A/N: Thanks for the reviews and follows and faves on this story - so this next chapter is taken once again from Ryder's POV, and it is him moving on with his life and furthering that of the story from two chapters ago, where he met Sarah Scott.
Now I do want to point out that this does deal with that of some adult matter - but the story does have a M rating, so it's all good. I never go into the whole writing of smut, or such; but it's well referenced here in this chapter.
It's also as well linking up to the last chapter of Here Comes Forever, where there was a discussion about something - but more about that at the end of the chapter in end note, to explain without spoiling that of the story.

As always any character you don't recognize from Glee belong to me and they cannot be used without my permission. The character of Hunter (as well as the mentioned Ashley, Zhane and Andros), does not belong to me; I have borrowed this from another tv show; of which I also dabble writing in, and where the inspiration for using that of my own created characters of Juanita and Courtney, came to be within this story - they are part of the expansion of them.

Love always;
KJ xoxoxoxoxoxo

Chapter 16:

If someone had told him when he and Marley divorced, not even a year ago; that he'd be in another relationship as soon as he was, then he would have thought that they were crazy in thinking that; and that they would be even crazier if they would have told him that the girl he was in a relationship with, who was also divorced like he was, that she'd also had a young daughter, then he really would not have believed it at all.
But that indeed was the reality, what had happened; with Sarah Scott, formerly married name Woodruff, with a young daughter Zoey; who was six years old, and spent weekdays with Sarah; and weekends with her father, Hunter. And whilst getting use to be around that of the young girl, wasn't much he'd had to deal with; since he and Sarah mostly spent weekends together when she was with her father; he also actually didn't mind those times when he had been around to the house of a weekday, and having gotten to know Zoey, and found himself wondering why he'd been so hesitant in having children; as it really didn't seem all that bad now, and made him think he might even like children in the future.

Sunday afternoon, with Hunter due to drop Zoey off just before dinner; and having spent most of the weekend with Sarah, which included sleeping over the night before since there was no child present in the house, who would be able to witness that of adult things. The two of them were now seated in the living room of Sarah's house, watching a movie on Netflix; when the doorbell sounded, and therefore shattering that of what had been their alone time together.

"Well there goes the peace and quiet" said Sarah, with a laugh as she turned off Netflix, leaving only that of the normal television now playing. "And are you okay with meeting Hunter?" she asked, looking to Ryder and he gave a small nod. "Okay, don't be scared of him" she continued, with a small smile and gave him a quick kiss. "He's a really nice guy"

"Yeah, I'm not worried about that" said Ryder, with a small smile to him, as the doorbell rang once more and Sarah stood from the sofa. "I'm more concerned about him having heard the reasons, why Marley and I divorced and him not wanting me to be around Zoey"

"Well if he says that" said Sarah as she walked over to the front door. "Then he is going to be getting an ass kicking from me" she continued, and went to open the door. "Because you've been nothing but wonderful with Zoey", and opening the door looked to her ex husband and daughter standing on the other side, with a smile. "Hi, come on in"

"Thanks" replied Hunter, with a small nod to his ex wife; and walked inside along with Zoey, who immediately hugged Sarah, albeit almost screaming "Mommy" as she did.

"Hi my angel" said Sarah, with her own smile as she hugged her daughter. "Did you have fun with Dad?"

"Yeah, and also Aunt Marah too" replied Zoey, looking to her with a nod. "And yesterday we went out for ice cream down with the fishies"

"Well I bet that was heaps of fun" said Sarah, with a small laugh; and then looked to Hunter. "So nothing need to be knowing?" she asked. "She wasn't any trouble?"

"No trouble at all, and like always was a complete little angel" said Hunter, with a smile to his ex wife. "You have a good weekend?"

"I did" replied Sarah, with a nod. "Just spent most of it here; hanging out with Ryder"

"Ryder, right" said Hunter, with a nod also and looked over to the sofa, where he was still sitting. "Hey there"

"Umm, yeah hey" replied Ryder, thinking that since the other male was being courteous and talking to him, that he should stand and go and introduce himself properly, and doing this went over to Hunter and held out his hand to him. "Ryder Evans"

"Yeah, I know" said Hunter with a small laugh and shook his hand. "I've heard your name mentioned to me before"

"Andros, Zhane?" asked Ryder, with a laugh; and Hunter nodded. "Yeah, we've known each other for a really long time"

"And Andros married Sarah's cousin" said Hunter, as Ryder then gave a small nod. "Which is how I believe you came to know one another, since you can around and fixed Sarah's oven when it was playing up"

"Umm, yeah" replied Ryder with a small laugh. "We did"

"Yeah" said Hunter, giving a small laugh also. "So you're divorced as well, I'm lead to believe?"

"I am, yes" replied Ryder, with a nod. "My ex and I, we didn't want the same things and in the end realised that we weren't going to be able to make it work with us" he continued, as Hunter looked to him. "So the best thing in the end was for us to divorce"

"As said, I've heard so yeah" said Hunter, with a small smile to him and Ryder looked to the other male. "But I've never been one to listen to the gossip of others, and if you make Sarah happy; then so be it" he continued, and Ryder gave a small nod. "And that's all I want; that along with my little girl being happy"

"I understand" replied Ryder, with a nod; thinking he could possibly be friends with his girlfriend's ex, as Hunter looked to Sarah, who'd whilst he and Ryder had been talking; was talking with her daughter.

"So I'll see you Friday afternoon" said Hunter, and Sarah looked to him with a nod.

"Sure yeah, see you then" she replied, giving her ex husband a smile. "Say bye to your Dad, Zo" she continued, and looked to their daughter. "And we will also call during week as well, to say hi too"

"Yeah" replied Zoey, with a nod; and went over to Hunter and gave him a hug. "Bye Daddy, love you"

"Love you too angel" he replied, as he hugged his daughter back. "Be good for your Mom for the week, okay"

"I will" said Zoey, with a nod; as Hunter placed a kiss to his daughter's head.

"Okay, yeah" replied Hunter, with a smile to her as he let her out of his embrace. "I will see you Friday"

"See you Friday" said Sarah, with a nod; and Hunter looked to his ex wife with a nod also.

"Uh huh" said Hunter, with a nod also and then looked to Ryder. "Nice to have met you" he continued, as Ryder nodded, and replied "You too".

"Yeah, bye Hunter" said Sarah, with a nod; and once more saying goodbye to his daughter, left Sarah's house; and as Ryder closed the front door, she looked to her young daughter. "Why don't you go and put your bag into your room, and then I think dinner might almost be ready"

"What we having?" asked Zoey, looking to her mother; and Sarah gave a small laugh.

"Well I can tell you it's not chicken nuggets" she said, as Zoey gave a laugh, and Ryder a small one also. "But it's something that you do like, I promise that"

"Okay mommy" she replied, with a nod and went to grab the bag that Hunter had put down that she'd taken around to his when they'd entered.

"And aren't you forgetting one more thing?" asked Sarah, as her daughter went to get her bag, and she looked at her; shrugging her shoulders. "Saying hi, to Ryder?" laughed Sarah, and giving a laugh also and going over to Ryder, she hugged him.

"Hi Ryder" said Zoey, hugging him and giving a small laugh; he also hugged the young girl too.

"Hi Zoey" he said, with a smile to her also. "It's okay for me to stay for dinner tonight, right?"

"Yes, it's okay" replied Zoey, with a nod. "What did you and mommy do on the weekend?"
"Just boring grown up stuff" said Sarah, with a laugh; and Zoey looked to her mom.

"What's boring grown up stuff?" she asked, and Sarah looked to Ryder; who she could see was unsure of where this conversation was heading and what would just be said.

"It just means, we watched movies and stuff like that" said Sarah, with a nod. "Now go and put your bag in your room, then wash up hands and then you can come out for dinner"

"Okay" replied Zoey, with a nod to her and grabbing her bag this time; ran off to her bedroom, as Sarah walked over to where Ryder was standing and took his hand, giving him a smile.

"You know I didn't mean boring in the sense of boring, right?" she asked, with a laugh; as Ryder looked to her. "I saw the look you had there, and just wanted to make sure we were clear on that"

"No, I didn't think that at all" replied Ryder, giving a small laugh also. "I was just more concerned about what you were going to be possibly telling her that boring adult stuff is"

"She's a little too young at this moment, to fully understand that adult stuff" said Sarah, as Ryder wrapped his arms around Sarah's waist. "Means that you're making me scream out your name, multiple times"

"And you did multiple times" replied Ryder, with a laugh and quickly kissed her. "And that you also made me feel so good too, many times"

"Hmm I did, didn't I" said Sarah, kissing him and Ryder nodded; letting themselves for a moment get caught up in the kiss between themselves. "But, we have to now refrain to at least next weekend and not be like this in front of Zo"

"Yeah, and I know you love your daughter" said Ryder, looking to her with a small smile. "But man, a week is a long time to make a guy, wait"

"I know, yeah" said Sarah, with a laugh. "Just think though how amazing Friday night will be then"

"Oh it will be amazing" replied Ryder, with a laugh also; and with one more quick yet heated kiss between the two of them, they headed into the kitchen of Sarah's house, to start serving up dinner, for themselves and also Zoey; with Ryder feeling that maybe kids and the domesticated life that he'd seemingly not wanted and also had hated with Marley, might not be so bad after all.

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Wednesday evening, with Sam coming around to his apartment; as had become pretty much a tradition now for them since Marley had left California, and them playing some video games, eating pizza and just enjoying that of one another's company; sat talking as they ate the pizza that had just been delivered.

"So when am I going to get to meet this Sarah girl?" asked Sam, with a smile to his younger brother as he picked off some of the anchovies on the pizza, before eating them.

"Umm, I don't know" he replied with a laugh. "It's still kind of new with us, and I don't want to rush things"

"Well I'd kind of say you already are doing that" replied Sam, with a laugh and smile. "Because, what you met like four months ago, and you're already spending weekends with her"

"That's because it's one of the best times to though" said Ryder, with a small laugh. "And Zoey is over at her father's house"

"And that means then that you and Sarah are able to do stuff, I take it" replied Sam, with a smile to his brother, and Ryder gave a small nod.

"Yeah, we are" replied Ryder, with a small nod and Sam looked to his younger brother.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" he asked, as he grabbed his bottle of beer from the coffee table, and took a small drink from it before continuing. "I mean, just that this girl Sarah; she clearly has a child and that is the one thing you don't want"

"Honestly, Zoey" replied Ryder, with a small sigh as he grabbed his own beer. "The time I've spent with her when I've been there when she may have been there, say on a weeknight" he continued, taking a drink himself. "She's not that bad"

"Not that bad?" asked Sam, looking to him. "In the way, that you could see yourself maybe possibly if this relationship were to head in that direction that would involve becoming a step dad, not be that kind of bad?"

"Yeah, I mean she's a great kid" replied Ryder, with a nod. "And whilst I am still pretty sure I don't want kids of my own" he continued as Sam looked to his younger brother. "The fact that Sarah has a child from a previous relationship doesn't scare me off from liking her"

"And you do like her" said Sam, and Ryder looked to his brother with a smile.

"I do yeah" he said, nodding and taking another sip of his beer before putting the bottle down and grabbing another slice of pizza. "She's got this real outgoing personality, and she's an amazing cook"

"Well she's a chef, so I'd be hoping that she'd be good at it" laughed Sam, as Ryder nodded. "And her cooking is something you like I take it?" asked Sam, looking to his brother. "Because that seemed to be one of the other problems you had with Marley, and that she didn't cook anything you liked much"

"I love her cooking" said Ryder, with a nod. "And I'll make sure when you do meet her, that she does the cooking and it be something that of amazing" he continued, with a smile. "Not that it would be anything but that" he laughed. "But yeah, she cooks great food, and none of these new fad things; even though she has to at work"

"Well fad things probably wouldn't have been big with her family having grown up" said Sam, with a laugh. "What with all her brothers and sisters"

"Hmm yeah four brothers and three sisters" replied Ryder, with a laugh. "One of them including Juanita, who we definitely all know"

"Yeah and Sarah, she's not like her sister is she?" asked Sam, with a laugh; and Ryder shook his head with a smile.

"Definitely not" he replied. "She's confident, don't get me wrong there" he continued. "But she's definitely not like Juanita in the sense of I'll beat you to a pulp kind of thing if you ever hurt anyone I care about"

"Well I wouldn't be hurting Sarah, if I were you" said Sam, with a smile to his brother. "Because I think Juanita might have some justice there for you if you were to do that"

"I don't intend to do that" replied Ryder, shaking his head. "And I don't know if there is a future with Sarah, but I am willing to find out"

"And the whole kid thing really doesn't freak you out?" asked Sam, looking to him as Ryder replied, a quick "Nope"

"Okay wow, yeah" said Sam, with a nod. "I just want you to be sure what you're maybe possibly getting yourself into here" he continued, as Ryder looked to his older brother. "Because I can tell you now, that Sarah's daughter will always be first with her; you will always be second"

"I know that" replied Ryder, with a nod. "Really I do" he continued. "But I can't describe how it feels with Sarah, but all I know is that it's not at all like it was with Marley; it's just different"

"Different, is to be expected" said Sam, with a nod. "I know the girls I've dated since Britts, none of them are at all like it was with her; and every relationship is bound to be different"

"Yeah, but it's not just that" said Ryder, shaking his head. "With Sarah, there is this passion and intensity with us; whereas with Marley it was like tame and friendly" he continued, as Sam looked to his younger brother. "And I'm beginning to think maybe, the whole thing with her and me was really that of a two people who started to date, who then moved in together really quickly, and never really got out of that being friends stage but decided because we were in a relationship that we'd marry anyway"

"Well you were the one to propose to her" replied Sam, with a nod and Ryder nodded also.

"Because it's what I thought I wanted at the time" said Ryder, with a sigh. "And that I'd probably not get another chance"

"But you have" replied Sam, and Ryder looked to his brother with a smile.

"Yeah, I have" he said, with a nod. "And just like you haven't found that spark with any other girl that's not Britts" he continued. "I think I've found it with Sarah"

"Yeah, like I said though" said Sam, looking to his brother. "I just don't want to see you hurt, again as I know this thing with Marley, broke you in a way" he said, as Ryder gave a nod. "And whilst I do want to see my little bro, happy. I also don't want to see him hurt again either"

"I won't get hurt" replied Ryder, with a smile to him. "And if it's one thing that the whole thing with Marley made me realize, it's that you can't let people not in on what you're thinking or wanting" he continued, as Sam gave a nod. "And also as well, maybe I should have realized to begin with Marley that things weren't ever really good with us, because well let's just say it wasn't great for me in, you know the bedroom area"

"Okay are we talking about sex, here now?" asked Sam, and Ryder looked to him with a small nod. "Wow, okay" he said, with a laugh. "So Marley wasn't good"

"It wasn't that she wasn't you know, good" replied Ryder, with a sigh. "I mean sex, any sex should be fun" he continued, as Sam gave a small nod also. "It's just sometimes I couldn't finish"

"But Marley would have known this, right?" asked Sam, and Ryder looked to him shaking his head.

"Easy enough to fake it when you're wearing a condom" he replied, giving a small smile to his older brother. "Just groan a few times and all that, she thinks you've reached a climax"

"Well I've never had to do that" said Sam, shaking his head. "And I can't believe you would had done that too many times"

"It was quite a few times that I did it actually" replied Ryder, with a sigh. "When I just wasn't feeling particularly into that at the time, so I'd fake it and then Marley would be happy"

"And you're pretty sure she never knew this?" asked Sam, as Ryder shook his head.

"No, she didn't even know a guy could fake it" he replied, and Sam looked to his younger brother.

"But she knows one can because?" he asked; as Ryder gave a small laugh.

"Two Christmases ago when I went to South Carolina with Marley to spend with her family there" he replied, as Sam looked to him. "Kitty, and she is probably the most outspoken and crass of all of her family; for some reason asked Mikki and Seb if they'd faked it when they were apart for that time" he continued, as Sam just continued to look at him. "And Marley said then she didn't realize a guy could fake it, until Sebastian explained; stating that he pretty much faked all the time when he was with Hannah's sister, Patty, that a guy could do that"

"And you're sitting there thinking, that whole time she would realize that you'd be faking it with her?" asked Sam, and Ryder gave a small nod. "She didn't realize though, I'm guessing"

"No thank god" he replied, with a small sigh. "Because that would be one awkward conversation to be having with your wife, and telling them that they don't get you aroused enough to make you reach a climax"

"No, it would definitely not be" said Sam, shaking his head. "So, I got to ask now?" he asked, and Ryder looked to his older brother. "You and Sarah have had sex?"

"Yes, we've had sex" replied Ryder, with a laugh; and giving a small nod also Sam, looked to his brother.

"And do you there, you know fake it or not?" he asked, as Ryder shook his head with a smile.

"Definitely, do not" he replied, as Sam nodded. "Like I said earlier, with Sarah there is just this intense passion with us, and believe me when I say there ain't nothing faked at all"

"Okay, yeah don't need too many details" replied Sam, with a laugh. "Just be knowing I want to be meeting this girl soon" he continued, with a smile as Ryder gave a nod. "Because clearly she has stolen that of my little brother's heart, and I got to do the whole big bro thing and make sure that she is good enough for him"

"Well I will organize a time when you can meet here then" said Ryder, with a smile to him and giving a nod also, Sam smiled; and then the two of them continued to talk and eat pizza, before playing that of a video game, before Sam headed back home to the Puckerman residence.

End Note: Okay a few things before I sign this chapter off - hopefully Ryder isn't coming across as a jerk in what his actions with Marley were; but the way I see is that they really moved in on the whole relationship really quickly, and didn't get to know one another really well before he is asking her due to her circumstance of needing a new place, to move in with him, where they started to share a bed, since Sam was at the time in the other one - and whilst they did obviously love and care for one another, it just wasn't that type of relationship where there is this passion and all that involved - and it was more that of what came out of them being friends, and thinking well you know this person is willing to maybe to commit to me; so they went down the whole route of getting married.

Now as for Ryder, faking it - and it I agree totally believe being something quite horrible for him to do; it is also going to play a huge part into the future of his story as well, because I do know where this whole story is going - it's well mapped out along with all the other interconnecting ones, and the ever expanding multiverse of that.

I won't for the record be making Hunter a jerk, whatsoever - I actually know the guy in real life of who I base this character on; and he is a sweet guy, so to even make him a little horrible, I could not do whatsoever!

Anyway thanks for reading, and I will catch you all soon on the flip side!

Love always,
KJ xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo