Chapter 44

The day went by slowly and completely uneventful. The two avoided talking to each other, in Lana’s case she did not want to purposely agitate River in any way since he was already acting strange. But for River, he just couldn’t bear the shame and guilt of what he did last night while thinking about Lana. He thought that the longer he avoided her, the better it would be for his own sanity. An hour into their duties Mrs. Hathaway came to check up on Lana, only to be understandably confused when she saw River at the booth.

Her attempts to make River go home to properly recover and rest failed miserably as River stubbornly told her that he would rather be here helping out than staying at home being bored. After his declaration, Mrs. Hathaway could not find any other reason to ask him to go home. As per usual, she brought the two snacks as a token of appreciation. This time, it was two big slices of cherry pie.

After that, the amount of people buying tickets lessened and Lana