"Here let me take her."
Ryan looked skeptically at Seth who held his arms out as the reached the front stoop. Ryan liked Allison in his arms. He could feel her soft breath and her tired movements; he knew she was alive. To tell the truth he didn't want her to go to the guest . . . her room. He wanted make sure she stayed that way. .
Seth dropped his arms. "Ryan, I get it, you want to do the big brother thing and make sure she's ok." He stated nodding. "The parents will be even more suspicious if she stays in the pool house again."
His eyes drifted down onto the face of Allison as he handed her over to Seth carefully, knowing that one false move could wake her from her needed sleep. He bit his lip as he watched Seth take her weight.
"I want to stay with her, in case she needs anything." Ryan said opening the front door and following Seth in.
Seth rolled his eyes. "Last night you took the duty of watching her. You are tired, brooding, and irritable. You didn't even scoff at my jokes throughout the day. You sleep, I watch." Seth began to walk up the stairs, shifting Allison's weight uneasily. He turned noticing Ryan was still at the foot of the stairs. "Away with you; to the pool house; go on; shoo!"
Seth quickly made it to the top of the stairs silently.
"Seth? Is that you and Ryan?"
Seth bit his lip. Ok, this was not going to look good. He was holding Allison in his arms asleep and his dad was going to. . . Wait. . . Allison was just asleep. If his dad did anything to try to wake her, it wouldn't matter, she would just wake up. She might be a little groggy but he could just explain that she needed her beauty sleep, she was a teen, she wasn't a morning person, etc. etc. etc.
"Yeah it's me." Seth responded in a whisper as his father immerged from the master bedroom.
A relieved smile fell across Sandy's face. "Good, your mother wouldn't go to sleep until you got home." Sandy said jokingly, completely ignoring the fact that his son was holding a teenage girl in his arms, completely asleep.
Seth nodded. "Sorry. Marissa called us to come pick up Alli."
"Marissa didn't call you." Sandy said shaking his head, staring his son in the eyes.
Seth swallowed nervously. "She didn't?"
"You were with them the entire time even though your mother specifically told you to leave the girls alone while they were shopping." Sandy replied bored. "You forgot your cell phone on the charger." Sandy shrugged.
Seth breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh, you caught us dad. But we let them shop. Don't worry."
Sandy smirked. "Shopping really must have tired Allison out. Here." He quickly opened the guest room door that had been reassigned to his new 'daughter'. He wasn't quite sure what she was exactly.
Seth scurried into the room and laid Allison onto the bed, stirring her from a light sleep.
"Seth?" Allison whispered yawning.
Seth began to pull the covers out from beneath her, which turned out to be a harder job than he had expected. "Yeah. Go back to sleep."
Allison nodded, but fought sleep off as long as she could. "Tell Ryan," she yawned; cuddling beneath the covers, "I'm sorry," she yawned again, "for everything."
Seth quickly stood up. "Tell him in the morning." He brushed her hair out of her eyes and turned to go to his room so he could change and watch her until Ryan stuck out the pool house to watch her also.
"Seth." His father whispered catching his arm as her stepped out into the hall.
"Yea dad?" Seth said swallowing the lump in his throat that didn't seem to be getting any smaller.
"I'm glad you're watching out for Allison. It's nice to see you trying to make her part of the family." Sandy said, patting his son's shoulder and turning back to go to his own room.
Seth let go of the breath he had no idea he was holding. He didn't like keeping this secret, but he knew it was for their own good.
Kirsten woke up with a start the next morning gasping. She had the most awful dream. She tossed on a silky robe and flew down the hall turning to Ally's room. It was one of those dreams where you had to make sure that everyone that was in it was actually ok, and in their bed. She whipped open the door and stared into the stark white room. She smiled and closed the door gently.
As she walked down the stairs she smiled at the picture in her mind. Seth sleeping in the desk chair and was slowly, but surely falling off. Allison sleeping obliviously in the bed and Ryan sleeping on the floor leaning against the bed frame. It was so cute. She couldn't bare to wake them.
She was just glad that the dream wasn't true. It was probably the fact that she watched Ryan carry Allison's unmoving body to the driveway. But never again did she ever want to see Allison's pale corpse in a coffin being set into the ground six feet under. As she reached the bottom step she turned around. She had to see them again. Besides, it was 10 a.m.; they should be up by now.
So she crept up the stairs again opening the door that creaked slightly mainly because of the fact that they barely ever used it, but she smiled as she remembered that would be changing. She quietly tip toed around Seth, knowing that the slightest noise could wake him up. She always woke Seth up last, mainly because he wasn't his usual sarcastic joyful self if he didn't have the right amount of hours of sleep, which always confused her. She shook Ryan's shoulder lightly.
He groaned and squinted up at her. "Hey." He mumbled rubbing his eyes. "Morning; already?"
"Uh huh." She whispered back sitting on the edge of the bed and looking over at Allison. She sighed. It had been a dream of hers to have a daughter. She loved Seth to death and she would do anything for him, but it always seems a little girl, when she dreams of her future family, her child is a girl. She touched Allison gingerly. "Ally; wake up."
Allison moaned and rolled over pulling the covers over her head.
Ryan jumped up and sat beside Kirsten blocking her from trying to wake her again. "Don't!" He yell-whispered. "Allison said she was really tired from shopping with Summer and Marissa and she will need her sleep." Ryan swallowed hoping he didn't say that too quickly.
"Where are the bags anyways?" Kirsten said shrugging it off and looking around the room suspiciously. "I wanted to see what Marissa and Summer got her into. I was tired of seeing her in your sweaters." Kirsten stopped and spun around to face him. "Not that there isn't anything wrong with your clothes."
"Bags?" Ryan said feeling the blood rush to his head.
Kirsten nodded. "Yes, bags. When you buy clothes they usually come in bags. Did she put them away already?"
"Oh!" Ryan exclaimed making Seth jump. "The bags; there isn't any."
Seth moaned and frowned at Ryan. "I'm going back to bed." He said getting off the chair and exiting the room.
Kirsten looked shocked. "Allison went to the mall with two Newport girls and didn't come back with anything?"
Ryan swallowed nervously. "She fought them. . . really. . . hard. Marissa and Summer are planning on trying again soon in a more relaxed setting." Ryan couldn't believe he came up with that explanation. He almost believed it himself.
Kirsten shook her head. "That sounds like Allison. But she is going to need new clothes before we get her into school. Which reminds me; I have to go make some calls. I'll be downstairs, if you need me." Kirsten smiled and left the room.
Allison slowly rolled over and rubbed her eyes. "I didn't go to the mall." She croaked.
Ryan spun around. "I know, but from now on that's what happened. The Cohen's can't know about the party ok? Sandy will want to go after Kurt and they will find out about me fighting and they won't like the fact that I brought Luke and Seth into a dangerous situation and then hid it from them ok?"
Ryan sat down onto the bed next to her as she began to speak groggily. "I'm sorry. I'm messing everything up here." She looked down at her hands. "I was testing everyone I guess."
Ryan frowned. "Testing?"
"Yeah. I wanted to see how far I could push them before they would kick me out like my mom did. I figured no one really wanted me you know? And Kurt, well, he reminded me of home and I wanted to feel loved I guess."
Smiling he slid under the covers and pulled her into a hug. "You are loved. And believe me; you don't have to test the Cohen's. I burnt down a house, got into dozens of fights, went to Mexico and my girlfriend almost overdosed and they haven't kicked me out yet."
"Then why do we have to hide the party thing?" She replied; squeezing him back.
Ryan scoffed. "As an Atwood, we always seem to cause worry in this household. How about we not worry them this time?"
Allison nodded. "Kay." She pulled out of the hug and stared into his sea blue eyes. "I'm lucky to have you; you realize that?"
Ryan grinned wrapped an arm around her.
"It took you long enough."
A/N: OK, I could end it here and start a sequel, or I can keep going under this title. What do you want? This is up to you guys my readers and reviewers. If you are to review any chapter this is the ONE. Tell me YOUR opinion. Come on!
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Ryan looked skeptically at Seth who held his arms out as the reached the front stoop. Ryan liked Allison in his arms. He could feel her soft breath and her tired movements; he knew she was alive. To tell the truth he didn't want her to go to the guest . . . her room. He wanted make sure she stayed that way. .
Seth dropped his arms. "Ryan, I get it, you want to do the big brother thing and make sure she's ok." He stated nodding. "The parents will be even more suspicious if she stays in the pool house again."
His eyes drifted down onto the face of Allison as he handed her over to Seth carefully, knowing that one false move could wake her from her needed sleep. He bit his lip as he watched Seth take her weight.
"I want to stay with her, in case she needs anything." Ryan said opening the front door and following Seth in.
Seth rolled his eyes. "Last night you took the duty of watching her. You are tired, brooding, and irritable. You didn't even scoff at my jokes throughout the day. You sleep, I watch." Seth began to walk up the stairs, shifting Allison's weight uneasily. He turned noticing Ryan was still at the foot of the stairs. "Away with you; to the pool house; go on; shoo!"
Seth quickly made it to the top of the stairs silently.
"Seth? Is that you and Ryan?"
Seth bit his lip. Ok, this was not going to look good. He was holding Allison in his arms asleep and his dad was going to. . . Wait. . . Allison was just asleep. If his dad did anything to try to wake her, it wouldn't matter, she would just wake up. She might be a little groggy but he could just explain that she needed her beauty sleep, she was a teen, she wasn't a morning person, etc. etc. etc.
"Yeah it's me." Seth responded in a whisper as his father immerged from the master bedroom.
A relieved smile fell across Sandy's face. "Good, your mother wouldn't go to sleep until you got home." Sandy said jokingly, completely ignoring the fact that his son was holding a teenage girl in his arms, completely asleep.
Seth nodded. "Sorry. Marissa called us to come pick up Alli."
"Marissa didn't call you." Sandy said shaking his head, staring his son in the eyes.
Seth swallowed nervously. "She didn't?"
"You were with them the entire time even though your mother specifically told you to leave the girls alone while they were shopping." Sandy replied bored. "You forgot your cell phone on the charger." Sandy shrugged.
Seth breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh, you caught us dad. But we let them shop. Don't worry."
Sandy smirked. "Shopping really must have tired Allison out. Here." He quickly opened the guest room door that had been reassigned to his new 'daughter'. He wasn't quite sure what she was exactly.
Seth scurried into the room and laid Allison onto the bed, stirring her from a light sleep.
"Seth?" Allison whispered yawning.
Seth began to pull the covers out from beneath her, which turned out to be a harder job than he had expected. "Yeah. Go back to sleep."
Allison nodded, but fought sleep off as long as she could. "Tell Ryan," she yawned; cuddling beneath the covers, "I'm sorry," she yawned again, "for everything."
Seth quickly stood up. "Tell him in the morning." He brushed her hair out of her eyes and turned to go to his room so he could change and watch her until Ryan stuck out the pool house to watch her also.
"Seth." His father whispered catching his arm as her stepped out into the hall.
"Yea dad?" Seth said swallowing the lump in his throat that didn't seem to be getting any smaller.
"I'm glad you're watching out for Allison. It's nice to see you trying to make her part of the family." Sandy said, patting his son's shoulder and turning back to go to his own room.
Seth let go of the breath he had no idea he was holding. He didn't like keeping this secret, but he knew it was for their own good.
Kirsten woke up with a start the next morning gasping. She had the most awful dream. She tossed on a silky robe and flew down the hall turning to Ally's room. It was one of those dreams where you had to make sure that everyone that was in it was actually ok, and in their bed. She whipped open the door and stared into the stark white room. She smiled and closed the door gently.
As she walked down the stairs she smiled at the picture in her mind. Seth sleeping in the desk chair and was slowly, but surely falling off. Allison sleeping obliviously in the bed and Ryan sleeping on the floor leaning against the bed frame. It was so cute. She couldn't bare to wake them.
She was just glad that the dream wasn't true. It was probably the fact that she watched Ryan carry Allison's unmoving body to the driveway. But never again did she ever want to see Allison's pale corpse in a coffin being set into the ground six feet under. As she reached the bottom step she turned around. She had to see them again. Besides, it was 10 a.m.; they should be up by now.
So she crept up the stairs again opening the door that creaked slightly mainly because of the fact that they barely ever used it, but she smiled as she remembered that would be changing. She quietly tip toed around Seth, knowing that the slightest noise could wake him up. She always woke Seth up last, mainly because he wasn't his usual sarcastic joyful self if he didn't have the right amount of hours of sleep, which always confused her. She shook Ryan's shoulder lightly.
He groaned and squinted up at her. "Hey." He mumbled rubbing his eyes. "Morning; already?"
"Uh huh." She whispered back sitting on the edge of the bed and looking over at Allison. She sighed. It had been a dream of hers to have a daughter. She loved Seth to death and she would do anything for him, but it always seems a little girl, when she dreams of her future family, her child is a girl. She touched Allison gingerly. "Ally; wake up."
Allison moaned and rolled over pulling the covers over her head.
Ryan jumped up and sat beside Kirsten blocking her from trying to wake her again. "Don't!" He yell-whispered. "Allison said she was really tired from shopping with Summer and Marissa and she will need her sleep." Ryan swallowed hoping he didn't say that too quickly.
"Where are the bags anyways?" Kirsten said shrugging it off and looking around the room suspiciously. "I wanted to see what Marissa and Summer got her into. I was tired of seeing her in your sweaters." Kirsten stopped and spun around to face him. "Not that there isn't anything wrong with your clothes."
"Bags?" Ryan said feeling the blood rush to his head.
Kirsten nodded. "Yes, bags. When you buy clothes they usually come in bags. Did she put them away already?"
"Oh!" Ryan exclaimed making Seth jump. "The bags; there isn't any."
Seth moaned and frowned at Ryan. "I'm going back to bed." He said getting off the chair and exiting the room.
Kirsten looked shocked. "Allison went to the mall with two Newport girls and didn't come back with anything?"
Ryan swallowed nervously. "She fought them. . . really. . . hard. Marissa and Summer are planning on trying again soon in a more relaxed setting." Ryan couldn't believe he came up with that explanation. He almost believed it himself.
Kirsten shook her head. "That sounds like Allison. But she is going to need new clothes before we get her into school. Which reminds me; I have to go make some calls. I'll be downstairs, if you need me." Kirsten smiled and left the room.
Allison slowly rolled over and rubbed her eyes. "I didn't go to the mall." She croaked.
Ryan spun around. "I know, but from now on that's what happened. The Cohen's can't know about the party ok? Sandy will want to go after Kurt and they will find out about me fighting and they won't like the fact that I brought Luke and Seth into a dangerous situation and then hid it from them ok?"
Ryan sat down onto the bed next to her as she began to speak groggily. "I'm sorry. I'm messing everything up here." She looked down at her hands. "I was testing everyone I guess."
Ryan frowned. "Testing?"
"Yeah. I wanted to see how far I could push them before they would kick me out like my mom did. I figured no one really wanted me you know? And Kurt, well, he reminded me of home and I wanted to feel loved I guess."
Smiling he slid under the covers and pulled her into a hug. "You are loved. And believe me; you don't have to test the Cohen's. I burnt down a house, got into dozens of fights, went to Mexico and my girlfriend almost overdosed and they haven't kicked me out yet."
"Then why do we have to hide the party thing?" She replied; squeezing him back.
Ryan scoffed. "As an Atwood, we always seem to cause worry in this household. How about we not worry them this time?"
Allison nodded. "Kay." She pulled out of the hug and stared into his sea blue eyes. "I'm lucky to have you; you realize that?"
Ryan grinned wrapped an arm around her.
"It took you long enough."
A/N: OK, I could end it here and start a sequel, or I can keep going under this title. What do you want? This is up to you guys my readers and reviewers. If you are to review any chapter this is the ONE. Tell me YOUR opinion. Come on!
REVIEW! The button won't bite!
~Toodles!