Chapter 18
Riker POV
Riley and I got closer and closer to the woods. My heart was pounding. But I was really proud of Riley for staying as calm as she was. Right before we entered the woods Riley stopped and turned to me.
"I love you," she whispered.
She turned and kept walking into the woods. I followed. We heard something move, and Riley stopped.
"It's ok, Riley. Keep going," I whispered.
Dylan came out from where he was waiting, and stood before us.
"Riley, I'm glad to see you've finally decided to join me tonight," said Dylan.
Riley didn't say anything.
"Why'd you bring him?" Dylan asked, pointing at me.
"Dylan, he's my boyfriend. If you're going to kill me, he deserves to be here. That's why you wanted me here, right? To kill me?"
"Yeah. But before I kill you, I'm going to torture you."
"Wait! I deserve to know a few things first!"
Dylan came closer to us, and pushed Riley and I apart.
"What do you want to know?"
"You cut Riker's brakes right? And left those notes in my room and in my door, and you threw a rock in Riker's bedroom window, right?"
"Yeah, I did all of that."
"Why?"
"To threaten you and him. I wanted to kill you, Riley. I've been trying to do that for the longest time now. You know, you could've made a different future for yourself."
Even though I was only standing 10 feet away from Riley, I was still really scared Dylan was going to do something to her. He kept walking around her in circles as he spoke.
"What do you mean I could've had a different future?"
"If you had decided to get back together with me, I wouldn't have tried to kill you."
"I would never get back together with you, Dylan. You're a horrible person!"
"And you think he's any better!?" Dylan shouted, pointing at me.
"He's way better than you'll ever be."
Dylan turned to face me, still standing between me and Riley. What was he thinking? What was he going to do!?
"Dylan, don't hurt Riker. Please. He never did anything to you!"
"He dumped my stuff into my sunroof that one day!"
"Because you were totally trash talking about Riley!" I shouted.
Whoa. Where did that come from? I stayed silent, and waited to see what was going to happen next. Dylan pushed Riley backwards, and started coming closer to me! He stood right in front of me, and was only inches from my face.
"Whatever I said about Riley, was true. Do you understand?"
I didn't answer, and that only made the situation worse.
"I said, do you understand!?" Dylan shouted.
"No…" I said, quietly, sticking up for Riley and I.
I looked behind Dylan to see where Riley was now, but it was really dark, and I could hardly see. But I could make out her outline near a tree about 20 feet away. Dylan pushed me backwards, and walked back over to Riley.
"How much do you love your boyfriend, Riley?" Dylan asked, only inches from Riley's face.
"More than anything."
Dylan took something out of his back pocket. Within seconds, Riley was on the ground screaming. I didn't know if he hurt her enough just to make her cry, or if she was about to die! I ran over to Dylan and pulled him to the ground. He still had his knife in his hand, and now he was trying to stab me with it! I was trying so hard to keep his hand away from me. But Dylan was stronger, and now I was on the bottom, and he was on top of me. I was using both of my hands, trying to stop Dylan, but the knife was getting closer and closer to me. If my arms gave way, I'd be dead in seconds.
Riley POV
I held onto my arm so tightly. After almost getting stabbed to death, you'd think only getting stabbed once would be a piece of cake compared to that. Nope. I was in so much pain. I was screaming and crying, all while watching Dylan and Riker have a life or death battle. I wanted nothing more than to help Riker, but I was dying inside from the pain in my arm. All I could do was watch Riker fight for his life. And it looked like he was slowly losing.
I turned away. I couldn't watch Riker die. I just couldn't! All of a sudden, I heard a gunshot, and then complete silence. I was too scared to turn around and see what happened.