Chapter 10: Truth
Riley's POV:
"He was holding hands with another girl at the ice rink." I said, pacing back and forth. "Why do you care?" Maya asked. "I don't." I said. "It sure sounds like you do." she said. "The minute we finish arguing, he just goes and hangs out with another girl. Guys are such pigs." I said, falling back onto the couch. "Riley, I think you being like this, is what led to that." Maya said, "But if he truly did have feelings for me, he could've waited until I finally understood what I was doing, besides running off to the first girl he sees." I said. "You know the girl could've been his cousin..." Maya suggested. "It didn't look that way to me." I said.
Lucas's POV:
"Hey, how are you feeling?" Nick said as he walked through the door. "Are you lost? Your apartment is right around the corner, man." I teased as I flipped the eggs. "I can't stay away, I tried to make breakfast and I almost burned the apartment down… Mark is at practice so I'm all yours." he said. "What are you really doing here?" I asked. "I came to see how you were doing about Riley." He said. "There's nothing to talk about, she wants nothing to do with me and I am trying to not want anything to do with her. Even though I miss her." I said as I set down a plate. "Can I go talk to her?" Nick asked. "Knock yourself out, I doubt she'll listen she's being so stubborn." I said as I sat down. "Women." Nick said. "Tell me about it. So how about you? How are things over in the love area?" I asked. "Well, before I get to that, I'm thinking about finding my own place. So that Kelly can move in with me because I don't want her to move in with me and Mark cause I'd feel like it'd just be uncomfortable for her." he said. "Why would it be uncomfortable?" I asked. "Well I know we would want our privacy and we don't want Mark bargaining in on us all the time." he said. "I see." I said.
Riley's POV:
"If you say you don't care, then why are we still talking about him?" Maya asked, as she stared at her puzzled brunette friend. "It's just I finally found a guy that I thought would turn out to be different. I thought I found a guy that saw the real me. I mean he finally found me, he actually put in effort to find me and he didn't give up on me. You know how my family background is and you know how much lack of love there was. I was scared that if I got into a relationship with him, then I would get so attached to a point that he would've been the only person I wanted to be with, the only person I would want to talk to about anything, besides you. But I just got scared so I used Rebel's accident, as an excuse to run away." I said. "Riles, don't compare him to your past. You're not there. Lucas is not like every single guy that you have been with and when you realize that you need to go and you need to fight for him." The blonde demanded.
Lucas's POV:
"So, you've been spending a lot of time with Missy." Mark teased. "Stop it. There's nothing going on there. I'm just helping her out." I said, as I put on a t-shirt. "Yeah, in the bedroom." Mark whispered. "Really? That's not what's going on between us. She's been trying to find a new place and she enlisted my help on it." I said. "Yeah, and then she's going to ask you out to dinner and then slowly seduce you and before you know it you two are in her bed the next morning." Mark said. "Okay, did that accident turn you 10x creepier than you already are man?" I asked. "So, are you officially giving up on Riley?" Mark asked. "I'm going to wait, I'm going to wait and see how long it takes for her to come to her senses." I said. "And if she never does?" he asked. "Then I move on from her." I said. "This would be a great movie." Nick said.
Riley's POV:
I finally realized that instead of talking about my feelings about Lucas with Maya, I should just tell him how I feel myself. But I was being such a jerk to him so I don't think that he would want to give me a chance. "All or nothing." Maya said as she handed me my sweater. "All or nothing." I said. I realized that I had left Maya in my apartment. "Also, please lock the door when you leave." I said. This was quite normal for us. We were so comfortable that my home was her home and her home was my home.
I went down to the train station to where Lucas and I had met and I had a clever idea in mind.
Yes I know this is a short chapter and I'm sorry that this story isn't going in a good direction. I'm a little rusty since I haven't written in a while but I promise the next chapter will be better and I am back and will be updating as much as I can! xx