Title : You Should Have Lied
Author: AbayJ aka Ashley Marie
Rating: M -- For language and maybe sexual situations.
Disclaimer: I own nada, the idea belongs to me ant that is about it. Song, Truth Is A Whisper, is by Goo Goo Dolls.
Genre: Angst/Drama/Songfic/AMC
Fandom(s): KenLee, Zendall, AiLee, RyLee, ZacLee, and Kaiden (Hints of: Ryannie, Rendall, JackLee, Zannie)
Summery: The truth could set you free, but it will probably break you instead.
Author's Note: Second part, kinda short but it gives you all an idea on how this story will go and I've decided it PROBABLY won't be more then a 4 part-er, 5 at the most. I've kinda moved it pretty fast, unlike my other short AMC story. And I do what y'all to know, I do love me some Aidan but after the cheating and the re-recast of Greenlee, AiLee just isn't my cup of tea anymore. So don't look at this to be a AiLee pro story.
Part Two: Truth Is A Whisper
Truth is a whisper and only a choice
Nobody hears above this noise
I had no idea where I had been driving too, I had just drove, trying to stop the pictures invading my mind. His hands on her, his lips kissing her where I kissed her. I slammed my hand into the steering wheel and drove faster then before. Kendall was the one woman I was going to send the rest of my life with and now, I wasn't sure what was to become of us anymore. What did we really have? Besides hurt and confusion? I shake my head and come to a stop, and look up at where I was.
I wasn't sure why I was here, maybe I was here to check up on her? Maybe I was here to make sure she was alright? Or maybe I was hopping for something all together. Maybe I was hopping to see him? To pound my fist into his face for what he had done to my family. What he had done to Greenlee and how she looked when I saw her. Broken.
I got out of the car and walked to the elevator. I had no idea what I was going to do yet, I knew I was going to do something though and I was going to make that son of a bitch pay. Either by my fist or by some other means. Either way, he was going to suffer.
I took the elevator in relative calm and once it stopped, I walked to the door and pounded on it. "Aidan, open up!" I shout and pound harder and the door opened and he looked at me.
"Is it Greenlee?" He asked, worry forming on his face and I almost smirk, almost.
I reached out and grabbed my fist full of his shirt and turn so I could slam him against the wall next to the door on the inside. "You don't get to say her name anymore, got it?" I ask coldly and he just gave me a cold stare.
"I guess this means you know?" He asked and I do give a smirk this time.
"Oh I know, and you are going to pay now, you are going to pay for hurting my family, for sleeping with my wife, and most of all, you are going to pay for hurting Greenlee." I tell him coldly and slam his body into the wall again, and that was the last thing I remembered. I had slammed him against the wall, right before my hand slammed into the side of his face.
Always a risk when you try and believe
I know there's so much more than me
Yeah
Yeah I got caught in the ruse of the world
It's just a promise no one ever keeps
And now it's changing while we sleep
And no one here can see
"Ryan, what are you doing here?" I heard my father ask my ex-husband and I lifted myself off the couch, wiping the the sleep and tears from my eyes and look over at the door. It was late, I knew it because it was dark and I felt the chill come in.
"I...I need your help, Annie wants a divorce and I know, I know we're not that close but I could really use your help." He mummers and I listen intently, surprised to hear his words. I knew him and Annie were in a bad place, because all he could remember was loving Kendall, but I didn't know it was that bad.
I saw my father look over his shoulder, giving me a small smile and turning back to Ryan. "Look, this is a bad time. Why don't you come to my office in the morning and we can discuss it." He says and I quickly get up, walking over to the door and running a hand through my hair.
"Dad, it's okay, really." I say and give Ryan a weak smile. "Hey there stranger." I say softly and lace my arm through his and lead him inside.
"Are you alright?" He asks, he had always known be better then myself, that was why our friendship had meant so much to me through the years and I gave a little nod.
"I should ask you that, you're the one here for a divorce!" I say and take his hand in mine, squeezing it and he sighs. As if he didn't really want to talk about that but that had never stopped me before and I look around but it would seem as my father made himself scarce. I give a quick smile and then push Ryan down on the couch and plop down next to him. Swinging my legs to rest on top of his.
"I'll show you mine if you show me yours..." He says with his trademark smirk and I throw a pillow at him.
"Deal, but only if you make us a drink." I say and nod towards the mini bar in the corner and he nods, moving me feat and I curl them beneath mine and he walks over to the bar and after a few shakes, he comes back with a scotch and martini. He hands me the martini and sits back down. I take a few sips and then we both opened our mouth.
"You first!" we said together and I laugh, the first real laugh I had had since the news and I point my finger at him. "Fine, fine...but don't do the pity act when I tell you." I say sternly and then sigh. Taking a long sip of the gin drink and tilt my head to the side.
"Aidan cheated on me." I say softly and I see Ryan's shocked expression. Not long ago, he had been shocked I had nearly died and that I was seeing Aidan. I just smiled softly.
"When? With who?" He asks at once and I smiled but it didn't reach my eyes and I felt his hand reach out to take mine.
"That's the worse part...it was when me and Zach were in the bunker, with Kendall." I whisper and I felt the tears come back and I finish of the drink. Shaking my head. "I swore I wasn't going to cry again..."
I whisper and looked up at him, who looked to be shocked, but he put his drink down and reached for me. "I'm so sorry Greens." He whispered in my ear and I just found comfort in his arms.
"I think the only men who will ever really love me are my dad and Leo. You know, in that forever and always kind." I whisper against his shoulder and I pull back, whipping at my eyes.
"Hey, what about me?" He asks and I laugh and place my hands on his cheeks.
"But you, my dear ex-husband, don't remember our non-platonic relations, at least not the second time around." I say with another small laugh and he just sighs. I knew he hated that I knew it frustrated the hell out of him but I was sure one day it would all change.
"Soon, soon you'll remember Ryan." I whisper and he gives me a small smile.
"But not in time to save my family." He whispers again and I lean my head against his and we both just gave into our pain. Our friendship holding each other up as our worlds crashed around us.
You know all I am
Feel this moment in you
You know all I am
Can you teach me to believe in something
Sometimes you choke on the smell
just to breathe
I need to question what I need
I was starting to worry, I hadn't been able to reach either of them and it scared me. Just like before, both had been lost to me and it had been my fault. I had pushed so hard with Greenlee and then I had pushed Zach away. I pick up my cell phone as I drove faster then anyone should. It still said the time, and not the incoming call I had been looking for.
"Dammit Zach, please, please answer so we can talk." I whispered to no one and slammed my hands against the wheel and buried my head into the steering wheel, sighing softly.
I take a breath and try and remember that he needed time, needed time to think and process but that was to hard. To think I may have lost him because of one stupid night. One night I let myself go. I closed my eyes for a moment but when I opened, I let out a scream. I had been driving to fast and now I couldn't stop. I pressed against the break but it wasn't soon enough and before I knew it, everything was black.
Rhythm of silence
that beats through your mind
Still you forget what you deny
Yeah
Yeah I got caught in the ruse of the world
It's just a promise no one ever keeps
And now it's changing in your sleep
And no one here can see
"We're a couple pieces of work, huh?" I asked, he was on his third whisky and I was on my tenth or twelfth martini, at least I thought I was. I had lost count sometime around the fourth and sixth.
"We are Greenlee, we are, your 'boyfriend' cheated on you and my wife wants a divorce. Oh and let's not forget that my fiance is married with two kids and is the one that slept with your boyfriend." He mummers and raises his glass up to mine and I clink it and we both drained them. Then he looks at me, getting up, and grabs my hand. Pulling me up.
"Let's get out of here..." He says and I look up at him surprised. He had that look in his eyes, the same one the first time we road bikes together.
"Uhhh, I don't think we should drive..." And he laughs and grabs my coat, helping me into it.
Then he leans close and I felt his breath on my ear. "Who said anything about driving?" He asked and I laugh and followed him.
"I'll be home soon Dad!" I called up the stairs and we didn't even wait for the response, instead we rushed out of the house and the door slammed behind us. It felt like it did before, before all the messy problems. Before our marriage, back when I was his precious sidekick and he was the dynamite kid.
You know all I am
Feel this moment in you
You know all I am
Can you teach me to believe in something
Who's the one you answer to
I shook my hand and looked down at the man. He was a bit more then alive but he'd have a hell of an headache when he woke up. I touch my own hand to my lips and shake my head. He had gotten me a few times but it felt good actually because I wasn't numb like I had been on the ride over. Picking up my phone from where it had dropped during the fight, I snap the battery back into the phone and turned it on.
I see I have more then a few voice mails and instead of checking the missed calls, I listen to them. In case any of them had been from Greenlee or the babysitter, I started to delete the ones with her voice but this time I listened, maybe because I enjoyed pain or I wanted to revel in hers. I didn't know.
"Zach, please answer...we need to talk. You can yell, you can scream, you can do whatever you want, but PLEASE talk to me, please. We can work this out, remember it's always only you, remember? Please, call me...please."
And then her voice stopped and I heard the voice mail voice asking if I wanted to delete or save and instead of hitting a button, I closed the phone and closed my eyes.
"If it was always only you, for you, you'd wouldn't have done this?" I say to nobody and I look back down at Aidan's body and I hear his groan.
"Mate...help me up..." I hear him groan and I shake my head and instead, I stepped over him and walked out. The man could die for all I cared. He had been happy I hadn't done the job, but I didn't want to hurt Greenlee anymore then she already was. I walked toward the elevator and headed down to my car. Deciding I needed to make another visit before I went home. Or at least the place that used to be home.
Do you listen when he speaks
Or is everything for you
And do you find it hard to sleep
Or is it easy on your own
Will you ever find some peace
Before you're gone
As he dragged me up a cliff, I sighed and followed. This wasn't easy in four inch heels but he made it look easy. "Ryan, come on! Slow down!" I say and puff and he laughed and hauled me against him.
"You're a slow sidekick..." He says with a laugh and I hit his chest and then lifted a leg up, showing off the heal.
"You wear these and do this!" I say, my laughed drunken and loud. He smirked and kiss the top of my head like had down a thousand times but it felt different. Different for me, but his kisses had always affected me that away.
He pulls away and begins to haul me up the hill more. "This better be dammed good!" I yell behind his back and he laughed again and pulled me up hire until we were at the top and I looked down at the raging waters that had taken my first love away and taken the mother of Zach's child away. I felt tears brimming my eyes.
"Wait...wait..." Ryan said as if he could feel what I was feeling and he pulled me a little further and then I saw an opening in the cave and I saw a blanket spread, along with a bottle of wine and some junk food that was always my favorite and my tailor's worst enemy.
"Wow, you did this?" I asked up at him and just shrugged.
"When you went to the bathroom the last time, I figured we both needed to be alone and think." He said and I nodded and I kicked off my shoes and ran towards the blanket. Thankfully it was two down comforters and I slide beneath the top one. He follows, shedding his own shoes.
"Thank you dynamite kiddo! Another hero moment for you!" I say with a laugh and reached for the brownies while he worked on the wine.
"I couldn't have done without my trusty sidekick in four inch heels. He adds and I throw a chip at him. And for the first time that night, I wasn't thinking of Kendall, Aidan, or Zach and I could tell, the same could be said for him.
You know all I am
Feel this moment in you
You know all I am
Can you teach me to believe in something
Author's Note: Kinda short, I know but I wanted you to get the point what is going on with these guys and I think this did that! Also, I am sorry that I didn't mention Leo in the last chapter as the only man who ever loved Greenlee. I LOVED Greenleo but I totally blanked but I did mention it in this chapter! I hoped you guys enjoy and remember to read and review!
