Disclaimer – Don't own, never will. .
Summary – See chapter 1
Rating – Now, I'm bumping it up to M, just to say safe, and I don't want to get yelled at. Lol xD
Pairing – Ben/Riley DUH, And I might add another one…… ;D
Author's note at end of chappie! .
Riley was dreaming again, Ben could tell by the way he kept twisting and turning. He just sighed and went back to sleep, unsure whether the dream was yet another nightmare or just a dream. He wished Riley would go see a therapist, a psychologist, or something, but the techie refused claiming he wanted to wait before doing anything.
Wait for what he didn't really know. He just wanted Riley to get better as soon as possible but that almost meant him telling them who did this to him. Ben knew this wasn't going to be an easy task and it was going to take a long time, but he was going to stay by Riley's side no matter what.
Ben was amazed that Riley was able to even sleep in the same bed as him. He didn't talk about it to Riley; he just agreed it would be easier, since they were staying in the same house he and Abigail shared, so they forced Abigail to the guest room. Though she didn't seem to mind. Which Ben was very thankful for.
The doctor that had deemed Riley fit enough to leave had given the names and numbers of a few therapists, but that paper had gone missing and Ben had an idea who was behind it. No one had been pressing Riley about it though and Ben was thinking enough was enough. It was almost a month now since "it" had happened and Ben wanted Riley to see someone.
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Riley was in fact dreaming, and it was in fact another nightmare. He had no way of stopping it though. If his body and mind were more alert, maybe he would've, but with the way Riley sleeps, he could never wake himself from a nightmare. Nightmares wake him.
He was running, faster and faster, trying to get away from whatever was following him. He tripped over a stick, the person behind him gaining on him. He pushed himself up off the ground and started running again, not knowing where to go. A mocking voice called out from behind him "You can run, but you can't hide." Riley gasped and tried to run faster only to fall over the curb. The dark figure bent down over him and placed a hand over his mouth whispering maniacally in his ear "I told you not to tell anyone. Now, you have to pay the price." The dark figure leaned down pulling out a blade and was ready to…
Riley woke from the nightmare with a scream, pushing himself up from the bed, covered in sweat. Ben woke with a start, quickly turning on the bedside lamp. He pushed himself into a sitting position and looked over at Riley, who was now sitting with his knees pulled up to his chest. He could see his shoulders shaking and knew that he was crying. "Riley, come here." Ben said softly, holding his arm out to Riley and drawing the younger man's body close to his.
Ben pulled Riley's body flush against his and held him as he cried into his shoulder. He reached his hand up to stroke his hair in soothing motions and started whispering comforting nonsense into Riley's ear.
Riley's sob subsided after awhile, leaving him breathing shallowly in Ben's ear. "It's ok" Ben said. "No….No, it's not." Riley said looking up at Ben, pain in his eyes. Ben suddenly felt anger rush through his body towards the man that put the pain there in his Riley's eyes.
As though Riley could sense Ben's sudden change of emotions he tightened his arms that were around Ben's waist. "You can't just go after him and kick his ass, you know" Riley said. "Yeah, I could," Ben snorted "after what he did to you, you think I wouldn't have the nerve to go and do something to him?"
"Yeah, I would damn well hope you wouldn't if it meant…." Riley started then stopped. Ben just pushed his shoulder, demanding he go on. "If it mean," Riley started again in such a small voice Ben hardly heard him ", you leaving me."
Ben felt his heart crushing at Riley's words. "You know I'd never leave you." Ben said rubbing his nose against Riley's cheek. Riley tried to pull away, slipping his arm off of Ben's waist, but Ben just tightened his own grip on Riley.
"What's wrong?" Ben asked, realizing Riley had starting crying again. "Nothing." Riley responded, wiping away his tears. "Riley, talk to me. I don't know what's going on here. I want to help you through whatever this is." "It's nothing, Ben. It's just…I don't wanna go back to sleep."
"Oh, then we can stay up all night doing whatever" Ben said. "But don't you have things to do tomorrow?" Riley asked. That was true but Ben wanted to try to find out what was wrong with Riley. "Ben" Riley whispered.
"Yeah?" Riley moved his arms around Ben's neck and kissed his neck. "Oh, no not that again." Ben said laughing. "Oh, you know you like it, mister." Riley said, kissing his neck again, then licking it slightly. Ben gasped, and Riley pulled away blushing.
"You little tease" Ben growled, pulling a laughing Riley back towards him and kissing him. Riley stopping laughing as their mouths connected and he moaned, opening his mouth, allowing Ben's tongue to slip into mouth, licking his lips first. Their tongues battled for a while, both of them savoring the kiss, when the broke apart for air.
"Whoa." Riley croaked, eyes resting on Ben's, his resting on Riley's. "Yeah" Ben replied. Riley leaned over and kissed Ben on the lips again. This time with less passion and it didn't last as long. It was as though Riley was letting himself know Ben was there, and this wasn't all a dream.
"Goodnight, Ben." Riley said after pulling away. "I thought you said you didn't want to go to sleep." Ben said, looking at him puzzled. "Yeah, but I think I can sleep better now, after you know….we…umm" Riley said blushing. Ben just smiled and kissed Riley on the cheek, whispering a soft "good night" in his ear. As they settled down to go to sleep, Riley rolled over on his side and put his arm over Ben's chest slowly. Ben just mumbled something and grabbed Riley's waist pulling him closer to him. As, Riley said, he did sleep better that night.
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When Riley woke up the next morning he found that Ben was not there next to him, instead he found a note left on bedside table.
Riley,
Went out to get some things. Abigail left for work already. I'll be back in a few hours.
Love,
Ben
The note looked like it had been written in a hurry but Riley still smiled at the "love" written sloppily by Ben. "If this is a dream, it's one damn good dream." Riley said, deciding a few more hours of sleep couldn't hurt him.
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Ben was walking down the street, not really sure what he was supposed to get anymore. He had gotten the milk, eggs, butter, cream cheese, but he still needed the bagels for Abigail "She just can't give them up can she?" Ben mumbled to himself. Ben decided to stay away from the bagel shop he planned on going to last time.
He decided on a store called "Jeff's Bagels" just because the place was having a sale according to the window, and a lot of people in the place so he figured they must be good.
He got an assortment of bagels, mostly the kinds that Abigail like so she wouldn't bitch to him about it, and walked out of the store, when he bumped into someone on the street dropping the bags of bagels.
"Oh, So sorry! Here let me help you with those" said a familiar voice. Ben looked up to see the one person he never wanted to see again kneeling down next to him, grinning. That damn blonde bastard. Ben thought.
"Ian."
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Author's Note – Ahhhhhh!!!!!!!! . hides from anything that might be thrown at her I'm sorry I made you guys wait, and all I give you is a short, and crappy, chapter!!!!! I've been very busy…..with pain. It seems that even on the meds that I'm on now, my migraines are starting to come back so it was painful to be on the computer typing this and then my fricking eye starting getting pains!!!! And I'm like "what the hell is going on?" But as you can see I got it written!!! xD A big thanks to all you people who have been giving me good reviews on this! I just started this fic out of nowhere thinking it was going to be like my other one only getting 5 reviews from my friends, but damn! I've gotten a lot of reviews and I thank you all and I love you all for it! It really helps me with the crap I'm going through.
And I also have to say thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, to Meghan (moviemagic13) for being my beta reader and I love you even if you won't marry me just because I still have that diamond ring. Lol glomps her Along with Julianne for being a back-up beta reader at the last minute! glomps her also
Well, See you guys, --hopefully-- in the next chapter! That is if you don't kill me for this crappy one. --;
Rocketman94
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