By Malice Through Agony
Minor Swearing, and hint of Intercourse.
Lucas Friar: Peyton Meyer
Riley Matthews: Rowan Blanchard
Missy Bradford: Olivia Stuck
Derek Martin: David Henrie
Patrick Beckham: Dylan O'Brien
Malia Reynolds: G. Hannelius
Riley figured it was time to get into shape, she's been slacking it ever since Katherine was born. She hadn't been on her diet, she hadn't gone to the gym, and she noticed she's gained a few. She slipped into her light gray lululemon and her sports bra, her hair was tied into a ponytail and Malia was watching Katherine. She put on her earphones and clicked on her 'Running Playlist'. She planned on running through the neighborhood and back, as she got closer to her house, her favorite running song came on and she started running faster.
"I'm unstoppable, i'm a porsche
with no brakes.
I'm invincible, yeah I win every single game
I'm so powerful
I don't need batteries to play
I'm so confident,
yeah, i'm unstoppable today.
She felt the sweat drip down from her forehead, her feet wanted to give up but she continued running. Two more blocks she told herself. Then out of the nowhere her mind landed on the nightmare, which only angered her more. She sped up, the music playing in her ears made her want to run faster.
Unstoppable today, unstoppable today
Unstoppable today
I'm unstoppable today.
She stopped at her front yard, just as Lucas pulled up on the driveway. She looked at the stopwatch, fourteen minutes and that was just there and back. Once Lucas reached her, he pecked her lips. He looked slightly disappointed and Riley knew why.
"I'm sorry, Lucas I had to do this."
"Where's Katherine?"
"A friend is taking care of her." Riley reassured.
He nodded before he looked at her and then he slowly shook his head. "You told me you wouldn't do this anymore."
"I told you i'll take it under consideration."
"Did you?"
"Yes, for a year." Riley said as she took out a cold water from the fridge.
"Please Riley, don't do this to yourself."
"I'm not torturing myself if that's what you think."
"I don't." he said as he placed some food on the table. "I just don't want to see you do that stuff again."
"You don't want me to work out? Is that it? Because you did it when we were dating, and I didn't complain. Do you not want me to go on a diet either?""
"There's a difference, i'll let you work out. But you don't have to, you have an amazing body Riley. The diet part is what scares me."
She knew what he meant. "It was only once."
"I'm just saying there's a difference between not eating too much and not eating at all."
He gave her a kiss and walked back to the fridge. "I'm guessing you're gonna want to eat a salad for dinner today."
She smiled. "You know me too well. I'm gonna go pick up Katherine and then i'm gonna hop on the shower."
"Or?"
"Or..."
"I can join you, and you can pick Katherine up in an hour." Lucas asked.
She laughed. "Let's go." she ran to the bathroom.
Lucas began to unbutton his shirt then he followed.
Thursday:
"I hope we're not disturbing anything." Riley asked as she sat down with Lucas on a chair alongside Katherine in her stroller.
"Of course not, I finished a few files early so I got at least a few minutes for my family." He kissed Riley and tickled Katherine's sides, her laughter adorned the office.
"Hey, Lucas I brought you your morning coffee." Missy said.
She walked over to him and handed him the coffee. When she bent down he noticed how much she exposed, he found himself staring until he mentally slapped himself. "Ahh, Riley this is Missy, Missy this is Riley."
"Hey, it's nice to meet you." They both shook hands. "Who's angel is this?" she asked looking at Katherine.
"Ours," Riley said.
"Oh my gosh, hey girl." she said caressing her cheek which only brought a smile on Katherine's face. "You guys should watch out for them boys when she grows up, because she might be getting all of them." she looked back at Lucas. "She has beautiful hair. Just like you."
Lucas smiled at her, but from the corner of his eyes he could see Riley's expression. She had that face of: who the hell do you think you are?
"I should get going." She spoke. "It was nice to meet you Miley."
"It was nice to meet you too, Missa."
"It's Missy." she corrected.
"Excuse me?"
"You said Missa."
"In that case it's Riley."
They both gave each other a fake smile and Missy walked away.
"Can you at least try to hide your jealousy?" Lucas asked.
"Did you hear her? She was practically flirting with you right in front of me."
"She's just playing, she know's i'm a married man..." he raised his left hand and pointed to his ring. "And she knows that I wear this proudly."
"I should go, i'm going to go take Katherine to the mall so she can get her picture taken with Santa. Wanna come? I'm sure he has a seat for the big boys." She smiled as he kissed her.
"I'll walk you out." he said as he grabbed the stroller.
Friday:
Lucas made it to his office, and he sat down. He heard a knock and he looked up to see who it was, of course it was Missy with a flashy smile and a short black skirt that caught his attention.
"Um...how can I help you?"
"Don't need help. Just some files here that need to be revised." she said as she handed him the files and walked out, he couldn't help but glance at her behind. He shook his head so he won't think of that, he was happily married and he wouldn't do anything to jeopardize that.
After four hours of revising files and making calls lunch finally arrived. He gladly walked to the lunch room and took out a Hot Pocket that he put in the microwave. On his way to sit down on the table he found Missy crying in the corner. She finally looked at him and she quickly wiped the tears away.
"I'm sorry. I thought you went out, I should go."
He grabbed onto her forearm so he can stop her from taking more steps. "You stay here and i'll go."
"You're food is going to burn, if you leave." They both sat back down.
"Do you wanna talk about it?"
"My boyfriend...he um, just broke up with me." Missy said as she wiped upcoming tears away.
"If it didn't work, it wasn't meant to be."
"Two years, Lucas. After two years...a text message is how he decides to end it."
"That just proves my point, Missy any guy would be lucky to have you. You're pretty, you're smart, and on task 24/7. Heck if I were single..."
She smiled at what he was going to say. "You're just trying to make me feel better."
"Is it working?"
"Yeah, it actually is."
"Good."
"I'll see you tonight." She walked away and Lucas took out his Hot Pocket from the microwave.
Just as she left Derek walked in. "Wow. Door closed, a beautiful brunette and a married man inside alone."
"Do you ever mind you're own business?"
"I'm just trying to warn you and tell you how much of a dumbass you are."
"What are you talking about?" Lucas asked.
"She likes you, I see her staring at you when you are in your office. And you're just leading her on, woman like that use work as a place to get a man and i'm just saying you're on her list."
"You're stupid. Why would you think i'm leading her on? I'm married, how many times do you want me to repeat that?"
He walked out before Derek answered.
Friday Night:
Riley woke up from another nightmare. This time she was terrified she ran to check up on her daughter to only find her safe and sleeping. She silently prayed as she kissed her on her forehead. The nightmares had to end, they only get worse. She called her newly found friend Malia who arrived not to long after.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"I...remember how I told you about the nightmares?"
She nodded.
"I...think this is my conscience trying to tell me that I need to tell someone."
"What do you mean?"
"I think you should know the story behind my nightmares." Riley said as she ran a hand through her tousled hair.
"You don't have to." Malia reassured.
"I want to, i've known you for a day now and I trust you already. I don't know if it's because you got pregnant at sixteen or that you are new to me, but I feel like I can trust you. Malia, can I trust you?"
She nodded, even though she was sounding paranoid she wanted to tell someone and she was all in.
"Two years before I met Lucas there was this guy named Charlie..."
What do you think happened between Charlie and Riley that causes her nightmares?
Song: Unstoppable-Sia
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