Picture This (An R5/Riker Lynch fanfic)

Chapter 23

"I swear last night was one of the best nights of my life!" Jeremy exclaims, flopping down on MY bed, idiot.

"Yeah... Get your dirty body off my bed" I groan, shoving him off.

"Who spit in your morning tea?" he snapped back.

I rolled my eyes and began unpacking stuff from when we slept over at the Lynches' place.

It was really honestly the best night of my life. I mean for real. Jeremy and Riker actually started to get along, I hope it doesn't affect the plan though, yet, I'm happy for both the boys.

"Are you okay?" Jeremy said abruptly, snapping me outa my thoughts.

"Yeah, why?" I replied, nonchalantly.

"Cuz you just stared in a distance and sighed longingly. OOH! It's Riker isn't it? Obviously it is!" he says, jumping up and down like an excited school girl. "Which reminds me, why the plan in the first place?" he stops jumping and yanks me to the floor to sit next to him.

"Okay fine well, I kinda have a crush on him..."

"Well no shit Sherlock" he mumbles sarcastically, which I obviously ignore and go on.

He can be such a piss off I swear I don't know how I'm still friends with him, just the thought of that amuses me.

"And cuz well, I kinda has a history with him and stuff" I start, and scan Jeremy's face for a sign to continue.

He's bitting his nails, I don't know what for but I go on anyway.

"Before I moved to Asia, I lived in Colorado and was neighbours with Riker. My name initially was Clarissa Annabelle Sheers, but then my actual family died in a car crash, therefore I was moved to Asia and my name was changed to Clarissa Maggie Chester and then therefore I ran away here became Mikayla Peyton Adams. Riker thinks I died along with my real family, wouldn't blame him, I was sorta wiped off the face of the earth and whatnot. And up til now, he's still suffering from the bit depression from that, so anything related to me or Clarissa in this case, he'll blow. And obviously I like him, love him even, and I saw him smooching with the chick Tiffany and he was acting like a total ass and you showed up in time and therefore the plan to make him have a taste of his own medicine and to see if he likes me back. Come to think of it, I doubt he will now after the way I've treated and been so unfair to him" my voice cracks, I hadn't even known I was crying til Jeremy had leaned forward to wipe away the tears falling non stop from my eyes.

"Hey hey hey, it's okay. I'm sure the plan is working, and even if it doesn't, Riker's missing out on a lot" Jeremy says, smiling at me reassuringly.

"Thanks man" I sniffle, drying my face.

"Erm... So I guess this is a bad time to say I'm going back to Asia?" he asks after a few minutes of silence, scratching the back of his neck.

"No dude I get it. You do have a family back there, who care about you, and who need you" I pat him, trying to assure him that it's fine with me.

He nods, and we sit in comfortable silence, not really cuz that one question I really had to ask him.

"When exactly do you leave?"

"Tomorrow"

I launch myself at him and attack him with a hug.

"I'm gonna miss you so much. You've done so much to help me" even though whatever I said came out muffled in his shoulder, he seemed to understand.

"Right back at you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have opened up. I was so used to faking the hardcover of my book, that when you eventually got to read me, you'd be mind blown" he chokes out.

"Even knowing that you babble rubbish when you're upset , I was able to understand that. And don't forget the part about using your emotions rather than being so cold and heartless, sort of, to everything" I pull back, giving him a weak smile.

"I still disagree with that. Every time I deal with something that infuriates me, I always end up extremely pissed and shaking all over. I feel like some girl on their period" oh no he didn't.

"Now there's that asshole I know and love" I try to keep a scowl on my face and just end up laughing along with the ass sitting in front of me.

"Come on, we better figure out some way to tell the Lynches that you gotta go back. How though?"I get up and cross the room to the door.

After a while of scrunching his eyebrows together, he snaps his damn finger like he usually does when he get some smart, I mean stupid, idea of his.

"We could say that we broke up? And that this was a summer love?" he suggests.

That's not too bad of an idea actually.

"More like summer lust, or love affair. Ugh. Why'd anyone want to do it with you?"

"I don't know, you tell me. I've never had a crush on me"

Fair point.

"You have though" he adds on.

"Don't even talk about that. That was just wrong and I did not know what I was thinking. It was camp man, I was stashed up with girls and gossips, can't blame me" I throw back defensively.

"Or am I just that irresistible?" he teases, bitting his lip and wiggling his eyebrows.

"Control the two squirrels on your face Jeremy, they might leap off your face in search for nuts"

"But I have nuts right here" he teases further, unbuttoning his jeans and taking it off, letting it pool at his legs.

#NoWords

"Like what you see?" he says, striking a supposedly sexy male model pose.

"I can't decide if I'm speechless by the choice of your underwear or the fact that you had your fly down the whole time and you didn't know til just"

He was wearing blue underwear with white hearts all over, what just happened

"Wha-Hey!" he yells, finally deciding to show some shame. Gosh he literally has no shame...

"So how about we go with my plan?" he says finally pulling his pants back on.

"Yeah. For once, one of your ideas don't suck" I comment, a little impressed.

"I guess I just have that kind of effect on people" he says, winking and then going off for a shower.

I decided to text Rydel about the plan as soon as possible before it slipped my mind.

To: Rydazzling Delly

Me- Delz, new plan. Jeremy is going back tomorrow. We decided to call the thing we had 'A Summer Love Affair' and we can work from there onwards.

Her- Okay. By the way, Rocky just texted me, I don't know why. Saying that Riker has been asking questions about how you and Jeremy met and so on. You don't think he suspects, do you?

Me- Shit. He might ask you next. Don't come clean. Let him keep asking and then you ask him once he's done interrogating you.

Her- Aye aye Captain. So, I take it that we're sending Jeremy off tomorrow?

Me- Got that right

Her- Okay. I hear someone walking towards my room. Don't text me til I give you the safe word: Grey. I'm gonna delete this conversation. TTYLXOX

Me- TTYLXOX and good luck x

And now, we wait. Wait no, I gotta go and take a shower.

I get up and run to the shower, switching on 5 Seconds of Summer's new album and putting it on shuffle.

Social Casualty comes on, hmm, been meaning to play this on Logan, my new electric guitar mom and dad bought me, maybe later.

I allow the warm water to wash away all my worries for now and it indulged in the warmth and music.

After I was done showering, what else to do but rock out? Jeremy was probably still showering anyways, he sweats like a pig all the time, no matter where we are, he sweats for no reason.

I plugged my guitar into my amp after tuning in and just starting rocking out, I literally mastered everything within a week due to my dying passion of becoming like any artist, with the ability to sing and play the guitar beautifully at the same time.

Within 4 hours, the sun finally started dipping into the horizon and I heard Jeremy knocking on my door, calling me down for dinner.

I kept everything and went downstairs, following the scent of pizza.

PIZZA FOR DINNER! TAKE THAT BITCHACHOS!!

"So Jeremy, I heard you're going back tomorrow?" my mom asks, as Roshon does a spitake, showering me with pizza and loads of saliva.

"WHAT?! But it's been such a joy having you here!" Roshon says with an accusing tone, probably remembering the prank call we pulled on him the night before.

The three of us burst to laughter as the adults wait, amused, watching us wheeze as we try to gain control of ourselves.

"Yep. As much as I like it here with you guys, I have my own family" Jeremy replies.

"It's been a pleasure having you around son. You'd better come back for a visit" my dad says, patting him on the back.

"Sure thing" is all he says.

All kinds of conversations are exchanged at the table as I finish up my dinner and go up to my room, only to find my phone ringing madly on my bed.

Rydel's name came across the screen.

"Rydel?" I ask, with a tone of worry in my voice.

"Claire, I think Riker knows"

My mouth goes dry.

I clear my throat and try to keep from going into a panic attack.

"Meaning he knows who I really am or the plan?"

"The plan. He didn't mention anything about your history. He only claimed that he knows it was fake and but he doesn't know the reason behind it"

How could he have found out?

"I don't know how he found out, but it's best if you act totally oblivious, as it you're totally innocent, as if I hadn't told you anything" Rydel hisses, sounds really anxious.

"Rydel, chill out. If that's all he knows, then I might just have to confess to him my feelings and hope that it'll still be okay with whatever there is between us" I try to keep an assuring tone in my voice, but it betrays me and only gives a vibe that says otherwise.

"Okay. We'll meet you guys tomorrow at...-?" she asks.

"2, at In and Out Burger. I heard that Jeremy's flight is at 4:30, we could probably have a late lunch at the airport"

"Okay. See you then"

"Bye" then I hang up.

I crawl over to my window and peep out, sure enough, he is there watching my every move.

Creepy, I know. I'm just hoping that it's not out of anger...

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Hey guises! Guess who's back???

Totally sorry for the super long break.

What with my GCSEs I just couldn't find time to get creative, that and my mum changed the wifi and even though I had the password, the admin had to accept the device. How now brown cow? My dad found my iPod hah. But he's cool now I suppose.

I'll be writing at night, posting every hmmm... Today is Tuesday here in Asia so I'll post on Tuesday. Well wherever you are I WILL post regularly now.

Since I owe y'all crazy a lot, I'm posting 2 chapters today, this and 24.

I bet you'll like them too. Cuz there's resolution between the characters, not fully but good enough for happiness.

-MockingKay xxx