Replacing a heart- A Riker Lynch Love Story

Attempts and Ask outs

"Lou? I didn´t expect you to call anymore..."

"Well, I think that I made a mistake. Can I come over, so we can talk?" 

"Uh... sure! See you in 15 minutes?"

"See you in 15 minutes."

Then I hung up.

"Who did you call? And where are you going?" Dianna asked.

"Not important. Listen, sweetie, I don´t know when I´ll be back tonight, so you will listen to Becky and do everything that she says, okay?"

I didn´t notice that Becky already joined us.

"I´m in charge tonight? Cool!" she said and grinned evily at Dianna.

She shrugged and grabbed my hand.

"Please hurry, Lou!" she begged. 

I laughed and patted her head softly.

"You know what I mean, Beck. You make sure that her homeworks are all done and that she´ll be in bed at time."

"Lou, it´s just 4! How long will you be out?" Becky asked.

"I don´t know... that´s why you´re in charge for tonight."

I let go of Dianna´s hand and took off.

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A few minutes later I knocked on the door.

"Hey." he said.

"Hi."

"Wanna come in?" 

"Sure." I said and walked into the house.

"Honestly, I could´ve understand if you didn´t want to talk to me anymore..."

"James, don´t..." I reached out for his hand and inclosed it with mine.

"I´m not mad at you..." I said.

"You´re not?" 

"No... I actually thought about this whole thing... you know... you and Riker and.."

We sat down on the couch in the living room.

"Yes?" he asked.

I sighed.

"It´s just... I´m very confused about my feelings..." I looked down.

He seemed a little relieved.

"Well... that´s not a 'no' so far.." he said and smiled slightly.

"Yeah, but... you know, I never really had a boyfriend and all the time I thought I didn´t need one and then I met Riker and I just... I totally lost my mind."

I fumbled nervously with the zip of my jacket. He nodded.

"You know... I just don´t wanna end up with one of these jerks that Romy has dated before... I just want a nice, sweet guy like..." I stopped.

James bit his lower lip.

"You mean... someone like Riker?" he asked quietly.

"Yes... just that he should be single." I joked.

He gave me a weak smile, but then his face turned serious again.

"Well... what about me?" he said.

"What about you, what?" I asked.

"What if you´d go out with me?" he asked carefully.

I stunned. I never heard that from him so directly, which made me actually think about it.