Chapter 10

( 31 Days Left of Tour )

Riker POV

Today was the first day of August. Only 31 days left until we return home. 1 month…

The only good thing happening in my life right now was that my wrist was healing nicely. I still had the cast on, and I couldn't play, but my doctor had told me that it was healing faster than normal, so that was good.

But everything else… I was so depressed every day. I still obsessively checked Kat's Instagram, but she hadn't posted a picture for 2 weeks now. I guess she… gave up…?

My siblings had found out about Kat's pictures. They followed Kat, so they eventually saw them and confronted me about them. I didn't really know what they were for, but I told them the details about what had happened when I went home to surprise her.

I got up and opened the bag of sandwiches Rocky had gotten from Subway. They had all eaten theirs before they went out to perform, but I wasn't hungry until now.

I ate my sandwich and worked on writing song lyrics until everyone came back, which would be any minute now.

A few minutes later, Ross came bursting in through the door.

"Hey Riker! Did you see what Kat posted!?"

"What!?"

"On her Instagram!"

"No I didn't!"

I reached for my phone which was on the table, but I ended up knocking it off, and it fell on the ground. I quickly knelt down, and saw that I had cracked the screen.

"NO!" I shouted.

I started pressing the power button like crazy.

"PLEASE WORK! PLEASE WORK! PLEASE WORK!" I shouted.

The screen lit up, and I unlocked it. I clicked on the Instagram app, and waited for it to load.

"Wow. That's pretty… pathetic," said Ross, who was standing over me.

"Shhh!"

"You don't need silence to look at a picture!"

"Ross! Shush!"

"How desperate are you!? You guys aren't even dating anymore."

"Ugh! The app crashed! Give me your phone."

"No way! I'm not letting you crack my screen too!"

"Ugh!"

"Riker, really. What's up with you and Kat? You're not dating anymore. So why are you so obsessed with her?"

I ignored my brother as my Instagram loaded. It was hard to see since the screen was cracked. But I searched for Kat, and clicked on her Instagram anyway. It wasn't a poster picture though. The picture she had posted was of her and Cody at a carnival. Her caption was "Having a great time with my bro, Cody. Thanks for taking me out today for some fun!" What was up with that!? I guess she was… Done with the posters or something…

Kat POV

"Do you want to go on this?" Cody asked, as we approached a rollercoaster.

"Uh…"

"What's wrong? You've gone on everything so far."

"Well… This is the rollercoaster Riker and I went on…"

"But I thought you said-"

"I don't care. I'm not going on it."

Later…

Kat POV

I laid in bed, thinking about today. Cody and I had had a really long talk earlier this morning. He wanted to know why I was acting the way I was. Lately, I had been staying shut up in my room, and I didn't talk to anyone, not even Cody. He also wanted to know whatever happened to my poster pictures. The truth was, by now, they would have worked or not, and since I hadn't heard anything from Riker, I figured he wasn't going to take me back. And I just had to accept that. Cody didn't agree with me though. He thought I should keep going. But honestly, I don't think it's doing anything. And it's a waste of my time. So after I told Cody everything, he took me out to a carnival to try to cheer me up. And it had worked. I was feeling better. It helped me take my mind off of everything. And Cody and I had bonded more. I have never been closer to him, and it feels amazing to have a brother who you know loves you. Especially since I didn't have…

A Few Days Later ( 19 Days Left of Tour )

Riker POV

"Riker, put your phone down already! You've been looking at that thing all day!" Rocky said.

"I can't," I said, close to crying.

"Riker, what are you looking at?"

Rocky came over to me, so I tried to keep my phone screen out of his view.

"Riker."

Unfortunately, Rocky was able to get my phone pretty easily since I really only had one working hand.

"Really Riker? Kat?"

"Well…"

"I thought you said she cheated on you."

"She did."

"Then why are you looking at her Instagram!?"

"Because I still love her! I always loved her!"

"But she broke your heart."

"But…"

"Riker, don't do this to yourself. You shouldn't do this. If she cheated on you once, she'll do it again."

"Well…"

"Riker. No. Normally I don't really care who you date, but Kat? No way. You tried that, it failed. Don't go back and try it again."

I stayed completely still with my eyes fixed on the ground. I was mad. But not at Rocky. At myself.

The Next Day ( 18 Days Left of Tour )

Kat POV

"Hey Kat," said Cody.

"Hey. What's up?"

"I really think you should try the posters again."

"The posters? Why? I tried that. Nothing happened. Why do you think anything would be different now?"

"I don't know. But I just feel like this is your last chance."

"My last chance?"

"I don't know… But once he comes home… I think once he comes home, if he hasn't said anything by then, I think you've lost him forever."

"Well… No. If he doesn't want to be with me, then fine. He can do whatever he wants. I apologized and everything. Everyone makes mistakes once in a while. If he doesn't ever want to see me again, I'm fine with that."

"Kat, no you're not! I can tell you're not! You still love him!"

"Well of course I still love him, but guess what? A lot of relationships don't work out, and the people still love each other. They learn how to live with it, so I can too."

"Kat-"

"No, Cody. I'm done playing the take me back game. It's over."

"Just one more poster? I feel like we're close!"

"Cody, no. I'm done. Really."

"Ok."

"Ok? Since when do you ever let me win the arguments?"

Cody left my room without saying anything else, and I knew he was up to something.

Later…

Kat POV

I found out what that something was, he was up to. He had hacked into my Instagram account. We had taken a few extra poster pictures, and he posted one of them. The lyrics were from One Last Dance. They were "So wait up, wait up, give me one more chance, to make up, make up. I just need one last dance." And I mean they kind of worked. We had danced together at my school, so it kind of related to that. But I was annoyed Cody had hacked me and posted that. I was trying to get over Riker, and he was only making it harder.