"Nothing, it's fine," I muttered not wanting to talk about it,
"You can do a lot of things to me but lying isn't one of them." He remarked tilting my chin up so I could look him in the eye, it's so hard for me to do that without my mind wandering to the darkest places.
“You’re so…” I marvelled shaking my head in disbelief.
“Consumed by you? Yes.” He concluded, tracing his fingers towards the side of my head. “I want to know everything that you’re thinking, all the time.”
“I’m as transparent as they come, Kennedy, I can assure you,” I told him not buying this attention he was giving me for a damn minute.
“Oh really? Because I’ve beendyingto see right through you.” He taunted pulling me closer by the string of my bikini, I couldn’t help but yelp at the suddenness if it all.
“You’re annoying,” I grumbled.
“Tell me.” He responded simply, returning to his usual monotonous state.
"I feel bad for lying to my mom, I feel like I'm letting her down," I admitted, “I didn’t tell her where I was going.”
"You think too much." River simply replied and I turned away from his touch slowly,
"So do you," I commented brushing past him.
I get back to our friends with the towels and I overheard Mer complaining about how there was literally no food in the house.
"We're going to starve to death if we don't find a grocery store!" Mer whined, dramatically collapsing into Fabian's arms.
"I saw a little grocery store on our way here, I could go buy some food." I volunteered and Mer wrapped her arms around me,
"Armani you God-send!" She thanked me, “Everyone else was willing to let me starve.”
"No need to thank me, I'll call for a cab," I assured her, and just as I was about to reach for my phone River stood in my way.
"You're not going into town alone." He dictated and I scoffed at the audacity,
"Of course she's not," Fabian interrupted grabbing his clothes, "Because I'm going with her."
"Okay you've both clearly inhaled too much sea salt or you're out of your fucking minds!" I argued.
But Fabian and River simply gave each other a knowing look and I knew I couldn't argue with them on this,
"I'll call a taxi." Fabian declared and he did just that.
There was a quaint little grocery shop a couple blocks down and I'd realised once we'd arrived that there wasn't really much need for a car. I made River go fetch a shopping cart and had Fabian go to the ATM because we were using his money since he'd insisted on accompanying me. I had no clue why grocery stores were always cold, but I held close to my jacket.
Once River appeared with the shopping cart I hopped onto the end of it like I used to do when I was a kid,
"What the fuck are you doing?" River asked and I groaned in frustration, he was impossible.
"Having fun, come on now you've got to push me!" I laughed but he refused, I rolled my eyes, "You're no fun, River Kennedy."
"It's dangerous." He scorned, "You're going to get hurt."
"Come on Kennedy, the girl just wants to have some fun lighten up." Fabian encouraged and River backed away from the shopping cart so Fabian could hold onto it.
“I take no part in this.” River denied. “I refuse to be near the scene of the crime.”
"Thanks, Fabes." I smiled and he smiled back,
"Pick your speed racer?" He asked like one of those announcers on one of the racing channels,
