DISCLAIMER: See Chapter 1 for Proper Disclaimer.

Author's Note: Two chapters in one day! Geesh, I must have been lucky to pick a day like today to get mroe chapters up. Well, this is where Riley gets to kiss Alex...GASP...I know, BIG shock. Thanks to my reviewers, especially xxroxy-dogxx.

And now, without further ado...chapter six of 'Boy Next Door'!

Patrick opened the door to his home to find three things: Abigail was with them, Alex was mumbling "We.Are.Not.Bringing.Her.Into.This." to Ben, and Riley was stuck carrying Abigail's luggage. Ok, so he found Riley's predicament to be hilarious. But, he was concerned about what Alex was talking about as his youngest child walked into the house. After Riley entered the house with much struggling, Patrick was able to be caught up with what had happened in London and in Paris.

When it came to understanding the markings, as Alex proclaimed it to be in the Olmec dialogue, did Patrick come to a conclusion.

"I can only make out one symbol: this is for Cibola," Patrick said as he pointed to said symbol.

Ben then went into discussion with Cibola's history, it being known as the city of Gold. Alex added that it might have been America's 'El Dorado', but no one knows for sure.

"I need to speak with her…and you two are coming with me," Ben said as he told his dad.

Alex then let out a sarcastic 'Ha' out loud as she shook her head back and forth.

"We are NOT getting her involved, Ben…as much as it seems like a good idea, I don't think that she'll like it one bit. I mean, we're on the top of her shit list to start out with," Alex said as she gestured both Patrick and herself.

"She's the only one that seems to know the translating part better than you, Alex," Ben retorted.

"At least she didn't make you go to boarding school in England for 8 years of your life. 'For your own development of etiquettes' as Emily put it…Etiquettes my arse!" Alex said as she shook her head again.

"Emily?" Riley asked.

"Ben and Alex's mom," Abigail replied back.

"Besides, she hasn't talked to Dad in 32 years, Ben…what makes you think that they'll talk after a 26-year divorce? Things will be better off without involving Emily," Alex said as she stared at Ben. "And, you really wanna know what tops this all off? I hated her for making me have to endure boarding school."

"She also DID pay for your college tuition," Patrick pointed that out.

"After someone CONVINCED her otherwise, Dad."

And with that, Alex stormed up the stairs, taking it at three at a time, before slamming the door to one of the upstairs bedrooms. Ben groaned as he took a seat on the arm of the couch; Abigail trying to calm him a bit. Patrick sighed as he went out to get some food for everyone. That left Riley to go and talk some sense into Alex. Once Riley got to the second floor, he noticed that the door that Alex must have gone into was slightly opened, not entirely closed all the way. He peeked into the room to find an open duffel bag on the bed and "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" by FallOut Boy was blaring from the bathroom.

Riley opened the door a bit wider and saw that Alex wasn't in the bedroom. Riley shut the door behind him as he entered the room. He walked closer to the bathroom to find that door also cracked open and steam was slowly escaping from the bathroom. He poked his head into the bathroom to find the shower going…and…

Riley entered the bathroom and saw Alex's shadow from inside the shower. He took off his shoes, socks, and jacket off before he heard Alex speaking.

"What am I going to do, Cass? Not a day goes by and I feel more and more like a bloody arse…it almost makes me wonder how much Mia and I were like in tempers…" Alex said in between her sobbing, yet it was mostly drowned out by the running water.

Riley, taking a big risk at this, stepped into the shower fully-clothed and took Alex's sobbing form into his own calm one. Alex wrapped her arms around Riley's waist and cried into his now-drenched tee-shirt. Riley then took the time to look over Alex: she was dressed in a black bra and a pair of dark blue denim jeans. Her shirt and shoes must have been tossed into the bedroom before she came into the shower.

"Shh…it's ok, Lex…I'm here," he cooed to Alex as both of them slid down the wall till they were both in the tub.

Riley turned the water off after 5 minutes. Alex's sobs had turned into hiccups as Riley still held her slowly shaking form towards his. Riley stroked Alex's drenched hair away from her face, so that she could breathe more easily without her hair being in the way. After a few more minutes, Riley scooped Alex into his arms as he struggled a little to his feet. He carried Alex out of the bathroom and into the bedroom, where he stood Alex up on her feet before he went back for towels for the two of them.

Coming back a second later, he then proceeds to dry off Alex's shivering form. He managed to get her arms toweled down before Alex stopped him with her hands. Riley looked at Alex straight in the eye to see her smile a little.

"Thanks for caring, Riley…but, we should get into drier clothes. Or, they'll suspect that we did something to make them tease us," Alex said, her voice a little hoarse from crying.

Riley nodded his head in agreement. Then, without hesitation and not waiting for another chance, Riley cupped Alex's face with his hands. This made Alex wonder what Riley had in mind, but that was answered as Riley brushed his thumbs on her cheeks. He didn't waste another moment before he leaned towards Alex and place a chaste kiss on her mouth. Riley wanted to deepen the kiss, but he didn't as he pulled away. Alex's eyes were closed before they opened to allow Riley to see a somewhat glazed-over look in Alex's eyes.

"That…I've wanted to do that for a while now," Riley said, lowering his hands before he left the room to change into different clothes.

If Riley had stayed in the room a bit longer, he would have seen Alex smile a little bit and heard her say "It's about time, Riley Poole…but, then again, it's not the first time that you've kissed me."

(FLASHBACK!)

Alex was leaning on the railing of the terrace leading out to the elaborate gardens of Mount Vernon gardens. She took a swig of her Corona Extra as she turned her head to see the rest of the senior class partying for the last time before finals and winter break. She sighed, seeing her breath form into mere clouds. She was glad that she had her motorcycle leather jacket on, for it was mildly cool in the early December evening air. To her left, she could see Cass talking to Ian, who was nodding his head while smiling at his girlfriend of 8 months. She smirked as she knew what Ian was going to get Cass for Christmas.

"Isn't this party swell?" Riley's sarcasm drawled from Alex's right as Riley joined Alex.

"Yeah…man and woman come together to act like kids, dancing, drinking, making out…sexing it up," Alex said as she took another swig of her beer. "Does any of this make you wanna puke your brains out?" she added as she looked at Riley from the corner of her eye.

"Nope…not if you're here," Riley said as he took a swig from his cup.

Alex turned her head to see Riley was either having a light buzz…or was on the verge of being drunk. She took Riley's cup from him, emitting a groan from him. Alex looked inside the cup and sniffed it before sipping from the cup. Making a face, Alex dumped the rest of the cup's contents down into the grass below.

"It's spiked. Let's get you home," Alex said as she dragged Riley over to Ian and Cass, who weren't drinking as much as Alex or Riley.

A half hour later found Riley and Alex walking up the steps to Riley's dorm building. It was kinda of a blessing that Riley didn't have a roommate in his room, or that his roommate was at the same party hey had just come from. Either or, the two made it up three flights of stairs before walking a short distance to the door of Riley's room. Taking the key from her pocket, she unlocked the door and ushered Riley into the room.

It was only after Alex closed the door did Riley pushed her against it and started to make out with her. Alex wasn't expecting this, but didn't bother to stop Riley as she wrapped her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss.

(END FLASHBACK!)

Author's Note: Ok, you know the drill. Click on the Review button, please. IF my spelling's off, that's because I did this chapter in two hours with NO referring to the movie at all or to any of my online sources for backup. The next chapter is going to skip over the white house scene AND Ben kidnapping the president, but will have the meeting with Ben and Alex's mom and the Library of Congress in it. I have about thinks for a moment a couple of chapters left, and the epilogue, so I'm almost done with this one...and this will be the first fanfic that has more than 1 chapter in it. My god, I'm getting good. . But I'll leave you all at this note, so keep on reading and looking out for more chapters.

-Jade Opal-