RIVER

"I propose we become friends."

"Friends?" My eyebrows lifted on their own as I turned to Tyalor. He was looking ahead to the sky while he gently lifted his ice cream to his mouth.

We had left the party together and got ice cream. I tried to start a conversation, but it always had a dead end because instead of acting like a normal girl, I was asking questions like a freak. He tried to answer, but it still made no sense to both of us.

"Yeah, friends." He finally looked my way, and I ...