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I talked with Caleb until it got dark and cold, which wasn't very pleasant.

"Um, any chance we could not be outside in the cold?" I asked and he made a disappointed face.

"I only go inside that hell hole if I have to, but I understand if you're cold, I need to get going anyway" he said and I frowned as he stood up.

"Homework?" I asked with a smile and he smirked before practically jumping off the balcony and landing like some sort of free runner.

"No comment!" he called as he walked away, and I chuckled as Ana took off and followed him.

Looks like Ana has a new pet now, or she could just be a fan of new friends.

Yet at the same time be scared of strangers...

Go figure.

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After a good hour or two chatting with Erin about seriously random things on facebook I decided to go downstairs and seem like I wasn't avoiding everyone too much.

I had second thoughts when I heard Alex and Nate having a seriously pointless argument about which sports are better and avoided the living room.

I walked around a few rooms, not really having a purpose and thinking to myself.

"Riley!!" Luca called from somewhere in the house and I sighed.

I walked out into the hall and nearly bumped into him as he practically speed walked around the corner. "Jesus Riley, where were you?" he sighed then asked and I blinked at him.

"Um, walking around..." I said and he frowned.

"For a few hours?" he asked with a raised brow.

"No, I was in my room with Caleb earlier." I explained and he raised both of his brows.

I worded that badly.

"On the balcony" I added and he still looked confused.

"Caleb was talking to you?" he asked and I raised a brow at him.

"Yes..." I said and he made a surprised face.

"Wow....You truly are something aren't you...." he muttered and I gave him a look.

The fuck...

"Caleb never talks to any of us." he explained himself when he noticed my freaked out expression.

"Oh....okay...well he didn't seem that bad to me" I stated and he smiled.

"Er, anyway, I need to talk to you about something" he seemed to remember what he was doing and gave me a serious look.

Ohh...I have a feeling I won't like it...

He gave me his signature worried expression before walking past me, and I bit my lip before following him into the study room.

He shut the door and I watched him with my arms crossed, not feeling comfortable enough to sit down.

He turned to me and just stared at me with a frown for a few moments before sighing.

"Look, Riley, I need you to be honest with me if I'm going to understand you" he said and I raised a brow.

"Why do you need to understand me?" I asked and he sighed.

"Because otherwise I'll get just as frustrated with you as everyone else does" he explained and I made a confused face.

"......you think me being honest with you will reveal something that explains the way I act or something?" I questioned while giving him a look.

"...Yes. It depends..." he explained and I rolled my eyes at him before collapsing down onto the sofa.

"Fire away" I said as I sat back and he just sighed again.

"Riley, what happened to make you afraid of being restrained?" he went straight for the big question and I  sighed.

"Things" I said and he groaned.

"Riley, it's disheartening to hear stuff from Aaron about you answering his questions, but you won't even start answering mine" he said as he sat down next to me and I shook my head.

"What did Aaron tell you?" I asked and he sighed again.

"About how you grew up, and your mother leaving you with people...that..." he explained and I sighed.

You'd think Chance would be the one to start telling everyone what I'd told him rather than Aaron, but whatever.

I stayed silent and Luca just frowned at the floor for a while.

"Riley, you're gay aren't you?" Luca asked and I chuckled.

"No, I dig pussy" I retorted and he gave me a look.

"I'm just asking questions you're supposed to find easy to answer Riley, so please answer" he said and I gave him a confused look.

"Yes...." I answered eventually to stop him looking pissed off.

"And your parents are divorced?"

"Yes...What's the point of asking questions you already know the answer to?" I questioned as I sat up on the sofa.

"Just go with it Riley. You lived with your mother in America after the divorce, and they divorced because your father was cheating on her with another man?" he interrogated and I rolled my eyes.

"Yes."

"You're 17 at the moment?"

"Yup"

"Your father was the one with the money so when you moved to America you lived in someone else's house?"

"Mhhmm"

"Your mother got a job and was always working, leaving you alone with these people you hardly knew?"

"Yes..." I replied while sighing in boredom.

"One of them was slightly abusive?" he asked and I just stayed silent staring at him.

"You're barking up the wrong tree here" I eventually said and sat back again.

"So is that a no then?" he persisted and I groaned.

"None of my mother's boyfriends ever did anything that abusive to me" I said like I was talking to a child and he frowned.

"That abusive?" he asked and I huffed.

"Well, some of them were assholes and did asshole-y things...." I explained and he was silent for a while.

"So, it was just your mother's boyfriends that didn't do anything?" he eventually asked and I groaned in irritation.

He's prying too much for my liking.

"Was it a friend of theirs?" he asked and I scoffed.

"Stop." I snapped while tapping my foot on the floor anxiously.

"A son?" he asked and I stood up and walked past him towards the door.

"Riley!" he called after me and stopped me from opening it.

"Luca, leave me alone" I snapped as he stood closely behind me, not looking anywhere but the door.

"Riley, I wont hurt you" he reassured and I smirked.

"Of course you wont. Why would I think you'd hurt me?" I questioned and tried to hide how pissed off I was.

"I won't tell anyone either, don't you trust me?" he asked and I breathed out trying to calm myself.

"I don't need to tell you" I said and I could feel his sigh on the back of my neck.

"I can't just leave it now I'm sure something has actually happened now can I?"

"You don't have to care" I muttered, seriously wishing I wasn't in this situation.

"But I do care Riley, allot" he practically whispered and I jumped when felt his hand on my shivering arm.

He wrapped his arms around my waist when I didn't object, moving one of his hands to rest where my erratically beating heart was on my chest and resting his head on the side of my neck.

He stayed there silently for a while, until my heartbeat had slowed and I'd stopped shivering.

"I didn't mean to bring up buried memories, I'm sorry" he eventually said, making me have a shiver of anxiety again.

"I didn't mean to be so touchy about the subject" I admitted and smirked.

"Riley...how long did they hurt you for?" Luca asked quietly and I started breathing irregularly again.

"More than a year" I replied simply and he gripped my chest tighter.

"How....?" he whispered and I closed my eyes.

"I think you know how" I said as my eyes stung and I tried to calm myself again.

Stop acting so sensitive you twat.

"I'm sorry" he muttered and I chuckled.

"You didn't do anything" I said in amusement and he gripped me even tighter.

"Stop acting like you're okay." he snapped in an upset tone and I forced him to let me turn around.

I looked up at his glossy eyes and smiled.

"Now who's acting really gay" I commented and he huffed at me.

"Look, Luca, I got over it. I'm fine" I said and he frowned at me.

"But you didn't, you act the way you do because of it" he complained and I raised a brow.

"What?"

"Ugh, I can't explain it to you, besides, you're crying too" he said and I rolled my eyes.

"I cry when other people cry" I explained and he scoffed.

"That's a lie, you didn't even know I was upset." he grumbled and I chuckled.

"Maybe I'm psychic" I suggested and he smiled before sighing and resting his forehead against mine.

"You make me act gay" he stated and I snickered.

"I noticed." I commented and he tsked.

"Not like that. Well. yeah like that too but...ugh." he eventually gave up on whatever he was trying to say and I chuckled.

"I hope that one day, you don't feel the need to act so strong around me" he suddenly said and I pulled my head away to look at him.

For some reason that sentence made my eyes start to sting again and I looked away from him awkwardly.

It was like that for a few moments before he pushed my head up by my chin, his usually worried features smiling down at me sadly as I felt a cold tear glide down my cheek.

My pride as a male is gone forever.

He slowly leaned his head in and connected his lips to mine. I closed my eyes at his warm touch, kissing him back before he moved away.

 "You have no idea how much frustration you cause me" he said with a sigh and I raised a brow at him.

"You love it really" I teased and he gave me a crooked snicker.

"You have no idea."









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