"Oh my god! This would look so good on you, and it's the perfect size. Hey!
Come over here and see this, it's even better. Pink and lace, this is
perfect." Marissa had been playing dress up with Brooke for the last three
hours, and even though Brooke was in good physical condition, she was
becoming extremely worn out. Man, I am not used to this at all! I didn't
know people actually did this – at a mall for three hours? The only reason
I went into a mall was for warmth, ok – a little stealing happened, but
that took all of five minutes!
Ryan smirked as he watched Marissa with his sister, he had to admit, Marissa had good taste and so far they had found about twelve outfits to wear. But enough was enough, he was tired and hungry and sick of pink! Time to go. "Yo, pick one and lets move. I'm hungry!" Ryan stretched as he got out of the chair and hit Seth's arm to wake him up on the way.
"Fine! If you insist on ruining a perfectly pleasant girls thing. What one do you want to get Brooke?" She smiled as Brooke picked out this gorgeous blue dress that fitted her nicely and made Seth really open his eyes. Nice choice, you know – I think she'll fit in here nicely. At least a lot better than Ryan did at first. Marissa held a laugh in as she though about the begging with Ryan, but smiled contently as she watched him with Brooke.
As the four left the store, Seth pulled Ryan into the comic book store, "Two seconds girls – now is time for the guy thing." Brooke couldn't be sure, but she though she heard her brother mumble something about 'the geek thing'. Never was into geeks, good thing, probably saved him a world of hurt. She stared around the mall in awe. Here was a multimillion-dollar place and she had been stuck to live in a two-dollar life style. "Whatever, at least I got my slice o' bread." She smiled.
"What? You want to get some bread?" Marissa had been watching Ryan through the window and only heard the last part.
"Oh...um," Brooke went red in the face, "Well, when my dad was around he never like to hear about Ryan because, Ryan was pretty much the only person who could hurt my dad. Not saying he could take him, but Ryan knew how to move with him, and my dad never touched me if he was around, it was when he wasn't that was...well...scary." She lowered her eyes from Marissa's face, ashamed even more of her life. "anyways, with the bread right. Well when my dad was around and my mom and I would talk about Ryan, we never actually said his name – again with the hurt. So we used to call him rye – like the bread – and that turned into slice o' bread. Which my dad though was some hoodlum done the street – not too smart my dad, thank god for that at least!" She gave a small smile and turned to examine the other stores.
Wow! I can't imagine being afraid of saying a name. I mean, I know not to talk about Ryan to my mom – but to actually be afraid of saying it. I have no idea how she could live like that, and to be this strong at the end too! That takes guts – no wonder Ryan loves her so much, they fit. Marissa suddenly held a new sensation of awe over Brooke, she was impressed that someone living that kind of life, could turn out as sweet as Brooke did. At least she got out before it was too late. Marissa smiled at Brooke as she turned round again and then realized that Brooke was not smiling back – she wasn't even looking at her. Something behind Marissa had captured Brooke's total attention...and scared her.
Holy shit! I can't believe this! Not here – not now! Brooke slowly back up until her foot hit a piece of trash on the floor and slipped. Lucky for her, Ryan was standing behind her and caught her before she hit the ground.
"Careful there sis." Ryan stood her up straight and then caught the expression on her face, "What is it? Are you okay?" He shook her a little to snap her out of her trance.
"Huh? Oh yeah, great!" Brooke put on the fakest smile Ryan had ever seen – and that meant a lot living in the O.C. Just great! Brooke though as she searched the area for some kind of sign that it had all been a horrible nightmare. How could he have found me so fast? This is not fair! And if he found me, than why did he leave – god he's driving me nuts and he hasn't even spoken to me yet! I hate him, I just HATE him! She ignored Ryan for a second as he tried to make her focus on him, that's when she clued in. Of course! It's Ryan – the bastard still hates Ryan.
A real smile fell onto Brooke's lips as she looked at Ryan again – even more thankful to be his sister than before.
The group headed for the car, and once outside in the glorious sunshine of good old Orange County, Ryan tried to focus on Brooke. Something had changed while he wasn't there, she was getting all paranoid and shifty again. What happened? Did Marissa say something maybe – no, no one has ever been able to shake Brooke like that, she was always good with the tough talk. With everyone except – NO! he couldn't be here, could he? But as Ryan finished that thought, Seth pointed out an old beat up car with pictured of playboy bunnies all over the seats and whistled.
"nice! Love this guys style!" Marissa smacked him upside the head – followed by a murmur of protest from Seth. Ryan looked at the car hard, studying it. Damn it! I know this stupid car! "why didn't you say anything?" Ryan talked in a whisper, but with force behind his voice, the whole group fell silent. "why didn't you tell me Brooke?" Ryan turned his gaze from the car to his sister, who was trembling beside Seth.
"Ryan, I just found out. I was in the mall and I wasn't sure...." She trailed off at the look in Ryan's eyes. It was evil and full of hate and she hated that look. Marissa and Seth were trying to figure out what was going on, but only got this horrible feeling of bad when they looked at Ryan.
"No way, you would know him in a heartbeat – why didn't you tell me?" Comprehension showed on Seth and Marissa's face as Brooke was almost in tears looking at the license plate. The two Chino's were shaking – but one from hate and one from fear.
"Right, well, time to go home. Better to leave than stay by his car don't you think?" Ryan agreed with Marissa's suggestion and stormed off to the car, leaving Seth to help Brooke.
Weird, I've never seen Ryan that pissed off before. And if it's who I think it is, why wouldn't Ryan stay with Brooke? He can't honestly be mad because she didn't tell him the second she saw her dad, could he? Something very wrong is in this picture!
Ryan smirked as he watched Marissa with his sister, he had to admit, Marissa had good taste and so far they had found about twelve outfits to wear. But enough was enough, he was tired and hungry and sick of pink! Time to go. "Yo, pick one and lets move. I'm hungry!" Ryan stretched as he got out of the chair and hit Seth's arm to wake him up on the way.
"Fine! If you insist on ruining a perfectly pleasant girls thing. What one do you want to get Brooke?" She smiled as Brooke picked out this gorgeous blue dress that fitted her nicely and made Seth really open his eyes. Nice choice, you know – I think she'll fit in here nicely. At least a lot better than Ryan did at first. Marissa held a laugh in as she though about the begging with Ryan, but smiled contently as she watched him with Brooke.
As the four left the store, Seth pulled Ryan into the comic book store, "Two seconds girls – now is time for the guy thing." Brooke couldn't be sure, but she though she heard her brother mumble something about 'the geek thing'. Never was into geeks, good thing, probably saved him a world of hurt. She stared around the mall in awe. Here was a multimillion-dollar place and she had been stuck to live in a two-dollar life style. "Whatever, at least I got my slice o' bread." She smiled.
"What? You want to get some bread?" Marissa had been watching Ryan through the window and only heard the last part.
"Oh...um," Brooke went red in the face, "Well, when my dad was around he never like to hear about Ryan because, Ryan was pretty much the only person who could hurt my dad. Not saying he could take him, but Ryan knew how to move with him, and my dad never touched me if he was around, it was when he wasn't that was...well...scary." She lowered her eyes from Marissa's face, ashamed even more of her life. "anyways, with the bread right. Well when my dad was around and my mom and I would talk about Ryan, we never actually said his name – again with the hurt. So we used to call him rye – like the bread – and that turned into slice o' bread. Which my dad though was some hoodlum done the street – not too smart my dad, thank god for that at least!" She gave a small smile and turned to examine the other stores.
Wow! I can't imagine being afraid of saying a name. I mean, I know not to talk about Ryan to my mom – but to actually be afraid of saying it. I have no idea how she could live like that, and to be this strong at the end too! That takes guts – no wonder Ryan loves her so much, they fit. Marissa suddenly held a new sensation of awe over Brooke, she was impressed that someone living that kind of life, could turn out as sweet as Brooke did. At least she got out before it was too late. Marissa smiled at Brooke as she turned round again and then realized that Brooke was not smiling back – she wasn't even looking at her. Something behind Marissa had captured Brooke's total attention...and scared her.
Holy shit! I can't believe this! Not here – not now! Brooke slowly back up until her foot hit a piece of trash on the floor and slipped. Lucky for her, Ryan was standing behind her and caught her before she hit the ground.
"Careful there sis." Ryan stood her up straight and then caught the expression on her face, "What is it? Are you okay?" He shook her a little to snap her out of her trance.
"Huh? Oh yeah, great!" Brooke put on the fakest smile Ryan had ever seen – and that meant a lot living in the O.C. Just great! Brooke though as she searched the area for some kind of sign that it had all been a horrible nightmare. How could he have found me so fast? This is not fair! And if he found me, than why did he leave – god he's driving me nuts and he hasn't even spoken to me yet! I hate him, I just HATE him! She ignored Ryan for a second as he tried to make her focus on him, that's when she clued in. Of course! It's Ryan – the bastard still hates Ryan.
A real smile fell onto Brooke's lips as she looked at Ryan again – even more thankful to be his sister than before.
The group headed for the car, and once outside in the glorious sunshine of good old Orange County, Ryan tried to focus on Brooke. Something had changed while he wasn't there, she was getting all paranoid and shifty again. What happened? Did Marissa say something maybe – no, no one has ever been able to shake Brooke like that, she was always good with the tough talk. With everyone except – NO! he couldn't be here, could he? But as Ryan finished that thought, Seth pointed out an old beat up car with pictured of playboy bunnies all over the seats and whistled.
"nice! Love this guys style!" Marissa smacked him upside the head – followed by a murmur of protest from Seth. Ryan looked at the car hard, studying it. Damn it! I know this stupid car! "why didn't you say anything?" Ryan talked in a whisper, but with force behind his voice, the whole group fell silent. "why didn't you tell me Brooke?" Ryan turned his gaze from the car to his sister, who was trembling beside Seth.
"Ryan, I just found out. I was in the mall and I wasn't sure...." She trailed off at the look in Ryan's eyes. It was evil and full of hate and she hated that look. Marissa and Seth were trying to figure out what was going on, but only got this horrible feeling of bad when they looked at Ryan.
"No way, you would know him in a heartbeat – why didn't you tell me?" Comprehension showed on Seth and Marissa's face as Brooke was almost in tears looking at the license plate. The two Chino's were shaking – but one from hate and one from fear.
"Right, well, time to go home. Better to leave than stay by his car don't you think?" Ryan agreed with Marissa's suggestion and stormed off to the car, leaving Seth to help Brooke.
Weird, I've never seen Ryan that pissed off before. And if it's who I think it is, why wouldn't Ryan stay with Brooke? He can't honestly be mad because she didn't tell him the second she saw her dad, could he? Something very wrong is in this picture!