Chapter 7 (Riley's POV):

As I saw Nate and Gwen kiss, I froze. How was I supposed to react to that? I mean... I reacted and I didn't react well. I had to hold back my will to punch Nate (and Gwen too, by the way), since I didn't need more fuss there.

Almost without noticing, I walked away. I did it without saying anything to anyone nor looking back. I wasn't running. I had no reason to do that. Or did I...?

I went to my room, but the door was locked. What the hell...?

I used all my strenght and pushed it. It opened. Inside, I found Hayley and Jason kissing.

"Riley!" she said, surprised. I was also surprised. I really didn't see that coming.

"I... Hum... I didn't mean to interrupt..." I mumbled.

"We'll leave, don't worry." said Jason.

"No, stay. It's cool." I guaranteed, grabbing my bag (that was near the door) and leaving. I went to the soccer field and hid behind the benches.

I took a little notebook out of my bag and I made a pen slide from the notebook's rings. I twirled it with my fingers, trying to thinkg about the right words for the song I left unfinished.

Yeah, it was weird, but that's what I do everytime something bad happens. I write. I passed every emotion to the paper, so I wouldn't take it out on anybody.

I tried to remember the kiss that Emily and Kyle shared, but all I could think about was Nate. Damn! That way, it was going to be impossible for me to finish the song... I closed my eyes and tried one more time to remember everything that happened before. I turned the page and started to write. The pen slid really fast on the paper, writing a new song that I wasn't sure where it came from. When I finished, I quickly read the verses and I thought that they were actually pretty good.

I got up so I would go to my room (if Hayley and Jason weren't still there), but I bumped on someone on the way.

"Sorry, I was disctracted." someone said. Uh-oh... I knew that voice.. I looked up and I saw him. It was Nate...! I kept on walking without saying a word and I heard steps. I realized he was after me. "Hey, wait up!"

"This is becoming repetitive, have you notested?" I said, walking faster. He laughed, but kept on following me.

"If you would just talk with me at the bar..."

"Do you mind stop following me?"

"Only when you tell me why you are running."

"Trust me, you don't want to have this conversation while I'm pissed."

"You're pissed?" he asked, innocently. I sighed.

"Can't you tell, genius?"

"Why?"

"Because you are an idiot that doesn't care about other people's feelings and that is willing to hurt everybody just to kiss a girl!" I yelled. He looked surprised and I mumbled some curse words. I had talked too much...

"Are we still talking about you?"

"We're talking about you kissing the girlfriend of the guy that's all over my sister!"

"Gwen has a boyfriend?"

"Oh, she didn't tell you. That's funny..." I comented in a sarcastic tone.

"I really didn't know. I swear I didn't mean to hurt anyone."

"Of course you didn't." I replied, catching my bag, that had fallen to the ground when I went against Nate. He, on the other hand, got to it before me. "Hey!"

"Can you just listen to me?"

"I don't talk to people that hurt my sister."

"Explain me just how I hurt your sister!"

"You haven't hurt her yet. But, when you kissed Gwen, you made Kyle kiss Emily. And I'm sure that he's going to hurt her later."

"You don't really like people, do you?"

"People like you, no, I don't. Can you give me my bag?"

"Only when you understand that what happened wasn't my fault."

"Yeah, well, good luck with that." I replied, pulling my bag. After a while, it fell again, opening up and making everything inside of it fall on the ground as well. I saw my notebook dangerously close to Nate and I tried to reach it, but he got it first.

"Riley, right?" he said, reading my name on the cover. I raised my arm to grab it, but he just dodged me. "These lyrics are really good. Something tells me you had a few bad experiences...

"Give me that!" I said, kicking his leg. He grabbed the hurt area and I picked up my notebook and my bag, as I ran from there quickly. I really didn't know why I did that, but there was no time to figure it out. I had to compose myself. I had to be strong. For Emily...

I got inside my room (that was, luckily, empty) and I lied down on my bed, staring at the ceiling. I really didn't want to hit him like that, but he gave me no choice. First, he kissed Gwen and then he does this! It's not that I have any problems with him kissing Gwen, but, if he hurts Emily, I hurt him

Suddenly, someone opened the door and I quickly turned around.

"Emily!" I said, seeing her. She looked confused. I sat down at stared a bit at her.

"I'm sorry..." she mumbled. "I know you don't like Kyle, but... I do."

"Ems, he has a girlfriend."

"Yeah, a girlfriend that cheated on him... With the boy you were staring at this morning! Hey, do you-"

"Don't change the subject. Just because she cheated on him, doesn't mean he doesn't like her anymore."

"Humn..."

"Emily, I know I can look like "the bad guy" on this situation, but I just don't want you to get hurt."

She sighed and walked to the door.

"I'm going for a walk to clear my head... We'll talk later..." she said, leaving. I watched her walking away and I sighed as well. I had the feeling that things would en up badly. Specially, because I just saw Nate, not to far away from my room. Staring at me...!