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CECILIA'S NAME HAS BEEN CHANGED TO SUMMER

Chapter 24 - The Chance Pt. 2

People take chances a lot, the risk reward system is good for wondering whether you should take a chance or not. But really, most rewards are bigger than the risks.

We are just to small to take them.

"You're scared of thunder, huh?" Kingston asks, his bare chest under my hands as I bite my lip. His hair is fluffy and I bring my hand up to it, running my fingers through it as I smile.

"Maybe." I answer and he chuckles, "Just know I got you, I don't know when I'll be here, but whenever I am you are allowed, when I'm not you can go into River's room." He says and I nod, slowly leaning in and kissing his neck.

"I don't want to go to River's room though. I wanna go to your room." I say and he smirks, "oh ho ho ho.." he starts in a chuckle as he grabs my hips and puts me over him so I'm straddling him.

He looks up at me with a raised eyebrow as he smirks, "You better stay with me, Baby." He says with a wink and I take a sharp breath in.

Fuck you're hot

"I know I am..." Kingston says and I go bright red, feeling the heat on my cheeks. "Fuck..." I mumble and he chuckles as I lean in. I said that out loud. His lips on my neck... but just grazing it.. not kissing me.

"Do it, King." I mumble and he chuckles in my ear, "Wouldn't you love that, Baby." He whispers and I swallow while I run my fingers through his thick, fluffy hair.

He grabs onto my hips as he slowly kisses my neck, grinding my hips into him as I shudder. I moan a little and he grabs a hand and covers my mouth.

He leans in so that our noses touch, "Thats my cue to stop." He says with a rewarded smirk as I furrow my eyebrows and pout my lips. "Ugh!" I say as I flop by his side, and Kingston turns on his side to me, putting one arm under my head and a hand on my bare stomach.

"I know, I'm a tease." He says and I blush.

What the fuck did I just do.

STOP LIKING KINGSTON!

It takes me a second to compose myself before I look over at Kingston, his head resting on my shoulder as he rubs my stomach.

I breathe in nervously, "Thank you, Kingston." I say, slowly settling down into his arms, running my nails lightly across his back soothingly.

"Why?" He asks and I shake my head, "I don't want you to feel bad, it's fine. If you really want to I'll tell you, I haven't told anybody and it'd be nice. I just don't want to force it on you." I say and he gives me a sad smile.

His eyes sparkle lightly form the moon shining on him and I nod.

"Go on." He says, slowly and clammy. It's in the same tone I love, the calm one laced with every good memory I've ever had.

But my story kinda ruins the moment.

Stop. Liking. Kingston. Is on repeat in my head as I take a breath in.

"My sisters dead, you know that. But, I've never told anybody why." I start, taking in a breath as I continue on with the long story.

"My sister was four years older than me, she had just graduated high school and was about to start her new life in college. Then that got taken away from her because of me."

He stares back it me, intrude and confusion shown in his eyes, but no pity, he knows I don't want pity. I ant happiness.

"You got this..." He says and I nod.

"I begged her one day to go to Grey's with me, the cashier would give out ice cream for free and a bunch of kids would get it. I knew nobody would be there because the weather was cloudy and it was cold in downstate.

"Up here in the hills of upstate it was cloudy too, there was bound to be a thunderstorm but I didn't care. She finally agreed and we went and got our ice cream, the store was mostly empty and nobody was outside on the benches.

"We went over to the benches and started playing truth or dare, stupid questions about who I liked and stuff that mattered in eighth grade.

"She dared me to dance on one of the benches, when I did a car pulled in the parking lot. I started dancing while she was laughing, but before I could tell her I saw a gun pointing out of the window. It started shooting.

"I should've known, downstate is shady and full of criminals but I didn't. They shot her in the chest, fatally hurting her as she fell to the ground. I got shot in the stomach but I didn't care, I was crawling onto ground to get to my sister but I didn't get there in time.

"People came running out of the store as rain started to wash the blood on the ground away. But I could've saved her if I just went faster. I shouldn't have cared about how much pain I was in I should've helped her.

"All I could think about while the thunder banged was the gunshots that killed my sister and nearly me, I was so out of it the gun shots and thunder blended together." I finish and he stares at me blankly before he shakes his head and pulls me in.

Tears line my eyes, stinging and threatening to fall, but I don't want him to fall because I'm done crying over this.

"Apparently She was in some bad stuff with her boyfriend Kolby, it.... it turned bad and some people were out for her. She didn't want to go out because she knew they would kill her, but I begged and begged and she wanted to make me happy and figured they wouldn't be out for her on this type of day when nobody was out."

He plants a bunch of gentle kisses on my forehead. He pushes me closer to him as my head rest in his chest, his chin on top of my head as he breathes in.

"I'm not going to say sorry, because you don't need a stupid sorry. I'm just gonna hold you, and do everything I can to make you happy. I promise." He says, and I slowly drift off.

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River looks directly in my eyes as he speaks, sitting on the couch with me, Kingston, and Reid.

He said he wanted to tell me something, and I listen. I try at least.

"Nobody except my friends know where I was before I moved to Denmore. I was in Boston, where my family lived, my mom went on a business trip with Pho and I found out my dad cheated on my mom.

He stops before looking down at me with a sad smile, "My dad has cheated on my mom with his assistant, he never was a good dad. He made me learn to speak properly with no abbreviations or apostrophes. It was stupid, he knew that but he would not admit it. He hit her, more than once so we moved here. He's not right in the head.

"My mom supports our family now, so she is gone on business trips all the time. She is a good mom, deserves everything, but I wish I had her here. I do not like how El has to raise Pho, I feel useless." River stops talking and I swallow, he said he wanted to tell em something.

He wanted to let me in.

So slowly I give him a sad smile. "I won't say sorry, because you don't need that. So I'll just tell you I'll be there and try to make you happy when you need it, or your mom." I say, remembering what Kingston said to me last night.

I look behind me, seeing Kingston looking down at me with a knowing smirk, trying to keep his smile hidden.

I lay in between Kingston's legs and take River's hand.

I look him directly into his eyes. "You're a good person, River. You're not useless, and will never be." I say and he nods.

I lean back into Kingston and grab his hand, snuggling into it as I close my eyes.
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because of frequent thunder storms in denmore and Kingston actually having a life. I slept in Kingston's bed alone.

It was different, but close enough to sleeping next to Kingston that I was fine with it.

I texted him right before I went to bed....

Me: Im scared... I wish you could be here♥️

STOP LIKING KINGSTON

Kingshit: Fuck, are you gonna make me come down there right now?

Me: I mean I wouldn't be opposed....

Kingshit: Goodnight Darling ♥️

Me: goodnight king ♥️

STOP LIKING KINGSTON

I wake up earlier than normal, looking up to see somebody in the corner of the room putting things down.

is he here? How did he get out?

He can't be here... stop thinking that.

Suddenly the body turns around and I push myself against Kingston's headboard. "Oh, hey!" Kingston says as he looks at me, taking off his jacket that he had nothing under.

He slowly walks towards the bed as I catch my breath. "Did I scare you?" Kingston asks and I roll my eyes.

"Screw you, King." I say as I lay back down and he joins me under the covers.

"Wow we're pulling out the big boy words aren't we?" He asks and I roll my eyes as I wrap my arms around his torso, "Why are you even out right now?" I ask and he shrugs.

"I couldn't get any sleep so you're staying with me to make up for last night." He says and I raise an eyebrow. "It's not my fault you couldn't be here."

"I had to deal with my fucked up family!" He defends and I shrug.

"Sucks to suck-!" I say before he throws me under him and tickles me. I squeal but he covers my mouth so I don't wake anybody up.

I flail but it doesn't work with his firm grip on me. He stops for a second as I catch my breath and he leans in his mouth to my ear as he smirks against me.

"Don't mess with me." He mumbles and I arch my back into him as he moves his arms under me and flips us over so I'm on top of him as he holds me onto his chest.

"Good morning to you too." I mumble with a laugh and he pushes me off of him. "Go away." He says and I chuckle, "Get some sleep."

I walk off and soon enough he's peacefully sleeping.

He's always so peaceful, even in not calm situations.

I get ready, taking a quick shower, putting on a pair of mom jeans and a striped crop top, not showing any of my stomach and making breakfast as everybody gets up.

River comes down, as if looking for me with a slight urgency in his voice, "Summer?" He asks from the stairs and I beckon him into the room, "I'm right here." I say as he sits down at the island.

He still hasn't sat in the spot my dad used to, he listens.

"I was thinking we could do something tonight, Kingston said he wanted to make you happy or some shut.." He says as I prepare some of the cake I'm making for New Years.

"I am having a party, since we start school back in two days. Plus that gives me a reason to meet some ladies." He says and I squint my eyes at him.

He laughs a deep laugh, biting some of his food as I roll my eyes. He smiles up at me and swallows his food. "Treat Kingston right. Okay?" River says and I almost choke on air.

"What?!" I ask and he shakes his head, "Don't act like you don't like him, Summer." He says and I swallow.

"So what if I do?" I ask calmly as I look at my feet.

"Just... treat him right. He's my best friend. You guys woke me up from your screams, you guys have fun." He says and I push my lips together into a fine line.

"Hmph."