My Girl

'I love you'

For the next few days,i barely spoke to Riley, i ignored him in the halls of the school as we passed each other and in lessons i was just quiet, speaking only every once in a while. It killed me being mad at him, we had been together barely a week and we had already fought, maybe we weren't meant to be...

He texted me nearly everyday but i would rarely reply and if i did i was blunt.

On Wednesday he messaged me in the early morning, i was so sick of being mad at him, i was tired of having to act as if he didn't mean anything because he did. He was the only thing that made me happy.

His text was small reading 'Please Bella, look out of your window right now xxx'

I did as the message said, i wanted to know what he was on about. So, i popped my head out of my window to see Riley there. I went out of my room to sit on the flat part outside my window, my legs dangling off the edge.

'What are you doing here Ri, it's 3 in the morning' i say
'Bella, i've been thinking about what you said the other day, and i just want you to know that I'm not ashamed of you, i..' he took a deep breath in

'I love you Isabella, and i know. I know it's early, we've been together less than a week but i've loved you ever since you stepped into my history class on that foggy Monday morning, when our eyes met i've loved you Im so bloody thankful that Sir put you next to me. And it kills me that we've been so distant over the past few days, but Im so sorry Bella if you feel like i ignored you or that i was ashamed of you but I'm not. I love you Bella, and its ok i you don't feel the same way but i just needed you to know that you're the only source of happiness in this world. And i can't deal with you being mad at me, so please... Do you forgive me beautiful?'

I looked at him for a moment, not realising what had happened, he had just confessed his love for me. I quickly popped back into my room only for a moment to grab the ladder i kept in there for emergencies. I went back outside to see that Riley was starting to walk away, his head looking down.
'Ri' i say pulling the ladder through my window and down to the ground so that Riley could join me up here. As soon as i mentioned his name his eyes lit up, brighter than the stars that were in the night sky. He walked up the ladder and hugged me. I put my blanket around him, to make sure that he wasn't cold. We lay down and i looked into his beautiful eyes.
'For the record Ri, i love you too'
He smiled, bigger and brighter than i've ever seen him do before. We headed inside and we just laid on my bed and cuddled. He stayed until the morning, i kind of expected him to leave at some point before school but he didn't and i wasn't complaining. We both rode to school on his motorbike. I did not know what to expect for the rest of the day, would he spend time with me, would he go back to his friends? I got off the bike and handed him his helmet, he only had one and he let me have it whenever we went anywhere together.
'Ok then Ri, so i guess ill see you later or like after school or something?'i say about to walk away
'Oh, no no no baby girl. We're going in together. Everyone will finally see the girl who I'm crazy for, right there, walking beside me!' He exclaimed excitedly.
I nodded and he grabbed my hand as we walked into one of the crowded halls in our school. I heard gasps and slowly (and uncomfortably) everyones eyes turned to us and everyone was silent. I turned to Riley to see his head held high.
At lunch he took me to meet all of his friends and they were actually pretty cool. Jax, Brennan, Alec and Tristan were actually super nice to me and we joked a little about Riley. I had a feeling that we would all become super close. The day went by so quickly that i barely even noticed it.

The next morning;

Today was Thursday, the day i had been dreading all week. I couldn't sleep i couldn't do anything apart from cry. I wasn't going into school today, thats for sure. As much as i wanted to after the amazing day that i had had yesterday, i couldn't i would just cry way too much. I felt weak, brittle, empty and emotional.