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R I L E Y
It's been three years, three years, since I've last seen and heard from him. I know that I still shouldn't be thinking of him. I got a new guy in my life. Caleb. I should be happy that I have him in my life, many girls at my school would kill me to be with him.
Why am I not happy?
It certainly isn't because of Lucas. It can't be, it's been three years he's probably partying it up with some girls right now or telling another girl that he really trusts that he wants to be a veterinarian in a library because the girls father told them that they must do this project unplugged.
Nah, history can't repeat right? Oh well, I'll never know I guess.
Anyways, where was I? Oh yeah Caleb, he's nice and all but you know, Lucas was the first guy that I ever liked; no, that I ever loved. Love, it's a big word that I don't like throwing around. That's why I don't tell Caleb that I love him. I don't love him. Do I like him a lot? Yes but, not enough to be in love with him.
That's another thing, it's one thing to love someone, like I love my parents, I love Farkle and Maya. It's another to be in love with someone the only person that I can think of when I hear that is Lucas.
Okay, I'm going to do something that will possibly hurt me but what's life if you don't take any chances. I grab out my gold iPhone and start typing and when I finish, I press the blue send button. With a message to a person that has the power to lift me up or break me down again.
I deleted all our recent messages, they only make me sad. I sit on my bed for an hour waiting for a response when I hear my phone ring with the name that I was hoping to see.
I instantly frown, I don't know if I should tell him that its me. What if he has a girlfriend and they're hanging out together and she sees a text saying "It's me Riley remember? I'm the one that loved you" and when she sees that, she breaks up with him and bam! I ruin their relationship. I really don't want to do that. I mean, I've moved on (not really), so he should too. I walk to the speaker in my room and turned it on.
"Connected to Riley's Phone" I hear the speaker say. I got to my music app and see the name "Twenty Øne Piløts" I press the shuffle button and just sat at the world famous (well family famous) bay window.
Even though I think about him all the time, I still can never forgive him. He decided. It was his choice to go on the plane, and he took it.
I closed my eyes and hummed to the song playing on my phone and I soon drifted off to sleep.
Tap tap
I'm woken up from my sleep by my best friend Maya Hart tapping on my window. I open the window for her and she walks in.
"Hey Peaches" I smiled at her.
"Nothing much, just checking if you got the text from huckleberry." She says the last part more quiet.
Text? What text?
"Um no I didn't," I started, "what did it say?" I asked her looking down.
"He's coming back to New York." She flatly says. I look up at her.
"Oh wow, that's cool I guess" I mumble.
"Yeah, why didn't he text you?" She asked. Well it could be the fact that I said that I would never forgive him if he left or it could be that half of his contacts were deleted.
"Um I don't know," I lied. It was then that my parents come into my room.
"Oh hey Maya, is it okay if we talk to Riley alone?" My dad asks.
"Sure thing Matthew," she gets up and exits through the window.
"So you wanted to talk to me...." I started.
"Yes we did, so Lucas is coming back," my mom says.
"Yes Maya just told me that," I informed them.
"Well, since none of his family members live here, he's going to stay here, with us."
When I hear those words come out of my mom's mouth, my eyes go big.
"What? How could you agree to this dad?" I ask
"Actually it was your dads idea," my mom answers for him.
"what?" I'm so confused. "Dad, I thought you didn't like him."
"Well, as you know he was one of my students, and one of your best friends, so I care about him and you too have separate rooms and you have a boyfriend so I don't expect any funny business," my dad explains.
"Dad, what's funny business?" We look over to my door frame and see Auggie.
"Um," my dad starts. Good luck with trying to think. "It's-"
"It's when a girl and boy tell each other really funny jokes and they laugh too much," my mom interrupts my dad.
"Oh okay," Auggie smiles. "Well I can't wait till Lucas comes but Riley, you better not pull that 'we're brother and sister Lucas' stuff" The young boy demanded.
"Auggie how do you still remember that?" I asked.
"I have a great memory Riley. Just remember I'm your only brother." he said emphasizing the word "only."
"Okay okay Auggie you are my only brother," I giggled, "Lucas will be a guy I know nothing more, nothing less," I continued.
"Okay bye Riley!" The little boy runs out of my room.
"Okay dad, no funny business will happen between Lucas and I because I'm not even going to talk to him." I inform my dad.
"Okay," he nods. With that, my mom and dad exited my room.
I put my music back on and "7 Things" by Miley Cyrus came on and all I could think about is Lucas.
And the 7th thing I hate the most that you do, you make me love you.
I didn't ask to love Lucas. I wish I could control my feelings cause if I could, I wouldn't be in love with him still. That's when I gently grabbed my phone and I go to my messages. I go to the messages from Lucas and I, and I press "contact" and I call him.
Ring
Ring
Ring
"Hello," I hear the voice that I haven't heard in a long time.
"Um," I'm trying to find my words, "h-hi Lucas" I stuttered.
"Riley? Is that you?" He asked.
"Shit" I cursed under my breath. "Um, yeah it's me," I say clearly.
"I'm guessing your parents told you," he says blankly.
"Y-yeah th-they did" I said trying to keep my cool.
"So are you okay with it?" He asked me.
"Yeah I'm perfectly fine with it. How's Texas treating you?" I ask him.
"It's treating me great I have friends here." He responds.
"Then why do you want to come back to New York?" I asked.
"Well, you know, I've missed everyone there." He answered.
"So what's going to happen? When you miss people in Texas, are you just going to go back and leave me- I mean us again?" I asked.
"Riley, I know that you're still upset at that just wait till I get there and let me explain," he pleaded. I guess I never really got a real explanation from him about it.
"Fine," the words slipped out of my mouth.
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