Disclaimer: I own nothing.
AN: This is my first O.C fix, I live in Oz and have only seen two
episodes but fell in love. Tell me if this is crap and I'll re-work
it.
Rating:G
Spoilers: None, I'm working off my own twisted imagination.
Hope you enjoy, R&R!
Roads
Ryan sat completely still staring at the backpack stuffed with all
his worldly belongings and let his head fall into his hands. At
sixteen he had a decision to make and it would impact on most
probably the rest of his life so he had to be certain that it was the
right choice.
The choices were many, though they focused around two events, staying
where he was or leaving. To stay would be so easy, to leave would be
far more difficult. Ryan remembered the words of Robert Frost and
pondered the meaning of his famous poem for a moment, Two roads
diverged in a wood, an I - I took the one less traveled by, On the
one hand Ryan had a fairly clear idea of what would happen or might
happen in his life if he was to stay. Oh but if he could gather the
courage to leave, if he could only garner the strength to step out of
the world he had placed in and to find another.
The choice weighed on the boy, who was not only physically drained
from the past week's events but from the enormous stresses he had
placed on himself regarding both the past and the future. Massaging
his temples gingerly Ryan forced himself to concentrate even though
the late hour made demands on his body for sleep. But the decision
must be made now! Who knew what trappings tomorrow would bring, what
new hurdles would bar possible escape?
Pulling himself up into an exhausted standing position Ryan began a
gentle pace of the room he stayed in, stretching his sore and tired
muscles from corner to corner and in a lap around the furniture. As
he walked he muttered softly to himself, to help keep track of his
jumbled reasoning. Thoughts such as friends, family, school and even
work fluttered through his mind and all leading to one impossible
situation, a dead lock. There seemed to be in the mind of the
troubled boy just as much reason for going as there were for
staying.
His decision must be steadfast, if he were to leave he would never be
able to return. This he were certain of, this he was sure. They would
not have him back again and the thought saddened him. That if he were
to leave he would lose everything he was walking away from forever.
Was he willing to give them up forever? Or would it make no
difference? Would he lose them anyway even if he were to stay?
The people around now didn't even know who he was, they just came up
with an idea in there minds about him. An idea formed from where Ryan
was, where he lived, what he had been through. No doubt also who he
lived with.
" Dammit!" Ryan muttered angrily and leant heavily against the
closest wall allowing his head to knock against the plaster,
momentarily forgetting the latest gash on his forehead from fighting.
Wincing as the raw edges of the cut banged against the smooth
surface, Ryan pulled back and looked across the room to his
reflection in a mirror. The cut stood out angrily against the rainbow
of bruises that marred his face, purple around his eye and cheek, an
older bruise yellowing against his jaw line, a now scabby slash
through his eyebrow. Ryan wished he could use the violence as the
reason behind his decision but disgustingly he knew he couldn't count
on the violence to stop wherever he went. If it weren't through his
hot head and his fists in street fights and brushes at school, he
might almost be assured of not having to wake up and look at old
bruises in the mirror.
Ryan rubbed the old bruise along his jaw staring at his own eyes,
searching for the decision in his head. Breaking the contact with the
mirror Ryan took a deep breath and bluffing himself into thinking the
decision he had just made was the right one, he snagged the backpack
and practically ran through the door.
Ryan made it as far as the long drive before he slumped onto the curb
and dragged a cigarette from his pocket and after lighting it took in
a long drag. Ryan looked up at the house at the end of the drive and
pulled his backpack further onto his shoulder. Lighting the second
cigarette with the first he tried to work up the courage to move
further but by the end of the fifth cigarette he was still at the end
of the drive way.
" Ryan?" A voice suddenly called out in the darkness and Ryan jumped
and turned to see the moonlit form of Sandy Cohen standing several
feet away,
" Mr. Cohen," Ryan replied desperately sucking in smoke from his
cigarette one last time before he crushed the remains beneath his
boot and flicked the rubbish into the gutter.
" Sandy, for gods sake call me Sandy," Sandy replied as he moved
closer to the teen and slumped down onto the gutter a few feet away.
From his position in the street Sandy let his eyes examine the boy in-
front of him.
"You're out late?" Sandy asked and Ryan nodded staring down the
street for a moment before turning to look at the emotive face of
Sandy.
" You can come back Ryan, we'd like you to come back."
" I'd like to come back too," Ryan answered in a small voice and
Sandy looked at him, smiled and nodded.
" Welcome home."
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled
by, and that has made all the difference. Ryan hoped Frost was right.
Please Review.
AN: This is my first O.C fix, I live in Oz and have only seen two
episodes but fell in love. Tell me if this is crap and I'll re-work
it.
Rating:G
Spoilers: None, I'm working off my own twisted imagination.
Hope you enjoy, R&R!
Roads
Ryan sat completely still staring at the backpack stuffed with all
his worldly belongings and let his head fall into his hands. At
sixteen he had a decision to make and it would impact on most
probably the rest of his life so he had to be certain that it was the
right choice.
The choices were many, though they focused around two events, staying
where he was or leaving. To stay would be so easy, to leave would be
far more difficult. Ryan remembered the words of Robert Frost and
pondered the meaning of his famous poem for a moment, Two roads
diverged in a wood, an I - I took the one less traveled by, On the
one hand Ryan had a fairly clear idea of what would happen or might
happen in his life if he was to stay. Oh but if he could gather the
courage to leave, if he could only garner the strength to step out of
the world he had placed in and to find another.
The choice weighed on the boy, who was not only physically drained
from the past week's events but from the enormous stresses he had
placed on himself regarding both the past and the future. Massaging
his temples gingerly Ryan forced himself to concentrate even though
the late hour made demands on his body for sleep. But the decision
must be made now! Who knew what trappings tomorrow would bring, what
new hurdles would bar possible escape?
Pulling himself up into an exhausted standing position Ryan began a
gentle pace of the room he stayed in, stretching his sore and tired
muscles from corner to corner and in a lap around the furniture. As
he walked he muttered softly to himself, to help keep track of his
jumbled reasoning. Thoughts such as friends, family, school and even
work fluttered through his mind and all leading to one impossible
situation, a dead lock. There seemed to be in the mind of the
troubled boy just as much reason for going as there were for
staying.
His decision must be steadfast, if he were to leave he would never be
able to return. This he were certain of, this he was sure. They would
not have him back again and the thought saddened him. That if he were
to leave he would lose everything he was walking away from forever.
Was he willing to give them up forever? Or would it make no
difference? Would he lose them anyway even if he were to stay?
The people around now didn't even know who he was, they just came up
with an idea in there minds about him. An idea formed from where Ryan
was, where he lived, what he had been through. No doubt also who he
lived with.
" Dammit!" Ryan muttered angrily and leant heavily against the
closest wall allowing his head to knock against the plaster,
momentarily forgetting the latest gash on his forehead from fighting.
Wincing as the raw edges of the cut banged against the smooth
surface, Ryan pulled back and looked across the room to his
reflection in a mirror. The cut stood out angrily against the rainbow
of bruises that marred his face, purple around his eye and cheek, an
older bruise yellowing against his jaw line, a now scabby slash
through his eyebrow. Ryan wished he could use the violence as the
reason behind his decision but disgustingly he knew he couldn't count
on the violence to stop wherever he went. If it weren't through his
hot head and his fists in street fights and brushes at school, he
might almost be assured of not having to wake up and look at old
bruises in the mirror.
Ryan rubbed the old bruise along his jaw staring at his own eyes,
searching for the decision in his head. Breaking the contact with the
mirror Ryan took a deep breath and bluffing himself into thinking the
decision he had just made was the right one, he snagged the backpack
and practically ran through the door.
Ryan made it as far as the long drive before he slumped onto the curb
and dragged a cigarette from his pocket and after lighting it took in
a long drag. Ryan looked up at the house at the end of the drive and
pulled his backpack further onto his shoulder. Lighting the second
cigarette with the first he tried to work up the courage to move
further but by the end of the fifth cigarette he was still at the end
of the drive way.
" Ryan?" A voice suddenly called out in the darkness and Ryan jumped
and turned to see the moonlit form of Sandy Cohen standing several
feet away,
" Mr. Cohen," Ryan replied desperately sucking in smoke from his
cigarette one last time before he crushed the remains beneath his
boot and flicked the rubbish into the gutter.
" Sandy, for gods sake call me Sandy," Sandy replied as he moved
closer to the teen and slumped down onto the gutter a few feet away.
From his position in the street Sandy let his eyes examine the boy in-
front of him.
"You're out late?" Sandy asked and Ryan nodded staring down the
street for a moment before turning to look at the emotive face of
Sandy.
" You can come back Ryan, we'd like you to come back."
" I'd like to come back too," Ryan answered in a small voice and
Sandy looked at him, smiled and nodded.
" Welcome home."
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled
by, and that has made all the difference. Ryan hoped Frost was right.
Please Review.