Adopted by R5 - My story

Chapter 29 - Apology

That evening I didn't even bother to go downstairs to have dinner.
Rocky tried to get me to face Riker, though, but all I wanted was to be alone for a while.
"Hailie dinner's ready" he announced.
"I'm not hungry"
"Sure? Riker told me what happened" he gave me a sad smile.
"Yeah, it'd be awkward to be with him so I'll just stay here"
"I think you should talk to him. He wants to apologise"
"I do, too, but I need some alone time right now. I think I'll skip dinner"
"If that's what you want... but please talk to Riker, he's broken" and with that he left.
I sighed regaining my laying position on the bed.
Why did people have to argue? It isn't productive at all, since afterwards both sides feel bad, so why does everyone do that?
Maybe Riker had just had a bad day, but that doesn't give him the right to yell at people. And I knew he didn't mean to upset me, but bringing up Michael wasn't necessary and it still bothered me.
I hoped he didn't really believe I ignored him because of Michael because 1) it is silly and 2) he knows I'm not like that.
I tried to take a nap because I was really tired and the mixture of emotions I was feeling was tearing me apart.
I fell asleep soon but it wasn't a peaceful sleep, no dreams, no nightmares and basically no rest.
When I woke up I didn't feel really better than before. I glanced at my phone and saw it was 8pm: I had slept barely half an hour.
I remembered the previous argument and my need to apologise came back. I decided to make the first move: I headed to Riker and Rocky's room.
I lightly knocked on the door and waited until Rocky yelled a 'come iiiin'. I slowly entered the room and met the two boys' surprised look.
I met Riker's eyes and he quickly glanced away.
"Well... I guess I'll leave you guys alone" said Rocky standing up and exiting his room, only after giving me an encouraging smile.
He closed the door. Now it was only Riker and me.
I sat on Rocky's bed as the blondie took a deep breath and nervously scratched the back of his neck.
"First of all, I'm sorry for ruining your date" he started.
Then added, "and for yelling at you. I was just beyond worried when you didn't answer my calls"
"It's okay, I mean, I should have thought you would want to call me or whatever"
"Well yes, but I still overreacted. And I'm sorry about mentioning your dad" he said looking down, "you are an amazing daughter and I am the idiot here"
"No, you're not. And I overreacted, too, you know..."
He looked kinda relieved by now.
"So... we're even?"
"Yep" I replied smiling.
He motioned for me to come give a hug and of course I did. He squeezed me tight, when I remembered the last thing we still needed to clarify.
"Riker... what about Michael?". We pulled away and I bet he mentally face-palmed.
"Oh yeah, I'll call him to apologise for being rude. That poor guy didn't deserve anything of it"
"No, I mean, you said I couldn't see him until you said so"
He remembered and sighed.
"Nah, I was just mad. He makes you happy and I don't want to change that" he smiled.
"But promise me you will always answer that goddamn phone" he added in a warning tone.
"Pinky promise? " I suggested smirking.
After pinky promising, we went downstairs to join the rest of the family to play cards all together.
Before going to sleep I texted Michael (who was obviously confused about the whole situation) telling him that we had sorted things out.
I finally went to sleep after the tiring day: I had just experimented both my first kiss and first argument with Riker, and I was exhausted.