Chapter 9
A Few Days Later…
Kat POV
How could he do this to me!?
I was laying on top of my bed crying harder than I ever had before. The words just replayed over and over again from mine and Ross's conversation just a few minutes ago.
"Hey Ross, is Riker home?" I asked.
"Uh no. He went to a restaurant to meet this girl. I think her name was Jess…?" Said Ross.
"Why?"
"I don't know. He ran out the door before I could ask him. But he was dressed all fancy, so it must have been important."
"Well thanks anyways…"
He even promised he'd never hurt me! He promised! And what's the first thing he does? He goes out with another girl! Unbelievable!
Riker POV
"So when will the article get published?" I asked.
"2 weeks," said Jess.
"Ok, cool. Thanks for interviewing me."
"Well thanks for meeting me, and letting me interview you."
I drove home thinking about the interview. I think I did a pretty good job answering her questions...
I pulled into my driveway and almost crashed into Ross and Rocky as they came running out. I slammed on the brakes, hurting my ribs from the other night. I sighed, parked the car, and got out. Rocky was chasing Ross around the yard, and normally I would stop them, but I didn't have the energy.
Kat and I were having a movie night since I was staying with her tonight. Yesterday Rydel had slept over, and apparently Kat has a new favorite movie now. I walked inside, made myself a sandwich, and headed to my bedroom to get ready for our movie night, but my phone rang, and I was interrupted.
"Hello?"
"Riker? It's Kat. I was just calling to let you know that I'm staying at my cousin's house tonight, so we can't do our movie night."
"Why are you staying at your cousin's?"
"Well my aunt needed a babysitter tonight, and my cousin loves me to death, so my aunt invited me to just spend the night."
"Ok, well then what about tomorrow night? Can we reschedule for then instead?"
"I don't know yet. I'll call you later."
Kat POV
Did that sound fake? I hope not. I was curious to see if he would even tell me he was cheating on me before I blew up at him. But there was no way I was letting him stay the night. Sure I was a little freaked out about being alone all night, but I had gotten used to it being just 2 people. Being completely alone probably wouldn't be much different.
It was starting to get dark already, so I went to the kitchen, grabbed some snacks, and locked myself in my room for the night. If I was locked in my room, there was no chance of me getting murdered, right? Unless of course, the murderer has a gun or something…
Don't think about that!
I put Netflix on, and sat in my bed, eating Doritos. I started crying again, thinking about what Riker had done to me. I really thought he was different. He made me feel things I've never felt before. He could take me to a completely different world. But now, all of that was gone!
Riker POV
Well now what do I do? No plans anymore… Hmmm…
I decided to go skateboarding. I practiced jumps in my driveway until Rocky came out.
"Why aren't you at Kat's?"
"She's at her cousin's house tonight."
"Oh. Well then you get to hang with us tonight!"
"Rocky, why do you have that creepy smile on your face!?"
"Because Ross just bought this new scary movie, and I know scary movies aren't really your thing, and we're so watching it tonight!"
"Great…"
2:30 AM
Kat POV
I was immediately woken up by noises downstairs. Almost sounded like… footsteps… I freaked out as quietly as someone could possibly freak out, grabbed my phone, and hid in my closet. Who do I call!? Suddenly, there was a crash downstairs, and I called the first person I could think of. Riker. It wouldn't matter that I was mad at him if I were dead!
Come on, pick up the phone Riker!
"Hello?" Riker answered, obviously still half asleep.
"Riker!? You need to come over right now! There's someone in my house!" I whispered frantically.
"Isn't your aunt home?"
"No! Not my aunt's house! My house! Down the street from yours!"
"What are you doing there?"
"Riker, I don't have time for questions, you need to come over here now before something happens!"
"I'll be right over!"
Well he sounded more awake, so that was good. But would he get here soon enough?