Her Sister's Boyfriend

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James's POV:

"You know something?" Riley says suddenly whilst flipping herself over on the bed so that her body was facing the ceiling but she tilts her head to the side so she can look at me still. I do the same, turning so I wasn't on my side anymore but still looking into her eyes.

"What is it, Riles?"

"I'm glad Kate put us together to perform a duet that day seven weeks ago," she says, smiling. I find her smile so contagious that I end up doing the same.

"I know. I am too."

"But then at the same time... I feel so bad and sorry. You and Em had something so special and I broke that-"

"No, you didn't. There was never really anything if I'm honest. We only dated because it's what was supposed to be right. The two populars in the same clique both at school and at dance... There wasn't anything real between us, just something to post about on socials. What I have with you is more potent than anything I've ever had with anyone. Even before Emily and when I was with numerous girls," I say. She sighs.

"I can't even imagine what you used to be like anymore," she chuckles. "You were such a player. And that's why I always thought you and Emily would be together forever because I thought she changed you." 

She's right. Emily did change me. But not in the way I needed to be changed. She changed me by making me stick with one person because it was what was best for us, but it wasn't what was best for me. I never loved Emily. Maybe I love her as a friend, but as a girlfriend... It just wasn't real. I was mainly just with her for the sex. But with Riley, I can enjoy everything with her and it gets to the point where screwing her is just a bonus. When I'm around Riley, I feel so light and easy and I don't get bored. That's how I know it's love. Because whenever I see her, I feel so happy. Even when she was just my 'little sister'. She was so bubbly and I would love to have stupid conversations with her in a language only the two of us would understand. No one else knows the powerful bond we share between us and no one will ever understand it, except for us two.

"It's not as simple as it seems, Ri," I let out. She nods.

"I know it's not. Nothing's ever simple in life. It's just like what you posted on your Instagram on the night I said I wanted to be with you, sometimes life is just complicated. But there's nothing you can do. Sometimes it might feel like there's no one who understands you or what you're feeling and you don't know how to explain it, but there will always be at least one person."

Emily's POV:

I stood behind the door of the girls' room. I just wanted to check up on Riley since it's been a whole hour and I haven't heard from her, but just as I was about to enter the code Amanda gave me, I could hear talking. So I decided to listen and that's what I'm doing now. I'm not too sure who she was talking to, but whoever it was, they were having an extremely deep conversation.

"There are so many people in the world and sometimes we forget that in a lifetime, we'll only ever come in contact with under 2% of the world's population which means that whatever problem we're facing, it's likely to be that millions of other people are going through the same thing as you even when you don't already know they exist. There are also times when we forget about everyone else and how they must be feeling just because you feel so alone and like everything is turning upside down when it's not. Sometimes we just need to stop and think about the less fortunate people in the universe and how we pretty much have everything. Just because of one stupid, idiotic problem you're facing doesn't mean we should forget about everything else because there are people who will do absolutely anything and everything in their reach to get what they want. And when you depict what you've done wrong in the situation yourself, you'll realize just how crazy life is. sometimes it's not even you're life that's crazy and running out of control, it's you. Because you're so overtaken by this rush of feelings and emotions that you forget how to even talk or what you're doing. Sometimes it happens when you have a major crush on someone or even when you're seeking revenge on something but whatever the situation is, you just have to remind yourself if it's really necessary because it's most likely not-"

My mind stops for a moment. All my thoughts come to a halt as I try and process all of that. I don't know when, how, or why Riley's pretty much become some sort of therapist but she's much smarter than I've been lately. I don't listen to what the other person says and I decide to leave her. She's right about everything she just about summed up in that speech of hers. Maybe I should give her a break for a while. I can investigate who the dad of her baby is later on. There are worse problems in the world right now.