Chapter 34

He took her face in his hands and looked her in the eyes. She was still talking. In one quick swoop he crashed his lips down on hers, finally silencing her for the time being, and sending shocks through both.

Emma was shocked to say the least as she slowly felt her resolve to pull away fading. She wasn't sure why but she was enjoying this kiss more than she thought she would.

Riley was surprised she hadn't pulled away, and more surprised he hadn't been slapped, but he was enjoying this kiss. More than he probably should.

"Look, I know that me telling you that you're cute is not really what you want to hear…"

"Sshhhhhhh," Cassie said quietly as she hid behind a bush.

The had somehow ended up on the docks, and the site that Cassie had fallen upon made her smile a bit, Emma was kissing a guy, she really hadn't dated much, boyfriend here or there, but nothing serious. Yet here she was kissing a guy in broad daylight for all to see.

Emma broke away from Riley. She swore she heard a sound, and that gave her just enough clarity to break away from Riley. Sure she had enjoyed the kiss, but as she scanned the docks for whatever made the noise she felt her anger grow. Sure she didn't see anyone, but those few seconds gave her time to think about what just happened, and she was going to give him a piece of her mind, again.

"What the hell did you think you were doing," A know infuriated Emma said as she stood and placed her hands on her hips.

It didn't take long for Riley to stand and face her with a grin on his face. She was so cute when she was mad. That and he knew that she had enjoyed the kiss as much as him.

"Wipe that grin off your face you self centered, self absorbed…"

Cassie ducked down even more behind the bush pulling Morgan down with her when she saw Emma look in her direction. She knew that she had been too loud, but it didn't seem to matter as Emma went off on another rant. She slowly began to look at the scene again before her as Morgan peeked over her shoulder.

"What's so interesting," Morgan said as he looked at the scene before him, "All that's happening is a rant fest on Emma's part."

"Shush," Cassie said as she continued to watch.

Morgan really didn't see the big deal, so Emma was yelling at Riley. He found it hilarious. Riley, Mr. Gorgeous, who could get any girl in High School, was having problems with this one.

The grin on Morgan's face grew as he watched the scene before him. Cassie gave a giggle, he knew nothing about Emma, or about the way that Riley was looking at the ranting teenage girl. So it came as no surprise to Cassie when riley once again took Emma's face in his hands and kissed her.

Emma felt his lips come crashing down on hers; she hadn't expected him to kiss her a second time. She had struggled to get out of his grasp at first, but like the first kiss she wasn't sure she could fight him, she was enjoying it too much. Slowly she began to react to him as she wrapped her arms around his neck, and he brought his hands to her back.

He had listened to her enough, and he must say she was sure in one bad mood. He had hoped to rectify it by kissing her, and god was he enjoying kissing her. She sucked him in, and he just got lost in her, her soft lips, her silky smooth hair, and her curvy, sexy body. He just couldn't get enough of her. And this was only their second kiss.

Cassie's smile grew, as the shock on Morgan's face was laughable. She had her hand over her mouth to keep from laughing, as Morgan had his mouth gapping open.

"What was that you were saying," Cassie said as she turned to face him a little better with a huge grin on her face.

Morgan continued to just stare at the two before him in complete awe. How did Riley always manage to do that? To leave a girl so awestruck that they would kiss him back? Not that Riley had kissed anyone in awhile, Lila always seemed to scare any girl Riley wanted to date away.

"OK, so maybe it was a little interesting, but she'll push him away again," Morgan said just as the sound of a high pitched cell phone ring went off.

Cassie looked at Morgan in horror as she went digging through her purse in search of the small, but loud device. She couldn't seem to find it in the small purse as it continued to ring. She kept pulling things out and handing them to Morgan to hold until the only thing left in the purse was her phone. She pulled it out in triumph just as there was a shadow cast over the two and the cell phone stopped wringing.

Cassie tilted her head back to meet the baby blues of Emma. Slowly a nervous grin began to form on her face as she took in Emma's appearance, and when her eyes glazed over as they were doing it was never a good sign.

The brunette quickly put all her stuff back in her purse as she stood to face her friend. The two girls just stared at each other, both still reeling from the events of the last 24 hours. Neither knowing what the other had gone through.

Morgan had been spooked to see Emma standing over them, and even more so at the look in her eyes. She was angry that was obvious, but at who. He had handed back all of Cassie's belongings and currently stood next to a shocked Riley who held a hand over his left eye.

"What's wrong with your eye," Morgan questioned in a whisper to Riley.

Riley didn't want to answer. It wasn't like his best friend had seen what happened, but he was in the bushes and only seconds before the event concentrated on finding Emma's phone. He really hadn't expected her to react like she did, and hadn't been ready for it.

"She punh e n de y," Riley said through clenched teeth afraid she would turn on him again.

"What man," Morgan said.

"Shhhhheeeeee puhnnnssssss eeeee en di I," He repeated still not wanting to say it.

"What?"

"She punched me," Riley screamed as he removed his hand from his eye to reveal the slightly swollen area around the eye.

Morgan looked at him and began to laugh. She had punched him. She had punched Riley. Emma had done something that Morgan could only dream of doing himself, and the boy looked ridiculous. The last black eye that Riley had was when he was bringing in a shipment that got ambushed, and this would surely be a black eye.

Emma and Cassie broke off the staring contest to look at the two that stood off to the side giving both a glare of disapproval. They returned their eyes to each other just as Cassie's phone rang again.

"Hello," Cassie said into the machine as she turned her back on every one

"Hey Cass, It's Michael. Have you seen Emma," He questioned.

"Yeah, We were in the middle of a 'who can stare longer' contest," Cassie replied.

"What happened," Michael responded a little worried, "Wait never mind, I don't want to know. You two are always in some sort of trouble."

"Suit yourself," Cassie said carelessly, "So what did you want?"

"Don't let Emma out of your sight until she is around one of our parents," Michael answered.

"Why, What's wrong," Cassie worriedly asked.

"There was an incident at Harbor View Towers that left everyone a little shaken."

"How shaken," Cassie said not sure she wanted to hear the answer or not.

"Just ask Emma about it," Michael replied as another question came to mind, "How are you holding up?"

"I'm fine Michael. I didn't have a reason to be crying last night anyway. So leave it alone."

"For now I will considering I need to pick up some food from Kelly's for my Mom and Aunt. Talk to you later," Michael questioned as more of a comment.

"Yeah later," Cassie said as she hung up her phone and turned back around to face the worried eyes of Emma, Riley, and Morgan.

Emma looked at her friend, and thought of the conversation she just had with Michael. They needed to talk, a lot, and alone, both girls sensed it as they looked at each other.

"We need to go," Emma said not even looking at the guys that stood next to them as she started to walk off the docks with Cassie at her side.

"Wait," Riley said as he reached out to grab Emma's arm.

Emma turned to face him, and could see the questions in the his emerald green eyes, questions she couldn't answer as she pulled her arm from his grasp and ran to catch up to Cassie who stood waiting at the bottom of the stairs that would lead them off the docks.

Riley and Morgan watched them walk up the stairs before both turned and walked off in the other direction. Neither was sure what exactly happened, but both were determined to figure it out.

"We need to go meet my dad," Morgan said as they walked off, "He said that there was a problem that needed dealing with soon."

With a nod of the head and a groan of pain from Riley the two walked off in the direction of Harbor View Towers hoping that things weren't to messy. They had enough problems as it was, and they were all centered around two teenage girls.