Dylan's Revenge

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Middle of the night...

Riley POV

I woke up crying from my nightmare. Dylan had tried to kill me, and I had just relived it again.

"R-Riker?" I whispered.

I gently shook Riker's shoulder until he woke up. He seemed really concerned when he saw that I was crying.

"Riley, what's wrong? Are you ok?"

"I had a nightmare with Dylan!" I whispered.

"Awww. It's ok."

Riker pulled me into a hug, and I softly cried into his shoulder.

"Riley, it's ok. Try to calm down, ok?"

Riker wiped the tears off my face, and looked into my eyes.

"It's just not fair!"

"What's not fair?"

"He's ruining everything, and he isn't even here! I can't go through the day without thinking about him, and now he's showing up in my nightmares! This isn't ok!"

"Riley, just try to calm down right now. When we get back home, maybe your therapist can do something to help."

"No, Riker. You don't get it. No one can help me! Nothing will make this go away! And it's killing me inside!"

"Shhh! Riley, calm down! Just breathe, ok? Breathe."

I held onto Riker tight, trying not to cry even louder and wake up Ross and Rydel. I tried to calm down and take deep breaths like Riker said.

"Riker, I want to go home."

"Riley, we're on a mountain."

"I want to go home."

"Riley... I don't think we'll be home for 2 more days. Can you try to make it until then?"

I sighed. There wasn't really anything I could do. He was right. We're on a mountain...

"I guess so..."

"Riley, you'll be fine, I promise. I'll help you through, ok? If you have any more nightmares, wake me up. And if you ever want to talk, just let me know."

"Ok. Thanks Riker."

"No problem."

"I love you."

"I love you too, Riley."

"Really? Even though I'm not the same girl you met a few weeks ago? I'm not a normal girl anymore!"

"I don't like normal, Riley. I like you."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Even though I wake you up in the middle of the night for something stupid?"

"First of all it's not stupid. And second, Riley, I'll always love you, no matter what. Now come on. You should really try to get some sleep."

"Ok..."

Riker made sure I was comfortable before he laid down next to me again. I loved how he cared about me so much. Especially since I was going crazy thinking about Dylan. Riker had so much patience... Well... Until the next day... That's when everything changed...

The Next Day...

Riley POV

I decided I wasn't going to take my pills today, even though my therapist said I should take them every day. I didn't want to be so tired today. And I wasn't really. But it felt like my brain was going to explode from all of my thoughts about Dylan. I was on edge, and I was just plain paranoid! But I wasn't tired...