Chapter 14

Later That Night…

Riker POV

I couldn't sleep. It was completely dark and I was lying in my bed. Everyone else was sleeping.

"Rocky! Pssst! Rocky!" I whispered.

Nothing. But I had to tell him something important!

I had never gotten out of bed in the middle of the night before, and I couldn't see anything. I didn't know exactly how far down the ground was. My landing was a bit louder than I anticipated. I crouched down to where I knew Rocky's bed was, found him in the dark, and shook him.

"Rocky?"

"Wha…? Who is this?'

"It's Riker. Come here. I need to talk to you."

"Come where?"

"Outside."

"Outside!?"

"Yeah, come here."

I pulled Rocky out of the tour bus. He was still half asleep, but I didn't really care.

"Why did you wake me up?"

"Because I need to tell you something!"

"What time is it?"

"Like around 3."

"Riker! What could you possibly need to tell me at 3:00? Can't it wait until the morning?"

"No! I need to tell you now!"

"Riker, come on, let me go back to bed!"

Rocky turned to go back onto the bus. I grabbed his hand and pulled him back.

"Rocky wait! I need to tell you!"

"Ugh!"

Suddenly the bus door flew open. Ross stumbled out the door, and almost fell down the steps.

"What's going on? What are you guys doing out here?" Ross asked.

"I was going to tell Rocky something."

"Now? It's the middle of the night!"

"I know. But I just really needed to tell him."

"What?"

"Uh…"

"Come on Riker. Just tell me already so I can go back to bed," said Rocky.

"Uh…"

I didn't really want to say it in front of Ross, but I was afraid Rocky would leave, and I wouldn't get to tell him. I needed to hurry up.

"Uh Ross, could you give us a minute please?" I asked.

"Why? You'll tell Rocky something and you won't tell me? I'm your brother too! Don't you trust me?"

"I do! I just… This is something really personal that only Rocky and I have talked about. I just… Could I just talk to him for a minute in private please?"

"Fine. Do whatever you want."

Ross was mad. But all I wanted to do was talk to Rocky in private for a few minutes! There was no reason for Ross to be mad at me!

"Ross wait! I'm sorry!" I said, going after my brother.

Ross practically slammed the bus door in my face. I sighed and turned around to go talk to Rocky, but he was right behind me, so I smashed into him instead.

"Oh! Rocky! What are you doing?"

"I was going to go back to sleep!"

"Wait! I need to tell you!"

"What, Riker!? What is so important that it can't wait until the morning!?"

"I… I…"

"What, Riker? I'm losing time I could be sleeping, and we have to get up early tomorrow to go to our next show. You have 5 seconds, and after that, I'm going back inside and going to sleep whether you tell me or not!"

"I… I want to get back together with Kat!"