He's not bad. He just looks like it.
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Riley didn't know or care about her father, until he shows up at her doorstep, and flips her life upside down.
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"'My name's Cody, and I belong to a father who is the he...
I sit on my floor, staring at the lightning out my window, my face red and raw.
I hear a knock on my door, but ignore it, trying to block the world out.
For the past three weeks, I haven't been to school, or anywhere with Carly. I've sat on my floor, doing my school work, and staring out my window.
"Riley." A deeper voice calls, and sits next to me.
"Hi, Cody." I mumble.
"Riles. What are you doing?" His voice closer, which says he's looking at me.
"Trying to forget our memories." I mumble, and I feel his arms around me.
"Riley... Riley, look at me." I sigh.
"Why, you refused to look at me." I snap, trying to get out of his embrace.
"I need my Riley back. My Riley wouldn't have sunk into a hole." He snaps back, removing his arms.
"Your Riley died when you decided she was a cheater and not worthy of your love anymore." He kisses my neck, and I close my eyes, remembering again. Hot tears roll down my cheek, making me want to take it all back.
"She still is." He whispers.
"I wish today it will rain all day, maybe that will kinda make the pain go away, and I'm trying to forgive you for abandoning me." I cry, sniffling.
"Well. If my Riley would come back, I'd like to apologize." He smiles his handsome smile, and I feel my heart flutter again.
"If my Cody would stop acting like a jealous asshole, I would forgive him." He laughs, and I lay my head on his shoulder.
"I'm so sorry Riley. I was jealous. Although you're married to me, I was jealous because we didn't exactly agree to be in a relationship. It just happened. I love you, Riley. So fucking much it hurts. If you would take me back, I won't treat you like a queen." My face scrunches.
"So you'll treat me like dirt? Um... You aren't exactly selling yourself here." He laughs and shakes his head.
"No, I'll treat you better than a queen. I'll treat you like my wife." I start to cry harder, and he smiles.
"Why?" I ask him, in between sobs.
"Because if I treated you like a queen, you could leave and be someone else's queen. If I treat you like my wife, nobody can take you away from me." My breath catches in my throat, and I just stare at him.
"You're lucky I love you." I whisper, before kissing him with as much passion as I can muster. He kisses me back, and then pulls away.
"So you'll be mine again?" I nod.
"Yes, you Shithead!" He wipes my tears, and kisses me.
"No more tears for my wife. Understand?" I nod again, and grin like an idiot.
"Is he still alive?" I ask him, wondering about the boy who nearly ended me.
"Yes. He just has bruises." Cody laughs, and we sit there, watching the rain.
*TheFollowingWeek*
"Riley Maze, please sing for us Dangerous Woman." A lady tells me, and I step up to the podium.
"Oh, yeah
Don't need permission Made my decision to test my limits 'Cause it's my business, God as my witness Start what I finished Don't need no hold up Taking control of this kind of moment I'm locked and loaded Completely focused, my mind is open
All that you got, skin to skin, oh my God Don't ya stop, boy
Somethin' 'bout you makes me feel like a dangerous woman Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout you Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout
Nothing to prove and I'm bulletproof and Know what I'm doing The way we're movin' like introducing Us to a new thing I wanna savor, save it for later The taste of flavor, 'cause I'm a taker 'Cause I'm a giver, it's only nature I live for danger
All that you got, skin to skin, oh my God Don't ya stop, boy
Somethin' 'bout you makes me feel like a dangerous woman Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout you Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout you
All girls wanna be like that Bad girls underneath, like that You know how I'm feeling inside Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout All girls wanna be like that Bad girls underneath, like that You know how I'm feeling inside Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout
Somethin' 'bout you makes me feel like a dangerous woman Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout you Makes me wanna do things that I shouldn't Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout you
All girls wanna be like that Bad girls underneath like that You know how I'm feeling inside Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout All girls wanna be like that Bad girls underneath like that You know how I'm feeling inside Somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout
Yeah, there's somethin' 'bout you boy Yeah, there's somethin' 'bout you boy Yeah, there's somethin' 'bout you boy (somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout you) Yeah, there's somethin' 'bout you boy Yeah, there's somethin' 'bout you boy Yeah, there's somethin' 'bout you boy (somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout, somethin' 'bout you)"
I stand back and let Charlie and Blake sing, and we all sing Youth by Torye Sivan.
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I adjust my bracelet, and smile, as we get off the stage. Cody runs up to me, and swings me around, before kissing me.
"You did great love." He grins, and his parents come up behind him.
"Great job, Riley. Say, you think you could come to the family reunion on Saturday?" Mrs. Maze asks.
"Of course." I smile. We leave, and go get McDonald's.
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AN;
Cookie Monster almost died.
My Cookie Monster, not the actual one. Sorry.
Anyway, it's short, but I couldn't bear to see my loves be apart any longer.
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