The not-so girl next door

Chapter ten

"Trevor stop throwing shit at me!" I yell turning around stomping toward him. He raises his hands spinning away from me.

"Calm down, J! I was just bringing you the stuff you left in class." He finally see's River, he smirks rushing around me to get to her. "You must be the lovely River." I roll my eyes and pick up the bag that had hit me. I throw it into the back of her car.

"Uh yeah I am," She says putting on the smile she gave when she first met me. She is cautious around people she doesn't know, but she is always kind. I walk over to her and wrap an arm around her.

"This is Trevor. He is a dick but has been my friend since Middle school." I gesture toward him. I soon see the rest of our friends running over to us.

"James, Trevor! What are you doing we need to go get ready!" Dean yells. He spots River and stops in his tracks. Miles stays quiet. "Oh You must be the pretty lady from the other day."

"Yeah she is. Now lets go inside so we can go get dressed." I say pulling River toward the school. She smiles at Dean and Miles saying it is nice to meet them. The guys follow behind us. Once we reach the gym I see Rue sitting in her normal spot. I pull River over to her. "Rue this is my..."

"River," she says smiling, I laugh lightly. There really wasn't any other way to discribe her. She is my River. Rue looks up from her book and smiles.

"It's so nice to meet you! I hope you stick around and can handle the guys, it would be nice to have a girl with me." I was shocked with how much Rue spoke. She usually is quiet around other people.

"I think I can handle them," She says smirking. She looks over at me for a second causing me to blush. I feel hands clap down on my arm and pull me away. It was Trevor. He pulls me into the locker room to change.

"You know she is really hot!" Trevor says looking at me.

"Trev, you have a girlfriend," Miles points out.

"Yeah I know. I was just pointing out that James caught a good one!" He says in defense. I through my shirt at him.

"Watch yourself. She isn't mine yet. Also if Rue heard you talking like that she might break every bone you got." he rolls his eyes and throws my shirt back at me. We all head out of the locker roon bickering. Practice goes by fast, I notice River watching every move I made. I feel nervous but it also made me want to prove myself. Once practive was over I change back into normal clothes as fast as I can. I throw on some deodorant I keep in my gym locker and run out to River.

"Rue tell the guys I'm leaving and not to wait up," I say pulling her away. Rue nods. She had her book closed, that was a first. She must of really liked River.

"Okay! It was nice to meet you River."

"You too Rue!" River yells. We get to her car in no time but before she could unlock it I pull her into a deep kiss. I pull away after a while. We both were panting.

"Cherry lice," I say leaning my forehead against hers. She laughs lightly. "I couldn't help myself."

"I'm glad you couldn't," She says in a light breathy voice. "I need to get you home so I can go to work."

"You have thirty minutes."

"Then lets make them count," She says smirking before jumping into the driver's seat. I smile and run my hand through my hair. Life feels like a dream when I'm with River, I rush over to the passenger side. Once I'm in River starts the car and speeds out of the parking lot. I hold her hand as she drives toward my house, she parks in her driveway and turns off the car. The music was still playing though. She turns to me and smiles. The shoulder of her coat has fallen down and I saw what she was wearing under, nothing but a pink lace bra. I blush deeply as I fix her jacket.

She blushes back at me, "I work at a lingerie coffee shop." She says not meeting my eyes anymore. I squeeze her hand and place the other one on her cheek.

"You don't need to be embarrassed by it," I say leaning closer to her. I don't kiss her, all I do is lean my forehead to hers. She closes her eyes and smiles.

"I want to quit... I hate it... I hate having guys look at me... I use to like it but since..." She stops talking. I pull her close to me and hold on to her tight.

"You don't have to talk about it, just know you can if you want to." I say before kissing her head. She nods against my chest. I look to the clock and see there is 10 minutes left till she needs to be at work. "You should be getting to work," I say moving so I can pull her face up to mine. I kiss her lips lightly, it slowly turns more passionate but soon I pull away. "I'll talk to you later okay?"

She flops back into the drivers seat and presses her hands to the wheel, "Fine." She looks to me with a sad smirk on her face. I grab my bag from the back seat and then lean to kiss her cheek. I get out her car and walk down to the street. She backs up and soon is speeding off to work. I rub the back of my neck as I watch her leave. I can't help but smile as I enter my own house. It was strangely silent. Then again I am never home around this time.

I run up to my room to change and quickly head to the park. I call Trevor to make sure that they all are there.

"Hey fag boy!" Trevor yells once he picks up.

"Shut the fuck up dick weed. You guys at the park?"

"Where else would we be?"

"Sucking dick?" I hear the other guys laugh when I say this. I must be on speaker.

"Harrdy har har. Get your lover boy ass over here." Trevor then hangs up. I smirk and leave my room. I hear my mother talking down stairs and my brothers running around. Suddenly I can feel the pain surging through my face. I had almost forgotten I was injured. I swallow sharply and rush down the stairs.

"I'm going to the park," I say quickly as I rush out the front door. I close it with a slam. Soon I am running down the street to the park. As I come to the park I feel my lungs burning, I fall to the grass next the court. My friends walk to stand over me.

"I think he is dead," Dean says.

"I can get rid of the body," Miles replies without a second of hesitation.

"Shut up," I say breathlessly. I sit up slowly, feeling dizzy.