Riley was on one of the tables with Billy at Svorski's Bakery. The table they were on was flooded with paper and random stationary. Mr. Matthew's task for them was to design and make an object that will make life easier.
Billy and Riley were focusing on cars that are solar powered. "We should something there that stores solar energy so the car will still work at night," Riley stretched her arms, reaching up. Her back was aching; they've been here for hours. They started as soon as they got back from school and it was nearly 8:00 pm. Billy decided that they should work on it as soon as possible and finish it as soon as possible because he only had a week left before his trip to Australia with his family.
"Yeah," he yawned, also stretching. Riley also yawned, after that she giggled. "It's barely 8 and I feel sleepy. How's that even possible?" She joked with a smile with tired looking eyes.
Billy chuckled, he was quite happy doing this assignment with Riley. She was so pretty and kind. He admitted he liked her, but he also knew Riley's crush on Lucas. Billy tried not to think about how he was always second to Lucas but if there's anything he wanted so much that Lucas had and he didn't, it was Riley affection.
Riley impressed him greatly with the Farkle situation months ago. Billy was planning to hang out with Riley for a bit then ask her out to a movie, hopefully building their relationship more.
Riley actually found Billy kind of amusing, with all his jokes and all. He was cute too and athletic…
'Maybe Maya would be interested. That way she'd lay off Lucas...' Riley shook the thought off of her head. 'Maya…'
Riley hadn't had the time to talk to her. It seems like, she needs to do it soon, seeing her look too happy around him.
'No, Maya is your best friend. She would be that last person to hurt you' Riley told herself.
"Wait- it's 8?! Damn," Billy stood up checking the clock on the wall, running his fingers through his hair.
"What is it? What's wrong?" Riley asked concerned.
"I missed the subway," Billy sat back down, with a frown.
"Can't you catch the next one?" Riley said hopefully. Boy they got too carried away with their projects.
"Well, it's Tuesday, that means the next one is tomorrow morning," Billy groaned.
"Umm, how about walking?"
Billy gave out a chuckle, despite his bad luck, "It's 5 hours walk,"
Riley had no idea Billy live so far- well, not really. If he caught the subway it would've been around 30 minutes to get to his house. It was pretty dark outside and she should be going upstairs by now, but she couldn't help but worry about Billy.
She looked at Billy, he looked so worried. She could tell he was thinking, his eyebrows were crunched together.
"How about this," she spoke up, "let's go to my dad, I'm sure he'll do something about it,"
Cory was angry with himself. He couldn't believe that he let a boy sleep on their sofa while he has a vulnerable daughter in the next room. But a part of him knew it was the right thing to do. He spoke to the boy's parents on the phone, explaining the situation and they gladly agreed for their son to sleep the night there.
"Goodnight, Billy," Riley said softly, giving Billy a pillow and a blanket, turning to turn the lights off,"
"Night," Billy said softly. He heard her walk away from him, be fore she could get any further, "Riley?"
"Yeah?" Riley replied her voice was still audible but hard to hear because of the distance.
"Thank you,"
"No problem,"
That night, Billy smiled in his sleep.
Knock Knock Knock
Riley stirred in her bed.
Knock Knock Knock
Riley groaned.
She heard her bedroom door open gently.
'Who is that?'
She bolted up, seeing a masculine figure get closer. She wanted to scream but her voice was caught in her throat.
"Riley! It's me!" whispered a voice loudly. Riley exhaled, relieved. Yesterday it was Maya, now its Billy. She's going to start getting nightmares soon.
She looked at the clock; it read 10:30 pm. It has just been an hour since she was last awake.
Riley clicked her side table light on, providing the room a dim glow.
"What do you need?" Riley asked, rubbing her eyes. 'Dad's going to kill you if he sees you here'
"Well, you see, I need to… tinkle"
Riley wanted to laugh her head right off because of Billy's chosen word, but she could see him stand awkwardly in front of her. He was about to burst.
"Well, we have a toilet in the hallway next to Auggie's room but you can use mine," Riley said pointing at the narrow door to her right.
Billy flashed a quick smile before rushing in the bathroom.
Just as Riley heard the door close open, she heard someone knock on the window. She saw a familiar smile that brightened her day for the past year.
She immediately forgot about Billy.
"Lucas," She helped Lucas climb in.
"Hey, I-
Flush!
Lucas looked alert.
'Uh oh…' Riley could feel things are about to go down.
Billy walked out the bathroom, unaware of Lucas who was growling at the sight of him in his girlfriend's room.
"What are you doing here?!" Lucas said, quite loudly, approaching Billy slowly, ready to pounce.
"M-man, I can explain-" Billy was right down scared.
"Lucas-" Riley tried to pull Lucas back by pulling his arm.
"What is he doing here?!" Lucas sent an accusing look at her.
'This couldn't be more worse…'
Lucas lunged at Billy, taking Riley with him on the floor with a big THUD!
They started pushing each other, pinning each other down… with barely any light.
But of course, things just got… scarier… worse…
The light was flicked on.
"What's with-" Cory was speechless with anger with the sight in front of him.
Riley was pinned on both wrist down by Lucas and Billy, who obviously let go of her. They thought they were pinning each other down, but it was actually Riley they were pinning down.
'This must look really bad…'
