Disclaimer: welcome to my attempt at one shots. Enjoy! I own nothing, and this one is for my friend "Alex". She wanted a story w/ Riker; so here it is ;)

Alex's Perspective:

I've been friends with Riker Lynch since I was a young child; we used to play, act and sing together. Then he moved to California, and became this famous actor AND started a band called R5... I rarely got to see him-so when they invited me on their newest tour, I was quick to accept!

I've also had this recent crush on him-ever since the day over the phone he sang me this love song he was working on for the band... And that's when I realized, I liked him-liked him!

I sat beside him, trying not to think about my current crush and focus on the card game. We were in the middle of another round of 'Apples to Apples' when it happened.

BOOM!

Rydel screeched, dropping all her cards... and her coke! I sat up straighter, and looked at Riker's worried face. The tour bus started sliding, and with all this rain, this wasn't looking good! Soon the bumpy, scary slide came to a halt and Rocky walked back from the driver's seat.

"I think we blew a tire!" he said, laughing.

Rydel rolled her eyes- "NO! I NEVER would have guessed; smart one!" She flipped her blonde hair, and inspected her pink tutu-making sure not a DROP of coke had landed on it. Her "Hello Kitty" purse swung delicately from her arm, and though she looked annoyed about the tire at first-her laugh soon joined ours.

"I'll go see how bad it is." Riker said, sighing.

I jumped up, grabbing my rain coat- "I'll come with!"

He nodded, and smiled. We exited the bus in silence, and I glanced over at his eyes twinkling... He had the greatest smile-but sadly, it wasn't in view at the moment. The rain poured down on us, and Riker kindly tried his best to shelter us with the small 'Hello Kitty' umbrella Rydel had lent us.

I edged closer to him, and watched his eyes go wide, staring at the ground. I looked too, and saw EVER SINGLE TIRE WAS PUNCTURED!

"WHAT?" I shouted over the rain, "IS THAT ABOUT?!"

"I don't know..." Riker replied, putting his lightly over mine.

I blushed, and hoped the meager light outside was too small for him to see. I looked over, to see his eyes on mine. I blushed again and decided to focus on the tires.

"So... sabotage?" I asked, critically.

"Could be... I don't think it's possible to accidently have ALL the tires go out at ONCE!" replied Riker, then he gave a short laugh. I knew that whenever a situation unnerved him, he'd laugh. I gave his hand a light squeeze.

I wore a black raincoat, over a purple t-shirt with ripped jeans. My black heels clicked on the concrete as we walked back inside the bus to tell the others the situation. His blonde hair was soaked with rain, turning it a light brownish color. My brown hair, was a black from the rain. His t-shirt was for his band, and it bore the signature R5 on it.

I blushed, realizing I had been staring again. Thankfully, he was deep in thought and didn't seem to have noticed-yet. I looked away, and rushed inside.

"You guys are SOAKED! What took so long?" asked Rocky.

"ALL THE TIRES ARE BLOWN!" I gasped out.

The others raised eyebrows, then laughed hesitantly.- "You... sure?" asked Rydel, nicely.

Riker nodded his head- "We aren't joking, go take a look yourself, if you like!"

Rydel ran outside, for once not caring about her outfit. She ran quickly back in, and I saw a tear escape her eye...

"It's true... and... I saw something... Someone lock the door!"

Ratliff obeyed, locking the door swiftly. His eyes held concern.

"What DID you see, Rydel?" asked Rocky.

"It was... a figure.. a man perhaps, dressed in black-and staring at our bus. He was laughing... it was scary, Riker-I don't want to stay here any longer!"

"I agree with that... Rocky, anything in the area where we could spend the night?"

"I'll check." Rocky took out his phone, and searched google. "Nothing but this castle... it's been turned into a bed and breakfast place-it's only about a mile from here."

Riker nodded, "Sounds like that's where we need to go! Grab some clothes for tomorrow, umbrellas and whatever else you think you'll need!"

We packed up the necessaries and headed out of the bus; no one saw the creepy figure (maybe a man) that Rydel had seen-but we all felt like we were being watched! It was the CREEPIEST feeling I'd ever felt!

We arrived, soaked to the bone-at a dark castle with vines growing everywhere. I suppressed a shudder, and watched as Ross confidently strolled up to the wooden door and lift the heavy golden knocker.

KNOCK. KNOCK. KNOCK!

It rang out, loudly-it could have woken the dead... ick.

The door creaked open, and a girl stood in the doorway. She wore a gown, yes a GOWN, of silver and sapphire. I saw the boys, including Riker, giving the brown-haired beauty the goo-gooed eye look. I rolled my eyes.

"Hello, I'm Gem!" said the girl, giving a small curtsey- which fit I guess... I just assumed she'd say something more like Princess Buttercup or something.

"I'm Ross!" replied Ross, bowing and taking her hand and kissing it delicately. Even Riker rolled his eyes this time!

The girl, Gem, laughed.

"You look tired, and soaked-come in-come in! We have plenty of rooms... I'm sure you'll LOVE your stay here. At the Castle Gloom!" a roll of thunder sounded, and I shivered.

"umm... excuse me," Rocky asked, walking up, "I'm Rocky by the way, but what I really want to ask... is why in the WORLD would someone pick a CREEPY name for such a, er, nice castle?"

"Oh... well that's a long story. Some say it's haunted, but that's just local legend. I'm the great granddaughter of the original owner, so I turned this place into a bed and breakfast recently... Sadly, business is slow-not many people stop here." she replied sadly.

"Oh.. well maybe it would HELP if you changed the NAME!" Riker said, walking the door, he even held the umbrella up so I could walk in without get more wet. I blushed again, and saw Gem giving me a weird look... That girl was CREEPING me out!

She lead us through dark corridors to a set of wooden doors. "For Rocky and Ross." she said, opening a door to a nice room with two twin beds, normal covers and it even had a couch.

"For you, miss?" she paused, pointing at Rydel.

"Rydel!"

"Ah, what a lovely name! This is yours." she opened a door to a queen bed, in a gorgeous room of shades of pinks and a skylight. Rydel grinned, and I saw her urge to jump right on the bed and fall into a blissful sleep. She restrained herself.

"I guess I better change first..." she mumbled, closing the door behind her.

"For you, mr..." this time it was for Ratliff.

And then, it was just me and Riker left.

"This way please!" she lead us down another few hallways, and then stopped before a single door... wait WHAT?
"This room has two separate rooms with a King and Queen bed, joined by a bathroom. This will lead to the girl's suite, and then you sir, will go through the bathroom to the other. If you two want, you could stay in just one room; but I'm sure you'd prefer separate-am I right?"

"YES!" we both said, blushing.

"Then enjoy!" then Gem, disappeared... Weird...

Riker shrugged- "Odd girl, pretty though."

I slugged him in the arm and entered the room... Just like she had promised, their were two separate rooms joined by a HUGE bathroom.

Riker sat down on the Queen bed, and I sat beside him.

"Do you want me to leave so you can change?" asked Riker.

"Nah, not yet." I replied, looking down at my wet clothing. I'd wait just a bit longer. Though I did remove the wet jacket.

Riker took his off as well, and put his arms softly around me, giving me a short hug.

"Hey... you sure you okay?"

"Yes, we NEVER get to see each other anymore... this is great..."

He grinned, his "million dollar smile" and I grinned back.

"You know, I'm kinda glad those tires blew!"

"oh-oh?" I ask, wondering why my voice is shaking.

"Yeah, it means I get to spend some time... alone... with you." he pauses then looks me straight in the eyes. "I think, maybe..."

Then we hear a shriek of pure terror.

"RYDEL!" we say at the same time, and I wonder briefly what he was about to say.

We start running through hallways, searching for the rooms where the others were. I bumped into Rocky, and landed on the ground-HARD!

"HEY!" he shouted, shaking.

"HEY YOURSELF!" I shouted back. We laughed, briefly. I looked up at Riker, and saw a frown on his face... was it worry for Rydel or something else?

I shook my head of stupid thoughts, and returned to looking for Rydel with Riker, Rocky and Ross now. We soon found Ratliff, in Rydel's room. He had tears in his eyes.

"Ratliff! What happened!"

"They-they, took HER!"

"WHO TOOK HER!"

"the-the-THEM!" he shouted, pointing behind us.

Two ghostly figures, stood before us.

"ECK!" I shrieked, grabbing Riker's arm.

He put his arms around me, shielding me from the-what were they-ghosts?

Rocky and Ross screamed like little girls, making me feel a tad better. When we looked again, they were gone.

"WHAT THE CRAP JUST HAPPENED!" I shouted... That's when we noticed that not only was Rydel gone... so was RATLIFF!

"Alright, maybe leaving the bus was the WORST idea." Riker mumbled. I laughed, nervously.

"Maybe..." I bit my lip.

We went back into the corridor and searched the house... I felt like we were in an episode of Scooby-doo or something! The thought made me laugh, and I saw Riker thinking much the same.

The light in this room did wonders for him... I blushed, again-with these STUPID thoughts.

"Alex..." he said, tapping me on the shoulder. I turned to find Rocky and Ross had also disappeared.

"Oh great... seriously?!" I asked, then turned to find that Riker had disappeared... "RIKER!" I screamed, then I saw those ghostly figures.

Without thinking, I charged. I crashed right THROUGH them... and landed on a projector... Which apparently was the "ghosts."

"Good grief... who in the UNIVERSE would pull a prank like this?" I asked, feeling sore.

A voice announced- "We WOULD!" and then Riker, Ross, Rocky, Rydel and Ratliff walked out of a secret door in the wall with a man in a suit.

"Hi, I'm the producer of 'Haunted'. We bring in 'guests' who have no clue, and try to scare them. You were on this weeks NEWEST episode... How do you feel?" he held up a mic to my face.

"I feel, like getting OUT of here!" I replied, pushing the mic back at him, and walking out of the room annoyed.

Riker ran after me.

"Hey... about earlier..." he said, grabbing my hand.

"Yeah?" I asked, turning.

"What I was TRYING to say... is that I like you!" he said, swiftly.

I gasped-then looked him right in the eye- "Did that producer tell you to do this?"

"Nope..." he laughed, then looked me right in the eye. "Alex, I LIKE you! Will you go out with me?"

"OF COURSE!" I replied, "I've liked you too.. for a long time... I just didn't realize it until recently. I guess sometimes it takes a little fear to show your love for someone." We laughed.

Then he bent down, and before I knew what was happening we were kissing.

It was only briefly, but I knew that I would NEVER forget this day EVER! Especially since I'd be watching it on tv tomorrow night!

And that's how I started dating Riker Lynch!

Author's Note: was that too lame? I feel like it was... Oh well, I hope you like it "Alex'' XD and alright, I need some ppl to volunteer for their one shot. Tell me which R5 band member, what scenario and what should happen! Oh and all about your character plez XD alright. Thanks for reading :D