Part 30- Cheap

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Day 52- Monday

     In the morning, I woke up to find Riley cuddled up to my back because I was on my side.

     I tried not to wake him as I quickly, but quietly, moved out of the tent and to the river. On the large rock in the middle of it lay something small wrapped in leaves, so I waded out to get it, not caring if my clothes got wet. One leaf had a name carved on it- LINDSAY. I slowly took off one leaf at a time until...

     It was a dawn flower! But this wasn’t just any dawn flower…it had orange petals with yellow and red rings and stripes.

     I held it to my heart. I knew it was a gift from Riley. "Pretty isn't it?" said a deep voice.

     I turned and saw Riley standing on the riverbank. He was shirtless and had his hands in his pajama pants pockets. Damn. "Where'd you find it?" I asked, "They don't grow around here."

     "That's the only one I've ever seen. Except on the TV." he replied. Riley sloshed over in the river to the rock I was sitting on. My hand was on the rock behind me, supporting me. Riley put his hand on mine. I looked into his eyes, leaned down, he stood on his toes, and we kissed. ‘Since Toby is no longer, I might as well go back to Riley.’ I thought to myself, ‘God that makes me feel so cheap!!’

     We went for a swim in the clothes we were wearing and Riley kept going underwater and popping up behind me. One time he swam through my legs and lifted me onto his shoulders.

     After I fell off, I popped up behind him and he whirled around. So I wrapped my arms around his neck and he kissed me again. I did not love Riley, but I could not deny that I liked him. This didn't feel right now. It felt wrong. Even though my boyfriend, Toby, was...dead, I still felt like he was with me. It felt like I was cheating. After all, we never actually broke up. And this was his brother! I knew Riley still liked me though.

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ONE MORE PART!!!! AHHHH!!!!

What do you think will happen in the VERY LAST PART???

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