Very welcome

Kennedy

Riven and I stare at each other for what feels like an age. My palms are clammy as I think the unthinkable; that I might have to watch my best friend become romantically involved with the girl I’m in love with.

It’s not that I’d resent Riven being happy, or Anna either. Of course I wouldn’t.

But fuck, the thought makes me feel sick as a dog.

“If you want to be with her, I’ll back off,” Riven says. “You saw her first.”

“How could I make a move now, knowing you want her too?”

“I’d deal with it,” he says. “I’d have to deal with it.”

“And I’d have to deal with it if it was you she wanted to be with. And it might be. She’s barely spoken a word to me in days.”

“But she wanted you first. She almost certainly still does.”

“She showed you her tits less than an hour ago. I’d say her interest in you is pretty current, Riven.”

He shakes his head. “I can’t believe this is happening. Both of us going fucking crazy over an eighteen year old girl.”

“She’s not like other girls,” I say and he l