Guys Can Change

Chapter 12

Chapter 12

The next day...

Emma POV

I sat down on the couch next to Rocky.

"What's up, Em?"

"Do you know where Riker is? I haven't seen him all day!"

"Oh uh... Yeah. He's in our room"

"Awesome. I need to talk to him."

I ran up the stairs 2 at a time, and knocked on Riker's door. We needed to talk about last night. I was surprised he hadn't hunted me down yet.

"Riker?" I called.

Nothing still...

I pushed the door open a little. Riker was facing away from me in bed.

"Riker?"

"Go away."

"Riker, we have to talk about last night."

Riker sat up suddenly. I could see he'd been crying.

"Emma, I know I'm not perfect. And our date last night was nothing even close to perfect. But... I just love you!"

Riker started crying again. It was weird seeing him like this since I remember him acting all bad boyish. He covered his face with his hands, and I sat down next to him.

"Riker."

"What?"

"Can we talk about last night?"

"Do we have to?"

"Yeah."

"Fine..."

"Um... So about those 2 guys following us..."

"That was scary."

"I know. Riker, before that though, the whole restaurant thing... It was kind of a disaster."

"I know... I'm sorry I was such a klutz."

"I don't really care if you're a klutz or not. Riker, what mattered to me last night was how you acted when those 2 guys were following us."

Riker's eyes widened.

"What did I do wrong!?" Riker asked, crying harder.

"No! You didn't do anything wrong, actually... Um... You were amazing."

"What?"

"Riker, when we were walking down the road and I told you they were getting closer to us... You put your arm around me, and you had me hold onto you. You protected me. No one's ever done that for me before. And I loved that feeling."

Riker kind of looked at me sideways.

"Riker, the point is, the date part of last night was a disaster. But on our way home, you showed me the real side of you, and that's where it really counted."

"So?"

"So, I'm giving you another chance."

"Really!?"

"Yeah... But the next date you take me on... Just relax, ok? You need to relax. Maybe then you won't knock anything over."

Riker laughed.

"Ok..."

Later...

Emma POV

"Ready?" Riker asked, coming into the kitchen.

"Ready for what?"

"I thought maybe we could do our third test date here. Just at home. Then, if I spill anything on you, you can just go change. And we won't have to walk home with people following us."