The Recipe of Us.

32 | finale

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𝟭 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿...

"Riley! Over here!" Theo yelled frantically as he waved his arms around and I laughed to myself as I walked towards him and Genevieve.

"I could've seen you without the yelling and waving but hey," I laughed as I stepped into his arms for a hug before moving to hug Gen.

"You look happier. You and that guy with the curly hair looked like you were having fun," Gen teased and my eyebrows furrowed in confusion but I frowned.

"W-What no, he doesn't like me and he's a friend. And how the hell do you know that? " I questioned as I pointed to her and she pointed to Theo. "What'd you do?" I accused and he gave me a look of disbelief.

"Hey! I came to see you one day while you were working and you guys looked like you were having fun," He teased.

"What, so you told Gen?"

"I'm hurt you didn't tell me yourself." She grumbled.

"She's my girlfriend, who else was I gonna tell?" He shot back and I sighed.

"My internship is great and London is amazing, not that either of you were asking," I muttered and Theo laughed before swinging his arm over my shoulder and taking Gen by the hand.

"Stop complaining let's go see Avalon dance across the stage."

"She's a singer-" I corrected him and he shushed me.

"Don't be such a know-it-all Riley. Just cause you have a fancy new job in a fancy new city." He grumbled as we walked into the theatre.

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"Over hereee!!!" Theo yelled to Avalon after she finished signing more autographs. The camera flashes were definitely giving me some sort of seizure but Ava seemed fine.

In fact, she seemed happy, in her element.

I looked to my best friend and smiled as she flicked her hair back and her face broke out in a wide grin.

"Ahh you guys are here! In New York! You came to see me!" She squealed as she ran towards me and opened her arms for a hug.

I hugged her tight and I frowned as I heard sniffling. I pulled away and she was crying. "Hey, hey," I soothed as I pushed her hair out of her face.

"What's going on? Riley what did you do now?" Theo interjected and I shushed him and focused on her. "What's wrong?" I asked her softly. "I-I'm sorry I shouldn't have left you," She mumbled and I remembered the last time I saw her.

We haven't seen each other since the fight at my house.

"Oh no, don't worry. It's okay, I'm okay, we're okay I promise," I assured her.

"Did you get what you wanted from him?" She asked and I nodded after a while.

"Yeah I did, I'm ready to let go of him for good." I mumbled and she smiled.

"I'm so proud of you Ri," she said before hugging me again and I smiled.

𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗱.

𝗮𝗻: 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗿𝗮𝗽! 𝗶 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝘀.

𝗶 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲. 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘀𝗼 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲.

𝗶'𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝟭𝟬𝟬% 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹. 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿

𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 <𝟯

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