Maybe it was fate

Chapter 18

This is it, Today is the day Riley starts highschool. She's about to turn 13, she's always been the youngest in her class but now she'll be even younger. Because of how smart Riley is she skipped a grade. With a little bit of make up work Riley easily went to highschool. Originally she wouldve started highschool about to turn 14 but like i said, she skipped a grade. Riley and I had gone school shopping the week before and got her all new clothes. I got her clothes that were highschool worthy but still age appropriate. So today with her bag packed and new clothes she was ready to go. All the boys wished her luck and i drove her to school.

"You nervous?" I asked glancing at her panicked face.

"A little bit, i dont understand how to find my classes." I thought for a second looking at the numbers.

"Oh thats easy, the first number is the building, second number is the floor, and the last two are the room numbers." Her eyes widened a little.

"There's more than one floor." I laughed at my poor baby cousin. She would be turning 13 in two more months. She's not even a teenager yet and already starting highschool.

"Are you nervous?" She asked while we were stopped at a red light.

"About what?" I snickered glancing over. She gave a hesitant look and fiddled with her thumbs.

"I over heard Luke and Ashton talking." She looked over at me.

"Oh, so you know." She nodded her head and the light turned green.

"So are you?" I shrugged my shoulders.

"A little bit, but not too much, i just dont know if i'll be a good enough mom." The look on her face was priceless.

"Are you fucking serious?" She questioned me and i gave her a puzzled look.

"Language." I glared at her.

"Sorry, it just doesnt make sense to me, you'll be the perfect mom Madison. You were a better mother to me than my own." I reached over and patted her leg.

"Thanks Ri." She gave me a wide smile and we pulled up to the school. I watched her smile drop a little.

"Want me to walk you in?" She shook her head no.

"Im a big girl, i need to walk myself." I laughed a little.

"Riley its ok, if you want me to walk you i will. I mean this in the nicest way possible but you're still a kid. Your mom may have taken away most of your childhood but i want to give it back to you." I grabbed her hand looking at her many scars. I felt so bad for her. She would get questioned for them and maybe even teased. She pulled her hand back a little noticing i was rubbing her scar.

"I mean, if you want to walk me you can." She wiped at a tear rolling down her face. I smiled.

"Ill go find a place to park." It looked like a small weight had been lifted of her shoulders. After parking i cleaned up her face a little, she smeared some of her make up, yes i let her wear make up, And we walked inside.

"Hi, this is Riley, she's a new student here." I said to the lady at the front desk. She gave me a nice forced smile.

"Last name please." The lady pulled up something on her computer.

"Martinez." Riley piped up before i had a chance. The lady typed fastly. Then studied her computer.

"Oh Riley, you're a very interesting student." She typed some more then reached into the printer.

"Here are your classes, the bell hasnt rang yet so you have some time to explore the campus. Here's your locker number, lock and combination, make sure to return that at the end of the year or you'll be fined." Riley looked super confused but nodded her head anyway.

"I hope you have a great first day." The lady smiled and we walked out of the office.

"Give me your schedule." I said taking it off of her pile. This kid is insane. Honors Geometry, Honors Biology, Honors English, Honors History and 2 electives, a creative writing class and a pre college algebra class.

"Dude what the hell, your electives arent even fun." I said making her laugh a little.

"Writing is fun." She shot back.

"Besides i want to be ahead of the game."

"You know you should do some extra curriculars too, it'll look good on your transcript." I added. She nodded then i showed her to her classes. When we were done with classes i walked her to her locker.

"And now the hardest part, the locker!" Her eyes got big and she gasped for dramatic affect.

" Its actually not that hard to master" A kid behind us said, he looked to be about 15. "You see you go once right to your first number, left to your next number, then to the right, past the zero to your last number." He handed back the lock his hand brushing hers. I saw her cheeks get rosey red and she looked at the ground. "If you ever need help im the locker right next to yours." He pointed to the locker to the left of hers.

"See ya around." he gave her a small wink shutting his locker and walking away. I swear this kid was a tiny Luke. Once he was turned around she pretended to faint into my arms.

"Pinch me i must be dreaming." I laughed pushing her off of me.

"Im serious, he was gorgeous did you see him." I put my hand on her shoulder.

"Honey, im 18 he's 15 to me he was simply a cute kid." She laughed fiddling with her lock until she finally got it open.

"So you're going to be ok?" I asked she nodded excitedly.

"Ok" i said hugging her. The bell rang and she shut her locker.

"Good luck." I yelled as she ran down the hall. She turned around and gave me a bright smile. I walked back to my car and got in. I sat there thinking for a second before starting it up. One day i'd be doing this with my own kid. Just the thought of it made me happy. I looked down at my barely even baby bump.

"Mommy loves you little baby Mashton." I started my car and drove home.

Lol baby Mashton. Ok so this was the last chapter until tomorrow, i hope you all enjoyed it