~~~ "Oh yeah? What kinda use, Rive?" Rez asked with a smirk. Of course the moment had turned serious, tender really, and he didn't feel the need to fuck it up with a joke just yet. "Soemtimes I didn't. Like.. sometimes I just.. didn't really think much of anything but..." He paused, a frown pursing his lips. "Yeah, I guess you're right. I know it now." He moved a hand up to tuck a strand of dark hair behind her ear. "Yeah?" He exhaled a breath with a smile. "At least I'm not the only one." He was quiet for a moment before he added, "You just... you matter. Almost too much." He hoped that made sense. ~~~ River wiggled her eyebrows at him and squirmed in his lap. "Oh I don't know give me a minute and I'm sure I can think of something." She laughed, but the moment did turn serious, there was so much between them. "I know you didn't, and I was never upset with you for it...I got it." It was the truth, she didn't hold his behaviour against him, he was a teenage boy, he was wasted most of the time and he was horny. He probably didn't care who he was fucking, or anything else back then. She smiled at him then, it was an honest smile, one just for him. "Yeah...it's like all I can think is please don't let this fuck up..please. It's...so much." ~~~ "Keep doin' that and you will." Rez exhaled a soft laugh. "You shoulda been. You shoulda like.. fuckin' hit me upside the head and called me on my bullshit." He smirked and then added, "You were way too good to me. Too fuckin' patient." She was a lot like Riley in that respect. He didn't deserve either one of them and yet... here they both were. "It can't fuck up," he said simply. ""For Ethan, for Chloe, we have to... you know, keep shit together and... I guess that's why it feels so...." He exhaled a deep breath. ~~~ River smiled at him and then threw her arms up. "What the hell was I supposed to do with you? If I did call you on your bullshit back then you would have just gone off and fucked that slutty chick with the glasses or some shit. I wanted you to be mine and the more tolerant I was the more you came back to me. Of course then I was high most of the time time so i pretended not to care." It was obvious she had but what was the point in whining about it now. "It won't, no matter what even if this thing I know we are gonna do doesn't work out for whatever reason, we will always be best friends." She hugged him tight and then nodded against his shoulder. "I know...I'm feeling it too."