"Mom? Dad? Why are you home so late?" I asked as I walk out of my room seeing them two stumble into theirs. "WE HAD A PARTY!" My mom laughs as she holds a bottle of whiskey. "Of coarse you're drunk." I said. "YES WELL AT LEAST WERE HAVING FUN WITH OUR LIVES! YOURE JUST A DEPRESSED PIECE OF SHIT!" My dad yells in my face. I'm so scared he's gonna hit me but I gotta stick up for myself. I can't let them push me around. "YEAH WELL AT LEAST I CARE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE YOU CONCEDED ASSHOLE!" I yell back. My dad takes the whiskey bottle from my moms hand and slaps me across the face with it. I fall to the ground bleeding. Tears start to fall down my face. I wait for my mom and dad to walk away before i start balling. "Riley." I hear. I look around, holding my bleeding head. Nobody's there. "Riley!" I hear someone yell in my face. I jump out of sleep and see Corbyn in my face. IT WAS JUST A DREAM! I'm still crying. I'm so scared. My heart is pounding. Corbyn's hands are still on me. "Were you having a bad dream?" He asked sympathetically. I'm still balling my eyes out. Corbyn gives me a big hug. "It's okay. Calm down." He said. I look over his shoulder all the boys and Keri are staring at me. Oh god! I just can't stop crying! Corbyn rubs my back, as he hugs me, trying to calm me down. "Take a deep breath." He said. I try to calm down. Corbyn stops hugging me and looks me in the eyes. "Tell me what's wrong." He said. I try to come out with words but it's just sounds of cries. I feel a hand on my shoulder. I turn and look who it was. It was Jonah. "It's okay, Riley. Just tell us what's wrong." He said. "I'm scared." I said balling. "Scared of what?" Jonah asked. "My parents." I cried. Jonah gives me a hug. "It's okay." He said. He lets go and looks me in the eyes. "You wanna go in the house, now?" Jonah asked. I shake my head. "I'm scared." I said still crying. "It's okay. I'll be there with you, okay?" He said. I think about it for a second and then nod my head. I'm scared that my parents will be there. What's weird is that the dream I had actually happened to I'm really scared it will happen again. That really hurt. All the boys get out of the car. I'm the last one to get out. I'm hesitant at first. "Come on." Jonah said with his arms opened. He picks me up and I cry into his chest as we walk into the house. We sit down on the couch and I continue to cry into his chest. I think I'm having an anxiety attack. I've had one of these when I was 10 and it felt exactly like this. All I need to do is calm down and breathe and I'll be fine. Jonah rubs my back. I take deep breathes and think of me and Daniels kiss. It was magical. It was amazing. I would do it a hundred times again. I finally stop crying. "You okay now?" Jonah asked. I nod wiping my face from all the tears. "I was having an anxiety attack." I said. "Oh is that what that was?" Jonah asked. I nod. All the boys walk into the living room and sit next to me on the couch. "Are you okay, Riley?" Zach asked. I nod my head. "She had an anxiety attack." Jonah said. "Oh my mom has pills for that. She brought them with incase she had one cause she does all the time." Daniel said. I haven't had to take one of those in a long time. He grabs the pill bottle and gives me one. They're supposed to help you feel relaxed. They make you a little loopy but when the loopyness wears off, you pass out. So I'm hoping this works.
Daniel hands me his water bottle and I take the pill. It starts to kick in after 5 minutes so Jack turns on the tv and we all sit and watch. I sit between Jonah and Daniel. Daniel snuggles up real close to me. I look at him and smile. I hope I don't say anything about the kiss when I'm loopy. That would be so bad.
5 minutes later, we're still watching tv. Daniel is still really close to me. So is Jonah. They are so comfortable. I just want to kiss both of them. "You're really comfortable." I said as I lay my head in Jonah's shoulder. He laughs. "Thanks." He said laughing. I lift my head off his shoulder and look around the room. I notice jacks hair. "I love your hair Jack. It looks like ramen noodles and I love it so much." I said. He laughs. I have no filter on what I'm saying right now. "Thank you." Jack said. I look at Daniel and smile. "You're really hot." I said. All the boys laugh. "I think the pill is working." Zach said laughing. "Shut up. You're hot too." I said to him. They all laugh even harder. "Hey, what about me?" Corbyn asked jokingly. "You're all hot okay?! Never ever think you're not because if you ever do, you obviously have never looked in a mirror." I said. They all laugh so hard that tear come out of their eyes. "Why are you laughing at me?!" I asked. "Because you're funny, Riley." Daniel said. I smile. "You guys are so nice to me." I said. "Of coarse we are. You're Riley. You're amazing!" Corbyn said. "Awwwww Corbyn!" I said. That was so sweet! I stand up and literally dive onto the part of the couch that he's sitting on. I hug him so tight. He laughs and hugs me back. Then I hug Jack, then Zach, then Jonah, then Daniel. "Thank you guys for being there for me when I was having an anxiety attack. I haven't had one of those in a long time and I was really scared." I said. "Awwww. You know we'll always be there for you." Jonah said. I smile. "Thanks, babe." I said. They all laugh. I smile and lay my head back in the couch. I watch tv. "You tired yet?" Corbyn asked. "Nope." I said. I am but I don't want to go to sleep. I wanna feel this way forever. I'm not worried about anything at all. It's all good.
5 minutes later, we're all still watching tv. I can barely keep my eyes opened. I finally just close my eyes and I immediately fall asleep.
