The Love That Went Between Us:Rio Lane's Story

chapter 3

I look at him leaning by his car. I really do need a ride.. I fix my glasses. "No thank you, I'm waiting for my dad who is taking forever to come." He smirks at me. "Are you going to wait another hour because you look like a lost dog looking for it's owner." "How did you know I've been waiting for an hour already? Wait. Have you been there the whole time!? Ugh! Why couldn't you offer me a ride earlier or at least a half hour earlier?" "So you do want a ride?", he walks towards me. I fix my glasses and nod no. "Are you sure Rio? I will take you home. I don't want you waiting out here anymore. It's not safe." I cross my arms and look away. He grabs my hand and makes me look him in the eyes. "Want to know how I recognized you? Your eyes.. I can never forget your eyes. Your beautiful eyes make me think back in when we were kids in school. Believe it or not, boys liked you a lot and I would tell them that you didn't like them and that you liked me. One day one of the boys tried to ask you out, that was the day I got in a fight with him remember?". Oh yeah, that fight. I nod. "I taught him a lesson. Never go after girls that will be mine." I blush and cross my arms again. I'm not anyone's. Except for my father. Tyler McMillan. You disappointed me. I look at him and he looks back. His striking blue eyes and sleek black hair make you want to fall for him badly but I was not that type of girl. I knew better. I sigh and walk to his car. He smiles and opens the car door for me. Thank you..

"Do you like music?", he places his hand on the radio. "Sure." "Oh my God it's a miracle! You can speak!". I laugh and punch his arm. "Hey hey! I'm the driver. You can't distract the driver otherwise we'll....", he stares at the steering wheel. I look at him with a confused look. "We'll what?". Tyler sighs and looks at the road again. "Nothing..". I stare at him for a while until he turns and smiles at me. I fix my glasses nervously when I'm actually blushing and fixing my glasses as an excuse. "Tyler.. I'm sorry..". He turns at me. "For what? You don't have to be sorry about anything. Look I get it, you've been at Colorado for a long time already, but you're here now and now this time I won't lose you." I sigh. "I was talking about earlier today, at lunch. I was acting rude, but I couldn't talk to you after seeing you holding other girls." I look at the window and see little children at the playground. Tyler parks his car and grabs my hand. He must have a habit of grabbing people's hands. "Look Rio, those girls were people who donated and raised money to pay for my surgery after the car accident. I was thanking them for what they did and everyone was glad to have me back. I didn't want anything intimate with them. I would never do that to anyone if they're not you.". I gulp and look at him. Y-You want to be intimate with me?

He continues driving and we finally arrive at my house. My hands shake trying to open the door. Does he really want to be intimate? With me?.. "everything alright? Do you need help opening the door?". I turn and smile at him. He gets out of his car and opens the car door for me. I nod and smile. He smiles and closes the door. "Should I take you to your door?". I felt a face palm moment. "No No, i-it's fine.". I unlock my door. "See? I'm fine. Nothing to worry about!". He smiles and clicks at me. "See you at school tomorrow Rio, goodnight.". He gets in his car and drives to his house, which happened to be in front of mine. Oh great. I go inside. "Dad,I'm home! Why didn't you come and pick me up!?". I see a note on the fridge.

Out on a date. Food is in the microwave. Call if you need anything! Love ya sweetie (:

- love dad

Wow. Instead of leaving a note on the fridge why not call me first!?! How else would I find a note on the fridge when I haven't even came home yet!?!