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Indiana 2
Ben's Perspective
Riley leaned against the car, dripping from head to foot. His eyes were closed, but when we reached him he looked at us.
"Sorry Ben!" He ducked his head. I knew he didn't want to look at me at the moment. Crap, I couldn't even read his face.
"Don't be! I'm not mad." I smiled at Abi, happy that the kid wasn't really angry, but something happened that frightened him.
"Why are you acting like this?" I asked and thankfully Abi left us alone to talk. She was the greatest woman I have ever known. Of course she was curious, but she knew when somebody needed space. She decided to go change so we guys could talk, still in our wet clothes.
"It doesn't matter." Riley insisted
"It does! Ri! You were trembling the entire time we were in the canoe. I want to know why, now." Now wasn't a great time to shout at the kid, but why was it so difficult for him to tell me why he was freaking out like this?
He looked at me with furious eyes. "Too bad! I don't want to talk about it." With these words he walked to the trunk and searched for clean clothes in his suitcase.
I shook my head, but did the same.
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"I can't believe the canoe guy wanted the full prize for that old thing, I mean it was already used!" Abi broke the silence in the van, while she tried to dry her hair with a towel. The money we had to spend for the lost canoe wasn't too bad. And Abi wasn't really angry about it. I knew that she just hated the silence between my best friend and me. But I couldn't help but feel insulted that the kid couldn't tell me what was wrong.
Riley was comfortable in the back and pretended to be fast asleep. I knew that he wasn't.
I didn't really feel like talking to him at the moment.
I continued to drive in Illinois to find a motel. First of all, we didn't want to spend the rest of the day in Indiana without anything to do. By staying in a motel, we could spend the next day to visiting the sights of Illinois, without the nasty driving in the morning.
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Riley's Perspective
This was great. Another fight with Ben! Ugh. I hate feeling guilty! Ben always has that effect on me. I feel guilty when we fight.
And something I hated more than feeling guilty was fighting with Ben. So all in all, was this a successful day. Well done!
I wondered whether Abi's mouth was dry. Yeah, of course she was never able to shut up, but now she was talking all the time. She was trying to get me and Ben to talk, but he was pigheaded. Apparently he must have known that I wasn't really asleep, because he remind silent.
It was like a battle between the two of us. Who would talk first? The one who talked would be the one who let his guard down.
This time I wouldn't be the one.
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The dinner was terrible. That night I believed we were going to starve.
'C'mon we're three millionaires; we could buy a hotel, but NO, we have to stay in a 50 room.' I thought sarcastically as I sat down on the bed near the window and looked at the floor.
This was really the most terrible motel we ever stayed in.
"I'm going to take a shower." Abi mumbled. She took body lotion and left our room. I knew it, Abi was mean! It was cruel to leave Ben and me in one room. It was really the worst kind of awkwardness.
"Ben!" Great Poole, didn't you promise yourself not to start? Why did my voice to sound so pathetic?
"What?" He didn't even look at me and he sounded annoyed.
'What?! I wish I can tell you what I think about your arrogant behavior! I didn't do anything!' I thought angrily.
"I'm sorry!" No! That wasn't planned!
"Why won't you tell me what's wrong?" He asked gently, now meeting my gaze.
"Ben, I…" He sounded conciliatory and I wanted to make up with him, but I didn't want to tell him what was up.
"Okay, it's okay. But you will eventually?" Yeah, I really love this guy at the moment!
"Thanks." I smiled sheepishly.
"You're welcome." He smiled and patted my back. "And now let's forget about our fight. Or Abi might overstrain her vocal chords"
"Thanks" I repeated. Sometimes it's worth letting your guard down.
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Ben's Perspective
Abi was briefly stunned when she entered the room and saw Riley and me in front of his laptop, laughing about the pictures we took that day.
Then she smiled cheerfully and crossed the room, gave Riles a kiss on his cheek, me a kiss on my mouth. Then she hugged me from behind and whispered in my ear, "Did I miss a lot?"
I smiled at her and Riley smiled a goofy smile, too. I think we were both happy to have our best friend back.
Of course, I still really wanted to know what was frightening Riley, but he would tell me, sooner or later.
"Abi, you have to see this picture! You look like a duck." Riley laughed, pointing at a picture on the screen. I couldn't suppress a chuckle, Riley was right. The photo showed Abi at the National Park in such a funny position and a face that made her really look like a duck.
"He's right, Abi." I laughed.
She made a face and punched the back of our heads. "You two are impossible, one minute you're fighting like the worst of enemies and the next minute you're both picking on me. I think I like you both better when you're fight."
"We love you, too, darling." I assured her and kissed her again.
"Yeah, sometimes." This confession made Abi ruffle the kid's hair.
"I think I'm going to bed. Enjoy making fun of the pictures, you two." Abi stuck out her tongue at us and went to bed.
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Duck? Okay,… I have to explain that…a friend and I were in an Amusement Park and there we took pictures,… on one of them she really made a face that she looks like a duck…. I love this picture…
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