ꨄMaeve's POVꨄ
☾. It's only a few hours later, the sun has gone down not too long ago. River and I were still in my bed.
She was laying on top of me. Both of her hands were resting under my shirt, her head still tucked into my neck.
I try to fall asleep but can't. What did she mean?
"Cant. She'll hurt me."
Does she mean her mother? I mean, her mother seems strange but I don't know if she's strange enough to actually harm River.
If she is, what does this whole situation have to do with me? Why can't she tell me what's going on?
My mind wanders back to the phone calls a few weeks ago. Now that I think about it, I definitely heard my name.
I quickly jump out of those thoughts, I'm getting too ahead of myself. It could be anything.
I sigh and caress Rivers back gently. The thought of anyone hurting her fills me with anger.
I won't let anyone hurt her. No matter the cost.
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Rivers shuffling around breaks me from my sleep. I slowly open my eyes, blinking rapidly to adjust to the light.
I guess I fell asleep eventually.
River was on the edge of my bed, slightly hunched as she stared down at her phone.
It's a little odd seeing her on her phone this much recently, before she rarely even touched it.
I yawn and stretch, rubbing my eyes in the process. River turns and smiles at me, realizing I'm awake.
Our phones then ping at the same time. Our eyes immediately snap to each other.
That's weird, I usually don't get messages considered my mom hasn't been talking to me much.
She looks back at her phone and clicks the notification. I grab mine as well.
My eyebrows crease as I read the text from my mother.
"Hello my lovely Maeve, next week I need you and River to come down to the house. We're having a family event. See you there! Xoxo"
I sit there and read the text over a few times. My mother rarely ever calls me by my full name, we also never ever have family events? Why would River need to come? I thought she hated her and her family?
River showed me her phone. The text mirroring mine, only a few minor changes.
"Hello my darling River, as you know, next week I need you and Maeve to come down to her house. We're having a family event. See you there! Xoxo"
Did the same person write both texts? I'm immediately hit with that weird feeling in my gut.
"You knew they wanted to have a get together?" I ask referring to the "as you know" in her text.
She freezes for a moment, quickly pulling herself together and shrugs. "My mom mentioned it, I thought she was just teasing or something."
I nod once, not letting the way she froze blow over. That was odd.
Somethings not right I can feel it.
Regardless to how I feel, it's not like I can just not go. That would cause irrelevant drama I don't want to deal with.
"I thought they hated each other?"
River again just shrugs and mutters 'same'.
I get up and stretch, watching River not so subtly check me out. I laugh softly and make my way to the bathroom to get ready.
