Chapter 5: The Secret Beach

Ryleigh's POV:

When I heard it wasn't actually Ross that they found I was crushed but also angry I threw the remote at the tv and it left a crack. I lied on the couch sobbing. Why do people have to be so…ignorant to say that and report it when they're not actually sure. They probably didn't know who they would be hurting. They probably just want those 15 seconds of fame. Or maybe it was an R5 family member who just got a little too…excited. I was lost in thought when the doorbell rang I quickly ran to the mirror to fix my makeup that was running down my face because of all my crying. Even though is didn't go out much I still liked to put on makeup it made me feel pretty. And usually I was a pretty glamorous person. The doorbell rang a few more times. "Coming" I yelled. A couple more rings. "I said I'm coming!" I yelled. This person must really badly want to come in. I opened the door it was Riker. He hadn't changed much in two years the only thing different about him was that his hair was darker. I guess he wasn't lightening it anymore.

"Can I come in?" He asked

"depends" I said "what do you want"

"I want to help make you feel better you must be really upset". I wanted to say no but I really did need the cheering up.

"Fine" I heard myself say "come on in" I shut the door behind him.

"Sit down" he said pointing towards the couch.

"but this is my house" I said reluctantly sitting down. He walked over grabbed this little plastic microphone I used to play with when I was little and said

"hello today on the Riker show we have a very special guest. Riker Lynch! Who has never been on his own show before!"

"really Riker?" I asked trying hard not to laugh I didn't want to give him the satisfaction just yet. Riker walked behind the fireplace when he came out he was wearing a feather boa and my moms purple coat. I giggled it was the first time I had laughed in forever.

"Hello" he said in a British accent. British accents…Ross did a killer British accent…don't think about Ross! It told myself. "I'm Riker and I'm going to sing a song" he flipped the scarf. I giggled again. He picked up my guitar and started playing a weird tune while singing Heart Made Up On You really badly. "Gottttt myhyyyyy heart mahade up on yoooooooou" I started laughing histarically.

"Thanks Riker" I saidz hen he was finished "that really did help"

"hold up! I still have a whole day of fun planned! come" he said "let us go make sandwiches". We must have made some of the most gross sandwiches ever but it was still fun I ended up getting a few condiments smeared all over my face. When we were finished I sat down tired. "Wait!" He said "I still have one more thing to do with you" he grabbed my hand and pulled me outside.

"I'm tired" I said

"Go in the car" he said

"I feel like your kidnapping me" I said while laughing.

"Haha very funny just get in". When I got in he slipped a blindfold over my eyes and said "no peaking"

"Your freaking me out Riker" I said

"do you trust me?" He asked

"what?"

"Do you trust me?"

"I guess I do" I said and we started driving. It was nice to be with him. He was the closet thing I could get to being with Ross and it was great.

Riker's POV

I was going to take her to a place where I had only ever took Ross it always helped me out when I was sad or stressed and I thought it might help her to. I went here once before alone and it definitely cleared my mind. "We're here" I said as we approached this little place a bit farther off from the main beach where nobody really ever went. I think it was off limits because the lifeguard couldn't see this far or some safety thing like that. It was a cold day anyways so there was only a few people out. Mostly kids. She removed her blindfold.

"Riker where are we?" She asked "shouldn't we be over there?" She pointed towards where children were swimming and building sandcastles

"technically we're not really supposed to be here but who cares?" I said laughing

"I don't have a suit" she said I could tell she was stalling she kept saying reasons not to be here

"don't worry I got you covered" I said throwing her a backpack with a bathing suit and a towel. I knew she loved the beach but it was weird that she was trying to find so many reasons to go back home.

"Well aren't you just mister prepared" she said

"Well on the off chance that you didn't tell me to leave as soon as I came I packed this stuff just in case" I grabbed my own backpack with the same contents and some food. "There are bathrooms over there so you can change" we made our way towards the bathrooms. "And stop trying to get me to take you home because it's not working" she rolled her eyes and walked into the change room. When I was changed I went out to see Ryleigh waiting.

"What took you so long?" She asked I ignored her. "Are we going or not?" I replied

"fine lets go". We dropped our bags off on the shore and I led her up to the top of a cliff far out pretty from the shoreline. It wasn't a very big one but I was 99% sure that Ryleigh had never been cliff diving before so I knew we would have to start out small. I was pretty excited to show her how because that would mean…oh never mind

Ryleigh's POV

He turned my body so I was looking out into the sea. "Wow" I said "the view is…beautiful" it was true I was trying to make him take me home but now that we were up here it was really nice

"not as beautiful as…" he paused

"as what?" I asked

"nothing… come on" he lied and led me to the edge of the cliff. It was a pretty far drop down but it wasn't that bad. I just really didn't want to fall.

"Come on let's jump" he said like it was nothing.

"Alright" I said a little worried "I've never really jumped off a cliff before…" he was probably expecting that because how many people are just like 'ya I totally go cliff diving all the time!'

"oh come on" he said "there's a first for everything just go"he pushed me further towards the edge. I hesitated but I didn't want to ruin the fun so I closed my eyes and jumped. Surprisingly it was really fun. Definitely unexpected! I was expecting to die. Not literally. Riker jumped in after me. We climbed back up and out of the water

"that was fun!" I said

"told ya" he said like a kid and smiled

"come on let's go again" we did this a few more times and I was having a blast. After when it was getting sort of dark we decided that we would just swim around for a bit before eating. The water was the perfect temperature. Not too hot. Not too cold. And this…this was a perfect day. "You know Riker" I said "you really know how to cheer a girl up"

A/N I know this chapter is short but it does reveal some things! I had the chapter all ready for yesterday but the sight glitches and I got frustrated. Now if you have any questions just PM me and I'll ask you a question if you answer it right…ask away. Riker likes her…or does he? What do you guys think will happen?

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