Brothers Bestfriend

Chap. 19

Chapter 19 : Pick me. Choose me. Love me.

Alexa's POV

Riley kissed me back and wrapped his arms around my waist leaving no gap between us. I pulled back breathlessly

"Can we please start over?" I pleaded as I gripped his t-shirt scared that he will slip away. There was height difference between us I craned my neck back a little to look up at his face. I started caressing his cheek. "I love you Riley. And..."

I bit my lip, my insecurities and fears were getting the best of me, making this harder for me. I closed my eyes trying to find relief for my heart. Riley loved me. He told me, more than once. He couldn't change his mind, already right?

Then again what was his ex doing here? Maybe he was happy to see Lydia. Maybe he didn't want to be with with me, maybe wanted to be with Lydia instead.

I shook my head no that's wrong, a tear came out of my eye. No that voice was wrong, wrong, wrong. I swallowed, pushed back the self hating mantras and let the self loving ones win.

"Pick me. Choose me. Love me..." I broke into tears hiding my face in his chest. "Don't...leave me again. I...I-I need you Riley. I..."

He tightened his grip on me. "I don't have to pick, Alexa. I love you and just you. And that's it." He kissed my temple and rubbed my back. "I was honestly hoping you'd call or text...yeah, come all the way here. These weeks were a pure nightmare Alexa."

I looked up at him with teary eyes. "Then why... w-why did you leave?"

Riley cracked a small smile, caressing my cheek. "Not because of you, my love. I got a new job, they asked me to be swift so I left."

I blinked my eyes, my tears fading. "But-"

Riley cupped my cheeks and kissed me, I smiled when he pulled away.

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"Oh no!" I gasped as, Gwen fell off the tower when spider man was battling the Green goblin.

"Oh please." Riley said snacking on milk duds. "As if they will let Spider mans true love die."

"True." I agreed watching, spiderman catch her before she hit the floor.

"See?" Riley asked, nudging me.

My heart pounded in my chest, seeing spiderman, calling for Gwen waiting for her to wake up.

And then blood dripped off Gwen's lifeless body.

"Oh my god." I said my eyes widening as the clip zoomed out.

"No." Riley declined.

The next shot was a funeral.

"Holy shit." I fell back against his bed. "They killed her."

"That's not fair!" Riley protested.

"Poor Peter he already lost his parents." I said frowning. "Now he lost his true love."

That's low Spider man 2 directors writers, that's just low.

"I don't like that movie." I pouted, as the ending credits rolled.

"It ended happy." Riley pointed out.

"Not really."

"Considering everything that happened." He amended.

"The writers of the script must really hate love." I said throwing away my skittles.

"Love is overrated."

I rolled my eyes, throwing a pillow at him.

Riley orders a mushroom pizza even though, I told him countless of times, I don't eat mushrooms. I almost spent the last twenty minutes plucking them off my side of my pizza, with him staring at me.

"Are you actually trying to hurt my feelings?" He pouts.

Rolling my eyes I paused from my mushroom plucking so that that I could look up at him. "I wouldn't be quote unquote 'hurting your feelings', if you just ordered my half like I asked you to."

"I don't understand." He laughed through a mouthful. "You never know, you might actually like them."

Shaking my head, I fling one at him watching it as it lands on his eye. He laughs lifts it up from his face and eats it. I scrunch my face up in disgust. "Gross."

We were in sitting in his room, I sat criss cross on his bed. And he was laying on his back Riley looked up at me.

"I live in Boston, what dose this mean for us?" He asked with a serious look. He had tomato sauce on the side of his mouth, without thinking. I reached forward wiped it off with a napkin. He rolled his eyes playfully. He motions me to answer.

"It means we are strong enough to do whats best for ourselves. This means I'm staying with you in Boston. I am not going anywhere." I said smiling at him.

He smiled happily pinning me to bed kissing me.

I was happy kissing Riley...