Outer Banks | JJ Maybank | Rafe Cameron | Kookish Pogue / Pogueish Kook?

Ch22 | Midsummers

It was finally the night of Midsummers, the night everyone in figure 8 couldn't wait for to get dressed up and shame the Pogues for not being the same.

Mal had picked out an elegant yellow dress that complimented her skin tone beautifully.

It had thin straps, with a one sided leg slit.

It hugged her body perfectly, tight from the top to the waist, but flowed gracefully towards the bottom.

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As Mal and Sam entered the building, she couldn't help but look around for her Kie and Pope straight away.

She remembered that Kie always went and that Pope usually worked along with his dad catering for it all, but she didn't know if John B or JJ would be there.

Along with this, she also heard that the Cameron's would be the special guest of the night, meaning Rafe and Sarah would have to be there.

"Hey, I'm going to chat with some people. You good to mingle?" Her dad asked her.

"Yeah sure, go ahead."

She then took this opportunity to continue looking for Kiara.

Eventually finding Kie they began talking for a while.

Soon enough Mal found herself needing a drink.

As she approched the drink table, she saw Rafe walking towards her.

Giving him a quick smile, she turned to talk to him.

"Hey how are you tonight?" She asked.

"I'm really good, happier that you're here. You?"

"Exactly the same feelings, it's amazing." She grinned up at him as she noticed him looking at someone else.

Turning to look at what he was looking at, she saw Ward Cameron giving Rafe a stern look.

"Listen, sorry to cut this so short, but I gotta go, dad wants me to make good impressions." He irritatedly rolled his eyes.

"No worries, I'll talk to you later." She gave him a quick hug then let him go, walking back to Kie.

Later on as she was walking around talking to other people, Mal couldn't help but see JJ from across the crowd of people, seemingly hurrying away from something.

Soon after she knew what it was, Rafe, Topper and Kelce were chasing after him.

Knowing their relationships with each other, she knew it couldn't be good.

Following where they went, she found them going into the gentlemen's room.

Hearing the ruckus they were making from outside, she didn't know whether to go in and help or not.

Lucky enough though, she didn't have to make that desicion as soon after, a security guard pushed past her into the room.

She could hear it all from outside.

"Yes actually there is officer, unauthorised trespasser here, take me away sir." You heard JJ's playful bantering as he usually did.

The next moment, you saw the door open, with the man holding JJ by the shirt, pulling him out of the restroom, but he hadn't seen her yet.

"Hey tell Malia she's looking pretty hot for a Pogue." Rafe visiously snapped out.

At those words it seemed like all hell broke loose.

JJ span around, breaking free from the securities hold, stepping his way to Rafe to land a heavy blow to his face.

"Don't you ever talk about her like that." JJ threatened.

"Why, cause you're scared I'll do stuff with her that you can't, bro, already done?" Rafe teased, getting one last hit by JJ before he got taken out again.

Finally stepping towards where they all were, she tried to break it all up.

"JJ just leave it, he's just trying to get under your skin, don't listen to him. And Rafe stop, I mean seriously, three against one, that's pathetic. You really need to sort your shit out between you and the Pogues." She frowned at him as the guard took JJ away.

After finally finishing talking to Rafe, she went back outside.

To her horror, she couldn't believe what she was looking at.

JJ making out with another girl and flirting with her.

Feeling her heart split into two, she pushed the doors open again and headed back inside, only just catching the gaze of JJ as she shut them.

As she walked she bumped into Rafe again.

"What's up Mal, he shunt you off because you spoke to me?" He chuckled.

"Get lost Rafe." She hit him with her shoulder as she passed him, not wanting to hear him complain about JJ any longer.

Texting her dad that she would head home, she headed to the front door to leave.

"Mal wait up, I'm sorry for what I said. Where are you going?" Rafe called out to her.

"Home." She blankly replied.

"Here I'll drive you." He softly spoke. "I won't say a word." He added.

Not saying anything she started walking, being a silent hint that he should follow and she was accepting of his offer.

"So, what happened, surely that wasn't all because of what happened in the restrooms?" He questioned.

"Caught him making out with some chick as if nothing we did meant anything to him. All because you made one comment." She let a tear roll down her cheek.

"If it makes it any better, I'm sorry, I didn't know saying that would make him do that." He replied.

"Wanna come in?" She offered.

"Only if you want me to."

Nodding her head, she hopped out the car with him following as she opened the door.

Leading him to the loungeroom, they sat down together and talked.

Not fully comprehending what she was doing, she climbed onto his lap, slowly pressing her lips to his, attempting to fill the gaping hole in her heart.

Gently grinding her hips into his, the kiss became heated, it wasn't long before her dress and his shirt was off.

Little did she know, but a certain blonde headed boy had just pulled up outside and witnessed it all through the open curtains.

Cursing under his breath, JJ got back on his bike and sped off.

Before things got any further, Mal gently pressed against Rafe's chest, knowing that she was only doing this because of her heartbreak.

"I can't do this, I'm sorry, not to you, me or JJ." She bit her bottom lip.

"It's okay, I totally get it." He reassured her.

"Can you stay the night though?"

"Yeah sure." He took her up to her room and laid down next to her, pulling her tight as they both fell asleep.