You always want the one that you can't have
Cuz' Love Isn't Always Fair
You are the best romance I've never had
Cuz' Love Isn't Always Fair
Chrissy's POV:
I was walking down the stairs with Lennox as we were both doing our hair in the bathroom and we walked into the kitchen and I heard my dad
"Max Flo Tamp?" and then I saw Mel tapped her temple
"Think about it" She said
"Oh I got it" dad said and I just shook my head.
"See if you can decode this NotAFreakinChance. Now remember we're going to your mum's to get our stuff later" dad said before walking to the table
"Got it" I said sitting at the table
"Joe have you seen my good black jeans I can't go to school in my pyjamas?" Ryder said and then he looked at me
"Hey Chrissy" Ryder said with a smile
"Hi Ryder" I said
"Washed and in your room" Dad said
"They're not in my room" Ryder said
"$5 says they are" Dad said walking to the bench
"10 says they're not" Ryder bargained
"20" dad said handing me an apple
"50" Ryder upped the money
"Alright you're on" Dad said running up the stairs with Ryder.
"Chrissy is your dad a child or a man?" Mel asked
"Not sure" I said biting the apple
"It's kinda funny you're not a mum but you have 2 kids plus his, you're not in a relationship yet you live with the guy" Rhonda said as Mel walked to the table
"And you haven't been on a date in 6 weeks" Rhonda said and Mel looked at her
"12" she changed her answer
"I am totally fulfilled in my new life. But tell me Rhonda and Chrissy are there still men out there and do they take women on romantic dates to restaurants and take advantage of them?" Mel asked Rhonda and I
"I'm 16, but I think so" I said biting my apple
"They do, god bless them" Rhonda said "Oh god I miss that" Mel said fake crying.
"Look at me I'm rich" I heard Ryder shout from upstairs
"Nothing says that they're in the dryer, Oh hey we never talked about this on Friday is payday right?" Dad asked Mel when he came down stairs
"Aha" Mel answered
"Good I might need a small advance" dad said going down to where we sleep.
"Interesting fact before this he actually ran an entire company" Mel said turning to Rhonda
"Look we lost a billion dollar but we never lost our pants" Dad said as he came back upstairs but then went back downstairs and Mel smiled.
After school dad and I went to go get the rest of your stuff well more mine than his, mum said she didn't want me with nothing so she gave me all my stuff back and a little more, so when we got back to the house dad and I were carrying boxes when we walked in Mel and Rhonda were giggling and dad stop in front of me therefore I stopped
"Girl talk?" Dad asked
"Just business" Mel said
"Yes we were reviewing critical personal issues" Rhonda said
"So then girl talk" dad said but I put down the box and stood with Rhonda and Mel.
"What's happened?" I asked
"Just that Mel has a date tonight and he is pretty much Orlando Bloom" Rhonda informed me and then looked at Mel.
"So what's your next move with Theo?" Rhonda asked
"Well I don't want to be unprofessional" Mel said pouring a coffee and then scoffed
"I'm lying I so want to be unprofessional, you know slap me with a law suit unprofessional. He's really adorable" Mel said and we all giggled just as dad walked by
"Ladies please at least wait till I'm out of the room, Chrissy put your stuff downstairs, you have a lot more to get, I'll give you hand" dad said
"Keep me updated Mel" I said as I picked up the box
"You got it Chrissy" Mel said as I walked downstairs to the basement.
I put my stuff down in the left corner next to dad's weightlifting bench and when I got back upstairs Mel was trying to help Dad bring in the next box and it went all over the floor
"See" they said at the same time and we all picked up the stuff and put it back in the box and took it downstairs.
"Alright I got it" Dad said as he walked downstairs with his back facing the wall
"Alright, We're all moved in, well I am. Chrissy has to get more of her stuff" Dad said
"Yeah I'll do that in a minute" I said
"Nice. Walls, floor weight bench all the comfort of solitary confinement. Where do you two sleep?" Mel said
"This baby this thing inflates in 30 seconds" dad said picking up the air mattress's remote and it started inflating very slowly
"Wow look at it go, we better get out the way" Mel said sarcastically while jokingly running if that even makes sense.
"Well what about Chrissy where's she gonna sleep?" Mel asked
"Yeah where am I going to sleep?" I asked dad with frowed eyebrows.
"Well I was thinking maybe with Lennox" Dad said
"Seriously I thought you an Tiffany were going halvsies on all your stuff" Mel said
"Yeah this is my half, Chrissy got all hers though" Dad said
"Cause mum isn't divorcing me" I said
"Go get the rest of your stuff" dad said and I went upstairs and got the rest of my stuff.
About 4 boxes later and I walked in to see Mel and Lennox talking so I left the door open a smidge so I can hear their conversation without them seeing me
"What about making some new friends at Grant where you go for 8 hours or so I'm told" Mel said
"I already have friends" Lennox said holding her phone
"Yeah but those friends will give you carpal tunnel and what about Chrissy?" Mel asked Lennox
"She's with Ryder and I know she'll be even busier with him" Lennox said
"Why would she be busier with Ryder than you?" Mel asked "Because she likes him and he likes her so they'll be with each other more and more that she won't have time to hang out with me because Ryder will take her away from me" Lennox said.
"Aww that will never happen Chrissy will make time for you and if Chrissy does end up spending a lot more time with Ryder what about making some new friends that you talk to even in a blackout O-M-G" Mel said sitting down at the table
"I have nothing in common with those people" Lennox said
"Give them a chance, get to know them, then maybe you can get there numbers and text them" Mel said
"I knew you wouldn't understand" Lennox said. I can't believe she thinks that I'll spend too much time with Ryder that I'll forget about her.
I walked in and saw dad "I'm getting inches back all of them" Dad said
"Eww dad" I said
"I was talking about the TV, wanna come say hi to your mum again and get the TV back" Dad said "Sure" I said and we left and got the TV.
It actually went alright and we came back to the house with the TV on a trolley when Ryder opened the door
"Thanks buddy" Dad said
"It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen well besides you Chris" Ryder said when I stepped in the door
"Smooth Ryder. But thanks" I said giving him a hug anyway.
"It's alright" he said getting slightly red cheeks when we pulled away from the hug
"Joe can I touch it?" Ryder asked Dad pointing to the TV
"No. Alright but go wash your hands first" Dad said and Ryder did just that.
"Well I think I know what this is" Mel said
"This is a little piece of my dignity went over to talk to Tiffany best conversation we've had since-"Dad said.
"Since you went broke and she dumped you?" Lennox asked
"I was going to say when discussing Chrissy's name but that's a way to cushion it, yeah" Dad said and Mel glares at Lennox who shrugs and walks away and Ryder comes and stands next to me
"Anyway I say to my position, she listened, and I am back with tangible results" Dad said
"Yeah a beautiful big ass TV" Ryder said touching it
"Watch your language around the Television" Dad said as Lennox, Ryder and I push the TV into the Living room
"He treats it like another child" I said once we were in the living room.
Ryder set the TV up while Lennox and I sat on the couch
"Is that good?" Ryder asked me
"Yeah" I said
"Oh that looks great" dad said as he sat on the couch
"Look I put a lot of thought into the design to the room here and Fright house rec room was not part of the scheme" Mel said
"Come on Aunt Mel it's Hi-Def" Ryder said sitting next to me putting his arm around my shoulder and Lennox nudged me smirking
"And I'm low tolerance, besides it's Joe's TV" Mel said
"It's fine it can live up here" Dad said with his eyes fixated on the TV
"Actually downstairs would be some much better" Mel said giving dad the 'do as I say' look
"You know Ryder downstairs would be so much better" Dad said changing his mind which made Ryder stand up and step closer to dad
"No you can't, this is the first this house has officially not sucked" Ryder said
"Well it's nice that you don't hold back" Mel said and then started walking over.
"Ryder look I know you like it but if my interior decorator saw this-" Mel said cutting herself off after seeing the adorable penguins on TV
"Oh my god baby penguins" Mel said
"Cute right?" I asked her
"Sit" Ryder said
"No oh, they're so cute and crisp I want a penguin" Mel said sitting down
"I do too they're so cute" I said.
Mel went out on her date and Ryder asked me if I wanted to watch the football game on dad's TV so I said yes so right now I am sitting on the couch being cuddled by Ryder and watching the football game
"Woooo" dad, Ryder and I jumped up when they scored and Mel just walked into the room with a guy who just like Rhonda said is like Orlando Bloom and Dad and Ryder high fived each other and Ryder and I hugged
"What is this?" Mel asked dad
"This is an amazing comeback is what this is, the Bangles we down by 14 points 2 minutes ago" Dad said
"Now they're even can you believe this?" Ryder said as we sit back down and we cuddle more.
"Why don't we take this into the kitchen" Mel said dragging her date away
"Who's got the ball?" he asked
"Georges" we answered
"Wow, what a beautiful picture" Mel's date said as he sat next to me
"They're going for it on 4th down?" he asked
"It's that kind of game man" dad answered him
"Look Theo-"Mel said getting cut off by us cheering and Ryder high fived Theo and I hugged dad
"Did you see that interception?" Ryder asked
"Yes I did!" Mel said angrily.
The next night I was spending time with Ryder in his room
"Ryder need ya"
"Chris can you come with me?" He asked me
"Why?" I said hopping off his bed
"Well Aunt Mel just called for me and I'm scared and she can't yell if your there" he said and I went with Ryder.
"So what's up?" Ryder asked
"Oh Ryder um listen there are one to many TV's in this room can you find it?" Mel asked and Ryder just walked to dad's TV
"Subtle" I said and she smiled at me
"Take it on down to Joe and Chrissy's man/lady cave" Mel said walking towards Ryder
"I reserve the right to bring it back up here for playoff games and the occasional movie night with Chrissy" Ryder said
"This is not a negotiation" Mel said
"Sure it is" Ryder said smiling his cute smile – argh I need to stop that.
"Joe's influence on you is not appreciated" Mel said
"He said you'd say that, come on Chrissy" Ryder said as I helped him unplug the TV and move it down to dad's room.
We set up the TV again in dad's room and can I just say it is confusing but luckily Ryder helped me and we got back up to the living room to see Mel and Dad sitting on the couch
"Hey Ryder, Ryder hey get back downstairs and get that TV back up here I want 52 inches of TV in front of my face pronto" Mel yelled
"But I just took it" Ryder said stepping closer to his aunt
"Hey, look, look when they finally agree with you on something just shut your mouth and go with it" I heard dad say
"I'm going to learn a lot from you aren't I?" Ryder asked dad
"Damn straight boy" dad said before he and Ryder left to get the TV back.
"Hey what happened?" I asked Mel sitting down next to her
"Theo is gay" She said simply
"Seriously?" I asked
"Yeah he said that the boyfriend and him are taking their cat to the vet cause he's coughing up blood and thamks for the votes" Mel said
"He rammed your gay-dar?" I asked her what! I can be girly-ish when I wanna be… blame Lennox
"Yeah did you get the same vibe as I did that he actually liked me?" She asked me
"Yeah he like regular guy things like football never did he seem gay not even the slightest. Now how about we get in our pj's while dad and Ryder set up the TV" I said getting her off the couch when I saw Ryder and Dad bringing the TV up.
"Go, go, go, go, go, go" we all said then cheered and Lennox, Mel and I hugged
"And the baby penguin is hatched" Mel said
"It really is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen" Dad said but I looked at him
"Besides the birth of my own" Dad said wrapping his arm around me giving me a hug
"So can we keep the TV?" Ryder asked
"It'll help me make more friends" Lennox reasoned
"We can watch more penguins" I reasoned
"You know I didn't think I could adjust to it at first but now that it's here I guess it's not so bad" Mel said looking at us then there was a barking like noise on the TV.
"What is that?" Ryder asked
"What is that?" he asked again
"Oh no it's a Leopard Seal" I said as I clutched onto Ryder and wrapped his arm around me and we saw it chasing the penguin
"And it's chasing the-" Ryder said
"Oh my god!" Ryder and I said
"We gonna need to change the channel here" Mel said and while dad, Ryder and Mel were looking for it Lennox and I couldn't take our eyes of the poor penguin and it caught it and Lennox and I screamed
"What" dad said and they saw what we saw and it ate it
"Who is the sicko who came up with Hi-Def?" Mel said and I hugged Ryder really tight.
Hope you enjoy
Do You Bleed? - Batman
-amber sixx