39: Quinn

"Walk me through what happened, Riley," I say despite not wanting to hear any sexual details between her and Mason.

Riley takes a shaky breath and pulls my jacket up to cover more of her exposed skin. It's still chilly even though we are now sitting in the Malcolm's car.

"It's okay, Riley. We got your back, we won't tell anyone," Suzie comments.

Riley hesitates for a few seconds before I put my hand on hers and she relaxes a bit. "Okay. Well we had a talk about having sex and then we started kissing and stuff. One thing led to another and we were both naked. However, before we were going to do anything else, I had this feeling. This gut feeling that I was making the wrong choice."

"Did you tell that to Mason?" I ask her.

"Well I didn't exactly verbalize it. I pushed him of off me," she explains. "He was confused, but could tell I was regretting it. He asked if I was okay, but I started panicking. I didn't know what to say so I grabbed my stuff and left my house."

"Wait, you ran out of your house?" Asks Malcolm.

I shoot him a glare and he puts his hands up in defense. However, Riley whispers out a yes.

"Why did you regret it? I mean you two have been together forever, so what was wrong?" Suzie pushes.

"I just couldn't go through with it. I couldn't have sex with someone that I'm not in love with."

I stare at her in shock for a few seconds trying to process what she said. She's not in love with him! Holy shit! SHE'S NOT IN LOVE WITH HIM!

I feel like doing somersaults right now and screaming at the top of my lungs in joy, but I can't do that now. That would be insensitive to Riley, she's going through a lot now. It must be hard realizing that she isn't in love with Mason.

I glance over at my friends and Suzie is staring at Riley in shock while Malcolm looks at me and winks. I roll my eyes at him and focus back onto Riley.

"What are you going to do now?" I ask her, hoping that she'll break up with him. Of course I have a selfish reason for wanting that, I don't want to see them together, it makes me jealous. However, I also care about Riley and don't want her to feel like she is trapped in a relationship.

"I think I need to tell Mason the truth, but....."

"But what? What's wrong? I ask her. She looks like she is going to start crying again and I pull her closer to me so that I can wrap my arms around her.

"I'm scared," she whispers out.

"Why?" Malcolm asks.

"What if he hates me. What if he never wants to talk to me again. Mason is important to me, he's my best friend," she mumbles.

"I don't think he'll hate you Riley. He cares too much, he's a good guy. I think he'll be upset, but he will understand," Suzie says trying to reassure Riley.

"Yeah, everything will be okay. Don't forget you have us now, we'll be by your side no matter what happens," Malcolm adds.

This is why I love my friends so much. They are so understanding and willing to stand by Riley even though they hardly know her. They trust me and know if Riley is important to me then she is to them as well. I couldn't have asked for better friends.

I'm so happy that they are here, they are helping Tiley realize that she isn't alone in this world. That there are still good people around who just want the best for her.

I know Riley has been through some pretty horrible things in life and I hope she can open up to us. I don't want her thinking that everyone is evil or has sinister plans.

I let go of Riley for a bit and she looks at the three of us. She starts to give us a small smile and I know that she's okay now. There's my girl again, she's slowly coming back to me and I couldn't be happier.

"You three are amazing," she says making us all smile as well.

That's Riley's gift. She can make everyone else smile. She can easily light up a room with her beautiful soul.

I know I said I would try to get over her, but I don't think that I can. I'm in love with her. She's everything I ever wanted.

I don't care how long it takes. I will wait for Riley. I know that what we have is real, but she needs to figure herself out more and I get that. She isn't ready for a relationship now and I won't push it. I just want to be here for her, I don't want her to ever think that she's alone.

"So, does anyone want to eat more ice cream?" Malcolm asks out of the blue making everyone laugh.

"Is food the only thing you think about?" teases Suzie.

"No, I also think about di...," Suzie smacks him on the head to get him to stop his sentence. We all laugh again at how honest Malcolm can be.

"Just drive, Malcolm," Suzie adds and he starts the car.

Riley and I settle into the back seat and put on our seatbelts. Then Riley slowly reaches for my hand to get my attention.

"Thank you for everything. For coming out here to find me and bring me back," she whispers.

I smile at her and intertwine our fingers. "Anything for you," I add.

We stare at each other for a few seconds before my phone starts ringing. I grab it to check who the caller is and it's Mason. I show Riley and wait for her response.

"Don't pick up. I'm not ready to talk to him right now. I need to figure out what to say," she says.

I nod and decline the call and text Mason that I found her and that she's safe. However, she needs time to think. He texts back okay and doesn't call again.

I'll be honest, I feel a little bad for Mason, but Riley doesn't have to answer to his every word. She needs to become her own person.

For Riley's sake, I hope they can work out their problems and stay friends at least. They do have a strong bond, I just don't think it will be romantic anymore. At least that's what I'm hoping.

Suddenly Riley leans her head on my shoulder which brings me out of my thoughts. I start to blush like crazy and the butterflies are in a frenzy in my stomach. I smile and lightly lean my head on hers as we drive back to my house.

Today has been such a crazy day, but I'm glad it happened.

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Author note: I know this chapter is short, I'm sorry. The next chapter will be longer don't worry.

The reason I update late and only one time this week is because I was in a car accident. However, I'm okay.

Also, I've been talking to girl and she's really cute and I really like her. However, this quarantine is making things hard especially since the girl and I want to go on a date. We are going to have to settle for a zoom date lol.

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