6. Whipped

A/n- okay so, after the emotional trauma y'all went through in the previous chapter, this is an adorable one, though I think it's really long cuz my mind was on a roll.

please don't be a silent reader. it hurts seeing views and no comments and votes.

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"Five packs of m&ms please," Payton says as I move towards the empty bleachers for capturing a good place before they start filling up.

I straighten my white skirt, which I now realize is a bad choice for sitting on these bleachers. I matched it with a green crop top, the color of our school.

As I wait for Payton, my eyes scan the baseball players.

My eyes go from our start player Ryder and his best friend and our cheerleader Riley to the coach talking to one of the extras Jack.

I look towards the benches and see Grayson and River, frustration evident on their faces as they look at an angry Chloe.

My eyes grow wild after seeing the usually angelic girl, who's maybe three, angry for once.

Chloe King, River's daughter. While everyone in our grade is seventeen or eighteen, River King is twenty.

River used to be a player, two batches above mine, and being the player his deeds gave him a payback, he got a girl from our rival school pregnant and she left the baby with him and vanished.

River loves his girl though, as much as I observe, I've never actually talked to him much.

When he was a senior, I never talked to him because he was a player.

But after he dropped off high school to help his mom with money for two years, he came back after two years and now is in my batch.

Chloe has the same face as River, same lips, same nose, though her eyes are brown, maybe after her mom, while River has blue eyes.

After coming back, river had changed into a whole new person; talking to everyone and smiling a toothy smile every time he catches anyone look at him

He looks...happier. i think as i scan his muscular figure, wearing green and black sports uniform, his arms are muscular and he has abs but thankfully he isnt too buff.

im going to accept that his thin waist, unlike others who have a broad one, kinda looks so damn better and suits him.

Every day after school, someone drops Chloe off to the grounds and she plays with the players, tossing them balls or even just cheering them on standing some feet away from the actual cheerleaders.

I furrow my eyes as I see Chloe crying and River and Grayson, his best friend sigh.

Ryder and some other teammates have joined the circle as Riley tries to calm Chloe, getting a scream in her face from the crying child.

"What's happening there Kath?" Payton nudges me, sitting in the empty space beside as she opens her pack of m&ms.

"I don't know." I reply, tearing my eyes away from Payton and back to the crying girl.

I feel bad for her.

A bulb flashes on in my mind as I see Bryce, my brother, join in the group.

I stand up, ignoring Payton's questions and walk to the circle before Bryce leaves it.

Bryce is two grades below me but an amazing player, which is why he actually plays every match and I come watch it with Payton, and sometimes her girlfriend tags along too.

"Hey Bryce what's going on?" I furrow my eyebrows, pushing my head in between him and Ryder to look at the little girl and a defeated looking River.

"She caught fever and River's mom isn't free for picking her up today, we have a big match but he's thinking of leaving." He replies, eyes furrowed at a teary Chloe, whose eyes have stopped producing tears after ten minutes of them flowing.

River is rubbing his fingers on his forehead as Grayson talks to him in private, doing weird hand gestures.

Grayson is taller than River, his eyes are gray, not a shock after hearing his name.

I stare at Grayson's brown hair and River's dirty blonde one as they talk.

My eyes then relocate themselves to Chloe who is sitting on the bench, pouting.

I step towards her, worried that she may actually fall asleep after the crying session and fall off from the bench.

"Where are you going?" Bryce speaks as I move from beside him and through everyone else and plop myself beside Chloe.

"Hey." I smile as she looks up at me, her eyebrows furrowed.

I can feel the others look at me but Grayson and River still haven't noticed.

"That's a really cute hair pin you got." I point at Chloe's green butterfly hairpin, keeping her dirty blonde hair in place.

Her face lessens its sadness as her lips tug in a small smile.

"Daddy bought me five." She says, her eyes gleaming while she shows me four fingers.

"Oh wow, your daddy really gives you very pretty clips huh?" I continue and feel satisfied as her face blows up in a huge grin and her teary eyes have no tears in them anymore.

"Daddy take me to shop for pwetty things." She says and soon she's listing off her stuff to me that River brought her.

From the corner of my eyes I see some people disperse but I keep my attention on Chloe.

"And then daddy let me paint his nails like a pwincess, they were pink." She squealed.

"Wow did daddy paint yours too?" I ask her and her nods, telling me about how River painted her nails and put white dots on them too.

Listening about River being a good dad is making me feel things.

As Chloe blabbers on, I see Grayson and River approaching us.

I turn me head to them and connect my eyes with River's who looks confused.

Don't interrupt us.

I try to convey the message through my eyes.

His face turns amused as he stops Grayson and then turns towards the coach after giving an indescribable look and a small smile to Chloe and me.

Half the game is over when Chloe notices that it started in the first place.

"Daddy!" she shouts as the boys towel themselves through halftime.

River's eyes snap towards her and then me, settling on her again as he approaches us with a smile.

"You feeling better baby?" he kneels on his knees in front of his daughter, his hand on her forehead.

"You're still hot." He murmurs to himself before kissing her on the forehead, spreading a warm feeling through me.

"Daddy I made a friend, Kwathewine!" she squeals, holding my hand and looking at River.

His eyes snap to me and he smiles "Thanks for this Kath."

He just called me Kath!

"Anytime." I smile at him.

Chloe yawns and leans into River for a hug. He wraps his big hands around her small waist, his lips pressing them on her head.

Chloe pulls away after sometime and leans into my side to get comfortable, catching me off guard.

I wrap my hand around her as River looks through his bag, coming back with a jacket, draping it on her as she closes her eyes.

I don't want a baby. I'm too young. I'm a virgin. I'm not even allowed to adopt!

I chant in my head as I look at her cut sleepy face.

"I'm sorry if she's annoying you." River says, looking at me with furrowed eyes.

"Nah she's really sweet. I love children anyways." I give him a small smile, which he returns with a grin as he backs away from us and towards the coach who's calling him.

I look to the bleachers, seeing Payton eye me with shock and her fangirling look.

I move my eyes and watch the rest of the match as Chloe sleeps snuggling to me.

My eyes don't leave River the whole game, a part of me wishing I had someone as caring as him in my life.

After the game River asks me to look after Chloe as he comes back after changing in five minutes, looking as if he just told me he killed my dog.

I tell him it's no problem and he shoots me a smile before going to the locker room with the others.

"Daddy?" Chloe mumbles as she rubs her eyes, awake finally.

"Baby Daddy will be here in five minutes." I smile at her as she looks at me.

She looks around at the audience dispersing and some waiting near the locker room t congratulate our team on winning.

I straighten my blonde locks which I'm sure look weird by now after sitting in the open for so long as River approaches us with a smile and Grayson behind him.

"Thanks a lot Kath, I owe you. She hadn't been feeling well today." He says as he picks her up and she wraps her arms around him, resting her head on his chest but her eyes on me.

"She's a sweetheart." I reply with a smile as she grins at me and then pokes her tongue out at Grayson, who mirrors her like a child.

I shiver as we stand silently and look at Chloe and Grayson do weird facial expressions.

River nudges me and my grey eyes snap to his blue ones.

He furrows his brows as he scans my shaky body and his hand holds the jacket which was previously on Chloe and his eyes tell me to take it.

I shake my head with a smile, silently saying no thanks I'm good but he gives me a hard look, extending the jacket towards me.

I take it with a smile and as I'm about to say thank you, Grayson interrupts us by saying "Damn the sexual tension between you two is killing me."

River's face becomes tomato red and I'm sure mine does too.

"Don't you two even deny you like each other." I hear a voice as Payton joins us and then she smiles at Chloe who just looks at her.

"Not gonna." River murmurs, making me want to run away as I slide his jacket on my body.

"Thanks for the jacket." I say, ignoring his previous comment.

"Keep it." He grins wide at me before walking away, Chloe waves at me until they're out of sight.

"You're whipped aren't you." Peyton smirks.

My mind goes to how River hugged his daughter and how he got worried about me being cold and there's a smile on my face as I think.

I'm whipped indeed.

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THIS IS 1850 WORDS LONG WTFF Y'ALL BETTER VOTE AND COMMENT.

River is a dreammmmm .

anyways guys, im going to introduce you to my pet.

this is peanut.

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(0.0) - hello! I like 🥖and 🍪

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please feed him food in the comments or he'll die.

emotional blackmail for comments? hell yes.

hopefully you guys arent ruthless and do feed him something.

Should I write part 2 of this?

also, im not using my real name on my watpad so,

do i use my pen name (Autumn) or leave my profile nameless?

anyways,

you know you love me,

xoxo,

gossip girl.