Double Life

54

Riley

After James told me about what they've now done to Piper the only thing that I think will fix it is to meet up with them so that's exactly what I had done
I lied to James telling him I was going to walk home so I could get some fresh air

I agreed to meet them all at Beth's house since it was directly opposite my house, Dad was able to move back in after letting the landlords know what had gone on
My nerves were nonexistent since I was just filled with anger

Why on earth did they have to bring Piper into this mess for?
Piper has done nothing to them apart from being James' sister, this whole thing is just well and truly fucked

Beth answers the door almost immediately proving that they were watching and waiting to see if I'd actually turn up
"Oh hey bestie" Beth playfully says opening the door more so I could walk in
They were all sat in Beth's room each of them having the same mischievous look in their faces

"Why did you do that to Piper?" I sternly ask causing them all to laugh "Oh Riley you already know why we did that" Maisie snarls
"But why she's done nothing to you guys" I ask "Well she knew our little secret and was going to tell everyone" Beth says shrugging her shoulders

What secret could these guys possibly have?

"You guys have taken this too far now.. what do you want?" I ask getting more and more frustrated, I just want them to leave us all alone now but I don't think that'll happen
"There's only one thing that you can do that'll make us stop" Maisie says with a smirk on her face
"You need to break up with James then we'll stop all of this" Amanda says "And none of that pretending to break up bullshit either, we'll figure it out" Amanda continues

At the back of my mind I knew they were going to say that I was just hoping they'll say something else
I don't want to break up with James but maybe that's the only option
Maybe they will leave us all alone, it'll stop them hurting Piper and James

"You've got a few days to come to your decision, you either break up with James or this will carry on
It's just up to you now Riley to decide what you truly want" Beth says
I don't bother uttering another word to them instead I just turn around and leave the house

I mean they are right this whole thing is up to me and because I never did what they wanted back along I'm now still paying the price
But I want to be with James more then anything but is all this heartache worth it?
Is Piper and James constantly getting hurt worth James and I being together?

The rest of the afternoon it's all I can think about, i weigh up all of the options that I have and every single time I come to the conclusion that it isn't worth innocent people getting hurt
But how do I break up with someone I'm in love with

I've got to do it tonight otherwise I feel like they've got something awful planned the longer I wait to do it
Because of that I give James a message the first one I've done all day

Riley~ I can't do this anymore, we're over James
James~ where has this come from Ri? What's going on?
Riley~ my minds already set, don't make this any harder then it has to be

I turn my phone off so James can't contact me anymore, that was the hardest thing I've had to do but it was necessary