RIVER "River, don't be silly," Elise says, pinching my hand slightly. "That won't be okay," she said and then looked up at Hendrix, who was waiting. "She will have what I am having." Hendrix does not wait for me to tell him that I am serious about having the coke when he walks off, leaving me shocked. My eyes drop on Taylor's face, and he is asking a tonne of them. I am sure I could see, 'Why on earth would you order a Diet Coke at the party?' I look away because why does what he thought affect me? Hendrix comes back a few moments later with a waitress who had helped him bring the tray over. "Thank you, Helen," he said with a wink at her, and she giggled before walking away. "Of course, birds of the same feather flock together," I caught myself saying before I could realise it. "What

