Sorry there was no chapter last night I was in meetings all day but if you looked at the DeGrassi Saviors site last night you'll know that I did some plotting last night. Everything I plotted last night and over the last several weeks has been added to the list on my profile page.

Ch. 14 Always Girl

(RIKER)

"I can't believe it's my last day here," Clare says nuzzling into me as she wakes up Saturday morning. Her flight leaves late tomorrow morning but it's an international flight and she has to be there in plenty of time to get through security so we'll just have enough time for breakfast tomorrow before she leaves.

"Me either and I don't want to let you go but you need to finish out your senior year. We'll be together again soon and until you're back in my arms we will talk every day."

"I know but it's not the same," she says dragging her finger down my chest.

"Before you know it we'll be living together, you'll be here for the summer and then we'll be in New York. For now I think we'd better get up I smell Mom's pancakes."

Clare groans a little and kisses my chest before getting up. We get dressed and she freshens up a little in the washroom. We go downstairs together, most of the family is in the kitchen waiting for breakfast only Ross and Ryland are not down yet but they will be soon. They come and sit at the table just as breakfast is served. We talk and joke over breakfast, we're all pretty loud, it's a typical breakfast for my family but Clare stays pretty quiet. After Ross, Rocky and I clean up we end up wrestling in the living room, happens a lot when you have four brothers, it's playful but we do it a lot. I see Clare watching us when the three of us first start wrestling but by the time we're done Clare has left. I find her in my room, sitting on the bed with her knees curled up.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine," she nods.

"You don't look fine," I reply sitting down next to her and putting my arm around her.

"I'm okay really just thinking," she says.

"Thinking about what? You look troubled," I comment.

"Maybe I shouldn't go to Columbia there are good schools here."

"Clare Columbia is your dream school you've been telling me how much you've wanted to go there since I've known you and you just found out you got in."

"I know but I was watching you with your family, you and your whole family, and that includes Ell, are so close and if we're 3000 miles away you won't have that. I've never been close to my sister, and Jake and I went from being a couple to being siblings, it's just awkward between us really. We get along but we're not close," she tells me.

"Clare being 3000 miles from my family isn't going to tear us apart. They understand that Columbia is your dream, they'll come visit us and we'll be out to visit them. I'll still be touring with them and working in the studio with them."

"I know but you won't be here with them every day. That's another thing when you tour you'll be away from me and our baby and I want you to have a good relationship with our child."

"And I will Clare, I'll be around and when I'm on the road I want you and our child with us as much as possible. I've told you that and besides Adam is coming to New York too, I know you aren't very close to Jake and I've barely heard anything about your sister but I know that you are close with Adam. He's your best friend, he's family the same way Ell is family and I was serious when I said he should live in New York with us."

"I know," she smiles turning her head to give me a soft kiss, "and I love you for it. You haven't heard me talk about Darcy because she's been gone from my life the last three years. Even when she was around we weren't close, our age gap wasn't much but she had her own life and we were pretty much polar opposites from day one. I was smart and she was average in school, she liked boys and fashion from about the age of six and I didn't care at all about fashion or boys until much later. I went to a private school on a scholarship because of my academic abilities and she always went to public school the whole time. When we were going to go to the same school she left for Africa. Now we get an e-mail or two a year from her."

"I'm sorry you aren't closer with your sister but you've got my family now. More siblings than you know what to do with and I know you're already close with them. They'll come visit us in New York, Mom is already talking about it and Dad's working with Andre on the next tour and recording session schedule. Now it's your last day so what would you like to do? We could go swimming, it's pretty warm out and I'm sure it would be good for you."

"I still don't have a swimsuit though," she reminds me.

"You could swim naked," I grin.

"We're not the only ones home Riker," she laughs.

"Then borrow something," I urge her.

"I think I'll just read by the pool, maybe put my feet in the water. I'm a little tired actually."

"Okay fine, read by the pool then I'm going to go swim and maybe I can convince you to actually get in the water."

She responds by kissing my nose and getting off the bed. She grabs her book, something on pregnancy, and heads out to the pool while I change. When I get down to the pool she's reading in a lounge chair in the shade. I swim around for a while and then Clare comes to sit at the side of the pool putting her feet in the water.

"You really should come in the water is great," I comment after swimming over to her. She's wearing a skirt which she's hiked up to sit down and her legs are open a little. I open them a little more to get between them and lean my arms on her legs.

"I'll bring a swimsuit when I come out for the summer," she replies.

"I still say you don't need a swimsuit," I grin grabbing her hands and pulling her into the water.

"AAAGHH Riker!" She shrieks when she comes up and splashes water on me as she giggles, "I'm soaked and still dressed."

"Yeah but I bet you're cool now and we can dry your clothes," I shrug with a grin.

"Yes but I feel like a drowned rat and I can't swim with my clothes weighing me down, I also don't think your mom wants me to come in the house like this," she comments as she splashes me again and gets out of the pool.

"No she wouldn't," I agree getting out as well. "I'll go get some towels stay here," I tell Clare and grab the towel I brought out. I dry off a little and then wrap the towel around my waist to go inside. I grab a couple of towels and run back outside. "You can get undressed," I tell Clare since she's still standing there in wet clothing.

"In the yard?"

"No one can see you out here and most everyone is gone now doing various things," I tell her.

Clare looks around a little before she starts to undress. I have to help her out of the clothes since they're all wet and sticking to her skin. She doesn't get totally naked just down to her panties and bra before wrapping a towel around her. I wrap her wet clothes in another towel and take them inside to put them in the dryer. When I get up to my room she's completely naked and drying off.

"Mmm that's a nice sight, I can dry you off," I grin.

"Are you sure everyone is gone?"

"It's our last day together I'm sure I want you. Besides everyone else had things to do today, they'll be back for dinner because we're all eating together. I on the other hand have nothing to do today but you," I grin taking the towel from her and affix my lips to hers for a passionate kiss.

Clare smiles into the kiss reaching between us and opening my board shorts, she pulls them down and her lips part for me just her hand curls around my growing erection. I moan gently pulling out of the kiss; I take her hand off me and pull her to the bed. She lies back and opens her legs with a smile; I get between her legs and start kissing my way up her chest. My lips place tender kisses along her flesh all the way up her neck to her lips. Just as I snatch her lips for another kiss my fingers part her pussy lips and slide in. Clare deepens the kiss moaning against my lips as my fingers open her up and get her juices flowing. When her hips are bucking and she's dripping I withdraw my fingers and Clare whimpers pulling out of the kiss. My eyes lock with hers, she releases a breath and I take the shaft of my cock gliding into her. She bites her lip and her eyes go half lidded as I glide into her, when I'm all the way in my eyes close just for a second.

With no one else home and this being our last day together I take my time and make love to her slowly and tenderly. I watch her revel in the pleasure and kiss her tender flesh as I gently make love to her for hours bringing her to two wonderfully musical orgasms. Then I hold her in my arms as we breathe slowly and recover from orgasm.

"So we still have a few hours completely alone together what would you like to do?"

"I want you to teach me more of our song on the guitar," she replies.

I grin and get off the bed grabbing my guitar, Clare sits up and I get behind her. For the next couple of hours I teach her the rest of "Always" while I do the chords on the neck of the guitar. After she practices a few times we sing quietly together, going through the entire song a couple of times before I hear people coming home.

"I suppose we had better get dressed," I comment.

"Yes probably but we got pretty sweaty and we also smell like chlorine because someone pulled me into the pool," Clare grimaces while tickling me. "So I think we should probably shower before dinner," she comments.

"An intimate shower together sounds like an amazing idea," I grin.

I look out into the hallway making sure no one is out there and we run naked through the hall to the washroom. I lock the door once we're in, Clare turns on the water, we get in together and I step back watching as she wets her hair in the water. When she grabs her shampoo to wash her hair I take it from her.

"Let me."

She smiles and turns around, I take the little shampoo bottle dispensing some into my hands. I massage the shampoo into her hair making sure to get all of her hair and massage it into her scalp. She turns around rinsing out the shampoo and I do the same thing with the conditioner and while she lets that sit in her hair a moment I take the body wash. Soaping up her body and enjoying every minute while I get every inch of her skin. I continue washing her body as she rinses the conditioner from her hair then she rinses off her body.

"My turn," she grins taking my shampoo to wash my hair. Of course I'm quite a bit taller than her so I sit on the tub floor so she can wash my hair. She washes my hair and then I stand up so she can wash my body, she takes her time doing that getting every inch of my body.

I turn off the water and kiss her softly before we get out of the shower. We dry off a little in the washroom and then wrap up in towels before leaving the washroom. Ross and Ryland see us come out of the washroom and Clare runs to my bedroom to get dressed. Once we're dressed and Clare has her dried and stuff we go downstairs.

"My parents are sorry they missed your visit Clare but they'll meet you when you're out this summer," Ell tells Clare when we sit down to dinner.

"Yeah hopefully I can meet a lot more people this summer. I suppose some of it will depend on how secret I am still but I'd like to meet more of your family and everyone's friends. I'll be here for the whole summer which will give us plenty of time," Clare says.

"Yeah that would be great. I have tea parties with my closest friends I'd love to have one while you were out here," Rydel tells her.

"Sounds like fun," Clare smiles.

We spend the rest of dinner talking about other things to do while she's out for the summer. After dinner we watch a movie with my family before going to my room.

"Anything you want to do for our last night together?" I ask.

"I want to play our song together one last time and then I want you to hold me and not let go."

"Happily," I smile.

I left the guitar on the bed so I just pick it up and sit behind her on the bed. She knows the song now and I don't have to help her at all, I still play the chords of course. We play our song together smiling the whole time and when we're done our lips join together in a tender kiss. We get ready for bed and then get in bed and cuddle in each other's arms.

"I love you my Rock Star," Clare grins.

"I love you my Always Girl," I tell her and kiss her again.

(CLARE)

"How was your trip Honey?" Mom asks as we wait for my bags at baggage claim. I didn't sleep much last night mostly because I knew I was returning home today and such a big part of me didn't want to.

"It was great, even hiding out at the house most of the time since we couldn't really go out in public," I reply.

While waiting for my bag I show her the ultrasound picture and tell her a little about the trip. On the way home I tell her more about the trip. When we get home Adam and Glen are home and have dinner ready. I hug them and talk about the trip some more over dinner.

"Riker was almost as happy as I was to know that we both got into schools in New York. He thought that we could get an apartment together, the three of us," I tell Adam.

"Well I think that would be quite wonderful, the three of you together and knowing how close you two are it would be good for you as well. Not to mention someone else being around with you being in the later stages of pregnancy and after the baby comes. Also with Riker traveling so much it will be important for Clare to have someone and with you both being in a new city good for you both," Mom chimes in.

"Uh yeah everything she just said," I nod and Adam smiles.

"Sounds good to me I was looking at housing earlier and it's pretty steep plus my mom was freaking out about me living alone in New York," Adam says.

"Great I'll tell Riker when I talk to him tonight."

Adam and I help clean up and then I go upstairs to unpack and Adam comes with me. While unpacking I tell him everything I didn't tell my parents about the trip, like lots of making love to Riker and all the intimate naked times, even learning our song on the guitar. I chose not to tell my parents that because it was so intimate and romantic and there are just some things you don't tell your parents.

"I can only pluck and strum the strings, he did all the chords but it was…magical Adam. Playing our song, playing the guitar together and singing slow and intimately together I felt this incredible connection between us. It also got me thinking, I want to surprise Riker. While I was there and in the few moments I was really by myself I looked into Riker's childhood, mostly looking through photo albums and things. A whole part of his life I didn't get to see. They did a song early in their career "Wishing I Was 23" I thought I'd learn the song, singing it anyway and maybe you could learn the bass part and we could perform it with everyone but Riker when you come to L.A. this summer."

"I'm sure Riker would love it and of course I'll learn the bass part," he grins.

"Thanks I still need to ask the others but I'll call them tomorrow right now I want to call Riker," I tell Adam.

"While you're talking to Riker I'll call Rocky and ask him about it but make sure they keep it secret."

"Thanks Adam," I kiss his cheek and he leaves my room. I get out my cell phone to call Riker, as soon as the plane landed I had sent him a text that I'd landed safe and sound.

"Hello Captain Clare," he says and I hear the smile on his lips.

"Hi Number One."

"I miss you already," he says.

"I miss you too I know I'll see you again in June but that seems like an eternity from now," I complain.

"I know for me too. So how was the flight?"

We talk for a couple of hours before saying goodnight. I get ready for bed but after spending so many nights sleeping in Riker's arms it's hard to fall asleep so I go into Adam's room and talk to him until I'm tired. I do finally fall asleep after a while and wake up to my alarm; I do not want to go back to school this morning. As much as I want to finish out my senior year, especially with Adam and my other friends, I don't want to be near Drew and Dallas and I very much miss Riker. Adam and I get ready for school, eat breakfast and leave.

"Is it just me or can you suddenly not wait to be out of this place?" Adam queries as we walk up the steps to DeGrassi.

"Definitely, as much as I'll miss my friends I can't wait to start my life in New York and with Number One."

"Yeah New York is going to be awesome," Adam grins as we walk past Drew and Dallas.

"We'll need a three or four bedroom, I'm assuming your parents will want to visit a lot and my mom will when she can. Not to mention Number One's family but they'll probably need hotel rooms. Our schools are close to each other so we can find something in the neighborhood close to public transit because a car in New York just isn't going to happen."

"Yeah speaking of Number One's family I talked with Balboa last night and he said they'd all love to surprise Riker while you're out there for summer," Adam tells me.

Balboa is Rocky's code name so we can talk about them openly and no one will figure it out. Yes I know I'm paranoid, but I want this to remain secret and knowing there are R5 fans at this school if we start talking about Rocky and Ross Lynch or the Lynch siblings people could figure it out. Adam and I came up with them last night when I couldn't sleep. Riker is of course already Number one, Rocky is Balboa as in Rocky Balboa, Rydel is Pinky as in her favorite color, Ryland is the Young One because he's the youngest and Ross is Pilot because he wants to be one.

"Awesome I have the song we just need to find the music."

"No need Balboa said he'd send it to me," Adam grins.

"Have I mentioned how you are the most awesome?"

"Anything for my bestie," Adam smiles, "we can start today after school."

I know it's short but lots of cuteness was packed in. The next chapter will begin in Riker's pov as they do some rearranging of the Lynch house.