meilani wakes up to knocking on her door. she groans and gets out of bed. she doesn't even bother to put on pants. she walks sluggishly to her door to see sarah cameron. "sarah" she says suddenly getting a burst of energy. "hey mei. you haven't seen rafe have you?" sarah asks looking slightly worried. "i haven't, has something happened?" meilani responds walking over to the couch with sarah. "he hasn't been home since we saw him on the dock yesterday...you didn't end things with him did you?". meilani stops for a moment. "no, i just told him that no one knew about us hooking up other than you so it wasn't a good idea for him to be talking to me with the pogues around" she explains. sarah's face flushes. "you told john b didn't you" meilani sighs. "he wouldn't stop asking! and he knows when i'm lying to him!" sarah rushes. "it's okay sarah, as long as john didn't tell anyone it's okay.

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at tannyhill, meilani walks up to the front door. wheezie answers, looking as sceptical as ever. "is rafe home yet?" "he's upstairs" wheezie stands out of her way and meilani rushes up the stairs to the boys room. she doesn't even knock, she just walks right in to find him on his bed. "lani?" rafe looks up. "hey, you came home" she smiles. "i had to, sarah was on my back." "just promise me you weren't off taking drugs somewhere" she sighs. "i told you before meilani, i'm clean now, i'm over all the drugs and alcohol." the boy said sincerely, meilani knew he meant it.

after a talk between the two, meilani apologises. "i know we're not a couple lani, i didn't mean to get upset yesterday and i respect that the pogues don't know, after all we have a bad history" "look rafe i'm always going to be your friend no matter what, but for right now i think we should just stop hooking up". the boy looked disappointed as he thought finally he'd won haywood over but he understood. "i'll see you around" were the last words the girl spoke before leaving tannyhill.

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"you're macking on rafe cameron?!" were jj's first words to meilani haywood when she turned up to john b's house. "sarah!! you told me john b wouldn't tell!". sarah threw her arms up in defence. "i'm not anymore, i told him that we're better as friends today. i knew it wasn't fair on the group after everything that happened last summer." "oh like the time him and his boys beat pope up? oh and what about the time they started on me at midsummers, and the time at the open movi-" "enough jj!" kiara shouted. tears were now trickling down meilanis face. she didn't realise what effect her innocent hook up with rafe would do. "it's not a big deal jj, that was last summer. some of us hold grudges but not the rest of us. rafe is different now and we all know that even if some of us don't want to admit it" pope explained. "cut the waterworks lani" jj spat. "you know what, i'm gonna go. you can come find me when you stop being a tool." and with that meilani stormed off in the direction of the town. "great job jj."

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meilani sat on the dock looking up at the stars. she had become really intoxicated since the incident between her and jj earlier in the day. footsteps began to approach her. she turned her head to look over her shoulder and saw pope coming towards her. "there you are" he breathed. "here i am" she slurred her words. "we've been looking all evening, your dad is worried sick" "well i-i'm fine."

pope sat next to her and watched the girl light a blunt. she took a pull and blew the smoke away from popes face. "you're gonna come back with me now, okay?" he said sternly. "hang on i never agreed to that." pope sighed. "cmon mei, let me take you home, we don't have to see anyone. i'll tell the group what happened after i take you home." after a few minutes of thinking, meilani finally agreed and he took her home.