Say You Love: River & Forest

Chapter One | Forest

There are momentsโ€”hours, minutes, maybe even secondsโ€”in time that define you, define your whole life. You can almost feel the earth shift beneath your feet as everything changes, shifts around you to accommodate your new reality. In short: sometimes life is a bitch. Itโ€™s so much more complicated than that, though.  I drop my head against the headrest and squeeze my eyes shut. The AC is turned to max, blowing blissfully frigid air through the carโ€™s overheated interior and pushing back the sweltering summer heat. It isnโ€™t the temperature outside that has me hotโ€”burning alive. Instead, itโ€™s my memories, the...

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Chapter Two | River

As Forest drives, I watch him. Iโ€™m happyโ€”happier than Iโ€™ve been in years.  โ€œI thought maybe after what I did, you hated me.โ€ I turn and look out the window, unable to look at him. He probably does hate me for what I did.  I was young, dumb, and blindly in love with my big brother. Nothing has changed because I am still young, dumb, and blindly in love with Forest. But, three years ago, hormones got the best of me, and I destroyed us.  Forest threads his fingers through mine.  โ€œNever, River.โ€  I glance over. โ€œIโ€™m not mad anymore...

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Chapter Three | Forest

The drive is long, but it passes.  River and I decide on dinner at our favorite pizza placeโ€”the one I used to take him to when he was younger, after I got my driveโ€™rs license. Nothing has really changed about the place but the prices. We order pizzaโ€”meat lovers because itโ€™s his favoriteโ€” then play air hockey.  He wins. He always wins. What kind of brother would I be if I didnโ€™t let him, after all?  By the time we sit down, once our pizza is delivered, heโ€™s high on his winnings, grinning a thousand watt smile, bouncing in his...

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