This is gonna be a short one, mostly just to fill and clear some stuff up. I hope you guys like it.
Marieke's Pov
"So what were you guys talking about?" Riker asked.
"Like you didn't hear through the door." Rydel aswered.
"Actually, your door is pretty thick. And your floor is hard, use a rug or something, gee." Said Ross.
I couldn't help but laugh, Ross looked so helpless on the floor.
"Come here Ross. Let me see that bump on your head."I said motionin him to the bed. While I tended Ross's injury yhe others continued the conversation.
"But he has a point about you door, see it sounded like Riker kissed our friend Marie here in the suppliecloset. We all thought he kissed her when he made us leave." Rocky said, looking at his oldest sibling.
"We did both." I said matter-of-factly. "You'll be fine Ross, maybe just put a wet washingcloth on it to make it shrink faster."
"She is nice, I like her" Ross said toward Riker, wich made me laugh.
"I think you're missing the point here bro. Riker and Marie kissed twice yesterday. You guys have been busy!" Ryland exlaimed.
Riker had turned compleetely red by now, so I decided to help him out.
"Maybe we should change the subject, I don't think it's healthy for a person to be that red."
Riker mouthed "Thank you"
"How about you guys just leave my room, not you Marie, and let us have our already short girls night." Rydel said, pushing Ross and Ryland out of the room.
The guys left and Rydel closed the door behind them. "Well that was interesting." I said to Rydel.
"It was, wasn't it. so you kissed my brother not once, but twice. Is he that good?" she said laughing.
"Well, I don't really have a lot of experience with that. Only kissed one other boy and that was four years ago. But yeah, He's good." We both laughed at that.
I started to lay out my airmatress and let itself fill up.
"So you never had a thing with that Jake guy who has been bothering you?" Rydel asked, deadserious.
"Oh no! Way too much ego for my taste. He used to stick with hitting on me, you know just words. But now he is jealous and he turned violent. It scares the hell out of me. I can handle big talk, but force is I'm not so sure."
"Then why did you tell Riker you would be fine, if you were scared?"
"Because, Jake turning violent caught me off guard and made me freak out for a moment. Usually I'm not like that so I told myself I could handle it if calmed down. Riker left, I calmed down, and then freaked again. And that's why he came to pick me up."
"You have experience with people bullying you then?" I knew this quistion would come at some point.
"I used to be bullied back in High school. It was bad, there were moments I didn't want to go to school anymore. But they always stuck to words, never violence. But in the end it just made me stronger, it made me who I am now. I knew I could handle simple insults and stuff, they just ricochet off me. But a fist doesn't." I was just staring into nothing now, knowing Rydel was somewhere in that pink room watching me.
My matress was full now and I lay my sleepingbag over it. And folding my towel into a pillow.
"Does Riker know this stuff? I mean, I am honoured that you are willing to tell me this. But it sounds like something he should know." Rydel said. I sa ton her bed again.
"It's not a secret, if someone wants to know me better I'll tell them. But they have to bring it up, I'm not gonna start about it, wouldn't know how. But no, Riker doens't now yet. I'm planning on telling him soon though. He has a right to know. I'm just not sure how he will react."
"Well it shows that you are a lot stronger that we thought you were, but it also confesses that you are really scared of Jake. So he might get more protective then he already is." Rydel reasoned, she should know.
"I'll tell him tomorrow, when he brings me to work."
Starting a new, somewhat cheerier, subject. Rydel started to ask me about work, my appartment, my hobbies until it was really late, and we went to bed.
The next morning in the car with Riker.
Marieke's Pov
We were still in the driveway, Riker had just sat down behind the Wheel.
"Riker, I need to tell you something. Rydel and I were talking about it yesterday and it's something you should know too."
Well that got his attention, he looked worried.
"What is it, you can tell me anything, you know that." He started rambling.
"I know, it's about this Jake-situation. I freaked yesterday when he started fighting, and then I told you I was fine. That must have confused you so I'm gonna explain." I told him and he nodded. Here it goes. I told him everything, at one point het ook my hand and held it. the other hand on my back, comforting me. At the end of my story I was almost in tears, and he hugged me.
"You are so much stronger than I thought you were." He whispered. And that pushed me over the edge.
"Hey, I'm here, I'm here. It's okay, I'm not going anywhere." And he just let me finish sobbing into his shoulder.
"I'm ok, I think." I said after a while, releasing him. Riker gave me a quick peck on the lips, and then released me too. "Thank you" I whispered. He pecked my lips again. "No problem" He said and he started driving.