I was frozen in place for a few seconds in shock. Riley was standing there, her face was covered in dirt and her hair was matted like fur.But with all the bruises and dirt on her she still had a smile on her face.“Good to see you, C” she said weakly.I sprung alive and ran to hug my best friend. I just held her there willing the tears away as they threatened to spill but I knew she wouldn't like that.“Oh my Goddess, I can't believe it. I can't believe it….” I said touching her face and checking all over her body for any injuries.“You better believe it,” she said with a smile and winced immediately at the gesture.“Oh– I uh– please come in. Let me take care of you” I said, taking her hand and leading her into the house.“It's okay, C. Just show me a room and I'll freshen up” she said.I looked at her with a tender smile on my face. She was always such a brave one. And she never liked it when she was put in a position where she couldn't help herself.All the time we were interacting

We spent the majority of our time together talking, Riley and I, we missed each other's company so much.Riley will not stop teasing me and it was evident I didn't really have a problem with it.Aside from the fact that I was as red as a tomato because of Riley and her lack of a filter, it feels pretty good to just be with my best friend.“So…give me the deets. What has been going on with you two alone in this big house” she asked inquisitively.I just shrugged and looked away from her for a moment.“We've really just been surviving. Nothing special” I said looking down at my nails.“Anddd by nothing special you mean….?” She said waving her hands in a go-on gesture.“I mean, he takes care of me, you know,” I said, sighing heavily.“Okay you're really giving me the turnabout here” she said, throwing her hands up in surrender.I laughed at her incredulous expression. She was so easy to read sometimes.“Seriously, there's nothing else to it. We just tolerate each other and by the way we

I ran out of my room and into the kitchen as fast as I could. My heart was beating as fast as a drum but I didn't mind.Already, I had played out different scenarios about what could've possibly caused the crash when I got to the kitchen and I saw Christian standing there with blood dripping from his hands and broken glass at his feet.“Oh– are– are you okay?” I said, rushing to his side in a panic.I picked a cloth immediately and ran it under the water for a while and brought it to his hand.“Here” I took his wounded hand and started cleaning the blood from it.He groaned in pain and just seemed to close his eyes for a few seconds and when he opened it he was just staring at me.“What happened to you?” I asked him tentatively.He sighed and ran his free hand through his hair. By the looks of it he seemed to be doing that a lot, his hair was messed up.“I came to get a glass and guess I was just tired so it slipped and broke. I tried to pick it up and…” he said, gesturing to the bloo

“Ahhhhh”That was the sound of me attacking my best friend so that she would not embarrass more than she already had.“Celeste get off of me!” She said trying and succeeding to get me off her body.“I will if you would just stop walking towards the door and come with me” I hissed sharply.I dusted the non-existent stint from her clothes and proceeded to ignore me and continue her walk towards his office.“Why are you doing this??” I exclaimed, frustrated and out of breath.“You're keeping things from me and truthfully it sucks. But I will get answers even if it means I'll have to find them from someone else” she gestured towards the door we were currently headed to.“No– you– just stop, okay I told you I was being honest” I said, panicking at this point.Curse my small legs, I couldn't keep up with her as she was walking really fast at this point.“No no, I believe you. I just need extra information from the last person that saw you yesterday” she pointedly.Okay she was just pushing

We jumped apart at the sound of the knock at the door.I coughed into my elbow and she awkwardly went to the door.Reluctantly, she opened the door to answer whoever was there.With surprise on her face, she stepped to let the person in.Lo and behold, it was the same person we had been talking about that stepped into the room.Immediately I saw him I froze up like a deer caught in headlights.What was he doing in my room at this very moment? Wait! Has he been standing at the other side of the door listening in to our conversations all this time?Oh my days! I was as red as a cherry right now. This is so embarrassing. Okay, the best thing I could do for both of us was to pretend like I don't know what he's talking about.If he brings it up, I hope he doesn't bring it up.“Um, hi– hello. How can I–we help you?” I asked, behind him I saw Riley facepalming at my obvious discomfort.Yeah I was sweating buckets and I didn't know how to make it stop.“I just came to check up on you. So how