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Chapter 5

Riley's POV

James and I were sitting at Hidalgos chatting about dance and the band.
He said he wanted to talk to me, so I came.

"Yesterday I showed Kate my point solo and she loved it", I said to him nipping on my orange juice.
"That's great, but Riley I have to tell you something and..I don't know...how", he said making me nervous.
"Just say it"

"OK, my mum got a job, "That's awesome ", I said interrupting him.
I don't know what the problem is he kept talking about how he hates that his mother was always at home.
"Yeah, but the problem is that it ...isn't in Toronto.. It's in California"

I think at the moment he said that my world fall apart.
I hoped it would be just a nightmare and I would wake up any second in my bed and would be relived, but it wasn't so it was real, James would move to California, in this moment my tears start to flow.

James's POV

I watched Riley carefully, first she just stared at me like I was crazy, but then she started crying.
I took her hand, but I guess that wasn't my best idea, because after that she started sobbing.
I stood up and walked to her side .

"Riley", I said kneeling me on her side.
"Don't cry, I'm coming back I promise",I said, but she continued looking at the wall behind my chair and crying.
I stood up and laid my arms around her, she started crying into my shoulders.
"Do you want to go home", I asked her.

She nodded and stood up.
I took her hand in mine and we were just about to go out as Chloe and Giselle came into Hidalgos and came to us.
"Hey, Oh my god Riley what's up why are you crying?", Chloe asked worried.
Riley started sobbing again and I hold her close to me.

"I think it's better, if we talk about that later", I said.
They both nod and we walked out to my car.

We were on the way to Riley's house and she was staring out of the window, not talking.

Sometimes she would sob quietly.
I wanted to say something encouraging, but I think that in this moment I could say nothing that would help her.
I tried taking her hand in mine, but she just took her hand away.

It felt terrible that she was suffering because of me, I wanted her to smile or to talk, but she didn't even looked at me.
I parked in front of her house and was just about to go out of the car as she stormed to her door and rang the doorbell.
I got off the car and went to her.

Emily opened the door and was surprised at seeing Riley in tears.
"Riley, what's up?", she asked worried.
Riley just ignored and ran into the house up the stairs into her room.

Emily looked at me.
"What happened?", she asked me signifying to come in.
She went to the living room and sat on the couch.
I came to her and sat beside her.

"My mum got a job in California", I said looking to the stairs.
"You're moving?", she asked.
"Yes", I said looking to her.
"That explains a lot", she said.
"Do you think I should go to her?", I asked hoping she would say yes.
"No, I think it's better if you let her calm down", she answered.

I hate to admit it, but she was right, I have to let Riley calm down, before we can talk properly.
So I nod and went home.

Hope you enjoy the Chapter.