Chapter 11

Riker POV

UGH! I wanted to kiss her so bad! If only I knew how she felt about me!

"So what do you want to do until Toby comes?" Megan asked, still leaning against my shoulder.

Kiss you…

"Uh… I don't know," I said.

"Well, we could… We could go hang out at the mall. It's only like 2 or 3 blocks away. It'd be better than sitting in a freezing cold car for an hour."

"Ok."

Megan and I half walked, half jogged 3 blocks to the mall in the cold air. The weather was really strange here. It could be really hot during the day, but when the sun went down, it could get really cold.

"So where do you want to go? What do you want to do?" Megan asked.

"I don't know. I've never been here before. What is there to do?" I asked.

"Um… I don't know, like normal mall things. There's a food court, department stores, arcades… I don't know. Do you want to just walk around and see what you want to do?"

"Yeah."

The mall was really tiny, but it still had a bunch of stores. And there weren't that many people here, so it wasn't that crowded.

"Do you want to hang out in the arcade?" I asked.

"Yeah, sure. I'm not much of a gamer, but you can show me some stuff."

"Ok."

30 Minutes Later…

Toby POV

I sped down the highway, trying to get there as fast as I could. I didn't want Megan alone with Riker for longer than she had to be. I found Megan's car, but she wasn't there, so I called her.

"Megan?"

"Yeah?"

"Where are you? I'm at your car, and you're not in it!"

"Oh, yeah… It was really cold so we decided to go hang out at the mall."

"Megan!"

"Sorry! We're leaving now, I promise!"

I hung up, annoyed. She knew I didn't want her hanging out with Riker, and now they weren't even here! I didn't like her just going off somewhere with him! A few minutes later, Riker came walking down the street with my sister on his back!

"Hey, we're here," said Megan, still on Riker's back.

"Ok, ignoring that…" I said, waving my arms at them, and turning to Megan's car.

"What?" Asked Megan.

"Nothing… Get in your car, I'm going to jump start it."

Later…

Megan POV

"I seriously can't believe what you did tonight," said Toby.

"What do you mean?"

"You just went off with Riker!?"

"We were cold and bored!"

"Be honest, are you dating him?"

"No I'm not dating him! We're just friends! Why are you so obsessed!?"

"Because you're my little sister, and I don't want to see you get hurt. I love you Megan. Remember last year? You and Kian? When he broke your heart, seeing you so upset broke mine. I just don't want to see you go through that again."

Toby didn't bring up the more serious aspects, and I was glad. After Kian, I never dated anyone else. When Kian broke my heart, I locked myself in my room for days. I barely ate or slept, and I knew it hurt Toby so much, seeing me like that. But I wasn't even dating Riker…

I walked over and gave Toby a hug. I felt like crying. He just made me feel so happy when he told me he cared about me. Toby was like my best friend. He was more than just a brother to me. He was the person I could tell anything to. Well… Anything except Riker. How couldn't he see that Riker wasn't "bad news" and that he was actually really sweet?

The Next Day…

Riker POV

"No, it's not yeah, it's and," I said.

We were talking about song lyrics.

"Are you sure?" Asked Rocky.

"Positive," I said, checking my notebook.

"Ok then…" Said Rocky, erasing something.

"I need a break from this. Finalizing song lyrics takes too long!" I said, standing up.

"But we're almost done! Riker wait!" Rocky called.

I turned back to him.

"Whaaaaat?" I asked, groaning.

"We're almost done with this song. Let's just finish it."

"Can't you do it by yourself?"

"No, you wrote this one."

"UGH!"

Ross POV

"Wait, what button is it?" I asked Toby.

Toby looked down at his controller. We were playing videogames.

"Z. But you can't do it unless you change your settings first," said Toby.

"Ugh, fine. I'll do it later," I said.

"So what's new with you?" Toby asked.

"Mmm… Not much. I mean, Riker broke his wrist, and we keep having to play shows without him and stuff. It's not too hard, it's just really weird. You know?"

"Yeah…"

"Well what about you? What's new with you and Megan?"

"Did Riker tell you about the car situation yesterday?"

"Yup!"

"Well that… And then last night, it was like really late, and Megan got a really bad headache. We ran out of Tylenol, so I drove her to the gas station, the one like down the road. You know where I mean?"

"Yeah."

Riker came in and flopped next to me, looking at the TV screen.

Riker POV

"Well when we went inside, there was this guy cashiering. He ended up getting Megan's number somehow. And then this morning, she got a text from him. They're going out on a dinner date tonight," said Toby.

BAM! It hit me hard. Megan was going out on a date with some random guy she met at a gas station. I had missed my chance.

"And how do you feel about this guy dating your sister?" Ross asked.

"Well he's actually in Megan's grade. They used to be friends in elementary school, so I kind of know him. He seems nice. But Megan can be picky about guys. If she doesn't like him, she'll probably end it before anything can happen. But if she likes him…"

I didn't hear anything else Toby said. I was too busy with my own thoughts. What if she likes him back? What if she doesn't? Does she even like me? Who even is this guy? Why didn't I just kiss her last night? It might have been a mistake, but at least I would know what she thought about me! UGH!

"Riker, you ok?" Ross asked.

"Huh? Yeah, why?"

"You just seemed out of it for a minute."

"I'm fine," I said, getting up and walking out.

I walked up the stairs to my sister's room and knocked.

"Yeah?"

"Can I talk to you for a minute?" I asked.

"Yeah sure Riker. What's up?"

"How do you know if someone likes you or not?"

"I don't know. Why?"

"I… Just want to know how this one person feels about me."

"Who?"

I didn't answer that.

"Come on Riker, who is it? I'm not telling you how to know if she likes you unless you tell me who it is."

"Fine, don't tell me," I said, walking back to my room, annoyed.

"Aw come on Riker!"

"No!" I shouted back.

I flopped on my bed.

"Ready to start the next song?" Rocky asked.

"NO!" I shouted, getting up and walking out.

Rocky POV

My eyes widened. Wait. What just happened?

"Riker, wait, what's going on?" I shouted, running down the stairs after him.

Riker stopped at the front door, unlocking it. I grabbed his arm.

"Riker-"

"Leave me alone…"

Riker practically slammed the door in my face as he slid outside. I wanted to go after him and find out what happened, but I knew I should probably just give him some time to think. He was really upset by whatever it was…