Quick question before we get into this weeks double chapter. Just to see if your paying attention, how many times has River dated Ivory?

Let's do it

The break I needed finally came letting me do what I should have done a while ago.

I shoved my school uniform into my bag and grabbed my phone, quickly opening the chat.

Me: It's over. We barely see each other and I don't want a relationship like this. Sorry but it's over.

I know, I know. I probably should've broken up with Alexa before asking Ivory out but I didn't... Okay wait nevermind. If you have been following anything in this book, you should know by now that I am a horrible person. I could make up an excuse saying I didn't have time or something even worse than that, but I'm not gonna. You are the only people I can be real with and if you can't accept me, you could imagine how much people actually do.

My message was left on one tick so I knew she would see the message well into my practice time, leaving me with enough time to find a distraction.

Baseball season was a semester or term away so until then I was in Luke Middelton's field hockey team. I wasn't good enough to be in the senior team so officially, I was in my grades team : the under sixteens.

My real passion was baseball. Spending three hours a day, four days a week practicing proved it. I never missed a practice, never missed a game.

Besides baseball, there wasn't really much. I wrote a lot on this free app called wattpad but not a lot of people read it besides my friends, and they only read a few chapters. I guess I had knack for being surrounded by drama.

Ivory would tell you I have a knack for getting myself into drama. I'll tell you right now, that's bull. So what if I like doing things on emotion? If you had to make a decision to do the logical thing which your brain is telling you to do or follow your heart and do what you want, wouldn't you do what your heart wants?

"Look at you being antisocial." I almost dropped my phone and hockey stick whirling around to see Ivory standing behind me, smirking.

"I need a break from my social life every now and then." I said while my eyes raked her form.

She too was dressed for her practice and looked stunning. I focused on her yoga pants because firstly, who wears pants on such a hot day. Secondly, I don't know if I said this earlier but Ivory was seriously beautiful and athletic. She didn't like showing off so I could understand why she was wearing a loose, old shirt but she definitely liked showing everything else.

"You mean the lack of one." She replied. I brought my eyes back to her face and for a moment just settled under her golden gaze.

She smirked.

"What? Sorry I wasn't really listening." I admitted, unable to stop a bashful smile.

"Oh I know. What were you staring at?" She asked, moving a little closer.

I threw my phone on top of my bag, stepped forward and circled my arms around her waist. "At my beautiful girlfriend. You look amazing."

Her smirk turned into a full blown smile. She pushed me away making me trip over my own feet which made her laugh.

That was the thing between Ivory and I. It was a unspoken agreement that nothing would happen between us except hugging. She wasn't that type of girl and for some odd reason, I didn't want to do anything either. With my previous girlfriends, I always did something whether it was kissing or a little dirtier.

I knew that one day I would look at Ivory and realize how much I want to brand those lips with mine, disgard that loose shirt she was wearing and rip her yoga pants but that was far away.

Right now, in this moment with all my troubles forgotten, all I wanted was Ivory.