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Riley feels herself being carried. She doesn't really know, or care, where until she feels Lucas stop after climbing a few steps. He rings a doorbell. After a hazy moment of confusion, she realizes it sounds really familiar. Then, she hears the door open and a voice says, "Riley?" She recognizes it as her dad. "Please bring her to her room."
Riley feels Lucas set her down on her bed. "Riley, honey, are you okay?" Riley nods faintly to her dad's question. She curls onto her side, with her back towards them. She just wants to shut everything out for now. Or forever. But she doubts her dad will let her do that.
She hears him mutter, "Not again," and she tries not to flinch. She curls up tighter.
"Again?" Lucas asks, trying to whisper.
"I can't tell you. She will if she is ever ready. For now, we are going to go out to the living room and you are going to tell me what happened." Riley hears them leave the room and she lets out a tear before falling asleep.
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Riley wakes up a few hours later at three in the morning. She gets up and changes out of her jeans and into pajama pants and a t-shirt. She heads down to the kitchen to get something to eat, seeing as she didn't eat yesterday. She finds leftover spaghetti and eats it cold, not even bothering to heat it up.
Completely numb, she wanders around the house. She finally decides to sit out on her porch on the front step, staring at the street and thinking about nothing and everything.
She is thinking about her homework she has to do tomorrow. She tries to ignore all of the old memories going through her head. She thinks about Frozen to try to get rid of them. That doesn't work. So she curls over her knees and stares at nothing and ignores everything.
What did I do to deserve this?
She never lied before her life started falling apart. Even now, the only lie she has ever told is "I'm fine." She never stole. She never cheated. So what did she do wrong?
Riley looks up at the sounds of approaching footsteps, internally panicking, but showing no emotion. She has practically given up. She looks numbly at the figure, realizing it's Lucas.
Why is he up?
He wanders over and sits down next to her. They sit in silence. Riley suddenly realizes how cold it is and shivers. Without looking at him, she hears Lucas unzip his jacket and put it around her shoulders. She puts her arms into it and pulls it close.
In a very uncharacteristic move for Riley, she leans against his side and puts her head on his shoulder. They don't say anything and they just spend a while like this. Without meaning to, Riley falls asleep.