How they cuddled^^^
Cove's POV
Today is Tuesday. Nothing interesting happened yesterday, we just went to school, then River took me home straight after.
Right now I'm in my last period, and my nerves are really starting to pick up. Why, you may ask. Well today is going to be my first day of tutoring.
"Are you okay?" River asked, seemingly picking up on my nerves. If you don't remember, we both have this class together. Our teacher didn't dare move us apart once we got assigned seating.
"Yeah, I'm just a little nervous for tutoring," I admitted shyly. River sighed and gently rubbed my thigh. We're the only two people that sit in the back, so we have a bit of privacy.
"Don't be. It'll be okay, I'll have my tutor come to the library so that you won't be to far away if you'd like," he suggested with a small smile.
I eagerly nodded, then turned back to the lesson about graphing or something. I really need to pay attention if I want to be able to help Brad.
The bell rang a little to soon for my liking, and I slowly packed up my belongings while River waited with his hand extended.
I slung my backpack over my shoulder and grabbed his extended hand. We walked to the library in silence, and I paused at the doors. I took a deep breath and slowly pushed them open.
I was immediately met by Brad's usual smirk, although it disappeared at the sight of River holding my hand.
"Come to me when you're done," River whispered in my ear before disappearing behind a row of bookshelves, leaving me alone to face Brad.
I hesitatingly walked towards him and sat down at the small wooden table.
"Hi," I'm mumbled while still looking at the ground in front of me. I was met with silence, rude.
I looked up to see Brad looking in the direction that River went while frowning.
"Do you think that maybe we can do this somewhere else?" He asked with venom laced in his voice.
I tilted my head in confusion, but answered none the less. "Umm, I don't know. We have lots to work on, is there a specific reason as to why you want to go somewhere else?"
Brad didn't answer and continued staring in the direction that River went, leaving me to try and put the pieces together.
We sat in silence for a few minutes until I came up with the only logical reason to his odd behavior. Maybe he thinks that River is going to disrupt us.
"Don't worry, he's not going to distract us. He also has tutoring," I reassured him. Brad finally turned to face me, a smirk once again covering his face.
"You're right, it'll be fine. Let's just get started," he said. I nodded, feeling happy that I was able to make him feel better.
We took out our things and decided to start with history. I forgot to mention that we already discussed how much he's going to charge me yesterday. We decided that $35 for each hour and a half long session will be my payment.
Honestly I was thinking something more like $20 a session, but who's complaining? The more money, the better. Brad's parents are pretty rich, and they're the ones paying for his tutoring so that he won't get kicked of the football team due to bad grades.
As I rambled on and on about the Aztec empires, I felt his stare burning a hole in my head. I tried to ignore it at first, but finally I couldn't resist the urge and I looked up to see him staring straight at me.
He smirked and leaned forward, tucking a strand of hair behind my ear. I almost instinctively leaned away from his touch as I tried to hide my look of disgust. I don't like him touching me, only River can touch me.
"I-umm how about we move on to something else?" I suggested. Brad nodded without breaking eye contact, I don't even think he's listening.
"Okay, what do you want to do now," I asked, partially to test if he's paying attention. Surprisingly, he smirked and leaned in even closer.
"You."
I looked at him confused for a good thirty seconds, before pushing my chair back and standing up straight. I may be innocent, but it would take an idiot not to understand what he meant.
He looked up at me with confusion, surprise and sadness clear in his eyes as I packed up my stuff. I almost feel bad for upsetting him, but he put this on himself.
"Umm, I think t-that's enough f-for today, you can just pay me for half of the s-session," I stuttered out, even though I've been helping him for well over an hour. I just want to get away from here.
"Are you sure? Why don't you stay so we can finish the session," he proposed while grabbing a hold of my wrist.
It's like him grabbing me set something in my brain off, because the next thing I know he's on the ground clutching his arm and groaning in pain.
"Shoot! I'm so so so sorry, are you okay?" I asked while frantically going over and trying to pull him up off the ground.
He shook his head and stood up on his own. "I'm fine, now sit down so we can finish our session," he seethed with his fists and jaw clenched. His tone scared me, and before I could think of something better, I complied and sat down.
I just hurt him. Gosh, how could I do something so terrible? He barely even did anything to me, and I shoved him for no reason. I'm a terrible person.
"Good, now what should we work on?" Brad asked as he sat down with one of his famous smirks once again plastered all over his face . It's as though I didn't even touch him!
I shrugged and Brad's smirk only grew. "Let's work on english," he said. I simply nodded, to scared to object and guilt eating me up after my little outburst a minute ago.
We spent the next 20 minutes with me helping him write a English paper about the origin of led pencils or something like that. I could barely focus with all my thoughts and fear swirling around in my head.
"And I believe that we are finished for today," Brad announced as he packed up all of his things. I gave him a weak smile in return before quickly standing up and grabbing my bag.
"See you tomorrow Cove!" I heard Brad call out cheerfully as I sped away. I looked back and gave him a small wave before practically running in the direction River went.
As Brad disappeared completely from my view, I sighed in relief and wiped some imaginary sweat off of my face. I absolutely hated every single second of that. Oh, and did I mention how guilty I feel?
I smiled once I finally found River in the far corner of the library with his back facing me and his head propped up on his arm. I almost laughed at the poor guy in front of him as he tried to explain to River about some random concept of science with sweat literally dripping down his poor forehead.
His tutor's face snapped away from his book to look at me as I got closer. River followed his gaze back, and smiled when he saw me, although it faltered a little at the look on my face.
'You okay?' He mouthed while patting the chair next to him. I nodded and gave him a fake smile while putting my backpack down and sitting in the chair.
"We're almost done baby, can you wait for us to finish?" He whispered while kissing my forehead. I nodded and he smiled contently before turning back to face his tutor, who was staring at two of us with a shocked look on his face.
River told him to continue, and he snapped out of his little trance. He resumed talking about the science thing while River absentmindedly traced circles on my thigh.
I laid my head down on my arm and tuned out the rest of their conversation.
Questions about my encounter with Brad started to fill my head. Why was he acting so strange? Why was he so aggressive when I tried to leave? Why was he so worried about River being here?
And most importantly, why the heck did I hurt him? Seriously, one second he was grabbing my wrist, the next he was laying in the ground. I don't even know what happened, it's just some instinct in me made me push him away, a little to roughly for my liking and now he's hurt.
The sound of books closing and bags zipping up broke me out of my trance. I looked up to see both River and his tutor packing their things up. I took that as a queue to stand up and I pushed my chair in.
River signaled for me to follow him and we exited the library through the back door that leads us straight to the parking lot.
"You okay baby?" River asked me with concern once we got outside. All of a sudden, all of the negative emotions that I'm feeling because of whole encounter hit me, guilt being the strongest, and I tackled River into a hug.
"Aww, baby it's okay. Tell me what's wrong precious," he cooed while softly stroking my hair. I hiccuped and pulled him closer.
"I-I hated it River," I whined. River whispered sweet nothings while encouraging me to continue telling him what's going on.
"A-and I think I hurt him. I d-didn't mean to, I promise!" I whimpered as tears filled my eyes. I feel so guilty about hurting Brad. Even though he scared me, it makes me upset that I hurt him.
I'm a monster.
"What do you mean you hurt him?" River asked, his tone changing into one that I've never heard before. This is it, River is going to hate me because I'm a terrible human being.
"Well he scared me by grabbing my wrist, and before I knew it he was on the ground," I whispered barely audibly as I stared at the ground while fiddling with my fingers.
River was silent for a few seconds as I closed my eyes in anticipation. Is he going yell at me? Call me a disgusting person? Or even worse, break up with me?
"Baby, you pushed him on the floor. How did he react?" River finally asked, breaking the silence. I looked up to see his face full of anticipation and a little bit of impatience.
"Well umm he looked like he was hurt and he clutched his arm," I answered shyly. River sighed and stepped closer to me.
I felt his finger trace my jaw before his eyes shut tightly and he took a deep breath. "So you're telling me that you pushed him onto the carpeted floor after he scared you and grabbed you wrist?" He asked with his eyes still tightly shut.
"Yes," I whispered in clarification. River finally open his eyes that were filled with anger. Is the anger directed at me? What are you saying, of course it is Cove, you did something terrible.
"Honey, you didn't hurt him, I know you didn't. Even if you did, you had every right too, he touched you first." That was definitely not the answer I was expecting.
"R-really?" I asked as I stepped closer to him. Maybe I'm not so terrible after all, River sure doesn't think so.
"Yes really princess," River chuckled before pulling me into a hug. I smiled and eagerly hugged him back.
"And just for the record baby, I could never be mad at you," River said as he pulled away from our hug and softly touched my cheek. I smiled back at him, but It wavered when his express turned into a more worried and stern one.
"Why were you scared of him?" He asked in a scarily calm voice. I looked up at him nervously as I came up with an answer.
Maybe I was just overreacting and he really isn't even that bad. Maybe I'm just being dramatic and it was just my nerves that made him seem so bad.
"I don't know, just nerves I guess," I answered with a small chuckle. River looked like he didn't believe me, but let it go none the less.
"Okay then, let's get you home," he replied. I smiled and interlocked our fingers as we walked off to his car.
Maybe it really was nerves after all.
River's POV
I can't believe that Cove feels guilty for pushing Brad. He deserved it! If I were there, it would have been a lot lot worse.
He touched her, and scared her. Whatever he did to scare her is enough reason on its own to beat him up. I know that Cove is convincing herself that it was her nerves that made him seem so scary, but I know that it's not just that.
He did something to scare her enough into pushing him, and I'm going to get to the bottom of it.
My poor baby was so pent up in guilt about "hurting him," but I know that that motherf*ucker was just being dramatic. There's no way that pushing him onto the soft library carpet could hurt a big guy like him, heck, probably it wouldn't even injure a baby!
I think I may or may not have accidentally made her feel worse by looking angry, but the anger was in no way shape or form directed at her. I know that it was an accident, Cove wouldn't even hurt a fly on purpose.
Oh well, that's in the past and I can make it up to her. Right now we're pulling up into her driveway. Once I parked my car, Cove looked at me with puppy dog eyes and I sighed, already knowing what she's going to ask.
"Can you please please pleaseeeee come in with me?" She asked with the most irresistible face ever created. She asks me this every time I drop her off, and I've had to say no every time because of gang stuff. But today I'm free so I don't have to deny her offer!
I nodded while getting out and I heard her cheer as I walked around my car to help her out. I lifted her out and she hugged my neck tightly.
"Thank you thank you thank you thank you!" She cheered while I chuckled and set her on the ground. She skipped inside while I followed close behind.
As soon as I stepped foot inside, she was already dragging me upstairs to her room. I chuckled at her eagerness, and she gave me a cheeky smile in return. So freaking adorable.
She practically pushed me on her bed before climbing in next to me. I kicked off my shoes and sat in silence for a while before Cove sprang up and walked to her desk.
"Let's watch Netflix!" She suggested while crawling back over to me, this time with her laptop in hand. I nodded instantly, she's so exited about it that there's now way I could ever say no. Not that I'd want to, Netflix is a great idea.
She smiled even bigger and pulled the covers over us. "Hmmm, oooh! How about Pretty Little Liars! I love that show, and I know you will too," she proposed. Again I nodded, who am I to deny her what she wants.
She grinned and placed her laptop in front of us, pressing play and curling into my side. I smiled as I soaked in her fresh smell of strawberries and roses. I know it sounds weird, but her smell is comforting to me. It shows me that she's here, laying right next to me where she'll never, ever get hurt.
I put my hand in her hair and she pushed her head into my chest while rubbing my side with her arm that's around me.
After that I didn't pay much attention to what was happening in the show, to distracted with playing with Cove's hair and finding warmth in her embrace. Cove on the other hand is deeply invested in whatever drama this show is about.
Her concentrating face is so adorable, I can look at it all day. When the show ended, she looked up at me and blushed when she noticed me already staring at her.
"Umm, do you like it?" She asked. Like what? Or right, the show I was supposed to be watching. I shrugged and said sure, making her frown a little.
"Were you even paying attention?" She accused. I chuckled and shook my head, there's no point in lying, she already knows.
"Hmmp," she huffed, although I can see the smile that she trying to hide peaking out. I smiled and flipped her so that she's under me and started tickling her sides.
Her sweet laughter filled the room, along with pleas of mercy and lots of begging. When I finally stopped, she was completely out of breath.
"R-River!" She laughed. I smiled at her and leaned down, softly connecting our lips in a kiss. Our innocent kiss soon turned heated and I once again flipped us over, placing her on my lap.
My tongue massaged every inch of her mouth while she gripped my hair, softly tugging at it every so often making me groan.
She reluctantly pulled away for air, but I didn't let it stop me from trailing kissed down her neck, even bitting down on some areas.
I accidentally bit down to hard on her sweet spot, leaving a nice purple hickey. I enjoy the sight of my mark on her so much that I left a few more before reconnecting our lips in a heavy make out session.
I rested my hand on her butt, occasionally squeezing down in order to regain entry to her mouth.
"River," Cove moaned as she pulled away.
"Hmm," I responded while pressing soft kisses on her jawline.
"It hurts here," she whimpered while pointing at her newly developed hickeys.
I smirked and pecked her lips before answering.
"That because I gave you hickeys."
Her eyes widened before she jumped off of my lap and ran to the mirror.
"River! How am I going to hide these?" She hissed.
"Don't," I shrugged. She turned and gave me a that's-not-very-helpful glare, before returning to the bed.
"I can't go to school like this! Plus if my parents see this, they might get the wrong idea!" She whined. I laughed at her frazzled state and pulled her into my arms.
"Don't worry baby, you can cover it up with foundation, although I'd prefer if you didn't," I suggested, mumbling the last part more to myself. She nodded in response and cuddled herself against me.
"I should go soon baby," I said, interrupting the silence. She whined and pulled me closer, burying her head in my shoulder.
"I don't want you to go," she mumbled into my shirt. I sighed and pulled her out of my arms.
"I know baby, but it's getting dark and I'll see you tomorrow," I replied while standing up. She nodded softly and followed my every move as I went to put my shoes back on.
"See you tomorrow baby, lock the doors and call me before you go to bed," I ordered before placing a kiss on her forehead and backing away.
"Bye bye River," I heard her call after me as I walked out of her room. I waved before disappearing down the stairs and out the door.
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Yay I finished this chapter a couple of days early!