Secrets

Chapter 19 : Jen's decision

A/N : This chapter is dedicated to @snapitzmariyah for voting and commenting on the last chapter and previous chapters. She wanted me to update, so here ya go! And, I'll finish uploading this book today! ;) ~Kylie 

Chapter 19

Later...

Jen POV

I heard knocking on my front door, so I dragged myself up to go answer it. I was still kind of crying, but I honestly didn't care who saw me like this. I didn't really care about anything anymore.

I opened the door to find Mike. And he came inside.

"What's wrong?" Mike asked.

"Riker broke up with me because I was keeping secrets."

"Oh. So then you made your decision. You want to be with me, right?"

"No..."

"What do you mean, no?"

"I haven't decided, ok?"

"But he broke up with you! Don't you want to make him jealous?"

"No! I'm not mean! He's upset about this too!"

"If you're not with him anymore, then why can't you be with me?"

"Because maybe I don't want to!"

"Jen-"

"No! Stop! Let me speak! You keep assuming that I want to be with you more than Riker. I might not be over you yet, but I like Riker too! And this isn't fair to him!"

"I was your boyfriend first!"

"I don't care! That doesn't matter!"

Riker POV

I decided to go sit out on my porch and get some fresh air. I was regretting breaking up with Jen. I know she has anxiety, and if she doesn't want to tell me, she shouldn't have to. I shouldn't be pressuring her. And, I broke my promise! But then again, what if she is cheating on me?

I heard loud screams all of a sudden. I got up, and bolted across the street.

Mike had Jen pinned against the wall. I ran over, grabbed around his waist, and pulled him to the floor.

"Tell him! Tell him about our date, Jen!" Mike shouted.

"It wasn't a date!"

"There was a kiss involved! I'd call that a date!"

I struggled to stay on top of Mike. He was stronger than I was. And in one quick movement, I was on the bottom, and he was on the top.

"Tell him, Jen! He should know about our date, and how you ran out to hide from him and his family!"

Jen was just sitting on the floor a few feet away, crying.

"Go ahead, Jen. Or I'll tell him for you."

Jen shook her head no.

"Alright, fine. I'll tell him," Mike said, staring down at me.

I winced slightly. Multiple things were hurting since I was being pinned to the floor.

"See, Jen agreed to go on a date with me the other night. She didn't tell you. And while we were there, your family came in and got seated behind us. Jen snuck out so you wouldn't catch her. And then before I dropped her off back at home, we shared a kiss."

I kept trying to get out from under him, but he was too strong.

"And, she's been trying to decide who she wants to be with. You, or me. She can only be with one person. And that one person is me."

He started trying to choke me. I was practically gasping for air. It was already hard enough to breathe with him sitting on me.

I started making all these weird noises. I could barely get any air in my lungs, and everything was starting to become all fuzzy.

"STOP HURTING HIM!"

Jen pushed Mike off of me. I sat up, gasping for air. It sort of felt like I was going to throw up.

"Mike, just get out of my house! I'm never getting back together with you! I thought you were different, but you're not!"

Mike shoved Jen against the wall again. I got up, and pulled him away from her. He grabbed my wrists tight, holding me still.

"Fine. I'll leave. You two have a nice night."

He kicked me hard between the legs, and I fell down screaming in pain.

Jen POV

Mike ran out the door. I locked it, and then ran over to Riker, who was crying on the floor now in a crumpled heap.

I was crying too as I sat down next to him. He was lying face down on the floor. I gently rubbed his back.

After a little while, Riker's crying stopped, but mine didn't. He slowly sat up, and stared at me.

"Is it true?" Riker asked, with a scratchy voice.

"What?" I whispered.

"Did you go on a date with him?"

"I did, but it wasn't a date. He just wanted to talk to me about some things. But it wasn't a date."

"What about this kiss?"

"Before he dropped me off, he kissed my cheek. I jumped out of his car after that. I didn't kiss him, and I didn't want to."

"You swear?"

"I swear, Riker!"

"Then why didn't you just tell me all this in the first place?"

"Because you were mad when you found me in his hospital room! I didn't want to make you mad again because I didn't want you to hurt me!"

"Jen, I'd never hurt you. You need to believe that."

"I know... But you also said you'd never break my heart, and you did that anyway."

"Look, I'm sorry. I thought you were cheating on me with him. But if you say you weren't, then I believe you. I just want to be with you."

"I want to be with you too..."

Riker pulled me into his arms, and I cried into his shoulder. It's been an exhausting day...

I ended up crying myself to sleep in his arms.

Later...

Riker POV

I sat down on the couch with Jen still in my arms. I hugged her to me, not wanting to ever let her go.

I turned on the tv, and picked a random show. I sort of laid down, and fell asleep, still holding Jen in my arms.