If you're reading this...please please review! Thank you to the people who are reviewing. Right now it's my favorite story to write. I plan on getting some insight from Seth. I haven't really shown how he's dealing with everything. That will probably be within the next two chapters.

Chapter 10

Appointment number two would be happening today. Ryan looked over at his sister who was trying her hardest to find something to wear. Ryan rolled his eyes at how difficult this task seemed to be for her. She had to find just the right outfit. Usually it was something her Mom had bought her before she died. She still refused to wear the clothes Taylor had bought her.

Ryan hadn't made much progress since the incident at the Cohen's old place. Somehow the man figured that it would be best if he kept everything in. He refused to talk to his wife about the death of the people who took him in when he needed someone the most.

The past few days he had been getting these strange calls; the person on the other end just breathing and then hanging up. He had tried calling the number back but whenever he tried there was no answer. The phone would just ring and ring not even going to an answering machine. These calls usually happened at the same time every day. 1 am. His wife just shrugged it off saying that it was probably just some teenagers prank calling but Ryan didn't feel the same way about it. It was something more.

"Okay, just pick something already. We're going to be late as it is." Ryan ran his hand through his hair trying to get the child to figure out what she wanted to wear before they missed her appointment completely. Sophie turned around from her quest and glared at her brother.

"These things take time, Ryan." She huffed before turning back around and looking through her clothes again. He wasn't sure what the big deal was about Sophie and having to take so long to find something to wear. He figured it had something to do with Kirsten having picked out her clothes for her before.

Ryan walked out of Sophie's room and into the living room to find his wife feeding their son. He smiled at her.

"She's not ready yet?" Taylor questioned.

"Not even close." He sighed sitting down on the couch next to her.

"Seth called…he was wondering if one of these days he could spend some time with Sophie."

"Sure, she's his sister. I don't see why not." Ryan shrugged before Taylor handed Caden over to him. "I'll talk to Sophie on the way to the Dr's."

"Ryan, I really need you to hear me out, okay? Don't get mad at what I'm about to ask you." Taylor took a deep breath before sitting back in the couch. Ryan nodded really not sure if he wanted to hear what she was about to say to him. "I know you're totally against this therapy thing. But I was thinking that maybe we could get you a therapist too, since you obviously won't talk to me about any of this. I just think it'd be good for you like it's going to be good for Sophie."

"I don't want to talk to anyone, Taylor. I'm fine." He didn't raise his voice or get mad at her. He kept neutral just looking down at his son. He looked at the little boys features. His nose was exactly like Taylor's. His hair was bright blonde and those eyes were definitely from Ryan. His mouth was from Ryan as well.

"If you won't talk to a therapist then talk to me, I'll listen without judging. Ryan, you know that. I just think it'd be good for you to let all of this off of your chest before it becomes too much. Before you end up having a nervous breakdown or something."

"I said I'm fine, Taylor." Still his voice stayed neutral when he spoke to his wife not tearing his eyes away from Caden.

"God, why is it so difficult for you to just talk to me? You're obviously dealing terribly with this." She huffed crossing her arms over her chest.

"I should go check on Sophie." He said handing Caden back over to her before standing up and leaving Taylor in the living room.

"You ready yet?" Ryan pushed open Sophie's door to find her sitting down on the bed in tears. He really hated when she did this. "What's going on?" He asked her confused staying in his spot from the door.

"I can't find anything to wear, can you get Taylor." She looked up at her brother. Ryan gave her a slight nod before turning back around and walking into the living room to Taylor.

"She wants you. Maybe you could take her today. I'll watch Caden." He suggested. Taylor gave him a bright grin at the thought that Sophie needed her help.

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Taylor sat in the waiting room of the small therapists office. She felt a little nervous as she watched the door that Sophie was inside talking to Dr. Harris. She really wanted to talk to the lady to get something out of her. Ryan had barely told her anything from the last visit.

She glanced over at the clock on the wall. She had been sitting here for over an hour now. She was rather antsy to see how Sophie acted after talking to Dr. Harris.

The door to the office opened and the Dr. smiled at Taylor and asked to speak with her. Taylor looked over at Sophie who looked a little sad. She wasn't sure that that was such a good thing for the little girl. That's when she realized that maybe this wasn't the best idea for Sophie.

"It's really nice to meet you, Dr. Harris." Taylor smiled at the woman before sitting down in the chair across from the woman's desk. "My husband didn't tell me much about Sophie's last visit…"

"She's doing fine, Ms. Atwood. I want to discuss with you about her brother, Seth." The Dr. gave a slight smile to Taylor.

"Of course." Taylor said a little confused.

"Sophie asked me if I knew him. She started going on and on about her older brother. I was wondering if maybe you could have her spend more time with him. She expressed that she missed him and didn't understand why he didn't come around her a lot."

"Of course, I'll make sure she spends more time with him." Taylor nodded at the lady. In fact she was thinking the same thing, which is why she was the one to call Seth and ask that morning if he could spend more time with the little girl. She had told her husband that Seth called but he hadn't really expressed any type of interest in spending time with his sister. Even when Taylor asked him if he could spend time with her, he still acted like he didn't want to be around her. It had confused Taylor greatly but then she wondered if it had anything to do with his parents and their death or the fact that they had left Sophie to Ryan and I. "Is there anything else I should know? I mean is this really a good idea to send her to you?"

"I think it will help her to talk to someone who isn't family but I really can't tell you if you made the right decision or not sending her to me. That is completely up to you." Dr. Harris gave Taylor another smile.

"I'm just really worried about her. She's been doing this thing where it takes her hours to just pick out a simple outfit. She ends up crying after she can't decide. I don't know if it has to do with her parents or what…"

"I'm guessing it does have to do with her parents. Has this started recently?"

"She's been doing it since she's moved in with us. She never did that with her Mom." Taylor explained to the Dr.

"I'll be sure to talk to her about that next appointment."

"Okay…" Taylor trailed off unsure of herself.

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"How did it go?" Ryan questioned his wife as she busied herself in the kitchen.

"Fine, you should talk to Sophie though. Why hasn't she told us about her worries with Seth? I can understand why she wants to spend time with him but shouldn't she have told us?" Taylor looked at him.

"I guess…have you told her about him wanting to spend time with her?" Ryan rubbed at the back of his neck.

"Well, no. Not exactly. Okay, so don't get mad but…I was the one to call Seth. I know I shouldn't have but I just don't understand what his problem is not wanting to see his sister."

"Taylor…" Ryan leaned his weight on the counter.

"I know I shouldn't get involved but I just had to. Summer expresses the same concerns as I do. Maybe you could talk to Seth if you want talk to me. Maybe it would be good for the both of you. Summer told me Seth isn't doing so well either." Taylor said to him. "Maybe you two could spend time with Sophie together."

"You aren't going to let this go are you?" He huffed.

"No, not until you agree to talk to someone. Anyone, Ryan." She began chopping a tomato.

"I'm going to check on Sophie." He didn't agree with his wife that he needed to talk to someone. He wasn't sure why it was such a big deal to her. He had kept things to himself his whole life. This wasn't anything different. Sure, it was getting to him a little but he just didn't want to let it all out. He was sure that if he did say something about it that he wouldn't be able to stop himself from going on and on. He wasn't sure he wanted to tell someone all of his thoughts and fears about the death.

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Ryan knocked softly on Sophie's door before turning the door knob and walking in. She was sound asleep on her bed clutching a picture. Ryan had noticed that Sophie had this strange attachment to picture lately. She was always asking him or Taylor to show her pictures of her parents.

Ryan didn't like looking at pictures of the Cohen's. It just brought so much pain to him that he would rather just keep buried.

He didn't want to disturb the little girl so he walked back out of the room. He decided that maybe it was time he talked to Seth. Even if he didn't tell his brother about his thoughts, maybe it would be good for him to just hang out with him like before. He needed things to go back to the way they were before, even though he knew things would never be the same.