And I watched her from where I was standing... still wondering what an amazing luck I have that I could see such a beautiful creation of nature in front of me.

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"And they were all just like, Faye is cheating on Justin with River. And we just had no clue about it. Well, then out of nowhere, Brittany said that she saw Justin and you in the mall yesterday. What's up with all that and I mean why are we not aware of it?" Madeline asked Faye as soon as River started the ignition.

"You know what? Mads is right. What the hell is happening? I mean, are you two, you and Justin dating or something? And if yes, why the hell are not we informed about it?" Aubree asked, glaring at Faye.

"Woah, woah, stop bombarding her with all these questions? Let her breath, at least. Well, just so that you know Faye, even I am curious about all those rumors. Well, not that I give a shit. Justin is good influence. It's just funny that, River is stuck in between, labeled as the other guy." Zach chuckled as he looked at Faye's pale face from the front seat of the car.

"Well, ah, yes, I went out with Justin." And as soon as those words left Faye's mouth, the car instantly jerked up and came to a stop.

"You went out with him?" River turned around from his driver's seat and looked at Faye with big eyes.

"Hell, do not make a big deal of it. I just went out to the movies with him, that is all." She said, explaining to all of them.

"So that means you and Walter are officially dating?" Zach asked, his eyebrows raised as he looked at her in a suspecting manner.

"Are you serious? Never. I mean, even he knows that I do not have any romantic feelings towards him. He even understands. We are just good friends and even if I somewhere want to like him, I just cannot. It's hard."

"Then why did you went out with him?" Madeline asked, giving her the stink eye.

"Cause, I had promised him, I was supposed to go with him."

"What, what do you mean, you were just supposed to go with him? Are you hiding something from us?" Aubree asked.

"Hell, no. He just helped me with something." And her eyes went to River, her mind walking to the night of the party, "I just owed him a date. But he knows guys, he knows that I cannot like him. And he is okay with it, he just wants to be friends."

"You know, that guy is a saint." "River, start the car." And saying that, Zach turned around, patting River's shoulder, indicating him to start the ignition.

"And here I thought she finally moved on from Kyle." And Madeline froze as soon as those words left from her mouth.

"Are you serious?" Aubree groaned, glaring at Madeline.

"Shit." Madeline cursed under her breath. She just had to bring Kyle in the conversation. She looked at Faye from the corner of her eyes, who surprisingly sat there calmly.

"No Kyle Francis today." Faye grinned looking at both of her friends, trying to pull up a happy smile.

"And that's my girl." Madeline shouted in top of her lungs, grinning ear to ear.

River looked at Faye from the rearview mirror. Sure she was not happy, but somewhere she was trying to be, she was trying to pull up herself, she was trying to finally let him go.

And River could not ask for anything else.

A smile made its way to his lips, a smile that people die to look at, a smile that was hardly seen on him. He looked at her one last time before starting the ignition and making their way towards the fair.

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"It really is beautiful, isn't it?" Faye let out a breath as she along with all of them walked out of the car.

The sight that was in front of her really was mesmerizing. There stood the fair, fairy lights all over the place, making the place sparkle in the dark night.

"Damn, this is fucking awesome." Aubree cursed under her breath, walking up to Faye along with Madeline.

"Let's go." Zach said, looking at the entrance of the fair.

"So, where do you wanna go first?" River asked as they took their passes and hand bands to enter the fair.

"I wanna go to the food fair first, oh and then the to those teacups and then to the rollercoaster and then to the water rides... I am so excited, come on guys, let's go." Madeline snatched the passes from River and gave them to the others.

"Damn, why isn't it happening?" Faye looked at her wrist as she tried to wrap the band around it, failing miserably.

"That's because it is too loose for you." River chuckled, shaking his head as he walked to her.

He took her hand in his and wrapped the band around her, properly wrapping it around her wrist, a playful smile dancing on his lips.

"Are you calling me petite and thin and weak?" Faye asked, glaring at him.

"Well, maybe I am, maybe I am not." And when he was finally done with the band, he let her hands fall by her side.

"I hate you." She said, punching him lightly on the shoulder.

"You love me." He said, his hands making its way to her cheeks. He pulled them playfully and grinned.

Faye grabbed his hands and ran away from his reach, sticking out her tongue on him.

River rolled his eyes, pulling out a face which showed that he was definitely irritated by her.

They both turned around to look at their friends who were standing there with a knowing look in their faces. They all were grinning, shaking their heads.

"What?" Faye asked, looking at them with a glare.

"Yah, what's up with all those faces?" River asked the three of them, he himself occupying a glare.

"You both stay here, we are gonna go enjoy the ferries wheel." And saying that, Madeline wrapped her arms around Zach and Aubree, practically running away from there.

"Why did they leave me here with you?" Faye protested as soon as they disappeared among the crowd.

"Traitors." River mumbled under his breath, the glare never leaving his face.

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They stood there in silence for minutes, looking around.

"You know what? Let's just go to the rollercoaster." And wrapping his hands around Faye's wrist he made his way towards one of the rides, a small smile visible on his face.

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