Wishing I Was 23

↞chapter eleven↠

Lanie's POV:
May 2019

I'm a senior this year! I went back to public school this year since I heard that Courtney had moved. I just walked out of the school building to my car. Yeah, I got a car for my seventeenth birthday last year! [A/N: Car at the top] I got in and drove home. I walked inside to find this girl I had never seen before. She looked at me and smiled. She was pretty: black hair, blue eyes, and about 5' 8". Riker walked in and hugged me.

"Hi, Lanie! I'm guessing you are wondering who this is," he said. I nodded.
"This is my girlfriend, Bianca."

Saying my heart dropped would be an understatement. I still had a crush on him after all these years. He put his arm around her, which made me want to puke.

I simply smiled and said," Nice to meet you!"

That was the fakest smile I've ever had to put on. Riker walked away for a minute, so I decided to see what kind of person Bianca was.

"How come I haven't seen you around before?"

"I worked with Riker back on Glee, and we rediscovered each other just a few days ago. Are you Ross's girlfriend, or what exactly do you do around here?" Bianca said, very rudely.

I see. She was one of those people.

"No, I'm their best friend."

Before I could say more, Rocky called me from upstairs. I went up to his room to find him and Ross sitting on his bed.

"Yes?"

"Have you met Bianca yet?" Rocky asked.

"Yeah.... Why?" I said.

"She is the epitome of all the things I can't stand," Ross mumbled.

"She called me Ricky," Rocky said, shaking his head.
"Like, girl, it's not that hard. It's Rocky. R-O-C-K-Y!"

"So, I'm guessing you guys don't like her either?" I said, sarcastically.

"How could anyone like Bianca the Witch. Yes, I've already nicknamed her," Ross said.

I couldn't help but laugh, but I stopped when I remembered something.

"Except Riker," I said.

They both nodded. We all got up and went downstairs to the rest of the family.

"Hi, Lenny, Ricky, and Rossy!" Bianca said.

Ross gave me an eye roll. I don't think I could handle being around this chick very long.

"It's Lanie and Rocky," Rocky said very unamused.

She just nodded, but Riker looked confused. Why are boys suddenly idiots in obvious situations? We brushed it off and watched a movie.

at school the next day

I was walking though the halls when a hand tapped on my shoulder. I turned to see Dylan. He was, in my opinion, the nicest and cutest boy in our school. He has brown hair and green eyes. I kinda liked him. He was more of my reality crush, if you know what I mean.

"Lanie, I know it's really short notice, but would you like to go to prom with me?" Prom was Friday, and today was Tuesday.

"Of course, I'll go with you!" I said.

He smiled and gave me his number. I was a little too excited for prom now. Maybe this would be my chance to get over Riker.

after school at a dress shop

I was shopping for prom dresses with Rydel. I tried on several. I tried on a yellow, purple, green, navy, and finally a royal blue one.

"This one is gorgeous, Lanie!" Rydel squealed.

I smiled, and we got the dress and left. When we got home, Ryland, Ross, and Rocky were sitting on the couch as if they were waiting for us. I told them about prom and showed them the dress.

"My baby sis is going to prom!" Ross said. He and Ryland called me their sister even though we aren't blood related, which I loved.

"Where's Riker?" I asked. Rocky and Ross rolled their eyes.

"He's out with female Satan," Ryland said.

Even though it had only been a day, we couldn't stand her. Nobody told Riker about our dislike towards Bianca because we all knew he was too blinded by "love".

"Oh."

11:30 pm

Riker still wasn't back. Most people wouldn't worry this early, but I couldn't help it. I was lying on the couch deep in thought until the front door quietly shut.

"Lanie, why are you still up? You've got school tomorrow!" Riker whisper yelled.

"I wanted to wait for you."

"Listen, you go to bed. I want to drive you to school tomorrow because I can tell you want to tell me something," he said.
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Sorry it took so long! More chapters have been written, I just have to edit them.