𝐄𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐦 - 𝐑𝐚𝐲𝐞 ✰

Pinky promise?

_________Jules' POV:

I ordered a cab and waited outside the beautiful golf course, I've been to such amazing countries and places but somehow the sunset behind this golf course is one of my favourite things, I've never wanted to just stay in one place before now which is extremely surprising.

The cab arrived and drove me back to my large home. I quietly crept upstairs in an attempt to go unnoticed by the psychopath that I call mother, but almost like destiny, she once again woke up and had something to say.

"Is that you Jules?" My mothers hoarse voice rang out.

I hesitated on wether or not I could get away without her hearing me.

"Yeah mom?" I replied quietly.

"Where do you think you're going?" My mother snapped .

"I have to go meet JJ." I muttered.

"You liar. JJ doesn't want to speak with you. So I'll ask again, where do you think you're going whore?" My mother shouted.

"I have plans with JJ, I swear." I mumbled.

My mother sat up clutching a bottle of gin

"You're just a whore. Maybe if you stopped worrying about boys you'd lose weight." My mother snapped.

"okay." I said quietly.

I watched in disbelief as my mother threw the half full bottle of gin at me. I didn't move quick enough and felt a sharp burst of pain soon followed by a warm liquid trickling from my eyebrow, I reached up and wiped my eyebrow only to be met with blood. I sighed and picked up the large pieces of glass.

"Good luck being a whore with that on your face." My mother teased.

"Alright, see you later." I said while exiting her room. My once pink polo shirt was now blood stained. I sighed at the sight of myself. I stripped from my clothes and switched the shower faucet on, letting the cold water hit my warm skin. I looked down and watched as the water washed away the blood, diluting it as it went down the drain. I quickly showered and stood before myself in the mirror inspecting my wound.

I used a small plaster and put it over the large cut that was definitely going to scar.

I pulled on a large oversized tee and denim shorts, I put on a pair of sunglasses in hopes of hiding the cut that was left on my face. I sighed looking at myself in the mirror I used to be so confident, my mother has ruined it all. I feel like I can never be thin enough.

I quickly slid on some shoes before making my way downstairs and out the large doors. As I was leaving my house I saw the Cameron boy arrive at his. "Hey." He called out. "Hi." I said in return . "You need a ride?" The blonde boy offered. I decided to take him up on this offer since I still don't have my car and I don't feel like walking all the way to the cut.

"Yeah. Please." I said with a smile.

The blonde boy nodded and unlocked his doors. I climbed in beside him.

"So how was your little golfing thing that you do?" I asked with a smile.

"Oh god. You've ruined golfing for me, I've never seen someone be so bad. Topper must be the worst fucking instructor." Rafe said with a laugh.

"Hey! I worked real hard." I lied.

"Hm if you say so. Anyway you want me to drop you off at JJ's?" Rafe said with a smile.

"Yeah please." I said shyly.

Here I am, sat in Rafe Cameron's truck and he's giving me a ride to my pogue brother's house. This seems surreal.

Since I connected my phone to his car I was on music control, but as we drove I couldn't see my phone with the sunglasses on so I took them off. I had completely forgotten about the painful cut that was on my eyebrow so I was confused when Rafe looked at me with concern flickering behind his cold eyes.

"What happened Jules?" The blonde boy asked .

"Oh I walked into the fridge when I got home earlier." I lied.

The Cameron boy said nothing instead he clenched his jaw and bit his lip as if he wanted to say something.

"I know you're lying Jules. Just because it may work on the press or your friends, it doesn't make it believable."Rafe said in a cold tone.

"Oh." Is all I could force myself to say and straight after saying it Rafe stared at me and rolled his eyes.

"Wanna tell me the truth?" He asked. I watched him while thinking about my answer, I quite liked the way his eyes glistened in the sun, or the way his laugh echoed, which was rare but when he did laugh it was amazing, I also admired his white perfect teeth on display. Or maybe the way his Adam's apple moved when he spoke. I also loved his short blonde hair, the way it's so dull blonde it makes you wonder if it's actually brown but then in the sun you can see his natural blonde highlights shining through. I quite liked all of it.

"Jules?" His voice brought me back to reality."Oh. Yeah I don't know." I said while twisting my rings.

"If I tell you, you can't tell anyone. I'm not fucking around." I said while meeting the blonde haired boys blue eyes.He looked as though he wanted to protest but nodded in agreement."Okay." He said quietly.

"Pinky promise?" I raised my pinky and waited for him to raise his. Rafe narrowed his eyes and shook his head in disbelief before lifting his pinky finger and wrapping it around mine. His pinky finger was bigger than my middle finger which made me blush.

"My mother thinks I'm a whore and doesn't like me. She doesn't believe that I'm just going out to JJ so she lets me know with gin bottles." I say with a small laugh at the end, even though I didn't find any of this funny, in fact I would love to cry. But that's probably weird. Crying in front of Rafe Cameron would be a mistake.

Rafe said nothing just pulled over off the side of the road, got out and walked towards my side of the car. He opened the door and stood between my knees and pulled me into his chest. "Fuck Jules." He muttered softly into my forehead.

"It's okay. I'm okay." I said while hugging him tightly. I've never had anyone I could speak to about my home life, and then all of a sudden I have someone who seems to care.

"You don't deserve this. I'm sorry." Rafe said while dropping his head into the crook of my neck.

I sighed and smiled at him. "thank you."

He looked down at me in disbelief that I thanked him. "Yeah don't worry about it." He replied .

"Is this why you moved back to the Obx?" Rafe asked while looking in my eyes as if searching for an answer.

"No, moving back here is my fault." I said with a shrug.

"What do you mean?" He asked with a confused expression.

"Uhm Im sick." I said while playing with the silver dior bracelet that wrapped around my wrist.

"What do you mean?" Rafe asked while furrowing his eyebrows and looking concerned.

"I supposedly have an eating disorder. It's not true, I can eat no problem." I lied .

"An eating disorder?" He repeated while staring into my eyes.

"Yeah. I developed it while living in California." I said awkwardly.

"Why?" He asked with confusion.

"I don't know, my mother thinks I can get skinnier and I've tried everything. I've tried diets, working out, fasting, calorie deficits, pills, pretty much everything. So I began to get sick after most meals. If I don't do a certain amount of movement in a day I make myself sick." I shrugged.

"You don't need to lose weight? You're beautiful." Rafe said still very confused.

"Yeah well not beautiful enough right?" I laughed again even though I didn't find this funny. I felt embarrassed and shy around Rafe. I mean he knows something that could potentially help lose my career as a model. I'm so stupid sometimes.

"I have a younger sister, Sarah. And uh she like worships you, she thinks you're the most beautiful girl in the world. I mean she's naturally an extremely dark blonde but when she turned 15 she wanted to dye her hair to look like you. I don't think you need to change anything, you don't even notice how beautiful you are." Rafe said while cupping my face.

I felt my eyes sting with tears. "I don't feel it." I muttered as I bit the inside of my cheek in attempt to not cry.Rafe pulled me back into his chest. "You are beautiful." He muttered. "I need you to promise you won't tell anyone, if it gets out. I'm done." I said while raising my eyes to meet his."Of course." Rafe said while lifting up his pinky and presenting it to me.I wrapped my finger around his and gave him a flat smile to which he returned.

I decided it was time to go and see JJ to which Rafe reluctantly agreed.

He dropped me off at JJs and smiled before driving off. I pulled my sunglasses back over my eyes before knocking on the shitty plastic screen that covered the door.

A few seconds later the door swung open and I was face to face with my father. I hadn't seen him since I was 3 and I hoped he didn't recognise me.

"I heard you were back. I didn't believe it yet here you are." He slurred his words he must've been drunk.

"I'm looking for JJ." I replied .

"He's at the Chateau. Now why are you back?" He said angrily.

"Mom took me back here. I don't know." I lied while trying to turn around to leave.

"You're a fucking waste!" He screamed while kicking a beer can at me.

"Nice to see you too Dad." I said before leaving.

I have no clue where the chateau is so I texted JJ asking where to go. He replied quickly and told me to just walk straight and he'd meet me. So I did . A few minutes of walking down a dirt road and I saw him.

"Hey!" I said excitedly running over to him . "Hey." He said with a smile. "I'm so glad you're here, I want everyone to meet you properly." He said while leading me back down this dirt road . I smiled at my younger brother as he walked down this dark dirt road.

We arrived at what I believe to be the Chateau it was an old looking home that had beer cans everywhere, along with some bottles. It was a fully wooden home with a nice porch. If it was clean it would probably be a nice place to live.

"Yo, I want you to officially meet Jules. My sister." JJ said while presenting me to the 4 teens that stood in front of me.

"Hi." I said awkwardly."Nice to meet you, I'm Kiara well no just call me Kie." The brown haired girl said. I smiled at her and nodded.

"Oh my fucking God. I used to be so obsessed with you, I dyed my hair blonde to look like you when I was like 15 Oh my god! I can't believe you're real, I'm Sarah." The blonde girl said excitedly.

"Sarah Cameron?" I asked which made her face drop.

"Yeah how did you know?" She asked with an amused look on her face.

"I know your brother and he told me about you." I said with a smile.

She smiled and laughed while taking a swig of her beer.

"I'm John B and uh it's nice to meet you." The scruffy brown haired boy spoke. "I'm Jules." I said with an awkward smile.

"Hey, I'm Pope, it's good to finally meet you." The dark haired boy said.

"Nice to meet you too." I said with a smile.

"God this is painful to watch, someone get her a drink." Kiara joked.

"On it!" John b said while digging through a small beer cooler. He tossed me a can and grabbed himself one.

"Well, I gotta say it. Jules is even hotter up close." Pope said which made JJ spin his head to glare at him.

"That's my sister" JJ said with a disgusted look on his face.

"Oh come on! Technically she's not a pogue soo?" Pope said which made everyone laugh.

"I'm honoured really but I'm okay." I said with a laugh.

"God she's here 20 minutes and you're already creeping on her. Don't mind them they're creepy sometimes." Kie said with a reassuring smile.

I smiled and watched as Sarah sat on John b's lap. Hm I wonder if Rafe knows she's with a pogue.

"I gotta ask, who's the hottest girl you've worked with?" John b asked which earned him a light slap on the arm from Sarah."I'm right here. You could've waited till I was inside." She said while getting off of him and going inside.

"So? Who ?" John b asked while sitting forward.

"I'd probably say Kendall Jenner or Adriana Lima." I said with a shrug. "Of course they're all beautiful, but them two were the kindest people as well." I added .

"Kendall Jenner??" Kiara said with her mouth open.

"Fucking hell.." JJ scoffed.

"Oh my." Pope said with shock on his face.

"We're sat in the presence of a celeb.." John b added.

"Oh calm down. It was only for a short period of time." I said rolling my eyes.

"Kendall fucking Jenner?" Pope said with his mouth hanging open.

"Alright enough." I said while laughing.

We laughed and drank until it got darker and darker, I could no longer wear my sunglasses since I looked like a psychopath. I removed my glasses and pulled my hair over my eyebrows.

"Should we tell her?" I heard Pope ask John b. "She's a Maybank, if JJ trusts her so do I." John b replied.

They pulled me closer and it was clear that there was some sort of tension in the air. "JJ, Kie! Stop fucking and get out here!" John b yelled.

A few seconds later and Kiara and JJ were now sat beside us. Sarah was getting some cans out of the cooler while walking over to us.

"We're gonna tell her." Pope said. "Yeah she deserves to know." John b said with a nod. "Okay?" Kiara said in more of a question."Ok tell me what?" I said looking between them all. "Gold?" JJ asked looking at John b. "Oh my god! Yes she needs to know I mean she's apart of the group." Sarah said while tossing cans at each one of us. "Yeah." John b replied with a nod.

"My dad was a crazy treasure hunter, or so I thought. But we're looking for the gold of the Royal Merchant. Maybe you could help us?" The brown haired boy asked.

"Yeah of course." I said with a smile. "Alright. Well we're going fishing tomorrow since that hurricane is meant to hit soon. So if you wanna come, you can stay the night here." John b said with a smile.

"Of course, I'd love to. Just please let me start buying the alcohol because this is rancid." I said while pointing at the can in my hand.

All 6 of us laughed at my cruelty against their favourite beer. "Hey! Not all of us are supermodels who get paid millions." Pope teased.

"Hm good point. And it's not millions, that's ridiculous just for a few pictures." I laughed.

A few beers later and a blunt later we were all pretty fucked up, I forgot about the cut on my eyebrow so I pushed my hair back out of my face which must've revealed it because instantly JJ stood up and walked over to me.

"Who did this to you?" He asked clearly worried.

"Oh this? I fell." I lied . "Stop the bullshit." He said while running a finger over the cut. "Mother dearest." I said with a laugh. Again, I didn't find this funny at all. In reality I just wanted to cry about it. But I can't dump my problems on my brother.

"Fucking hell. You'd think one abusive parent is bad enough?" JJ said with a sad smile.

I laughed at this. "Well, I could start saving to buy my own place and then adopt you." I said with a grin. "Yes please." JJ said with a smile.

I was glad he didn't make a big deal out of it, unlike most people the pogues respected my privacy and understood that I didn't want to speak about something.

We all scrambled inside as the hurricane picked up. It was a terrible night sleep between the loud crashes outside, and the uncomfy mattress. But at least I was sleeping under a roof.

I don't know how to feel about this story so far, I'll probably come back and edit it. But yeah. Don't forget to vote! ⭐️