Chapter 10

"Where's Sparky?"

I sat on the couch with a small smirk. "I left him about 5 minutes ago so I'm assuming he'll be over in a few."

"What'd you do?" Josh jumped on the couch beside me with a grin, I'm glad I have him. He's been my mentor, supporter, and like a father figure.

"Nothing." The front door swung open and there he is my sparky with a super adorable smile.

"YOU DID IT!" He exclaims.

Josh glances at me. "I thought you didn't do anything."

"I didn't." I stand up and he tackles me into the couch, and instantly apologizes when I wince from the pain. "Damn sparky I like it rough but take it easy." I can practically hear Josh roll his eyes and Lucas kisses me. "What'd I do?"

"I stood up to my dad." I nod, obviously or he wouldn't be over here right now. "I even blocked him when he was about to slap me." Red. I see red. I instantly stand up, mother trucker is about to have another thing coming to him. I continue to take steps but don't seem to be going anywhere. "Easy rebel." I stop moving and see his hands around my waist. I fall into his lap, willingly and it's obvious I'm still frustrated. "Let me just say he hasn't ever hit me before. He was pissed I was standing up for myself but, you taught me how to block and you gave me the confidence to stand up for myself."

"That's awful deep." I joke and secretly love that I could help him. I still have a reputation to uphold after all.

"Which brings me to my request." I narrow my eyes and smirk. I really hope this isn't going where I think. "I want you to train me to fight."

It went where I thought. "What the fuckidy fuck did I tell you? Are you high?"

He crashes his lips onto mine and my whole body trembles. "Now I am." He whispers, "I'm serious. I want to protect you, though you don't need it and I want to feel like I did when I stopped my dad."

I stood up out of his lap and toss off my leather jacket, "How'd you feel over there?" Josh saunters away with an appealing smile, almost as if he knew this would happen.

"Powerful, and strong. Mostly courageous. I didn't have to fear my dad, I never really feared him I'm only scared of one thing." I narrow my eyes and realize if he didn't outright say what he was scared of that I shouldn't pry. He should take a lesson on not prying. He rises off the couch and cups my face, "I don't want to fight illegally but working with me on the basics will make you better too."

Shit. He's right. "I really don't think-"

"Please baby." So the baby bullshit starts, I snicker to myself. "Fine not baby, I'll call you beautiful or sweetheart." I don't know why I've never liked the name 'baby', probably the same reason 'princess' pisses me off. It makes me seem weak.

"So you want to be on the same training schedule as me?" He nods and he really has no idea what he's in for, sure he's the quarterback but not even a quarter of the football team could run up to 5.25 miles.

"I know that a good portion of it like your running is for endurance in the ring but those can be like our dates since we're both busy." I cocked my head to the side that is a really great date. Working out and training. His hands fall to my waist and he moves my hips from side to side, "please." He kisses my lips, "beautiful." He pecks my neck, damn he's good. So good.

"Fine." I push him on the couch and straddle his lap so I can get a little bit of my drug. Just a little, who am I kidding I'm addicted. While my fingers were getting tangled in his hair, his hands caress my back and it all gets ruined when my uncle comes back.

"So, seems as if we have a new partner in training?" Josh questions while eating an apple. "Oh Riley, get off him. Seriously, I'm still your uncle." I roll my eyes and flip him off. "Alright Sparky, you can't handle the program I've got her on. And ultimately she's going to train you for about 2 hours a day a few times a week. You get the weekends off."

"Okay," He whispers, "why only 2 hours a day?"

"She's still gotta train with me. She runs 5 plus miles in the morning and after that does an hour long workout. After school as you know she trains for 5 hours." I nod, God I have no life. "But since we get out at 2, she can train you from 7 to 9. You won't need to run, or lift since you do that through football. But Riley you need to take it easy, because we don't need you to overwork yourself." His dimples begin to show and I can't stop myself from kissing them.

"That works out perfectly because I get out of after school practice at 5, so that will leave me with time to do homework."

I grab his chin and force him to look at me, though there was no resistance, "You only fight for defensive purposes. Got it?"

"Got it beautiful."

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It was my last day before I start training again so I was soaking up everything I could with Lucas. As of right now he had me against the lockers. My whole body turns to jelly when we do this. It's a nice reprieve from the usual tense muscles and clenched fists. He's getting bolder, I feel his fingers run underneath my shirt. I snicker against his lips, I love the way his hands feel on me. I know what you're thinking and yes we do talk, in fact once Josh goes to bed we talk about random shit, that you would think doesn't matter but in reality you learn a lot about the other person. Like he wants to be a doctor, or his favorite color is blue. Such a boy.

We haven't gone super deep yet, mostly because of me and I know he'll tell me about his mom eventually. And we've only dated since Saturday, it's Tuesday. So I'm not rushing anything. "LUKE!" I reluctantly pull away from those gorgeous, soft lips, my drug.

"WHAT ZAY?" I giggle and realize I must still be in a daze, there are other people around. I don't giggle when other people are around. It wasn't entirely my fault it's so cute how frustrated he gets when we get interrupted.

"Double date tonight?" Never done that before, Lucas' face is only centimeters away from mine still and his hand is above me leaning against the lockers. God he's so attractive. Maya comes to join the party and though she basically called me trash I tolerate her because of Sparky. Which goes to show how much I like him. His gorgeous jade eyes trace my face and after I give a swift nod he smiles.

"Sure, the diner?"

"Sounds great." Zay and Maya sauntered away and I immediately pull him back towards my lips. I need another hit. I'm going to blame this whole obsession of kissing him on the fact I am sexually deprived, and have been for 6 months. I like that possibility better than the latter where in reality I was more obsessed with him than his lips. His cologne, his eyes and dimples. The way he holds me and smiles, oh God I have to stop before I admit I'm obsessed with Lucas Friar.

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I kiss her goodbye after first period and hesitantly begin my trek to second period. I love watching her walk away, she clutches the end of her leather jacket, and her natural wavy curls bounce with each dominating step. She may not realize it but whatever room she walks in, she owns. The crowd's part on her way through, which is super obnoxious and she really doesn't like it but she puts up with it to avoid talking to people.

I'm obsessed with Riley Matthews, and terrified of her all at the same time. I don't know why I'm so afraid she'd never physically hurt me, maybe it isn't a physical fear that I'm worried about. Somehow my mind drifts to that tattoo right below her hip bone and I realized that I still don't know what that tattoo is. "FRIAR!" Awe, damn it. I was having an amazing day.

"What Charlie?" I keep my focus in front of me, because one glimpse of him infuriates me. Especially after how he's treated my girl. The school bell rang, dang I must have watched her walk for a while. It's worth it. The halls emptied except for a few friends of Charlies. Shit.

"I need to talk to you."

I spin around and break his gaze, "what?" He won't do anything, not on school grounds. I don't have much to worry about.

"Riley." My Riley. "You need to back the hell off."

"That doesn't sound as appealing as what I've been doing." I snicker on the inside because she's rubbing off on me, her sarcasm and her way to demolish people with words was another thing she excels at. Which isn't necessarily anything to be proud of but hey, I don't care.

"Yeah I've seen you two against the lockers."

"So then you've also seen how she won't let me pull away." Not that I try often, "She doesn't like you Charlie just leave it alone. It could be because you and your 2 friends tried to force her on a date."

"Clearly she isn't one that is forced to do anything."

"You got that right. I'm not going to back off, but I suggest you find someone else to terrorize." We stare into each other for a few minutes when I hear heels. They don't just clack, they demand attention and I smirk knowing exactly who it is.

"Everything okay sparky?" Charlie turns around and takes a few steps towards her.

"Yeah, what are you doing?" I question.

"Apparently telling someone to 'not fucking touch me' is grounds to send me to the principal." Her gaze shifts to Charlie, "I don't know what it is about you Katy boys but you can't seem to take a hint."

"I was just saying something similar to Charlie." He was biting his lip and I instantly feel my blood boil. I know he's thinking dirty thoughts because that's what I did before we got together. I may be a virgin, but I'm a guy.

She laughs and divulges a gorgeous smile that no one sees often, including me. She smiles but this one is different. "Charlie don't take it personally, I just need someone who can handle me. And clearly you can't."

"You don't know because you've never tried. I bet you couldn't handle me." Uh oh, here we go again. Riley took a few steps forward while biting her lip.

"I don't bet trash I burn it." Damn she's so bad ass. The beautiful brunette sidesteps Gardner and after an amazing kiss she winks and saunters away but not before saying, "Oh I suggest everyone goes to class before I get involved. Bye, bye."

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I get off my bike and saunter inside since I had some time to kill before we went on that double date tonight. Never been on one before, and I don't know why I'm anxious. It's probably Ace, he's Lucas' best friend and I guess I need to get along with him. This was easier with Farkle, he was like me a loner. No family ties and didn't rely on anyone. I think though that I enjoy the fact he has friends and family, offers me a warmth that I've deprived myself of for a long time but for good reasons. But I don't make the same mistake twice, I'm stronger now, I'm better now and most importantly I'm more aware.

Lucas. I haven't had a long list of suiters so I'm not sure what it is I'm feeling for sparky. I loved Farkle but this is an entirely different feeling. I crave him, more than the fucking oxygen in my lungs, so I didn't last long when he became single. I was actually glad that he was dating Maya and that he pushed me away for a few days, but I was drawn to him like a needle to a vein. And that terrifies me.

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