Don't Look Back

Fighting

Ross's POV

I went to the couch to find my phone, I was going to show her the picture and tell her how I felt. "So, what is it?" I moved pillows and looked under the cushions. It was gone. "Actually, I'll have to show you later." We sat at the kitchen table, she had a glass of water in front of her, I took an apple from the fruit bowl in the center of the table. She said, "What happened last night?" I said, "Um, well, you drank way too much. So I brought you home and you went to bed." She asked, "How did I change?" I said, "Come on Sky, I didn't touch your tank top and I know you can't stand sleeping in jeans. It's not like I haven't seen anything before." She said, "Yeah, but it was weird waking up next to you without pants on. Why didn't you give me some basketball shorts?" I said, "Okay, next time I'm drunk you try dressing me." She said, "Fine. It's not like I haven't seen anything before either." I said, "Wait, what?" She said, "At camp one year, remember, you lost your swim trunks and running to your cabin before anyone saw you and you fell, I stood in front of you so no one could see." She laughed, I nodded, "Oh yeah, hey, well, what about that time you were changing in the bathroom and I didn't know if anyone was in there so I asked Rocky and Riker and they tricked me into going in." She laughed, "Your mom got so mad!" We were laughing and telling awkward but funny stories for a while then she said, "I gotta go, I'm helping Rydel teach her dance class in twenty minutes." I said, "Let me give you a ride." She nodded, "okay." I dropped her off and drove to Riker 's place. I knocked on the door and he said, "hey, let's go grab a coffee or lunch or something. I gotta talk to you. I was just about to head back over to your place." I was confused, "Back?" He said, "I'll explain later." We got in my car and we drove to a little sandwich place. "So what's up?" I asked he said, "I went to your apartment last night to grab my stuff, remember, you gave me your extra key." I said, "Oh shit."

He nodded, "Yeah, I was there when all of that you and Sky stuff happened." He handed me my phone, "This picture could change your life. You need to think about it a little bit before you show her." I  said, "Why?" I couldn't believe he was there when we said all of that stuff. "If you guys do ever break up one day your friendship will be over. I've never seen you more happy then when you're with her, you don't want to lose that." I said, "Why did you stay?" He said, "I left when you carried her upstairs for bed. But I was hiding in your kitchen, it would have been weird if I just got up and walked out while you guys were having a moment." I  said, "What if I took the chance? What if I did start going out with her? We'd be so happy. And if we ever break up, we'd still be friends." He said, "Would you?" I said, "Yeah, totally." I wasn't 100% sure though. Sky bottles up a lot. He said, "You know what? It's all up to you." He sounded like he was fed up with me. I he got up and was about to walk out, I said, "Riker wait, sit back down." He sat down, "What?" He said, irritated. I said, "Whats going on? Do you still have feelings for Sky?" He said, "Shes special, and I think she deserves a friend like you, and a good boyfriend, but you can't be both Ross." I said, "You didn't answer my question Riker, do you like Sky?" He said, "I've been in love with her forever, but she always chose you over me. So you know what Ross? You win. I give up." He got up and stormed out the door, I ran after him, but he was already gone. Sky was special. But she did tell me last night that she liked me too. I called Riker and he picked up, "What?" I said, "No, I don't win, this isn't a game, she's not a prize and we both know that." He said, "I know, but I don't want to fight with you over a girl." I said, "So what now?" He said, "Shes all yours." And he hung up. Today we all went to Rydel's dance class to watch. I was sitting next to Sky and Riker was standing in the corner of the room. Sky elbowed me, "Whats wrong with Riker?" I said, "He's upset." She said, "Should I go talk to him?" I nodded.

Sky's POV

I got up and walked over to Riker. I was hidden in his hoodie. "Riker?" He looked at me, "Yeah?" I said, "Are you okay?" He said, "Yeah." I said, "Do you mind if I stand here with you?" He said, "Yeah." I leaned my back on the wall. He sunk down so he was sitting on the floor. I sat down too, "What is going on Riker?" He said, "Nothing, I'm fine." He stood back up, he really didn't want to talk to me. I stood up too and said, "Riker, something's wrong, please tell me." He said, "Leave me alone." And he pushed me. It wasn't bad but I tripped over my foot and I fell over. Everyone stopped what they were doing and were staring. I looked at my arm, I had a scrape from my wrist to my elbow where it rubbed on the floor. It started bleeding, Riker looked at me then ran out. Ross ran over to me, he helped me up, I said, "What was that?" He said, "Are you okay?" I nodded, "Im gonna go home if that's okay." He said, "I can walk you." I said, "No, it's okay." He said, "Okay, I can talk to Riker if you want." I said, "No, I think I need to." I walked home and cleaned up my arm, it wasn't bad. Then I went over to Rikers apartment . I knocked at his door, he opened it. I said, "Im sorry." He said, "For what? I pushed you. I should be saying sorry." I said, "You were mad at me for something and I didn't leave you alone when clearly you wanted space. I'm sorry." He said, "No, I wasn't mad at you, I was mad at Ross, I just accidentally took my anger out on you." He invited me in and we sat on his couch. I said, "It's okay. Why are you mad at Ross?" He said, "It's a guy thing." I said, "Come on, more then half of my friends are guys." He said, "He's sort of claiming something he might not get." I said, "What is it?" He said, "That part I can't tell you." I said, "Thats okay."he said, "Im sorry I pushed you." I said, "It's okay, I stuck my nose where it didn't belong." He said, "But your a girl. You don't push a girl." I said, "You all treat me like I'm one of the guys one second, and the next you treat me like Rydel." He said, "Because things change, sometimes you wear jeans and a tank top and you play football with us, but then other times you wear a dress or heels and you cry." I said, "Um, so, what does that mean?" He said, "I really don't know what I'm saying." I laughed, he said, "I don't know what I'm even doing right now." I said, "What should you be doing?" He said, "Walking you back to the studio." I said, "Then lets go." I grabbed his hand and pulled him off the couch and we went  back to the dance studio. I was still holding his hand. I said, "Riker, how do you instantly go from sad to happy?" He said, "I guess, when I'm with you, it puts a smile on my face. I know that sounds stupid but, it does." I giggled, "You make me smile too." He gave me a kiss on the cheek. I blushed. When we got to the studio, Ross saw us holding hands. I let go of Riker's hand. And we sat down next to Ross. Ross whispered, "All good?" I nodded. After the dance class we all went out to lunch, under the table and  Riker’s foot brushed up against mine, I knew he did it on purpose but I acted like it was an accident, "Oh, my bad." And I moved my chair a little so we weren't so close. He shyed away a bit. I saw Ross smile at me from across the table.  I smiled back.

Riker’s POV

When we were alone, I told Ross about how I think Sky likes me, he wasn’t too happy about it. We ended up fighting, and then he ran off crying. I had a good shot with Sky, and I think I am ready to take it.