Growing to Love You *ON HOLD*

1 | Well, Honey You Have No Choice

I'm not one for agreeing with Alex Greene, but oh boy I couldn't have been more proud of our protest.

"NO" Alex and I said in unison.

"Absolutely not" I repeated.

"Riley its only for three months. You will be fine, I promise. Your father and I really need to close this deal with Whitmore Enterprises and they need us there in Washington." My mother sighed.

Three months. I gave a short dry laugh.

No thank you.

"Alex , sweetie" Mrs. Greene grabbed her sons arm. "It's the least we can do for the Whethers."

Alex turned to look at my mother, momentarily glancing at me in the process.

"With all due respect, Mrs. Whethers, I disagree" Alex said with a smug look on his face.

"Alex!" Mrs. Greene snapped. "Do not talk to her like that."

I rolled my eyes. Typical delinquent behavior.

"I agree with Alex" I said in a bored tone, causing him to snap his eyes to mine.

Those stupid green eyes of his.

I used to love those eyes back when we were civil with each other. Such simple times those were. I felt my heart tug. It was a feeling I pushed so far back into my soul that it was foreign feeling it again. But before I even thought of letting past feelings resurface, I shoved them back down along with the knot in my throat.

Things are different now, and they will never go back to how they used to be. Never.

I snapped out of it as soon as I started feeling nostalgic and replaced my blank expression with a scowl.

My mom took a deep breath. "Well. Honey, you have no choice".

My mother turned to Alex. "With all due respect, Alex, I am afraid it's not up to you, nor Riley. Mrs. Greene and I have already discussed this with each other 3 weeks prior to today, and we thought as a courtesy to let you both know of the situation".

My eyes bulged out of their sockets.

I can't believe her.

Alex's facial expression mirrored my thoughts.

"Me and your father will be leaving tomorrow morning. Have everything packed as soon as you can. We will drop you off at their house on our way to the airport" my mother said with finality in her voice.

What. The. Hell.

"Unbelievable" I muttered under my breath.

I stood up and sped off into the direction of my room.

Of all the people in world it had to be me.

I slammed my door loud enough for everyone to hear.

I heard faint talking and then the click of the front door. My mother walked past my room whistling, until I heard her footsteps retreating, then finally the click of her bedroom door.

She didn't even bother to come lecture me about storming off in front of our company. That's how I know she could care less.

I groaned and threw myself on my pink floral bed.

I wouldn't be making such a huge deal out of this if the business trip wasn't so long.

Three months of seeing Alex. Smelling Alex. Talking to Alex.

I can't do it.

My breathing started to accelerate.

I cant.

I laid there with my arm slung across my face as I attempted to calm myself down.
I will NOT have a panic attack over him.

I refuse.

A few seconds later I heard the sound of an engine.

I got up and looked outside my window to see Alex peel out of my driveway in his black mustang with his mother in the front seat. For just a second, I could see his frustrated expression through his windshield. And then, the only evidence of his presence was the smoke left behind from the exhaust of his car.

I grumbled and walked back to my bed. I sat down with my head in my hands. I could feel another migraine coming on.

Fantastic.

I got up and walked to my restroom and opened my medicine cabinet. I opened the pill bottle and popped two pills in my mouth and swallowed them.

I looked into the mirror and saw dull brown eyes staring back at me. The bags under my eyes emphasized the paleness of my skin, and the black curly mess on my head completed the homeless look that I was not intentionally going for.

I rubbed my neck and I sighed in defeat.

I walked over to my closet and grabbed a suitcase and a duffel and threw them on my bed. I muttered strings of curse words under my breath as I threw my clothes into the bag.

*******Decided to revise the whole thing because why not? Its been a long time so I figured I'd give it another shot. xxx - Kiana ******