Hey guys! Happy New Year! I can't believe 2017 is already here! Time sure does go by fast! So anyway, we left off with Jeanette finding out that Jason likes Riley. Oohhh, what's gonna happen? Let's see!

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Riley was laying on her bed, thinking about how stupid she was for opening her mouth about Jason. She promised herself to not open her mouth about the story, why didn't she think of not doing that with Jason and his weird faces? This would've been a way worse reaction than Stacey telling her about Catherine and Caden. Jeanette wouldn't be like this right now if Riley didn't be that stupid. She suddenly heard yelling from the bathroom, making her more upset about what she did.

"Jason Thomas Hudson, I can't believe you would cheat on me like that!" Riley heard Jeanette screaming.

"I don't know what you're talking about, babe," Jason replied with confusion.

Riley didn't know why, but she moved closer to the bathroom door, wanting to hear more for some reason.

"Okay, Mr. Innocent-I-have-no-idea," Jeanette scoffed. "I know that you're in love with Riley! Just admit that you blush around her and get shy when talking to her! That's the exact same thing that you did with me! What's going on? What made you like her?"

"Jeanette, sweetie," Jason said calmly. "I only like Riley as a friend, not as a boyfriend! And where did you get that with me being shy around her?"

"Obviously from Riley herself," Jeanette responded.

"I don't know how she saw me blushing around her!" Jason confronted.

Didn't know?! That made Riley feel raged. Jason wouldn't lie to Jeanette like that! She literally saw him stammered when asking where the bathroom is, and staring at her with cherry-red cheeks. She knows that she saw him! She didn't imagine it; she knew it was real.

"Pfft, yeah, like Riley would lie to me," Jeanette muttered.

"Well, maybe she did, because I have no idea what Riley's talking about," Jason piped up.

"Just shut up, Jason! I can't believe you're calling Riley a liar! I thought you were the most nicest person on Earth! But now you're gonna treat Riley like crap?! Yeah, no way am I having a boyfriend like that! I'm sorry Jason, but we're through!" Riley could tell that Jeanette was about to cry. She broke up with Jason because of her...Riley ran to her room with tears and cried on her bed, wetting her pillow with her tears. She couldn't believe that she would break up with him just for her...just because he was thinking Riley was a liar...was she really that special to Jeanette?

Jeanette entered Riley's room, cursing under her breath, with tears filling her eyes. She noticed Riley crying on her bed and hugged her softly.

"You heard us, didn't you?" Jeanette asked soothingly.

Riley nodded, too depressed to talk.

"I'm sorry," Jeanette apologized. "I couldn't believe he would think you're a liar. I know you wouldn't lie to me." She rubbed her back.

Riley sat up from her bed and sniffled. "I'm sorry for opening my mouth..." she whimpered.

"What? No no no! Don't be sorry at all! I'm glad you told me because I would know that Jason wouldn't be the right one for me," Jeanette said quickly.

But this caused Riley to be in more tears. "But you wouldn't have broke up with Jason if I told you. I should've kept my mouth shut..."

"Riley..." She hugged her tightly. "Don't think that. I'm very happy that you showed your honesty. I wanted to be done with Jason just for you, Riley. I don't want anyone, especially Catherine and Caden, to lay a single hand on you, okay?"

Riley nodded, smiling. "Thank you..."

"You're welcome. And just remember, Riley, that you can tell me anything."

Riley's eyes widened, having an idea. "Anything?"

Jeanette nodded. "Anything in the world."

"Okay...because...I do have something to tell you..." Riley quickly shut the door.

"Go ahead," Jeanette said patiently. Riley felt nervous. Should she really open her mouth again? She took a deep breath, deciding to risk it.

"Well, um...Stacey told me...during tutoring...that, um, Catherine and Caden, uh...lived at Minnesota...with me." Please don't get mad, please don't get mad, please don't get mad, Riley kept thinking to herself.

"She did, eh?" Jeanette asked.

Please don't get mad, please don't get mad, please don't get mad, please don't get mad...

"Well, I'm very glad that she did," Jeanette said smiling.

Riley stopped her worrying thoughts and looked at Jeanette. Her heart stopped beating and she started to feel a little better. "You are?" she asked.

"Sure, why wouldn't I be?" Jeanette replied. "I was waiting for this to happen."

"Waiting for what to happen?"

"For someone to tell you, of course! What Stacey said is true, they did live with you at Minnesota. Did she explain to you at all about it?"

"No - although I really wanted her to - because she didn't have time," Riley responded.

"Well, I think now would be a perfect time to do so, don't you think?" Jeanette asked. She looked a little nervous.

"Yeah," Riley said eagerly. She was finally going to hear the story! She has been waiting for this for a while!

"Hold on a minute," Jeanette said. "I'm gonna need help with explaining this." She left the room and later on came back with a puzzled Denise. Jeanette whispered on what they were doing, causing her eyes to widen.

"It's about time," Denise said. "Okay, Riley. This is going to be a pretty long story and it's super duper difficult to explain, so we'll try our best, okay?"

"Okay," Riley said, her heart beating with excitement.

"Alright, let's begin, shall we?" Jeanette asked.

"JUST GET ON WITH IT ALREADY!" Anger roared impatiently.

Denise nodded, took a deep breath, and began, "So, when Catherine and Caden were only babies, her parent got separated. Their dad moved to San Francisco, while their mom stayed with them. And guess who the dad was?"

"Who?" Riley asked.

"Mr. Kaine."

Riley felt her stomach drop miles down. Mr. Kaine, their dad? Impossible! How can this be?!

"So later on, when Catherine and Caden were about 5 years old, their mom got married again to another guy. Their mom wanted her twins' last names to be changed into the new guy's last name, which is Martin, so that's how Martin came, after their last names being Kaine," Jeanette explained. "Your dad worked at the insurance company, right?"

Riley nodded, feeling a little down.

"So did the new dad. Your dad and their dad became really good co-workers. So, it was years later, Catherine and Caden being ten years old, when th new dad betrayed your dad," Denise confessed.

Riley felt her stomach do a summer-sault. She suddenly felt so enraged. Someone betraying her dad?! How?!

"The new guy did something terribly wrong at work, and he tried to get away with it for his family. So he said that it was your dad that did it, and the plan worked out, because your father got fried from the job. Was that how you guys moved to San Francisco?"

Riley nodded, wanting to hear more.

"But, fortunately, they found out that it was him all along, because it was his papers. So they fired him and they told your dad that he can come back, but he said that he already had a job at San Francisco. So yeah, the new dad got fired and he got the job at San Francisco. He moved there with the family the year before you guys came. Our dad's worked at the insurance company as well, and they always saw those two fighting mentally and yelling about how this was affecting their families and all that crap. So then our dad's told us everything, about the new dad yelling at your dad, and having kids that will go to our school. They also told us to make sure that we defend you from the twins so that was how the bullying started.

"We have a quote that each of our families have: 'We bully for defense.' And that's exactly what we trying to do with you. We were trying to not have Catherine and Caden hurt you. I'm wondering," Jeanette said. "did Catherine and Caden tell you about a girl named Lily Anne?"

Riley nodded, remembering that time.

"Yeah, so that's how the bullying all began. They were teasing Lily Anne and we stepped in to defend her. We told her that we gotta have those twins away from everyone. They've been doing pretty bad things, like, you know, going to jail."

"Wait. If Catherine and Caden were bullying Lily Anne, why weren't they bullying me?"

"It was because they recognized you," Denise explained. "They knew your dad before they knew you. They didn't like their new dad fighting with someone, so they wanted you to like them."

Riley's eyes widened once again. "So...I was used this whole entire time when I was friends with them?"

The two girls nodded.

"Wow..." Riley mumbled to herself. She couldn't believe it. She wasn't being brainwashed by the three girls; she was brainwashed by the twins. She couldn't believe her eyes. It was like she was this slave that was forced to respect its master and serve for him or her. Riley felt angry. She would've always hated being used like that to be friends with real bullies.

The two girls recognized her face and gave her a group hug.

"Thank you for telling me the story," Riley smiled. "I need to do something about those two...I hate them so much now..."

"We're here for you, Riley," Denise said softly. "You can do what you want. We got your back."

Riley smiled happily and hugged the girls tightly.

'We bully for defense...'

One of Riley's most favorite quotes ever.

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What did I tell you guys? More chaos has returned, which means more drama has returned! So this is a important confession from me: Catherine and Caden are the antagonists...or are they? Let's see how this confrontation turns out which might be in the next chapter. I'm not actually sure. But man, that story was super hard to plan, lol.

But anyway, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed! :)