It seems some, or at least one, have gotten angry at me for writing this. This person signed the review but didn't leave a link for me to reply. If you see this, I would like to make my case, I have upgraded the rating if that's what you were worried about. As to the characters I use and the Lynch family, I have no desire to hurt their feelings, I try to be flattering to say the least. This person has threatened to make this website delete my story, just like my other story has been deleted, I will not cave for this. I still have the original chapters and I can upload them anywhere, doesn't have to be here.
There that was my brave stand off, now on with the story.
The roof was a popular place for the girls if they ever needed to clear their heads, whenever one of them was worried about something, there is where they could most likely be found. That's why Mary chose the roof, it was a sacred place to her. A place to be honest with yourself and others, and that was what she was planning to be.
She had brought some blankets and the girls kept an old mattress hidden under some junk up there. To make it more comfortable to watch the stars, or what stars you could see with the city lights. Mary was almost done when she heard the door open. Quickly she turned around, expecting to see the blond boy but surprised when she saw her oldest friend walk towards her.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Lydia asked. Mary sighed. "Yes, I am sure. He deserves to know, or at least parts of it." Mary answered. Lydia walked closer to her friend. "Remember what happened last time?" She warned. "Almost, what almost happened. I was young and foolish, it won't happen again." Mary said bluntly. "Yet here you are, ready to do the same, to tell another boy." Lucy exclaimed. "I never told him anything, he already knew. He was playing me from the start, he tricked me." Mary explained. "What if Riker is doing the same? Or one of his brothers?" Lucy started to get desperate, she really didn't want her friend to make the same mistake she did years ago. She didn't want her to get hurt again. "I know I can trust him Lydia. I know I can. And by the way, aren't you always saying I should start dating again?" Mary said. "Yes dating, not telling your secret to the first boy with a winning smile. I'm just watching out for you, you know that. I can't watch you going through the heartbreak again, not when I could have done something to stop it." Lydia said, tears welling up behind her eyes. Mary walked over to her friend and gave her a big hug. "I know you mean well, I do. I love you Lydia, and I appreciate you trying to protect me. But this is something I have to do, you just have to trust me." Mary soothed Lydia. "I love you to Mary, just be careful with what you tell him alright. We don't know how much he can handle." Lydia said while walking back to the door. "I will, no go. He should be here any minute now." Mary said, then watched Lydia disappear behind the metal door.
-Moments before-
Riker was walking up the stairs, past the girls door, to the roof. Ready to open the door when he heard voices. "... what happened last time?" He could immediately place the voice, but it was a girl. "Almost, what almost happened. I was young and foolish, it won't happen again." Mary! But who was she talking to and what were they talking about? What happened? "Yet here you are, ready to do the same, to tell another boy." The first voice again. They were talking about him, and the first voice didn't agree with Mary's decision. "I never told him anything, he already knew. He was playing me from the start, he tricked me." Who were they talking about now? Not him, right? "What if Riker is doing the same?" Nope not about him, well now they were. "Or one of his brothers?" This girl had serious trust issue's. "I know I can trust him Lydia. I know I can. And by the way, aren't you always saying that I should start dating again?" Mary's voice, wait, Lydia! Why didn't Lydia trust him? What's going on? "Yes dating, not telling your secret to the first boy with a winning smile. I'm just watching out for you, you know that. I can't watch you going through the heartbreak again, not when I could have done something to stop it." Lydia again, so she didn't have something personal against him, Riker thought. The voices were to muffled to hear now, but suddenly he heard footsteps coming his way. Riker scurried down some steps so Lydia wouldn't see him. He heard the door open and waited until Lydia came down the stairs. "Hey Lydia, is Mary up there?" Riker asked innocently. "Yeah, she is waiting for you." Lydia said, riker stepped forward to move past her when she grabbed his arm. "Just be careful with her alright." She said darkly. "I will." Riker answered, dead serious. Then continued up the stairs, followed by Lydia's gaze.
When Riker opened the rooftop door he noticed Mary standing close to the edge, watching the skies. She had changed her clothes since he saw her last at the store. Now she was wearing a long but light dress, and her hair down. Usually she wore decent blazers and her hair in a bun, now she let the wind play with it all. He admired her from a distance before speaking up. "Hey, so I'm here. What is it you wanted to talk about?" Riker carefully asked. Mary turned around to see where the voice had come from, then smiled.