@Joellie
At first, when Edward kissed her, River still didn't know what was going on. She figured it was a goodbye kiss. Maybe? She kissed him back, but reluctantly. She almost didn't want to touch him right now knowing it would be the last time she ever did. The kiss felt bitter and painful for River to even get through. Her eyes even teared up slightly, but she closed them to avoid the flow of tears. She wanted it to be over...
When Edward pulled away, a blank expression crossed River's face. She was confused for a second. Edward was talking like himself again. What? She had to think for a moment before she realized that his mind was slowly dumping the false memories. He really was okay after all. However, River was slightly pissed off. Instead of telling her from the start that he was okay, he thought he would use his lingering memories to trick her. It was so like him, but still was still pissed. How could he take it this far and play with her emotions like that?! With a scowl, River lifted up a hand and slapped him across the face.
"Go to hell you bloody jerk! How could you go and toy with my emotions like that?! I was really worried about you! Ugggh! God! Sometimes I swear I just... hate you! All the things I do for you and you pay me back by making me worried sick! Just look at what I did in the virtual world: I did all that research to try and fix your mind, built those machines for your arse, and oh yeah, I ran into a flippin' fire to save those machines from being destroyed! And do I even get a single word of thanks? Noooo~ I get some rubbish joke pulled on me. Well it wasn't funny!"
Yikes! River sure seemed to explode in a lot of firey anger. And yet, while she ranted her cheeks were red. Perhaps she was actually more embarrassed she had fallen for his trick and was simply covering it up with a bunch of false anger. Sure, she was a bit mad, but not as angry as she had let on. She was a swirling
river of emotions. ;)
After ranting for a while, River abruptly cut herself off and wrapped Ed in a tight hug.
"D-Don't ever do that to me again, idiot," she said, her voice sounding more vulnerable now. She pulled back slightly after a moment and kissed him, putting more feeling into it this time--all of the feeling she had in her whirlwind of emotions.
Awwwwwww~ How cute-- *gets shot by River*
"I-I still need to check you over just to be sure," she mumbled shortly after kissing him.
"We need to talk anyhow. You should have a seat..."