The Day After He Killed Himself

Chapter 13

  Logan and Gray have been in Logan's room talking for a half-hour now. No one else knows what happened, so they were confused, but no one seemed to care that much. I sat on Roberts's lap and talked to him and his football friends like I've known them forever. They were surprisingly friendly, and they started calling me Riv, but I didn't correct them. Riv was almost like an alter ego who everyone liked. I wasn't afraid when I was her, and I had all the confidence in the world.

Robert was so sweet, and he didn't try to make any moves on me. Ella, Scarlet and Angie were almost getting annoyed at all the attention I was getting from the boys, I guess they just didn't like them as much as they enjoyed me.

Some cheerleaders and other popular girls and guys showed up, so hang out was turning more into a party.

"Let's play a game." Darek smiled and looked right at me.

"What kind of game?" I asked hesitantly.

"Spin the bottle, seven points in heaven version." he grinned.

"Sure!" Angie said, eagerly.

"I don't know guys," Robert looked at me and could tell I was extremely uncontrollable.

"Oh come on, Robby, everyone else wants to, right River?" Derek asked, and suddenly everyone looked at me.

"Um," I looked at Robbert, and he looked at me like I could say no if I wanted to, but when I looked around, I didn't seem like I had a choice. "Ya, I'll play." I shrugged.

"Fantastic." Derek chugged the remainder of his beer and then threw it on the floor. Everyone gathered around, and I got off if Robber's lap so it would be clear when the bottle spun around. "How many closets do you have down here?" Derek asked me.

"Um, two, plus the bathroom and the boiler room," I said as I counted in my head.

"Perfect, we can have four games going at once." I could tell Derek wanted to get into a closet with me, which only made my heart beat faster. I didn't want to kiss anyone, nevermind make out for seven minutes.

"I'll go first!" Angie quickly raced to the bottle and spun it. It landed on Mateo Galarza, a tall and cute junior who just moved here from Puerto Rico.

"Looks like we have our first pair." Derek laughed.

"No. No way." Mateo shook his head and ended the happy expression on Angie's face.

"You have to dude; it's the rules." Derek grinned.

"Whatever," Mateo muttered and then stood by Angie.

"Who wants to go next?" Derek looked right at me, but I quickly looked away. My only way of getting out of this was to just wait for the game out until Logan came downstairs and put an end to it.

"I'll go." Mikey Martin shrugged and spun. It landed in some sophomore who I didn't know too well; her name is Emma, I think. They seemed pleased and stood by each other.

"I'll go next," Derek said and winked at me. He spun the bottle and seemed confident with it until he landed on Robert. "I think it's more towards Riv." He tried to say, but the bottle was pointing at Robert.

"I don't think so," I told him to smuggle. "Looks like you two are going in the closet." Everyone laughed, and a wave of relief went over me.

"How about you just spin again," Robert suggested.

"Ya, good thinking." Derek spun, and the bottle landed on the girl next to me. She seemed happy, but Derek had a massive pout on his face.

"Riv, how about you go?" Simon nudged at me.