{13} Sad Story

~Angel~

Before you say anything, no, I am not mad at River, Jayden, Raziel or Hunter.

Yes, I admit, it was a good prank, but what they don't know, is that the girls and I have been texting on group chat and planning a prank since I stormed away.

River tried to talk to me, but I slammed the Twin-Cave door in his face and locked it.

A few minutes later, there's a knock on the door.

"Gel, it's us." Jayden's voice floats from the other side of the door. Only that idiot is weird enough to call me Gel.

But I'm weird, too, so who cares?

"Open the door, Angie." Hunter adds.

"I have Oreos." Raziel says, shaking the packet.

Ooh, Oreos!

I get up and walk up the stairs. I unlock the door and open it.

Suddenly, I'm lifted into the air in a bone crushing hug.

"I'm sorry, best friend!" Raziel shouts. "Please don't hate me! I love you!"

I chuckle. "Didn't I tell you I'm an amazing actress."

He puts me down and face palms.

"Wow, she just pranked us back by pretending she was mad at us." Hunter states.

"No shit, Sherlock." Jayden rolls his eyes, slapping the back of Hunter's head.

"Hey, don't touch what you can't afford." Hunter whines, smoothing down his blonde hair.

I snort. "Who would want to be able to afford that?"

"Hurtful!" He exclaims, pouting.

I chuckle and ruffle his hair. "Love you, Hunts."

"...love you, too, Angel."

"Love you, too, Jelly!"

"Love you, too, Zel."

"Love you, too, sis!"

"Love you, too, bro."

"Okay, enough with the 'love you's'!" River cuts in. "Let's watch a movie."

Ashlynn opens her big mouth.

"Ooh, let's watch-"

"We're not watching Magic Mike XXL." River cuts her off, making her pout.

*~*

Here we are, watching Nightmare on Elm Street.

I won the argument of what movie to watch using my puppy face, hehehe.

Shakayla cuddles with Hunter. Magik sits with Jayden, with them stealing glances at each other from time to time, and Beyonce sits in Raziel's arms. All of the girls hiding their face in the boys' shoulder every time something scary comes on. And Ashlynn?

Well, she's cuddling with her stuffed unicorn version of Fee-Fee Fuzzy Poops, squeezing the stuffing out of it every time something scary comes on.

They all lounge on the mattresses that are lying out on the ground.

And remember when I said I wasn't mad at River? I lied.

River and I are sitting on the couch.

At opposite ends.

My phone buzzes and I look at the text.

Forest: Can I talk to u?

I glance at him before replying.

Devil: Kitchen.

He looks at me and nods before we both get up and leave the Twin-Cave.

"What did you want to talk about?" I question, playing dumb.

"You know what I want to talk about, sweetheart."

"No, I really don't."

He narrows his bright green eyes at me before backing me into the island and bracing his arms on each side of me, leaning close.

"Why are you mad at me?" He questions lowly.

"I'm not mad at you." I lie through my teeth.

"Don't lie to me, Devil." He growls. "If there's one thing I hate, it's liars."

"Well, I didn't lie, I just twisted the truth."

"Angel," he growls, lowly. Damn, that was hot. "Why are you mad?"

He's close close that I can smell his cologne.

Ooh, he smells good. What cologne does he use? It definitely smells better than Lynx or Axe.

Back on track, Angel.

Oh, right!

"I thought something actually happened to you, Forest." I admit, glaring at him. His green eyes soften but he doesn't move away. "I actually thought that a midget demon popped out of the Ouija board and murdered your stupid, hot ass!"

"You think I'm hot?" He smirks.

"That's all you got from what I just said?!" I exclaim in anger. "Unbelievable. Maybe I should become lesbian so I don't have to deal guys and their stupidity."

"Of course that's not all, I got from what you just said." River shakes his head. "And don't turn lesbian. If you do, I won't be able to win your heart with Oreos and peach ice tea."

"River, I will castrate you and feed your dick to the pigeons if you don't start being serious."

"Okay, okay, sorry." He sighs. "I'm sorry for being an idiot and I'm sorry for scaring you, Devil."

"You better be." I say. "Now move, you're in my personal bubble."

I push him away and watch as he smirks.

"Do I make you nervous, sweetheart?" He questions lowly.

"The only thing that makes me nervous is the STD's you might be carrying around." I scoff.

He chuckles before turning serious again. "Devil?"

"Hmm?"

"Do you have Thanatophobia?"

"I-uh-well-" I sigh when I see the look on his face. "...yes..."

"Ang-"

"I developed it when my grandpa died from a heart attack. I was 14." I explain, remembering my mom's tear stricken face when the doctor told her that her father had past away. I love my mom so much and the look on her face had made my heart clench.

"Princess, you don't have to tell me this if you don't want to." River grabs my hand, rubbing circles on the top of it using his thumb.

"I want to." I gulp before continuing. "I was so close to him. Every time we saw him, he would tell us stories about my mom and dad, and uncles when they were growing up. He was hilarious and we loved him so much. He was always that playful and kind person that everyone loved. When he died, my my parents, uncles and aunts were so heartbroken. It hurt seeing my mom cry herself to sleep every night and my dad try to stay strong for her. Throughout all that, I kind of just developed Thanatophobia."

River pulls me into a hug and I didn't realise I was crying until I felt the wetness pooling on his shirt.

"Shh, don't cry, Devil." He strokes my hair, soothingly. "You'll never lose me."

I sniffle. "Promise?"

"I promise."

*~*

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