Disclaimer: I don't own any of the remember the titans characters featured
here. I wish I owned ryan hurst (god hes cute) but you know how those
things go. I DO OWN Ashley Cole, her father and any other characters you
might not be familiar with (aka random names used to represent people etc)
PLEASE R/R! This is my first fanfic and I need the critique!
CHAPTER ONE: NEVER AGAIN
BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 1981
"You can never go home again."
Tom Wolfe once said that. Well, I'm giving it a shot. I'm driving down I-95 to the place that I once called home. After ten years of monotonous jobs and failed relationships, I'm going back to the one place where everything once made sense. Alexandria. Alexandria, Virginia. But I'm dreading this homecoming for more reason than one. My best friend, my brother, my superman is gone. My brave strong superhero has left our world forever. I don't know what to expect, whom I will see or what will have changed, but I know that this is the only place in the world that I can be right now.
I got the call about Gerry two days before. I was walking into my apartment when the phone rang. I expected to hear my mother's nagging voice or my friends telling me what bar they were hitting that night or even my ex husband calling to tell me that I still had his University of Virginia sweatshirt. But instead, my past spoke to me. "Ashley?" My heart stopped. It couldn't be. "Yes?" I knew the voice immediately. "Ashley this is Ronnie."
Ronnie.Ronnie Bass. Why was he calling me? What did he want? After all this time what could he possibly want?
"Ash.I'm so sorry." He trailed off. "What? Ronnie what are you sorry about?" I was extremely confused. "Its Gerry, Ash. Gerry's dead."
My heart stopped. I sat down on the floor of my cluttered and shabby apartment. "What?"
"A drunk driver hit him.he was killed instantly." I could hear Ronnie fighting back the tears that I now allowed to flow freely. "After everything? All his hard work? He's gone?" I could barely form the words between sobs. "I'm so sorry I had to tell you over the phone. But I couldn't come up, we're making arrangements and everything."
"Oh, no don't worry about that. When is the." I trailed off. I couldn't say the word 'funeral'.it made it seem too real. Realer than I ever wanted it to be. "On Friday, three days from now. Can you make it down here?"
"Of course.I-I'll be there."
"Good, it will be good to see you."
I expected Ronnie to hang up right then. But to my surprise he didn't. "How have you been?"
"Okay I guess.you?"
"Well as can be expected I suppose."
"Yeah." "Well, then I guess I'll see you in a few days."
"I guess so. Bye Ronnie." I hung up. The tears fell freely from my eyes. My Gerry was dead. The best friend I had ever had was gone. And now I had to go back to Alexandria-the place where all the demons had begun. I'd have to face them; I'd have to face my mistakes. And now I drive. Drive to the place I once called home, the place where many of my friends and a few of my enemies still reside. Although I try my hardest to push them aside, the memories of superman and Ronnie and Alexandria flood back into my mind.
CHAPTER ONE: NEVER AGAIN
BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS 1981
"You can never go home again."
Tom Wolfe once said that. Well, I'm giving it a shot. I'm driving down I-95 to the place that I once called home. After ten years of monotonous jobs and failed relationships, I'm going back to the one place where everything once made sense. Alexandria. Alexandria, Virginia. But I'm dreading this homecoming for more reason than one. My best friend, my brother, my superman is gone. My brave strong superhero has left our world forever. I don't know what to expect, whom I will see or what will have changed, but I know that this is the only place in the world that I can be right now.
I got the call about Gerry two days before. I was walking into my apartment when the phone rang. I expected to hear my mother's nagging voice or my friends telling me what bar they were hitting that night or even my ex husband calling to tell me that I still had his University of Virginia sweatshirt. But instead, my past spoke to me. "Ashley?" My heart stopped. It couldn't be. "Yes?" I knew the voice immediately. "Ashley this is Ronnie."
Ronnie.Ronnie Bass. Why was he calling me? What did he want? After all this time what could he possibly want?
"Ash.I'm so sorry." He trailed off. "What? Ronnie what are you sorry about?" I was extremely confused. "Its Gerry, Ash. Gerry's dead."
My heart stopped. I sat down on the floor of my cluttered and shabby apartment. "What?"
"A drunk driver hit him.he was killed instantly." I could hear Ronnie fighting back the tears that I now allowed to flow freely. "After everything? All his hard work? He's gone?" I could barely form the words between sobs. "I'm so sorry I had to tell you over the phone. But I couldn't come up, we're making arrangements and everything."
"Oh, no don't worry about that. When is the." I trailed off. I couldn't say the word 'funeral'.it made it seem too real. Realer than I ever wanted it to be. "On Friday, three days from now. Can you make it down here?"
"Of course.I-I'll be there."
"Good, it will be good to see you."
I expected Ronnie to hang up right then. But to my surprise he didn't. "How have you been?"
"Okay I guess.you?"
"Well as can be expected I suppose."
"Yeah." "Well, then I guess I'll see you in a few days."
"I guess so. Bye Ronnie." I hung up. The tears fell freely from my eyes. My Gerry was dead. The best friend I had ever had was gone. And now I had to go back to Alexandria-the place where all the demons had begun. I'd have to face them; I'd have to face my mistakes. And now I drive. Drive to the place I once called home, the place where many of my friends and a few of my enemies still reside. Although I try my hardest to push them aside, the memories of superman and Ronnie and Alexandria flood back into my mind.