Damn it. She’s probably right.
Oh well. I add another slice of toast to her plate just in case. Besides, what happens if she forgets to eat her lunch at school? I wouldn’t want her getting hungry, though something tells me lunch is Aria’s favorite part of the day.
Noah comes striding in with a grin on his face and a twinkle in his eye before silently bending down and pressing a kiss to my cheek. He takes a seat beside Rivers, minding his own business as he goes about pouring himself a coffee and refilling mine and Tully’s.
“Yo,” Rivers says pushing up out of his chair, letting it scrape loudly against the tiles before taking his plate over to the sink and rinsing it off. “I’m out.”
“Huh?” Tully grunts, checking the time. “You never leave this early.”
“Yeah, umm…”
“You’re picking up Alyssa,” she says, finishing his sentence while looking down at her plate, though something tells me she just lost her appetite.
Rivers hovers in the kitchen for a long pause. “I don’t have to,” he murmurs, suddenly more at ease when talking about their feelings though I guess that happens when all their dirty laundry is forced out in the open.
“You’re not dating me, Rivers. You’re dating her. Go and pick the girl up.”
His eyes linger on her for a moment before he lets out a silent breath and walks away. No one says a word as we hear him walk through the house, collect his car keys, and then strides through the front door. All while Noah’s grin gets wider.
“You ok?” I murmur, looking to Tully to double check she’s not about to break.
The front door is barged in and Noah flies to his feet with only moments to spare before Rivers’ body slams him into the wall. The two of them go down to the ground, fists flying as they try to get the best of the other, Noah unable to control his howling laughter.
“What are you doing?” Violet shrieks as Noah’s dad, Eddison, hurries in to try and break them up.
Tully gapes at them while I watch on in suspicion. Noah was far too happy walking in here before. He was up to something and the sparkle in his eyes was the dead giveaway.
“Cut it out,” Eddison says, finally pulling them apart, though I don’t know how he’s capable of such a thing. He must be some kind of superhero with strength as his power because as far as I’m concerned, getting between these two during a fight is impossible and will most likely result in a death wish. “What the hell is going on?” Eddison scolds. “You’re scaring Aria.”
All eyes fall to Ari to find her standing on her chair, wide-eyed with a huge grin on her face. “Goooooo Rivers!” she squeals. Yeah, that’s my girl. You’ve got to be tough if you live in Haven Falls otherwise you simply won’t make it. I learned that the hard way. Aria though, she was just born tough. I have a feeling she’s seen more than the rest of us combined.
“Yeah, really scared,” Noah grins as Rivers continues to scowl.
“Will somebody please tell me what the hell is going on?” Tully cuts in. “I thought you had better things to do.”
Rivers’ eyes swivel to Noah. “I would be doing better things except there’s a massive, bright pink, ten inch, rubber dildo duct taped to my fucking hood.”
“What?” Tully barks out, gaping again before the uncontrollable laughter claims her.
“I got to see this,” I laugh, briefly wondering where the hell Noah had a bright pink dildo stashed and if I need to be concerned about him. I mean, there are some things I’m willing to do behind closed doors, but there’s definitely a limit to how crazy I’ll get. A ten inch dildo…maybe not. I’d prefer the real thing.
I make a break for the door with Tully barging out right behind me as I hear Aria in the kitchen singing, “Dildo, dildo, dildo.”
Fuck. That’s going to be a hard one to explain to my father.
The second I step out the door, the cold morning wind hits me, but I power on. There’s no way I’m about to miss this. My eyes quickly search out Rivers’ Firebird that sits right at the top of the drive and swaying proudly from left to right in the wind, is indeed, a massive, pink rubber dildo, and let me tell you, it’s definitely more than ten inches.
I stand and gape at Rivers’ new hood ornament, Tully rolls around on the ground, clutching her stomach while howling with laughter, Noah smirks from beside me as though he’s the proudest motherfucker around, while Violet desperately tries to hold Aria back, refusing to let her see what the hell a dildo is.
This day could not get any better. I swear, some kind of natural disaster could rip through here and the memory of this pink dildo will still manage to keep a smile on my face.