Outside

River came down stairs to find his mother sitting at the table, supposedly crying "mom, are you ok" asked river, his mother did not reply "mom-" "River I want you to go outside and play for a little bit, I have to meet someone today for a grown-up conversation" said his mother looking up "mom you know I'm not six you don't need to use the word "grown-up" said River crossing his arms, his mother smiled and then looked down, River knew she was sad so he gave her, her space.

River went outside and grabbed one of the balls in his yard, then he noticed another kid his age sitting on the porch of the house across the street, he ran over "hi" said River cheerfully " the child looked up to face River "hey" he responded "want to play, I've got a ball" "sure" the boy got up and they passed the ball to each other back and forth, "so what's your name?" Asked River "My name is Cameron" said Cameron "cool my names River" "cool", I have a yo-yo to" said River "wanna see it" "yeah!" Said Cameron "ok just follow me" Said River leading him to his house "oh wait are your parents ok with this?" River asked "yeah" said Cameron (cause you know, stranger danger)