ROSIE BLAKE WAS AWOKEN BY THE SUN SHINING THROUGH THE BLINDS. she fluttered her green eyes open, but something immediately caught her eye causing her to quickly sit up "oh no, no, no" she mutters quickly as she runs her hand through her hair

she twisted her body to find rafe still asleep. last night after their nightly hookup, rafe told the green eyed brunette to stay the night "just stay, it's already two a.m, i'll drive you back early in the morning" she recalled his words, but it was too much of a risk for rosie. she told him, she'd stay only until he fell asleep, then she would leave. but clearly things didn't go that way

rafe was on his stomach, one arm tucked under his pillow, the other lying limp over rosie's side. this was the only time he look innocent, rosie has of course heard many stories of the irresponsible kook prince. but never once, has rafe cameron ever been rude to rosie

she shook her head of her thoughts and glanced over at his night stand only to see that the clock read nine a.m, she was so screwed. not only is daniella blake not going to find her in her bedroom, but she was late to meeting her friends "rafe" she whispers as she places a hand on his bicep "rafe" she calls out again, this time shaking him

he lets out a groan, before realizing that there was someone in his bed. he opened his eyes only to see rosie blake "oh shit" he mutters before sitting up

as they quickly scrambled out of bed and got dressed, rosie had to climb out the widow. luckily she wasn't caught by anyone, or so she thought. sarah cameron was actually by the back yard, and seen when the green eyed brunette jumped down and ran to meet rafe cameron by the truck

rafe was kind enough to drive her down to the cut. he dropped her off a block away from john b's chateau, she didn't want to risk any of her friends seeing her get out of rafe's truck

as she reached the dock of the chateau, she noticed jj and pope. she ran down the dock, catching the attention of the two boys "well, look who decided to show up" jj shouts loud enough for her to hear

"i'm sorry, i over slept" she lies

jj scoffs "i didn't know you can get hickeys from oversleeping" he argues as he glared down at the lake as kiara and john b resurfaced from the water, they turned to see rosie. rosie sighs softly as she runs a hand through her hair, mentally cursing rafe out in her mind

"hey, once we get footage of the wreck, we'll bring it to a lawyer in town and file a formal claim. oh hi rosie posie" john b speaks up as rosie sends him a smile

"it's bullshit. why do we have to do that?" jj asks as rosie goes to stand beside him

"well, there is maritime salvage law. you can't just go to the ocean floor and scoop a bunch of stuff up" pope explain as he stands to jj's left

"i know. i know. it's just lawyers aren't cheap, bro" jj argues

"well, as soon as they see the footage, they'll work for a comp"

"how do you know all of that?" kiara asks john b, but rosie already knew the answer as she recalls big john repeatedly telling john b

"cause my dad said it, like, a million times" john b answered

"yeah, that's fair" kiara replied as she swam back fo the latter

"this tether is, like, really long. in the wrong weather, it could get pushed around" pope said

"then we'll go at dead calm" john b replied just as thunder rumbles

"at slack tide?" rosie asks

"so now, we just gotta wait around for the right weather" pope explains

"and today is just not that day" rosie adds as she looks at the dark clouds

"hey rosie?" kiara speaks up as she steps up on the dock. the green eyed brunette turned around to face kiara "who's the special guy?" she teased as she motioned to rosie's neck

jj, who was beside pope, clenched his jaw. he knew all too well it was rafe cameron. rosie's eyes flickered to the baby blue eyes that were glaring daggers at her. rosie forced a chuckle "i don't know what you're talking about" she shook her head

"oh please, you don't think we haven't notice all the hickeys you've been having lately?" she continues to press. rosie just stood quiet, hoping she would just drop it, but luck was not on her side "come on" she nudged her "no secrets among pogues remember?"

"yeah, rosie" jj crossed his hands up to his chest "who's the special guy?" he hissed making kiara furrow her brows, and john b to raise his brows at his sudden outburst

"there's no special guy!" rosie said in frustration "it was just some random hookup"

"okay, no need to get all worked up about it" kiara chuckles lowly

"leave her alone, kiara" pope spoke up

rosie sent a glare to jj, wondering why he didn't stick up for her like pope did. as they walked back towards the chateau, jj completely ignored rosie. he just walked past her like nothing, completely bumping into her shoulder

"hey, rosie" pope calls out just as rosie was about to take off to her house. the green eyed brunette turns around "jj is gonna come help me with delivering some groceries to figure eight, do you by any chance want to come?" he suggest, behind him jj was glaring at rosie, almost as if it was a sign for her to say no

she sighs softly, and shook her head "no thanks. i-i um...i haven't been home, daniella is probably losing her mind" she says. she furrows her brows when she see's jj give up his harsh glare at the mention of going home. the blue eyed blond knew that every time rosie wasn't home, she was in for a real treat

but the blue eyed blond was then reminded of why he was so upset. rosie blake was screwing rafe cameron. and with that he masked up his worried look "oh, okay. then we'll see you later"

you would expect, that daniella blake would want to protect her child from exposure to violence. seeing as she got kicked out of her house after her parents found out that she was expecting rosie. but on the contrary, she was worse. seeing as she was at this very instant, slapping her sixteen year old across the face multiple times

grabbing a fist full of rosie's hair, she yanks her head up so that rosie was fully facing her "how long have you been screwing rafe fucking cameron?" she hissed in full blown anger

rosie tried her best not to let the weld up tears in her green eyes fall down her cheeks "i-it was o-one time" she lied, hoping that the torture would stop

"don't you lie to me" daniella shouted as she threw her daughter against the wall, before kneeling down to grab a fist full of her hair again "how long!" she raged

a quiver left rosie's lips. at her silence, daniella yanked her head back, making a cry leave the sixteen year old's lips "s-six months!" rosie cried out

a scoff left daniella's lips. she shook her head, before fully throwing her daughter to the ground "you fucking slut" the mother growled

rosie knew that the next words that came out of her mouth was going to get her into a shit ton of trouble, but the sixteen year old couldn't take this any longer "what? you're not proud of me? i'm following in your footsteps. weren't you slutting it up with a kook as well?" the green eyed brunette argued as a tear escaped her left eye

at the mention of the famous leonardo walker, daniella saw red. before she could comprehend what she was doing, her right foot acted as it sent a kick right into rosie's stomach repeatedly. rosie did as much as she could to try and block a kick, but it only failed as she turned around. the kicks landing on her back

after at least five harsh kicks, daniella watched as rosie spit out blood from her mouth. a part of her, felt remorse, only a small part. but she pushed it away, she gripped her hair once again, making rosie cry out "meanwhile, you are under my roof... you will not live the life i deserved. and i will make sure of it" she hissed in her ear before shoving her body against the wall. the mother gripped her beer bottle that was sitting on the coffee table and walked right into her room, slamming the door harshly

a sob finally escaped out of rosie's lips, as she leaned back against the wall. a cry of pain left her lips, her stomach and back aching in pain. with the little strength she had left, she pushed herself up. despite the pain, she headed inside her room

sat in the shower floor, rosie hugged her now bruised body. her head leaned against the tiles, as tears fell from her eyes. the only thoughts in her mind were i can't do this anymore

after a painful shower, she managed to get dressed into some plain black leggings to cover up some of the bruising on the left side of her thigh. along with a grey hoodie to cover up the light bruising on the side of her stomach and back

despite it being extremely hot outside, she didn't want anyone to see her bruisings and start to question it. tying up the shoe laces to her low top vans. she grabbed the picture from her cabinet, the same picture she stole from her mother

instead of walking out of her house through the door, she took the window way. not wanting to run into her mother

the long to john b's house wasn't very long, it was only painful. seeing as it was blazing hot, and the hoodie she was wearing was not helping. plus with every walk, her back ached. but nonetheless she made it, only to run into sarah cameron

the brown eyed blonde furrows her brows, as she takes in the green eyed brunettes appearance "woah, what happened to you rosie?" she asks, which makes rosie frown in confusion "d-did rafe hit you?" sarah was quick to walk forward to the brunette

rosie's eyes widen. before getting dressed she applied makeup to try and cover up the bruising on her face from the slaps and punches daniella gave her. but with her luck, it didn't seem to do much "w-what? n-no!" she gulps "i-i um, i fell as i was on my skateboard" she tries covering up

sarah didn't believe her, but she chose not to pry "oh, well be more careful" she said giving her a small smile

rosie was taken back from sarah's caring attitude. kiara pictured her as a spitting cobra, but on the contrary, she wasn't "y-yeah, i will" she said with a matching small smile

sarah sent her a nod, before walking away. but she was soon stopped when rosie called out for her "hey sarah?" the blonde turned around "why did you bring up rafe?"

sarah let out a low chuckle "i know about you two dating. you two weren't exactly being sneaky" she shrugs "i seen you climb out of his window a couple of times"

rosie mentally scolded herself "w-we aren't dating" she immediately declined

sarah raised a brow "oh" she slowly nodded and put the pieces together "well, just be careful with rafe"

rosie slowly nodded, as sarah went to walk away once again. she stopped and turned back to the brunette "i-if you ever need anything, i'm here for you" she promised. sarah felt horrible, she didn't know exactly how rosie got the bruise on her cheek, but she just wanted to let her know that if she ever needed a someone who wasn't a close friend to hear her out, she was willing to be that person

rosie sent the girl a small smile "thank you" she said. the truth is, rosie came down to john b, hoping to ask him for a ride down to the station. but knowing that he would ask too much questions, she figured she'd ask sarah "now that you mention it... do you mind doing me a favor?"

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okay, i know i mentioned that someone would be making an appearance this chapter... but if i added the person in, this would end up on a cliff hanger. and i didn't want to do that to you guys, so next chapter, they most definitely make an appearance!!