Age is just a number (R5 fan fiction)

Day out with Riker

Ross's P.O.V
"NO STOP! ROSS HELP!" I jump up and frantically look around
the room. My eyes land on sarah, thrashing her arms and legs, crying. I frown and look at my phone. it's 2:15. Sarah has been having nightmares ever sense the incident with her mom... her fever has gone down but she's still suffering. Its been 2 months sense she came home from the hospital. I sigh and grab onto her arms and hold her close to me.
"Baby calm down it's just a dream. Wake up." i calmly say. I don't want to shake and yell to wake her up, I don't want her even more scared then she already is. She still struggles, I kiss her multiple times on the forehead. "Baby please wake up." I plead. Sarah's eyes open fast and look around until her eyes land on me. She calms down and wipes the tears from her face. "I'm sorry..." she says quietly. "Baby it's not your fault don't be sorry." I say. I hold her closer and play with her hair.
"When will it go away Ross?" Sarah asks sadly. "It will be over soon... I promise. lets get back to bed ok?" Sarah nods her head and closes her eyes. I gently kiss her. "Goodnight Sarah."

Sarah's P.O.V

My eyes slowly open. searching the room. I glance over t the clock and let out a sigh. its 5am. knowing I won't be able to fall back asleep I quietly get off of the bed, trying my best not to wake Ross. I grab my phone and go into the bathroom, quietly I open the cabinet and grab my tooth brush. I turn on the shower while I brush my teeth. I spit into the sink and strip from my clothing and get in the shower.
I finish in the bathroom and I open the door. I look over at Ross, he's still sleeping. Thank god I didn't wake him. I tip toe down the stairs, I doubt anyone is awake so I walk into the kitchen and make a cup of coffee.
"Hey what are you doing up so early?" I jump and turn around. "Jesus Riker you scarred me!" I say laughing a little. Riker smiles and stands up. "Sorry, I couldn't get back to sleep." He says as he sits on the counter. I jump up next to him. "Same." I say as I stir my coffee. Riker frowns. "Are you ok? You seem a bit off." he says. I can hear the concern in his voice. I look at him and give him a half smile. "Yea, I just had another dream last night. I'll be fine." Riker puts his arm around me. "Its going to be ok, They'll catch her." I put my head on his shoulder and sigh.
"I hope your right... ugh I just want to get my mind off of it. I just want to forget about my mom." I say sadly. Riker pulls me closer And gets a sudden smile on his face. "I can't make you forget forever, but I can for a day." he says smiling. i give him a confused look. "Im going to get your mind off of your mom by having an us day. just you and me. We'll go out, See a movie, get some food. It will be fun!" I smile and nod. "That sounds amazing! Thank you Riker!" I say hugging him. He laughs and hugs me back. "Anything for my bestie." He says ruffling my hair. We both start laughing like idiots. "Ok go get dressed and we can start this best friends day by getting some breakfast at Ihop." Riker says as he jumps off the counter then helps me down. "Alright. give me 15 mins." I walk up the stairs and I quietly walk into Ross's room. I close the door and walk over to my bags. I pull out some black shorts and mint colored flowy tank top. I get dressed and I leave my natural curly hair down. I quickly put on a little bit of eye liner, mascara, eye shadow and some lip gloss. I put my converse on and walk over to Ross's bed. I grab a pen and some paper.
(Dear Ross
I didn't want to wake you but I'm out with Riker on a best friends day. I'll be back later today. I'll text you later! I love you! <3 -Sarah)
I set the note under his phone and I very gently kiss his forehead then leave the room.

Riker's P.O.V
I lean against the wall and start scrolling through my phone, tweeting some fans. I hope this day out works... She really needs a break from all this...

I continue to scroll through my phone, then Sarah comes down the stairs and smiles. "Ready!" She says happily. "Then off we go!" We get into my car and head to Ihop.

(Skip breakfast)

"Ugh I'm soooo full!" Sarah says grabbing her stomach. I laugh. "Me too I feel like I'm pregnant with food twins!" I say poking my belly. "Awww congratulations!" Sarah says. We start laughing uncontrollably. "Ha ok so where to next?" I ask. "Uhhhh walk in the park? I need to digest this food before I do anything." Sarah says huffing. I laugh and start the car. "Walk in the park it is." I pull out of Ihop and head to the park. Sarah turns the radio on and starts skipping through channels. "Ugh why does the radio suck?!" She groans. I laugh while she continues to go back to the same channels over and over. "Here I brought my iPod, plug it in." I say handing my iPod to sarah. She smiles and hooks up my iPod. "Alright. any requests?" She asks. I smirk at her and she rolls her eyes. "Why do I even ask?" she laughs, she hits a button and soon my most favorite song ever comes on... Skull and crossbones!! "Yes!" I chant as I start doing little dance moves to the song. Sarah laughs. "Alright Mr.Dancing with the stars." She mocks. "hey I did good on that show." I whine. Sarah laughs then smiles at me. "I know I'm just teasing." I roll my eyes and then smirk at her. She gives me an innocent smile and looks out the window.
We get to the park and Sarah immediately gets out of the car. "Hey slow down!" I say jogging over to her. she looks at me and smiles. "Sorry I love the park!" She says happily. I laugh and smile at her. "Me too."

Sarah's P.O.V
I'm having such a great time with Riker! He's like the big brother I've always wanted! I turn to him and smile. "thanks for this Riker. I really needed it." I say. He smiles at me and pulls me into a hug. "Anytime kiddo."

We've been walking around for like 3 hours! Yea it's been a long walk! But Im starting to get a very strange feeling... like someone is watching me... I look around and my eyes land on a figure standing by a tree a couple yards away. i stop walking and stare at the figure. "Sarah what's wrong?" Riker asks walking towards me. "I think there's a man watching us...by that tree." I continue to stare. Riker follows my glance and freezes once he sees the dark figure. "Shit... come on let's go!" Riker says worried. He grabs my hand and we start walking faster to the car. I look back at the figure to see its moving towards us. "R-Riker!" Riker looks back, his eyes go wide. "Go! Run!" He grabs harder onto my hand and starts running. I struggle to match his speed but I manage. looking back once again I can see him clearer. it's a man, with shaggy brown hair, I can't tell what his eye color is. He seems tall, has tattoos and he's wearing a black t-shirt, he's catching up to us! I run as fast as my feet can carry me and soon we reach the car. We practically jump into the car and Riker speeds off. "Who was that?!" I ask catching my breath. Riker grips the wheel. "I don't know... but he was definitely following us. I saw him at Ihop too, he was like three tables away. I thought he seemed suspicious." Riker says. My eyes go wide. "So now I'm being stalked?! What did my mom hire him?! What the hell?!" I yell frustrated. "it's ok sarah. calm down." Riker says. "how can I? I have a crazy mother who's out to kill me and now she's hired a man to track my every move! And I'm putting you guys in danger!" I cry. I pull my knees up and cry into my knees. I feel the car pull over and I feel Riker put his arm around me. "Its ok. We can get through this. I know your scarred and your worried about us, but I promise you, we'll make it through this. nothing will happen to you as long as I'm alive. And I know Ross and the others feel the same. So please relax." Riker soothes me. I look up at him and wipe my eyes. "Thank you Riker. I just wish I could stop this." I say sadly. Riker frowns and pulls me into a hug (which is kinda complicated considering we're in a car) Riker pulls away and kisses my forehead (In a brotherly way!) "We'll get through this but we have to tell the others about him."

We finally get back to the house. oh I think it's important to mention that the band and I moved out of stormie and marks house about two weeks ago...We have a band house now!
We walk into the house and I see everyone sitting in the living room watching American horror story. even Lexi and Anna were over! "Were home!" Riker says loudly. Everyone turns their heads and smiles. Ross jumps up and hugs me. "I missed you!" Ross says kissing me. I kiss him back them smile. "I missed you too." I say happily. We sit down and Ross puts his arm around me. Riker walks over and mutes the TV. "Hey we were watching that!" Rocky whines. "There's something you guys need to know." Riker says in a stern voice. Everyone's eyes land on him. "Someone is stalking Sarah." Riker says. Everyone's eyes go wide, and I could feel Ross tense up. "What do you mean someone is stalking her?" Ross asks worried. Riker sighs. "Well I saw a man when we were at ihop. he kept looking at us and I thought he looked suspicious but I ignored it. then at the park we saw him again... watching us from behind a tree, And when we started running he followed. We managed to get away but he was definitely stalking us." Riker says in a kind of creeped out way. Ross looks at me in disbelief. "Its true Ross... I think my mom hired him..." I say sadly. "oh my god...What do we do?!" Rydel asks. "Well we can't really do anything except be on alert. no one goes anywhere alone and make sure the house is locked at all times, we also need to tell mom, dad and Ryland. He might know about them too." Riker says. tears start to form in my eyes. I've turned their lives into a horror story. This is my fault... they wouldn't be in this situation if it wasn't for me! Ugh why does my life have to be this way?!

Ross's P.O.V
I can't believe this... how could it get this bad?! I look down at sarah, I can see the fear and guilt in her eyes. Why is this happening to her? She's never done anything wrong! Ugh I wish I could just see her mom rot in jail!
"Ross are you ok?" I snap out of my thoughts and I see Rydel starring at me concerned. My veins are popping out of my arms and I bet money my face is red. i calm down and smile. "Yea I'm fine." I say. Sarah looks at me in disbelief, she knows this is getting to me. I give her a smile and kiss her cheek. "I'm fine. it's going to be ok." I reassure her. She nods and looks down at her hands sadly. I hate to see her like this... I swear if that guy puts one finger in her I'll make him wish he was never born.