After all this time⇢ ꒰Rafe Cameron꒱

chapter nine

"you should really be proud of yourself rafe," flora said, removing the helmet from her head. the trip back from barry's was tense, none of them talked, and rafe seemed agitated. flora wasn't necessarily angry, she was disappointed. she knew that rafe was messed up, but she didn't know it was to that extent.

"i'm not letting that scumbag touch you, plus there's a party tonight. i'll sell the majority of it." rafe said, shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly.

"you're full of bullshit rafe, you don't care about me anymore, you care about the idea of me. you love the idea of me, the idea that someone out there loves you. well, spoiler alert rafe, if you continue acting like such an asshole, you'll be left with no one." flora said, walking away from the boy.

"flora," rafe threatened, not calling the brunette by her nickname.

"don't flora me rafe, i finally see why sarah and ward gave up on you," she finally stated, walking away from the boy, not looking back.

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"yo, rafe," an echo of people called out. flora rolled her eyes, chugging the nearest red cup. she looked at the way he was holding the floral topped girl by the shoulders. jealousy erupted inside the girl.

"i got some yayo, spread the world," she heard rafe whisper to kelce.

"you are unbelievable," flora yelled, standing in front of rafe. the boy simply sighed, obviously tired of her outbursts towards him. 

"i don't know if your brain is all scrambled dollface, but i'm doing this to make sure that that disgusting pogue doesn't take advantage of you," he said angrily, referring to her deal with barry.

"i don't need you to protect me," flora said angrily, tired of rafe treating her like a kid.

"fine by me!" he yelled, leaving the girl standing all alone.

flora turned around, she had to find a drink, or a distraction, somebody to forget what had just happened with rafe. she had to find sarah.

"topper!" she called out, running towards sarah's boyfriend. "have you seen sarah anywhere?" she asked.

"your prude of a friend?" he said with an angry chuckle. "i haven't," he said, walking away from flora.

"what is that all about?" flora asked, following topper down the stairs. topper and sarah never got into arguments, they were those unrealistic perfect couples. before topper could answer sarah, rafe's voice interrupted them.

"hey everybody! this is top, all right?" he said, introducing topper and ignoring flora. "girls look," he continued, trying to impress the girls using topper.

"he has a girlfriend," flora said sternly, eyeing rafe and sitting down on the sofa.

"you want a bump?" the girl next to flora asked her. flora eyed the substance sitting on the table carefully, she wanted to forget, she wanted to feel free, and this was probably the only way she would.

"it tastes like banana," kelce said, patting the girl on the back. flora turned around, rafe was glaring at her, clenching his jaw tightly. she knew he wanted to stop her, but he was angry at her, he would never show her that he cared until she apologized for their argument first.

"you know what, let's do it," flora said quietly, tying her hair back into a ponytail. "here goes nothing," she muttered to herself. she put the rolled dollar bill near her nose, sniffing the powder. she quickly got up, smiling at the girl next to her. when she turned around to meet rafe's eyes, she realized he was long gone.

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"sarah?" flora whispered, walking into sarah's room quietly. "are you asleep?'" she whispered again, sliding into the bed, cuddling the blonde girl.

"not anymore," sarah groaned, turning around to look at the girl. "i couldn't sleep anyway," she slowly whispered, giving flora a sad grin. 

"shit night?" flora asked.

"the shittiest," sarah said with a small giggle. 

"sarah, why am i such an idiot?" flora asked the girl, reminiscing on her actions.

"it all started when you fell for my brother," sarah said with a giggle. "but don't worry, i'm an even bigger idiot," sarah mumbled.

"did something happen at the party?" flora asked, remembering her encounter with topper. "i saw top, he didn't seem happy." flora said.

"it's what didn't happen," sarah said with a sad tone. 

"talk to me," flora told her friend, worried that something horrible happened between sarah and topper. 

"i told topper i was ready," sarah said slowly, looking up at flora.

"you did?" flora asked, a grin on her face. "how was it?" she continued.

"yeah, but when it came down to it, i don't know, i couldn't do it," she said, sadness in her voice. 

"that's okay sarah, that's okay," flora said, hugging the girl tighter. "he got mad, didn't he?"

"yeah," sarah said in a whisper. "i remember, when you lost it, you told me to wait until it felt right, but at that moment i was so sure it felt right, he was so sweet and caring," sarah explained.

"why didn't you?" flora asked in a serious tone, topper and sarah had been together for a while, there had to be an explanation. 

"i don't know," sarah whispered, before turning her attention back to flora. "why was your night shitty?" she asked the brunette.

"rafe and i got into a fight, but not our usual fights, he hasn't talked to me in hours, and he watched me do coke, he just left, didn't say anything," flora said, realizing how childish her story was.

"you did coke! flora!" sarah said, smacking flora's head.

"i wanted for him to care, provoke him," flora said. "i'm so dumb," she yelled into the pillow.

"he cares more than you think," sarah whispered, closing her eyes.