Lesson Twenty-One - One Day Or Day One. It's Your Choice.
"What's wrong with you?"
Riker looked up at me and rolled his striking grey eyes before flicking the cigarette away. His grey top was tight allowing me to see every outline of his body.
"What do you want?"
I looked at him with a raise eyebrow. Even when we weren't what you would call friends he never talked to me with such bite. Clearly something wasn't right. First Sky and now Riker today just wasn't a good day and it wasn't even 9 o'clock yet.
"Put a condom on darling, if you're going to act like a dick you might as well dress like one."
He straightened up leaning against the wall and a could see a small smirk but I knew he was trying to hide it. Normally he didn't try to hide his amusement but this time he did, to me that was sign that he was having a inner battle with himself. Or that he was pissed at me. Though I couldn't think of anything that I've done.
"Darling? Didn't think that would've been a word of yours."
I shrugged. I wasn't going to lie it was heading into October and it was getting pretty cold. I hugged my arms around myself. I was only wearing a crop top and ripped jeans with boots. Definitely the wrong choice of outfit.
"What's wrong with you?" I asked ignoring his comment. As much as I hated to admit it we were starting to become friends and the one thing everyone knew about me when it came to my friends, I would do anything for them.
He pushed himself off the brick wall and sighed. "You don't want to know princess."
"What so you're just going to lie to me?" I didn't like it when people didn't tell me the truth and that's all people seemed to be doing to me these days.
He gave me a pointed look. I looked how his grey eyes reflexed off the sun. I've never seen eyes like his before. That's probably why they captivated me so much. If felt like I was drowning in them every time I looked into them. I had a feeling he knew what effect they had on me "It's not lying if I don't tell you anything."
He had a point. If he said nothing he wasn't lying. He just wasn't telling me, there was a difference.
"Something is bugging you though."
He looked at me carefully and slowing I seen his wall start to come down and he ran his hand through his dark brown hair. The tattoos on his arms bulged as he flexed his muscles. He looked like he was breaking.
"You're putting up front to the rest of the world right now aren't you?"
"One of my closest friends was killed last night."
He caught me off guard. I didn't actually expect him to say anything. I didn't expect him to speak never mind anything else. I could see it in his eyes, the rest of the world needed him to be strong but right here, right now leaning against that wall he was having a moment. A moment that I feel like I was interrupting.
"I'm-" but he cut my off before I could speak.
"Don't tell me you're sorry. You didn't know him and you didn't do it so don't say that." There was more bite in his tone than he probably meant but I took it. I knew he didn't mean to. He was clearly angry.
"I wasn't going to say that." I said carefully. I didn't want to be the one to set him over the edge. I wasn't scared of him, for some reason I knew I never could be scared of him. I just didn't want to be the one to say something that would make him do something reckless. He clearly wasn't in a good mindset and with the position he held in his family one wrong choice of his could make war for us all. "I was just going to say I'm going to leave you to it. You clearly want to be left alone."
He sighed and moved his hand away from his hair. He didn't look me in the eyes but looked off into the distance. It was a few minutes before anything was said or done between us.
Finally he moved took a step towards me and pulled me into a hug. I was caught of guard at first as I just stood there with my eyes wide and my hands not knowing what to do. Quickly though I got over it and hugged him back. Something told me he needed this, he needed a moment of weakness before he put his head on straight again. Even a future Mafia leader needed a moment.
He pulled away but his hands resting on my hips. I could feel the burning sensation from his finger tips and he gripped me tighter. As he looked me in the eyes I seen something there but I didn't know what.
I smiled at him and it was a proper one. Not a smirk or a grin but a smile something that was rare between the two of us.
"You should be out there getting justice for your friend. Not standing here in school with me." I spoke with seriousness in my voice. What ever happened with his friend clearly happened because of the life they live. He should be out there sorting the problem.
He looked surprised that I had said. "For a girl that wanted nothing to do with this life you sure are changing your tune."
I shrugged and put my hands on his that were still resting on my hips. "Im not going to change who you are Riker. It's my choice to be your friend so I have to except that. Then this life comes with you."
I do anything for my friends and he should be doing the same right now. He can't let his friends death be in vein. What ever happened it was clear a war was looming.
Before I knew it his lips were on mine in a quick kiss. It was just a peck before he pulled away.
"Thank you."
Before another word could be said he stepped away and pulled out his keys. He was leaving, I wasn't surprised. He shouldn't have been here in the first place he should be out there doing what he needs to do.
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Later that day me, Sky and Jake were sitting in my room laughing away. It was something I had missed with them for the past few days. I forgot about this part of my life, the part that was normal.
"But seriously though what was that about." Laughed Jake as he talks about his trip away.
"WHERE IS MY DAUGHTER!"
The laughter was quick to die down and I watched as Sky's face went from one full of laughter and joy to one of pure terror and panic. It was her dad that was shouting out around the house.
I didn't tell the guards to not let them in not thinking that they would actually dare come to my house. Sky agreed earlier that she would come to mine after school saying she didn't want to go back home.
"I'll handle it." I said giving my two best friends a look that told them to stay but Jake ignored me and stood as well. We had told him earlier about what had happened and he agreed that the best thing for Sky to do was to stay at my house.
As I walked down to the stairs I looked over the railing to the large open hallway at the front of the house. There stood Sky's parents anger clear on their faces. Three of the security men stood behind our butler Richard who was trying to calm the situation.
"Can I help you?"
Sky's parents stopped shouting at Richard and looked up at me. They seemed to get even more angered when they looked at me. I knew I had that affect on people but this was a bit extreme even for my standards.
"Where is my daughter?" Growled out Sky's dad. He was a scary man I was going to admit but the bodyguards that stood in front of him were even scarier. One of them held up a hand pushing Mr Wilson back a step.
"Dad." I looked over at Sky who was now standing beside me. Her eyes were glazed over and her sleeves were pulled over her hands. Jake looked like he had tried to stop her from coming out but had lost that battle.
"Skyler Ann Wilson. You better come down here right this second." Mrs Wilson shouted pointing at her daughter. Me and my mother might not be on the best of terms but my mother had never looked at me the way Sky's was right now. So cold and cruel.
"I think you should leave." I had raised my voice slightly to make sure they heard me.
"You." Mr Wilson pointed at me and I raised my eyebrow with a smirk on my face. Did he really think he could threaten me of all people. "Stay out of this. This is a family member problem. Skyler if you do not come down this second you will be disowned, do you here me!"
"You do not get to speak to her like that!" I snapped I wasn't going to lie. I walked down the stairs and I seen Jake pull Sky back from doing to the same. He pulled her into a hug turning her away from the exchange.
"Who the fuck do you think you are?!" Growled out Mr Wilson as I took a stand in front of him. The bodyguards were close behind me but I waved them back. They looked at me unsure but did so anyway.
"I am Lyra Anderson you bastard. Now if you don't get the fuck off my property I'm going to sue you for trespassing. As for you daughter you can disown her all you want, she doesn't need you or your fucked up family. She has mine, my family and Jakes are fucked up enough to replace yours."
He was pissed and I seen it coming he raised his fist to go and hit me but he was stopped before he could. It wasn't the bodyguards though, no it was far worse. It was my dad.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing going to hit my daughter, in my home." His voice was low and deep and his face was blank but I could tell my dad was close to snapping.
"My daughter is here." Mr Wilson growled trying to take his fist out of my fathers grip he failed until my dad let him go.
"Your daughter clearly doesn't want to go with you and seeing as how easy you were about to hit mine she won't be going anywhere with you. She under this families protection." My dad took a step closer to Mr Wilson. "Now get the fuck out of my house before I have my men do it for you."
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