Life is the Long Game

Chapter 6

Warning, this chapter is quite explicit, read at your own risk!

Riley's POV:

I awake to the sound of Amelie crying for the first time tonight, I look over to the clock, it is 2am, she's really improving her sleeping habits, she's gone about 6 hours straight asleep. As her cries continue to get louder, I drag myself out of bed and notice Lucas isn't still laying there asleep. I make my way to Amelie's room, expecting him to be there and he isn't, so I pick up Amelie, and start feeding her as I walk round the apartment trying to find Lucas. He is sat on the couch drinking something.
"Did you not hear the baby screaming bloody murder?" He ignores me.
"Lucas? Hello? Anyone there?" I begin to raise my voice as I walk to in front of him. I notice he is drinking beer. How did he get that?
"What?" He says ignorantly.
"Why are you sat on the couch drinking beer at 2am when your daughter was crying the house down?"
"Because I am grieving. Sssh, let me grieve." He says, he is clearly drunk.
"You're drunk."
"And the sun is hot."
"How the hell did you even get alcohol?"
"Do I look 17 to you?"
"Why are you doing this Lucas?"
"Because I want to."
"Well, I am going to put our daughter back to bed before we continue this."
I take Amelie back to her room, quickly change her and place her back in the crib, where she quickly falls asleep. I storm back out to Lucas.
"Lucas, why are you being an asshole? And answer me straight!"
"Because, I don't know, I woke up and felt pissed off, and I wanted some beer!"
"That is no excuse!"
"And it's also none of your business!"
I laugh in disbelief.
"You see this?" I point at my engagement ring. "This makes it my business, and you gave me it so don't complain! I am your fiancé and the mother of your child, you tell me what makes you think it's appropriate to go out in the middle of a school night and get drunk?"
"Why are you so pissed off? Come on baby." He says coming up close to me. He tries to kiss me, he reeks of beer.
"Don't touch me!"
"But you're so beautiful and we haven't had sex since I proposed!"
"No! You are wasted! No means no!"
"Fine, I'll go pick some up from the street! They won't fucking complain you bitch!"
"If that's what you want! Just take this fucking ring with you and don't come back!" I throw the ring at his face.
"That's not fair Riley! It's your fault! You're the one who doesn't want to have sex with the fittest guy in the school!"
He is like Texas Lucas and is scaring me.
"J-JUST LEAVE LUCAS!"
"Mother-fucking bitch!" He says before taking the ring and storm out the house with the slam of the door.
I just break down and cry. Why was he being like this? He was in a good mood earlier, what had gotten in to him? And worse, who's he getting into now? Asshole.

I cry myself to sleep that night in the couch, and am awoke the next morning at 5am with Amelie crying. When I am finishing getting Amelie ready, Maya knocks on the door.
"Hey Riles!" She greets.
"Hi, look, can you watch Ams while I get sorted?"
"I like the new nickname, 'Ams', and sure, but where's Huckleberry?"
"I don't know, I'll tell you about it on the way to school."
"Okay, now go get ready it we'll be late."
"Wonder if he'll bother showing his face..." I mutter as we leave the house for school.