Chapter 11

Alex POV

"Riker? Do you see your car, because I don't! It's not here! I told you there was something not right about these woods!"

"Well… What do we do?"

"What do we do? There's nothing we can do! If it's gone, it's gone. The end."

"So I don't have a car anymore?"

"Well… Yeah… Unless you want to go back into those woods again."

"My car's in the woods?"

"Yeah."

"How do you know it's in the woods? Why would it be in there? How could it be in there?"

"Look, your car isn't here. I'm not waiting around for something bad to happen, and I'm not talking about this until we're out of here."

I turned around, and drove out of the park.

"When can you tell me about the woods?"

"Later."

"Why not now?"

"Because I don't want to."

"Ok."

I was hoping Riker would just forget about the woods and his questions. He didn't need to know what happened there, and it would only make me more upset with my life.

"Alex? Are you mad at me? I'm sorry I asked about it."

"No. It's fine. I just don't want to talk about it right now."

"Ok."

"Do you want to go somewhere for lunch?"

"Sure."

"Where?"

"I don't know. You pick."

"What kind of food are you in the mood for? Wait. I already know. You want pizza. You always want pizza."

Riker laughed.

"Well… Yeah…"

Riker and I had lunch in a pizzeria a few minutes away from my house.

"So… What else do you want to do before your parents come home?"

"Well… I feel like we always do this, but we could watch a movie."

"Nah… It'd be more fun if it were dark out."

"Ok, then what do you want to do?"

"We could go skateboarding."

"Ok."

Later…

Riker POV

Alex and I had been skateboarding for about 20 minutes, when she fell. Alex tried to brush it off, but her knee was bleeding. A lot.

"Alex, we need to… clean your knee up."

"Riker, I told you. I'm fine. It barely even hurts."

"Please. Let me fix it."

"Like that night when you fixed my wrist?"

I could feel my cheeks heat up.

"Well… It'll obviously be a little different this time…"

"Well yeah. You're wearing clothes instead of a towel."

Now, the blood was starting to drip down her leg.

"Alex, come on. I'll fix it for you."

I took her hand, and led her upstairs to the bathroom. Rydel popped in as I lifted Alex up to sit on the counter.

"Whoa, what happened?" My sister asked.

"I fell skateboarding. But I'm fine."

"That looks pretty bad though!"

"It doesn't even really hurt. Riker's like freaking out about it though."

"Well he cares about you."

"I know."

Later…

Alex POV

"Riker, you need to go home. My parents will be home any minute now. If my dad catches you here, he'll kill you! He thinks we broke up! And remember, I told you he thought we were secretly dating! Not only will he kill you, but he'll kill me too for lying to him!"

"Alex, I don't care what he thinks. I love you, and that's all that matters."

"Well if you love me, you'll go home, so you don't get caught, and I won't get stuck at home every day for hours."

"Kiss me first?"

"Riker they're home! Ugh! You'll have to hide in my closet, and then jump out the window later. And since when do you ever ask me to kiss you?"

I pulled Riker into my room and locked the door before my parents came inside.

"So when is it safe for me to leave?"

"Well you screwed it up! You didn't go home when I told you, and now my parents are home. It's still light out, and my dad might see you walking away from our house. So I don't know when you can leave! You screwed it up!"

"I just want to spend as much time with you as possible. I love you."

"Yeah. I know. But my parents can't catch us. That's really important."

"Hey. You know what we could do? You could go talk to your dad, and I'll jump out the window, and go home. You'll say you're going out with some friends, walk down the road, and then go through the woods to the back of my house. Then we can have dinner together, and then watch a movie after that. How does that sound?"

"Perfect. Just be fast."

Later…

Riker POV

"So what movie do you want to watch?"

"Uh… I don't know…"

Alex and I were in my bedroom, getting ready to watch a movie together. Ross had been nice enough to go play videogames downstairs until our movie was over.

I picked a random movie, put it in, and pressed play. I sat down on my bed next to Alex, and we cuddled together.

2 Hours Later…

Riker POV

"The movie's over, we're not at your house, and we're not in the woods. Will you please tell me what's up with All Hallows Woods now?" I asked.

Alex wouldn't look me in the eyes. Something was up.

"Alex?"

"I don't want to talk about it."

"Why not?"

"Because it hurts too much."

"What happened?"

"I said, I don't want to talk about it!"

"Please. I'm here for you. It'll be ok. I promise."

"Well…"

"Does it involve someone you know or something?"

"Yeah…"

"Who?"

"My dad."