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Chapter 19 - Can't

There are some things you never expect to happen, one being having Kingston Brag's arms around me after being freed from my hell hole home. Then going back to said hell hole, that just looks a bit prettier.

But let me tell you, I am not letting anybody put there arms around me again.

I wake up, the soft sound of snoring in my ear and a hard warm body lying wrapped around me. Suddenly my faint memories of half-way awake me rolled around.

I jump out of Kingston's arms to see him sleeping restlessly on the couch where I was. The clock reads 8:09 am, about when I used to get up for school.

I pace around the living room, he's a player he only did that because he wants to make a move on you. Who the fuck would want to make a move on me!?

He probably hates me.

Okay I'm settling on that, he still hates me. Why? I have no idea. Why he slept next to me? I have no idea. Why he slept here and is continuously talking to me? I have no idea.

So many questions that only he can answer that I'm definitely not asking him.

The only for sure thing is that I should remember who he is, he doesn't find anything wrong with this because he has sex with girls all the time.

But nobody has or ever will put their arms around me unless I am very close with them. Right now I would say I'm partially close with Kingston, I know a lot about him. His personality. But I know nothing about his personal life.

He probably won't tell me because he hates me-

"Would you stop pacing, Darling?" He asks and I immediately stop in my tracks to see a near naked Kingston sitting up on my couch while rubbing his eyes. Straight hair washing over his forehead.

"I- I- I'm sorry but do you hate me? Because sometimes you act like you hate me and I barely even know you and I probably shouldn't talk to you at all because you don't care about me and you put your arms around me which you think is fine but nobody will do that with me unless I'm comfortable with it and I'm so flustered I've confused myse-"

He cuts me off, his hands coming up to my face and pushing it up to his. His lips meet mine suddenly, me to busy blabbering to even notice him coming towards me.

His lips meet mine, and his hands go around my waist. It's a feeling I love that shoots shocks through my body reminding me that I like him. Not River.

He pulls back before I could do anything.

"I barely caught any of that but Darling, you either do not use your words or use too much of them. But I obviously don't hate you." He says with a wink and a blush crosses my face as he walks towards the bathroom, "Also you look great in my clothes." He says before he closes the door.

What the fuck was that?

"Bastard stole my first kiss." I mumble but with some super hearing he has he chuckles, hearing it as he exits the bathroom in the same outfit as yesterday. "Sorry about that, Summer." He says and I furrow my eyebrows.

"I'm making breakfast because I feel great except for everything that just happened." I say and he smirks, "Oh you loved my kiss." He says as he walks over to the stools at the island, sitting in the one my dad used to sit in as I stand across from him.

Suddenly I'm in the same place except cold, dark. My dad sitting in front of me with a heavy glare, his face a scowl as he says something. Something I can barely hear. I move closer but I can't hear anything as something starts shaking me.

I close my eyes, hoping not to die. But when I open them everything was how it was. Kingston standing in front of me with his hands on my shoulders, his voice laced with concern.

"I will make Breakfast," He says and I shake my head. "Just don't sit in that chair. I can make it." I say and he shakes his head as he gets waffle mix out of the cupboard, followed by a waffle iron-

Okay wait only rich people have waffle irons.

We have a waffle iron?

"I'm carrying you around the mall too. You're not getting out of threat even if I have to carry a 30 pound rat in my arms." He says and I glare at him and he just smirks as I make my ways to the couch.

The pain is much less with the pain pills I've taken, when I lift up my shirt the wound is scabbed over with bandages covering it.

I put it back down as Kingston comes in, Waffles in a plate in his hands as he sits as my feet. He stares at me from my peripherals as I eat the food.

Suddenly he stops eating and starts talking, "What clothes do you want?" He asks and I look over at him, a mouth full of waffle. I cover my mouth, "Cheap ones." I'm barely able to say as he shakes his head.

"Do not say that Love, pick out what you want." He says and I look at my food, pushing it around on my plate. "You're still carrying me?" I say and he chuckles before nodding, "Yes. I guess I am." He says

"Then I'll do it." I say and he nods enthusiastically and smiles. As soon as I finish my food he grabs the plates and puts them away before grabbing me. Not letting me change as I'm in his shorts and a plain white T-shirt. Kingston's hoodie above it.

As soon as we walk out I'm mesmerized. The ground is covered in snow and he smiles at me as I try to jump out of his arms but he just puts me down nicely.

I squirm into the cold and immediately jump into the snow. Picking up a ball of it and throwing it at an unsuspecting Kingston.

It slides down his abdomen and he looks at me and playfully smirks as he throws a snowball at me. I squirm to get up and collect a few snowballs that I rapid fire at him.

He shakes his head and I run over to his car, unlike River's motorcycle this one has windows and a closing door that I hide in, locking the car.

He looks at me with his mouth agape. I shrug and roll down the window a little bit, "I won! I won!" I say and he evilly smirks as he gets out his keys.

The door opening by itself.

"Rich people cars! Rich people cars!" I yell as I try to get to the other side of the car but he grabs the sides of my face and rubs in two cold snowballs.

He smiles as he gets into the other side of his car, turning away immediately as I try to get melting ice out of my- Kingston's shirt. "You got to cocky." He says, chuckling with satisfaction as I chuckle with my own shot fired.

"Not as cocky as you." I say and he puts a hand over his heart, mocking hurt. "How dare you, insult Lord Kingston The fifteenth!" He says and I stick my tongue out at him which he just laughs at as he driver to the mall.

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River and Kingston bring me to the store, Kingston carrying me in his arms just as promised. Though River promised it. I have a bag or two in my hands from the last two stores, this being our last one as I buy some things. Or he does.

I pick out a purple shirt and a dark blue one, the color that makes me think of River, his name, his eyes, a color that overall describes his personality.

But the color that Kingston is like, is either Purple or yellow, I mean they are complimentary.

I also have a few pairs of mom jeans and striped long socks. I sneak three chains onto the counter while he pays, something having to do with their Christmas present that I'm working on. Though I didn't have enough money for the silver and gold chains.

He grabs the bag and Kingston carries me out. "Well wasn't that just lovely my queen." He says and I nod and smile as him, his hand rest in my jaw, "Use your words, love. Just not too many of them." River jokes and I think about it for a second before I look deep into his sparkling blue eyes awaiting my response.

"It was lovely and I'd love if my servant took me home." I say and he chuckles as we get in the car, "I was thinking more along the lines of I was the king." He mumbles and I shake my head.

"Never gonna happen bud, plus it was way more likely for you to be a servant since you were carrying me some of the time. Kings don't give a damn about their queens when half of them are arranged marriages." I say and River and Kingston blink at me.

"Too many words, way, way, too many words." He says as we start driving.

Kingston sits in the back with me, his hand resting on my thigh as he runs his fingers along me, up and down.

He looks out the window. Seeming peaceful as I lay my head on him.

He's the best.

Friend?

FUCK DONT LOVE HIM

STOP