And Then She Grew Up

Chapter 19

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Emily's POV:

I squeal, wail, cheer, giggle, and do anything I can to show my excitment. I am staying in Australia, and so is Angie. That morning I had called my mom and after talking with Niko about it, I asked my mom about staying in Australia and going to the school Niko and Ryder had gone to. Angie too. My mom had said she would think about it and would get back to me after talking about it with Angie's parents and my father. I had been waiting for this call all day and it had finally came at about 7:49 P.M. This was swell.

"What are you so happy about?" Ryder asks, probably a bit weirded out by my sudden outburst. I show him the message from my mother. He quirks his eyebrow in confusion, clearly not understanding the text. I guess "Yes." could mean many things.

"Aw, did your mom say you could get another t-shirt?" He teases and smirks at me, I frown. Dang, why didn't I think about asking her, that's such a good idea.

"Nah," I chuckle, "Lets just say you're gonna have to start getting used to Angie and I."

"What?" he asks, with pure confusion written across his tan face. To be honest, it's quite adorable.

It takes him a few seconds to register what I had just informed him about, but then it finally dawned on him and his face instantly brightened to a face of pure and utter happiness. If I said that my heart didnt stop, I'd probably be the biggest liar in Australia.

"Welcome to the mob."

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It was almost dark by the time Ryder and I had finally gotten back to the familiar yellow house. Besides Ryder's girlfriend, I had a pretty dang good day.

"Did you have a good time? I mean I know you were expecting to have Niko and Angie with you, and you'll probably get a better tour another day, but I did my best. Oh! And I'm sorry about Stacie, she can get a bit.." he paused, "irritated."

I chuckle, "I had a great time, Ryder. Thank you."

As we finally begin to walk along Niko's driveway, we begin to chuckle about how Niko "controlled" Angie. We were basically dying of laughter when we walked into the room, but what we saw made us immideatly stop laughing and change into confusion. Why is Angie duct taped to the couch? Ryder sighs.

"NIKO! WHERE THE BLOODY HECK ARE YOU?" Ryder shouts, clearly annoyed. I quickly begin to let Angie out of the trap Niko had created.

"I'm righ- Oh. I see you've seen my technique of control." He smirks, clearly proud of what he had done.

"She's sick you fruit loop!" Ryder retaliates as he also begins to help me release her.

"You know I would love to stay and chat but, I should run before she gets out of those, I think she might murder me." Niko states, obviously frightened by Angie. OOO this is great. Ryder and I both exchange looks. I nod at him and he gets up and charges at Niko. Niko doesnt comprehend what was happening before it was too late.

Ryder had managed to get Niko in a choke hold in a matter of 15 seconds, giving me just enough time to get all of the tape off of Angie. Angie slowly stands up with the deadliest look she could produce. She carefully walks around the couch and takes in her surroundings. I walk to the bedroom hallways to block off Niko from escaping down that hall. Angie smiles evilly, knowing that Niko was trapped. Niko was growling and pleading for Ryder to let go, but he wouldnt budge.

After 20 tedious steps towards Ryder and his captive, Angie was finally face to face with Niko. Niko begins to wiggle with all his might to try and escape out of Ryder's grip.