RIVER

"I was just saying that... hmm... that if you..." I had never seen Taylor stutter like this before. He was always smirking with a teasing expression, and it almost felt as though I had broken him. I had never had to say that something an adult made for me was horrible, especially food, so I did not know how to return the cookies to him without making it awkward. I held onto it and tried to act as if his earlier words did not ignite something in me while I tried to brush it off and play ...