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Fine Line Between Love and Hate
Chapter Two
"Dad what are you going to do to shove those two together?" Leigh asked after Randy and Ali went to bed.
"Just encouraging and every now and then forcing them to spend time with each other and eventually it will cause them to snap and at each other and put whatever issues they have behind them," Bob told his daughter.
Leigh kind of liked the plan. She knew Randy would go on a war path if he ever found out she had been encouraging their father's attempts to reconcile his and Ali's relationship.
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Randy reflected on he day's events. Honestly all and all Christmas Eve dinner hadn't been to terrible despite Ali's presence. Alyssandra, he reminded himself. They weren't friends anymore, and he didn't have a snowball's chance in hell to get it back either.
He was kind of upset about that. They had been friends long before they dated. He asked her out the first time because everyone expected him to, but kept going out with her because he wanted to.
"You don't need her," he muttered under his breath. He had to keep telling himself that. He knew it was true, they weren't friends. He'd gone years without her presence.
Ali lay awake just down the hall from Randy, who was sleeping in his childhood room. She remembered so many happy times, until he ripped her heart out.
She stopped that thought. What if Leigh had been right? What if Randy had pushed Kate away two seconds after she saw the pair? If, and it was still a big if in her mind, that were the case then she would have hated him for ten years over pretty much nothing. Or Leigh could be protecting her know-it-all, cocky, arrogant brother. She'd seen Leigh do it before, and there was no guarantee she wasn't doing it again.
Ali tried to push the thoughts out of her head. The past had happened and she didn't need him. She'd lived without any trace of his presence for six years. Unfortunately it was easier to say than to believe.
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The next morning everyone was up early to open presents. Randy felt bad that he hadn't gotten Ali a Christmas present. Damn it he did it again. She wasn't his friend why couldn't he get through his thick head.
Leigh could sense that her twin was facing a severe mental conflict, and she could only guess that Ali was the source of that conflict. She knew him so much better than anyone gave him credit for. Leigh, being a perceptive woman also noticed the conflict in her new friends eyes. She assumed what she said yesterday shattered his mind. Leigh knew if the roles were reversed it would have shattered his mind.
Bob saw two people who cared about each other but were both afraid of the others reaction to admit it. He was even more determined to push the youngsters together. He knew in the long run he was doing them a both a big favor.
Christmas was a big bundle of excitement seeing as Christmas always brought out the Orton family's inner child.
Ali was thrilled to be with a family for the holidays. She never would have made it through the season alone. Even being around Randy had been tolerable. She wasn't going to say good because every time she looked at him memories, generally painful memories, came back, but it wasn't as bad now because the worst memories had already come back.
The day was getting better for Randy who was in the process of being severely scolded by Leigh for spoiling his niece to much. He knew dad was going to get it next.
"Randy Keith Orton are you listening to me?" Leigh asked. She was trying to be angry with him but it wasn't really working.
"Leigh don't get upset," Randy said, "it is after all my job to spoil her. I don't get to see her enough."
"Fine, I wasn't really that upset," Leigh said half sarcastically.
Ali had been invited to say for dinner tonight also. Ella, Randy's mom, insisted that she couldn't go home until the day was over.
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There you go. It's another chapter, anyhow you've read now and please, please review
Fine Line Between Love and Hate
Chapter Two
"Dad what are you going to do to shove those two together?" Leigh asked after Randy and Ali went to bed.
"Just encouraging and every now and then forcing them to spend time with each other and eventually it will cause them to snap and at each other and put whatever issues they have behind them," Bob told his daughter.
Leigh kind of liked the plan. She knew Randy would go on a war path if he ever found out she had been encouraging their father's attempts to reconcile his and Ali's relationship.
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Randy reflected on he day's events. Honestly all and all Christmas Eve dinner hadn't been to terrible despite Ali's presence. Alyssandra, he reminded himself. They weren't friends anymore, and he didn't have a snowball's chance in hell to get it back either.
He was kind of upset about that. They had been friends long before they dated. He asked her out the first time because everyone expected him to, but kept going out with her because he wanted to.
"You don't need her," he muttered under his breath. He had to keep telling himself that. He knew it was true, they weren't friends. He'd gone years without her presence.
Ali lay awake just down the hall from Randy, who was sleeping in his childhood room. She remembered so many happy times, until he ripped her heart out.
She stopped that thought. What if Leigh had been right? What if Randy had pushed Kate away two seconds after she saw the pair? If, and it was still a big if in her mind, that were the case then she would have hated him for ten years over pretty much nothing. Or Leigh could be protecting her know-it-all, cocky, arrogant brother. She'd seen Leigh do it before, and there was no guarantee she wasn't doing it again.
Ali tried to push the thoughts out of her head. The past had happened and she didn't need him. She'd lived without any trace of his presence for six years. Unfortunately it was easier to say than to believe.
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The next morning everyone was up early to open presents. Randy felt bad that he hadn't gotten Ali a Christmas present. Damn it he did it again. She wasn't his friend why couldn't he get through his thick head.
Leigh could sense that her twin was facing a severe mental conflict, and she could only guess that Ali was the source of that conflict. She knew him so much better than anyone gave him credit for. Leigh, being a perceptive woman also noticed the conflict in her new friends eyes. She assumed what she said yesterday shattered his mind. Leigh knew if the roles were reversed it would have shattered his mind.
Bob saw two people who cared about each other but were both afraid of the others reaction to admit it. He was even more determined to push the youngsters together. He knew in the long run he was doing them a both a big favor.
Christmas was a big bundle of excitement seeing as Christmas always brought out the Orton family's inner child.
Ali was thrilled to be with a family for the holidays. She never would have made it through the season alone. Even being around Randy had been tolerable. She wasn't going to say good because every time she looked at him memories, generally painful memories, came back, but it wasn't as bad now because the worst memories had already come back.
The day was getting better for Randy who was in the process of being severely scolded by Leigh for spoiling his niece to much. He knew dad was going to get it next.
"Randy Keith Orton are you listening to me?" Leigh asked. She was trying to be angry with him but it wasn't really working.
"Leigh don't get upset," Randy said, "it is after all my job to spoil her. I don't get to see her enough."
"Fine, I wasn't really that upset," Leigh said half sarcastically.
Ali had been invited to say for dinner tonight also. Ella, Randy's mom, insisted that she couldn't go home until the day was over.
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There you go. It's another chapter, anyhow you've read now and please, please review