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Chapter 5~

It Has Been Around 10 Minutes Since Riley And I Drove Out Of My Apartment Driveway.We Would Occasionally Look at Each Other But I Always Find Myself Staring Outside The Window onto The New York Traffic. Riley Car Smelled Lightly Of Kiwi Mango, Which Was A Common Sent Of Riley. Riley's Neatly Brushed Hair Would Bounce up And Down While She Dances to Whatever Song Is Playing On The Radio. When She Reached a Red Light She Would Look Over At Me Smiling Noticing The Friendship Ring Around My Finger.. I Slowly Start To Look At The Ring Carefully, Noticing a Word Engraved in It.

"Thunder" I Whisper Looking Back Up, Looking Through The Window.

"Lightning" I Hear Riley Whispered Back, Holding Up The Hand With The Ring One It. We Both Show Quick Glances as She Places Her Eyes Back Onto The Road, Smiling.  A Few More Minutes Of Silence Pass. A Few More Minutes Of Small Heartfelt Glances. More Butterflies That Arrive Every Time Those Brown Eyes Linger Over To Mine. 

 Once Again My Trance Is Interrupted By The Sound Of A Soft Voice Sitting Beside Me.

"We Should Play A game, You Know, To Pass Time" Riley Announced, Happily.

"And What Shall we Play?" I Ask Curious And Intrigued At What The Brunette Has In Mine.

"We Both Get One Question Now, And Then How Many Customers You Help Out Today determines How Many Questions You Can Ask Later." Riley Reply's, Looking Over At Me When The Light Goes Red.

"You're On Matthews, You Ask First"

"Okay, Tell Me About Your Family, May. Who Do You Live With?"

I Hesitated On Saying Anything At First. Although My Family Could Be Worse, I Hate bringing Up my Family At Any Moment. Or Bringing Up the Past Of Any kind. I've Only Spoke About My family To My Closest Friend From High School. If this Wasn't Riley Asking, I Wouldn't Answer.

"I Have A Confusing Family.My Father Left And Started A new Family, Just Me And My Mom Now. Enough About Me,What's The Matthews Family Like?"

"There's Mom,Dad, Me, And My Little Brother Auggie. My Uncle Josh Was Your Boss Before I Was, He Was Attending College And Had To Move So He Left Me In Charge."

"Josh Is Your Uncle?" She Nods Slightly, Placing her Eyes Back On The Road. A Few Minutes Later We Finally Reach The Store. We Quickly Load Everything In And Start To Open The Store.About A Hour In i Start My Way To The Attic To Find Boxes Filled With More Inventory. Once I Come Back Down With A Box I Notice Riley Standing At The Counter With Two Receipts.

" I Was Up There For 5 Minutes And You Already Had Two Customers" Riley Nods With A Big Grin On Her Face As She Adds The Receipts To The Folder. As The Slow Day Passes, There Was No More Costumers The Rest Of The Day. As The End Of The Work Day Arrives, Riley And I Find Our self Locking Up The Store and heading Out To Her Car .

"Go Ahead And Ask Your Questions, You Won"

"What Is Your Relationship With Your Mom?" She Asks While Pulling Out of the Driveway,Driving into the New York City Traffic.

"It's Okay. We Ask Each Other How's Work, She Says She's Going To Take A Shower, I Wake Up And There's A Note Saying She's Going To Be Late. It's Our Routine." I Truthfully Answer To Riley's Question.

  "Well For My Second Question, Tonight My Family Is Having A Small Family Dinner, Would You Like To Join Us For Dinner?" I Nod Smiling, Looking out the Window.

                                                                                       "Whatever You Want"

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