1st august 1986
Kim kept the note to herself, she was lost in her own thoughts and it had been a few days since the letter.
She had attempted to avoid speaking to him by spending the majority of her time at home, but of course her mother was worried.
Kim's mother's voice echoed through the thick door, "Oh Kim, come out," to which Kim retorted, "Mom, I said i don't feel well."
her mother groaned while opening the door "no come on Kim, we have a party to be at, so get a shower and get dressed."
"mom!" Kim eyed her mom angrily.
Her mother shut the door and told her to "shut up Kimberley" as she left.
Kim couldn't get the thought of how her dads death date was soon approaching, something she couldn't exactly deal with on her own.
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"Heart" my mom hugged rivers mother, "welcome guys, kim" heart grinned at kim and then hugged her.
Kim noticed a tall blonde looking at her as she hugged heart.
His demeanour remained sad.
Kim was soon met by a smiling rain as hearts invitation to "come in" was extended to them both.
"Come to my room, Kim, the party hasn't started yet." Rain grinned Before leading Kim up the stairs
Kim had a glance around Rain's room and noticed that she had a really hippie look.
She had planets all over her room, as well as posters, a guitar, and a worn-out rug on the floor.
"Oh, I just have to get something. I'll be back." Rain grinned before shutting the door behind her.
Kim hesitated for a moment before moving cautiously towards the direction of the instrument.
She gave the top of it a light stroke as she recalled the time River had played a song for her on it.
She also considered how similar the instrument appeared to be like rivers, with the same stickers and scratches, in fact.
"kim?" Kim heard a deep, low voice say as a door closed behind her.
"Could we maybe talk right now?" the Deep voice spoke.
Kim couldn't bring herself to turn around so she simply stood there frozen in shock.
Kim then started to sob quietly as the room fell silent briefly.
They started to become louder and louder, and then the person grabbed her from behind and pulled her into a tight hug.
The deep voice tightened the embrace as it said, "I'm sorry, I'm so fucking sorry."
Kim sank into the person's chest, pressing her face deep.
The person gently touched the top of Kimberley's head while saying, "I'm here for you."
only mild breathing and music coming from downstairs could be heard in the room
"river?" kim said through quiet sobs
"yeah kim" he pulled his face away to look at her
" my dads death date is coming up soon" kim let out a big breath while saying this.
river kept quiet before speaking up, "kim, do you wanna get out of here"?
kim nodded before standing up straight, followed by river.
for the first time in weeks kim had seen what she had seen in him the first time she had met him, pure love.
river wiped her tears away before swiftly going downstairs to the front door.
on the way there kim had noticed her and his family drinking and having fun time, almost as if nothing had just happen
river had held her hand while he walked.
where are we going river?" kim questioned
"you'll see,trust me" he replied
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moments later they was infront of a gate, a gate that lead to a field
"don't ask any questions" river looked at her before helping her over the gate.
"i come here sometime when i need to be alone" river spoke as he carried on leading her.
"here" river pointed at the massive field flowers, kim was in shock, she didn't realise how beautiful something could be.
"i think about you a lot here." he spoke softly, "I thought it would be nice to get you away from your trauma for a bit" he. finally looked at her.
all she could do was hug him, "thank you" she spoke quietly
he gave her a small nod before they both sat down
"river?" kim looked at him.
"yeah?" he replied,
"i forgive you" kim said putting her head down.
"i don't deserve this Kim i understand if you don't want too"
"no river i do."
"thank you" he let out a small sob before hugging her
they laid down in the flowers, looking at the sky, no one spoke a word.
