Love Will Tell 2 ✔ (Wattys2017)

Part 17

By noon Riley is rested and changed from her morning dress to jean shorts and a tank top. She runs her finger along the top of the door frame until she finds the key. Unlocking the basement door and opening it, a gust of hot air hits her. "Damn.." She turns the light over the stairs on and walks down. She unlocks the wooden door and turns on the light. The room lights up and she looks around. She walks across the floor to the big bean bag and turns it over, unzipping the cover. 

"You shouldn't be mad at her, she didn't know." 

Riley turns around and looks at Jace. "I'm not mad at her for laying in bed with you. Go away." 

"No." Jace walks into the room and closes the door. "You need to stop your little girl act. Its getting old." 

"I'm mad at her because ever since you two fuck heads got here she has done nothing but complain. Fuck her. Fuck you. Wait how about you both go fuck each other." Riley smiles. "Never mind, you've already done that." Riley shrugs. "I'm over it. You broke my heart, yes it hurts, but I cant sulk around thinking about the good things and the bad things about you.  I'm better. I'm working. I got my license. I have a great and loving family. A great best friend. I don't need a child like you in my life." She grabs the pillows off the couch and walks upstairs. "Hey Mary?!"  Riley yells. 

"In the kitchen!" Mary yells back.

Riley walks through the dinning room then into the kitchen. "Did you go shopping?" Riley looks at all the shopping bags. 

"Sorts. Whats up?" 

"Do we have other pillows and bean bag covers?" 

"I think in the upstairs linen closet. I don't think they're orange though." Mary pulls out clear candy jars from the bags.

"What are those for?" 

"Your movie thing. We don't have a food stand so we'll be putting a table of snacks down stairs. Probably have some soda and waters. I think your dad is renting a slushy machine. Although I don't think Ill put out the mini m&ms." 

Riley's eyes go big. "Mini m&ms? Where?" She drops the pillows and cover and runs up to the counter of bags. She rushes through the bags until she finds the bag of candy. "Can I eat these?" 

"Sure." 

Riley picks up the pillows and the cover, runs out of the kitchen yelling Thank you. She jogs upstairs to the second floor. She puts the stuff in the laundry room and grabs fresh pillows and covers from the closet.