Chapter 10
Alex POV
*BEEP BEEP BEEP
Ugh. Morning. I got up and started getting ready… As I walked out the front door, I was relieved to see that Riker wasn't sitting on his porch today. And before I knew it, I was off to school.
School dragged by. I was dreading tonight. Katelyn was coming home and Riker would probably want to talk to me. I stared at the clock all day watching the minutes tick by, thinking every minute gone was a minute closer to confrontation, Riker or Katelyn.
Finally it was time to get on the bus and go home. I just wanted to lock myself in my room, go to sleep, and wake up to find out this was all a dream.
I got off the bus and sprinted to my house. I didn't want to give anyone any chance of talking to me, and the smallest chance of seeing me come home. I ran inside and locked the door. I walked into my room and closed the curtains. Every few minutes I kept peeking out to see if anyone was walking over here. I knew it was inevitable that sooner or later, someone would come knocking on my door, whether they had seen me come home or not.
I stopped looking out the window and focused on my homework. I could hardly concentrate on it because my mind kept drifting to all my problems. School just made everything worse sometimes. You have to worry about all your life problems, and on top of that, you had to worry about finding time to do homework and get good grades.
After I finished my homework, I realized how hungry I was. I hadn't eaten breakfast this morning, and I barely ate lunch because I was so stressed.
I cooked myself some pasta, since my mind connected pasta with Katelyn. And Katelyn was on my mind. I had just started eating my dinner when I got a text from her.
"I'm home. Can I come over?"
I figured I would just tell her yes instead of delaying it. If I delayed it, I would just get myself all freaked out.
*Knock Knock
I answered the door.
"Before you say anything, I just wanted to say that I'm really sorry for treating you like that. I shouldn't have said all that stuff. I was just mad that I wasn't here to meet R5. Alex, please, can you forgive me?" Asked Katelyn.
I stood there staring at her. I was in complete shock. I wasn't expecting this at all. I guess I was taking too long to answer because before long, I was being hugged tightly by Katelyn.
"So? Are we cool?" She asked.
"Yeah we're cool," I said as a smile crept across my face.
"Great! So tell me about R5? Did you meet Rocky? What about Riker? OH MY GOSH! What happened to your arm!?" She asked.
Go grab some pasta, sit down, and I'll tell you," I said.
Katelyn and I ate dinner together as I told her about the past few days. I told her about Rydel checking up on me, Rocky dunking me in the lake, Riker and my wrist… Basically everything that had happened and every minor detail about it.
"So I know you've had a bad weekend and week, but tell me what your favorite part of it was," said Katelyn.
"Honestly, it's a tie between you coming over here, and Riker fixing my wrist," I said.
"Aww. But I thought you were mad at Riker…?"
"Well, I am. But I mean before that all happened, he was just so sweet. He fixed my wrist WHILE WEARING ONLY A TOWEL, Katelyn! If that doesn't say that he cares, I don't know what does," I said.
"Was it awkward?"
"What? No. I mean, if my wrist hadn't been bleeding, then probably. But we were focused on my wrist. There was no time to think about anything else. And don't start making this awkward for the both of us," said.
"Ok, I won't. But… I don't know…"
"You were going to say something. What is it?" I asked.
"Nothing."
"Katelyn…?"
"Nothing I swear!"
"Tell me!"
"I think Riker likes you."
Katelyn POV
After I said that, Alex got a strange expression on her face.
"Are you ok?" I asked.
"Yeah…"
"What?"
"Well, I didn't tell you this, but you know how I said I talked to Ellington last night?"
"Yeah…?"
"He… said the same thing."
"HE SAID RIKER LIKES YOU!?" I screamed.
"Uh, yeah…"
"Alex. This is your dream come true! How are you not screaming right now!?" I asked.
Alex looked lost in thought.
"I just don't know if… I want to date him," Alex replied.
"WHAT!? Alex what is wrong with you!?"
"Well yesterday when he wouldn't tell me why they were all checking up on me… It just really hurt me. Besides when Riker fixed my wrist, and Ellington talked to me, they've just been annoying. I know that's hard to believe, but… I don't know…"
"Wait. Aren't you still in love with him?"
"Well, I mean he's a great person, but… I don't know if I really have feelings for him. I always said I loved him, but that was when I didn't know him as a real person. And I've never had a boyfriend before. And he's a celebrity. And I've he's 2 years older than me. I just don't think it would work anyways," Alex said.
"Alex, I'm trying really hard to understand… The boy of your dreams might like you, and you won't even give him a chance?"
"Well…"
"Alex."
"Alright, I'll think about it some more. It's just a lot to handle right now. This week has been so eventful. I'm just trying to get my thoughts straight right now," she said.
"Well you better hurry," I said.
"Why?"
"Because Riker's on his way over here right now."