Chapter 25….

That night m.j. was sitting on the couch,reading a book,while adam sat next to her,watching tv,when she suddenly put down her book and looked at him;"Are you gonna sit there all night,staring at the stupid tv,instead of telling me what is wrong?"

"What are you talking about?"asked her husband stuned about her sudden outburst and looked up;"Why do you even think that there is something wrong,m.j.?"

"Don't you think that I'd know if something was wrong after all these years that we've been together now?"answered she irritated and got up;"But if you don't want to tell me then fine!"

"There's nothing to tell,honey,I just had a rough day at work and that's all."said adam lying as he pulled her back down next to him on the couch;"I have asked everybody at the policestation to keep an eye out for ryan and to call me if they see him."

"You did?"started his wife surprised;"I'm glad that you did that,adam,because I'm really worried about him and I don't think that he's coming back just like that."

"I know and that's why I have asked them to keep an eye out for him."answered he,happy that he was able to change the subject and distract his wife;"We will find him,honey,I promise."

At the club devon had just finished a set with the rest on stage and was walking towards the bar when she ran into shawn;"Hi,devon,that was great."

"Thanks."answered she uncomfortable and not sure what to say after the way things were left the last time;"Glad you enjoyed it."

"Look,about last time."started her ex-boyfriend hesitating;"I…."

"Hi,guys."said parker as he showed up and gave devon something to drink;"I thought you might be thirsty,devon,after that amazing set on stage."

"I was,parker,thanks."began his friend slowly and turned towards shawn;"What were you gonna say,shawn?"

"Nothing,devon,it wasn't important."answered he with a strange look while he walked away;"I have to go."

"Shawn….!"started devon confused as she quickly went on after him and stopped him;"Why are you suddenly walking away like this and why don't you just say what you wanted to say?"

"It wasn't important and you probably have better things to do."said her ex-boyfriend with a grumpy look on his face and pointed at parker;"With him,devon,so you don't need your ex hanging around."

"Excuse me?"asked she stuned and irritated as well;"What is that suppose to mean?"

"Do I have to spell it out to you?"answered shawn as he walked away;"Have fun with your new boyfriend."

"Jerk!"said his ex-girlfriend angry and walked back towards parker;"Damn it!"

"Are you okay?"asked parker worried;"Was that my fault,devon,did I interrupt something that I shouldn't have?"

"No,that wasn't your fault,parker,that was just shawn being a jerk as usual."answered she;"You didn't do anything wrong."

Mandy was laying in devlin's arms up in his room;"So,how are we going to tell everybody?"

"I don't know."answered her boyfriend;"Don't you have a good idea or something?"

"No,I don't or I wouldn't be asking you."said mandy irritated and sat up straight up in devlin's bed;"So let's think of a good way to tell everybody without shocking them too much,devlin."

"What's that suppose to mean?"asked he;"You're making it sound like what we are doing is so shocking and terrible or something."

"I just mean that our relationship might shock some of them,because you're 15 and I'm 18."started his girlfriend slowly;"I didn't mean that our relationship is terrible or anything,so don't overreact."

"I'm overreacting?"answered devlin angry as he got up;"Why don't you just be honest with me and admit that you have a problem with my age,mandy,you don't mind as long as we're sneaking around and nobody knows about it,but the minute we agree to tell everybody about us you start freaking out!"

"I am not!"said she furious,jumped off his bed and walked out of his room;"Go to hell,devlin !"

The next day Courtney was having breakfast when her brother came into the kitchen;"Where are mom and dad?"

"Goodmorning to you too."said Courtney;"They're both already at work."

"I'm off to the policestation too."started her brother slowly and noticed the curious look on courtney's face;"What?"

"Why are you in such a bad mood?"asked she;"Did you have a run in with devon again?"

"Why does everything have to be about devon?"answered shawn irritated;"And I'm not in a bad mood."

"Yes,you are and I'll bet that has got something to do with devon,because when you went to the club lastnight you weren't in this mood."said his sister;"What happened,shawn,did you act like a jerk towards her again?"

"I didn't do anything!"began he angry;"Did you know that she's got a new boyfriend?"

"No way!"said Courtney stuned;"Where did you get that stupid idea from?"

"He showed up when I…."started her brother hesitating;"When I was there at the club,courtney,he brought her something to drink after she was finished with her set and he's always there."

"Who is?"asked she;"What's his name?"

"Parker."answered shawn;"The new owner of the club."

"You're nuts."laughed his sister;"Ofcourse he's always there if he owns the club and just because he brings her something to drink that doesn't mean that he's her boyfriend,shawn,don't be ridiculous."

"Fine!"said her brother and walked away;"Whatever!"

Mandy was still laying in her bed up in her room when her mother knocked on her door;"Can I come in,honey?"
"No!"answered her daughter and looked irritated when Amanda came in anyway;"I said no!"

"What's going on with you,sweetie?"asked Amanda worried as she sat down on the bed;"You've been in such strange moods lately,mandy,is there something that you need to tell me?"

"Like what?"said she annoyed;"Like that I have a boyfriend who thinks that i'm only using him or something like that?"

"You have a what?"started her mother surprised;"Is that why you've been acting so strange lately,honey,are you seeing somebody?"

"It doesn't matter anymore anyway,mom,so forget I even said anything!"answered mandy softly;"After lastnight it's probably over between us anyway."

"Why?"asked she and put her arm around her daughter's shoulders;"Come on,honey,it's probably not as badly as you think and I'm sure he's feeling as badly as you are right now."

"No,he probably hates me now."said her daughter with tears in her eyes;"He thinks that I have a problem with his age."

"That's silly,mandy,is he that much older then you?"began Amanda worried that her daughter was seeing an old man or something when they heard knocking on mandy's bedroomwindow and to her surprise she saw devlin up in the tree next to her daughter's bedroom when she opened the draps and let him climb through the window after opening it;"Goodmorning,devlin,this is a surprise."

"Hi,mrs. Fowler."answered he looking a bit caught;"Hi,mandy."

"I guess you didn't come here to see me since you climbed up to my daughter's bedroom,so I will leave you two alone and I'll see you both downstairs after you're finished with your talk."smiled his girlfriend's mother as she walked out of mandy's room;"I will ask the maid to set an extra plate."

"Are you insane,devlin,climbing up that tree and up to my window?"asked mandy stuned while she came out of bed;"What are you doing here anyway?"

"I came to talk to you,but I had no idea that your mother would be in your bedroom."started he slowly;"How did she know that I was here to talk to you?"

"Maybe because you showed up at my bedroomwindow,devlin,duh!"answered his girlfriend annoyed;"You have such lousy timing,because I was just about to tell her about you!"

"You were?"asked devlin with a smile and pulled mandy into his arms as he kissed her;"Now shut up and kiss me before we have to go downstairs and face your parents!"

To be continued….