Chapter 14

Megan POV

"Riker, come on! Let's go!" I shouted.

"FINE! I'M COMING!" Riker shouted, storming past me.

"Whoa, wait! What's this about now?"

Riker turned on his heels, almost smacking me in the face. I looked up at him towering over me. He looked absolutely terrifying, and the storm wasn't helping.

"Nothing! You wanted to leave! Let's leave!" Riker shouted, turning and walking away.

Did this have something to do with him liking me? I was still kind of in shock from that. I really didn't know what to think. Everything just happened so fast…

I almost had to run to keep up with Riker. He was a completely different person now. I was trying to understand, but I was still so confused… about everything…

"Riker, please talk to me!"

Riker stopped and turned around.

"What!?" He asked, angrily.

"Why are you mad at me?"

Riker POV

"I'm not!"

I turned back and kept walking home, or at least the direction I thought was home.

"Riker, please! I know you're mad at me, but I don't understand why! What did I do!?"

I turned to face her again.

"I'm not mad!" I shouted back.

I turned back and started walking again, but stopped when I heard a strange noise behind me. I turned around yet again.

"Megan!"

I looked at her, on the ground, crying.

"Are you ok!?"

"You're mad at me, and I don't even know what I did! You won't tell me, and I just don't understand why you hate me!"

I sat down next to her and wrapped my arms around her waist, pulling her up next to me.

"Megan, I don't hate you! I'm sorry for everything. I just… don't know what happened…"

Megan looked up at me, and I wiped a piece of wet hair out of her face.

"Why would you do that to me!?" Megan shouted.

"Megan! I'm sorry! I was just mad."

"Because I went out on a date with someone!? That's ridiculous!"

"I told you, I'm in love with you! Do you know what it feels like to be in love with someone you can't have? To be worried about them? Do you even know what love feels like!?"

"UGH!"

Megan got up and stormed off. After taking a few steps, she slid off the side of a rock, and fell.

"OW!"

I ran over to her, and helped her stand. She didn't last very long before she fell back down again.

"Ok, what hurts?"

"My knee!"

"Is it bleeding?"

"I don't know! I can't see anything!"

"What happened exactly?"

"I slipped. It's raining, you know."

"After that."

"My knee smashed into this other rock. Just help me up again. Let's just… go home…"

After 5 minutes, I realized there was no way she was walking home any time soon.

"Riker, go home, let everyone know you're ok, and get help!"

"No way! I'm not leaving you here!"

"Well there's no way I'm going to be able to make it back."

Before she could say anything else, I picked her up and started walking.

"Riker, this is crazy. Put me down. There's no way you're carrying me all the way home."

"Shhh. Don't argue with me."

"Riker-"

"Unless it's something important, shhh!"

Rydel POV

I heard noises coming from downstairs. Hoping it was Riker, I ran down the stairs, almost falling.

"We're back," said everyone, except Riker and Megan.

I already knew the answer, but I asked anyway, hoping I was wrong.

"Did you find him?" I asked, starting to cry again.

"No… We looked everywhere. Is my sister back yet?" Toby asked.

"No… She's still out there," I said, looking at the ground.

Ellington walked over to me and gave me a hug. I completely fell apart in his arms.

"It's going to be ok, Rydel. We'll find him. Megan's not back yet. Maybe she's on her way back with him right now," said Ellington, softly.

"If he comes back, and he's fine, I'm seriously going to kill him for doing this to me!" I said, angrily.

"Shhh, he'll be ok," said Ellington.

Riker POV

"Riker-"

"If it's about me carrying you, or anything like that, don't even bother," I said.

"No. Riker, I love you too."

I stopped.

"Wait. What?"

"I love you too."

I swear, I almost dropped her on the ground.

"What?"

"Riker, I love you."

"Really?" I asked, completely confused.

"Yes Riker!"

"Wait. Why? Are you only saying this becau-"

"Riker, you seriously need to keep walking! My knee is killing me!"

"Oh, sorry," I said, walking again.

"I'm not saying this because you're carrying me home. I'm saying this because I truly do love you."

"Why didn't you say that before?"

"I…I guess I was still in shock. I'm sorry. I guess I should have…"

I sighed. This is how it's supposed to be. My life's back on track. Well not yet…

"You really love me?"

"Yes! I do! I promise! You were always my favorite in R5. When you moved in across the street and needed to borrow paper towels, all I could think was "OH MY GOSH RIKER LYNCH IS USING MY PAPER TOWELS!" I've loved getting to know you and hanging out and stuff. It's been really hard though because Toby's being really overprotective."

"Oh I know! He scares me sometimes!"

Megan laughed.

"I'm serious! It's even worse that he's taller than me!"

"I know, I know. It's just funny. I don't know…"

"Wait. I have a question."

I stopped walking for a second.

"Megan, will you be my girlfriend?"

She laughed.

"Of course I will!"

I sighed, and started walking again.

"Cool…" I said, thinking.

"Cool? That's is? Not, oh yay, I love you so much, you're amazing? Just cool?"

"Sorry. OH YAY I LOVE YOU SO MUCH YOU'RE AMAZING!" I shouted, laughing.

"That's better!"

Megan laughed.

"I really do love you Megan," I said.

"I know. I love you too."

The End.

I hope you all enjoyed. And yes, I know, I never wrote about them ever returning home. It'll just have to keep you wondering… Thanks for reviewing! I was thinking about doing a sequel for this story, but I don't know yet… And for whoever it was that wanted me to do a sequel for "A True Friend When Nothing Else Matters," it's coming soon! 3 Kylie