Guys Can Change

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Emma POV

I decided to just go for it. I needed to see how I felt.

Riker POV

I felt my and Emma's lips meet. It felt like way more than magic. It was way better than I ever imagined it could be. Not that I laid awake at night imagining it or anything. Ok, maybe I did...

I don't even know how long the kiss lasted. It was over before I knew it. My eyes locked with Emma's again. God, she was so pretty...

"Riker, can you please take me back to Rydel's? I just want to go home."

"Yeah... Sure..."

That's it!? She didn't even say anything about the kiss! What about our test date!? And was she still scared of me!?

I packed everything up in the basket. I led Emma back to my car, and opened the door for her. When I got in, and started driving, Emma started crying. I assumed it was because of her dad. She just stared out the window.

When we got home, Rydel was waiting for us at the front door. Emma was still crying, and when Rydel saw that, she seemed mad. After Emma went upstairs, Rydel grabbed my arm, and pulled me back outside.

"Riker, what the heck did you do to her!?"

"I didn't do anything!"

"Right. So she's crying for no reason."

"I think it's because of her dad."

"Or, is it because her date went horribly!? Riker, she told me it wasn't going very well when I called her."

"Rydel, I swear! I didn't do anything to her except..."

"Except what?"

"I kissed her."

"What!?"

"But she kissed back, so I think it's probably ok."

"I'll find out if it's ok or not, and if it's not, I'm seriously going to kill you!"

Rydel ran upstairs to her room. I was just so confused right now.

Emma POV

Rydel came bursting through the door, looking worried.

"What happened!? What'd he do to you!?" Rydel asked.

"He... nothing! He didn't really do anything."

"Why are you crying?"

"Because of my dad, Rydel!"

"Ok, I'll admit. That was a stupid question. What happened tonight?"

"Halfway through our car ride, he wanted me to put on a blindfold. I got really scared because I thought he was taking me into the woods to kill me or something, so I started crying. He took the blindfold off, and I told him I was scared. He told me he wouldn't hurt me, but I don't know if I believed that."

"Riker said you guys kissed."

"Oh... I was crying because you called. Riker told me I was beautiful, he wiped my face, and he started leaning in. Rydel, I swear I didn't know whether or not I was going to kiss him until the very last second."

"Why?"

"I just didn't know if I wanted to kiss him or not!"

"So why did you!?"

"I needed to do it so I could find out if I had feelings for him or not."

"Well?"

"Well, what!?"

"Do you have feelings for him or what!?"

"I don't know!"

"How can you not know!?"

"I just don't!"

"Well Riker seems to feel awful about how things went tonight."

"Whatever..."

"Emma?"

"What?"

"Can I ask you something?"

"What?"

"Ummm... never mind."

"Ok."

I grabbed some pajamas and changed in the bathroom. I made sure to wash off all the makeup Rydel had put on me. And my face actually didn't look too bad. It didn't have as much makeup smeared all over as I thought.

Riker POV

"So how'd it go?" Rocky asked as I got in bed.

"Uh... Not so well..."

"Really!?"

"Yeah. I think I just made things worse between us."

"Awww. I'm sorry. That sucks."

"I just don't understand her!"

"Why?"

"One minute, she's terrified of me. Then the next minute, she's crying into my shoulder over her dad because he's in the hospital right now. And then I..."

"What?"

"I kind of... kissed her..."

"Really!? That's awesome!"

"Yeah... well..."

"How was the kiss?"

"Well I thought it was the most amazing thing I've ever felt."

Rocky laughed.

"Ok, well what did Emma think of it?"

"I don't know... I just have no clue. I mean... She kissed me back. But then she wanted me to take her home. So I did, and she didn't say anything about the kiss or the date."

"Oh..."

"I'm so worried that I blew my chances with her. I really like her, Rocky!"

"Really?"

"Yeah!"

"Well... Maybe you can talk to her about it in the morning."

"Maybe..."

Rydel POV

"Alright, goodnight, Rydel," said Emma.

"Goodnight. Wait!"

"What?"

"Can I ask you something first?"

"Ok...? What?"

"Um... You know how you said you and Riker kissed?"

"Yeah...?"

"Well.... I was just wondering what you thought of it. Like... Did you like it?"

"Um... yeah... But you can't tell Riker I said that!"

"Why not?"

"Because I don't want him getting any ideas that I might like him. I want things to move at my pace, not his. When I'm ready, I'll decide we can take another step, if I decide I want to take a second step."

"Well... Alright. That seems fair."