Fractured Fundamentals

scheming--steaming enchiladas for dinner.

Rivers pov

I woke up at Collins house on the couch with a splitting headache. I reached in my back pocket for my phone and pulled it out, reading that it was 6:00 pm. I tasted an unhealthy amount of blood in my mouth and took the gauze's out heading up the steps, for Collins room. I knocked on the door softly but he didn't answer. I knocked again and he opened the door. "Oh i'm sorry babe how long have you been knocking? i was out like a light." he pulled me in his room by my waist. "I just knocked, and I'm pretty sure I was out longer than you." i shoved him playfully. "Yeah. I texted Mark for you, told him you were at my place with me and my mom." "Thanks, and Thanks for taking me to and from the orthodontist." I pecked his cheek carefully, not wanting to hurt myself. "Oh yeah, you need your gauze's changed, and you need to take your antibiotics for the pain." he said scrambling to his bed to find the stuff. He sat me down on the bed and knelt down between my legs. "Take this. " he said handing me a pill from the bottle with my name on it, and a bottle of water. I took it and prepared for the disgusting part. "Alright. Open up beautiful, I promise to be gentle." He said. "Um i'm sure I can do it, wouldn't want you to be too disgusted." I warned him. "Open." I then gave up and opened my mouth to reveal the crime scene that awaited him. Surprisingly he didn't react the way I thought he would. He put the gauze in and pulled his bloody fingers out. When he saw the blood on his fingers he took a napkin and wiped it off without saying anything. "Now was that so hard?" He asked kissing my cheek. "Not at all. Thank you Dr. Myers." I replied laughing. This boy right here can really make my day. "So, you hungry?" He asked getting up and picking up the trash. "Like a wolf." I said standing up. "Well my mom cooked enchiladas if you want some." "OH MY GOD YES! I love your moms Cooking." I said walking out the door practically running down the stairs. "Hey slow down speedy." He raced after me. When I hit the bottom of the steps I smelt the most heavenly smell I've ever smelt in my entire 18 years of living. "Dinner is ready-- Oh River I thought you were still asleep. Come eat, I cut up the enchiladas for you." Mrs. Myers said placing a plate on the table for me. "Thank you so much Mrs. Myers--I mean Jen." I laughed remembering she wanted me to call her Jen. "No problem sweetie. Now you two eat up, I have to run to the liquor store. I'll be back." she Kissed Collin on the cheek and me on the head leaving the room. "Be careful mom!" Collin yelled out. She then closed the front door. "So. What about that plan?" I asked Collin while taking a bite out of my food with caution. "I got the perfect idea. What i was thinking was, we could get Lucy to talk to you about the situation and have her ask you if you broke things off with me." "I'm listening." "And you can record her." "with a camera?" I asked looking at him like he was crazy. "NO! by using a voice recorder." "Ohhh. I get it." I say finally getting it. "We can get her plan on tape and download it to a hard drive." he said finishing his food walking to the kitchen. "Then she would look like the biggest bitch in school!" I said liking this idea. "Yep. but I thought about it harder and longer."  He said scaring me of what else he might have planned. "I was thinking we could keep two empty drives." "why?" i asked confused. "Think about it. What if something was to happen to the original? we could wave around the fake one to Lucy and keep the real one in safe keeping. She ruins everyone's lives around her and that makes her a terrible person, but I just got to this school and I really like it here and I like you. It'd be a shame if I have to move back home." He said returning to the table to grab my empty plate. I don't know why he wants to tease her when we could just expose her! I guess I understand where he's coming from though. So I thought long and hard about it, I wouldn't want to ruin her life because she made mine a living hell. I should be the bigger person. If I leak that tape, I would be a bigger bitch than she is, and I don't need that. "Why not make her believe I can ruin hers?" I said hopping on the bandwagon. "So we can black mail her into being more nice to the students of Phil Mills High!" Collin said triumphantly. "Okay. So when should we put this well effective plan into action?" I asked ready to get this show on the roll. "On Monday." He said making his way back to the table. "I love you." I said looking in his eyes. He seemed a bit shocked but returned it. "I love you too."

Collins pov

When she told me she loved me at this moment, I felt the world stop, as did my heart. I wanted to grab her face and pull her in for a long sweet passionate kiss but I didn't want to hurt her cheek. If only she wasn't in so much pain right now! God I can't keep holding back from her, it's like I wish I can take back the night I accidentally called her Parish when we were...doing the deed. Maybe that would make losing my virginity so much more promising.