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Olivia's POV:

"Hey, Sarah, c'mo—" I looked up from my phone, and there he was.
Rafe.
Those damn ocean blue eyes that always make me drown. I felt my heart drop, my breath catching in my throat. A flood of emotions crashed over me, feelings I'd buried deep, ones I sworn I'd forgotten. God, why didn't Sarah warn me about this?

Rafe's POV:

When I opened the door, I froze. Standing there was Olivia. My Livvy. She looked as radiant as the day I left her, maybe even more so. Her blonde curls were loose, not in her usual braids. Her skin was glowing, her body even more enticing, and those eyes... those damn eyes that I was once so in love with. No. I have a girlfriend now.

This was the moment I'd been stressing about, the one I had been obsessing over on the way here....what I'd say, how I'd act. But the second I saw her, all those plans vanished. I was lost in those mesmerizing eyes again.

"Rafe." I heard her voice, pulling me back to reality. I must've been staring too long. Shit.

Olivia's POV:

"Rafe," I breathed, barely above a whisper. I hadn't spoken his name in months. My friends and I had practically made it a rule to never mention him. Well, except for Topper, he doesn't get the hint. He and Kelce kept in touch with Rafe while he was gone, but at least Kelce respected my wish to hear nothing about him.

Rafe seemed to hear me, snapping out of his daze. "I—uh, I didn't know you'd be here. Sarah didn't mention anything." I forced myself to speak, though my voice was barely steady.

I wanted to run to him, to wrap my arms around him and tell him everything I'd been through this past year. But no. He broke my heart. He doesn't deserve that from me, not anymore.

"Yeah, I wanted it to be a surprise. She had no idea," he replied, his chuckle awkward, strained.

I gave a tight-lipped smile, nodding. The tension was thick, suffocating. Just then, Sarah came outside, saving me from the silence. "Hey, Liv, are JJ and Pope here yet?" She mentioned them on purpose, I knew it.

"Yeah, they're waiting. Let's go."

"See ya around, Liv," Rafe called after me. I glanced back, catching his gaze for a split second before following Sarah down to the dock.

As we walked, Sarah hesitated, then spoke up. "Olie, Rafe brought a girl with him. He says she's his new girlfriend."

My heart dropped. "What? No. That's... she's probably just a friend. I mean..."

"Olie." Sarah stopped and placed a hand on my arm. "He said she's his girlfriend. I'm sorry. Are you okay?"

I took a shaky breath, fighting back the tears threatening to fall. I didn't want to cry, not again, not over him. I had already told everyone I was over him. "I'm fine. Let's just go."

When we reached the boat, JJ shouted, "Ahoy, ladies!" He stretched his arm out to help me onboard, and John B did the same for Sarah.

"JJ, you really need to stop quoting Steve Harrington. It's getting ridiculous," I said with a laugh, trying to shake off the tension. He chuckled, throwing an arm around my shoulders.

"Oh, c'mon! You know you love it," he winked, and I rolled my eyes, shoving him playfully.

The boat ride was filled with John B and Sarah flirting, Kiara sunbathing, Pope and I relaxing, and JJ spilling beer all over the place.

"Alright, give me that," I said, reaching for the beer he'd nearly dropped again. "Stop wasting it, I need it more than you know."

I took a long, deep gulp, emptying the can. "Whoa, easy there," Pope said, looking concerned. "You okay?"

"Yes," I replied, stretching out the words. "I'm perfectly fine."

"No, no, he's right. You're not your usual, annoying, bubbly self," John B added.

I rolled my eyes. "Seriously, guys. It's nothing—"

JJ cut me off, rubbing my arm. "Clearly, it's not nothing. What's wrong, Olie? You can tell us."

I sighed, exchanging a look with Sarah, then sat up, gathering the courage to speak. "Rafe is back," I finally said, biting the inside of my cheek nervously.

"What?!" They all reacted at once, voices overlapping. Kiara shot Sarah a glare. "But you said he wasn't coming until next month!"

"Yeah, you wanted time to prepare and all that," Pope added.

"Well, he said he wanted to make it a 'surprise,'" I mimicked Rafe's voice with a mocking tone.

Sarah shifted uncomfortably. "That's not even the worst part."

John B turned to her, eyebrows raised. "What's the worst part?"

They all looked at me, waiting. "He came back with a girlfriend," I said, the words tasting bitter as they left my lips.

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