Bianca shrugs and they jump into bed. Bianca lies on her left side, facing away from Riley and he lies towards her, putting his hand on her shoulder and the rest of his arm resting on her back. He runs his hand down to Bianca's wound and kisses it softly. Bianca turns her head to Riley and kisses him.
"Good night, Riley," she says in a voice just above a whisper.
"Good night," he replies in the same voice.
Within a few minutes, both Riley and Bianca are out cold in a deep sleep. They have the same grin on their faces.
Bianca wakes up the next morning staring into Riley's neck. It takes Bianca a few seconds to realize what she was looking at. She lifts her head up slightly to look at the rest of her body. Riley's arms are both tightly wrapped around her torso and their legs are entwined together. Bianca grins inwardly and looks up to Riley's sleeping face. He looks so cute and peaceful.
Bianca, with her free arm, puts it over Riley and hugs him slightly. She snuggles back into his neck.
A few seconds later, Riley stirs and looks down at Bianca. Bianca looks back up at him, smiling. Riley smiles, too.
"Mornin'," he says groggily.
"Morning," Bianca says quietly.
Riley leans towards her and kisses her forehead lightly.
They stare at each other for a few moments.
"Uh, Riley? Not to, uh, ruin the moment, but could you possibly get off of my arm?" Bianca asks, now realizing that her right arm is trapped under Riley's body.
"Oh, sorry," he says lifting himself up.
Bianca pulls her arm out and immediately gets that pins and needles feeling you get when a body part falls asleep.
"Ow, ow, ow," Bianca mumbles quietly, rolling on her back and grabbing her shoulder; recovering from the pins and needles effect.
"What? What is it?" Riley asks.
"My shoulder," Bianca cringes.
"Oh, snap. I'm so sorry," says Riley, leaning over her.
Bianca grins and looks up at Riley.
"Got ya," she says.
Riley's face softens.
"I hate you," he says flopping back down on the bed.
"No you don't. You love me," she teases, propping herself up on an elbow.
"Eh, you're right," he says and tries to tickle Bianca.
Lucky for her, she slips out of his grip and rolls to the floor with a thump.
"Are you alright?" Riley asks, worried.
Bianca pops up and kisses him.
"Yeah, fine," she says and runs out of the bedroom.
"Hey!" Riley says and runs after her.
Bianca runs into the living room in front of the couch. Riley follows, but goes to the back of the couch. Bianca makes like she's going to the kitchen, but goes in the opposite direction back to the bedroom. Again, Riley follows and closes the door behind him. Bianca tries to jump over the bed, but Riley catches her ankle and she falls onto the bed. Riley scrambles on top of her to keep her there and tickles her.
"Riley...haha...stop...haha...I can't...haha...breathe," Bianca says in between taking breathes and laughing.
Riley stops, but continues to sit on her, grinning.
"You deserved that," he says.
"I did not," scoffs Bianca after she gets her breath back.
Riley, still grinning, leans down and kisses her.
"Well, it worked didn't it?" he asks.
Bianca's face falls.
"Huh. Work. I have to tell them I'm quitting," says Bianca sadly.
"It can't be all that bad," says Riley, getting off of Bianca and laying next to her on his side, propping himself up on an elbow. "Besides, I'll go with you."
"You don't have to do that. I can handle my boss. Heh, he let me go with Ben without any warning," Bianca explains looking up at the ceiling.
"Well, I don't have anything else to do, so I might as well come...think of it as moral support," he says.
"Oh, alright. But you have to behave," she warns him.
"When have I ever not behaved?" Riley asks.
Bianca laughs.
"Oh, you were being serious," she mocks after she notices Riley wasn't laughing.
"Haha, very funny," Riley says sarcastically.
Bianca gets off of the bed and walks over to a dresser. She pulls out a pair of jeans and a light green, three quarter sleeve, v-neck shirt.
"I need a shower. Entertain yourself for a couple of minutes," Bianca says, going into the bathroom.
"What? Can't I come?" Riley asks innocently.
Bianca gives a laugh from the bathroom and throws a towel at Riley's head.
"Oww," he says, indicating that Bianca hit him.
Riley throws the towel back at her, but Bianca closes the door before it hits.
Half an hour later, Bianca emerges from the bathroom, drying her hair with a towel. Riley had disappeared from the bedroom, so she goes out into the living room to look for him...he's not there. She goes into the kitchen and finds Riley sitting at the table with 2 plates of eggs sitting in front of him.
Bianca walks over to him in disbelief.
"Did you actually make this yourself?" She asks him.
"Why, yes," he replies, grinning.
"I didn't know you could cook," Bianca states.
"You never asked," Riley says.
Bianca sits in a chair opposite Riley and stares at the food with her mouth hanging open.
"You can close your mouth, you know," Riley laughs.
"Sorry. It just never occurred to me that you could cook!" she says shaking her head and looking straight at Riley.
Riley passes her a plate of eggs.
After their breakfast, Riley gets dressed and they head down to the van and go to the University of Pennsylvania of Archeology and Anthropology Museum; the place where Bianca works.
They park the van in a parking garage and walk into the museum. (Riley grumbling the whole time because he had to pay the 7 dollars for parking.) Bianca laughs, takes Riley's hand, and tells him she'll give him the 7 dollars when they get back to her apartment.
They get into the elevator and take it up to Bianca's floor.
Once they step out of the elevator, they are greeted with cheers and congratulatory greetings. (A/N: That was redundant...oh well.)
Bianca looks around the floor and feels her cheeks getting red.
"What the hell is going on?" Riley asks more to himself than anyone.
"Good question," Bianca says, walking through the sea of co-workers.
She pulls aside one of the workers.
"Ria, what's everyone cheering for?" Bianca asks.
"It's you! We all saw the news and heard what you did," Ria explains.
"Oh, that," she mumbles, holding tighter onto Riley.
Bianca tugs on Riley, leading him to her office.
"Wow, Ben wasn't kidding when he said it felt like a cubicle in here," Riley says looking around the office.
"Oh, shut up," Bianca mumbles. "Just don't touch anything."
Riley carefully sits in Bianca's chair, while she goes over to a cabinet.
The cabinet that Bianca is rummaging in is a micro-fridge.
"Aww, sweet!" she exclaims, still with her head in the fridge.
"What?" Riley asks looking at her strangely.
"My Gatorade's still here! No one raided my fridge! Ha!" she says taking a bottle out.
"Want one?" she asks Riley.
"Nah, Gatorade's not my thing," he says reclining in the chair.
"Whatever," Bianca mumbles, taking a swig.
A few minutes later, Bianca decides that now is the time to tell her boss the news.
"I'm going to go talk to my boss, now. Are you going to stay here?" Bianca asks Riley.
"I'll come with you. You look like you're going to throw up," he says standing from Bianca's chair and walking towards her.
"You're such a charmer, you know that?" she says hugging him.
"Yeah, what can I say?" he says hugging her back tightly. "Come on. It's now or never."
"Yeah, okay," Bianca says walking through the door.
Bianca takes Riley's hand and they go to Mr. Johnson's office. The cheering had subsided, but every once in a while there was a cheer when they walk by a few people.
Bianca and Riley walk over to Mr. Johnson's office. Bianca tells his secretary that she has something incredibly important to tell him. The secretary bustles into Mr. Johnson's office and comes back seconds later, telling Bianca that she can go in.
"Are you sure you're going to be alright?" Riley asks looking directly into Bianca's eyes.
"Yeah. I hope," she replies and gives him a quick kiss.
Riley squeezes her hand as she walks away.
In the office, Mr. Johnson was typing something on his computer. He sees Bianca come in and stands up immediately.
"Bianca, how are you doing today?" he says very cheerfully.
"I'm alright," she replies quietly.
"Please, please, have a seat," he says indicating a chair in front of his desk.
Mr. Johnson walks around the desk and sits back behind it.
"Now, can I help you with something?" he says.
"Yes, actually. You see, when I was running around the whole east coast, I figured that I need to be closer to my friends..." she begins.
"Wait, wait, I know where this is going," Mr. Johnson interrupts. "You're leaving us aren't you?"
"Uh, yeah. But you can always e-mail me if something hard or interesting comes up," she says quietly.
Mr. Johnson sighs.
"Where will you be going to?" he asks, slightly disappointed.
"D.C. I might already have a job at the National Archives building," Bianca explains.
"Well, we will certainly miss you around here," he says getting up from his chair again and walking over to Bianca, who stands up.
"See, this is why I like you. You're so understanding," she says, smiling.
"Yeah, I know," says Mr. Johnson. "Just keep in touch."
"I will," says Bianca leaving the office.
Bianca runs over to Riley and gives him a hug.
"I guess it went well," he says.
"Yeah," she says smiling. "Come on."
The 2 walk back towards Bianca's office.
A/N: Wow, sorry these are getting really lame...I hadn't noticed until now...
