If Only
Authors Note- Sad to say, this will be the last chapter for a bit- but only a couple of weeks. I think I left it off at an ' okay' place, but it depends I guess. Anyways, I have to get other work done so this story will be on a very temporary and very short hiatus. But remember with more time I can catch up on writing chapters for this story and the time between updates will be shorter.
Chapter Eight- The Many Effects of Vaseline
Ryan glanced over his shoulder to see a woman's face, one in which he had never seen before in this life.
" Oh" he sounded rather disappointed, " I'm so sorry". He got on his knees with her, helping her to gather the boxes of Motrin that she had dropped.
" It's alright" he had grabbed onto only a few boxes in her arms when a shadow was casted over them.
He looked up, and there was Marissa standing over them. He quickly handed over the remainder of the Motrin boxes and stood up. The two stared at one another, as thought expecting the other to magically change form. The other woman walked away when seeing their weary glares.
" Hi" he was the first to speak, but it took so long for a word so simple.
Marissa's jaw slowly fell, but she managed to revive it, " uh, hi" she responded weakly, and felt her hands beginning to tremble, " w-what are you doing here?".
He held up the plastic bag from minutes ago, " Vaseline, Seth burned his hand".
Just like that, she could feel her complexion turning white and sweat seeped from the pores in her hands, " you're staying with Seth?" the question came out in pants, He nodded. If he was there, that meant he had to have seen Lillian- " oh, well you look great". That couldn't have sounded more desperate.
But he didn't seem to notice, " thank, you too". Well that was a lie, at least to her it was.
" Uh" she felt her eyes wandering, " I've got to, um" she realized there really was nowhere to go. Suddenly, her mind went into panic and her mouth followed, " look, about Lillian...".
Ryan nodded, " I know, she's Luke's daughter" he paused, as she was ready for some heavy explanation, " Seth told me".
Marissa felt her muscles begin to become loose, " oh, okay. I-I hope she's not bothering you, or anything" that was defiantly from a lack of words.
He smirked, " no, she's really a great kid. She looks just like you" maybe he didn't know that one was a lie.
" You should get back" she said after a pause, " before Seth's skin peels off".
" Yeah, I guess you're right. Maybe we could get together before I have to go back to California?" he must have guessed that she obviously knew he was only visiting.
She shrugged, " yeah, maybe, I have Seth's number, so.".
" Okay, well, I'll see you around".
" Bye" she said it rather softly and they turned away from one another, as thought it was really that simple.
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Seth was laying on a beanbag chair when Ryan returned, and Lillian was sitting on his lap holding a damp washcloth against the injured hand. Summer was reading a magazine on the floor next to them and did not look up when he walked in.
" You should defiantly not consider a career in the ambulance business my friend" Seth calmly said, " I could have bled to death.or something".
" Well you didn't now did you" Summer muttered.
Ryan dropped the plastic bag next to Seth and collapsed onto one of the other bean bags, " I ran into Marissa" Summer abandoned the magazine and both adults glared at him.
" Holy." but a distinct look from Lillian stopped Seth in his words, " sorry, what happened?".
He shrugged, " nothing".
Summer regained her jaw, " you didn't talk to her?".
" No, I did" they eagerly signaled from him to continue, " so we might get together before I leave, big deal".
Seth blinked several times in a row, " s-so she knows you're staying here?" Ryan nodded, " ah fuck!" Lillian smacked his arm, " sorry, sorry".
Summer gripped at Seth's chair, " then she must know you've seen Lilly".
" What is she? Some sort of top secret government project that no one is suppose to know about?".
Seth glanced at the girl, " close enough".
" Wait a second!" Summers eyes beamed as she looked over at Seth, " if she agreed to meet up with him, then maybe she'll..".
" Do you want to go to my room again?" Seth interrupted with a threat.
She shot him a nasty glare, " I wasn't going to say it, keep your pants on".
" Thank you".
Ryan remained still, " you two are very strange, almost like a couple".
" From the X-Files" Summer muttered under a chuckle.
Seth momentarily forgot the current conversation, " speaking of girls, someone called your cell phone while you were gone, I think her name was- Amber..something".
His expression disappeared, " Lexington?".
He thought for a moment, " yeah, that was it. Who's she?".
Three pairs of eyes were glued upon him when he answered with " my girlfriend".
Authors Note- Sad to say, this will be the last chapter for a bit- but only a couple of weeks. I think I left it off at an ' okay' place, but it depends I guess. Anyways, I have to get other work done so this story will be on a very temporary and very short hiatus. But remember with more time I can catch up on writing chapters for this story and the time between updates will be shorter.
Chapter Eight- The Many Effects of Vaseline
Ryan glanced over his shoulder to see a woman's face, one in which he had never seen before in this life.
" Oh" he sounded rather disappointed, " I'm so sorry". He got on his knees with her, helping her to gather the boxes of Motrin that she had dropped.
" It's alright" he had grabbed onto only a few boxes in her arms when a shadow was casted over them.
He looked up, and there was Marissa standing over them. He quickly handed over the remainder of the Motrin boxes and stood up. The two stared at one another, as thought expecting the other to magically change form. The other woman walked away when seeing their weary glares.
" Hi" he was the first to speak, but it took so long for a word so simple.
Marissa's jaw slowly fell, but she managed to revive it, " uh, hi" she responded weakly, and felt her hands beginning to tremble, " w-what are you doing here?".
He held up the plastic bag from minutes ago, " Vaseline, Seth burned his hand".
Just like that, she could feel her complexion turning white and sweat seeped from the pores in her hands, " you're staying with Seth?" the question came out in pants, He nodded. If he was there, that meant he had to have seen Lillian- " oh, well you look great". That couldn't have sounded more desperate.
But he didn't seem to notice, " thank, you too". Well that was a lie, at least to her it was.
" Uh" she felt her eyes wandering, " I've got to, um" she realized there really was nowhere to go. Suddenly, her mind went into panic and her mouth followed, " look, about Lillian...".
Ryan nodded, " I know, she's Luke's daughter" he paused, as she was ready for some heavy explanation, " Seth told me".
Marissa felt her muscles begin to become loose, " oh, okay. I-I hope she's not bothering you, or anything" that was defiantly from a lack of words.
He smirked, " no, she's really a great kid. She looks just like you" maybe he didn't know that one was a lie.
" You should get back" she said after a pause, " before Seth's skin peels off".
" Yeah, I guess you're right. Maybe we could get together before I have to go back to California?" he must have guessed that she obviously knew he was only visiting.
She shrugged, " yeah, maybe, I have Seth's number, so.".
" Okay, well, I'll see you around".
" Bye" she said it rather softly and they turned away from one another, as thought it was really that simple.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Seth was laying on a beanbag chair when Ryan returned, and Lillian was sitting on his lap holding a damp washcloth against the injured hand. Summer was reading a magazine on the floor next to them and did not look up when he walked in.
" You should defiantly not consider a career in the ambulance business my friend" Seth calmly said, " I could have bled to death.or something".
" Well you didn't now did you" Summer muttered.
Ryan dropped the plastic bag next to Seth and collapsed onto one of the other bean bags, " I ran into Marissa" Summer abandoned the magazine and both adults glared at him.
" Holy." but a distinct look from Lillian stopped Seth in his words, " sorry, what happened?".
He shrugged, " nothing".
Summer regained her jaw, " you didn't talk to her?".
" No, I did" they eagerly signaled from him to continue, " so we might get together before I leave, big deal".
Seth blinked several times in a row, " s-so she knows you're staying here?" Ryan nodded, " ah fuck!" Lillian smacked his arm, " sorry, sorry".
Summer gripped at Seth's chair, " then she must know you've seen Lilly".
" What is she? Some sort of top secret government project that no one is suppose to know about?".
Seth glanced at the girl, " close enough".
" Wait a second!" Summers eyes beamed as she looked over at Seth, " if she agreed to meet up with him, then maybe she'll..".
" Do you want to go to my room again?" Seth interrupted with a threat.
She shot him a nasty glare, " I wasn't going to say it, keep your pants on".
" Thank you".
Ryan remained still, " you two are very strange, almost like a couple".
" From the X-Files" Summer muttered under a chuckle.
Seth momentarily forgot the current conversation, " speaking of girls, someone called your cell phone while you were gone, I think her name was- Amber..something".
His expression disappeared, " Lexington?".
He thought for a moment, " yeah, that was it. Who's she?".
Three pairs of eyes were glued upon him when he answered with " my girlfriend".