"I wouldn't doubt it." Abe narrowed his eyes at me, making me roll my in response. "Oh mio Dio! Cibo americano!" Andre and Tate exclaimed, coming up with a bunch of Twinkies.
"Twinkies?" I questioned, "They're not very good in my opinion. Definitely put to higher expectations then what they are." "Americani ingrati." Seb muttered under his breath in Italian.
"Io non sono un ingrato americano! E parlo Italain, idiota!" I exclaimed, sending him a glare. "Can we get them, Rain?" They all begged, and I sighed "Fine. Put them in the cart."
They all broke out into smiles, and I rolled my eyes in response. I had to do some grocery shopping because it was my turn to pick up food for the warehouse, and the guys wanted to come see an American grocery store.
I walked down an aisle; leaving the guys to stare at American junk food in starstruck. I shifted the basket on my arm, walking down an aisle of pasta sauce and other sauces.
I scanned over the shelves when a voice broke I'm "Rain." I whirled around, and jumped from being startled. My eyes then grew wide and I blinked slowly "W-What are you doing here?" I asked in complete shock.
"I had to see you. I had to make sure you were okay." He said honestly, coming closer to me. "A phone call would have done fine." I stated, still in shock.
Rolling his hazel eyes at me "Don't be ridiculous, Rain." He took the basket off my arm and set it down on the ground before taking my hands in his only to intertwine our fingers, bringing us closer together.
"I was thinking..and you're not back with Anderson-" He trailed off, and I blinked slowly. He started to lean in, and I froze about to pull back right when James was pushed away from me.
I looked to see an overprotective jelaous Ryker step in front of me and shove him back "What the hell do you think you're doing?!"
"Ryker." I warned, tugging on his hand to pull him back but he wouldn't budge. "James, maybe you should leave." I spoke up, and his eyes snapped to mine then looking at Ryker.
"I think I'm getting the girl you don't deserve." He said stern. "You better get the hell away from her before I kick your ass all the way back to North Carolina." Ryker gritted.
James through the first punch and hit right into Ryker's jaw. He quickly went tense and clutched his fist before sending a fist flying to Jame's stomach.
James shoved Ryker back into the shelves and a couple of the glass containers fell, breaking once they hit the ground. Ryker stumbled a bit before regaining balance and sending a punch right into Jame's nose, kicking him in the gut.
James hit the other shelves and more things fell off and broke. "Stop! Stop!" I yelled, but they continued to argue. Walking up, I quickly caught Ryker's fist before it came in contact with James.
"Enough!" I yelled, and people were circling around us. "I'm not dealing with this bullshit!" I yelled. "Rain what about us-" James started.
"No, there is no us James. You know I'm in love with Ryker." I sighed, running a hand through my brown long hair. I then saw Ryker's lips tug up to a smirk, and I turned my attnetion to him.
"Don't. Because we're done, you lied to me about everything. I'm not dealing with that." I stated stern, and Ryker grabbed my hands in his.
"Rain, baby. You know I love you, and I'm sorry. Can't we just get past this-" He said, but I took my hands out of his. "No, we already talked about this."
I picked the basket up off the ground and walked away, pushing through the crowd that had formed.
~ ~ ~ ~
I opened the front door of the house, walking in and dropping my stuff on the side table by the door. I heard someone playing the piano, which echoed throughout the house.
Shoving my phone in my back pocket and heading towards the living room; I saw Joel and Alex sitting at the piano. I leaned up against the wall, crossing my arms; I watched as they played at the same time and Alex hummed softly.
They both ended the song then, and Joel gave her a kiss. My heart fell and Ryker just kept appearing in my mind. Snapping out of my thoughts, I clapped.
They both pulled back and looked at me startled "Hey." Alex gave me a small smile, hugging me quickly "How you've been?" "Okay, I guess." I shrugged.
Since we've been home, I've been sending a lot of time with my brothers, Alex, and Shaliene from school. The gang is just a lot to handle with right now, and its a lot to take on.
"Well I have homework I'm going to head to the library for some books. I just wanted to drop off some groceries." I stated, standing up straight. "Drive safely." Joel nodded.
"Always do." I whispered loud enough for them to hear, before turning around and walking out of the house again.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The bell rang when I opened the door of the library, only to be greeted b the librarian; Mrs. Brooks.
"Oh my snickerdoodles. Rain, its been so long since I've seen you." Mrs. Brooks gasped, hugging me quickly. "Hey Mrs. B." I smiled, pulling out of the hug.
"I heard everything on the news. I was so worried, are you okay?" She asked concerned, tucking a piece of hair behind my ear. "Yeah, I just caught up in a bunch of stuff."
"Well if you ever want help, you know where I am." She smiled. "Thanks Mrs. B." I chucked, then walking away to the back of the library.
Scanning over the shelves to find a world history book on world history of the middle ages. I flipped through the papers and skimmed over to decide if I needed it or not.
"Rain?" A innocent voice questioned behind me, making me whirl around to see Melanie. "Mel? What are you doing here?" I asked, sqautting down to her height.
"Getting a new book since I finished mine." She grinned. I looked around but couldn't find anyone "Who are you with?"
"My mom." She stated. "Your mom?" I asked confused, furrowing my eyebrows together. "Melanie." A voice called "Oh there you are."
I looked up to see a women with long brown hair, a light complexion, pink plump lips, skinny figure dressed in a white shirt, black jeans, and heels. But I knew those bright blue eyes.
"Oh I'm sorry- She just walks off sometimes." The women apologized and I was in a state of shock. "Mommy." Melanie tugged on her hand.
I stood up from the squatting position I was in and stared at her. "Mrs. Anderson?" I asked, blinking slowly. "You must be Rain.." She trailed off.
"How'd you know?" I asked. "Because you're exactly how Ryker expalined you as the most beautiful girl in the world." She stated with a small smirk tugging at her lips.
"I'm sorry..I'm just in shock. Your Ryker's mom?" I asked, and she nodded with a small smile "Yes, they ran into me at South Carolina and Leah and Reece encouraged me to move up here."
"Oh my God.." I whispered in a mumble. "Want to grab some coffee? I'll expalin everything." She offered, and I looked up to her bright blue eyes that were identical to Ryker's.
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