RIVER

“I will get that.”

I jump off the couch before Taylor can. We had both had breakfast and were now waiting for our friends to arrive. Every conversation we had both tried to start had only hit a dead end a few seconds later, so we sat side by side staring at the romcom playing lowly in the background.

I pulled the door open, and instead of Elise and Lana, Noah and Hendrix were standing there.

“Hi.” Hendrix was the first to talk and push his way in.

Noah took a step forward with ...