Zoey's pov
"Zoey, what's going on?" Peyton asks again. I know I should say something, but I can't. I'm frozen.
"Who's that?" Riley asks, nodding towards Peyton.
"I'm her boyfriend. Who are you?" Peyton questions.
"Her ex. And soon to be boyfriend again."
"We'll see about that."
Both boys turn to face me, "Zoey?" I was still frozen. I mean, what the hell? I glance over at the two boys.
"Peyton, I-" my voice breaks. My boyfriend's face falls. Riley's face has a triumphant smirk on it. I scream internally. Where was my voice when I need it?
I finally get my legs to start working again and go running at Peyton, who had turned to leave.
"Peyton," I say, "You didn't let me finish. I want you. I don't care about Riley anymore. I haven't for a long time. I don't know why I even hesitated." Peyton grins and kisses me, not caring about Riley, who was now glaring daggers at us.
"Dammit Zoey Irwin, you ruin everything!" Riley yells at me.
"What are you talking about?" I ask. Peyton stands beside me protectively.
"I'm talking about how close you were to forgiving me. If it wasn't for your damn boyfriend," he snaps.
"You lied. Again," I say, feeling stupid for believing him.
"Well no shit," Riley snorts.
"You're just as bad as your sister. A horrible, filthy little-" Riley shoves me backwards, cutting me off. I tumble to the ground.
"Don't you ever lay a finger on her!" Peyton yells, getting up in Riley's face.
"What are you going to do abou-" Peyton punches him in the jaw, cutting him off. Anger flares in Riley's eyes. He waits half a second before lunging at Peyton, who was a lot smaller than he was.
"No!" I scream. I jump up and ram into Riley with my shoulder. He stumbles and his punch only grazes Peyton's shoulder.
"Zoey! Get out of here! Go find your brothers or Andrew!" Peyton yells at me, as he dodges a punch from Riley.
"I'm not leaving you!" I yell back, "Riley will hurt you."
"You're damn right I will!" Riley explodes, punching Peyton in the stomach. He doubles over in pain and gets a few punches to the stomach.
"Stop it, Riley!" I scream, pulling on his arm.
"Beat it, Irwin," he snaps, shoving me off of him. I get right back up and start to panic. Riley was going to beat Peyton to death.
Doing the only thing I could think of, I jump onto Riley's back. He starts to spin around in a circle, trying to shake me loose. I wrap my legs around him, refusing to let go.
"What's going over here?" Andrew asks, jogging over to us.
"Riley's trying to hurt Peyton!" I yell, still being spun around on Riley's back. He was too distracted by me to try to think of an excuse.
Andrew rushes over and pries me off of Riley's back. He grabs Riley, handcuffs him, then pushes him over to one of the other security guards. I bend down by Peyton.
"Zoey," he groans.
"Peyton, baby, are you okay?" I demand, pulling him closer to me.
"I'm good. Just a little bruised," he mutters, as he sits up. I glance at Andrew for confirmation of this. My bodyguard nods.
I gently grab Peyton's face and kiss him.
