river woke up the next morning cuddled up next to martha. he woke her up accidentally. "I missed you so much, river." martha said with a groggy morning voice. river put his pants on,"four years without you was like a living nightmare to me." martha stretched out on the bed,"river phoenix, I missed the warmth of your body and the touch of your soft lips."

river creeped back onto the bed and positioned himself on martha so he could kiss her. after then, they went downstairs together and made

breakfast.

after breakfast with jude and martha, river left the home with the excuse that he was going to walk around the town he left behind four years ago but he went straight to a bar. and there was donny gray. river stood in shock,"donny?" donny turned his head to river,"river phoenix? i never thought I would see you again! you look good, man. and I'm sorry I beat you up four years ago." river laughed and sat next to his high school best friend,"how are you, donny?" donny smiled,"I got married to that girl sammy fullet just a few weeks ago." river playfully punched him,"good for you, pal." donny asked,"how are you doing now, buddy?" river laughed,"well I just graduated from college, I have a record coming out in less than a month, I have a four year old son, and I slept with martha plimis last night." donny raised his eyebrows,"good God, river. you've got a good thing going on for yourself. but a four year old son?" river sighed,"I accidentally got martha pregnant a little bit before we graduated high school. I probably said I was sorry about two thousand times. the kid turned out real good."

after a few drinks, the morning turned into afternoon and the afternoon turned to dark. river and donny talked the whole day. and then the realization struck river Martha.

"I've gotta go, donny. Martha doesn't know I'm here. she doesn't know that I have an addiction. let's do this again some other time." river left the bar and ran home, hoping all the drinks in the bar didn't hit him too hard.