Chapter 10

Riker POV

I tumbled down the stairs, landing flat on my back at the bottom. I yanked the front door open, and sprinted down the road towards Kat's house. Why was she home alone? She was supposed to be at her cousin's house…

When I got to the front door, it was unlocked. I slowly opened it, being quiet in case there really was someone in here with us. I crept up the stairs to Kat's bedroom, slowly opened her door, and walked in. The lights were off, and I couldn't really see much.

"Kat!?" I whispered.

Kat opened the closet door, came over to me, and hugged me.

"Riker, someone's in the house."

"How do you know?"

"I heard footsteps, and then glass shattering."

"Ok, get back in the closet. I'm going to see if I can hear anything."

"Didn't you see anyone when you got here!?"

"No."

As Kat went back into the closet, I walked over to her door, and cracked it open. Suddenly, the hall light came on. I ran back to Kat's closet, and got in next to her.

"Someone's here! The hall light came on!" I whispered.

"What do we do!?"

"Call 911!"

"My phone's on my bed! I don't have it!"

Suddenly, we could see a light come on in Kat's bedroom through the closet door crack. I pulled Kat behind me, and we sat on the ground in complete silence, waiting for something to happen.

"Kat?"

"Mom?"

Kat got up, and opened the closet door, revealing her mom.

"What are you doing here? You weren't supposed to get back for 2 more days."

"Plans changed. Who's the guy in your closet?"

"His name's Riker. He's one of the Lynch's kids, and he used to be my boyfriend. When I heard you come in, and glass shattering and stuff, I thought you were a murderer coming to kill me, so I called him."

"Oh, well, thank you for protecting my daughter, Riker."

"You're welcome."

"It's late. I'll see you guys in the morning. I'm going to bed."

And with that, Kat's mom was gone. I grabbed Kat's hand, pulled her downstairs, and out the door.

"What are you doing!?" Kat whispered angrily.

"We need to talk!"

"About what?"

"I used to be your boyfriend?"

"Did I say that?"

"Yeah! You did! Is there something you're not telling me? Are you dating someone else?" I asked, my heart breaking.

"Me!? You think I'm dating someone else!? Yeah right! You're the one who's cheating on me!"

"What are you talking about!?"

"Don't lie to me Riker. I talked to Ross today. You went out to lunch to go meet some girl. That's ridiculous! And in case it wasn't obvious, we're through!"

"Kat wait! This isn't what it looks like!"

"Shut up Riker! Just leave me alone!"

Kat stormed inside, slamming the door behind her. She left me standing in her driveway, my mouth wide open, completely shocked. I had just lost my girlfriend, and I didn't even do anything wrong! I slowly walked back to my house.

I sunk into my bed, silently crying. I could hear Rocky turn over to face me.

"Dude, where were you?"

"Kat's."

"Why?"

"Look, I really don't want to talk about it right now ok?"

"Wait, are you… crying?"

I turned away from him, not that it made much of a difference since the room was dark. I heard Rocky get up from his bed, and I tensed up, knowing he was going to make me talk about it.

"Riker, what happened?" Rocky asked, as he sat down next to me, and put a hand on my shoulder.

"Come on Riker, please talk to me! Why'd you go over there? I thought she wasn't home."

"She lied."

"Then why'd you go over there?"

"She thought she was going to get murdered."

"By?"

"The person in her house."

"Is she ok?"

"Yeah. It was her mom."

"Wait, why are you crying? Why'd she lie?"

"She lied because she didn't want me coming over there, and she broke up with me."

"Riker… I'm so sorry… Is there anything I can do?"

"It wasn't even my fault!"

"Shhh! Bro, it's like 4:00. People are sleeping!"

"She thinks I'm cheating on her!"

"Why would she think that?"

"Because Ross told her I went out to lunch with a girl today."

"Well it sounds like you're cheating to me too."

"I wasn't! It was for an interview."

"Oh…"

"What am I going to do, Rocky? I love her, and she hates me!"

"Wait, why'd she call you when she thought she was going to get murdered? Why not the police?"

"I don't know! Why don't you call her and ask her yourself!"

"Ok."

"Rocky, don't!"

"I'm kidding! Come on! You need to talk to her."

"Now!?"

"Yeah! She's probably still awake!"

"No, I can't talk to her tonight!"

I felt Rocky get up. If he was doing what I thought he was doing…

"Rocky give me my phone back!"

I jumped out of bed and ran towards my brother.

"Rocky, give it to me!"

"Hold on, just a little longer!"

"Rocky-"

"Hello? Riker, I really don't want to talk right now," said Kat.

"Kat? It's Rocky."

"Hey Rocky. What's up?"

"Riker misses you. He wants you back."

"Rocky, I swear, if you don't give that phone back to me-"

"Why would he want me back?" Kat asked.

"Because he loves you!"

"Then he shouldn't have cheated on me!"

"He didn't!"

"Yeah he did."

"No, he was meeting a girl earlier today for an interview, not a date."

"Riker told you to tell me that, didn't he?"

"No. Kat-"

"He's got his family trying to cover for him now? That's just low."

"What's low is that you don't believe me!" I screamed.

I slammed Rocky into the wall, grabbed my phone, and went outside.

"Kat, we need to talk. Now. Meet me outside!" I demanded, angrily.

"You're not the boss of me!"

"Kat please! I just need to talk to you!" I said, my heart breaking into pieces now.

Kat hung up, and met me outside her house. We sat down on her front stairs. How do I even start this conversation!?