Disclaimer: I would love to say that I own Nathan, however I don't. I would love to own Keith, just because I absolutely love him, but I don't. I would love to say that I'm exactly like Brooke minus that entire whole entire slut thing, but I'm not. I utterly wish that they'd boot Haley off the show, but I'm pretty sure they won't.

In a nutshell, what I'm trying to say is; I got nothing.

Please do not sue. I'm not in the mood for a court hearing.

Summary: Everyone knew that Brooke Davis was the town slut; it was only fate that her daughter be the exact same way.

Tangled Emotions Of A Teenage Ridley Davis.

Chapter 6: A Song-full Goodbye.

I walked home dazed. My stomach was still unsettled from the kiss. It was a good kiss. Even better than I remember. My lips tingled and I felt numb. Not a bad kind of numb, but a good kind of numb.

I felt like I was walking on cloud nine.

I got home and walked through the doors. Everything seemed so empty. I saw my mom on the couch and sat next to her. "When do we leave?" I asked. I had a feeling that we were leaving soon, but I wanted to know how soon.

"The morning after your Winter Formal." She answered. She kept on looking straight ahead, not bothering to look at me.

Damn. That was soon.

"I never thought that you would give up." I told her.

"I never knew that I would give up either."

"Than why are you letting them win?"

She sighed and finally looked at me. "Do you know the reason why I brought us here in the first place?"

I took a wild guess. "To experiment with the restaurant?"

"That was part of it," She admitted. "But it wasn't the main reason. Moving to L.A. was probably the best decision I had ever made. I got away from Tree Hill, something I'd wanted to do for a long time and started over somewhere new. Then, you came along and made my life so much better." I smiled. I loved getting compliments. It was the selfish side of me. "I would look at you playing and having the time of your life and think back to the days when I was here. It was an instant reaction and I had no control over it. It would be like the movies, automatically going into flashbacks. You made my life complete but there was something wrong and I knew exactly what it is."

"A husband?" I teased.

She smiled and shook her head. "No. Not a husband Riddle, it was closure." Closure? Who the Hell needed closure anymore? "I never thought that we'd stay here for six years I had only planned out two. When you said that you wanted to stay four years ago, we stayed. But a girl can only stay for so long until her demons decide to come out again. In this case the demons aren't coming from me, they're coming from you."

My jaw went slack. "What's that suppose to mean?"

"Riddle, you're my daughter and I know what you're like. You're acting exactly like me when I was your age. I love you understand that, but also understand that this is a small town and small town people can be viscous and they won't stop at anything to make your life Hell."

I shook my head at her. "You always tell me not to break. You always tell me not to give people the satisfaction of winning. You always tell me not to fall down but you're just a hypocrite! Look at you! You fell."

"I'll admit it, I fell and I fell hard. But Riddle you know that when you fall down you always get back up. It may take awhile but it happens. When I left Tree Hill I had fallen. I'd fallen harder than anytime I'd fallen before and I left, because that's what I thought was the right thing to do." She got up and walked towards the stairs. She stopped at the bottom. "Falling down is hard, but getting back up is harder. That's why we need to go back. We can pick up our lives piece by piece."

"We're not leaving because they want us out are we?" I asked.

"We're leaving because its time."

"How would you know?" I snapped back bitterly.

"When you look deep and hard you'll know that you've done everything you needed to do."

"Have you done everything you needed to do mom?"

She took awhile to answer but she did. "Yes I did."

"What did you need to do?" I questioned.

"I needed to move on."

She walked up the steps leaving me alone on the couch immersed in my thoughts.

I liked Danny but I loved my mother.

I skipped school that day and decided to stay at home to get ready for the Winter Formal. I helped my mom do some more packing and put the finishing touches to finalize our move.

Eight o'clock rolled around and I was standing in front of my mirror. This was the last dance that I was going to in Tree Hill. I took a deep breath. This was ridiculous. I've never been this nervous before.

"You look gorgeous Riddle." My moms said softly. I turned around and smiled at her. "Come down when you're ready I'll drive you."

I nodded. "I'll be down in a minute." She nodded and left me alone in my packed up room. Everything was empty except the clothes on the floor and my closet mirror. I smiled at my reflection. I did look gorgeous. My dress was a white halter dress, that stopped at the knees with the chest and straps a golden color and my hair was in low-braids…just for the old days. On my feet I had on gold ballet slippers look-alike. They tied around my legs in a thick gold ribbon.

I took one last look and made my way downstairs.

It was time to face the music.

And this time, the music had better be good.

When my mom dropped me off I went straight for the bathroom. I walked in and was surprised to see Amelia there in the corner. "What are you doing in here?" I asked her.

She looked surprised that I was talking to her. "I'm nervous." She said.

"Me too." I told her. I held out my hand to her. "I'm here alone and you probably came alone right?" She nodded. "So let's go out together." She took a moment to hesitate but she took my hand anyways. "Awesome."

We walked out of the bathroom. "Why are you being so nice to me?" She asked.

I looked at her. "Think of it was my one good deed before I leave."

She smiled and I sent a thank-you that she didn't ask about me leaving. We walked into the gym and looked around. People stared and Amelia bent her head down. I squeezed her hand. I pointed to where Burke Reynolds was sitting. Burke was smart and cute, not to mention a great basket-ball player, but most of all he was nice. I think I was the only one who noticed that he always looked at Amelia. "Go talk to him." I urged her.

"He's a jock." She said.

"He'll surprise you, trust me."

She left and I was alone once more. Not long after, Luke appeared at my side. "You said that you wanted to show the school that you aren't the brainless slut some made you out to be, well here's your shining moment." Before I knew it he was pushing me towards the stage. I tried to plant my feet on the ground but he kept pushing. I was at the stage and Luke was climbing up. He tapped into the microphone. Everyone was silent. "We all know her." He started. No way. "We all love to love her or love to hate her." Thanks Luke. "But here she is singing a song. Miss Ridley Davis."

I could hear the crickets. Luke looked at me beckoning me to the stage. I shook my head. I wasn't going anywhere.

"Don't waste out time Luke!" A voice yelled. I growled. Beth. She wanted to rough it, I'd rough it. I walked up the stage and stood on it. The band that was playing looked at me like I grew another head. I said something to them and they nodded smiling. I took the microphone from Luke.

"You're so dead." I muttered. I looked out at the crowd. I could see Amelia and she was smiling at me so wide that I thought her face would split. Beth was fuming. That was to be expected though. I saw Danny in the back and he raised an eyebrow at me. I shrugged. I looked back at the band and nodded. The first chords of the song started.

Stuck in a world
No longer turnin'
Always the girl waiting for somethin'
Too many days Walkin around sleepin'
Open my eyes, I'm tired of dreamin'

It was one of my favorite songs that I watched on T.V. once. I looked at Danny and focused only on him.

I wanna run with the reckless emotion
Find out if love is the size of an ocean
Even if I crash down and burn out
At least I'm gonna know what it's like
to feel alive

I started to feel the song and feel the rhythm and the words.

(heya heya yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)

The sun on my face
lights up the city
Maybe in love or just learning to be
on my two feet
I can only imagine
I'll say the words
and believe it'll happen

I wanna run with the reckless emotion
Find out if love is the size of an ocean
Even if I crash down or burn out
At least I'm gonna know what it's like
to feel alive

My favorite part was coming up and there was no way I was messing it up.

They think they know me
but how can they know me
I'm getting to know myself
I'm finally ready to be somebody
With a story to tell

I wanna run with the reckless emotion
Find out if love is the size of an ocean
Even if I crash down or burn out
At least I'm gonna know what it's like
I wanna feel til' my heart breaks wide open
I wanna blaze like a fire that's rollin'
Even if I crash down or burn out
At least I'm gonna know what it's like
to feel alive

Oh I feel alive..

I finished the song and the students started to applaud.

I looked at Danny again.

It was funny how a song could pin-point exactly what I was feeling.

The Winter Formal was over and I was outside when Danny came up to me. We stood in silence while the people exited the gym. A lot came to congratulate me and tell me that I did a good job. Amelia hugged me and I noticed that she was wearing Burke's jacket. I looked at him and smiled. "Take care of her Burke." He promised he would.

I turned around to look at Danny. It was now or never. "I'm leaving tomorrow morning." I said to him.

"I know." He kept on staring straight ahead.

"How did you know?"

"My parents were talking about it and I overheard them."

Silence overcame us again. "I think I'm ready."

He smiled and turned around towards me. "You've always been ready Ridley. You just had to reach deep and find the courage." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a little wrapped box. He kissed my cheek. "Happy early birthday."

He walked away from me.

But this time I didn't feel entirely alone.

"Do we have everything?" My mom asked.

I looked around. "Yep. It looks like it."

"Well then, let's get going."

I looked at my house and smiled softly. It was time to get going wasn't it? I got in the car and fastened my seat-belt. When my mom started the car I reached into my pocket and pulled out the box. I un-wrapped it and lifted the box open. I laughed when I saw a ring, with a piece of paper underneath it. My mom looked at me and chuckled softly.

I unfolded the paper.

It's a promise ring. And by the way it's never good-bye with us.

Love always and forever

Danny Scott.

I put the ring on my finger.

He was right. It was never good-bye with us.

"Mom. What's Tree Hill to you?" I asked.

"Tree Hill to me is the past." She answered.

"Me too." I looked at my ring. "Well maybe something's. Other things I think will always be there."

"They always are."

So maybe tangled emotions aren't always tangled when you've got your priorities right.

Sniff, sniff, it's done. I know I know a lot of you are going to probably hate me for how I finished this but what can I say? That's the way I write. I just want to say thank you so much to all of the people who reviewed and helped me. I owe you guys' big time, for putting up with me, Lol. Anyways one last big shout out's to the wonderful people of It nearly broke my heart writing that she had to close the restaurant too. I am also glad that she felt nothing for Luke. It's Danny all the way! Thank you for reviewing!

A.Sawyer: Ridley and Brooke do rock don't they? I love them. Thank you for reviewing.

JeytonLover: I know that I made you sad and I am really sorry! They probably is so much to go into but I'm the kind of person who doesn't elaborate to much on things. Especially in stories. I guess I like to keep people guessing. It's a curse I say. I'm sad to see this end but all good things must come to an end right? Thanks for all the reviews, they were very helpful.

IluvDanBen33: I'm glad you thought it was awesome! Thanks a bunches.

Clemsontigerchic: I liked the Luke and Ridley scene too. It made him human don't you think? At first I was thinking Luke and Ridley but Danny and Ridley are just so much better. Thanks for the reviews.

Riza-4789: I wasn't able to watch the premier how was it? Was it good? Oh I hope you have to tell me what happened! I'm glad you have a new perspective on Danny. Hope you liked the story. Thanks for the review.

Crazy: Usually I wouldn't want Brooke to give up either but it fit the story so I had to make her move and sort of give up. She didn't exactly give up she just moved on. Which I think is perfectly healthy. But I love her for her courage and strength too!Thank you for the review!

Chadslover: Thank you so much.

Anon: Wow you're making me blush. Is it really that good? Wow, I never knew that it could be that good. But thank you again because you're just making my day right now. Ridley is definitely a cool person to write and its fun too. Thank you again!

Brucas4Ever: I'm happy Danny kissed her too. It's like finally! I love Chad and Sophia too. On the show I would rather Nathan and Brooke but that's just me. Thank you.

Rebecca: I've updated. And I hoped that you liked it.

SuperJew77: I hated to end the story but I had too. If I let stories drag out to long I loose interest in them. That's why I usually do one-shots. But I've done a few chapter stories too. Don't worry about not reviewing it's no problem. I'm glad you like the story and the people in it. Thanks you so much.

Nikki: Danny does seem sweet doesn't he? I just love him. Hehehe. I'm glad you think my story is awesome. Thanks.

OTHandScottlover: The way I pronounce Ridley's name is Rid-Lee. That's how I pronounce it. I just spell it Ridley. Danny and Ridley weren't my first couple but Danny grew on me and then he grew on Ridley so I had to put the two together. It just makes them so cool and sweet. Thank you for think I write well. And thank you for the review.

Alright I think that's everybody if it isn't than I am so so so sorry. I know that I said thank at every end of my response to your review but I put the Thank you's there because I mean it.

Thank you everybody so much!

You guys Rock!

Yours truly

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