You and Rafe weren't enemies, but you definitely weren't best friends either; just acquaintances. You were a pogue and he was a kook, so there definitely wasn't a good relationship between you two, but it's something that happens naturally.

However, there are times when Rafe, despite everything, makes you understand other things.

He treats your pogue friends badly; obviously, he's a fucking kook who hates anyone who isn't from his same social class. However, with you it was a different case. His jokes and off-topic comments were always there when he was talking to you, making some mocking comment towards you or saying stupid things, But, he definitely didn't treat you as badly as the other pogues. It's like his level of meanness towards you faded just a little.

You sighed tiredly and grumpily as you adjusted the embarrassing costume your boss forced you to wear at work. When you found yourself under the rays of the sun, in the middle of summer, dancing in front of a fast food store wearing a chicken costume with a tutu on, you seriously wondered at what moment You thought this job was a good way to make money. Yes, you clearly needed the money, but the way you earned it was embarrassing. The only good thing about this job was that your friend JJ worked in the kitchen flipping burgers, coming and going due to the countless times he was fired, but he was still there.

You held up the sign with an arrow indicating that people passing by should take a chance to eat at the fast food place behind you, but again they ignored you poorly. It was frustrating, but it was more embarrassing to be a pretty girl trapped in an ugly chicken costume just to earn a few extra bucks. You watched the other teenagers like you, but instead they were enjoying their summer vacation as they should, not like you are right now.

You snorted as you walked back into the empty store, asking JJ from the kitchen if he could please pour you a glass of cold water;