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Chapter 17

Riley's POV

"Hi, can I sit here?", a voice beside me suddenly asked.
I looked up and saw James standing there.

"Yes sure", I answered looking to him.
Now we were sitting silently on the bench in Studio-A, it was strange having him beside me after such a long time.
"How are you?", he asked me.

"I'm fine, how was California?", I asked him, looking down.
"It was good, but I missed you", he said and looked to me.

I looked up meeting his eyes, what made me feel perplexed.
"James,..I", I stopped in the middle of the sentence, because I didn't know what to say.
"You don't have to say it, because I know you missed me too", he said smirking.

I tried to hide it, but ended up smiling too.
"You're just stupid", I said laughing.
"And you love it", he said smirking even more.
"Stop it", I said pushing him.

He laughed.
"I have to go, I have something to do", I said quickly standing up, I wouldn't hang out with James now that I was trying to recover from him.
"Okay, see you", he said.

James's POV

I walked through the corridor from The Next Step.
Than I spotted Charlie walking in the opposite direction, as he saw me he flinched.
"Hey Charlie, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry about yesterday", I said, he stopped.
"It's okay", he told me.

I fast grabbed his wrist and dragged him down, so that his face was on the level of my thigh.
"If you hurt my Riley, on some way, I am going to kill you, get it?", I asked him tightening my grip on his wrist.
"Yes, yes", he answered.

I let go of his wrist.
"Okay", I said whilst he, rubbed his wrist.
I think he was afraid of me.
Riley came in our direction, so I quickly changed my face expression.

"So we're friends?", I asked smiling to Charlie.
"Yeah", he said looking to Riley.
"Hi", she said approaching us.
"Hi", Charlie said pecking her on the lips.

My tummy turned at the sight of that.
I had to control me, to prevent from punching him again.
"I have to go now", I said.
"Okay", Riley said with a expression that looked kind of sad.