|| Take Me Away, River Phoenix ||

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A/n: Sorry for making this super long 😂😂 there are 4108 words too be exact. Lmk if you like it 😍😘

Chapter one:

It was a beautiful breezy California night in west Hollywood. Tonight was open mic night at the viper room. River had been sitting on the bar stool having his favorite kind of beer he loved in his short lived  maternal years. He was contemplating ways of starting a conversation with Rowan without scaring her.

"Rowan, we perform in less than an hour and you are supposed to be singing tonight." An annoyed  Julie lectured. River observed  the argument taking place close to him. He admired Rowan's outfit, the way Rowan dressed reminded him of the nineties era. 

Rowan sighed growing tired of how Julie always acted like her mother. "I know Jules, I got it together." Rowan interrupted, River felt the tension between the pair and vanished to the other end of the bar. There was a sudden burst of cold air that hit the two. Rowan and Julia beamed at each other in terror.

"Damn! Is it just me or do you suddenly feel cold?" Rowan whispered.  There was a long pause between the two before one of them spoke.

"No, I felt that too. Must be the draft in the vent, the other employees are afraid to go in the back. They say it's haunted." Julia muttered.

Rowan sighed and rolled her eyes slightly annoyed at how people always react or think with fear.

"Maybe it's River..." Rowan whispered. Julia shook her head laughing at Rowan's smart comment like it was a joke.

River crept out of the shadows and listened to Rowan and Julie whisper.

"No Jules I am being serious, Jesus... you work here and I have to remind you. River Phoenix died here almost twenty five years ago Halloween night Jules and he was or is the person who helped me see the world as it really is." Rowan protested. Julie sighed leaning against the wall, as if she knew the story already. River smiled and scuffed, relieved she was a fan.

"Rowie I know how much you admire his work and his soul altogether. Just think maybe you guys were accidentally put on the earth at different times, and you were actually destined to be his love interest." River smiled thinking of how the world worked in mysterious ways.

An old memory took over River's mind, he instantly thought of one of his fans.

She was a girl in her late teens at the time. River remembered she was wearing a flannel shirt with a pair of jeans and old worn-out converse. She approached his band at one of their underground shows and talked to River, she went on about how she loved him and his work. She went on about her love for him and said she was put on the planet to be with him. River chuckled at that memory.

The two girls had stopped arguing and River was hanging around gathering his thoughts. Meanwhile, Rowan was on stage tuning her guitar since her band was performing shortly. The club was growing slightly crowded, a bunch of different conversations were echoing throughout the club.

Unknown to Rowan, but well aware to Julia, Rowan's ex girlfriend Sam was at the entrance with Terence. Julia widened her eyes slightly in shock, she seen them both approaching the bar, Julie took off from behind the counter furious and charged at the couple.

Julie didn't know what to expect if Rowan had seen the people responsible for her pain at the club she would come at every weekend. Julie stopped in front of them with cross arms like a disappointed mother. Sam and Terence both smiled at Julia.