Riley's Bedroom-7:25 am
*BZZZ!!* *BZZZ!!*
The alarm clock blazes repeatedly through her eardrums.
''Shit...I'm late! I need to get ready. I'm gonna be in so much trouble! I have a meeting with the guidance counsellor this morning. I need to have my medication, I still need to finish my essay and I- ''
Her immediate reaction to her routine becoming out of the ordinary is panic.
''Hey, hey, hey...ssh, it's okay. It's gonna be alright, you just need to breathe.''
Pushing his embrace away from her in rejection
''I need to just to ready and get everything done and you telling me to breathe isn't helping''
He understands to not take the brunette's sudden attack personally. It's the stress of everything, it's not about him.
'' Breathing will allow you to calm down Riley. It's not good for the baby for you to be stressing out, Riles. C'mere...''
Locking her into his grip, suffocating a lingering tremble.
''Can please stop telling me to calm down. I'll find my own way to school and I need you to leave me alone, okay? So you'll leave me alone because I asked you to.''
A single audible word is released from his mouth in response.
''No''
Furrowing her brows in angst and utter frustration.
''No? Do you not listen to me or to authority? Or were you just raised that way? Oh, wait, you weren't raised by your parents, you were raised by nannies and butlers.''
Stepping closer to the brunette as the gap between the pair tightens.
''Riles, it's gonna be alright...''
Squinting her eyes to a close, clenching her fists tighter. His arms wrapping around her affectionately.
''You're the last thing I need right now and I need to get this done. I, I, I, I don't know if I'm going to get anything done. So don't keep telling me that everything's gonna be okay.''
Asking a question that she's sick and tired of hearing out his mouth.
''What's wrong, Riles?''
Suppressing her anger and confusion as he cradles her body.
''I don't know what's wrong Lucas. I don't know what's wrong, nothing's wrong''
Her breathing starts piecing closer together. Her chest tightens as she senses the walls closing in. Pressing her head against his shoulder. Her breathing choking into audible cries.
''It's okay, it's okay.''
She clenches onto his shirt for dear life, feeling like she'll fall off a cliff into darkness if she lets go.
''I'm sorry...''
He doesn't respond, all he does is hold her and nestle her into his embrace.
''Riley?...''
His eyes wander to the unconscious brunette. Maneuvering her as gently as possible towards the bed.
''I love you, Princess''
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Notorious Hope
Любовные романыSouthside Serpents, notorious for their destruction of Riverdale. Riley and Jughead Jones, the son, and daughter of FP Jones. A robbery, a murder, an affair, a scandal. The new kids on the block, hailing from New York, threatening to shatter their r...
