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Chapter 11: Into the Sunset

Riley plopped down on his sofa and put his head in his hands. Right when I thought it was all going to work out. He groaned. Why couldn't I have just answered the phone and went with her? He lifted his head slowly, his hand reaching up to push his glasses up the bridge of his nose. He had a plan.

Riley grabbed the phone.

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Jennifer sat in a normally quiet and peaceful delicatessen, no longer trying to quiet her animated laughter. James was enthusiastically explaining his experiences in Japan, most of which were far funnier than she had expected.

After calming down, Jennifer curiously asked "Can you still speak Japanese?"

"Not as well as before. I'm actually a lot better drunk." Jennifer choked on her Mountain Dew.

"What?" She giggled.

"It's true. I speak really good Japanese while intoxicated." He nodded seriously, taking a drink of his soda. "That's how you get good grades in Japan, by the way. Go drinking with your professors."

"Thanks for the advice." She smiled. This 'date' was not what she expected at all. They had went for a walk through the park before stopping for sandwiches. And James was a perfect gentleman the entire time. Holding open doors, pulling out chairs. He even brought her flowers. Jennifer was pleasantly surprised. Which was why she couldn't understand why her thoughts kept turning back to Riley.

He still had a girlfriend as far as she knew. So why did she keep comparing the two? And even more troublesome, why did Riley keep coming out as the victor?

She was drawn from her thoughts by another highly amusing anecdote from James. By the end she was once again disrupting the peace with her laughter.

The couple went from there to the theatre on foot. Jennifer was glad she had worn her comfortable flats. She had tried to dress up and ended up wearing a knee length black skirt and a tight, slightly low cut, dark purple top. She hadn't been on a date in a while and she even put on a little make-up, mascara and lip gloss.

James had dressed nicely as well. He was wearing black dress pants and a crisp white shirt with a sports jacket thrown over. He looked hot. It was actually kind of intimidating, but he joked around enough for her to feel relatively at ease.

As they got in line for the movie, she felt him put his arm around her.

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Riley raced down the street in his bright red Ferrari. He had just tore apart his apartment, looking for a phone number. After finally finding it, and promising the man on the other end to help him with some computer troubles, he had accomplished his goal. After driving to the man's house, he was now going to the movies.

Now, it would seem odd to a normal person for anyone to be racing twenty miles per hour over the legal limit just to go see a movie, and usually Riley would agree. But today, it was imperative he got there early.

He pulled up quickly into the nearest parking spot and leapt out of the vehicle. It took him 38 seconds to get to the entrance. Unfortunately, there was a line. He stood on his tippy toes, trying to look around the crowd to find his target. He couldn't see her.

He didn't see Jennifer until he reached the front of the line and gave the teller his ticket. Unfortunately, what he saw made him doubt his choice to come. She stood in the refreshment line with another man's arm around her shoulders.

"Number 1 on your left, enjoy the movie!" The chipper girl said, handing Riley back a ticket stub. He almost turned to leave, but he saw Jennifer casually shrug the man's arm off. Maybe this wasn't a lost cause.

He headed over to them, taking a deep breath. He wouldn't talk himself out of it.

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"So, I spent more time at the break room than at the job!" James was telling another story. And although it was interesting, it was starting to get a bit exasperating. While she was genuinely fascinated by all of the places he'd been, she was starting to get a little annoyed at how he talked at her, instead of to her. It was like he was spouting out a monologue. It had it's funny moments but it just wasn't as enjoyable as a conversation. And when he put his arm around her for a second time, she cautiously shrugged it off.

"I have to go visit the little girl's room. I'll be right back." She said quickly, thanking her lucky stars to get away for a moment.

She almost made it to the door when someone grabbed her by the arm. She turned quickly and gasped in shock. The last person she expected to see stood in front of her.

"Jennifer." Riley said, letting go of her arm quickly.

"Riley? What are you doing here?"

"I came to see you." He said quickly, his eyes quickly dropping to his feet.

"You came to see me?" Jennifer couldn't help the smile that pulled at her lips.

"Yeah, see a bunch of things happened but I'm not going out with anyone. Really. It was a huge misunderstanding. See, one of my old friends from college came over and…"

Jennifer cut him off by pulling him into a hug. He was rambling out of nervousness, something she found hopelessly adorable, so she decided to help him out.

"Thanks for coming to explain things."

"But I haven't really explained anything…" He stuttered as she pulled back, his hand nervously pushing his glasses up.

"I trust you." She shrugged, smiling. "Besides, the movie starts in like ten minutes, and I actually did want to see this one.."

"Oh, yeah. You would probably want to get back to your date. Sorry, I wasn't thinking about that part of…"

"No! I'm going to cancel with James, I'm assuming you have a ticket too right?" Riley nodded, looking dazed.

"Good, I'll be right back." Jennifer walked over to James only to see him flirting with the girl selling the popcorn. And she looked like she was still in high school. Ew.

"James, I found an old friend that I really want to catch up with. You can take the ticket, I'm gonna go sit with him, all right?" He looked only slightly put off, and Jennifer rolled her eyes.

"Riley?" Jennifer asked, when she walked up to him. He was looking at her determinedly.

He nodded to himself, pushing his glasses up his nose. And then he did it.

Riley kissed Jennifer. His lips were soft and warm against hers. His hand cupped her cheek softly, holding her carefully.

Jennifer's eyes fluttered closed moments before he pulled back, but it took her an extra second to open them. If she was expecting anything, it wasn't that.

Riley cleared his throat awkwardly, blushing bright red. He started to open his mouth to say something but Jennifer cut him off.

She threw her arms around his neck and pulled him into another kiss. A bit harder and more passionate than the last. It seemed that the roles were reversed. Jennifer was no longer the one stunned and Riley seemed more than a little shocked.

"It took you long enough." Jennifer said with a brilliant smile on her face, her arms unwinding themselves from around his neck. Riley smiled even wider and wrapped an arm around Jennifer's shoulders.

"And now we're off into the sunset." Riley said dramatically, motioning towards the door to the movie.

"What is this supposed to be, a romance story?" Jennifer giggled at him.

"What else would it be? I play the mysterious, and dashingly handsome male lead and you are my beautiful damsel in distress." Jennifer couldn't help but giggle. He was too adorable.

Jennifer reluctantly shrugged off his arm in order to turn around and face him. She crossed her arms. "I'm sorry, but you are definitely mistaken. For I would be the strong, independent woman, and you would be my nerdy love interest." Jennifer challenged, smirking at him playfully.

Riley blushed pink and Jennifer cursed her slip of the 'L' word. "Me, nerdy? You wound me." He says, clutching his chest goofily. Jennifer laughs.

"I suppose, you could be my mysterious, dashingly handsome, nerdy love interest." Jennifer giggled.

"Sounds good to me." Riley smiled at her and grasped her hand in his. His fingers entwined with hers. She couldn't help but smile back.