22 - Riker yells during an argument
You're standing in the hall, waiting for Riker to finish getting ready for your anniversary dinner. You've been dating a year now.
"Riker, I was only trying to help."
"By telling me to hurry up every minute?"
"Riker, I made reservations. It's a really expensive restaurant. You know I can't waste this kind of money. We have to be on time."
"Well I'm not ready yet!"
"Riker, we should've left 5 minutes ago! You said you already had an outfit in mind. Just put it on, and let's go!"
The door flies open, and Riker is standing there, glaring at you.
"You know what!? Just go to the freaking restaurant without me!" He yells.
He slams the door shut.
You stand there, starting to feel light headed and sort of scared inside. Riker never yells, especially not at you.
You're blinking back your tears as you start silently walking down the stairs of his house. You leave, and get in your car.
As much as you really don't want to go, you don't want to waste your reservations at the restaurant. Maybe it'll cheer you up a little.
You get to the restaurant, and go inside. You get seated, and order something random, not caring all that much right now.
After a little while, they bring out your food, and you start eating. You're still constantly replaying everything that happened tonight in your head.
Riker's face... The anger in his voice... The sound of the door slamming shut...
You find yourself blinking back tears again.
"Excuse me, but is someone supposed to be dining with you tonight?" Your waitress asks.
"Um... Well there was, but they couldn't make it."
"Well... I think they must've had a change in plans."
She smiles, and walks away. A minute later, you see Riker walking over, and he sits down right across from you. You stare down at your food, not wanting to meet his eyes.
"Look, I'm sorry, ok? I've been really stressed because we're trying to get R5's album finished, and I just lost my temper for a second."
You still didn't look up at him. You sat there, motionless, waiting to see what else Riker would say, if anything.
"Please look at me. I know you're mad, but I'm sorry!"
You look up, but you have a very annoyed look on your face. He's going to need something better than just an apology if he wants to win your heart back tonight.
You'd gotten into fights with him before, and usually you guys would just take a few days to cool off. If Riker wanted you back to your normal self tonight, he's got some work ahead of him...
The waitress came over, and took Riker's order. His food got brought out quickly since yours was already out.
You two ate in silence. You never met his eyes again. And he didn't try talking.
When dinner was over, before you even had a chance to say anything, Riker grabbed the bill from the waitress, and paid.
You really don't want to talk to Riker for the rest of the night. He ruined your anniversary and anniversary dinner.
You get up, and walk out, only to have Riker come running after you.
"Wait! Please don't go home. Please come to my house. I just want to make things right! I know you're mad, but I want to save what we still have left of this night! You don't know how I felt inside after I yelled. I instantly regretted it. And when I heard you leave, I got so scared inside. And you're making me really scared right now!"
You turned around to face him. He was breathing really fast, and his hands were shaking slightly. He's scared of losing you.
You sigh, looking at your boyfriend. He looks like he's about to fall apart on the sidewalk.
"Please," he says quietly, extending his hand.
You sigh again, but take his hand. He quickly pulls you to his chest, and hugs you so tight you can barely breathe.
"I'm so sorry! I'll make this the best night ever, ok? W-we can um..."
"Riker, slow down. It's ok," you say, pulling away from his hug.
His eyes are pretty wide.
"Really?"
"Yeah. Hearing about how bad and scared you felt makes me believe you. And I think I've tortured you enough for tonight."
He sighs in relief, and pulls you into another really tight hug.
"Don't do that to me! You made me so scared!"
You can hear his heart still hammering in his chest.
"What can I do to fix tonight?" Riker asks.
"Nothing. You've already fixed it."
You stand on your toes, and kiss him.
