Daddy's little girl

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"Atticus Maurice Williams you are grounded for life!" My dad shouts as we make our way back into the gang house. I myself was jet lagged and furious my father was being an over dramatic drama king. River hasn't spoken to me since our little phone call mishap. A week ago. Visiting my aunt beck was fun, even with the cancer eating away at her body she was still herself.

The plane ride was a pain. River booked himself his own seat. Six rows away from me and my dad . Which ended up in my dad taking River's seat and shaming me over what happened in New York the whole plane ride. Even more than he did when i came back to the hotel. Which too was torture.

"I'm aware dad, you've been telling me that for the last week" I groan, "Im going to bed"

I rush myself away from all the talking and blabbing and shut my bedroom door. I lock it to ensure no one will pop in last minute and disturb me.

My phone begins dinging so i pull it out of my carry-on to see a couple texts from Dylan which makes me smile.

Dylan- Soo, This Danny dude has come to the house 12 times trying to get my sisters attention. Adam is anything but happy

Dylan- i want to punch him in the throat for you since you never got the chance to ;)

Me- Danny is very persistent. It takes a tragedy for him to take a hint

Dylan- Well, if he lays a finger on Ronnie then he'll be the tragedy

Me- how's ronnie taking it?

Dylan- she's doing good. She gets her toughness from her athletic brother...

Me- brother?

Dylan- i'm a music kinda guy ;)

Me- my singing sounds like a dying cow

Dylan- honestly, same lmao

Me- but you said you were a music guy?

Dylan- I don't have to sing to be a music guy. I wanna produce things. And i can kinda rap a little

Me- sound like you have A talent

Dylan- hate to say i can't serenade you :(

Me- and whys that lover boy?

Dylan- i hear serenation is the key to winning the girl ;)

My fingers hovered over my screen keyboard as i read over Dylan's text over and over again. I biting my lip so hard i was afraid i was going to punch a hole through it.

That's one benefit i have from no longer messing with Noah. I can finally bite my lip again. a habit i was soon to break out of. A habit i missed.

As i'm about to type out my flirtatious reply i hear yelling and banging from the other side of me door. I throw my phone on my bed and walk slowly to my door.

Anything could be happening out there, intruder, opposing gang break-in, literally ANYTHING.

I creak my door open lightly to see River pacing around the house. He was kicking things over and throwing things around. He looks as if he were just crying. Suddenly he stops , turns, and slams his fist into a wall. He then bangs his back against the broken wall and breaks into tears.

He begins speaking to himself under his breathe. Saying words in french. I vaguely remembered taking it last semester. I remember that was the only class River enjoyed , let alone attended. He said french was the language of love and he could pick up more ladies knowing it.

*"Je ne serai pas un père" He curses under breath before he switches back to english, "FUCK!"

He slides his back down the wall slowly as more tears come rolling down his cheeks.

**"Je suppose que c'est vrai, les gens durs pleurent aussi?" Rivers head shoots up and it's now i see him more clearly. Puffy red eyes, messy hair, glossy tear stained cheeks

***"La douleur exige de se sentir" He dryly chuckles running his hands through his hair once again.

"What happened?" I ask slowly joining him on the wall. River pulls his knees up to his chest and then lays his head against my shoulder. I didn't mind.

"Isabelle called" Is all he says

I get an uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach. I don't think what he's upset about is what i'm thinking but if it is, i understand why he's so upset.

"She lost the baby"

My heart instantly breaks in two. I never experienced the pain of losing a child but i cant even imagine the agony and hurt that River and Isabelle probably going through at the moment.

I hear River begin to sniffle again and my shoulder begins to become damp. I close my eyes softly, trying not to shed any tears myself.

I take in a deep breath and turn to where River is now facing me. I grab his face in my hands and press our foreheads together,

"Your going to get through this"

River closes his eyes tightly and a tear slides down his cheek slowly. He takes a deep breath and opens them again. He then realizes how close our faces are to eachother.

If he were to lean in an inch we'd be kissing. So we sit there. Staring into eachothers eyes with our lips twitching to touch.

"I'm sorry" River blurts suddenly.

I let out a dry chuckle, "For what? ignoring me for wanting to have fun?"

"I guess i just hated the thought of you in bed with another guy" He admits breaking the eye contact by inverting his eyes to the floor.

"Hey look at me" River lifts his gaze to my eyes again, "We didn't do anything. And honestly i would've felt the same way"

As River slowly begins to lean in. We hear the door swing open. We jump away from eachother and look in that direction to see AJ and Martin storming in laughing three guys following behind them.

One i recognized as Mason Prince. The rich white boy if our school that everyone despised. He was spoiled rotten but didn't take advantage of it. He was a jock who didn't use his money to get anywhere. He had drive and passion for football.

Another one who id seen before was Bradley Stevens. Caption of the basketball team. Human Hercules. And second biggest man whore. River of course topping that list.

The third kid i didn't recognize until his eyes caught my gaze.

what the hell is Makana doing here?

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heyy guys. So i kinda sorta liked this chapter. I finally have a path for this book to go on.

I kinda sorta hate that i had Isabelle lose the baby but River needed to have an obstacle that got him upset.

Here are the translations for the French part of the book.

*We actually lost the baby

** I guess it's true, Tough guys cry too?

*** Pain demands to be felt

Only fault in our stars fans with get the last one ;)