so i'm showing you guys another preview of my little river phoenix fanfic called "white boys" and i've written a lot more since the last preview thing so i wanted to share it !!! thoughts every1 ? river's so cute in this it pains me. right in the honey nut feelios. idk i know i'm exposing like haLF of the book by now bUT i want ppl to read it y'all it's so cute.
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"My name's River. River Phoenix."
"Oh. That's a... cool name," Robyn found a way to describe his name without unintentionally sounding insulting. There was a silence while Robyn managed to separate her dogs and get them to walk alongside her. The kid had to have gone back inside his house by now, she was almost halfway down the sidewalk about to cross the street and go into the 7/11. However, she was wrong, she heard the whizzing of his bike tires as he rode next to her.
"You're very pretty, you know that though," the kid, River said as he tried to keep up with her now fast paced walking on his bike.
"Oh eat me," she bit back, ready for the backhanded compliment that went something like: "You're very pretty... for a black girl."
"No really, you're very pretty for a-" River began to speak, before being cut off.
"Black girl, I know," Robyn finished his sentence.
"I was going to say that you're very pretty for a girl who just moved here. Everyone else who's moved here is either an old woman or a guy or a whole family with kids too young to be as pretty as you," River corrected her- he didn't know why she was being so hard on herself.
"Um, are you serious?" she doubted him still.
"What, do you hate yourself? Because I know it doesn't make a difference when a simple white boy says it, but you really are very pretty."
Robyn didn't exactly know how to reply- she was shocked at his ease. But this had happened to her before, a white guy had pretended to have the hots for her only to try to get into her pants as a dare, and since everyone else was "too pussy" to touch the black girl, he went in. But she found out it was a dare only after she let him inside of her, and that was the story of how she had her first time.
"You're sure?" Robyn asked, furrowing her eyebrows and stopping still, gripping her dogs' leashes very tightly. River raised his brows at her, slowing down on his bike too,
"Never been so sure in my life. You're a lot prettier than most of the girls at my school, y'know. And possibly attitude-wise too. A bunch of them are real catty."
"Well... thank you, River."
"You're very welcome," River smiled softly to himself. Robyn began to walk again and River sped up on his bike. He seemed to be following her, and Robyn thought that was a little weird but she'd let it slide, he wasn't exactly bothering her or anything bad.
"Uh, here's my stop. See you around?" Robyn asked, though she wasn't sure whether she was hopeful or not that she'd see him again. It was inevitable anyway, he lived across from her, but she meant seeing him again intentionally, not just because they were neighbors.
"Funny enough, I was just about to go there- pick up some snacks for the kids I'm babysitting later on," River smiled.
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( part two )
"No, they're not here."
"So I guess you can't hang out with me then?" River asked, pursing his lips in an attempt not to smile at this girl for the umpteenth time today.
