Laura's P.O.V
Vanessa shut the door and came over to us. "Laur." She took my hand. "Why are you crying?" She asked me. I took a deep breath. I felt like i couldnt speak. Just seeing him again had just shocked me. I thougt he'd have been gone for at least a few months.
Vanessa looked at Ross and Ross started. "Riker.. Riker got put in jail." He blurted out. Vanessa's eyes widended. "What?!" She yelled. "Why? Did he hurt Laur?!" She asked, getting worked up, pulling me in for a hug. Ross shook his head. "He didn't hurt Laur. He.." Ross couldnt even say it properly. "He attempted to kidnap Marie." He tried not to cry.
My eyes watered at the thought. Vanessa looked shocked and sick to her stomach. "He tried taking Marie?!" She asked. We nodded. "He was on his way to New York.. but the police managed to stop him." Ross told her. Vanessa stayed silent for a minute. "So.. why was he here? Why is he out of jail!?" She asked, getting upset. "He has feelings for me." I cried. "He won't leave me alone. I don't want him to love me, I just want Ross to love me and I just want Riker to never come back here." I shouted. Ross pulled me in for a hug and told me to calm down. I buried my head in his chest, feeling safe in his arms.
Ross had told Vanessa everything. "I am so sorry guys." She spoke, hugging us both. "It's okay, it wasn't your fault." Ross gently smiled. "Look, I love you guys okay, and I want you both to stay safe. I have to leave now, but I just want to know you guys are okay." She said. "Yes. We're okay. I promise." I told her, although i wasnt quite sure. She kissed me on the cheek and hugged me and gave Ross a hug. "If anything happens, call me right away okay?!" She demanded. We nodded. "I love you guys." She smiled and left.
Ross' P.O.V
We headed downstairs to the others, the party would be over soon, it's 11pm. "Are you okay now?" Stormie asked us. I nodded. "Yeah, we are mom." I said. "Laura's been crying?" She asked, looking at the tear stains on Laura's face. "Uh.. " I looked to Laura. "No, I haven't been crying.. I just, um.. got something in my eye." She said. I sighed. "Well. You and I both know that's a lie. But I'm not going to pressure you into telling me why." She said softly. "Look, us lot are gonna head home now. Do you want any of us to stay for a bit longer?" Mark asked.
Laura shook her head. "We're okay." She smiled. I could tell that wasn't a real smile. She was really hurt. "Well, alright then." Mark added. "Bye Rossy, bye Laurie." Rydel smiled, hugging us. Everyone said goodbye and headed home. Which leaves us with Maia and Ramy.
I walked outside to find Maia throwing up. "Ew.." I mumbled. "Maybe you should take her home now, Ramy." I suggested. "Yeah." Ramy said, trying to help Maia up. "Come on, Maia. We have to leave!" He shouted. Maia looked like she'd gone back to normal. "I want to go to sleep." She groaned. "Yes, well when we get home, you can go to sleep. You can't sleep on Ross's bench." He said.
She giggled. "Ross. Such a handsome name for a handsome boy." Well, I'm guessing the alcohol hasn't left her system yet. I rolled my eyes and so did Ramy. Ramy picked Maia up. "Thanks for having us, buddy. This was an awesome party." He smiled. "Thanks bro." I said. "Make sure she stays safe." I added, motioning to Maia. He nodded. "Will do." Then they left.
I walked back in and shut the door. Laura was sat on the sofa, biting her nails. "Laura, are you okay?" I asked, sitting near her. She shook her head. "Ross.. I'm just scared about Riker." She said softly. "Look, he won't do a thing. I swear it. Stop getting so scared, you're safe. I promise." I told her. She took a deep breath. "Well. I'm going to bed. I can't deal with all of this at the moment." She told me. "Yeah, I'll come too." I smiled softly. She replied with a smile and kissed me. We pulled away and went to bed. We were too tired to care about the mess. We'll deal with that tomorrow.
We went to bed.
Laura's P.O.V
I woke up and saw it was still dark outside. I sighed and looked at the clock. 3:36am. I rubbed my eyes and tried going back to sleep. It didnt work. Then i heard a knock at the door. 'What the heck?' I thought, climbing out of bed. 'Who would be here at this time?' I thought to myself. I slowly slipped on my robe and quitely headed downstairs.
I saw a shadow at the door. I took a deep breath and opened it. I froze. I went to shut the door again but he stopped me and held it open. I could feel myself about to break. But i couldn't shout, Ross and Marie were sleeping. "What are you doing here." I said. "I need to talk to you. Please just listen!" He begged. "Riker.. We have nothing to say too you. You don't deserve our respect or forgiveness. Not after what you did. And you're lucky I'm even talking to you right now." I told him. He looked like he was about to cry.
"Please.. just leave." I said. He shook his head. "Laura. Please, I'm begging you. Please let me talk. I swear, just let me say one thing!" He kind of shouted. I looked away then nodded. "Fine." I didnt even look at him. He just stood there. "Well say it then." He looked at me. "It's not a sentence.. I need to uh, I need to talk a bit longer." He said. I started to shake. I didn't feel safe with it just being me and him.
"Please." He gulped. I sighed and opened the door wider so he could come in. If this is what it takes for him to leave us alone for good, I'm more than happy to do it.
I closed the door behind him and we went into the living room. I sat down on the other sofa. "Well.." I sternly said, looking at my fingers. "I just wanted to say that I am so so so sorry about everything, Laura.." He told me. I rolled my eyes. "Is that all you wanted to say?" He shook his head. "Also.. I just wanna tell you why i did it.." He said. My eyes widended. "No.. Riker. If we talk about it I'll end up in tears. What you did was really unforgivable. I can never accept your apology for that." I told him.
He nodded. "I understand." He took a deep breath. "Also.. I only did it because.." He stopped mid-sentence. I could feel myself already starting to tear up. Just being in the same room as the guy who tried to kidnap my daughter. I didnt feel safe. "I did it because I love you Laur." He said.
That did it for me, a tear rolled down my cheek. "Riker, please. Don't love me. I don't want you to love me. Please." I begged. He sighed. "You can't help who you're in love with." He told me. I wiped my tears away but they kept on coming. "But you and I will never ever be. Especially what after you did."
"But I'm still in love with you. Doesn't it make you happy having two guys deeply in love with you?" He joked. When he said deeply in love, it made me sick to my stomach. "I." I started. "Riker, I don't want you to love me. I just want my family to love me. And Ross's family. Except for you." I told him.
I heard footsteps coming down the stairs. Shit. Ross walked in. "Babe, why're you--" Then he saw Riker and he immediately started to get angry. "Laura, what the fuck is he doing here?!" He yelled. "Shshshsh, please, Ross. Marie's asleep." I told him. He nodded and quitened down. Although he still looked angry as anything.
"Why is he here?" He demanded to know. I started to tear up again. "I honestly don't know, baby. He just knocked on our door like five minutes ago.. and wouldn't leave. So i had no choice." I told him. He put his arm around me. "I came to say that I really am sorry. I never meant it to get like this." Riker chimed in.
He was lucky Ross didn't attack him right there and then. "We can never ever forgive you for this. So just do one. I don't know why you're wasting your breath." Ross said. Riker sighed. "I just want to make it up to you guys. I really, truly am sorry. For everything. I know what I did was unforgivable. And i understand if you don't wanna at least talk to me. I just, i am sorry. And i just want to start over. I promise I'll never pull a stunt like that again." He sounded like he was about to cry. Maybe he was telling the truth.
I looked at Ross and he just sighed. "What should we do?" I whispered. He shrugged. We saw Riker wipe a tear away.
Ooh, do you think they'll forgive Riker? Haha.
Thanks for reading btw.
