Note- Okay, this fic comes with a disclaimer, though not one of those about not owning anything. I don't, obviously.

Anyway, I am only writing this because I really miss Ryan and Kendall having romantic scenes and need to see some even if I have to write them in order to do that. I mainly write about Jason and Carly, and Milo and Lulu from GH. This is just a way to get out my frustrations about not having any Rendall on AMC lately.

If you want more chapters, review. I deleted my last AMC fic because of lack of interest.

Does anyone else still love Rendall and think the stuff currently shown on AMC concerning them is crud? I know I do.

In this story, Emma is not Ryan's child and Kendall is not pregnant. It starts in the last week of the Satin Slayer storyline.

Read on if Rendall is your couple of choice...

Chapter One

"Ryan Aloysius Lavery, let me out of this car!" Kendall jerked on the door handle in the back seat, where Ryan had just unceremoniously tossed her after carrying her from her house over his shoulder.

The child safety lock on the door prevented Kendall from opening it. Ryan jumped in the driver's seat and threw the car into gear.

She crawled between the seats and smacked his arm. "You've lost it. You can not just kidnap me because I won't do what you what."

"I can and I just did."

"Ugh!" she spat out in frustration. " I'm not leaving my husband. He needs me right now."

"I need you to stay alive, Kendall. So does our son, by the way."

Her head was shoved between the seats, close to his, her hand gripped his arm. He could feel her rage pulsating off her skin, but he could also read her eyes.

At the first stop sign she went for the ignition, trying to grab the keys, and that is when Ryan caught the hint of perverse satisfaction that pooled in her dark gaze.

She likes that I'll go to extremes to save her life, he thought, I'll be damned. She still feels something for me, after all.

Ryan did his best to keep his lips from curving into a smile at the thought. He stomped on the gas and she went tumbling back into her seat.

"You ass," Kendall hissed. "Take me back home."

He didn't respond to her until the next red light, where she tried to scramble into the passenger seat. Then he said, his voice soft and filled with pain, "So you can die?"

Kendall stalled and the settled back into her seat.

Ryan went on, "After Spike was born I promised myself I would never let you down again. I'm not breaking that promise, even for you. You stay in Pine Valley and you and I both know how it will play out. He will get to you. Then I have will stand in a cemetery, holding our baby, and see you lowered into the ground. And I would have to try and find a way to say good-bye. Well I can't do that. I can't say good-bye to you, Kendall."

She crossed her arms over her chest and stared out the window as Pine Valley flew past, and they moved farther and farther from her condo. She let out a shaky breath, well aware Ryan was watching her in the rearview mirror.

He added, "I tried to do that several times already and we both know how bad it works out."

After a few minutes she asked the one question that would decide if she went along with him, "Spike?"

"He is being guarded by ten guys at the casino and Annie is caring for his every need."

"Annie," she grumbled. "She is a virtual stranger. I don't trust her with our son and it baffles me why you would either."

"How about I ask Bianca to move into the casino for a while? She can keep a eye on our boy and Miranda and Emma can get to know each other."

"That would be better. But why didn't you just bring him with you? Afraid to let your kid see you committing five different felonies by taking his mother across state lines without her permission?" Her voice was light, her anger starting to dissipate.

"No one is after Spike. He would be in more danger with us."

"So now you know it all, huh? Since when do I follow your commands, Ryan?"

"Never." Quickly glancing back at her, he flashed her a smile. "Feel like starting now?"

"No."

Looking back at the road they drove in silence. He pulled up to another stop sign, then hit the button that disengaged the child safety locks.

Softly he asked, "Will you please leave town with me so that I can be sure you don't become the next victim of some madman who seems bent on killing every woman who means anything to me?"

He knew his voice was shaking, and that he was giving away the fact he hadn't done a very good job getting over her like he had promised to do, but he couldn't help himself.

Come on, Kendall, let me protect you this time. Believe in me, he silently begged.

"Will you?" he asked again.

"Yes."

XXXXXXXX

Kendall called and left a message for Zach on his cell phone. Then she settled into the backseat, still giving Ryan attitude for his caveman tactics, and proceeded to ignore him for the next hour.

She closed her eyes and let the music streaming from the radio start to relax her. But then an old song came on that always took her back to the days of the Pine Comb, when Ryan lived next door, and she was an angry bitch that didn't love anyone. Until she loved him.

In the drivers seat, Ryan was thinking about the same night as her. When they drove deep into each other while this tune shook the paper thin walls of the motel.

(Baby's black balloon makes her fly.
I almost fell into that hole in your life.

And you're not thinking about tomorrow,
cause you were the same as me
but on your knees.

A thousand other boys could never reach you.
How could I have been the one?

I saw the world spin beneath you
and scatter like ice from the spoon
that was your womb.
Comin' down the world turned over
And angels fall without you there
And I go on as you get colder.

Or are you someone's prayer? ) ( Goo Goo Dolls)

Flashback to 2002

"Six pack," Kendall said as she lay in his arms, sweat soaked and satisfied, "are you going to rat me out to Erica or have you finally been lured over to the dark side?"

"Is that all you can think about right now?" he asked with a smile "Your revenge fantasies."

"My fantasies are about this," she ran her hand down his chest and then it disappeared under the blanket. " My reality will be the way I make mommy dearest suffer."

"Leave me out of it," Ryan said.

Kendall said, "You're either on my side or hers. There is no Switzerland in this battle. Not for baby sister Binks and not for you. So," her hand moved over him " my side or ..."

He caught her hand and then moved on top of her. He kissed her, hard, but still with a sweetness that stunned them both. "Whose side do you think I am on?"

His mouth connected with hers and she forgot all about the rage that usually lived right under her skin. For the rest of that night she could only think, feel, breath and taste Ryan.

Her very favorite flavor in all the world.

2007

The song played on and Ryan felt his body respond to it the way it always did. So many songs reminded him of her. Took him right back to when she used to be crazy about him.

Her love use to scare the hell of him. Nothing could make him feel as out of control as her. Nothing, he always thought, would be worse than her lying to him again and breaking his trust. But something was- her falling out of love with him.

She said she loved Zach now. Ryan did his best to respect that, but in his gut there was stabbing pain that he carried every day and in his heart there was a constant aching refrain that seemed to match his unsteady heartbeats and repeat over and over

It should be you and her, you and her, you and her, don't lose her, lose her, lose her, you and her...

He glanced in the rearview mirror now and saw she was watching him. Her skin was slightly flushed. She caught him checking her out but didn't look away.

Kendall never backed down. It was just one of the million of things that drove him nuts, and made him totally love her.

(Comin' down the world turned over
And angels fall without you there
And I go on as you grow colder

All because I'm

Comin' down the years turned over
And angles fall without you there
And I'll go on to lead you home

All because I'm
All because I'm
And I'll become

What you became to me ) ( Goo Goo Dolls)