ok say it again I don't own Ryan or any other characters from "the OC" and the lines are from the show. The only thing in this story I own are Rachel, Nick, and the other people I made up. Also since this is fiction lol NOT everything will happen in the same order as on the show.... just FYI ....so enjoy!
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Back at Ryan's house.....
"I can't do this anymore, Ryan. I can't." Dawn says lighting a cigarette.
"I'm sorry, Mom." Ryan says looking down.
"I want you out of my house. I want you out!" Dawn yells angrily. Ryan looks up in surprise.
"But Mom…where am I going to go?" He asks desperately.
"You heard your mother, man. Get your stuff and get out." AJ, Dawns boyfriend said from the couch.
"Hey, this isn't your house, man." Ryan said looking over at him.
"Oh, you're a tough guy now?" AJ said getting up and going over to him.
"A.J., don't. Ryan, just get out." Dawn cut in but Ryan kept going.
"Why don't you worry about your own kids, A.J? Instead of freeloading off my mom!" He said which didn't sit well with AJ and he lashed out and punched Ryan.
"Hey!" Dawn yelled but went un noticed. Ryan goes to punch A.J., but A.J. hits him again.
A.J. pushes Ryan to his room, where he packs his bag and leaves on his bike. Ryan went to a pay phone and tries calling some friends to see if anyone could help him out for the night. None of them will take him in. Ryan sighs and pulls a card out of his back pocket and dials the number. As Ryan waits, Sandy pulls up in his car.
"Told you. You could do worse." Sandy says as he pulls up. They put Ryan's bike in the trunk and they head back toward Sandy's house.
"This is a nice car. I didn't know your kind of lawyer made money." Ryan states looking around the car.
"No, we don't. My wife does." He says with a slight smile. They drive up to Sandy's house and Ryan goes to exit the car but Sandy stops him.
"Um, you know, why don't you wait here for a minute? I'll be back." Sandy says and grabs the keys and hesitates, realizing what he did. He looks at Ryan who looks back.
"It's no fun if the key's in the car." He states and Sandy puts the key back into the ignition and exits the car. Ryan sat there and waited. He played with the buttons on the radio trying to kill time. But he knew that Sandy hadn't told his wife that they were going to have a visitor. That made him feel even weirder being there then he already did.
'Her husband bringing home a juvenile delinquent oh that should fly well' Ryan thought to himself. Ryan waited until Sandy came back out to tell him he could come in. Sandy came out moments later and he lead Ryan though the house and out though the back.
"I hope ya don't mind but we set up the pool house for you." Sandy said.
'It is better then sleeping on the street' Ryan thought to himself. "Yea it's fine" Ryan said back.
"It will have everything you need. It has a kitchen and a bathroom with a shower." Sandy stated and Ryan thought 'Must be a big pool house.' They walked in and Ryan saw two women making the bed.
"So, this is where you'll be staying, and this is the queen of the manor herself, my wife Kirsten." Sandy said smiling a little.
"Hello Ryan. Welcome to our home. If you need anything, Rosie here can help you." Kristen said and there was a moment of awkward silence.
"Thank you. Thanks very much." Ryan said quietly. Kristen nodded then Sandy spoke.
"We'll see you in the morning. Make yourself comfortable." Then Sandy, Kirsten, and Rosie left, leaving Ryan alone in the room. The next two days would change Ryan's life.
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Rachel spent that weekend sick in bed. Although she did try to get dressed and leave so she could try again to find Ryan. Nick's mom, Jane, spotted her and prevented Rachel from leaving.
"You can't go out. You are too sick and I know how much you want to find your friend but you can do that when you get better. Ok?" She said sweetly and Rachel sighed and nodded. She was feeling kinda dizzy. "Go back to bed and I will bring you some soup." She said and Rachel walked back to the room she shared with Nick. 'Good thing he still had his bunk bed' She thought to herself and climbed into the bottom bunk 'otherwise there would be no place for me to sleep.' For some reason they had kept the bunk bed even though on the other side of the room there was a full size bed that Nick slept on. But Rachel was grateful that they kept his old bunk bed. She snuggled into the blankets sitting up against the wall and a few minutes later Jane came in with a bowl of soup and some tea on a tray.
"Here you go. There is some medicine here for you as well." She said handing the pills over to Rachel. She took them and swallowed the pills.
"Thank you so much." Rachel said to her.
"You're welcome. You're sick you need this so it isn't a problem." Jane said brushing a hair out of Rachel's face.
"I mean for everything. Letting me stay here and everything. Thank you so much." Rachel said looking from the soup to Jane.
"It is no problem honey, you are a good friend to Nick and a good kid. You didn't deserve what those foster homes were doing to you." Jane said "and your a great help around the house." She said then smiled and winked at Rachel. Rachel smiled back. "Now eat up so you can get well." She said and kissed her forehead and let the room.
'So that's what it's like to have a mom that cares.' She thought to herself and smiled. As she ate she wondered why Children's Services hadn't been looking for her yet. 'Huh they are probably happy to be rid of me.' she thought but it didn't matter. She had a place here.
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Back at Ryan's house.....
"I can't do this anymore, Ryan. I can't." Dawn says lighting a cigarette.
"I'm sorry, Mom." Ryan says looking down.
"I want you out of my house. I want you out!" Dawn yells angrily. Ryan looks up in surprise.
"But Mom…where am I going to go?" He asks desperately.
"You heard your mother, man. Get your stuff and get out." AJ, Dawns boyfriend said from the couch.
"Hey, this isn't your house, man." Ryan said looking over at him.
"Oh, you're a tough guy now?" AJ said getting up and going over to him.
"A.J., don't. Ryan, just get out." Dawn cut in but Ryan kept going.
"Why don't you worry about your own kids, A.J? Instead of freeloading off my mom!" He said which didn't sit well with AJ and he lashed out and punched Ryan.
"Hey!" Dawn yelled but went un noticed. Ryan goes to punch A.J., but A.J. hits him again.
A.J. pushes Ryan to his room, where he packs his bag and leaves on his bike. Ryan went to a pay phone and tries calling some friends to see if anyone could help him out for the night. None of them will take him in. Ryan sighs and pulls a card out of his back pocket and dials the number. As Ryan waits, Sandy pulls up in his car.
"Told you. You could do worse." Sandy says as he pulls up. They put Ryan's bike in the trunk and they head back toward Sandy's house.
"This is a nice car. I didn't know your kind of lawyer made money." Ryan states looking around the car.
"No, we don't. My wife does." He says with a slight smile. They drive up to Sandy's house and Ryan goes to exit the car but Sandy stops him.
"Um, you know, why don't you wait here for a minute? I'll be back." Sandy says and grabs the keys and hesitates, realizing what he did. He looks at Ryan who looks back.
"It's no fun if the key's in the car." He states and Sandy puts the key back into the ignition and exits the car. Ryan sat there and waited. He played with the buttons on the radio trying to kill time. But he knew that Sandy hadn't told his wife that they were going to have a visitor. That made him feel even weirder being there then he already did.
'Her husband bringing home a juvenile delinquent oh that should fly well' Ryan thought to himself. Ryan waited until Sandy came back out to tell him he could come in. Sandy came out moments later and he lead Ryan though the house and out though the back.
"I hope ya don't mind but we set up the pool house for you." Sandy said.
'It is better then sleeping on the street' Ryan thought to himself. "Yea it's fine" Ryan said back.
"It will have everything you need. It has a kitchen and a bathroom with a shower." Sandy stated and Ryan thought 'Must be a big pool house.' They walked in and Ryan saw two women making the bed.
"So, this is where you'll be staying, and this is the queen of the manor herself, my wife Kirsten." Sandy said smiling a little.
"Hello Ryan. Welcome to our home. If you need anything, Rosie here can help you." Kristen said and there was a moment of awkward silence.
"Thank you. Thanks very much." Ryan said quietly. Kristen nodded then Sandy spoke.
"We'll see you in the morning. Make yourself comfortable." Then Sandy, Kirsten, and Rosie left, leaving Ryan alone in the room. The next two days would change Ryan's life.
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Rachel spent that weekend sick in bed. Although she did try to get dressed and leave so she could try again to find Ryan. Nick's mom, Jane, spotted her and prevented Rachel from leaving.
"You can't go out. You are too sick and I know how much you want to find your friend but you can do that when you get better. Ok?" She said sweetly and Rachel sighed and nodded. She was feeling kinda dizzy. "Go back to bed and I will bring you some soup." She said and Rachel walked back to the room she shared with Nick. 'Good thing he still had his bunk bed' She thought to herself and climbed into the bottom bunk 'otherwise there would be no place for me to sleep.' For some reason they had kept the bunk bed even though on the other side of the room there was a full size bed that Nick slept on. But Rachel was grateful that they kept his old bunk bed. She snuggled into the blankets sitting up against the wall and a few minutes later Jane came in with a bowl of soup and some tea on a tray.
"Here you go. There is some medicine here for you as well." She said handing the pills over to Rachel. She took them and swallowed the pills.
"Thank you so much." Rachel said to her.
"You're welcome. You're sick you need this so it isn't a problem." Jane said brushing a hair out of Rachel's face.
"I mean for everything. Letting me stay here and everything. Thank you so much." Rachel said looking from the soup to Jane.
"It is no problem honey, you are a good friend to Nick and a good kid. You didn't deserve what those foster homes were doing to you." Jane said "and your a great help around the house." She said then smiled and winked at Rachel. Rachel smiled back. "Now eat up so you can get well." She said and kissed her forehead and let the room.
'So that's what it's like to have a mom that cares.' She thought to herself and smiled. As she ate she wondered why Children's Services hadn't been looking for her yet. 'Huh they are probably happy to be rid of me.' she thought but it didn't matter. She had a place here.