Mixed Feelings

37.

James 

Trigger Warning : Sensitive Subject

You know that when you can sense something is up, there is just this nagging feeling in your stomach? I've had that for the last week

I've spoken to Riley and got nowhere, I've spoken to the boys and got nowhere 
I'm running out of options at this point
Dance had finished maybe an hour ago and I was heading down the corridor to meet everyone when a very concerned Beth approached me

"You good?" I chuckled looking at her, she instantly shook her head
"I think something is going on with Riley" She said making me raise a brow
"What?" I asked but Beth shrugged

 "The four of us were in the main studio working on the duet like figuring out who was going to do it and Marcus seemed awfully close to her" She explained
"but Riley seemed to be entertaining it which confused West and I" She continued 

"It wasn't until he whispered something to her and she left without a word to any of us that I realised something bigger is definetly going on" She said her voice breaking ever so slightly 

When I said I could sense something was up. This was not what I had in mind 

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I walked over to Riley and Giselle's dorm to open the door only to find it locked
Which makes no sense at all
The girls keep their door unlocked until both of them are in there and about to sleep. It's always been that way
So why was it locked now

"Hey Gee, can I borrow your dorm room key?" I asked walking into the common room, she looked at me a little confused
"the door should be unlocked?" She said but I shook my head, Giselle shrugged it off before handing me the small golden key 

The closer I got back towards the dorm, the more I was trying to  figure out what I was going to be walking into 
Riley had to be in there considering she was not in the common room a moment ago
But once again..

Why is the door locked?

"Hey James, what are you doing?" Michelle said smiling as she went into her dorm opposite Riley's 
"Just going to see Ri" I said making her smile more

"You two really are sweet" She gushed making me chuckle
If only that was the case right now 

I got to the door and instantly put the key in the lock beginning to turn it, but nothing could have prepared me for what I was about to see

As I opened the door, I half expected to just see Riley getting dressed into her pj's or sitting at her desk working on some homework
Hell I would have even accepted her being in bed asleep
But I did not expect to see her laid in between both hers and Giselle's bed 

"Michelle!" I yelled before instantly rushing to Riley side, she was almost soaked in blood but I couldn't tell where it was coming from, the more pressure I put onto it the more I began to realise there was more the one cut right now

"Fuck" Michelle cursed before grabbing me some towels from the cupboard
"Get the boys. Now!" I yelled before watching Michelle run off 

I held Riley closer, brushing her hair out her face. Her eyes gently closed, she was completely unconscious
"Ri please" I cried lightly pulling her in tightly 
"Don't do this" I continued before looking down at her body

It was obvious who had caused this, he got into her head again and she listened. And worst of all none of us noticed

"What's go-" Hunter started before he saw Riley's condition. The moment he had he fell to his knee's crawling over shortly followed by Eldon joining us while Michelle stood with one of the teachers waiting for the Ambulance 

"I'm going to fucking kill him" Hunter growled 
He looked over at me and I nodded, the second I know Riley is okay..

That boy is dead 

I looked back down at Riley to see her getting paler and paler by the minute
"boys the crew are here" Mrs Johnson the Dorm Mother said, we watched as 2 men in green walked in and began looking over Riley, one of them took her out of my arms 

I tried to fight him off but it was no use
"James it's okay" Michelle said pulling me away slightly
"It's not Michelle, it's really not" I said looking down at me hands seeing them covered in Riley's blood 

I looked over at Hunter and Eldon who also had their hands fairly covered, the fact that this isn't the first time they've been in this position makes this so much worse

"Right, we have a pulse" one paramedic said before turning to all of us
"We can only take one of you" He said before everyone's eyes landed on mine

"Go James" Hunter said 

I didn't need to be told twice..