River.

Chapter 27: Simon

Riley's P.O.V.

I turned in my bed and tried to get comfortable. I really didnt feel like getting up. I looked at my alarm clock and saw that it was already noon. Which was weird considering I'm usually up by 6 am EVERY day. After I'd just got comfortable and was dozing off I heard my room door slowly creak open. I raised my head up from under the covers and waited for my eyes to unblur to see who it was. Once they did I saw the last person I'd expect,

Grayson was peeking his head into my room as he slightly hid behind the door. I laughed a bit at how nervous he looked.

"Whats up buddy?" I sleepily asked him. My voice came out a bit deeper and scratchier than usual but that was only because I'd just woken up.

He pushed the door further open and took a step into my room as he became more comfortable.

"Um- Mrs. Mon-woe said that its time to wake up." He said. At first I had to process what he said because I had no idea who 'Mrs. Mon-woe' was. Then I realized that he meant Mrs. Monroe- my mom.

"Tell her that I'll be down in a minute." I replied.

"But she said now." He stated.

"I WILL BE DOWN THERE IN A MINUTE." I raised my voice a little louder.

"Hey." Grayson said. "No need to yell at me, I'm just the messen-joh."

I laughed again. "Don't you mean messenger?"

"Ah,potato po-tah-to." He responded.

This kid was funny.

"How old are you again?" I curiously asked.

"5...But Wiva says I could pass as 14." He solemnly replied. "Now, awh you gonna get up? Because Mr. Mon-woe said that if I got you up I could have ice-cweam."

"Yea. Im getting up."I said without actually moving.

I looked back at the door and saw that he was still standing there.

"What?"I asked.

"I'm not leaving until you get up." He stated. "I'm sewious when it comes to my ice-cweam."

"Fine!" I yelled out as I got out of bed and threw a shirt on. "How the hell are you even 5? You're too damn relentless to be just 5 years old."

He giggled then ran downstairs.

Ugh. Kids are so evil.

I made my way downstairs and into the kitchen where I saw Cassidy and Danny laughing together, Jordan and River talking, Max and AJ playing chess, and my dad cooking lunch for everyone.

The first thing that came to mind was: What the hell is going on?

Everything that was going on in that moment was wrong. Cassidy was PISSED at Danny literally just last night. Jordan HATED River. Chess was the LAST thing Max and AJ would ever play. And my dad NEVER cooked!

What made things even weirder was when I saw Grayson hiding in a cabinet right beside where my dad was cooking.

Obviously my face looked confused because everyone soon stopped what they were doing and stared directly at me.

"What?" Jordan asked.

"You look like you just saw a ghost." Max stated.

"No." I said. "I'm just not used to seeing you all like this. It's- weird."

I ignored their stares and walked to the pantry. After browsing for a few seconds I grabbed a box of Captain Crunch.

I turned my head to see Dad frozen and glaring at me as if I was stupid.