Escape

Chapter 12

When Riley and I got home I made sure she got something to eat. she agreed on seeking professional help so that she could feel better. She attended all the sessions for two years. When she had fully recovered we had the time of our lives. We both graduated and attended University. We didn't attend the same one but we frequently communicated. One semester we just packed up and went on a road trip to all the states without telling anyone. Naturally persons were worried but when we got back we just laughed it off and flaunted all our souvenirs. We had so much fun. Riley took me on all these wild adventures. Especially that enormous roller coaster at Disney World. I threw up twice and Riley just laughed and asked if I was okay. We jumped off a waterfall in Jamaica when we planned on taking a vacation there. Riley forced me to wear a cotton candy wig and I forced her to wear a pants with a huge hole on the backside when we went shopping. We dyed our hair purple and got small tattoo with our initials on it. We played laser tag till we were the reigning champions and wasted food in frequent food fights.

But we were growing up. We couldn't always have fun. We had to become serious and responsible. But we didn't want to. I soon had to when I got my first child. Riley was in France when she heard about the news that I was nine months pregnant and that the baby was ready to be delivered soon. She rushed and caught the first flight she could get to come home. It was a girl. Riley came just in time for the delivery. It was a miracle. They allowed her into the room and she sat beside me and held my hand. We had been on so many wild adventures but this one I had to do on my own. It was the hardest thing I ever had to do. Harder than my calculus exams but then came my beautiful baby girl into the world. When it was Riley's turn to hold her, tears rolled down her cheek. She stroked the infant's hair and smiled then she looked at me. "What's her name?", she asked me. "We decided to name her Riley because we want her to have all the adventure in the world as you have", I said tears now rolling down my cheek. Riley looked down at little Riley that she was holding her hands, " I will make sure that you have the best adventures ever". Little Riley coughed as in agreement with what Riley was saying.