Chapter 2

After a couple of days of sitting home and trapping Riley got bored. So she got in her car, hoping to go somewhere. Riley drove around pointlessly; she had nowhere to go. She was really upset, and there was no-one she could go to, or talk to. She knew where she would usually go – Beck's house, but this time it's a no-go. Then she decided that she should talk it out with Peter and Simi. Yeah, that'll be probably the best decision I've made in ages… She thought with a sigh, as she took out her mobile.

-Hey Peter, Simi. Meet up somewhere? I need to talk asap!

-Hey girlfriend! Sure, I'm up at the coffee shop and Peter's already on his way here. Meet you in 2.

-Thanks!

As she walked into Simi's coffee shop, she relaxed a bit. The smell of the coffee and hot chocolate they made always relaxed her, just like a hot shower would after a hard day. She walked over and sat at the booth next to Simi.

"Hey, Simi!" Riley said, forcing a smile.

"Hey! Peter's just gone to get our drinks. Two hot chocolates and my daily coffee, right?" Simi said. Once again, she looked like a hyperactive Chihuahua, but she loved her hyperactive, smart girlfriend anyway!
"You know me so well," she replied, smiling for real now. Peter came back, setting the drinks on the table.

"What's up? What was it that you needed to talk about?" he asked, concern on his face, matching Simi's.

"Well, you know how Beck got hurt? Well, we had a fight last night…" and she gave them a rundown of the fight.

"You guys are messed up! Can't you just stop denying that you love each other! I mean, come on!" Peter exclaimed standing up, making the whole coffee shop look at us. He sat down shyly, and Simi took over.

"Look, the guy would walk through flames to spend some time with you. He really would! Don't you remember every time he was with you? And you know, every time you were upset or something, you went to him. Oh and by the way, who did you go to about Ori? Obviously not one of us, since I only remember being told by Peter, who found out just before you'd gotten taken in by the hunters. You went to Beck, and obviously he shouted at you, and you so deserved that! You can't deny that… I mean, are you really that blind that you can't see that he loves you? And not cause 'you're Paul Blackthorne's daughter'!" she said, perfectly mimicking Beck on the last bit. "You've got to go back and make it right, for both of you. You might not have that much time – demon trapping is the real deal, and he might get hurt worse than today. And to think the last thing you'd have said to him was all that horrible stuff… He won't manage… I think I remember you telling us about his mom, and then your dad? And you know how he's coping with it? Well I'm sure that he's not going to be able to cope with it if you're out of his life. I think that that'll be his breaking point. When will yours be? That's the question you need to ask yourself. Will it be if he dies or will it be if Ori won't be with you anymore?" Simi finished, looking into Riley's eyes.

"Obviously if… If Beck dies, I…" she sighed. She couldn't say that she loved him. She was too confused right now, she just couldn't. Simi sighed.
"…Will die too," Peter finished her sentence. "I know you well enough to say that that's exactly what you were going to say. I know it," he muttered as he shook his head at her. They sat in silence for a while, just drinking their beverage. Riley was the first to break the silence.

"Ok, thanks guys. I'll think about it… I'll probably end up doing what you guys said to. But I gotta get going now, ok? Thanks," she finished as she dumped the money for her drink on the table and walked out. She drove back home, but didn't get out straight away. She sat in there for another hour thinking about what her friends had said, until the Scotsman called to remind her about her promise.