Chapter 2
The Next Morning…
Riley POV
*Beep Beep Beep
"Stupid alarm…"
I reached over and slammed the clock with my hand. How many times had I hit that thing today? I looked over. Too many!
"8:30!? I'm leaving in 30 minutes!" I shouted, sitting up.
I heard a knock on my door, so I got up to answer it.
"Riker!?"
"Good morning! Wait… Why are you still wearing your pajamas?"
I pulled Riker into my room and shut the door.
"I swear, I didn't mean to get up this late! I was just so tired, and then I looked at the clock, and-"
"Riley, calm down. You still have 25 minutes. I'll help you."
Riker pulled me into a hug.
"Thanks. I don't know what I would do without you."
"Awww. I love you so much! Now go get dressed! What can I do to help?"
"Take this backpack, and put all of that into it," I said, pointing at a pile of stuff I had gotten together last night for the trip.
Riker got started on packing while I got dressed. When I came back to my room, Riker was all finished.
"Here," Riker said handing me my backpack.
"Thanks. What time is it?"
"Almost 9:00."
"Should we head over to your house then?"
"Yup."
"Ok."
I gave hugs to my parents before leaving. I also gave them my phone, which I wasn't too happy about. When we got to Riker's, Rydel was yelling at Ross to hurry up. The 3 of us put our stuff in Riker's car. A few minutes later, Ross came running out the door carrying his stuff.
"Ok, who's sitting where?" Ross asked.
"Well Riker's driving. Why don't we let Riley sit in the front with him?" Rydel said to Ross.
"Ok."
"Thanks," I said, getting into the car.
We only drove for about 30 minutes, and then we arrived at the mountain we would be climbing.
"Ok, me and Rydel combined our stuff into one bag, so I'll carry the tents and sleeping bags, and Rydel, you can carry our conjoined bag. And then Ross and Riley, you guys can just carry your own bags," said Riker.
I put on my backpack, and followed Riker to the trail entrance.
"Are you guys ready?" Riker asked.
"Yup," we all said together.
"Ok, let's go!"
Later…
Riley POV
"Are we going to stop for lunch?" Ross asked.
"No. We're going to eat while we walk. Unless Riley wants to stop," said Riker.
"Why if Riley wants to!?" Ross asked.
"Because she's still… recovering…"
"Riley, please say you want to stop! I need a break. My legs are killing me!" Ross pleaded.
"Riker?" I asked.
"Yeah?"
"Could we stop?"
"Fine…"
We found a nice place to stop and have lunch. The bugs weren't too bad today, and it wasn't too hot. It was the perfect day to have a mini picnic on our camping trip.
After we had lunch, which was just peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, we kept walking. And walking and walking and walking…
Later…
Riley POV
"When are we going to stop walking?" I asked.
"When it gets dark," said Riker.
"Riker, it's getting dark," said Rydel.
"Fine."
"Don't tell me you're not tired!" I said.
"No, I'm plenty tired."
"So then why do you want to keep going?" I asked.
"I don't know. I just do."
Well I'll be sure to find out why, later…
We all dropped our stuff, and unpacked the tents. My dad let us borrow the ones he bought for our camping trip a few days ago. Riker and I were going to share a tent, and Rydel and Ross were going to share the other. We set them up right next to each other. Next we set our sleeping bags up inside. Riker kept hitting his head on the top of the tent, and I laughed at him every time.
Finally we finished, and we just laid on our sleeping bags for a little while, not saying much.
"Riker?" I asked, turning over to look at him.
"Yes?"
"Can I use your phone?"
"Why?"
"To check my Instagram," I said, quietly.
"Riley."
"I know I'm not supposed to, but I really want to!"
"Riley, you know I can't let you do that."
"Please?"
"Riley…"
"Please?"
"Riley."
"Please, Riker?"
"Riley, I'll get in trouble from your parents if I do!"
"So?"
"So I'm not doing that! I'm sorry!"
I rolled my eyes, and put my head face down into my pillow.
"Are you mad at me?"
Awww he sounded guilty! Funny…
"Riley?"
"I'm not mad at you. I'm just frustrated."
I looked up at Riker, and he looked like he felt bad. But it wasn't his fault.
"Riker."
"What?"
"Stop."
"Stop what?"
"Looking so guilty!"
"Sorry! I feel bad now!"
I pulled Riker down onto his pillow. We looked at each other.
"I love you, Riker."
"I love you too."
"Oh would you guys shut up already!" Ross yelled.
"Ross!" Riker shouted.
"What?"
"What is your problem!?"
"We are literally a foot away from your tent! Enough with all the cute, stupid junk you guys are talking about!"
"Hey! When you get a girlfriend, you'll want to do this kind of stuff."
"I'll want to talk like an idiot?"
"Ross."
"Sorry…"
Riker rolled his eyes, and took my hand in his.
"What time is it?" Ross called to our tent.
"Check your phone, genius," Riker shouted back.
"Oh…"
"Well what time is it?" Riker asked after a minute.
"Why don't you check your phone?"
"Sometimes, I really want to punch him in the face," Riker whispered.
Riker pulled out his phone, and showed me. It was only about 8:30.
"What do you guys want to do until we go to bed?" Rydel asked.
Riker POV
"We could tell scary stories," Ross said.
What an idiot he's being tonight! Scary stories are the last thing Riley needs to hear right now.
"Sounds good. Riker, Riley, are you guys up for that?" Rydel asked.
Thanks Rydel…
"I guess so," said Riley.
Ugh...
"Riker? What about you?" Rydel asked.
"Yeah. Sure…"
"Are we going to talk through the tents, or are we going to go outside? Or all squish in one tent? What are we doing?" Ross asked.
"I think we should just talk through the tents. If we're outside, there's going to be a ton of bugs. And if we all go in one tent, it'll get really hot," said Rydel.
"Ok, who's going first?" Ross asked.
"How about you," I said, annoyed.
"Ok, I have the perfect story," said Ross.
Riley and I got in our sleeping bags. Riley was on the side closest to the other tent. I scooched closer to her so I could hear better, and be closer to her if she got scared. Which she did… Thanks Ross…