Erin:

What r u doing now?

I rolled my eyes at Erin's persistence on talking to me. It's not like I had anything better to do because I was just sat in the car with Luca, but still, wasting credits here.

Oh wait my texts are unlimited...or was that my internet...

Hm....

Thinking intensely >.>....

Erin: .............Oh....ok then.......y? o.0 Where?

This caused me to roll my eyes again and tsk, making Luca glance at me oddly.

Because why not, and I have no idea

Erin: What do u mean? 0.0

Jesus christ he types fast.

Calm down, I'm just in a car, how are you? x3

Erin: U'RE DRIVING??!!

"oohhh my god.." I mumbled and sighed.

No wtf Erin, how and why would I be driving o.0

"Riley what are you doing?" Luca asked as he frowned while glancing at me again.

"Looking at illegal stuff" I replied without looking away from the phone.

"Riley" he warned me sternly and I looked up to smile at him.

"Nothing, just going through facebook...and stuff" I thought it best I don't tell him I'm talking to Erin the apparent terrorist..

 Erin: Idk....I don't get you, so your unpredictable......hope you're not into stealing and driving cars illegally though......and i'm great -.- enjoying being stuck in my room all day apart from when I go to fucking school, yeah, great

Pfft calm down. xD

Erin: I'm calm :| totally calm bitch

;w;

Erin: What even is that?

What? It's like....crying....or something ;v;

Erin: yyeaaah....no.

-.- let me cry bitch

"Who are you talking to Riley?" Luca suddenly asked in a low tone.

"Who said I was talking to anyone?" I asked back innocently.

"Well, unless you are writing a highly entertaining novel that you are going to share on 'facebook and stuff' , I seriously doubt you would be typing that much in this short amount of time while not talking to someone"

"...........Good point."

At that moment Luca pulled into the drive way and turned the engine off while frowning. When his frown was then directed at me I decided to make my escape.

"Well I have like..homework to do so see ya" I said while smiling and got out of the car.

Phew.

"Hey Riley have you seen Hunter?" Aaron suddenly appeared out of nowhere as I walked in the door.

"Uh no sorry I've just got here, but I did see him this morning" I answered wile containing my surprise. Seriously I need to get less jumpy.

"Hmm....Well Russel's lead is gone as well as I haven't seen him around, so I am guessing he is out with the dog...but...I haven't seen him in ages.." Aaron frowned and I blinked blankly back.

"Um...Well...I could go look for him if you want" I suggested and he smiled.

"If you could that'd be great, I can go with you but after a while I need to get back because I need to revise" he explained and I raised a brow.

"Exactly how long does it usually take to find him?" I asked as I followed him out of the house.

"Well he does take that bloody dog on some really large walks, he's never gone as long as this though, so depends, could be a while, and he could also be anywhere" he explained as he practically speed walked along and I sighed.

Can tell this is what I am going to be doing for the rest of the day....

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"For fucks sake where the hell is he!" Aaron grumbled as I followed silently.

He'd ended up continuing to look for him well into the day, meaning he was grumpy and complaining about missing out on revision and wasting time.

In fact I really couldn't see the purpose of me being there but oh well.

And seriously this forest is gigantic.

I just walked behind him while continuing my meaningless conversation with Erin. Really surprised there is a signal out here....

Erin: Any progress?

Nope, still walking along in the woods

I sighed and looked up to see Aaron right infront of me.

"Ho- what's up?" I smiled innocently and he huffed.

"Riley I really must start making my way back , and the others say he is not home yet so can you carry on without me?" he asked and stared at me intensely.

"Of course, may need help getting back though, although I'm sure I can use my phone so don't worry about it" I said and smiled and he nodded before walking past me and back where we came from.

"Well if you find him you don't have to worry about that" he called back before disappearing

"Wow...yeah, very considerate" I grumbled before looking out into the forest.

Oh great.

At least an hour later I was still walking along looking for him, like seriously what the hell happened?! It better be bad.

Well actually I hope he's okay...that'd be horrible...

Ugh I feel guilty now.

Sudden barking had me spinning my head round and staring intensely into the trees.

I narrowed my eyes and made sure I was going in the right direction before dashing through the undergrowth towards the sound.

"Fuck!" I complained when I scratched myself on a thorn bush and rolled my eyes while huffing.

Seriously my best day yet.

"SHIT!!!!" I jumped nearly three foot in the air when a creature jumped out of the bush and towards me.

It was the dog.

Again, that bloody dog.

It kept jumping up at me as I sighed in relief then frowned down at it.

"Where is your owner huh?" I asked then started walking to where it came from.

"Hunter" I for some reason pointed out verbally when I saw him sat down fiddling with his smashed up phone.

"HUNTER" I said louder as I stood literally a metre away from him and he didn't notice.

He looked up and jumped when he saw me.

"How the fuck are you here!?" he exclaimed and looked at me like I was headless.

"Luck I guess, what's wrong?" I tried to answer without seeming annoyed, like seriously I was the one that spent nearly 8 hours looking for him...or something...

He motioned to his very oddly positioned ankle then to his phone silently with a duh expression.

"That's very unlucky" I deadpanned and he huffed.

"I've had a bad day" he sighed and I gave him a sympathetic smile.

"Well hopefully it'll get better from now on, how bad is your ankle?" I asked as I knelt next to him and he looked away awkwardly.

"I don't know exactly what's wrong with it, but it's swollen...and hurts like fuck, so either seriously sprained or broken, I'm not a very good judge of pain though..." he said while looking in the opposite direction from me but I decided to ignore that .

Okay I ignored it on the outside but on the inside..Dude what the hell is you're problem, like, ouch man, why do you hate me or something.

"Do you know Luca's number? I may be able to ask him if it's broken, because if so it may be best not to use it" I tried to think logically and he looked up at me.

Silence......Um..

"I think so, give me your phone i'll type it in" he said eventually and I smirked before giving him my phone.

"What in the hell.." he said as he looked at the smashed screen.

"It still works" I said while smiling and he had a look of pure determination as he fiddled with it.

There is a easier method....

"Done" he said and handed it back and I quickly typed in 'does a swollen ankle mean it's broken'.

Then realised Hunter had named the contact Thatblondenerd and smirked.

"Ouch" I said and looked a him and he gave a small smile.

"Think I'll get in trouble if I kept it like that" I commented as I changed it back to his name.

Luca: ............May I ask who this is?

"Ooops" I exclaimed when I realised I didn't add who I was.

Oh, whoops, tis Riley ^^;

"What's wrong?" Hunter asked and I glanced down at him. He was sat there frowning with his arms crossed.

Well doesn't he look happy.

"I forgot to write who I was" I replied simply as my phone vibrated.

Luca: Where the hell are you!? And it depends...Wait why are you asking?!

I rolled my eyes at his over reacting and replied.

In the middle of the forest. And great..thanks for the help, and I'm asking because Hunter injured his ankle and I was wondering whether he should be standing up or not

Luca: Why in the hell are you in the middle of the forest with Hunter?! What did you do?!

God damnit, why don't these people tell each other things.

"Right he's not being any help, are you willing to just risk standing up? Otherwise we're going to be here a long time" I looked down at Hunter and he hugged his one uninjured leg's knee moodily.

"It doesn't have to be 'we'" he grumbled and I went to super glare mode.

"Look, honey, I don't know what I've done to make you hate me, because god damnit I haven't been moody up until now kay? It's called survival tactics okay, you know, where even if you hate someone you still pretend you don't when they can help you out in a tough situation, ever heard of that? Because, bitch, you aint very good at it" I ranted and he looked at me with unusually wide eyes.

Shit I just went super camp mode instead....

"Jesus..you are gay" he mumbled while staring into the distance with a haunted expression and I facepalmed.

Seriously what did I do to deserve this.

"I don't hate you" he said after a few moments of silence and I looked down at him.

He had a very depressed expression and looked down sadly.

"Well, why are you acting so......i don't know, moody?" I continued to look down at him then realised I was glaring and softened my expression.

"Because...I can't deal with....emotions easily,you don't hate me now right?" he asked and looked up at me intensely.

"No of course not, now that is over do you need a hand up, and at least try and hide the awkwardness from now on?" I asked and added a little smile at the end.

He smiled shyly back and that just confused me even more.

I watched him curiously as he closed his eyes took deep breaths then opened them and smiled at me.

"Yeah I'm ready, bring on the pain" he said and grabbed my hand.

I immediately pulled him up and only just stopped myself from verbally complaining at how hard it was to do that.

Now I just feel small and weak....

"How old even are you!?" I asked as I struggled to support him and he smirked.

"I'm just well built for my age" he replied and was now smiling confidently.

Haah fuck you you dick.

"Love your choice of words" I commented as I raised a brow at him and he chuckled.

Fuck I can't even do this.....please tell me there isn't a long distance back.

"Are you sure you're okay? There is quite a long way home" he said as we hobbled along and I scrunched my face up in despair.

Fuck.

I will not tell him! I will deal!

"I'm fine" I said with only a slightly strained voice and we carried on hobbling through the forest with the oblivious dog running around and around us.