Renee's River | √

60. late nights & little lies

"Are you sure that's the reason?" I smiled a teasing smile.

"Yeah. I told you not to assume anything."

"What? I literally just asked if you were sure!" I laughed.

He let out a breath, rolling his eyes, "Okay, I admit it. Harper's really cute, and I've enjoyed the time I've gotten to spend with her. I like that I can be myself around her, but I'm wanting to give myself some time, especially after everything that happened with Sydney. I don't mind spending more time with Harper and getting to know her more, though."

I smiled softly at Kaleb, nodding. "And that's fine. You're a great guy, either way. Anyone should feel lucky to have you."

"Aw, stop, my heart's going to explode anytime soon."

I laughed, "Doofus."

Kaleb picked at a fry, putting it in his mouth as he said immediately, "Speaking of Sydney, you wouldn't believe what happened yesterday."

"What?" I furrowed my eyebrows.

"She came to meet me. Said she'd been looking for me."

"Oh, yeah, I should have told you she was going to come looking for you."

"What are you talking about?"

"I was leaving school yesterday when she came to meet me. Then she apologized and stuff like that. Confessed about being the one who had that rumor spread about me like I didn't already know," I chuckled lowly. "She was pretty much telling me irrelevant things, about Uh, how she never started dating you for the wrong reasons. What did she say to you?"

"It was quite a long conversation, but the summary of it all was that she missed me."

"Well... do you think she's being sincere?"

"I honestly don't care. I'm not going back to her or whatever."

"I felt bad for her," I admitted.

"Because you're too nice," he shrugged, smiling as he reached to take a fry off my plate, but I slapped his hand away immediately.

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"You sneaky little thing!" River attacked me with a hug from behind and repeated kisses on my neck, causing me to laugh.

"River," I laughed hard. "Stop."

"Come on," he turned me around so I was facing him. "Don't act like you don't know what you did."

I remained silent, just smiling at him when he raised a hand to my face, caressing it softly, "It's a really, really cool sweatshirt. I love it. I promise I'll always treasure it."

I pressed a kiss to his cheek, "I'm so glad you like it. The moment I saw It, I knew I had to get it for you."

"You did a pretty good job at hiding it, though."

I chuckled, remembering I'd kept it at the backseat, "How did you find it?"

"It was later that night. I was looking for my camera hand strap and I remembered I kept it in the car. I eventually found it in the backseat. That's where I saw it. Thank you so much, babe. It was a pretty cute thing you did for me."

I smiled teasingly, "I know."

He cupped my face, "Yeah?" He muttered against my lips.

"Mhm," I nodded. "Shouldn't you be with Sky? Finalising things?"

"I should, but I had to see you and I knew you were working here tonight, so I told her I had to pee. "

I chuckled, "And boom, she catches you."

"I'm pretty sure she won't— "

"There you are, River. You told me you had to pee!" Sky came in.

"Busted," River muttered and I burst into laughter. He had spoken too soon.

Sky shook her head and grabbed his wrist, pulling him away, "I'm sorry to interrupt your time with your girlfriend, but we have to get this stuff done by tonight. I won't have your time tomorrow, River."

I smiled at him, giving him a small wave before getting back to what I was doing. Marnie took my spot today at the counter. While Zuri and Nolan were now working on the donuts and brownies, it was my job for now to pack all the cupcakes into plastic wraps and place them on the rack... but now I found myself smiling like an idiot as I worked, thinking of River.

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