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Chapter 8 The Proposal

3 Months Later

Tess and Ryan are still living together in Ryan's house while she hides from Lex and as a result they have grown closer than ever.

Ryan is still working for Lex but because of his love for Tess he is growing more irritated than ever with Lex.

He wants to quite but he knows he can't because he has to stay in Lex's inner circle to protect Tess.

It's a cold early winter night in Smallville snow is falling everywhere Tess and Ryan are sitting in the living room watching Tess's favorite movie The Notebook when there's a knock at the door.

Ryan quickly shuts off the movie and instructs Tess to lay down on the ground. He draws his revolver from his side and walks over to the door.

He opens the door slowly to see a young woman in her late 20' s with long black hair wearing a white Dress shirt dark jeans black cowgirl boots and a black wool jacket covered in snow.

She throws up her hands " Whoa is that anyway to greet a friend " she says as Ryan lowers the revolver.

" Sorry I've been a little on edge lately come on in and get outta that snow." He smiles and moves out-of-the-way so she can walk inside.

" It's ok Tess you can get up now." Tess gets up and looks as Ryan hugs the girl

" So Ryan who is she?"

" Wait she isn't an ex girlfriend is she" Tess says hints of worry and curiosity in her voice.

The girl just laughs and Ryan starts to cough.

" Whoa Whoa Whoa she isn't an ex girlfriend" Ryan says now regaining his voice.

" Regina this is my Girlfreind Tess Mercer" he says as he walks over and puts his arm around her.

" Tess this is Regina Reynolds she's my old friend Travis's older sister she was 1 grade higher than me and Travis I was good friends with her we hung out until she ran off to Nebraska to go to college"

" Oh" Tess says relieved that she isn't dealing with one of Ryan's Ex's.

" So Regina what are you doing back in Smallville after all these years." she asks curiosity in her voice.

" Well unfortunately my brother Travis died recently in an accident that was not so accidental over at the fertilizer plant

Ryan stops dead in his tracks and falls to the floor Tess kneels down beside him placing her arms around him trying to comfort him.

" I know I hate it just as much as you do but the good news is I just made FBI Special Agent a few months ago so the FBI is letting me launch an investigation into his death."

" But I'll need your's and Tess's help to catch Lex Luthor and the other people involved."

" Ok I understand why you would need Ryan's help he is Lex's head of security and is part of Lex's inner circle now but why do you need me?" Tess asks curiously

" Well Tess when you ran Luthor Corp you were pretty close with Lex so I think you could help us predict Lex's next move."

" So are you both in or not? "

Ryan stands up again " I'm in I wanna help you can that bastard so he can get locked up in the State Penn where he belongs." Travis says anger now flowing from his every word

" Good Tess what about you?"

Tess nods " If Ryan is in then I am to" Tess says as she holds Ryan's hand tight in support.

" Great you both need to meet me at 12:00 at Carson's lake "

And with that she walks out leaving Ryan and Tess standing there.

Tess turns and puts her arms around Ryan.

" Sorry about your friend I'm sure he was a great guy."

" He really was he was good friend I wish you could have met him to" Ryan says as he pulls Tess closer to him.

" Are you going to be ok?" She's says concern in her voice

" Yeah I'll be ok" he kisses her for a few minutes before breaking the kiss.

" Thanks for being here for me."

" Hey that's what you do for the people you love your there for them no matter what." She smiles and hugs him close

" I love you to Tess."

So they stand there in each others comforting embrace working through the horrible news they had just received.

So I did I fool anybody with the Chapter Title show of hands how many of Y'all thought Ryan was gonna propose to Tess? By the way just wanted to say that the character Regina Reynolds is a special O.C created for Mercy Frost who has been a Loyal Reader from the beginning Mercy thanks for the support and I hope you like what I did with Regina big things coming over the next few chapters you don't want to miss I'll update soon

Till Next Time

Clark Luthor 322