when i get there, john b and pope are already inside, sat at our usual table. i go over and join them, looking for kie as soon as i sit down. the door to the back of the restaurant opens and she comes out carrying 2 plates of food. she gives them to a table near the back of the restaurant before coming over to us.
"hey guys, is it the usual?" she says, getting her notepad out.
"yes please" pope says.
"hey kie, is sarah working today?" john b says.
kie looks up at him before looking at me with a smirk across her face.
"yeah she is, why?" she says, raising her eyebrows.
"just wondering" john b shrugs as he leans back against the booth seat.
just then sarah comes out from the same place kie did a minute ago, with 3 plates balanced on her hands. she gives them to the table behind the one kie gave them to, then comes over to us.
"hi guys" sarah says as she stands next to kie.
"hi" john b says.
before anything else is said the bell rings, indicating someone walked in. sarah and kie turn around to see who it is while us three shift our gaze to the door.
fuck off.
"what the fuck is he doing here?" sarah says.
he stands in the doorway, looking around. he stops when his eyes land on us. land on kie.
"kie" he says, walking over.
she walks towards him, meeting him the middle of the restaurant.
"rafe, you have no reason to be here" she shakes her head as she stands in front of him.
i can tell just by the way she's standing that shes scared. she's not calm and relaxed, she's on edge. ready incase something happens.
"i need to talk to you" he says.
"we have nothing to talk about" she says.
he pulls his phone out and shows her something, she looks at him and shrugs.
"what about it?"
"why were you with him?" he says.
"rafe, it's a fucking ball! and this has nothing to do with you anymore!" she says.
the four of us stay watching, sarah leant against our table, facing them. she looks the same actually, on edge. ready to jump in if something happens. that makes me on edge too.
rafe lifts his hand and points his finger in her face.
"get your fucking hand out of my face" she says, pushing his hand down.
he grabs her hand with his other one, wrapping his fingers around her wrist.
sarah stands up straight and i take that as my sign to move in.
i quickly slide out of the booth and stand up, walking towards them. i hear sarah follow me.
"oh my god, here he is! your knight in shining armour now is he?" rafe says.
"back up man" i say.
"jj leave it" kie says, pulling her hand out of his grip.
i look at him. i've never felt so much hatred for a person.
i look at sarah next to me, she shakes her head.
i let out a deep exhale before letting my shoulders drop and stepping back.
"rafe just go you have no reason to be here" sarah says, stepping forward.
rafe looks at me. he steps forward so we're face to face. i squeeze my fist into a ball. i so badly wanna punch his stupid face.
"she's a great fuck isn't she" he says.
that's it.
i bring my fist up, colliding it with the side of his face.
"jj!" kie says.
he puts his hand on the side of his face as he chuckles.
"trying too hard bro, she'll just fuck you over like she did to me" he says.
before i can do anything else there's a hand on my chest pushing me back. i try to fight it but then there's hands on both of my arms pulling me back. sarah pushes rafe towards the door. i can't tell what's being said now but they're arguing as she pushes him towards the door. after a few seconds sarah gets him to leave, he walks out, slamming the door behind him. the grip on my arms that's holding me back loosens. sarah walks back over to kie and wraps her arms around her, tightly.
"are you okay?" she says.
kie nods. "yeah, yeah i'm fine"
she pulls her arms from around her and steps back, grabbing kie's hand to lift up her wrist.
sarah sighs as she looks at kie. her wrist is red. there's not really a finger print but it's red. i didn't realise how tight his grip around her actually was.
"i'll get the cold cloth" sarah says, carefully dropping kie's hand.
"get an ice pack for jj's hand too" kie says.
i look down at my hand, my knuckles are red.
kie turns to face me. she grabs my hand to look at it closer.
"are you okay?" she says.
i furrow my eyebrows. "i'm not the one to worry about. are you?"
she nods.
"it was a picture of the entire hall at the ball, we were in it, he saw and... yeah" she shakes her head.
"ass" i say.
"that was a stupid thing you did" she says, her eyes fixed on my hand as she straightens my fingers out.
"i've done stupider" i say. "and he deserved it"
she doesn't say anything. she just keeps looking at my hand.
"has that happened before?" i say.
she looks at me.
"a lot has happened before" she says.
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poor kie.
unfortunately this isn't the only trouble rafe is gonna cause.
see you next chapter,
molly
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