A Different Kind of Devotion (R5 Fanfiction)

Ryland's POV

I can't believe I found Kristie again! By the end of the day, my cheeks hurt from smiling so much.

I was laying on my bed, thinking about the day, when I heard a soft knock and then Hanaa stepped in.

"See, I told you you'd find somebody," she said quietly.

"I didn't just find somebody, I found the person I've loved since forever."

"Well let's hope you continue loving her forever," Hanaa patted my arm and left the room.

I'm so happy that Kristie is here again, but it kind of scares me that she came back to me through a near-death experience.

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Hanaa's POV

A week after Ryland and Kristie found each other, things are going good. Rocky and Livvie can move more freely, and Rocky got his "sense of humor" back.

Riker and I are walking on the beach one day, when I see someone I really don't want to see.

Obviously he sees me too, because he starts heading over.

"Riker, this is my old boyfriend Mick," I say when he arrives.

"So, what's up with you?" Mick asks.

"Riker, just go on ahead, I'll meet you there."

We're on an abandoned part of the beach, so Mick and I just stay where we are.

"Look Mick, I'm dating Riker now so go awa-" I was cut off by Mick shoving me into the sand.

I started to pick myself off, but Mick's fist came in contact with my face.

Riker's POV

I'm walking on the beach when I hear a loud scream. Hanaa! I rush back over to where I left her, and she's curled up in a ball on the ground. Mick is beating her with his fists, but she makes no move to fight back.

I run over and tear Mick away from her. As I'm shoving him across the beach, he manages to land one last hard kick on Hanaa's head.

I fall to my knees in front of her and inspect her body. She's bruised and bleeding in many places, but she's still alive, even after that kick to the head.

I pick Hanaa up, wedding style, and carry her back to my nearby house. Rydel sees me and runs out to start the car. On the way to the hospital, Rydel calls the front desk. We get the same nurse that helped us when Rocky and Livvie were there. When we get there, there is three paramedics waiting with a stretcher. They take Hanaa from my arms and allow me to follow them to the waiting room, but then they disappear behind a closed door.

I slump down in a chair and Rydel sits sits next to me until everyone else arrives.

Mom rushes over to me and wraps me in a hug.

"Oh my poor baby!" she cries.

I try to stay strong, for Hanaa, but I just can't. I sob quietly while Mom talks to a paramedic that came out of the room they took Hanaa into.

I feel someone touch my back.

"Riker, Officer Carlisle here wants to talk to you," Dad says, gesturing to a female police officer nearby.

"Well son, can you tell me who did this?" Officer Carlisle asks.

"A kid named Mick something, Hanaa's ex-boyfriend," I answer.

The officer grumbles. "I should've known. That kid is nothing but trouble!"

She strides out of the building muttering into her walkie-talkie. I catch snippets of conversation.

"...not first offense...find him...custody..."

I hope they find that scumbag so I can figure out why he did what he did.