Meet Mary Ann

Meet Mary Ann

By: PrinceOfNewYork

Meet Mary Ann

Summary: Prince hits some rough times with her father and her new step mother. Can her friends help her out before it's too late? (Modern day, 1shot)

Disclaimer: Prince is mine, her father was created by the movie newsies, and his wife is my creation, as is Alex/Avalanche. Rylet belongs to a good friend of mine. The song titled "Meet Virginia" which the fic is based on is by Train.

A/N: A one shot story based on the relationship of my major character: Prince, and her new crush, Rylet. Rylet is a trade mark character of my friend, so I'm borrowing him. Thanks to Jams for lettin' me borrow him! I hope you enjoy it! It's based on the Song

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"G'mornin' sunshine!" she said into the phone.

"Morning? Prince… it's six a.m.! It's still night as far as I'm concerned."

"I know… what did I wake you or somethin'?"

"No," Rylet answered sarcastically. "I always get up at six in the summertime, when school isn't in session, and I have nothing better to do with my mornings."

"I'm sorry. I'll let you sleep."

"No, no… I'm awake now. What did you need?"

"…you… wanna watch the sunrise with me?"

Prince was sitting on the roof of their house when Rylet's car pulled up. He knew right where to meet her. It had been the same rooftop since they were 8. He lifted up the rug by the side door and picked up the key hidden there. He unlocked the door, and walked inside. He climbed the stair cases to the 3rd floor, and came out onto the balcony. He grabbed onto the trellis, and climbed upward before hoisting himself onto the roof. "Am I late?"

Prince looked at the stars still sparkling in the sky. "I don't think so," she said with a soft smile.

He sat down on the roof beside her. "So, any reason we're here?" He would ask something like that at times, because Prince usually didn't call this early unless something was wrong.

"Watch the sunrise of course," was her only answer. She had a blanket wrapped around her shoulders and a long sleeved jacket and jeans on, despite the fact it was summer. Sure it was chilly at night, but not that bad. Rylet was comfortable in a t-shirt and jeans.

They sat in silence for several minutes until the horizon started to be colored in pinks and oranges. "So, once the sun is up," Prince said, "what do you wanna do?"

"I dunno," he said shrugging slightly. "What do you wanna do?"

"I think we should go down to the boardwalk. See the shops. Take a vacation from life for a day."

"Okay…" he said. His eyes stayed on her a moment longer before he looked back out towards the sunrise again.

Silence dominated the conversation once more as they sat and the sun was then turned colors yellow, green, and dark blue added to the pink and orange.

"It's kinda like a rainbow isn't it?" she said keeping her eyes on the sky and the colors it was creating.

"Huh?"

"The sunrise. It starts with pink and way over there," she said turning around and looking at the opposite horizon, "it's purple, see," she said her eyes then moving to him. "Like a rainbow that fills the whole sky."

He chuckled a little. "Right… I see it now."

"Hey Ry?"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks for comin' up here with me."

"No problem."

She doesn't own a dress,
Her hair is always a mess,
If ya catch her stealin' she won't confess,
She's beautiful.

After the sun had come up Prince and Rylet came off the roof and downstairs for breakfast. By this time Prince's mother was in the kitchen. "Ah, I was starting to wonder if you'd run away."

"Hello Willa," was Prince's only reply.

"Where were you?" she asked as she turned to face Prince and Rylet while holding a cup of coffee.

"Watching the sunrise…" leaving out the roof on purpose. Her stepmothers didn't know she went up there.

"It doesn't change you know."

"I like it that way," Prince said firmly. "What do you want for breakfast Ry?"

"Just… whatever," he said compromising. Prince just grabbed a box of frosted strawberry pop tarts and put two in the toaster.

Willa glanced at Rylet long enough for him to notice before her eyes turned back to Prince. She was about to say something when the father figure of the house hold walked in. "Good morning everyone."

"Good morning dear," Willa said with a small smile.

"Hello father," Prince said in a low tone.

"How did everyone sleep?"

"Amazing, thank you," Willa said with a soft smile.

"Fine," Prince said quietly.

Then, Mr. Snyder saw Rylet. "Oh… you're here…" he said with slight distain. Every couple of years Snyder's perception of Rylet changed, and everyone but him knew why.

"Good morning Officer," Was Rylet's only reply. The pop tarts came out of the toaster and Prince took them over to Rylet.

"We're gonna go out for the day, "Prince informed her parents. "I'll be back later," she said. Rylet followed Prince out of the kitchen as she grabbed her keys. Then both of them walked out the door.

"Nice folks," Rylet said nodding once they got out the door. Prince just laughed.

She smokes a pack a day,
Oh wait that's me but anyway,
She doesn't care a thing about that, hey
She thinks I'm beautiful.
Meet Virgina.

They ate the pop tarts on the way to the boardwalk and once they arrived Prince parked her car and they got out.

"I haven't been here in a while," she said. "It's kinda nice, to just… relax and walk down this place," she said with a small smile as she looked around. "It's… comforting, ya know?"

"Yeah," Rylet said. "Just the sound of the water… and the people… and the music… okay, it's pretty busy but still, I get what you mean," he said chuckling a little as Prince laughed along with him.

"What shall we do, Hmmm? We got all day to kill."

"How about ice cream?"

"That's a great idea!"

She never compromises,
Loves babies and surprises,
Wears hi-heels when she exercises,
Ain't that beautiful?
Meet Virgina.

Prince, with her mint chocolate chip ice cream, and Rylet with his chocolate marshmallow ice cream came out and sat on a bench to watch the water and relax for a while.

"Hey… Prince?" Rylet said.

"Yeah," she said as she ate her ice cream.

"You ummm… You doin' okay?" he asked.

Prince stopped with the ice cream cone in her hand. "I'm fine Rylet," she said looking at him. "Just fine."

"Then take off your jacket, because your face is getting' red."

"Its sun burnt," she said. "And we're outta sunscreen, so I had to find somethin' to do to keep me outta the sun."

"You aren't outta sun screen Mary-"

"Yes! We are," she said getting angry and then calming herself down. "You don't know anyway, unless you went through our cupboards or something."

Rylet sighed, he knew what the issue was. "Well… if you ever need to borrow sun screen, we have some at my house. Come by any time."

"Thanks," she said quietly as she smiled at him a little, then went back to eating her ice cream.

Well she wants to be the queen,
Then she thinks about her scene.
Pulls her hair back as she screams,
I don't really wanna be the queen.

Prince and Rylet stayed at the boardwalk almost all day. Come nearly six o'clock they were heading back towards the car, when they were stopped by a familiar voice. "Heya Prince! Ry!" A boy was waving his hands around to get their attention.

Prince covered her eyes against the sun to see that it was Alex, a close friend of theirs. He came running over to them with a broad smile. "Heya kids, what cha doin' out here?"

"On our way home," Prince said with a soft smile. "You?"

"I was comin' to pick somethin' up that I ordered."

"Cool," Prince said.

"Prince, favor?" Rylet said. "Go start the car. I need to talk to Avalanche for a moment."

Prince looked a little confused, but didn't think much of it. Boy stuff. "Alright…" she said. "I'll wait for ya." She turned and walked away from them.

"So…" Ave said when she was out of ear shot. "What's with the long sleeved clothes?"

"Her parents… that's all I know," Rylet said with a shrug. "She's… havin' some issues at home."

"No kidding? Her step-mom's a witch."

"Yeah. I need to ask you a favor. Maybe call her sometime tonight, see how she's doin'. I already tried, and she won't tell me nothin'. You're like her brother, I'm just her best friend. Maybe she'll talk to you."

"I dunno man… you know stuff I don't about her."

"Yeah, but I tried… just… try okay?"

Avalanche nodded. "Okay, I'll try."

"Thanks… I better go. Talk to you later."

"Yeah, see ya," Avalanche said. The two boys parted ways as Rylet went to meet Prince at her car.

"What was that about?" she asked as Rylet got in.

"Nothin'. He needed to ask me something about his girl friend," Rylet replied as he put on his seat belt.

"Oh…kay…"she said as she backed out the car and started home.

Her daddy wrestles alligators, mama works on carburetors
Her brother is a fine mediator for the president
Well here she is again on the phone
Just like me hates to be alone
We just like to sit at home,
And rip on the president.
Meet Virgina.

"Hello?" Rylet said as he picked up his phone.

"Hey there," Prince said with a small smile.

"Hey, what's up?"

"Not much, just… thought I'd call see how you were."

"I ain't changed in the last 2 hours Prince."

"Well ya never know!" she said smiling still. "Ummm… about today. What you said on the bench I-"

"No, it's okay Prince. Ya dun gotta tell me anything."

"No, Ry… I want to…"

"Okay, go ahead."

"My step mom she… well she's got issues. I honestly think she's crazy. She's got like… 10 personalities… I dun think that's normal."

"Probably not."

"And well… a couple of them ain't to fond of me."

Silence.

"Did she hurt ya?"

"A little… but nothin' to bad," Prince said quietly.

Mr. Snyder's voice could be heard in the back ground calling for her. "I gotta go Rylet. I'll call ya later."

"Okay, thanks Prince… see ya."

"Bye."

Well she wants to live her life
Then she thinks about her life
Pulls her hair back as she screams
I don't really wanna live this life!

"Good morning," Rylet said into the phone. "Any word?"

"Nope, I tried to call her last night," Avalanche said. "Got no answer. How about you?"

"She called me and talked to me about it for a minute. It's her step mom alright."

"Damn… have you tried calling her recently?"

"Yeah. No answer."

"And her home phone?"

"Nope. No answer there either."

"Damn…" Alex said as he started to pace her apartment. "I think I'm going-"

"Don't… I'm already on my way," Rylet said. He was in his car when Alex had called.

"Good luck. Call if you need me."

"Will do. Later man."

She only drinks coffee at midnight, when the moment is not right,
Her timing is quite – unusual
Ya see her confidence is tragic, but her intuition magic
And the shape of her body – unusual.

Prince wasn't home either, or if she was she wouldn't answer the door, and Rylet couldn't find her anywhere. He had no idea where she was. He was starting to get scared. But that night, around midnight his phone rang and it was her.

10 minutes later, he was walking in the front door of the coffee place downtown. Prince waved him over to a corner table. She didn't look too good, her left eye blackened.

Rylet rushed over to her and hugged her right in the middle of the restaurant. "Are you alright?" he asked her quietly.

"Yeah," she said softly to him, still hugging him tightly. "I'm okay."

Rylet pulled back, and held her at arms length. "What on earth happened to you?"

"Nothin'. My mother… last night. We got in a fight. It was stupid. I woke up this morning, and they were gone. Both of them. So I-"

"Well, where did you go? Why didn't you answer your phone. Alex and I have been worried and-"

"Rylet," Prince cut him off. "Just… let me explain," she said quietly. He nodded and let her finish. "I went… around and looked for them. Checked some places, tried the police department, and looked for them. But I never did find 'em. I've been sitting here since 5 o'clock. My phone had been on silent and it wasn't until now that I realized it. So I called you back," she said. "Sorry it was so late," she said, it now being closer to 12:30.

"Don't apologize. Have you put anything on that?"

"Yeah, some ice earlier. I think it's getting' better," she said putting a hand over her eye. It was making her self-conscious.

"Well come on," he said offering her a hand. "Let's get you home."

"But there's no one there."

"And once we get there then you won't be home alone, will you?" he asked.

Prince decided to go along with him and let him take her home.

Meet Mary Ann I can't wait to,

Meet Virgina, yeah.
Well she wants to be the queen,
Then she thinks about her scene.
Well she wants to live her life,
Then she thinks about her life.
Pulls her hair back as she screams…

Rylet spent the night at Prince's house. She had fallen asleep in his arms while they'd been sitting on the couch. Around 11 o'clock or so her parents came home. Rylet was awake by then, and as they came inside, he was leaving. Prince was still asleep on the couch. He hoped she'd be okay. And at this point he wasn't sure. As he walked out the front door he put the hood up on his jacket, because it had started raining

I don't really wanna be the queen.

That night it was plenty dark as the thunder echoed, and the lightning flashed. Rylet was sitting home reading a book in his living room, when his door bell rang. "I got it!" he called as he stood up and headed to the door.

When he opened it he saw Mary Ann standing there drenched from head to toe, the sleeve of her t-shirt ripped off completely, and bruises visible all down her arm. "Can I come in?"

Rylet stood wide eyes and disbelieving at her figure in the door. "Yeah, come on in," he said stepping aside. Prince came inside shyly as she wrapped her arms around her.

Rylet closed the door after her. He'd call her parents tomorrow, she could stay here for now… maybe for a while at this rate. He followed her into the living room and put a blanket over her. "You okay?"

"I will be," she said softly looking up at him. "Thanks."

He tentatively slipped an arm around her shoulders and held her close. "You're welcome."

Prince leaned against him and closed her eyes. Quiet tears came down her cheeks as Rylet stroked her hair gently. "You're okay… ya safe now."

I don't really wanna be the queen.
I don't really wanna live this…

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