against the wall.

Lolla rushed up to the room as quickly and quietly as she could, so Rafe couldn't see her.

When he opened the door, there was an obvious change in his mood. He was angry but also sad. Before he even tried to cover up his emotions Lolla stood up and hugged him. "I heard everything" she said quietly.

Rafe stood there frozen for a couple of seconds, no one had ever cared about him before so he was shocked. He wanted to be strong, not to break down in front  of her, but something about her made him feel so heard, so safe.

He then hugger her back tightly and a few tears rolled down his face. "I can't stand him anymore" he sobbed.

"Don't worry I got you now" she buried her head into his torso, considering that he was a lot taller then her. Rafe rested his head on top of hers and they just stood there. "I'm here don't worry" she reassured him.

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After Rafe had mostly calmed down, they were both sitting on his balcony smoking while the sun was setting.

"I just can't anymore" he told her, emotionless.

"Don't worry I get it" she reassured him.

"No you don't" he denied it.

"Yea I do. My dad was a dick too." She sighed deeply

"When I was 9 he started abusing my mom, occasionally me and my brother. Eventually he started cheating on her. One day he just left, for better or for worst. He was a drunk." a few tears started forming in her eyes and she wiped them with her sleeve.

Rafe felt sorry for her, not only for what she told him but also because she mentioned her brother, which Rafe knows what happened because of a rumor going around the island.

"The only thing he left for me is a burn scar from his cigarette on my hand and a scar on my chin from a broken beer bottle" she tried to joke while showing Rafe the scars.

Rafe was watching her closely, unsure of how to respond. She started sobbing while laughing "God I have never told that to anyone. My point is that 99 percent of dads are horrible, most people just get unlucky" she explained while taking a hit from her cigarette

She put her head on his shoulder and felt a huge amount of comfort.

"I'll never treat my kids like that. That is my worst nightmare, turning out like my dad" Rafe told her.

Something about Rafe made Lolla feel heard, like she could tell him anything and he wouldn't judge her. Even though she knew him for a very short amount of time, he had become one of her favorite people.

Lolla was the only person that got Rafe to express his feelings with such ease. She was just so comforting, she was able to get him to tell her anything.

She turned around and hugged him, which caught him off guard. "Thank you Rafe"

"No thank you, no one has ever listened to me talk about that before" he told her.

They sat in silence, the only thing they could hear was each others hearts pounding as well as the sound of the ocean. This was one of the moments where both teens could say that they felt peace.

That peace was interrupted when Rafe turned and asked her if she wanted to go inside and do coke, which was an offer she couldn't refuse.

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bit of a sad chapter but anyways
i think Rafe will probably be endgame because how can JJ compete with this chapter
anyways
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