"Everybody has a chapter they don't read out loud." -Unknown
"Now class, I know this is not about photography at first glance. But if you read deeper, we may not say our chapters out loud...but we can show them. And you can only be shown, if you want to be." Suddenly my highlighter was taken from my hand.
"Notes...cannot clear the lines inbetween, Ms.Carter." I smiled up at Professor McAdams and he smiled back; handing me my highlighter.
"Thank y-"
"Hello." Everyone's eyes shot towards the door, and once my eyes met his...he suddenly just beamed. I couldn't help but look down at my paper, a blush coming to my face. Why the hell did a woman's menstural cycle have to interfere with her hormones? Why must we have them at all?
"Mr.Phoenix, I was told you were altering your schedule. Please, sit next to Ms.Carter here. Also...make sure she's not taking notes too much." I heard the footsteps come closer, and settle down next to me.
"Will do, sir." I bit my lip and let my hair hide my face and thought back to last night.
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"Tonight was amazing, Sevine." River said, one hand on the steering wheel. The other laid on the back of my seat, not even fazing me.
"It really was. Thanks for asking me to come." He winked at me and turned his attention back to the road. What did that wink even mean?
"Can we make a pitstop?" I chuckled lightly and nodded.
"Sure. Is this a roadtrip?"
"Could be." We soon stopped on the side of the road. Killer alert, killer alert.
"River..."
"I'm not going to kill you. I promise you. C'mon." We both exited the vehicle and walked around to the back of it.
"So...nice night, huh?" I looked up at the stars and River nodded.
"Sure is." I was about to chew at my lip until I felt a large pain in my neck, making me seeth loudly.
"Agh...damn." River's eyes widened and he grabbed my hands.
"Are you okay? What's wrong?" The concern in his eyes was not fake, it made me feel safe, and okay.
"I...I have um...neck pains?" Great. That sounded more like a question, so it'll seem like I'm lying.
"Would you like to...tell the truth?" He started rubbing his thumbs along my palms, which was secretly calming.
"In the womb, I was always placing my neck in places that could hurt me. The doctors couldn't do anything about it. Later on my neck kept having what the doctors said was muscle strain. Slept on it wrong or lifted things too heavy. But it's something along the lines of Cervical Radiculopathy. A pinched nerve...a permanent...pinched nerve."
"Sevine-"
"It's not a huge condition, I'm not terribly disabled by it." I flinched and River moved behind me and his fingers began working on my neck. I sighed in relief at the relaxation his fingers gave me, let us please forget perverted thoughts.
"But it hurts you. You don't deserve to be hurt." I felt his warm breath on my ear, and despite that it sent a shiver down my spine.
"Thanks...Riv."
"You're welcome, Carter. I have a question." I rolled my shoulders against his hands and nodded.
"Hmm?"
"Can I...kiss you?" I turned around and looked up at him nervously.
"Can you...can you really?" He smiled softly and pressed his lips to my own. My hands settled onto his shoulders and his own on my waist.
"I can't...believe...you're letting me...kiss you." He said between kisses.
"I may or may not have sipped a tiny bit of something." I can admit I was a bit buzzed, but I'm totally fine.
"Of course you did." He lifted me up and I planted my knees on the car behind him.
"I've kinda always liked you." I whispered as he kissed around my face.
"Well then I guess you think it's about time I've done the same?" I smiled and shrugged.
"I guess so."
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"Do you regret it?" I tapped my pencil ferociously against my cheek and smiled. Thankfully he couldn't see.
"No...I couldn't."
"So it's safe to say I'm a good makeout partner?" He moved my hair out of my face and I almost laughed.
"I don't know...don't think I got a good grasp on some parts of it to tell." He leaned in closer, making me quite nervous.
"Then I guess we'll have to...try again?"
"Mr.Phoenix and Ms.Carter. Please pay attention." I looked down quickly, my hair falling back in its place to hide me and soon felt his hand grab ahold of mine.
"So is it a date?" He whispered very softly. I squeezed his hand and bit my lip, knowing he'd know my answer.
River Phoenix was one funny boy, with angelic eyes, whom I'd developed a bigger crush on since I first laid eyes on him.
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Fanfiction"How do I know you're not the one who's taking pictures of me?" I smiled, shrugged, and laid back. "You don't. That's the part that makes it thrilling. You have to keep it a secret at all costs, to win." "The worst part is...if I were to guess you...
