All I Want

i'm going to stay | 15

•Riley•

"Stop," I whisper softly.

He stares at me as I lower the bottle onto the table. James gives me a small smile, just like the old him.

"I'll try," James answers, "I'll try for you,"

"And I'm going to stay until you get better," I nod

"What happens after that?" His smile fading. I'm losing him again.

I take his hands in mine and look him straight in the eye. James deserves someone but that someone isn't me. I can't be someone for him when all he's doing is hurting himself for me, "If you love me, James... Let me go,"

He closes his eyes gently and opens them again with a sigh, "If you love me, why'd you leave me?" His eyes glisten with tears and he fights through the words with a lump on his throat.

LI never left you, James... I was so confused back then..." I place my hands on his face, "You know that I'll stay until you are you again,"

I nod, "I know,"

"As long as it takes, James. For Eldon's, West's, Emily's and my sake. I'll do my best to make you better,"

•Emily•

I watch as Eldon and West chop some wood down for the fireplace. I feel a bit weird since I just realised that I have had romantic feelings for them.

West glances at me and then swings his axe again. I denied him once but I don't know if there is any hope for us left.

I'm here for my little sister and believe it or not, James. I'm concerned about him.

Eldon is solely focused on Thalia now and I'm happy that he's moved on. I laugh when I remember that whole love triangle between him, Michelle and I.

It just makes me realise how far we've come since then and how much I miss it.

James chasing Riley everywhere while the E-girls kept a close eye on the team. It was an amazing time and now it's gone.

I can imagine a new A-troupe with a new Eldon, a new James, a new Riley and a new me but they won't be like us. No one will ever be like us; this A-troupe. They will be unique, special and maybe one day they'll look back at everything and remember their time spent together.

We've grown up.

I look back into the cottage, it's getting pretty late now. I see them sitting on that chair, Riley curled up on James's lap, talking.

He plays with her hair and she laughs from something he said.

After a few months since Alfie and Riley broke up. She couldn't sleep properly because she was so used to falling asleep in James's arms.

I made her sleep in my room for a bit and every night she would whisper James's name in her sleep in hope that he would come back.

I've heard how much pain James was in since the break up. West told me everything from start to finish and if I told Riley all of it, she's probably break down in tears.

To be honest, maybe James deserves more but I know that he'll never stop loving Riley.

If it's a love that is meant to be, they will always be together.

Forever.

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