Love Interests

Chapter 17

Riley's POV:

"Okay the phone call was from my ex-boyfriend John, you know the one who came and forced himself onto me a little while ago. He basically told me that he found out we moved and he knows where we are. I have never been more scared because he told me that he was going to come see me soon and that I would always be his slave." I told everyone and before I could stop myself I was crying and shaking. Next thing I knew I was pulled into a pair of strong familiar arms. "Shh it's okay. I'm not gonna let anyone hurt you I promise." Tyler said trying to calm me down but all it did was make me cry even more. The Thought of anyone hurting Tyler because of me just sent chills down my spine and I knew that we would not be safe here for long. After what felt like hours, I finally stopped crying and I was able to go to the sink and get myself a glass of water. I was finally calm and to lazy to cook we decided we would go out to eat at a nice restaurant. Anna and I went upstairs headed to their houses to get ready promising to be back in about an hour. When they left Anna and I shared a look which showed my fear and her sympathy. It was these moments that I cherished the most because without even speaking, we were able to have a conversation together. I still remember the day we met like it was yesterday.

Flashback:

It was my first day of sophomore year and I was scared about who was going to be in my classes and if any of my new friends would be there. Being new to the school system, last year wasn't the best for me but somehow I had managed to get through it with a few good friends. The day seemed to fly by and to my surprise I found myself going to my new English classroom. English has never been my favorite class being as I was never too good at it. I walked in and I was happy to see that a few girls from my swim team were in that class as well as some familiar faces from other classes and classes last year. I lucky enough to find that there was actually another girl named Riley which turned out to be really fun for me. There was one person who had caught my eye though, there was a girl with very red hair and was about the same height as me and she seemed to show me a very welcoming and warm smile. I had never seen her around school before which wasn't that uncommon being as we were a bigger school than most. The only seat leftover was the one right in front of her so I made my way over towards her hoping that smile would lead to a nice person. Thankfully the girl whose name was Anna was as nice and welcoming as her smile and I was happy to know that I might have another friend in my English class. I soon was able to see that this girl Anna was pretty similar to me and we got along very well.

2 months later:

Anna and I had become the best friends and it was hard to imagine a life without her. Despite people's comments about how one day we would date, our special bond was one that could not be broken easily or at all. It was Friday afternoon and I was having a mini-heart attack being as I was going to meet her entire family on Saturday. Luckily they were very nice people and I got along very well with them. After that day we became even closer and after she met my family we knew it would be hard to get apart from each other and believe me we weren't complaining. We knew that the plan we had made one day in English would in fact happen. Anna was a gift to me from God and I thank him everyday for that.

Anna had been with me through all the hard times, good times, and memories that we made. When my Nana had died, I thought my life would be over, she was one of my favorite people and when she was taken by God I had felt as if my world came crashing down in front of me. She was one of the kindest people I knew and it had been days since I had eaten or gotten out of my bedroom and thankfully Anna was there to help me get through it. Anna was the only person other than my family that knew the special bond that I had with my Nana so naturally people had started to talk about me and being the strong person I am I chose to ignore them and focus on getting better and back to school. When it came time for me to deliver a speech to our class during graduation, I had no idea where to start. Finally I had decided it was time to open up to everyone about my Nana.

Flashback:

It was the morning of graduation and after fixing up my speech yesterday, I knew that I was ready and made sure not to put any makeup on in case I cried. Knowing me that would probably happen so I made sure to pack a few extra tissues in my pockets. After rehearsing for the 100th time we drove to the school and I walked to my seat next to Anna after saying goodbye to my parents. "Riley are you sure you can do this I'm sure we will all understand if you can't. You can always not talk about it." "Anna I love you thank you, but I need to do this. This will be good for me I know it!" Before I knew it the ceremony had begun and I was being called up to the stage to say my speech. "Now let's give a round of applause to our very own Riley Fannon. I walked up to the podium and to my surprise I was feeling excitement. "Hi everyone how are you all doing today? Yeah me too I get it graduations can be boring but I can promise you mine will only make you fall asleep for a few minutes before the person next to you accidentally hits you. Yeah I'm talking about you guys in the back don't think I don't see y'all." I said gaining a small laugh from the people in the crowd. "Let me give you a rundown of my high school career and how it went for me......"

To Be Continued