Chapter 4

Present Day…

Alex POV

"Alex? Alex wake up!"

"Hmm?"

I opened my eyes to find Riker standing in front of me. Great…

"Alex. Can we talk?"

"Riker it's the first day of my summer vacation. This is supposed to be a fun day."

"I know. But I want to make everything up to you. I need to show you how sorry I am."

"Riker. Not today. Please, just-"

"Alex wait. Please. Please let me make it up to you. Please let me show you that I can be a good boyfriend."

"Are you going to throw me in the lake again?"

"No! But will you let me make it up to you?"

"What do I have to do?"

"Let me pick you up tonight around 7:30. By the end of the night, if you still don't want to be my girlfriend, I'll leave you alone… forever. I know that's risking a lot, but I need to so I can show you how sorry I am, for everything."

I sighed, thinking about it.

"Alex, please! Please say yes!"

"Alright fine."

"Yes! Thank you! You won't regret it."

"I better not."

"You won't! I promise!"

Riker ran up the hill to the road. He probably had stuff to plan and stuff to do. What did he think he could possibly do to make me want to be his girlfriend again? I mean yeah, I still loved him, and he was adorable, but he hurt me. I don't understand how he thought treating me like that was ok.

Riker POV

I flew through the front door of my house, almost crashing into my sister.

"Riker, what's going on!?" Rydel asked.

"I panicked!"

"What?"

"I panicked! I saw Alex, and now I'm picking her up at 7:30, and I have to think of some way to make everything up to her! Otherwise I'll lose her forever! You need to help me Rydel! What do I do!?"

"Uh… I don't know! Why would you do that!?"

"I told you, I panicked!"

"Uh… Well… You could… Take her out to dinner or something…?"

"I can't just take her out to dinner! I need to do something awesome!"

"Uh… By 7:30 tonight?"

"Yeah. Why? Did you think of something?"

"Well I was going to suggest you write her a song, but I don't think you could write a song before 7:30."

"Probably not…"

"Well… Uh… I don't know!"

"Ugh! Ok, I have to go. I have to figure something out!"

I ran upstairs to my room. Ross was still rooming with me since Rocky was too lazy to switch back.

"Ross! I need serious help!"

"With what?"

"I need to plan the most amazing night for Alex in the history of amazing nights!"

"What night is this for?"

"TONIGHT!"

"Tonight!?"

"Yeah! At 7:30!"

"Riker, you can't plan an amazing night in only 3 hours!"

"I need to! If I don't, I'll lose her forever!"

"Forever? Really Riker?"

"Yes! Seriously! I told her after tonight if she still doesn't want to be my girlfriend, I'll leave her alone forever! I need to plan something! Fast!"

"Ok, I have a few ideas, but I don't know if it'll work."

"Well it's all I've got, so we have to make it work!"

Alex POV

I slowly walked up the road back to my house. I looked at Riker's house as I passed it. I couldn't see anything, but I heard shouting. Whatever… Once I was inside, I went to my room. I only had about 3 hours until he picks me up to do… whatever it is we're doing tonight. Normally I would've taken a shower, gotten all dressed up, done my nails, hair, and makeup. But not today. I put on a pair of shorts since it was getting hot out, and I changed my shirt to match. There. I was ready for tonight. Riker didn't care about me for a month, why should I care about our date tonight?

I sat on my bed and put on Netflix. I wasn't really watching it. I just put it on as background noise. It helped drown out whatever my dad yelled about. I swear, he'd go around the house looking for stuff to criticize. He wouldn't yell at anyone in particular. He'd just announce loudly to the whole house, that there was dust on top of something, or that a picture was crooked, and then he'd go on to finding something else to be upset about. But he'd never fix anything he yelled about. He'd just leave it, and yell about it again another day. I feel like I'm nothing like him. I feel more like my mom, and not at all like my dad. I just don't understand why my mom would marry someone like this.

The time flew by, and before I knew it, it was 7:30. Luckily, my parents had gone into town when Riker came knocking on my door. I left my parents a note saying I was going out with friends, and I'd be back later. Now, off to start an interesting night…

"So are you ready for the best night of your life!?" Riker asked when I answered the door.

"Uh…"

"Come on, let's go."

"Where are we going?"

"It's a secret."

I followed Riker out the door, locking it behind me. He opened the passenger side door for me, so I got in. He got in too, and we drove off. I couldn't help but keep looking over at Riker. He looked really nervous, but really excited at the same time.

"Ok, we're almost there, so I need you to tie this over your eyes. I don't want you to see where we're going."

I tied the scarf, which I assumed was Rydel's, over my eyes. About 5 minutes later, Riker parked somewhere. I was so curious to know where he'd taken me…