lost - the fosters

the airport

stef asked me the questions again.

"i-i-i- was at my house getting some clothes and liam was there and -"

she cut me off.

"and what? did he do something to you?" she asked.

i began to cry some more and she held me tighter.

"it wasn't anything - really, he apologized about the other night and i guess i took everything the wrong way. he didn't do anything wrong it was just really uncomfortable!" i said back.

i lied.

"are you sure?" she looked me in the eyes.

"yes im sure!" i lied again.

"now let's head inside, is that callie's shirt?"

"ah yes, i needed something to wear, do you think she'll be mad at me?" i said while looking down.

"no, the only one you have to worry about sharing clothes with is marianna!" stef said with a laugh as she put her arm around me.

we walked into the house and sat down at the kitchen table.

stef made me lunch and started telling me all these crazy stories about her and lena.

and in that moment i was happy. i was smiling, laughing and just happy to be somewhere safe.

"when we were leaving the airport, lena grabbed my arm and pulled me aside. she looked at me and said -

stef was saying and then my chest started to feel heavy and i couldn't breath properly.

"riley, honey what's wrong?"

i heard her say that lena grabbed her arm and it triggered the flashback.

"LIAM GRABBED MY ARM AND I HAD TO BREAK LOSE AND THATS WHY I WAS UPSET EARLIER. HE DID GET PHYSICAL I LIED OKAY IM SORRY!" i yelled.