"A statue stands in a shaded place,
An angel girl with an upturned face;
Her name is written on a polished rock,
A broken heart that the world forgot.
Through the wind and the rain,
She stands hard as a stone in a world that she can't rise above;
But her dreams give her wings and she flies to a place where she's loved.
-Concrete Angel, Martina McBride
Riley slouched in her computer chair and reached for her phone when it rang.
"Hello?" She said not removing her eyes from the screen
"Riley?"
"Yes?" Riley answered
"Wow. You're home"
"Hi daddy" Riley said grinning
"Hey Princess. What are you up to?" her father asked
"Just fooling around on the comp. How's Ma?" Riley said picking up a pencil and tapping it on her desk
"She's ok. Ran to the store. School ok? You still living in Ms.De's office?" Her father asked her
"Yea it's cool. And please dad, of course I still live in Ms.De's office…"
"Still don't like coming home huh?"
"Dark, empty house. Yea I love that for sure" Riley replied sarcastically
"Princess…" her father began
"I'm playing dad, I'm fine really." Riley said cutting him short
"How are the girls?"
Riley paused, and then said "Fine. Mr. Santiago keeps picking on me though!"
"I asked about the girls not your male teacher!"
"Same thing!"
"You saw Jonathan recently, no?"
"Yea. It was fun, went to Puerto Rico, fun times"
"Alright. Well I have to go, I love you"
"Love you too Dad, love to mom" Riley said and hung up
Riley put up her away message, and threw herself on her bed with her cellphone next to her. Her situation with her parents was…more then weird. They traveled a lot; head of a business…weren't home as much once she turned 16. She was used to communicating with them via phone. Sad thing was she went from having them on her ass all the time, to not having them at all. That was one of the reasons she hung out in Ms.De's office so much. In the beginning she just didn't like coming home because they were on her all the time, then it was they weren't there enough and she didn't like coming home to an empty house. Riley rolled over and grabbed her Math textbook. She might as well get some work done. As she started in on her homework her house phone rang. Not bothering to check the caller id she answered the phone
"Hello?"
"So you like it?" John asked
"Yes dear. I love it." Riley answered smiling
"Ah, thought you would"
"But whats the occasion?"
"Not everyday that I…yea nevermind, I just saw it and liked it for you"
"Awww, well thanks"
"No prob. How's Randy?" John said stretching out on the couch in his hotel room
"Not bad, spoke to him a while ago." Riley replied turning on her radio and letting the sounds of The Killers play
"Ah, so it is true"
"Just about" Riley laughed
"Well I gotta run, Maria just came back, and ..." he trailed off
"I still don't like her" Riley said rolling her eyes
"I know. Bye Bella"
"Bye J"
Riley reached for her cell phone and tossed it in the air, and caught it just as it rang
"Shit…Hello?" she said
"Hey" Randy said
"Hiya" Riley responded and flopped down on her bed
"What are you up to?"
"Nothing, just finished Ms. Jameson's' homework and about to get started on Santiago's. Freaking oxymoronic. Santiago…homework…please. "
"He's the one that answered the phone right?"
"Yea. Sorry bout that" She apologized
"I don't like him, but whatever."
"Yeah, well it's not like you can do anything about it" Riley responded
"What's that suppose to mean?" Randy said slightly pissed
"Just that he is my teacher Rand. We can't like get rid of him" Riley said with an edge in her voice.
"He's your teacher Riley. Not your friend. He shouldn't be answering your phone" Randy said, fully blown pissed
"That's true…but it was there, and I wasn't!" Riley protested
"Why didn't your friends answer it?" Randy pointed out
"What friends?!" Riley slightly screamed
"Look, its teenage high school drama" Randy said
"Yea, the same kind of drama you guys put on TV right?" Riley said snapping at him
"It sells" Randy pointed out
"For that you should just have one the McMahon's interview me, and turn my life into a storyline!" Riley said, about to hang up on him
"That's exactly what I was thinking" Randy laughed
"Huh?" Riley said. 'Wtf this guy is crazier then I am!' she thought to herself
"You are so cute" Randy said
"Thanks…what the fuck are you talking about?" Riley asked
"Wanna meet Steph?"
"Steph? As in McMahon?" Riley asked
"Yea. You see…"
"You were thinking that we could turn some of my situations into storylines, and you mentioned it to Stephanie without telling me you were going to." Riley finished for him
"Uhhh" Randy trailed off, not sure if she was mad or not
"Its fine Randy…when do I meet her?" Riley said, actually excited at the prospect of meeting Stephanie
"Next week Tuesday"
"Gee, planned much?"
"Well, she's gonna come up with John actually, I can't make it up" Randy said
"It's fine" Riley said not really paying attention to him
"You're happy you can't see me?" Randy said, getting a little sad
"Nooo, but I get to see John so it's ok" she responded playing a little
"Fine." Randy said pissed again.
"Don't be a baby"
"I'm not!" Randy whined
"Awww how cute!" Riley said
"Fine. She'll meet you at your school, since you practically live there" Randy added
"The nun won't let it happen" Riley laughed
"Money talks baby"
"Ahhhh true that"
"You getting all Bronx on me?"
"Depends…do you want me to?" Riley said laughing
"Hmmm….crap maybe another time Bella, Copeland's on my ass"
"Tell him to get off your ass its mine!" Riley said
"Not literally princess!" Randy laughed
"I know" Riley joined him in laughing. "Aight you go do your working thing, I'll talk to you later?"
"You know it. Bye baby"
"Bye Randy" Riley hung up the phone and laid back down on her bed.
"What the fuck did I just get myself into?" Riley asked out loud