Love Interests

Chapter 20

Riley's POV:

"I didn't want to tell the boys, but I think I need to go somewhere to hide. He told me he knows we live here and that he was going to come over so watch my back. I can't go back into depression again you know how bad it was when my Nana died, I can't ever deal with that again. I know you are gonna tell me that you are here for me, but this decision isn't about me. I'm afraid that Tyler is gonna get hurt in the process and I won't be able to forgive myself if that happens. Anna I'm in love with him and him getting hurt will only make it worse for me. I need you to do me a favor, I'm gonna leave tonight and go to Australia and live with my Aunt and Uncle for a little while and I need you to distract the boys. Go out with them and tell them that I will be fine not going and I just need some time alone. Do whatever you can and then I'm gonna write a note and some of my dresses he likes and a note, let him come up to my room and he will find it all there. Please do this for me." I pleaded to Anna."Riley I don't know if I can, that would mean leaving you and I Can't do that. I can't lie to them I love you way too much." Anna replied tears coming out of her eyes at a steady pace. "Anna I love you too I promise to call and text and it will only be for a little bit. I need to do this please." "Okay fine but if you're not back in 2 months I'm going to come over there myself and drag you back here." "Okay that you. Now let's get you ready to go what do you say?"

30 minutes later Anna was ready to go and I said goodbye to her for a little while and I started to tear up again. I heard some fighting going on downstairs and heard someone coming up the stairs. Next thing I knew all 3 of them came into my room. "Riley are you sure you don't want to come with us?" Tyler said with a worried expression. "Yeah I'm sure thank you though I'll see you guys later I just want to stay inside and watch the Voice." With that Jamie and Anna left and Tyler came to give me a kiss. "Riley I love you okay? I want you to feel safe and I promise I will protect you." "I love you too Tyler. I'll see you later." With that he also left the room after giving me a passionate kiss on my lips. Leaving him was going to be so much harder know but I knew it had to be done. Not only for my sake, but for the sake of everyone that I loved. I started to pack all of my stuff into a carryon suitcase leaving behind a few of the items Tyler told me he loved on me. I took not only my Seguin jersey, but 2 of the sweatshirts he gave me that still smelled of him. After packing about half of my room and leaving a few pieces of clothing on the bed, I began to write 3 different notes. I wrote 1 to Anna,1 to Jamie, and of course, 1 for Tyler. I started to write one to Anna thanking her for all she has done and explain time zones and that I would call or texted when I landed. I then went on to the one for Jamie:

Dear Chubs,

I know that me leaving is a bit of a surprise for you and I hope that you aren't mad at Anna for her lying to you because that was what I asked her to do. I left for a little while and I don't know when I will be back but I can promise you this won't be the last you see of me.I will ask of you one thing, don't ask Anna where I am because it's best for everyone to not know where I am. I want you to know that I will be cheering on the Stars from where I am and please don't let Tyler do anything bad. I want you to know how much I appreciate you all and that I love you all very much. If you want to mail me letters, which I know you won't, give them to Anna she knows my address and I promise you that they will make there way over here. I hope this doesn't ruin our friendship.

Love always,

Riles

If I thought writing Jamies letter was hard, I had no idea how I was going to write Tyler's, but lucky for me it just came easily.

Segsy,

I Want to start off telling you how much I love you. This may be a surprise to you and I want you to know this is not your fault at all. I left to protect you. You may not understand it yet but I promise that it was the best thing to do. I left you a few of your favorite stuff to show you how much I love you. I want to ask 2 things from you and if you can do these I promise you won't feel too bad. 1 please don't ask Anna where I am, that would defeat the whole plan of keeping you safe. She knows where I am and I will keep her updated on me and how I'm doing. 2I ask that we not keep in touch at all. I love you and I hope you know that but I can't bear to have the pain of leaving you behind and the thought of hurting you more. I'm not that special and I promise that you will find someone much better than me. I hope that when I come back I will see you making someone better than me happy like you've made me happy. I love you and goodbye.

Love always,

Riley

P.S. don't look for the sweatshirts I couldn't bear to leave them behind, knowing I could have lost all of you forever. I will always love you. I also left 500 dollars for you to buy that new video game you wanted. Think of it as an early birthday present.

After placing the note with the clothes and 500 dollars, which I put a sticky note to so that he could be able to buy that new video game he wanted that I was gonna buy for his birthday. After leaving that I got my stuff and went to the kitchen and left the note for Jamie and Anna on the counter top. The cap then got there and I left watching the house I grew to love behind, hoping that this was the best thing for me to do.