Riley's POV
A few minutes after Rye left, his mom was already calling me asking about what happened and our whereabouts.
I am still trying to calm my heart. I fell for Rye so bad. I think I always act stupidly whenever I am with him. I can't stop being nervous. Even if he is looking at me while I am eating, I am now conscious. What if he doesn't like a heavy-eater guy? If he say he is not into me, I would swallow him whole.
"So, we asked you to make him court you for one month, but it's up to you if you want to extend it longer."
Rye's mom said.
If it's up to me, then we are probably boyfriends now. When he agreed to me earlier, I clasped into my pants to stop myself from pulling him into a deep kiss. So don't expect that I would want to extend it. I can't say this to Sir Reese, though. Rye's mom looks so soft. I feel like when I talk back to him, he would cry and make it a big issue. I love teasing this kind of guy. But of course, since he is my mom-in-law, I would be on my best behavior.
"Yes, sir." I answered.
No to courting extension. Just wait for exactly 30 days, Riley. This will be quick.
The following day, Rye picked me up.
Rye is acting like a boyfriend already. I am not complaining, but I am afraid I might forget that we are not a real couple yet. I am trying to give distance as much as possible.
I feel like my knees are collapsing every time he does a little thing for me.
"Aaaaahh." I could only scream. He held my hand. Be still, my cutie heart. You are strong; I believe in you.
He walked me to my classroom and we took our lunch together. He keeps putting food in my mouth. I would be glad if you put another thing too. This is Riley Dirty Cameron talking.
I am focused on the bouquet he gave me. I keep counting the roses in my head silently. It has to have a meaning. I tried counting it three times, but the result is always 101 roses. Not even precisely 100? Did they make a mistake? I checked the meaning of 100 roses, devoted as a couple blah blah. My eyes landed on the number next to it. One hundred one roses mean 'You are my one and only love.'
You are really testing my self-control.
I like him so bad. He is so sweet. Does he know the meaning of this number of roses? I am too shy to ask him. I am going to count it again later to be sure.
My mood changed when Elaine appeared. I have to admit it. Her presence still threatens me. I witnessed how Rye treats her before. Anyone would want to be in her position.
When she left, my classmate walked towards me and handed me the paper I had purposely left on my table. Why did this guy bring it here? This is Mark, kind but dumb.
Rye saw my paper. I feel like he will break up with me even if we are not boyfriends yet. This is so embarrassing.
He asked me to forget about the party on Friday to study together with him. Who cares about studying? My goal in life is to marry Rye. Now he knows how stupid I am. Well, my last week's F are because of him. I won't blame him with my other F's before we became close.
He asked me to study on Friday. We still have three days to go. What I need to do is not to talk about it so he would forget about the planned studying. Maru and I have already planned it out. Maru would kill me if I canceled it.
I am not dumb. I just have other priorities. You only live once! Yeah, party more!
I need to study later at home. I don't want Rye to be turned off to me.
"Hey, Ri." Maru poked my back. It was almost dismissal time.
"What? I am listening to the class. Stop talking to me."
