Tattoos, Badass, and Ms. Athena Hayne

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ATHENA

The year is now 2014. I am 17 and Riker is 23. They just got home from tour and Ry is sitting on my front porch when I pull in the driveway from work. Lisa has now moved out with her husband into a nursing home. They're both 78. Lisa left the house and everything in it to me. She didn't know that she had a bunch of saving bonds worth thousands of dollars each. I asked her about them recently she just told me to put them into her bank and transfer all of her money to my bank because they don't need it anymore. As long as I don't blow it all on something stupid. Like concert tickets, but I bought a new car and paid it all off at once. As soon as I took a good look at Ryland his head was in his hands, elbows on his knees and looking down at his shoes.

I got out of my car and got my work clothes and my purse out of the back of my car. I took a really good look at my best friend and heard a deep sob come from the porch. He looked up when I closed my car door and ran to me and wrapped my arms around me tightly.

"Athena" He cried into my chest. I rubbed his back up and down and kissed his forehead.

"Ry, what's going on?" I continued hugging him and took his hand and walked towards the door with him. I unlocked my door and saw roses all over my white living room. Ryland looked down at me because I was a lot shorter than him. Out of know where he kissed me and cupped my face in his hands and stared into my eyes.

"All of this. Riker. Riker did all of this and I wish it could be me. And I know you like Riker more than me but I'm in love with someone that's throwing herself to my brother. Watching you love someone else is painful. Do you even understand that?! Athena Nicole Hayne, I am in love with you. Not anyone else but you. I could never even think about anyone else. It makes me sick."

Riker stormed down the hallway going to my bedroom. I can only assume he was in my bed. I ignored him for the moment. "RYLAND! I watched your brother love on SEVERAL girls per week. I heard him have sex with several girls when I wished it was me! I watched him come home night after night with a different girl, smelling of cigarettes and alcohol, sitting on the front porch sucking her face off, while you were sleeping , but I stayed up until he come every night just to make sure he was safe! I stayed up until 5 in the morning some nights because I'm madly in love with your brother. I somehow managed to fall in love with him and watched him love girl after girl, and you have the audacity to even question if I understand to watch the one you love love on someone else? Wow Ryland."

"Have you really loved him for that long?" he questioned

"Years longer than that Ry. You'll always be my best friend. I promise." I spoke softly into his ear as I hugged him. Riker was leaning against the door frame to the kitchen looking at us.

"Way to go bro, you made her mad. After all she doesn't love you like she loves me. Why don't you just go. You ruin everything."

"RIKER ANTHONY! RYLAND HAS NOT RUINED ANYTHING FOR ME AT ALL! How dare you even say that? I may be madly in love with someone I knew years ago, not the man you are today. If you can prove to me that the boy I fell in love with is still in you and you're not just some stupid famous guy that let his good looks get to his head, if you can prove to me you're still the boy I fell in love with 7 years ago, then I can continue to love you. But if you can't.. well that sucks for you. Because if you did all this you obviously want me but I'm not going to let you have me until it's proven you're still the Riker Lynch that I fell in love with. You're still the one I gave my first kiss too." I looked down and stomped out of my house and screamed.

I sat in my car crying until Ross came outside to my car door and knocked on the window...

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Xoxoxo -Erica