Renee's River | √

8. dunkin donuts & complicated science

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"You actually took a dump in my bathroom!" I said to Kaleb the moment he walked into my room the next morning.

"Yep," he nodded. "Thought you would have figured that I wasn't kidding. I febreezed the place, though."

"Yeah, excessively. That's how I figured you did use it," I rolled my eyes.

"Come on, we're running late," he grabbed my backpack.

"You know, if you keep taking my backpack for me when you say I'm late, I'll start being late on purpose," I brushed my hair.

"Let's go, Rae," he took my hair brush from me and ran it down my hair before throwing it on my bed. Why was he in such a hurry?

"But we've not even had breakfast!" I groaned.

"I have donuts in the car," he answered and we both walked out of the room.

"Are you picking Sydney up?" I asked him as we passed the kitchen where Tanner sat, doing some work on his laptop.

"No, she has a cold," he answered.

At least, there wouldn't be anyone trying to kill my ideas and suggestions in Girl Up today, which reminded me that I didn't have to work today.

After confessing to Tanner that I stole a roll of tissue from his bathroom, kissing his cheek and shouting an 'I love you', Kaleb and I made our way out of the house.

"So, are you going to tell me what the hell happened to you yesterday?" Kaleb said as we got seated in the car, reaching to the back and getting a box of Dunkin Donuts.

"Dunkin donuts? Oh my, I love you for this, Kaleb!" I said happily, taking the box from him and opening the box and taking a donut glazed with chocolate and covered in sprinkles.

"There's coffee in the back," he told me, reaching to take a donut from the box.

I looked to the back seat and saw two cups of coffee and another box of donuts.

"How come there's another box of donuts?"

"Because we're going to Sydney's so I can give her."

"That's why you were rushing me," I said in realisation.

"We had to leave early if we're going to get to her house and make it to school on time."

"Yeah," I said absent mindedly as I chewed.

"Rae, you have something to tell me," he reminded me.

"Yeah, that's true," I clapped my hand once then looked at him. "Remember that one time when Hudson had a house party and you asked me to come over?" I asked, referring to Kaleb's brother who was now in university.

"Yeah," he nodded. "Then we left my room and went downstairs and got Baja blasts we didn't know was tipped with alcohol?" We chuckled at the memory.

"Exactly. Remember the feeling we had after drinking it?"

"Yeah," he laughed. "We were relaxed but restless at the same time. You laid on my back and pulled on my hair."

I couldn't help but laugh, "I remember, so you know that feeling? Relaxed but restless? So yesterday while I was at work, this guy came into the bakery and I don't know, I couldn't stop staring at him. He was so darn cute and he looked so cool. He looked like a model, kinda like—"

"Rae. I get it. What happened?" He slowed the car down.

"I was still staring at him when he looked at me... Wait. Why are you driving slowly?"