After all this time⇢ ꒰Rafe Cameron꒱

chapter three

"yo what's up flora!" jj said, walking over towards the brunette. flora could tell the boy saw her as more than a friend, his blue eyes were twinkling under the light, however, they weren't the same blue as rafe's, it was different.

"pogue prince," flora said, waving at the blond boy. flora looked over to her left and saw sarah and her boyfriend topper giving each other weird looks. flora hadn't told sarah about her night in paradise with jj, but she had a feeling she'd have to soon.

"flora, can i interest you in a tasty milwaukee beverage?" jj asked, handing a cup of beer to the girl, a smirk on his face.

"no thanks," sarah said, walking behind flora prospectively, topper at her side. jj gave flora a weird look, the poor boy knew nothing about her life, he had no idea she grew up around the camerons.

"i know him," flora said, turning her back to sarah, trying to give her full attention to jj. deep inside she hoped sarah wouldn't mention rafe, or talk to rafe about this.

"we were just leaving," sarah said in a harsh tone. flora was never scared of sarah, even if they were the same age, sarah was her little sister and she was not about to take orders from her.

"we're leaving when i say we're leaving," flora said, making eye contact with the blonde girl. at that moment, sarah knew not to mess with flora.

"hey? you know what? i'll take it," topper said, in an attempt to relieve the tension that had just escalated between the two girls. "that's nice of you man, i appreciate it," topper continued, a drunken smile plastered on his face.

"that's nice, but i didn't ask you," jj said sternly, grabbing flora by the waist and moving the girl behind him in a protective manner. "if you said pretty please, maybe," jj said quickly, trying to provoke topper.

"oh, pretty please," topper said comically. flora was smart enough to know that sarah's boyfriend had to be friends with rafe, she had to act strategically. if jj provoked, or started a fight with topper, everything would be reported to rafe instantly. the brunette knew that that scenario would not be pretty.

"yeah so, flora, babe, here's your drink," jj said, handing the liquor to flora.

"babe?" sarah said with a disgusted tone, obviously judging flora. "this can't be right flora, wait until he hears about this," sarah continued, shaking her head in the process.

"you jealous cameron?" jj muttered with a small smirk, eyeing the blond girl. flora moved away from the boy, that girl was her little sister, no one disrespected her like that.

"shut the fuck up," topper said, slapping the bear onto jj's face. flora knew that war was about to break loose, jj quickly pulled topper by the collar, he was quickly stopped by the famous john b, who intervened between the two.

"you dirty pogues," topper spat with disgust. anyone was aware that pogue's defended themselves no matter what, they were a huge family. flora wasn't surprised when john b launched himself at topper.

"babe, babe, babe, babe," she heard sarah quickly say, trying to pull topper off of john b. john b fell into the sand, this wasn't going to end well.

"and how do you know these people?" jj said from behind the brunette girl, a mix of curiosity and regret in his voice.

"family friends, we grew up together," flora said with a shrug, turning around to meet jj's blue eyes. "hope it doesn't come between us," she said with a smirk.

"nope, just peachy," jj said quietly, mostly to himself.

"hey, john b, don't make me drown you like your old man!" topper yelled with no remorse. flora was now sure of it, he was definitely on of rafe's closest friends. the crowd were chanting for the two boys to fight, they were intense. flora knew topper would keep provoking john b until he would eventually be able to fight back.

sarah moved back towards me, obviously overwhelmed by what was going on. "hey princess, it's just another fight," i muttered, trying to comfort her. sarah nodded no with her head, continuously yelling topper's name.

suddenly, topper launched at john b, launching him into the ocean, that son of a bitch was going to drown him. flora quickly walked over to jj, pulling his head near the corners of her mouth. "if you don't do something now, topper's going to drown him," she whispered in the boy's ear.

jj moved away from the girl, walking over to the scene. he removed a gun from his back pocket, and pressed it directly on topper's head. "yeah, you know what that is," jj said threatened. "your move broski!" 

i felt sarah's hand wrap around mine, she was trembling. "jj!" she yelled, trying to keep her cool.

"he's not going to shoot, he wouldn't dare," flora said, squeezing sarah's hand tightly. "this is your fault," sarah said slowly, venom in her voice.

"put the gun down jj," flora finally asked, trying to redeem herself towards her dear friend.

"did you say something dollface?" jj said, choosing to ignore flora. dollface, he had called her dollface. there was only one person in this world who had ever called her that, and after tonight's events, flora was scared he would never look at her the same.

"we're good, we're good," topper said, putting his hands up towards his head, letting go of john b.

"flora, can you check your psycho hookup! i don't care, rafe's going to hear about this!" sarah yelled. flora grew stiff at her comment, she almost felt sick in the stomach.

"okay, everyone listen up," jj yelled. "get the hell out of our side of the island!" he announced, shooting his gun towards the sky twice.