Here is the next Chapter! There are some swears during the fight. Tell me what you think. Please go and read Home of the Brave! Thanks!
~beyou532
Lucas stood up, "What's your problem man?"
"YOU! I TOLD YOU TO STAY AWAY FROM RILEY, BUT NO, YOU HAD TO GO AND MAKE MATTERS WORSE AND GIVE RILEY A FREAKING PANIC ATTACH!" Charlie and Lucas were chest to chest. Zay quickly reacted and tried pulling Lucas back.
"YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME GARDENER." Both of their eyes were black and dark.
"Hey cut it our guys." Thor pushed Riley back and went to break up the fight before it started.
"NO! I am so damn tired of him hurting Riley! I refuse to sit back and watch her suffer from your stupid mistakes!" He pointed, trying to push past Thor.
"HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT THAT SHE HURT ME?" Lucas was now face to face with Charlie.
"Oh please Riley is the sweetest girl I know, she wouldn't hurt a fly! Although if she did hurt you, you damn right deserve it! Charlie's voice was filled with venom and bitterness.
"OH REALLY! The Riley I knew would have never gone out with you, especially right after…" Lucas paused.
"Right after you left her, Friar." Charlie finished his sentence his teeth grinding, I gulped. "The minute you walked away from her, you didn't deserve to know her!"
"Don't you think I know that? I haunts me every day that I let her go, I don't need you to rub it in my face!" Lucas yelled and stormed out of the cafeteria, bumping Charlie on the shoulder as he walked past.
The cafeteria stood still, Maya walked up to me, "Riles, you may want to go and talk to Lucas."
"Why should I." I folded my arms across my chest.
"Come on Riley, be the good person I know you are." Maya urged me.
I blew air out through my teeth and walked out of the cafeteria after mumbling "Fine."
I walked through the halls for a good four minutes before I heard the bouncing of a basketball coming from the gym, and I imminently knew it was him.
I entered the gym doors; Lucas's back was facing away from me and he lazily through the ball up towards the hoop. I didn't want him to notice me quite yet, so I gently walked to the middle of the court. I observed Lucas; he wasn't throwing the ball around in an angry fashion, he was calm.
A not in my stomach began to form, I suddenly felt nervous. When he was dribbling the ball, I let him know I was here. "Hey."
His head imminently whipped around, definitely shocked to see me. "Riley."
"So, that was quiet a lunch, Hu." I rubbed my hands up and down my pajama pants, trying to stop the sweat.
"Yeah." I could see his Adams apple bob up and down in his throat as he swallowed. I bit my lip and nodded towards the bleachers.
We both made out way to sit on the hard wooden surface. The silence in the gym began to engulf us. "So," I paused, "Do you want to talk about what just happened." I was playing with my hands, not daring to look up at him.
"Riley, I don't even know how to tell you how sorry I am." Lucas voice was soft, his eyes were pleading when I looked at him.
I let out a little laugh, shook my head, and bit my lip. I looked back to my feet, "Lucas, you can apologize but that still doesn't make it hurt any less."
"I know." He said sheepishly.
"Just… Why?"
"Why what?"
"Why did you tell me I was nothing? Why did you say those mean things? What, what happened to you?" My voice cracked, 'hold it together Riley! Don't cry!'
"You broke my heart when you started to date Charlie. Jealousy took over me and instead of going to you that first week. Missy was flirting with me and I thought maybe if I hung out with her it would distract me from thinking of you. Riley if I could take it back, I would in a second." His hand went on top of mine, and my eyes met his.
I pulled my hand and stood up, stubbornness was one of my worse qualities, "You know Lucas if you came to me you would've known that Charlie and I are just friends and it's going to take a hell of a lot more then that pathetic apology to get me to forgive you." I started to walk away.
"Riley, Riley wait!" Lucas yelled after me, but I kept my head high and continued my way out. Not this time.
My phone was blowing up during my shift because of all the text I was getting about the fight earlier today. Most of them just wanted the hot gossip, but there were a few of my classmates that actually cared about how I was doing and whether or not Charlie was okay.
I was serving Sheriff Dominic his daily coffee and donut when Nikki and Maya came waltzing in. "Hey guys."
"Hey Riles, how yeah doing?" Nikki asked.
"Okay." I shrugged.
"What happened with you and stupid head?" Maya scolded, making me laugh at her name calling.
"Well he apologized and then I said that he was going to try a whole lot harder if he wanted things to go back to normal."
"Good for you! I'm so proud you didn't go crawling back to that loser!" Nikki spoke.
"Thanks guys, but," I paused, "I do really miss him."
Maya and Nikki looked at each other, there face saddening. "We know. Riles we'll talk later, we have to go."
I waved good bye and went back to waiting tables. My phone went off for the thousand time today and I took it out of my pocket.
Amber- Riles, I thought you might want to see this before it was all over school.
I clicked on the link that came along with the message and couldn't believe my eyes. On the school's Facebook was a picture of Charlie, Lucas, and I with a bold caption over the picture; who will win her heart?
A special thanks to Guest Jen for all of the sweet comments. Would you guys have forgiven Lucas in the gym? Tell me what you think!
~beyou532