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Author's Note: Hey hey. I want to write longer chapters but I really don't have the time, and I wanna update as much as possible. So I'll try to make them longer, but for right now, here you go.
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Ryan walked directly into the backyard. He was going to see if the pool house open, but instead he dropped his bags and looked out to the ocean. He's probably only looked at it once before. It was probably the most beautiful thing he's seen in a long time. He decided to sit and wait for the sun to go down. He had no idea if anyone was inside, but he wasn't sure if he wanted to see anyone quite yet. Finally the sun disappeared from sight, and he closed his eyes and stood up. At that moment, a familiar voice called his name. He turned around and gave a small shy smile, as if trying to convey that he's back for good all in a look. Of course it worked, and Kirsten ran around the pool and gave him a hug that almost squeezed the daylights out of him.
"I've missed you too!" he said happily.
"What happened? Why are you back? For good right?"
"For good this time. Things just went weird in Chino. I could have stayed but then I realized something."
Kirsten looked at him quite worried. He just smiled and spoke softly. "I already have a home."
She gave him another hug, and grabbed one of his bags and hurried it to the pool house.
"I have to tell Sandy. And Seth!"
"Wait wait wait...first I need to talk to you about that." Ryan's voice suddenly became hesitant. "How is he? Seth. I mean, things were left in the air and I..."
"He's fine Ryan. He's been kind of like how he was...before you. But, he's still Seth. Sarcastic and completely out of this world. No matter what, you guys are still brothers. Even if it's just by law."
"Yah. Yah, thanks. Um, is he in his room?"
"I think so. Either that or he went sailing. He's been doing more of that since you left."
"Yah I thought he would. Well I'm gonna go talk to him." He was beginning to walk away until he realized that he forgot something. He went back and hugged Kirsten. "Thank you. For letting me in again."
She just put on a face of complete sincerity. You can say that she conveyed everything she felt in just that one look. With that, he went inside to go talk to Seth.
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Knock once. No answer. Knock twice. Nothing.
Finally he decided just to open the door. He entered the room slowly. It wasn't the same as it was when he last saw it. The posters were all the same, but it was all rearranged differently. You can tell that he had a lot of time on his hands. For some reason, the complete difference in his room made Ryan feel worse and worse.
"Hey. Do you like video games?"
Ryan turned around and saw Seth leaning against the wall. He grinned and responded by saying, "Do you have Grand Theft Auto? I heard it's about stealing cars and stuff. Not like that's cool or anything."
"Well it's pretty cool. I met my brother that way."
"That must have been a hell of a story."
"Yah, well he left a while ago."
Ryan's smile faded fast. "Well. I'm pretty sure he's coming back. For good."
Seth's smile was probably wider than it could ever be. "So what? Wanna play?"
"Don't you think we should..."
"We should start with Magical Gathering?? That's a good idea." Seth walked over to Ryan and gave him a hug. "I've missed you."
Ryan patted his back in a manly way and said, "I've missed you too bro."
"Are we having a moment?" Seth asked quickly.
"Maybe." The two boys let go and started shaking each others hand instead. They purposely made their voices deeper and started saying comments like, "Nice to see you man." "You too."
They were about to walk downstairs when Seth's cell phone started to ring. He went over to check the caller I.D, but when he saw who it was, he ignored it and began walking out of the room. Ryan went over to see what the number said. He checked the screen quickly.
SUMMER.
He took the phone with him downstairs, and met Seth who was already sitting on the couch. He threw the phone at his stomach, leaving Seth in a fast but agonizing pain. "What was that for, man???"
"Call her," he said simply, but forcefully.
"Hey I appreciate that you're back, but can you not be Mr. Female defender for like a second?"
"Look, she misses you okay?"
"And how are you so sure?"
"I saw her this afternoon. She was at the bakery."
"Yah, she's been spending a lot of time there," he said quite stalker-like.
Ryan darted a confused look at Seth.
"I pass by there everyday whenever I go to the Summer Breeze."
"So why don't you talk to her?"
"Because I feel bad, alright? I know I hurt her when she left, and I don't want her to have to deal with me. She deserves way better than that. I told her that she didn't have to be scared with me, but she does. I lied to her. I'm far from even deserving her presence."
Ryan was quite unresponsive at that moment. He just grabbed the controller and plopped down on the couch next to Seth. "Look. She forgives you. Because she loves you. Right now she's probably thinking that she did something wrong. You have to tell her that she didn't."
"But she did. She fell for the wrong guy." He got up from the couch and went out the backyard door.
Ryan got up and followed him into the backyard. Seth was sitting on the pool bench with his hands pulling his hair.
"Seth. Just talk to her, okay? Everything seems a bit unresolved as of right now. I think it might be good for you to just say hi. And tell her you miss her, because I know that it wouldn't be a lie."
"Okay. Alright. I'll do it. But what about you? Have you talked to her?"
"I just told you I ran into her..."
Seth cut him off immediately. "Not Summer. Marissa."
"Um...no. I don't know where she's been."
"Yah, neither do I. Ever since you left we haven't been in great terms. I said some things I regret, and she just hasn't been able to forgive me quite yet."
"What'd you say?"
"Nothing of importance as of right now. But I think you should get a hold of her. Best bet is from Mr. Coop."
Ryan sighed and stuffed his hands in his pockets. "I guess we're back to the lady drama?"
"You know it. Us California boys." They both walked their separate ways to go find their semi- not really girlfriends.
Author's Note: Hey hey. I want to write longer chapters but I really don't have the time, and I wanna update as much as possible. So I'll try to make them longer, but for right now, here you go.
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Ryan walked directly into the backyard. He was going to see if the pool house open, but instead he dropped his bags and looked out to the ocean. He's probably only looked at it once before. It was probably the most beautiful thing he's seen in a long time. He decided to sit and wait for the sun to go down. He had no idea if anyone was inside, but he wasn't sure if he wanted to see anyone quite yet. Finally the sun disappeared from sight, and he closed his eyes and stood up. At that moment, a familiar voice called his name. He turned around and gave a small shy smile, as if trying to convey that he's back for good all in a look. Of course it worked, and Kirsten ran around the pool and gave him a hug that almost squeezed the daylights out of him.
"I've missed you too!" he said happily.
"What happened? Why are you back? For good right?"
"For good this time. Things just went weird in Chino. I could have stayed but then I realized something."
Kirsten looked at him quite worried. He just smiled and spoke softly. "I already have a home."
She gave him another hug, and grabbed one of his bags and hurried it to the pool house.
"I have to tell Sandy. And Seth!"
"Wait wait wait...first I need to talk to you about that." Ryan's voice suddenly became hesitant. "How is he? Seth. I mean, things were left in the air and I..."
"He's fine Ryan. He's been kind of like how he was...before you. But, he's still Seth. Sarcastic and completely out of this world. No matter what, you guys are still brothers. Even if it's just by law."
"Yah. Yah, thanks. Um, is he in his room?"
"I think so. Either that or he went sailing. He's been doing more of that since you left."
"Yah I thought he would. Well I'm gonna go talk to him." He was beginning to walk away until he realized that he forgot something. He went back and hugged Kirsten. "Thank you. For letting me in again."
She just put on a face of complete sincerity. You can say that she conveyed everything she felt in just that one look. With that, he went inside to go talk to Seth.
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Knock once. No answer. Knock twice. Nothing.
Finally he decided just to open the door. He entered the room slowly. It wasn't the same as it was when he last saw it. The posters were all the same, but it was all rearranged differently. You can tell that he had a lot of time on his hands. For some reason, the complete difference in his room made Ryan feel worse and worse.
"Hey. Do you like video games?"
Ryan turned around and saw Seth leaning against the wall. He grinned and responded by saying, "Do you have Grand Theft Auto? I heard it's about stealing cars and stuff. Not like that's cool or anything."
"Well it's pretty cool. I met my brother that way."
"That must have been a hell of a story."
"Yah, well he left a while ago."
Ryan's smile faded fast. "Well. I'm pretty sure he's coming back. For good."
Seth's smile was probably wider than it could ever be. "So what? Wanna play?"
"Don't you think we should..."
"We should start with Magical Gathering?? That's a good idea." Seth walked over to Ryan and gave him a hug. "I've missed you."
Ryan patted his back in a manly way and said, "I've missed you too bro."
"Are we having a moment?" Seth asked quickly.
"Maybe." The two boys let go and started shaking each others hand instead. They purposely made their voices deeper and started saying comments like, "Nice to see you man." "You too."
They were about to walk downstairs when Seth's cell phone started to ring. He went over to check the caller I.D, but when he saw who it was, he ignored it and began walking out of the room. Ryan went over to see what the number said. He checked the screen quickly.
SUMMER.
He took the phone with him downstairs, and met Seth who was already sitting on the couch. He threw the phone at his stomach, leaving Seth in a fast but agonizing pain. "What was that for, man???"
"Call her," he said simply, but forcefully.
"Hey I appreciate that you're back, but can you not be Mr. Female defender for like a second?"
"Look, she misses you okay?"
"And how are you so sure?"
"I saw her this afternoon. She was at the bakery."
"Yah, she's been spending a lot of time there," he said quite stalker-like.
Ryan darted a confused look at Seth.
"I pass by there everyday whenever I go to the Summer Breeze."
"So why don't you talk to her?"
"Because I feel bad, alright? I know I hurt her when she left, and I don't want her to have to deal with me. She deserves way better than that. I told her that she didn't have to be scared with me, but she does. I lied to her. I'm far from even deserving her presence."
Ryan was quite unresponsive at that moment. He just grabbed the controller and plopped down on the couch next to Seth. "Look. She forgives you. Because she loves you. Right now she's probably thinking that she did something wrong. You have to tell her that she didn't."
"But she did. She fell for the wrong guy." He got up from the couch and went out the backyard door.
Ryan got up and followed him into the backyard. Seth was sitting on the pool bench with his hands pulling his hair.
"Seth. Just talk to her, okay? Everything seems a bit unresolved as of right now. I think it might be good for you to just say hi. And tell her you miss her, because I know that it wouldn't be a lie."
"Okay. Alright. I'll do it. But what about you? Have you talked to her?"
"I just told you I ran into her..."
Seth cut him off immediately. "Not Summer. Marissa."
"Um...no. I don't know where she's been."
"Yah, neither do I. Ever since you left we haven't been in great terms. I said some things I regret, and she just hasn't been able to forgive me quite yet."
"What'd you say?"
"Nothing of importance as of right now. But I think you should get a hold of her. Best bet is from Mr. Coop."
Ryan sighed and stuffed his hands in his pockets. "I guess we're back to the lady drama?"
"You know it. Us California boys." They both walked their separate ways to go find their semi- not really girlfriends.