Blame It On Pride

C h a p t e r S i x t y - T w o

Y/n's POV:

Rafe sits at the front as I sit behind him, he forces me to wear the helmet, his helmet,

'But what about you?' I ask as he clasps it on me, making sure that it's tight enough whilst the sunset illuminates light against his face, he smiles and brushes my cheek with his knuckles whilst looking at me,

'I'll just push you out first.' He jokes, at least, I hope he's joking,

'So funny.'

'I am serious.'

'I'll take you with me,'

'Good luck.' He responds, kissing me on my lips as he steps out of the motorcycle, turning around and sitting at the front, he clasps my hands and wraps them around his torso, he stiffens after I touch him,

Making sure that everything is secured and that I am safely clutching onto him, he starts the bike, and shifting the wheel, leaning in to the side himself, he leads us out of the parking,

The road is empty as he takes us home with a different route,

I've been living here my whole life and I've never seen this route before,

It has a railing on the edge as it goes up the hill,

The sunset in the background is sourcing with warm light,

Rafe drives up the hill, one of his hands on mine that are around his torso, as once he turns the other side and he has to look to the side, he grasps my thigh whilst turning around,

His hand looks massive...fingers are especially long...

He yells if I am alright to what I agree,

I can see faint hills at a further distance as we drive higher,

Once we are at the top, there's a little spot, grass is as green and fresh-as if no one ever touched it before, the view is even more staggering,

Hills, sun crouching behind them, as the wispy clouds linger over the sky, hues of vermilion-fade into rouge-amber and then pastel yellow, it's so beautiful,

'Whoa...' I mumble whilst Rafe lifts me from the seat, chuckling and unfastening the helmet, his eyes on me and not the view,

'How do you know about this place...?' I mutter,

'When I got into fights with my father, i would always go here, you're the first person whom I've ever showed this place...' He says as I look at him, grinning, his smile is infectious as I end up smiling like an idiot myself,

I'll keep the comments about him being soft to myself, since he'll do anything in his power to prove otherwise, moreover, I've seen him this way only with me?

'So, I am opening my own business in New York, and I was thinking, after you graduate, we could move there?' He insinuates whilst rubbing my hands,

Whoa, wait up, already-I widen my eyes,

My family, friends, the place I was born in-everything is here, how can I just move,

'Whenever you want to visit your parents, I'll pay for their tickets and everything, and you can see them whenever, but we can live there, just the two of us.' He says, what about my friends?

Nonetheless, I cannot deny that burning desire to do so, imagining being with him, away from that crazy bitch Jenna, I could negotiate with Rafe to meet my friends and potentially form some type of bond between us, well, at least not I'll-murder-you-in-a-heartbeat correlation,

I do love him...a lot more,

We were supposed to despise each other, but, I could never neglect that spark when he looked right into my eyes, when he saved me, when he did everything in his power to keep me safe, even when he was struggling to do it verbally,

'I haven't noticed that the incentive for me-working with you, is due to my desire to see you again, and again, fuck it, deep down, I knew it was, but, I tried to push it away, but it's you, Y/n Cameron, and, as soon as possible, I will make sure that everyone refers to you that way.' Rafe says,

'I would like to go with you, but there is one condition.' I mutter, he narrows his eyebrows, 'please, let me be in contact with my friends-'

Before I could finish it, he sighs and cocks his head aside, but I clasp his cheeks and turn him to face me again, 'I am agreeing to move with you Rafe, away from everyone, and I am not hesitant-because I love you, but please, I won't talk with them more than you if that's relieving...' I mumble, he clasps me by my thighs and bends over,

'Fine, but not over-the-top contact...decent...' He responds as I smile and kiss him on his lips,

'But I've got one condition as well...promise me that, you'll never stop loving me.' He states, serious,

I smile and clutch on his arms,

'I can't just stop loving you Rafe.'

'So you promise?'

'I promise love...'

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Whilst Rafe drives towards his home, he helps me get off as he unclasps my helmet,

'It's late, and I'm horny, let's go inside.' He straight-up says, I mean, I have to get used to his blunt updates,

I smile as he wraps his hand around my waist and leads us inside,

Once we're upstairs, I replace his bag on the table, since he just places it on his night-table, It accidentally opens, it was not zipped properly,

Whilst zipping it back up, something catches my eye, I retrieve a lipstick,

Not mine,

It's a shade of harlot-red, I don't have that one and never did, it looks awfully analogous to the one that...

That Jenna had when we first met face-to-face...

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