"Hey Riley?" I call out, still staring at the sheet of paper in front of me.
"What's up?" he asks.
"I never learned this in high school. Help me out here," I say, showing him my homework.
"I don't get it. Good luck," he says, patting my back and laughing before walking away.
"Hey," I say. He turns around, and I point at my bed and the door. "Close it and sit."
He obeys and looks at me in confusion. "What's up?"
"Does Connor usually act like this?" I ask, letting the protector act go.
He chuckles. "Not at all. Like he said, he's not looking for a relationship, and that's because he's not ready."
"What do you mean?" I ask.
"Well, when Connor dated a girl for a couple of months, he wanted to keep it a secret for a little while because you know how the fans get. Anyways, she wanted to come out right away. He denied, and she broke up with him. Turns out she was just using him for the fame. Now he's afraid of it happening again," he explains. I nod, ans he gets up.
"Thank you for telling me," I say. He turns around in front of the door.
"Tell me this. Do you love him? I already know you like him. Toby and I already figured that out," he states. I slowly nod. "Are you in love with him?"
Am I? I've been here for about two weeks, but I learned a lot about him before he snapped. "I don't think I'm in love with him, but I do love him."
"Okay, just making sure. Toby and I don't care if you love him or not. We just want to see him happy."
"I'm guessing that's your way of giving me your blessing?" I joke. He nods seriously before walking out.
* * *
"Mrs. McDonough, I need your help!" I call out. She rushes in.
"What's the matter, sweetie?" she asks. I turn around.
"Help me with ny hair."
* * *
"This is amazing!" I exclaim. She curled the tips of my hair while pinning part of it back, and then she sprayed it with hair spray to keep it together.
"I'm glad you like it. Now, finish getting ready. I need to go check on the boys."
A/N: Hey guys! So, this chapter and the next chapter are going to be relatively short because I have three pictures I want to show you, but I can't put them all on one chapter, so I'm making two small ones a a big one. The picture on the side is her hair. Please vote and comment, giving ideas on how to improve the story! If you have an idea on what you want to happen next, tell me! I'm seriously going to take them into consideration (I have a feeling Celsie has a few ideas.) -Emily
