A/N= so this is chapter seven. This is getting long! Big thanks to BlueSky509 for the review! Other people please review! I like reviews!
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She Was All I Had:
Chapter seven:
"What are we doing here Riley? This place is creeping me out…" I said. I had been following her for some time now, and seemingly hadn't made any progress. Riley seemed to know where she was going however, so I didn't make too many complaints.
"So," Riley said, "you know how we thought they only powered certain areas of the city?"
I didn't have to ask who they were. "Yeah?" I said, not knowing where this conversation was going.
"Follow me…" she said enigmatically.
After following her for another five minutes, we came to a stop in front of a rectangular box that was protruding from the wall.
"Well it turns out," she said, in a voice that let me know she was continuing her speech from earlier, "the whole city has power. They just flip the circuit breakers. All you have to do is flip 'em back."
I walked over to the switch that she was gesturing to, and studied her face. I saw no tricks however, no lies. It was still too good to be true however, and I voiced my concern, "There's no way this is gonna work." One look at Riley's beautiful, encouraging smile however, and I flipped it anyway.
With a groan and a whir, the lights in the corridor flashed into life.
"Ha!" I began to laugh in awe, grinning like and an idiot.
"What did I tell ya'," Riley said, giving me a warm smile. I'm pretty sure my heart melted at that pointed. Sappy but true.
"Wait so… the whole mall is lit up?" I asked when I found my voice again
"Let's go find out!" came my best friends reply. Best friend! I reminded myself. Tell her she means more than that and she'll be freaked out. And I can't lose her; she's all I have…
I ran after my friend, and we came to a set of double doors which led to the main mall. She took the left, and I took the right. We were going together, cliché but cool.
"You ready to see this?" she questioned.
"Wait. I…" all my doubts were flooding my mind, memories of her screaming at me when I was going to tell her I loved her. That pain, although old, was still excruciating.
"I know what you're trying to do. And…" I tried, but Riley interrupted me, as though she could read my thoughts.
"I didn't mean it. All the stuff I said before I left, I didn't mean it."
"Riley," I was going to do it. I was going to admit it. Like I should of a million times since she returned. Go on Ellie, my heart screamed, tell her you love her!
But I couldn't do it, couldn't risk my friendship. "You're such a sap!" I finished.
"Bitch you started it!" she laughed.
"Oh man," I said when the laughing was over.
"Are you ready?" she asked.
"Totally," I replied, retaking my stance against the door. Perfectly in sync, we pushed the doors open.
"Are you kidding?" I breathed, taking in the breathtaking sight in front of me.
-RileyxxxElliexxxRiley-
"You didn't tell her?!" Marlene said, "What the hell Ellie, why!"
"I never told her," I said, and stopped Marlene from interrupting me by putting my index finger to her lips, "but that doesn't mean she didn't find out, or that I didn't give her my first," I thought for a second, before adding forcefully, "and last kiss."
Marlene considered me for a moment, before saying, "Ok. I'm curious. Continue."
And after Marlene wiped my tears away with her sleeve, a motherly thing to do, I did.
-ElliexxxRileyxxxEllie-
There, in front of me, stood a glowing golden carousel which very much looked like it would work.
"I told ya'" was Riley's simple response.
"Wait," I said, a sudden worry entering my mind, "Won't the soldiers spot the mall being all lit up?"
"Nah, the exterior lights don't work."
"How do you know?" I asked, curious. Had she been here before?
"This Firefly, Melanie, told me all about it." She replied.
Melanie? So I had been replaced already? Fuck you 'Melanie'.
"This looks fancy," Riley said suddenly, gesturing to the carousel, "wanna try it?" she asked. Psh, as if she needed to ask!
"Ok," I said, and walked over to one of the fake horses. I swung my left leg over it, getting a strange sense of 'Deja vu'. That's when I realised the event was reminding me of the first time Riley took me to ride Princess.
Shaking my head to clear my mind, I looked over at Riley. I saw her press something, and suddenly the ride started to move.
"Whoa!" I cried in surprise. This was really something else. In fact, I thought to myself, this was better than a dinosaur. Something was missing from my sense of fun though…
"Riley come here!" I exclaimed, before laughing again.
"Nah you got this go!" she replied. The horse bobbed up and down as we went around the center pillar, not unlike Princess. However, instead of making me miss her, I found it added more happiness to this amazing experience. It still wasn't right though.
"Come on get up here- sit next to me!" I called out to Riley as the carousel allowed me to see her again.
"Alright wait up!" she laughed in response.
I saw her climb over the railing and dash to the horse to my left, clambering onto it. However, happiness cannot last forever-no more than five seconds after she sat on the horse the ride began to slow.
"No! No! No! No! No! No!" Riley said in annoyance.
"Ah, man!" I said, disappointed.
"I just got on!" Riley whined, which wasn't something she did very often, "LIVE!" she yelled pulling on the horse. Nothing happened. I'm not too sure what she expected would happen.
"Phooey." She muttered.
"Well I loved it, so there." I said to her.
"Oh yeah!" she said, obviously remembering something. She pulled a small book from her bag.
"What is that?" I asked her, genuinely ignorant on the subject.
"Et hem," she fake coughed dramatically, "What did the triangle say to the circle?"
I gasped, now knowing what it was but wanting conformation, "What is that!"
"You're so pointless!" she concluded the joke, completely ignoring my question.
"Fuck you! You found another pun book!"
"What did the cannibal get when she showed up to the party late?"
I turned my head away to think about it, before facing her again, "I dunno."
"A cold shoulder!" she finished. We both laughed.
"Here," she said handing me the book, "it's for you."
"Y'know, you might just be my favorite person again," I lied. She never stopped being my favorite person .Not ever. Even when she said all those horrible things, she never stopped.
-RileyxxxElliexxxRiley-
"You really did love her didn't you?" Marlene asked.
"No Marlene," I told her, "I was in love with her. Still am. I always will be. Loving and being in love are two different things."
Marlene smiled, "I know Ellie. I know. So what happened next?"
I gave her the biggest smile I'd given anyone since Riley died, "Next Marlene was the Photo Booth."
