Chapter 3
The Next Day…
Megan POV
Toby was going to be away all day, so I decided to see if Riker wanted to come over so we could hang out and stuff. He texted me back asking if he could come over now. I was still in my pajamas, but I figured he wouldn't even care. And lucky for me, when he came over, he was still in his pajamas too.
I opened the door, and Riker walked in.
"Hi," I said.
"Hi," Riker said, kind of angrily.
"What's your problem?"
"Rocky!"
"What did he do? Did he tell anyone!?"
Riker gasped and looked down.
"What!?"
"This is bad… This is really bad…"
"What is!?"
"I told Rocky everything last night. We were kind of fighting, and I ended up sleeping downstairs, but I didn't end up getting much sleep at all. I never told him not to tell anyone, and now we're mad at each other, and UGH! I SCREWED UP!"
Riker looked exhausted, upset, mad, and stressed all at the same time. His sleepiness was making him kind of crazy.
"Riker, calm down. Just go over there and make up with him! You can fix it."
"I can't! You know what? Just break up with me now. It'll save me the time later."
"Riker wait! I thought you loved me! Don't you want to try to save this!?"
"I did…"
"Until what?"
"Until Rocky and I talked last night…"
"What are you talking about?"
"He made me realize that you only said that you loved me because of the circumstances."
"What!?"
"It was a sympathy thing. I was carrying you home after I had just poured my heart out to you, and you felt bad, so you said you loved me."
"Riker, that's not at all what happened. I knew I loved you way before that."
"Then why'd you go out on a date with that guy?"
"Because I didn't like you then!"
"What?"
"Halfway through our date, I realized that I was in love with you. I could only think about you, and how cute you were and how you protected me."
"I protected you?"
"Yeah when the power went out, and then the time we had the sleepover. I mean there wasn't really anything to protect me from, but we didn't know that at the time."
"Oh…"
"When I said I loved you, I meant it. And I love you even more, now."
"Really?"
"Yeah… And if you really loved me, you'd go over there and fix things with Rocky!"
"Well…"
"Riker!"
"Ok, ok. Fine. I'll go in a little while."
"Go now."
"I don't want to go now."
"Why not?"
"I'm… scared…"
"Riker, he's your brother!"
"I know…"
"If you won't talk to him, I'll go!"
"Megan no! Don't!"
"Why not?"
"He'll tell you embarrassing things about me, especially since he's mad at me!"
"Riker, get a grip, and go talk to him, then."
"In a little while."
"Now."
"Megan."
"Go, Riker."
"And what if I don't?"
"Then maybe I won't want a boyfriend who's afraid of his own brother!"
"Ok fine! I'm going!"
Riker left, and eventually came back a little while later.
"So? What happened?"
"He told Ellington, Ross, and Ryland."
"Really!?"
"Yeah… He was mad and wanted to embarrass me."
"How is dating me embarrassing? Do I embarrass you!?"
"No! It's not like that! It's just that he knows I don't like telling people who I like and stuff. It's just really personal. So he knew it would embarrass me if everyone knew who I liked."
"Oh…"
"Yeah…"
"Well did you tell everyone else not to tell Toby!?"
"Uh… Yeah…"
"What'd they say?"
"Nothing…"
"But you told them?"
"Yeah."
30 Minutes Earlier…
Toby POV
I was hanging out at my friend Tyler's house when Ryland texted me. I looked at my phone.
"Why didn't you tell me about your sister?" Ryland texted.
"What are you talking about?" I texted back.
"Her and Riker?"
"What do you mean?"
"They're a thing now."
"Like dating!?"
"Yeah."
"Really!?"
"Yeah. You didn't know?"
"Nope. And I would appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone that you told me."
"Why?"
"I want to see how long it takes before Megan tells me, herself."
"Oh, ok."
"I have to go. I'll text you later. But thanks for telling me."
When I get home, I'm going to kill both of them…