𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚕𝚊𝚖𝚎
𝚊𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟹𝟶, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟶
𝚛𝚊𝚏𝚎'𝚜 𝙿𝙾𝚅

startled by sloans sudden movement, she was in a small panic must've been a nightmare. "sloan," i place my hand on her face gently to catch her attention her skin is super soft "it was just a bad dream" sloan gives me a weak smile before finding her perfect fit to my mold. i check the time we only slept two hours. its 3:30am. i pull her closer kiss her forehead hoping for another two hours of blissful sleep.

i am awoken by pokes, to my cheeks, my neck, my chest. "mmm" was my only response. sloan whispers "wake up sleepyhead, it is 5:15" opening one eye i see her features. i rub my face before sitting up. i stretch hearing some bones crack.

her green irises like four leaf clovers to my blue oceans. she's smiling at me, i can't help but smile back it is infectious. the sun is supposed to come up soon. i got up and said, "want to go for a swim?" i go stand next to my surf board.

sloan stands up takes off my sweater and grabs her board, we run in together. paddle to catch a few waves, surf for twenty minutes laughing every time we fall. showing each other excitement when we catch waves.

we paddle a few beats further, and sit to watch the sunrise. i can't help but sneak glances at sloan. seeing her do it too me just makes it all the more lovely. a blush creeps across my face as the sun begins to rise. i take a mental snapshot of this moment, i'll cherish it.

i grab her hand just to make the moment feel real, she interlocks her fingers with mine. we stay like this for ten minutes.

as we paddle back to shore i said, "am i driving you home?"

she gives me a concerned look, with sweet eyes. must be her thinking face but last night she pouted a bit breaking me from my train of thought "if it isn't too much trouble"

"not at all"

we begin to pack everything, head to my car. i place the boards on top of the vehicle, i open the door for sloan before running to my side. maneuvering to get into the drivers seat i hear my stomach growl.

"hungry, too?" sloan looks at me with the pleading face that suggests we should stop to grab food.

"what are you in the mood for? we got brunch, we got the wreck, smoothie spot, bagel/donut truck right there" i am pointing as i drive.

sloan settles on the bagel/donut truck, "let me get a bacon, egg, & cheese please, do you want one?" she looks at me, i nod. "Make that 2" the guy in the truck said, "that'll be $6.75" sloan hands him some cash.

school starts at 8:30. it's 6:30am. i head to a lookout closest to figure eight. handing me my sandwich, i unwrap it to smell delicious mouth watering goodness.

"where'd this order come from?" i said as i take my first bite. groaning at the satisfaction of this glorious breakfast sandwich, sloan giggles. a sound i'd probably love to hear again.

"your first bite ever right?"

i wink at her in response signaling yup

"i used to order this in New York, practically my everyday breakfast. i miss it sometimes everything you need is if not a block away from you, you could skate the concrete streets to your destinations. it's more peaceful here, not as busy. i first moved to outer banks last year but didn't start school until a month ago"

i could listen to her talk everyday.

"i thought about that when i first saw you, i've practically seen most of the girls in the outer banks but i'd never seen you. a women like you"

"women like me?" she asked curious.

i blush "i knew you were different, not like the girls topper and kelce want me to be friend." i use quotation marks "someone with depth"

she chuckles and smiles, "you saw all that by just looking at me"

"i did, mmmhmm you have this aura about you"

she bats her eyelashes at me "i do"

i can't help but laugh, she laughs with me.

                                      
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i stop in front of her house, her directions flawless. i look at her she puts her hair behind her ear "well thank you for a great —" i cut her off "first date" i wink.

she giggles "mm yea i'll see you at school" i could feel the tension, i could feel the way my body reacted to just the idea of kissing her. i grip the steering wheel until my knuckles turn white.

"see you at school" i smiled at her. i head to get her surfboard, i hand it to her before she goes inside her house. someone opens the door for her, he's tall, rugged features but handsome. the deadly handsome type too that you could fall for in an instant. i wave. sloan smiles at me quickly before heading inside her humble abode.

after the front door closes i head back in my car with a huge smile on my face. i look at the house once more before scurrying home to go get ready for school.

wheezie is in the kitchen once i enter after i got everything together to go to school, and did my usual morning routine at a faster pace than usual.

"who's the girl?"

"what, what girl?" i almost choke on the orange juice that tastes odd since i just brushed my teeth.

"you have had a smile on your face since you walked in the house. it has to be a girl because the only time you smile this often is when dad acknowledges you properly. when you have a decent day, when we share stories, when you steal my tostitos pizza rolls. when mom was alive." she said with a exasperated sigh. she was staring at me directly that whole monologue.

my face flushes again "what makes you think its a girl?"

"you are not gay, are you?" she raises her eyebrow at me, continuing she holds back her laughs "i —saw your stash so i know you are not"

sarah walks into the kitchen smiling at us "hey sibs how'd ya sleep? oh rafe by the way who's the girl?"

all i could respond with was "you'll meet her eventually"

sarah gives me her side eye with a smirk and wheezie just hugs me.

outer banks high also known as harbor high. as the students roll in, greet each other there's this otherworldly vibe i am getting. every feels slow motion, i am the only moving thing. i embrace it as well as i can, i head to my locker. kelce comes up to me with a quickness "hey rafe i texted you last night to see if you wanted to play some video games with me and topper, and smoke some joints but you didn't respond. what were you up too?"

"i was just busy, my dad needed help with some stuff and i had to take care of it for him"

"sure it didn't have anything to do with that girl from the coffee shop. bros before hoes, you know?" he holds out his hand for me to dap him up and agree. a huge smile on his face

i look at his hand and back to his face. he retracts his hand, it felt like a dig at sloan so i'll agree to disagree on that.

topper said, "brosss! what's happening?"

"nothing much" kelce said focusing his attention on topper now.

"chillin how was your morning boys" i said trying to make conversation.

"same old same old, my mom is being a pain but i think i might have the house to myself all weekend so...." topper looks at us excitement all over, like it's spewing out if him.

"party at yours?" i said.

"definitely!"

one of the girls kelce is trying to talk to comes up to him saying something in his ear, he salutes us to go mack on her before first period.

topper turns to me with his mission face 'sarah' is going to come up in three, two.... one. "what's her type of guy, bad boy, in your face, smoldering, chill, you gotta be my wing man here. you are her brother after all who'd know her better than you"

many know sarah more than i do i thought.

"top," i grasp his shoulder "just be yourself, invite her to your party. go from there. ask kiara or kie as we like to call her. she's almost her best friend" i walk away to go to first period before first bell.

"i'll try that, thanks!"

i put up the peace sign to show my acknowledgement. my phone buzzed "morning handsome, how was the rest of your morning?"

i place my hand on my mouth to hide my smile at the name that popped up on my screen.

as the rest of my first class start entering the room i type my response "good morning gorgeous the rest of my morning went very well, how about yourself?"

"hmm well my brother mark was giving me the third degree, wanting to know everything about you"

"i can now disclose my sisters did the same, they knew the smile on my face was because of a girl"

"do they know my name?"

"not yet i did say they'd meet you eventually"

"are we getting serious this fast"

"our own timing and pace, no rush" the bell rings and takes me out of text mode.

classes drag on throughout the day, topper is smiling from ear to ear when i arrive in the lunchroom. i usually pack lunch because the school food isn't safe. i scan the lunchroom quickly to see if i see sloan. i spot her sitting on the window seal, talking to a boy who seems to be her best friend. i was going to head to her just to say hello and hear her voice, she then gets up to walk out the lunchroom, her headphones on. i can't help but watch her thinking don't disturb her, maybe rough day.

i walk to the guys & girls of the 'popular' crowd which i seem to be apart of. complete cliche! i shake my head at the thought. the group consists of; sarah cameron, kiara 'kie' carrera, kelce, topper, some randoms who want the status, but no smoke. cause one thing that being popular gets you is the smoke.

rumors, so called scandals, who's sleeping with who?, no privacy really. vultures i shudder at the thought. i head to eat.

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author's note:

i had to cut this chapter short because it would've be longer, had i kept typing. i have a few ideas where the story'll go so i am happy about that. i thought i was going to get stuck as i just started this story.

you'll get one chapter every Wednesday

anything you want to happen between sloan & rafe?

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Love, 𝚂𝚞𝚗𝙹𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚕☀︎︎

last updated: May 21, 2020 @01:56am