So far I've learned two things. One is Riley is absolutely gorgeous, her smile is just immaculate. Two getting punched in the face is one thing I wish to never experience again. My jaw was sore and slightly discolored from the rest of my face, so I had to wear a large bandage to cover it. As soon as I got to class the next day Daylyn immediately started asking questions.
"Why do you have a bandage on your face, what happened?" He said and cupped my face in his hands, his blonde hair was messy and I could tell he was still having a hangover.
"While you were busy getting drunk, I was getting punched in the face by Riley's boyfriend." I said and Daylyn loudly gasped, like I told him I murdered someone.
"Why would he do that? You didn't do anything weird did you?" I avoided my eyes from his, and Daylyn instantly caught on."What did you do Liam?" He asked again, but this time he sounded like an angry mom."Well other than making lovey-dovey eyes at her and calling her the only one worthy of being beautiful--no I didn't do anything." I said and ran my hands through my hair, at the end of the hallway I could see Riley all smiley with her boyfriend 'Seven'.
Why was his name a number?
"Ignore her, she isn't worth your time." Daylyn said as he pushed me towards our class. That's when we spotted Yvonne down the opposite side of the hallway."Can we just ditch?" I asked, but Yvonne had already caught up with us."Liam, I've been waiting for you!" She says and I mentally punch myself.
At least I didn't physically punch myself.
"What do you need Yvonne?" I said and she excitedly clapped her hands."Well, your dads hosting a huge event tonight in celebration of his company's new achievement, he wants you to be there."She says as she pulls two golden envelope' s out of her purse, she hands one to Daylyn then me.
"So are you coming?" I looked up at her and stared at her blue eyes, she was extremely pretty I'll admit that, but she just wasn't for me, not right now at least. There's a reason we broke up two years ago."I'll think about it." I said and smiled at her.
I'm definitely not going, being the son of a CEO who runs a multi million dollar company can only cause attention, and lately I don't seem to like that very much.
"So are we going?" I looked at Daylyn annoyed, then he started to whine."Dude, at least go once!" He complained and I rolled my eyes,"We did go once."
"Yeah, 5 years ago, come on it'll be fun, maybe you'll fall for some big shot there, then you'll get married to her, then you'll-"
"You mean you're going to do all that?" I looked at him, but he avoided my eyes. We're hopeless, even if I do fall for another girl i doubt I'll be as confident with her than I am with Riley.
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When we arrived to our first class I spotted Riley again. Today she wore black jeans and a graphic tee with white shoes. She looked amazing as always."No stop looking at her, she's taken."
"It's not like she's married to him."
"You've completely lost it haven't you?"
"Maybe."
"Now, today we're going to start our new computer project. Now we are doing this in teams, so choose someone quickly." The room complained, but listened reluctantly. I instantly darted out of my seat and ran to Riley's.
"Liam what are you-"
"Let's work together." She looked at me confused and I smiled innocently at her."But what about your friend?"
I looked over at Daylyn who galred at me from across the room angrily,"He'll be fine."
"Sure we can work together." I immediately grabbed a chair from behind me and sat in front of her."About yesterday that was my fault and I shouldn't have--"
"It wasn't your fault, I shouldn't have given your boyfriend the wrong impression." I said as I smiled at her brightly. She smiled at me back and grabbed a piece of paper."So did you remember what the professor said?" I looked at her with a blank face, obviously revealing that I wasn't paying attention.
She shook her head at me,"He said the topic could be about anything we wanted and we have a month to complete it." I shook my head approvingly,"Can we do a project on you?"
She stared at me before shaking her head again and laughing."No we can't, let's do a project on the planet Pluto."
"Why Pluto? What's so special about it?"I said and she pulled out a necklace that read Pluto on it."Pluto is sometimes a forgotten, planet ever since it was deemed that it was no longer a planet, that kinda makes me feel bad for it, when my mom died my dad said she ways going to live on Pluto, he gave me this necklace to remember, it's so I never forget." I looked at her in awe, Riley is truly amazing.
"Wow, I'm so sorry." She smiled brightly at me again,"It's alright, now let's do some research." I nodded my head and we got right to work.
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"Riley is truly amazing, she's strong and independent--she's the whole package." I said as I held my hands together."So what if she is, she isn't someone you should be thinking about." Daylyn said and looked at me annoyed. Daylyn was right, but I can't just let her go. I have to do something.
I looked up at the dimming sky and watched carefully as the clouds drifted by. The fall air was beginning to get colder every day, winter was coming."Then who should I think about." I looked around and I spotted Yvonne talking to some of her friends. I spotted Melanie in a different corner talking with the other two girls from last time.
"Focus on someone new, someone you haven't even looked at before." Daylyn said as he scanned our surroundings with his eyes.
His blonde hair was blowing through the wind calmly, he had a serious expression on his face as he observed everyone close by.
Who do I focus on?