Chapter 10

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Cory's POV

"How you doing Auggie?" I smiled.

Auggie flicked through his comic book and grinned at me with his crooked teeth. His baseball hat was askew, and his shirt was covered in orange juice.

"WE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!" Auggie had been saying the same thing for the past fifteen minutes.

Topanga turned away from the window, and smiled the most beautiful smile in the world. Even after so many years, the beauty of the flowers was nothing compared to hers.

"Why didn't Riley come?" Auggie asked.
"She's recovering from exams."
"We took them. We nearly died."
"CORY!"
"Just saying."

All of a sudden, my phone started beeping like crazy. Topanga picked it up, and a worried voice boomed from the speakers.

"Mr Matthews?" a pleasant voice with a Texas accent called.
"Hi Lucas, what's the problem?"

There was an agonising wait, and then I heard two words I hoped I'd never hear again.

"It's Riley."

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