Lilah Cameron and summer had a love-hate relationship. She loved not going to school, shopping all day and night, tanning with her twin sister, and drinking cold daiquiris by the pool. Unfortunately, summer also meant spending time with her family and friends every minute and not having an excuse not to. During school, she would always said she had lots of homework or had to work on things for the cheer squad and her family understood.

Now, Lilah has to go considering she can't use those excuses anymore and it drives her crazy. Her father, faking his tone and smile to fellow Kooks when she knows he thinks he's better than them, (where do you think she gets the mindset from?). Her asshole older brother who does nothing but snort coke and treat her like shit. Her step-mom who could care less about the kids and only cares about how people on the outside see her.

Her sisters were the only people that she could stand at all times. Sarah Cameron was Lilah's best friend and it wasn't just cause they were twins, it was because they matched each others energy. Their personalities were somewhat different but the two could always count on their loyalty to each other. Wheezie was the youngest Cameron sibling and Lilah could never feel any negative emotions towards her.

Now, her friends were a different story.

Topper was Sarah's boyfriend and Rafe's best friend and frankly, Lilah couldn't stand him. There were times where she respected him as her sister's boyfriend but as a person? He was dirt underneath her designer heels and she felt the same way about Kelce except unlike Topper, he usually left her alone.

Her boyfriend, Julian, says Kelce is kinda afraid of her which she can't help but smirk in satisfaction at that.

Speaking of, Julian Windsor was part of the richest family on the island. He and Lilah have been dating for a little while now after he was the only one of Rafe's friends she could stand because he was sweet and gentle with her. Their relationship was great except when they fought, they fought hard. Both were incredibly stubborn people who didn't like admitting that they could be wrong but in the end, she would get an apology with flowers at her door and next thing you know, the two would be having makeup sex.

She loved that she had that power. That she could bat her lashes, maybe pout a bit and he would be weak in the knees for her. That's what she was best at and she knew that. Well, that's what she believed.

Currently, Sarah and Lilah were laying on down with their backs pressed up against the beach chair by the Cameron's pool. Lilah's eyes stayed closed under her black Prada sunglasses as she took a sip of her not-so virgin strawberry daiquiri. She placed the drink next to her sister's piña colada on the mini glass table that was placed in the middle of Sarah and hers chairs. When she started to hear voices across the pool, she finally opened her eyes, slightly adjusting to the sun above her and tilted her glasses down to see her brother and his friends.

She groaned and just swiftly put her glasses back up.

Sarah giggled next to her, "Cmon, lighten up," which just made Lilah shake her head. "No way. They need to crawl back whatever hole they came out of and die there." She scoffed, feeling grouchy all the sudden with the boys presences simply being there. "Okay, who peed in your cheerios?" The giggly sister turned her body towards the oldest twin with a teasing smile on her face.

     "I'm just not in the mood to see you and Topper sucking face today. I haven't even had lunch yet."

     "We won't! I promise. Today is Twin day therefore, no boyfriends." Sarah spoke too soon because a second later Topper and Julian stood beside the girls, casting a shadow above them as they were blocking the sun. "Speak of the devil and he shall appear," She rolled her eyes, speaking to herself out loud but that didn't stop Sarah from reaching over and hitting her shoulder.

     "Sorry to interrupt you girls, we just wanted to say hi," Topped smirked and pulled Sarah in for a quick peck on the lips. If there was a wall in front of Lilah, she would of slammed her head into it. "Hey Baby," Julian whispered to her and kissed the crown of her head quickly, knowing she didn't like kissing in front of her family members.

     She normally didn't care about Sarah seeing but with Rafe or her dad, she hated their glares at Julian when he did it so she shut it down and then with Wheezie, she was in that "love is beautiful" phase so she would stare at them with a glimmer of hope in her eyes which creeped the couple out.

     "Actually, we came to tell you guys that we are gonna pick up lunch and wanted to know what you guys wanted," Julian spoke up and the twins interests peaked at the thought of food. "And, by we, he means himself because I'm staying with Sarah," Topper nodded at his friend the quickly lookes at his girlfriend with love but it made Lilah look at her boyfriend and mock gag at the two. Julian chuckled before looking at Topper, "Dude, you said you would go with me. I'm ordering like a feast, I'm gonna need help."

     "Bring Lilah," He shrugged and pointed at the girl who whined at the mention, "God, you always know how to ruin my day, Topper."

     Topper popped his mouth, deciding not to respond and looked at Sarah for help. She sighed, "Just go get the food then we'll eat and watch The O.C. when you come back," The girl smiled, sweetly at her twin who just groaned, "Fine!"

     Topper and Sarah high fived as Julian grinned and helped his girlfriend out of the chair. She grabbed her jean shorts from the floor and started pulling them on over her cherry printed bathing suit bottoms. After buttoning them up and sliding her white flip flops on, she grabbed Julian's hand and the two started their walk towards his car, "You owe me for this."

"Oh, well what do I owe you?" He stopped and pulled her in towards him. She smirked at the implication, "Oh, you already know," She wrapped her arms around his shoulders and kissed him passionately which made him hum in satisfaction. He pulled away, "Alright, I owe you later," He nodded and started walking to his Jeep in the driveway with her behind him, giggling.

     "Okay, I have Topper's, Rafe's, Kelce's, Wheezie's, your parents orders...Do you know Sarah's?" He looked at her as the couple got into the car. "Depends. Where are we going?" She put her seatbelt on as he quietly inhaled, "The Wreck." He responded as she looked at him with her eyes widened.

     "The Wreck?! It's Pogue central out there," She crossed her arms around her chest as she looked at her house, out the window. "I thought you hated the Kooks V.S. Pogues shit." He glared at her as he put started up the car and pulled out of the Cameron's driveway.

He wasn't wrong. Lilah hated the feud between the two sides of the island. She thought it was seriously outdated plus she always thought how ignorant Kooks were to Pogues, her friends included. Truth was, she felt pity for people on the southside of the island which is why she could never actually hate them.

"Just because I hate the feud, doesn't mean I like the Pogues," She decided on answering as her hair blew in the wind from the Jeep window being down. He chuckled at that which just made her smile at him, "Why do you think they sent you? The three musketeers would rather go broke then willingly see Pogues out in the wild."

Julian just shook his head at her with a smile on his face while she laughed loudly at his reaction.

Five minutes of silence passed with only the slight tune of Dominic Fike in the background as the radio was only on seven volume. "Be nice when we get in there," He reminded her as they got closer to The Wreck, like he was her dad. She simply rolled her eyes, "You know I can't do that. They will think something is up," She shrugged her shoulders which made her boyfriend exhaled.

"Maybe I'll do all the talking," He suggested as she laughed at his comment, "So you want me to be silent? When have I even been silent?" Her boyfriend shook his head, now slightly pissed off.

"Okay, well can you not be a bitch for once?" He finally told her, getting sick of the attitude from her. Lilah realized he was serious and scoffed out of disbelief, "You're kidding, right?"

"No, you always have to spit insults at Kiara, it's fucking annoying and then I have you and Maybank glaring at each other for some damn reason without even speaking a word to each other." He never cared about the feud with Kooks V.S. Pogues but he did care for Lilah V.S. Pogues feud. He pulled into a parking spot at the restaurant, hoping that was the end of the arguement but he should of known better when arguing with Lilah.

That she never goes down as the one in the wrong.

"This is bullshit! You're here yelling at me for this for no reason, I haven't even done anything. You're acting like I spit in their faces when I'm around them. You know me. I don't fake being nice to anyone and you know I only say something if Kiara says something first. Plus, you're sitting here, acting like a God to them when you know damn well your friends are a lot worse than I am." She yelled back at him and watched his head drop in his hands at her yelling and see some people were now looking at them as they hadn't rolled up the windows yet.

He knew she wasn't wrong. Rafe, Topper, and Kelce hated Pogues and would actually spit in their faces. Lilah Cameron doesn't fake nice to anyone, not even her sister's boyfriend, no matter how much her twin pleads. Doesn't mean he wasn't wrong either.

"It doesn't mean you have to act like a raging cunt all the time!" He spat back which made Lilah slowly look at the people that were around the restaurant looking at them, she felt embarrassed. She hated that feeling. And it didn't help that when she looked at the door she saw John B Routledge and Pope Heyward looking towards their car. The two ran back in when they realized she saw them.

"Let's get the food and we'll finish this conversation on the way home." She calmly said to him before getting out of the car. He could tell she was gonna blow her top off when the two drive back to her house.

He simply just nodded and got out to follow her in there.

Lilah's flip flops clacked on the restaurant floor and winced when she saw that Kiara Carrera was working the register and saw the two boys who caught her yelling at her boyfriend plus JJ Maybank. The group was huddled together as John B and Pope were whispering to them, assumingly talking about what they just saw.

Julian cleared his throat which made them sit up and jump apart from each other, "Uh, Hey Kie. We have an order," He nodded with a polite smile on his face. The Carrera girl nodded and shooed her friends away so she could work. Lilah just kept her mouth shut with a tight lipped smile as Julian read off the list of orders. She looked around The Wreck when her eyes landed on the Maybank boy.

He was already staring at her as his friends talked to each other. He wanted to look away after she caught him but he couldn't. He's never seen her look so small. She knew how to fight back, he knew it well. He's been screamed at by her plenty and even slapped a time or two for mouthing off and being a dick. He hated her attitude and her pretentious smug when she looked at his friends but he also hated how she looked right now which was slightly defeated.

She kept her eyes on him, inspecting his face. His blue eyes looking at hers from a distance, his messy blonde hair slightly blowing with the small breeze from the doors in the restaurant being opened, and his scarred lip that was slightly healing. She tried not to look at him with her pity eyes but she couldn't help it. JJ knew that look which caused him to scoff and turn away finally.

This was the first time that the two were in The Wreck at the same time and weren't glaring at each other and she ruined it.

She heard Julian clear his throat again which made her look at him, "Give the orders to Kie," She nudged her which just pause then nod. Deciding not to comment how he kept calling her Kie. It made her stomach churn hearing him call her that. "Um, just one chicken tender meal and one grilled cheese. Both with a side of fries and one lemonade and one Dr. Pepper," She gritted her teeth at Kiara, trying to be polite which made the girl look at her with a strange expression but putting in the order anyway.

Julian paid for the food with cash with a smile on his face. The couple walked away from the register and sat at a table to wait for their food, "See, you can be nice," He smirked at her, feeling like he won an argument for once but she glared at him with fury in her eyes.

"I'm not fucking talking to you right now."

"Oh cmon, Lilah," He scoffed as she started shaking her head, "No, you yell at me in the car with your superiority complex acting like you're this perfect gentleman when in reality, you are worse than me." He looked at his girlfriend in disbelief, "How am I worse than you? I don't yell at them or treat them like shit?" He whispered-yelled at her as she practically face palmed at his response.

"You seriously think you're a good guy? A good guy wouldn't watch his friends beat up other people for no reason. A good guy would stand up for what's right which you do not. You let my brother walk all over you and you kiss his ass like a damn minion. You don't stick up for yourself or for others, therefore, you're not a good guy." She hastily told him which made him shut up.

Everytime she mentioned Rafe, he would shut up because anything she said was the truth. Anything Rafe did, he smiled and nodded along with him. Topper, Kelce, and Julian were Rafe's dogs and it drove his sister insane because frankly, it was annoying. Her brother was an adult and still, he pushed people around him so they would worship him.

Lilah didn't need to do that. People just worshipped her because she was Lilah Cameron and that name meant something.

The Pogues were at the table next to them and heard the whole thing. John b couldn't help but look at them and nod about what Lilah said. She was right. If Julian really cared about them, he would act like it with everybody. Not just his girlfriend. It sounded weird to him, like the Kook was trying to prove something.

Lilah personally has only ever had problems with JJ and Kiara. She was fine with John B and Pope. Actually, she seemingly liked Pope and the group didn't know why and it pissed Kiara off like no other when she would talk to Pope at parties, sometimes even adding John B in the mix of conversations as well.

The group of boys decided to continue on with their conversation earlier before the two Kooks walked in except JJ. He was staring at the couple again but this time, Lilah's back was towards him which meant he was staring at her long dirty blonde hair. He smirked at his friends who were looking at them and immediately John B knew.

"No, no, no. Whatever you're about to do is a bad idea, man."

"Hey, party people," The blonde grinned at the couple at the table next to him which made them both turn to him, Julian's face filled with curiosity while Lilah's filled with annoyance.

"Yeesh! Trouble in paradise?" JJ pulled a yikes face as his friends all face palmed at his stupidity. The Cameron girl huffed out and turned her back away from him with her arms around her chest. "Just a bit," Julian responded with a slight laugh in his voice. Lilah looked at her boyfriend in disbelief, she cannot believe he was about to say this to JJ Maybank out of all people.

"Hope you two fix your problems." JJ wore a smug expression on his face but Lilah didn't see, she just heard it with his tone. Julian nodded, "Hopefully man. She is just hella stubborn." The boy shrugged as Lilah scoffed and before she could even respond she heard Kiara yell out the number for their food.

"Let's go. Now!" She snapped and instantly got up from her chair walked to the counter where the to go bags were, "Thank you, Kiara," She snipped out at the girl before grabbing a bag. "Yeah, thanks Kie," Julian told her with a genuine smile on his face as he grabbed the other bag.

It was the first genuine smile she saw from him all day and it made her blood boil even more.

Lilah has never been this angry before. She threw open the restaurant door and practically stomped her way to the car. As the two got into the car, they didn't even glance at each other let alone speak to each other. Lilah's fists clenched so hard her knuckles started to turn white. She was more than pissed off.

She was fuming, enraged, and if she was in a Looney Tunes cartoon, she was certain that smoke would be coming out of her ears.

"Lilah, I'm sorry. Okay?" He looked at her as the drove back to her house but Lilah didn't care. She was silent because she was in genuine shock and anger at her boyfriend. "Just talk to me, please." He pleaded and put his hand on her thigh. She usually liked when he did that, now it just made her more mad.

"I said I'm not talking to you. Especially now."

"I was joking around with him," He reasoned which only made her scoff at him, "I was! He thought it was funny." Lilah thought back to a couple minutes ago and she didn't think that was true. She snuck a quick glance at the group of boys when she got up and the blonde looked slightly shocked that he said that.

Truth was, JJ was just messing with the dude like he did with Topper about Sarah. Never anything serious with it but Topper would never talk about Sarah like that to him or any Pogue. Although, he didn't know what Topper sounded like behind closed doors, he did know the boy always defended her. He could admit that even though he hated him.

Julian stopped prying her as she kept giving him the silent treatment. She looked out the window, watching the Kook houses get bigger and bigger with the neighborhoods and finally, the two pulled into her driveway. He turned the car off and grabbed the bag from the back while the girl grabbed the bag that was at her feet. She looked at him before he opened his car door and grabbed his bicep. He looked at her in anticipation, wondering what she was gonna say.

"You should know better than to joke about me to Maybank," She spat out before getting out of the car and slamming the door.

BEAU SPEAKS !
WELLLLLL OMGGGG

enemies to lovers 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

hopefully yall don't hate Lilah too much, i promise she will grow to be nicer at least to the pogues !

also...thoughts on Julian and Lilah??? 🤔