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"S H E' S  A  F I G H T E R,
L I V I N G  I N  A  W O R L D  O F 
S U R V I V O R S"

Lies
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Onism (n.)
The awareness of how little of the world you'll experience.

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River

"He's got to be kidding me, I mean it would be the perfect opportunity to kill the bitch without much trouble but what is his game? He needs both of us" I say furiously sipping my apple juice wishing it were vodka

"I don't understand it, why would he risk you hurting Summer? She's his daughter and either way he needs you for tomorrow too, my guess is he'll make you beat all the other opponents to clear the way for Milos" Mal comments

"I..I think Summer might be able to beat me" I confess and they snap their gazes at me

"What are you talking about? We've seen you fight there's no way she can. You were both trained together but you've said that you were always better" Maverick says

"Yeah, but every time we fought I barely won. Val made sure to give her the upper hand when we trained. He taught her better than me and I'm damn good, I'm worried the last few days will drag me down. I'm not as strong as I was the last time we did it, which was two years ago" I say

"Rosey, you just killed 4 men in an alley without even breaking a sweat. What you are feeling right now is fear and you shouldn't. If there's someone who can beat her it's you" dad encourages

I look at Noah when I hear his laugh "What?" Mal and I ask at the same time

"You killed the damn nurses?" He asks with a smile, I return it and nod

"Fuck I love you. I've wanted to get my hands on those four for a while" he says kisses my head, his arm around my shoulder. I tense when I remember

"Wait. What about Johanna?" I ask and Noah's eyes flicker down, he plays with a straw and his drink while he thinks it over

"I don't...I don't think she was pregnant. I mean she would've told me, she would've used it to make me stay. She wasn't happy when I broke it off and I'm pretty sure she would've used the child to lure me into staying" he says

My heart breaks for Noah, we're stuck here and he can't go see for himself if he fathered Johanna's child or not. It must be eating him away

I suddenly realize that..I haven't talked to him about my state. He could be worrying right now about it when I already know I'm not pregnant.

They could be thinking I'm about to get inside that rink and risk a baby's life.

"I'm not pregnant" I blurt out and all of them look at me

"H-how do you know? It's too early to take a test" Dad says

"I wasn't..ovulating when it all happened. Not even close to it. As soon as I can I will take a test and get a blood sample to be sure but I know I'm not" I say and watch as relief crosses through all their faces

"Thank God, I don't want you to have to go through a pregnancy you didn't plan again" Noah tells me and I grab his hand, giving him a small smile