"𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐨 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬."

THE SMALL ALLEYWAYS OF, OUTER BANKS. Basically somewhere you shouldn't be, many people have said they've gotten assaulted there. Well, my dumbass self didn't realize where I entered, until it was too late.

Unknown man: "Young lady, give me your damm bag already, I'm tired of asking."

June: "I don't have my bag! Can't you see?!"

Unknown man: "I'll shoot you!" -he snapped, pointing a gun towards my chest.

I was practically in shock, I wasn't reacting at all. My whole body shook uncontrollably, as my eyes continued to get teary by the moment.

I wasn't sure of what to do, I didn't have money with me or my bag so I couldn't do anything for the man. If I ran, I knew I was about to get shot. Jeez, why is guns and violence the only thing I've been seeing this whole day?

The man, began to step closer to me. He slowly moved the gun up to my chin, he's facial expression forming a slight smirk. Tears roomed down through my cheek, I was out of breath already.

June: "Please, I- I- I don't have anything with me. Can't you see that?!" -I stuttered, loud sobs forcing their way out.

He only laughed, the sound of the lock of the gun clicking only made me close my eyes. I convinced myself this was the end, I was never going to come back home. John B, would loose me now and stay alone completely.

That only made me more terrified over all of this, I didn't wanted him to receive the news of him loosing another family member. It would break him way more and I can't stand that.

Unknown voice: "Get the fuck away from her!"

The loud shout made both me and the man jump. The man's head quickly looked over to the alleyway's entrance, to see who was the unknown voice coming from.

Before I could even look over, I was pulled by another pair of hands. I watched Rafe, punch the man continuously on the ground.

Kelce: "Holy shit! Are you okay, June?!" -he asked, grabbing my shoulders to make sure I was okay.

Topper: "Dude! She's in shock, come on let's go to the car!"

I was pulled by the two guys and as they did, I turned to look back at, Rafe. I thought he was following close behind but he was still fighting the Man.

June: "He's going to kill him." -I said, stopping mid way to try and get the boys to stop, Rafe.

The gun laid on the ground, allowing me to feel more calm. Topper and Kelce, ran over to the boy to try and stop him. They were struggling to back him up, he was out of control basically. My first instinct was to grab the gun, throwing it in the near by trash can beside me.

Fortunately, they were able to separate Rafe, and once again I was taken by them to head out of the creepy space.

They all guided me over to what looked like Topper's truck, allowing me to sit in the trunk to catch my breath.

Rafe, helped me sit up as he passed me a water bottle to try and calm me down. I only continued to shake uncontrollably as I couldn't believe what had happened, this day is possibly the worst day of my life. 

Kelce: "Bro, should we call the police?" -he asked, looking over at Rafe, who kept looking over concerned by me.

Topper: "Are you kidding?! No, we can't do that! We'll get in trouble."

Topper: "Rafe, almost killed the guy. Besides, it's her decision not ours." -he stated, pointing at me as he spoked.

The two boys kept arguing as I only glanced over to the distance, pretty much still overthinking everything and not calming down at all.

Rafe: "Hey you okay, Jujubee?" -he asked, placing his hand on my cheek gently.

I almost flinched over the sudden movement, making the boy put his hand back with his eyes widened by my sudden reaction.

June: "I'm sorry, it's just- that was terrifying. I- I- I don't know what to do, and I don't want to go home and worry, John B." -I explained.

They boy sat beside me, hearing everything I had to say attentively. I placed both of my hands on my face, trying to cover the tears that had began to fall down.

June: "Today has been fucked up, I just want to rest."

He stayed quiet for a while, the only sound around us being the two other boys arguing. Rafe, quickly shut them off by throwing a water bottle to them.

Rafe: "Alright. I'll take you to my house, and don't worry I'll make sure nobody bothers you while you rest, okay?" -he said, receiving a slight nod from me.

He then carried me over, helping me sit down on the back of the vehicle. The two other boys quickly followed behind and began to sit down inside too. Kelce, sat beside me passing me a nutrition bar, making me thank him with a smile.

A little while later, finally leaving the town all I could think about was, John B. He will begin to worry if I don't arrive before nighttime like I mentioned to him, or probably not since I actually don't know what he thinks of me at this point.

I felt grateful for Rafe, for what he did. If he wouldn't have been walking around town I would've probably been dead or god knows what. Him and I, have always had a friendship since little. Sarah, doesn't really have a good bond with him since I could remember. I've never known why exactly.

Technically I've liked him since we were little kids, we use to play hide and seek all the time while Dad worked with, Ward.

I looked to my right seeing how Kelce, looked at me with a concerned expression making me frown my eyebrows confused.

Kelce: "Your eyes are closing, are you tired?" -he asked, almost whispering so the two other boys couldn't hear us.

June: "I just haven't been sleeping that well this past days, I'll be fine don't worry."

He then rolled his eyes by my response and proceeded grabbing my shoulders slightly, this to make my head rest on his shoulder.

Kelce: "Try getting some sleep while we arrive at Rafe's home, I'll wake you up when we're there."

June: "Thank you." -I mumbled.

My eyes slowly closing by how heavy they were already feeling, since the past couple of hours.

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THE SUDDEN FEELING OF ARMS AROUND MY LEGS WOKE ME UP. I was slightly confused by the sudden touch, but quickly knew who it was. The strong scent of man cologne, flowed it's way through my nose. Quickly making it clear that it was, Rafe.

He carried me in a bridal style way, walking throughout the hallway of the big home. He still hadn't noticed I was awake, until I started moving my head slightly to look around the house.

Rafe: "Sorry I woke you up, I'll take you to my room so you can continue resting." -he apologized, looking over to me with a slight smile.

June: "What happened with the guest room?"

Rafe: "It's being used by some of Dad's friends that came to visit, thankfully they'll be leaving soon."

I smiled at him after what he mentioned, he slowly opened a door as we arrived in his room. I had never entered before, but it was just how I visualized his room being.

He sat me down gently on the bed, taking a look at my chin quickly frowning his eyebrows.

Rafe: "What happened here?" -he asked, touching the small cut formed.

I looked down to the ground, slightly embarrassed to tell everything. I shouldn't be and I know that, but it's hard and I can't understand why.

The man attacked me and pushed me to the ground, I wasn't only scared I was also hurting throughout my body. I was kicked and slapped but thankfully survived that, but why wasn't I able to explain that? Why am I so weak when it comes to expressing myself?

Rafe: "I'll go get some some bandaids to clean the wound up, be right back."

He quickly walked over to his bathroom, leaving me alone. I looked in front of me noticing a mirror, this allowed me to see my reflection. God I looked horrible, why didn't they said anything? Was it them trying to not worry me?

I had dirt all over my clothes, bruises had formed throughout my face over the slaps I received. A lot of cuts were on my knees and elbows. I only wanted to sob and scream onto a pillow, why am I so bad at defending myself? Why did I not focus on where I was heading?

June: "Rafe?! Can you come over here?!" -I pleaded, trying to avoid my sobs to come out.

Rafe: "Hey, what's wrong?"

He approached me rapidly, grabbing my cheek lightly to try and clean the wound. A tear began to fall down as I stared at him, I had many different stuff rooming through my head and I can't deal with all of them at once.

June: "Do you ever feel like your loosing your mind or something?" -I questioned, making the blonde one, look over to me.

Rafe: "I do, but why are you thinking that, June? You aren't loosing your mind, you are just going through a lot."

He replied, grabbing my shoulders. I stared at his eyes for a while, many flashbacks coming to my brain after. I remember always feeling enchanted by Rafe, which to be honest sounds very cringy to say now.

He never knew how I felt about him, maybe he did to be honest. Sarah and Kayla, were the only ones that knew and always bothered me for it and made jokes about my crush. But I didn't care. Rafe Cameron, was the first ever boy I've ever fell in love with.

June: "Stop looking at me like that." -I grunted, glancing over to the door to avoid looking at the boy.

Rafe: "Did I do something wrong?"

June: "No, I just can't look at people straight to their eyes." -I lied, making him laugh after I finished my sentence.

I glanced at him, his smile quickly fading after he saw my serious expression.

Rafe: "Sorry." -he apologized, continuing cleaning up my left over bruises.

Silence filled the space, I didn't know what to do. I just kept staring at his hands that gently touched my knees. He was focused as he cleaned the left over blood rooming through my pale skin.

I thought about all of the possibilities that could happen if I dated him, another thing that made me cringe as I mention it. But one of them being, getting hated by, Sarah. She never ever wanted me to date Rafe, she says he won't know how to treat me right and she always thought me with Kelce, would've been cute.

I hated being shipped with Kelce, he had always been more like a brother to me. I haven't been able to hang out with him that much, only two days and they've been terrible.

Rafe: "Alright, that's pretty much it." -I jumped up, startled by the blonde one's voice.

I looked at him with widened eyes, making him laugh at my expression.

Rafe: "What's wrong? Cat bit your tongue or something?" -he asked, laughing mid sentence as he looked at me.

We glanced at each other for quite a while, almost trying to break eye contact but something couldn't stop us from doing so. His eyes are like some sort of other world, you get lost in them.

June: "Shit...well this awkward." -I whispered, scratching the back of my neck.

He let out a small chuckle, still keeping his eyes on me. I only stared at his hands, suddenly finding them interesting as I was trying to avoid to keep looking at him like a psychopath.

Rafe: "Well. Hell, scream, say something or whatever." -he smiled, grabbing my hand and placing my chin up to make me stare at him.

June: "There's nothing to say, I'm fine."

He only sighed, sitting more closer to me making me look down once again.

Rafe: "Don't pretend it's fine."

I frowned my eyebrows after his response, making me glance at him confused. He was right though. I'm too bad at keeping secrets, I'm horrible at it. But, how was I suppose to tell Rafe Cameron, I liked him since I've met him? Without sounding embarrassing or ruining the friendship we've had for a very long time of course.

Rafe: "Stop pretending you're okay, cause I know you're not."

I looked around the room, trying to encourage myself to speak before it turns too late. If this ruins my friendship with him I will honestly hate myself forever. I don't want to ruin my friendship with Sarah, neither. They've both been my best friends since ever, and I'm scared to ruin everything.

June: "Look, I seriously don't know what to say. I'm just tired of keeping this as a secret, I've been keeping this for so long."

June: "I don't even know what made me tell this to you now, after what happened today. Something just tells me I should do it, I don't know what." -I explained, receiving nods from, Rafe.

I took a couple of breaths before continuing. Rafe, waited patiently for me to continue. He only stared at me as I fidgeted with my hands, trying to calm my nerves down as best as possible.

June: "Look, I think I'm in love with you. Well, I don't think, I am."

June: "But that scares the crap out of me, I don't know what you or Sarah, will think of me." -I explained, only noticing a small smile forming on the blonde one's face.

After I finished, silence filled the room once again. I only stared around the space, trying to avoid any eye contact with the boy. He was quiet, really quiet which terrified me a lot.

I thought I fucked things up, really, really bad. I couldn't stop poking my hands with my nails, over the nerves that kept consuming me. All I could think was of my plan b, which was running out of the house as fast as possible.

I began to stand up, rapidly approaching the wooden door to try and get the hell out of the room. But was stopped by his cold hand, grabbing my wrist gently. I turned around facing him, he stood up in front of me becoming taller than me in an instant.

Rafe: "Where were you going?" -he asked, inches away from me making me step back slightly.

June: "I'm sorry, just please be my best friend right now, pretend like I didn't confess my love for you."

He placed his hand on my cheek, making my heart beat speed up in an instant. Once again he stood closer to me, looking directly at my eyes.

His eyes darted over to to my lips, realization quickly hitting me after but I wasn't quick enough. And before I could move away, his lips had already touched mine.

My entire body froze, I couldn't believe what was happening. I only kept letting everything happen, the thing I had always dreamed of was happening and for some reason it wasn't the way I expected it to be. But that was obvious, things aren't always going to go the way you want them to.

He suddenly pushed me back, startling me by the sudden movement. I only looked at him confused, waiting for him to speak but he didn't. He just stood there also contemplating everything that just happened, is this supposed to be the time I use plan b actually?

Rafe: "I'm sorry." -he apologized, fidgeting with his ring nervously.

This time he was the one avoiding eye contact, I stepped closer to him taking a hold of his hands. Making him exchange glances with me, I wanted to know if I did something wrong or what was his opinion about everything I told him.

But something wasn't allowing me to speak, we just stood there silently glancing at each other. Our chest rising up and down rapidly, over the air we had lost.

He grabbed my face and pressed his forehead with mine, letting what felt like an awkward silence feel more comforting. I closed my eyes, feeling his hand rub the back of my head. He slid his fingers gently through my hair slowly, almost letting me feel comfortable.

June: "I'm sorry too, let's just pretend this didn't happen okay? I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable." -I apologize, making him separate our foreheads.

Rafe: "You can't pretend it didn't happened, cause guess what? It did.

Rafe: "And I'm not mad or uncomfortable."

I smiled at him, making him do so as well. He pressed a kiss against my forehead, still hugging me as he did so.

Sarah: "Rafe?! Dad, said you broug- holy shit."

Well...this is awkward, again.

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Sofia's notes:
Well, here's the start of a very, very scary road ngl 😭 and yes this is still a JJ, book but a slow burn so y'all we need to wait hehehe 💗 hope you all enjoyed, make sure to leave a vote in support for this book. I appreciate all your love and support<3

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