“At the living together stage?”
“Yeah.”
“Cam and I took about two years to make it official.” Kennedy shrugged a shoulder. “It’s different for everyone.”
River moved to sit down next to her and began pulling at the label of her beer.
“Can I ask you something?”
“Why not?” Kennedy said before taking another drink.
“When did you know Cameron was the one?”
Kennedy nearly choked and set her glass down. River’s eyes went wide. She might be responsible for choking Kennedy freaking Gannon to death. She turned to her quickly and patted her back a few times.
“Shit. I can’t kill Kennedy Gannon. I’m pretty sure I’d get in trouble for that.”
Kennedy laughed and coughed a the same time before the coughing stopped, but she was still laughing a little.
“Good one.”
“Sorry. Was that too personal?”
“Uh… Yeah, a little.”
Kennedy reached for her glass.
River’s hand was still on Kennedy’s back, so she went to remove it and said, “Um… Let me get you some water.”
“I have coffee, if that’s what you’re worried about. It’s just cold now.”
“I can heat it up for you.”
“Do you heat your coffee up after it gets cold, River?”
“Either that or turn it into iced coffee.”
“I think both of those are blasphemy, but I could use an iced coffee right now.”
“I’ve got you.” River hopped off the chair and found the half-finished coffee behind one of the alcohol bottles. “Think there’s a cocktail shaker here?” she asked.
“Oh, I’m going to enjoy this,” Kennedy said, leaning back.
River smiled over at her and opened a cabinet beneath the counter, finding even more alcohol and mixers along with margarita salt and a cocktail shaker.
“Bingo!”
“Did you just say, ‘Bingo?’” Kennedy laughed.
“I’m a big nerd; I get it.”
River laughed, too, and then filled the shaker with ice, added the coffee to it, and held it over her shoulder to shake it.
“I thought we would have a bartender later, but I didn’t expect one now. Want to add a little Baileys to that for me?”
“Nope,” River said. “If I have to be sober because I’m nervous about being on camera, you can at least be sober, too, since you’re a pro at this, and maybe help me out here.”
Kennedy nodded and said, “Touché.” She pushed her drink glass away. “And I knew I was into Cam pretty much right away.”
