Sometimes, Ryleigh had to admit, that she did feel so out of place. But it wasn't her fault that she was just so damn awkward and safe. She didn't want to be one of those girls that drank often and had so many men that they had no idea who their baby daddies were. She wanted one man. One man that she could love, marry and have children with before growing old. "I don't need to feel in place. What half of those girls do is unsafe at parties. I don't want to put myself in that position. And by dressing like them, I will." Lainy had gotten herself into bad situations because of it, and that had just put her off even more.

As if she was going to go and do what he was telling her not to go and do. Matt was starting to make her feel like a three year old with his orders. She wanted to study. Part of her wanted to disobey him just to prove that she wasn't in any danger at all but she left it alone. She had too much to do. Maybe later she'd do what she wanted. At least it seemed she was going to get a few moments alone, back to what she was used too. Matt would soon find that she was boring and predictable anyway. Soon he'd succumb to either quitting or doing his own thing. Lainy told her all the time how boring and predictable she was. And it wasn't going to change. 

"I won't do any of that." Ryleigh confirmed before he left. "I just want to study. I have essay's to write and books to read." 

Of course, that is exactly what Ryleigh had to do. Write essays and read. And while he was gone, which was much longer than what Ryleigh had anticipated (maybe he had given up and quit after so little time!) Ryleigh had managed to finish one of her essays. And as Matt entered once she'd told him he could, he'd find her sitting right where she shouldn't have been - on the ledge against the big bay window in her room. She loved to sit right in the alcove with a few cushions to read. It was her favourite spot, no matter what Matt had said previously.

"Hey. See. No one is trying to kill me. My father is being strangely paranoid." She told him, glancing up from a novel. "Are you happy now that I'm safe?"