"I'm assuming loverboy found you before you found him?" Zay asked looking at me with a smile on his face. Walking to the lunch line. "Ri Ri are you listening to me?" "Riley!" Zay shouts at me and shaking my shoulders. "What Zay!" I yell. "Geez woman you got it BAD!" Zay shakes his head and laughs. "What the hell are you talking about Zay?" I glare at him. "I simply asked if loverboy found you and from the way you were acting my suspicion has been confirmed." "I wasn't acting any different I say quickly grabbing my tray and walking to our table. Laughing as he sits across from me and starts rubbing his chin and I knew what was coming next. "Um what's Zay doing?" Our friend Maggie asked as her and our other friends Tony and Matt sat down. "Oh something I know I'm going to regret" I say covering my face.
"And what would that be?" Missy ask with a smirk sitting by Zay. I know what you are going to ask yes that is the one and only Missy Bradford herself. Former president of the "torture Riley committee ". But after everything that went down freshman year she became one of my closest friend. She was one of the ones that helped me become me even when I didn't think I could honestly be me again.
Flashback
"Riley are you in here?" She asked looking under the bathroom stalls. Sniffing and trying to wipe away the tears I tell her "leave me alone I'm not in the mood for your brand of bitchy missy!" Chuckling she stands by the stall I'm in and says "that's a good one I might use that one, maybe I'll put it on shirts make it into a club." I lightly laugh and realize something she was trying to cheer me up. "Want to be my first member?" She asked with a light knock on the door. I open the door hesitantly wondering if this was a trick and before I could ask she beat me to the punch. "Don't worry I'm not trying to do anything to you I just thought you might like a shoulder to cry on or another ear to listen to you." She offers me another tissue and I look at her with wide eyes and ask "why would you do that you hate me." "I don't hate you Riley if I'm being completely honest I was always jealous of you.." she says softly sliding down to the ground. "Why?" I ask her curiously and sit next to her. "You're Missy Bradford cheerleader one of the most popular girls in the school, you have everything well except..." I whisper the last part.
"Yeah but what I really wanted was what you had not exactly your friends but my own special group of friends" "I wanted to be happy just like smiley Riley." She nudged me lightly. "Well.." I say with anger I'm not exactly smiling now or do I have my group of friends, so pick someone else to be jealous of!" "That's bullshit!" Missy scoffs. "What?!" I look at her like she grew another head. "Riley you will always be smiley Riley you just are burying her underneath a lot of sadness and anger, but she is still there. "Don't let what happened kill her permanently the world needs her around." I lightly chuckle and she looks at me curiously. "What?" "It's nothing " I say "it's just I never thought I would be having a heart to heart with you, it feels.." "weird? Like you've enter the twilight zone?" She laughs putting her arm around me. "Yeah just a smidge" indicating with my fingers laughing . "Riley?" She asked softly I stop laughing and look at her. "Yeah." She turns so I can look straight into her eyes and says with a serious tone. "Don't let what happened to you define who you are, walk out there and show them they didn't kill your spirit, that you are not lost without them."
"Thank you missy" I say resting my head on her shoulder. "And I meant what I said I'm here for you if you want to talk." Placing her head on mine. "I might take you up on that Zay is starting to move into quoting love songs and movies and I can only take so much." I chuckle and smile thinking about it. "Well we better get going I'm sure everyone has left school now." She gets up pulling me with her. Looking in the mirror at my swollen red eyes and face I splash some water on it and see Missy looking at me through the mirror. "Ready to go?" She asked. "Yeah my dad is probably wondering where I am." I tell her linking arms with her. "Riley can I say one more thing and if you want to slap me I'll completely understand." Missy says pulling back a little. " okay..." I say hesitantly.
"I don't think you're broken-hearted.." she says in a serious tone. I feel myself getting angry and seeing me ball up my fist she says the next part quickly. "I think your heart is so big that it can take a lot of hits, and right now I think it's just bruised slightly you're to strong for anyone to truly break you or it." I relax and let go of the breath I was holding and feel tears rolling down my cheeks. "I'm so sorry Riley I didn't mean to make you cry again" Missy says softly "I'll just go.." before she could finish I hug her and whisper "thank you."
End of flashback
"Okay Zay you have our attention what is it?" Missy turns to Zay and smirks at me knowing what he was doing. Zay snaps out of his trance and says "well ladies and gentlemen of the cafeteria I would like to state my case and let the jury decide." Looking at our friends who enjoy Zay's theatrics especially if it's at my expanse they whisper to each other and Matt is the first to speak. "You have the floor Mr. Babineaux, state your case." Causing the rest of them to snicker and look at me. "Well .." Zay said in his best lawyer voice " it has been an on going occurrence when the defendant Ms. Riley Matthews" pointing at me while I stick my tongue out at him and raise my hand, knowing full well if I didn't play along he would never stop. "Ignores the world and anyone who isn't her green eyed loverboy.." "Hey! Objection judge?!" I shout at my friends. They continue to laugh before Maggie clears her threat and says "overruled" winking at me and motioning for Zay to continue.
"Thank you your honors," bowing slightly "like I was stating before the defense interrupted rather rudely " Zay looks at me with a small smirk. "I would like to call my first witness to the stand?" Our friends whisper to each other and agree. "You may." They say together. "You may what?" Our other friend Sara said walking up. "Zay is crazy that's what." I turn to her shaking my head. Mouthing the words "Help me." "Oh she can't help you Ms. Matthews she's my first witness." Zay says placing a hand on her shoulder. "Seriously?" I say looking at both of them. "Well I hope she is the only one." I state hoping this mock trial would end.
Zay looks at me and gives me a smirk I know all to well and slightly chuckles and say "oh Ri Ri you know better than that, I have one more." And with that he winks and I turn fifty shades of red.
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Riley 2.0
Fanfiction"People change people dad" she said wiping her face. "Isn't that what you said?" "Secret of life right?"She whispered looking at her hands. "I did but...." He said sitting next to her. "I didn't think like this." That was then and he was right peo...
