RAFE PULLED OVER a few houses down from the party that was in full swing by now. He didn't want to come, stating that the pogues were likely to crash it. I rolled my eyes at him telling him to loosen up as I dragged him out of the door. Now that we were here I was second guessing my decision, Rafe could get violent when he wanted to.

I sigh as I follow him down the footpath towards the house as his hand finds mine. The Pogues van flies by us parking just up the street. I look over to Rafe, his jaw clenched and his eyes dead forward. "Rafe," I call as he look down at me, he rolls his eyes like a child "I'll be on my best behavior, you just don't understand y/n they're always causing trouble," he shrugs as we make our way into the backyard where the party is.

The music drowns out our conversation as Rafe let's go of my hand, signaling for me to stay here while he goes and gets a drink, I nod rolling my eyes at him playfully as he disappears into the crowd.

"Hey y/n!" Sarah smiles wrapping her arm around my shoulder, I turn to her and smile back "Hey," she was clearly drunk as she leaned on me with most of her weight. Sarah was Rafes sister, the two weren't close which made me dating him a little less weird. "Have you seen John B?" She questions looking around wildly. I laugh shaking my head in response "no I'm afraid I haven't, but we saw them pull up a few minutes ago," I tell her adjusting myself so I can support her heavy weight. "Oh okay then I'm gonna go look for him, have fun!" She nods blowing me a kiss before stumbling towards the way we came.

"One drink for you madam," Rafe jokes handing me a red solo cup "I can't drin-"

"It's sprite," Rafe cuts me off smiling down at me knowingly. "What took you so long?" I wonder as his arms wrap around my waist. "I ran into Topper and Kelce," he speaks taking a drink out of his cup. "What are they doing?" I ask leaning into his hold and taking a sip of my sprite, his eyes follow my movements before he speaks "uh they're just chatting up girls I guess, I don't really know," he shrugs as if he didn't care. I nod, I open my mouth to speak when loud cheering interrupts me. I turn my head to watch as JJ Maybanks stands on the edge of the roof preparing to jump, I grab Rafes hand dragging him through the crowd to get a better view.

Rafe groans in protest wrapping his arms around me protectively. "3, 2, 1!" The crowd chants as JJ jumps down causing water to fly everywhere, I laugh at his actions turning back to look at Rafe. He rolls his eyes as I slap his arm "chill out," i roll my eyes back at him, he just laughs pulling me into a hug "okay, okay," he smiles.

The crowd disperses as everyone goes back to dancing and mingling, Topper pushes past people before reaching us "fuck man, Sarah and John Bs together," he groans looking at Rafe. Rafe laughs coldly "I wouldn't be surprised shes a whore anyway," He shrugs letting go of me

"Rafe," I warn him, he turns to me running his hands through his hair "I'm sorry," he groans "look man just move on, hook up with some hot chick and you'll be on your way." He tells topper patting him on the back encouragingly. I huff fed up with the conversation, Rafe had good intentions for those he loved but he was a real caveman sometimes.

Topper shakes his head looking at the ground clearly not liking Rafes idea. "I can go talk to her," I speak up turning to look for Sarah. "No you won't, she's with John B and there's no way you're going around him," Rafe interferes, disgust written all over his face. I roll my eyes "Rafe I don't understand what you're problem with them is,"  he shakes his head at me refusing to talk about it. "Look i will go talk to John B, give him a lesson on bro code and y/n can stay here with you." He speaks to Topper pushing me towards him. "What are you kidding me? Absolutely not Rafe." I shake my head walking back towards him, he pushes me back shrugging me off "Just promise me you won't start a fight." I beg before he has the chance to leave. "I promise," he says before bending down to give me a peck on the lips. He makes his way towards John B and Sarah as I turn to topper "I can't look," I sigh covering my eyes. Topper laughs "He'll be fine, he promised you."

A few minutes pass before arms slither around my waist, Rafe rests his chin on my shoulder "I stuck to my promise," he whispers in my ear before standing to his full height and turning to Topper. "I told them to stop being touchy, touchy man we're all good." He nods dabbing him up. Topper nods back before running his hand down his face "fuck man can't believe she cheated on me," he groaned

Rafe stayed silent as I gave him a sympathetic smile "you'll find someone Topper, don't worry about it." I murmur hitting his arm playfully, he nodded at me shooting us a smile "you're whipped dude," Topper laughed playfully shoving Rafe, Rafe hit him back "whatever," he rolled his eyes. Topper sent me a knowing smirk before disappearing into the sea of people.

I turned around instantly pulling Rafe in for a kiss, the kiss was short lived as I wasn't huge on PDA "I'm proud of you," I smiled into the kiss as his forehead rested on mine "I did it for you," he mumbled pressing another chaste kiss to my lips.