Clammylaugh

"Sissy, I brought you a gift."
He shuddered in fear the moment he heard her voice. Whenever he heard her voice, he knew nothing good ever came out of it.
"Please, not today." His voice made it obvious he was scared.
She laughed, then touched his shoulder. He flinched, but she held him down.
"Please." he said in almost a whisper.
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"HI." she waved at him.
"You must be the Riley everyone's talking of, right?"
He was left dumbfounded, hearing her say she had heard about him. Everyone who had heard about him made sure to keep their distance, so just why was she trying to start a conversation with him?
"If you are doing this to become popular, then you are very well welcome to be my friend. But if you are just naive, I would advise you to keep your distance." he said to discourage her.
"We do have something in common. You get bullied, so you hate bullies, while I hate them just because they are bullies."
"Hating them does not change the fact that you will get bullied if you befriend me."
"Then I will have you watch me kick their asses if they try messing with us."
"Are we friends now." she asked after they both laugh at her former words.
"We are, as long as you are ready to kick some ass."
"Bring it on."

In Search Of Home

"I don't want to go home." Riley said and curled himself up in a tight hug.

"Your parents are waiting for you." Richard said as he got up from the bed and sat beside Riley on the bed. He pulled Riley closer to himself.

"You know I don't want to be in that room Richard."

"You won't, trust me, you are very conscious, there's no way your father would leave you there."

"Don't you get it, the way they look at me, I hate it."

The door flinged open and they both looked in that direction.

"Natasha" Riley said in a voice screaming 'help me'

"Natasha" Richard said in aa voice saying 'I know you are on my side, if Riley still insists on not going home, you would give him a very good reason as to why he should return home.'

Natasha stepped inside and placed a bag beside Richard.

Still holding the other two bags, she moved to the other side of the bed.

Richard asked as he got up from the bed and sat on the chair.

"Don't know, you should check it yourself."

She placed the other bags on the bed, then proceeded to pick up Riley's shoes and wear them for him.

This behaviour of hers became confusing to the two boys.

"Is there somewhere Riley has to be?"

"Yes, it's getting late, he has to go home to get some rest."

Richard just smiled as he watched Riley's lost face. Natasha had actually planned to have him not return to his house, since he didn't want to. But on second thoughts, she realized that won't be of help to Riley, he himself had to be sure of what he wanted and remain adamant until he got it. So she decided that the best way to help was to not help, and see if he would come out of his shell.

She looked at Riley and gave him a sweet smile.

"Come on, you should have your brother take you home."

He was not sure if there would be a chance that she would support him, he really wished she would.

"I just don't want to." he grumbled.

Richard stood up and held Riley's hand and gave Natasha a look of 'don't worry, I will deal with him, he's just being childish as usual'.

"Let's go Riley, they are waiting."

He tried to pull Riley up, but surprisingly, Riley pulled his hand back. He seriously didn't want to go home.

"Do you think this is funny?" Richard was beginning to lose his cool, just why was Riley making things hard for him.

"Will you come home with me?" she asked with a smile.

"I don't want to go to my house."

Seeing him get shaken up as he mentioned his house, Natasha could not imagine just why he didn't want to return to his home.

"No," she said as she placed her palms on his shoulders in a comforting manner. "You won't, you will stay at my own house, how about that?"

Of course, Riley was willing to stay even at the hospital, so long as he didn't return to his house, anywhere was fine.

He got up from the bed and with a smile, he said

They both approached the door, completely ignoring Richard's existence.

"Where the hell do you two think you are going?"

Natasha turned back with a smirk on her face

"At least, my hell is far better that the hellish room you would put him in if he goes home."

She turned back and held Riley's hand

Richard stood still in shock as he watched them both step out of the hospital room. He was left lone to wonder just how she knew about that room.

Don't Want To Go Home