"We're not dating," {COMPLETED}

Chapter 19: Missing, Not lost.

Right now, I am at a little coffee shop just sitting and watching the view from the outside patio when I see someone familiar in the corner of my eye.

"Liam?" I say in disbelief. He turns around.

"Riley?" He questions I go and stand up and give him a hug, and he returns the favour, but is a little hesitant to do so.

"Hey," I say letting go and sitting back down.

"Hey," He says sitting down across from me.

"What are you doing here?" I ask.

"Uh, Helping out a friend," He says. I nod.

"You know people from a round here?" I ask him. He silts his head back and fourth.

"They're...just visiting," He says. I nod. "Yeah, he needed help with a girl," He says. I nod slowly.

"Really?" I ask him. He nods. "Then... Could I ask you a question?" I ask again.

"Knock yourself out," He says. I smile.

"What would you do, if you wanted to be in a relationship with someone but you don't know if you could trust them?" I ask him. He thinks for a good minute or two and then replies.

"I would, in all honesty, not go for them. I have a hard time trusting people," He says but I cut in.

"Amen to that," I mutter, then he keeps talking.

"And so, I feel if I have doubt, that I shouldn't go for them because I wouldn't want to get hurt," he says. I nod. "But I'm different from you. So before you make any decisions, I think you should think of what you want before you go and let someone else decide for you and you end up doing the wrong thing," He tells me. I nod, understanding what he meant.

"But that's the thing, I can't decide for myself and I don't know what to do because everyone says something different," I say. He gets up from the seat and look at me.

"Trust yourself," He says, then walks off.

"Riley! Where have you been!" I see Ember coming in the door. I put my finger up to my lip, motioning her to be quiet. "No! I'm not going to be quiet, you disappeared! We thought you were lost," She breathes out hugging me.

"I wasn't lost, I was missing. Lost is more of I don't know where I am and neither does anyone else, you know more permanent. While missing is more temporary," I say not hugging her back, then she lets go.

"It's the same thing," she says.

"No it's not," I say.

"Whatever, your just lucky I found you before Colton did," she says.

"I didn't want to be found," I say. She shakes her head.

"Let's just go home she says grabbing my wrist. I sigh and get up and follow her. As we get out of he restaurant I see my whole family there, but they were all talking which gave me time to get away. I turn around and take another turn down a street and talk a few different turns and run.

I run, and I don't look back. I want to be alone. I hate having all this pressure on me. I feel like I am pressured to make a decision with Madden and make a decision with helping Clay. I just want to escape my problems. Even if it's just for a night.

I have been running for a while and it's to the point where I don't know where I am. I am surrounded by trees and bushes and I can see a clear path to somewhere's. I sit down and I start crying.

"Why the hell did this all happen to me. Clay didn't deserve this, Blake did!" I scream to no one in particular. "She was right... I did kill him," I whisper.