Chapter 3
Haley woke up to Ben shaking her shoulder. She lifted her head from where it had been laying on Riley's chest. Once she realized that it was Ben, she sat straight up, shaking Riley's arm off from around her shoulder. From all of this movement, Riley awoke, and also sat up.
"This is awkward…" Riley commented.
"Just a little," Ben answered. "Well, I was just coming up to tell you breakfast was ready. I wasn't exactly expecting to see you both in here, but you know-"
"Ben, it… it isn't what it looks like. We just-" Riley interrupted, only to be interrupted again by Ben.
"No, it's okay. I'm just going to go tell Abigail we want French toast after all…" With that, Ben walked out and ran down to the kitchen.
When Haley walked out of her room, she saw Riley standing there, leaning against the wall.
"Riley? You waited for me?" Haley bit back a smile.
"I don't want to go down there alone," Riley put his arm around Haley's shoulder and whispered, "Ben scares me." He began walking toward the staircase that led to the kitchen.
"Are you trying to make it awkward when we get down there?" Haley asked.
Riley moved his hand down to her waist, "How's that?" He asked jokingly.
Haley just rolled her eyes, grabbed Riley's hand, and pulled him down the stairs to the kitchen.
When they were finally there, it was empty.
"Where'd they go?" Haley asked3.
"Here's a note." Riley picked up the note and read out loud, "Riley and Haley, Abigail and I went to run some errands. There are pancakes on the table. We'll be back this afternoon. Have Fun… Ben." He set the note down and just stared into space.
"Okay, so… what now?" Haley asked.
"I have an idea." Riley said, grabbing her hand and pulling her out to the front door toward his car.
Haley followed him, asking, "What? Where are we going?"
"You'll see," he answered. "Get in!"