Description: The pressure for (Y/N) to decide whether or not to make things exclusive with Rafe escalates.
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Your situation with Rafe went from being chaos to absolute silence. It was honestly a little unsettling.
He went from blowing up your phone to not texting or calling at all.
He went from showing up at your house and you seeing him everywhere to not seeing him at all.
You found yourself checking your phone often to see if he'd sent you anything. Everywhere you went you looked around for any sign of Rafe.
You couldn't understand why you missed him so much. You were practically begging for him to chill out. You didn't mean you wanted him to completely fall off the grid. However, Rafe's silence has allowed you to think about whether or not you want to exclusively date Rafe, but you were honestly still debating. What if he became obsessive again once you started talking to him again? What if he doesn't even want you anymore? What if he's already found someone else? These questions have been roaming your mind the last couple days.
Your life had already been so different with Rafe in it that you weren't sure you'd ever be the same anyway. You didn't know if you could go back to the way it was before him. Life with him in it was like beautiful chaos, perfect imperfection.
And now it just felt dull and boring. You felt crazy for liking the chaos over the simplicity.
"So what are you going to do?" Kie's words interrupted your thoughts as she rested her elbows on her knees, curiosity filling her eyes.
"Girl, I have no idea," you told her, taking a deep breath and groaning as you let it out. You leaned back on the porch swing that sat on John B's porch.
"Have you heard from him since the other day?" She asked you.
"Nope, not a word," you said, popping your lips as you said 'nope.'
"That's so weird. One minute he's obsessed with you and won't leave you alone, and the next he's acting like you don't exist?" She pondered.
"I know. I didn't think he'd completely shut me out. That's not what I wanted. Maybe he's just giving me space to think about things," you said. Kie nodded her head slowly, like she was thinking about reasons he would be so quiet towards you.
"Or he's fucking someone else," JJ blatantly said as he walked onto the porch from inside, the door shutting loudly behind him.
Kie rolled her eyes at him. "Really? That's the only conclusion you can come up with?" She asked, annoyance laced in her voice.
"I mean, that's what I would do if I were ghosting a girl," he replied, making himself comfortable on one of the couches on the porch.
"Wow, thanks, JJ, that's very reassuring," you said sarcastically.
"Why don't you just talk to him? It doesn't always have to be the guys that reach out first. I hate when girls never try to start the conversation," he suggested.
"I just don't understand how he could go this long without even trying to reach out to me after he was just blowing up my phone! I don't get it," you groaned.
"We're guys, once our egos are bruised we tend to keep our distance, and we all know how big Rafe's ego is. You must've really done some damage," he said with a chuckle. He took his vape pen out of his pocket and started hitting it.
"Maybe I should reach out first. Maybe he's waiting for me to do that," you guessed.
"Please do, so we can all stop hearing you moan and groan about it," JJ groaned. You threw a pillow at him, knocking the vape out of his hand.
"Hey! I'm just saying what we're all thinking," he shrugged.
You rolled your eyes at him before standing up from your seat.
"Well I'll make y'all a little less miserable and go talk to Rafe," you said. "I'll see you guys later."
"Bye! Let us know how it goes!" Kie called after you as you neared your car that sat in the driveway.
"Will do!" You yelled back as you climbed in your car and started the engine.
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The entire drive there you contemplated exactly what you were going to say to Rafe. You had a whole conversation with yourself in the car, trying to perfect your speech.
But once you saw Rafe's face when he opened the door, everything you'd rehearsed went out the door.
"Hi," was all you could manage to say.
Rafe looked tired, like he hadn't slept in days. But even in his disheveled state, he still looked like the most gorgeous boy on the island.
"Hey, I'm glad you came," Rafe responded, a small smile danced on his lips.
You felt relieved to see his smile, even if it was just a slight one. You didn't know if he hated you or still had feelings for you. But this little smile he gave you eased the nervousness within you just a little.
"Can we talk?" You asked.
"Yeah, yeah, of course," he answered, stepping aside and opening the door for you to come inside.
"We can, uh, take this to my room," he said, leading you up the stairs.
"Okay," you replied. You didn't know why you were all of a sudden so quiet, but you tried to shake it off.
Rafe closed the door behind you as the two of you entered his room. You'd only been in here a handful of times, and every time you stepped foot in here, you always took notice of how clean and neat it was. You liked that about Rafe.
"So what's up?" Rafe asked you, leaning against the door.
"Are you okay? I haven't heard from you in almost a week. I didn't know if you even wanted to see me anymore," you asked, cutting to the chase.
"I just thought you wanted nothing to do with me after what happened," Rafe shrugged. He seemed so nonchalant about the whole thing, like he wasn't just acting like a maniac not even a week ago.
"So you do still want to see me?" You questioned, not feeling like your previous question had been answered.
"Of course I do. I was just giving you some space. It seemed like you needed it," he answered.
You smiled at his response. You were right about why he wasn't talking to you.
"Do you still want to see me? I feel like that's the more important question," Rafe asked you.
You slid your hands in the back pockets of your jeans shorts, taking in a deep breath. Which route did you want to take here?
"I really like you, Rafe. Honestly I've kind of missed you these last few days. I don't like how I feel when you're not around or not speaking to me. But I also don't like the way you were acting a week ago," you explained.
He looked away from you and pulled his top lip between his teeth, seeming like he was deep in thought.
He took a step closer to you so he was almost within arms reach. "Look, I'm sorry. I got carried away with my feelings towards you and I should've handled it better. I guess I was just worried you were going to ditch me for those Pogues, that's all," he revealed.
"I wouldn't do that. I want to give you a chance and be exclusive with you, but I'm worried you'll try to control me or act possessive again. That's something I will not put up with in a relationship," you told him.
"Really? You want to be my girlfriend?" He asked. Your heart skipped a beat just looking at the excited look on Rafe's face. You knew you couldn't turn him down, and you didn't want to.
"I do, but you have to promise you won't act like that anymore, or else you won't be getting another chance," you warned.
He nodded his head. "I promise I won't, these last few days have made me reflect on everything I said and did. I don't ever want to act like that or treat you like that again. I trust you," he said, taking your hands in his so you knew he was sincere.
"Okay, then I'm your girlfriend," you said, reaching up to wrap your arms around his neck.
"And I'm your boyfriend," he beamed, securing his hands on your waist. He leaned in for a kiss, to which you happily obliged.
"I guess this time it was you who couldn't stay away," Rafe joked after he pulled away from the kiss, loosening his grip around you.
"Oh, hush," you rolled your eyes at the boy, playfully tapping his shoulder, pushing him just a little.
He laughed as you did so. "It's okay, I can't stay away from you, either."
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Author's Note: I finally wrote this part 2! It's a lot less intense than the first one, but who doesn't love a happy ending?
I hope you guys liked it, and like and comment if you did!
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