In your arms

Chapter 30: in your arms

Riley's POV:

I feel like I've been stuck in the same hospital room for so long I have forgotten the feeling of cool winter air brushing against your face. I've been in the hospital for 2 and a half weeks now because I had a pretty bad concussion and they had to make sure they baby was still developing correctly. My legs are slightly stiff judging by the fact that I've been stuck in a bed for so long without exercise but the doctors give me some crutches and some tips on how to get the strength back seeing as I don't live here and need to go home.

We decided to spend the night in a hotel room and buy tickets for the next flight to Toronto. The hotel has a bar one the ground floor and Smily being Emily took the opportunity to have a few drinks.

"I'll take another one of those pleases" Emilys pushes her glass to the bartender. I've sent piper up to get some rest and I'm sat watching over Emily. Since I'm pregnant I can't drink anything so I'm the one who has to look after my sister as she drinks drink after drink. Her voice is sort of slurred and she's starting to get more drunk but I can't convince her to go back to the hotel room.

"Em you can't drink much more, you've had like what, 5 glasses already" I shake my head in disappointment but she just rolls her eyes. "Don't act like mom" she accuses. I've had to deal with Emily my whole life but dealing with drunk Emily is a whole other ball game. I order myself a coke as I watch my sister babble about everything and nothing.

I some how manage to take her up to the hotel room and, after she throw up a few times, she fall asleep straight away. I then change into some pyjamas and climb into the other bed.

I wish I could fall asleep as quick as my sister because I almost always have some sort of breakdown, and this months events haven't helped that at all if anything it made them more frequent, so I lay there. Tears soaking through the pillow as I cry silently so I don't wake up anyone else. It's painful to constantly have to hide emotions in the day and they never really leave at night because of the fact that your screams are silent. You want to screech out all of the pain and shout at everyone who hurt you but you can't. Your voice disappears leaving you a silent wreck. Your stuck inside yourself no matter how hard you try and escape.

"Ri wake up!" I hear my sister shout while shaking me. I groan as the light shines through the window and lands on my face. The brightness causes a painful sting insisting that I close my eyes but I just rub them while sitting up. "What time is it?" I stifle a yawn as I wait for a reply. I scan my eyes around the room and soon land on the clock, 11:57, shit.

"We have to be at the airport in like a hour, get up!" My sister runs around the room and gathering up my things. She throws them into the suitcase while I rush to get ready. I must of slept through my alarm because I swear I set one. I don't think much of it though and instead focus on getting dressed. I don't want to miss my flight like James did.

"God you sleepy head" she laughs as we walk out of the hotel. My hairs up in a messy bun and I've got my suitcase in my hand and a coffee in the other.

"Where's Piper?" I take a sip of my coffee and shiver as the warmth makes its way through me. "She's in the car" she says simply. She pulls out the keys to the car and I climb into the passenger seat.

"What took you so long Riley, I thought we were going to have the same issue we had with James" piper chuckles to herself as we pull out of the parking lot. I roll my eyes and shoot her a playful glare in response. The drive to the airport is far from silent. Emily talk about what's going on with A troupe and they regional routines, piper soon joins in after Emily comments on the fact that the team is slipping slightly, and we all start singing along to the radio as it plays all of the latest songs. The bond we have it's the easiest thing to describe but where like a proper little family, we don't get along all the time but when we do have moments like these everything just fits perfectly and it's simple.

As we reach the airport we immediately rush around trying to catch our flight and luckily we made it just in time. I'm sat in the aisle seat with piper beside me and Emily's sat in the room in front of us. She's reading some magazine and seem to have been put in her own little world so me and Piper entertain each other as we fly.

"James is going to be very happy to see you.. in person" she is looking out of the window with her head resting on her hand. "Well if he didn't miss his flight he could've seen me sooner" I joke.

She laughs at that and I try to too but even though I managed it it still kinda hurt that James never flew up to see me. I know he missed his flight but he didn't do much else to fix it. He didn't insist on getting another flight another day or didn't even call to check in. The only time we had contact from him was when he would occasionally text Emily or Piper and ask if I'm ok then he goes again. It's odd but I try push the thoughts aside, I'm sure there's an explanatory behind it.

The flight goes by quite slowly. It was mainly a loop of talking, sleeping then eating. It feels like the hours had turned into days as we sit in the chairs and talk about latest trends or rumours that float around the studio. I soon wake up just as the plane is about to land. We're back in Toronto and the sense of normality causes a shiver to run down my spine. I'm home.

"I'm going to crab a latte, want one?" Emily asks while tapping my shoulder. I nod in agreement and watch as she wonders off to the small cafe that stands to the side of the Airport. I've got Piper beside me and I'm leaning against the wall as I wait for Emily. Im anxiously tapping my foot against the wall and playing with my bracelets. James had texted saying he would pick us up and suddenly every nerve kicks in and I feel like I'm going to explode.

I start to pace slightly until Piper catches my attention by pointing over At the doors. I turn and scan around the room until my eyes land on James. He catches my gaze after a moment or so and we both stay still, we're frozen, there's quite a big gap between us but no one fills it. It's a straight path and I could run up to him. Why don't I? He's right there. Why am I being so hesitant?

After my mind catches up with what I'm doing I find myself running up. I run up and fling my arms around his neck. He chuckles slightly and picks me up and spins me around. As he puts me back on the ground I don't let go. I rest my head on his shoulders as his arms wrap around my waist and I suddenly feel the butterflies carrying me away on there little wings just like when he first told me he liked me when we were younger. I feel the warmth of being close to him. I feel his lips brush against my neck as he plants a soft kiss. I feel at home in his arms, always have and always will.

"I love you so much" I pull always slightly so my arms are still around his neck but our gaze links.

"I know, I love you to" His usual smirk creeps up and he leans in to kiss me on the lips. A smile pulls at my lips as the voice in my head sings 'I'm home'. I wouldn't give this up for the world.

The end

Well not the end of everything just yet.
There due to be parents, Riley's family still never found
Out what happened to her, what happened to Alfie? There's
So much we don't know.

I really enjoyed making this book so
I'm now starts
'In your arms 2'
I'm going to work on it straight away so those
Questions get answered!
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