A young girl battling mental health problems with a younger sister to take care of and a certain freckled scammer comes into the mix
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We were all fans of Tracy beaker returns and the dumping ground growing up, so I hope you all enjoy <3
•Riley's POV We made eye contact and I felt my stomach drop and something inside me went wild. Why am I feeling like this. I can't stop thinking about him and I feel so vulnerable when I'm around him. And suddenly it clicks. There's only one person to talk too about this. Lydia. Lydia is the one person in my life that's always always been there when no one else was. When my other friends left cause I couldn't hang out cause I had to look after Nina,she didn't care. She would come over and help me out. We'd talk to each other for hours about our feelings and everything that went on and on in our brains. But when we turned 12 her family moved to America. Since then she's still been there for me but we haven't talked as much cause of the difference in time zones and different schedules. The last time I talked to her was my first day in care so about a couple months ago. I get my phone out and head out the living room and I turn red as I feel Liam's eyes on me as I walk out. I quickly go into my room and close the door and dial Lydias number.
"Heyaa" she greets excitedly "Emergency" I burst out "What's up?" She asks concerned I tell her all about my friendship with Liam and how he's the only person I've opened up too and our performance together and tell her everything about how I've been feeling recently and how it's freaking me out that I feel so dainty and vulnerable and crazy around him all in a rushed and panic tone. And what does she do? Laugh. "What the hell are you laughing at you bloody pigeon" I roll my eyes She's still laughing so I take a sip of water to catch my breath while she finishes and she goes "Looks like you've got a crush" I spit my drink out. "Excuse me?" "You like him. That's why you've been feeling like this" "Nu uh ive never liked anyone before" "There's a first for everything" As much as I hate to admit it. She's right. I've fallen for him. "Fuck what am I gonna dooo" I groan But before she can answer my door opens and speaking of the devil... "Hey we're cutting the cake wanna come down and have some?" "I'll be down in a sec" I answer as he closes the door and goes back downstairs. I put the phone back up to my ear and Lydia sniggers "Was that him?" "Shut up" I roll my eyes even though she can't see me "and yes it was him." We say goodbye and I head back downstairs and we spend the rest of the day partying all while I feel myself going crazy around Liam.
____ ____ A month has gone by and in this month Liam and I have gotten even closer. Although I feel like a weak petal around him, due to years of hiding my emotions I manage to hide my feelings for him perfectly and act normal around him even though I'm going crazy on the inside. Right now we're in the garden hiding behind a bush waiting for a suspect to come and sit down on the bench. That we've hidden the hose under and will spray them with water all over. Soon enough our suspect comes. And who is it other than Gina
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I burst out laughing and Liam literally covers my mouth with his hand so Gina won't notice but I notice him struggling so hard to stop himself from laughing that his eyes are watering. We run back into the house before Gina sees us and as soon as we're out of sight we literally have a laughing fit. "Okay what do we do to make ourselves look busy so when she comes back inside she won't suspect us" I ask while struggling to catch my breath "It'll be way too obvious if we do chores or homework let's just go into town so we won't be home when she comes in and interrogates everyone" he responds I nod and we go grab our jackets and head into town.
