Chapter 7

Riker POV

I could hear Kat starting to cry again. I dragged myself out of bed, and over to Rocky's, sitting down next to Kat.

"Have you been up all night?" I asked.

"Yeah! I couldn't sleep! My dad and brother are gone, my mom isn't coming home for another week, and I don't know what I'm going to do!"

"Shhh. It's going to be ok. That guy still might be able to retrieve your pictures from your old laptop."

"I hope so!"

"Wait. Did you say your mom wasn't coming home for another week!?"

"Yeah. She texted me and told me to go back home tomorrow. She doesn't want your parents to have to look after me, and she says I'll be fine without Cody or her. But I'm terrified to spend the night alone! I could get murdered by someone!"

"I'm sure there's some way we can work something out. One of us could stay the night with you every night or you could just stay over here. It'll be fine. You won't be alone."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Even if I have to go over your house every night, I'd do it."

"Aww! Really?"

I think I was finally breaking the tough side of Kat, and she was letting me in to her softer side. But even if I wasn't, I knew I was doing something right because she wasn't constantly screaming at me anymore.

"Of course Kat! I… I love you."

"I love you too…"

I wrapped my arms around Kat, and pulled her into a hug.

"Come on. We should probably go to bed," I said, finding my way back to my own bed in the dark.

"Ok, goodnight."

"Goodnight Kat."

The Next Morning…

Riker POV

Kat had gone back to her house this morning. She was determined to stay home alone until 11:00 every night because she felt guilty about making us stay over. Tonight, I was staying over. I was actually really nervous though because I was planning on asking her out tonight, and if that didn't go over well, and I was staying the night with her, things could get pretty bad.

"Why do you look so fancy?" Rocky asked, walking into our bedroom and raising his eyebrows.

"No reason," I replied.

"Black skinny jeans, a dress shirt, and tie? Come on, tell me!"

"Fine, but you can't tell anyone else."

"I won't."

"I'm going to ask Kat out."

"Ooh! Really!?"

"Yeah…? Why are you so surprised?"

"Well the other night, I forget exactly what happened, but we came home and I was like "Were we interrupting something?" And Kat was like "no!" And I don't know. I guess she just seemed disgusted or something."

"Really? I don't remember that!"

"Yeah, but I mean, maybe she was just surprised. I don't know. I think you should ask her out though. She's going through a lot right now, and she needs someone like you to help her through all this."

"Really? Do you think she'd say yes?"

"I honestly don't know. But you won't know unless you ask."

"Alright. I guess I will then. Thanks Rocky."

"For what?"

"Convincing me that I should go through with this."

"Oh. Well you're welcome."

I laughed as I walked into the bathroom, fixed my hair one last time, and nervously walked down the street towards Kat's house. My heart was racing so fast by the time I had reached Kat's house. My fingers were even shaking as I rung her doorbell.

Kat POV

It was 4:00. No one was supposed to be here until 11:00. I walked down the stairs and unlocked the door to find Riker standing outside.

"H-hey Kat," said Riker.

What was he nervous about?

"Hey…?"

"I was uh… Wondering if you'd uh… Like to go out… On a date with me… Tonight?"

"You want to take me on a date!?"

"Uh… yeah."

Riker was practically dying. It was actually quite funny to watch. He was standing in front of me shaking, his face was red, and he was nervously playing with the bottom of his tie. I wanted to see what would happen if I made him stand there longer, but I wasn't that mean.

"Ok then…?" I said, agreeing.

"Really!?"

"Yeah sure, why not."

"Ok! I'll pick you up at 5:00."

"Ok," I said, closing the door.

Well this would be interesting…