The pizza was the best meal she has had in 8 weeks. Cat's arm was still in a sling, so she had a little bit of trouble eating the pizza, but it was nothing compared to what was going on in her head. Throughout the whole dinner she was dreading what was going to happen tomorrow. After dinner ended Cat and Ryan went into the pool house. Ryan was getting some extra sheets and blankets out so that he would be comfortable on the couch.
"You don't have to sleep on the couch, you know. I can sleep there." Cat said
"No you are a guest at my house, you deserve to sleep on the bed." Ryan said to her.
"Ryan you have never done that in your life, the guest always slept on the floor, I don't need special treatment."
"I know but the Cohen's have taught me many things one of those things is being nice to guests at the house."
"From what I remember hearing they put you in the Pool House because they didn't trust you."
"Yeah, so."
"So they didn't trust you at first. So...just let me sleep on the couch."
"No, I like the couch."
"Why isn't the bed better?"
"Yeah, but the couch is just smaller and the same amount of comfort."
"So let me sleep on it."
"No, I am going to sleep on the bed later, anyways, if I sleep on the bed always I will become spoiled and then you wont be able to get the bed every again."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because it is the truth. I am becoming spoiled here. This bed is much more comfortable then my bed was in Chino. So I am going to be giving it to you for at least tonight. So just take it, please, and no more fighting about it."
"Fine."
Ryan set up his bed. It only took a minute. He and Cat headed back into the house for some more talking with the Cohen's. They wanted to talk to Cat alone for sometime to get to know her, so Ryan and Seth went into the family room to play with the Xbox.
"You know, I haven't seen Ryan this happy at a place he calls home ever before." Cat said to the Cohen's
"Thank you." Kristen said
With Ryan and Seth
Ryan was nervous; he didn't want to Cohen's to know everything about Cat. Heck, not even he knew everything, but Cat was always secretive, and didn't wanted to share her life with anybody. She never would talk to the teachers or the guidance councilors at the school in Chino, why would she tell the Cohen's everything.
"RYAN." Seth called; he had been calling Ryan for about 5 minutes.
"What." Ryan asked once he heard Seth yell his name. He was going to ask why he yelled but he figured if Seth didn't yell, he wouldn't have heard him.
"You need to select a character already." Seth said
They were playing one of the ninja games that Ryan could always beat Seth at, but Ryan wasn't sure if he could do it today. His mind was other places. He picked a character, and the game began. Ryan did the best he could, but he kept getting distracted.
"Oh, look who's better know, the teacher is now teaching the student again. Oh, Yeah." Seth said as he was beating Ryan badly. "I told you your beginners luck was going to run out." Seth said as he started another game. By then Ryan wasn't paying attention, he didn't notice that there was another round going on.
"Ryan, come on I know I keep telling you to let me win, but I was joking man, I wanted to see if you would, but I don't mean for you to do nothing in which I can beat your brain out. Come on Ryan I want to see if I can really beat you." Seth said as he finished beating Ryan's character to a pulp. Seth looked at Ryan and saw the same faraway look that he had in them before. "Ryan, I am better looking then you right?"
"Yeah." Ryan said in a voice, telling Seth that he wasn't really listening to what Seth was saying.
"Ryan look at me." Seth said.
Ryan looked at him, now out of his trace once again. "What?"
"I am your best friend, right?"
"Yeah."
"You would tell me anything, right?"
"Yeah, why do you ask?"
"Well you have been very far away, these last few weeks and I thought it was because of Cat being in the hospital, and you were worried for her, but now I am not sure. Now she is here and you are even more worried about her. She's just in the kitchen with my parents. She is fine."
"I know Seth, it's just, she is going home tomorrow, to get some of her things, and she really doesn't want to go home."
"Are you serous?"
"Yes."
"Why wouldn't she?"
"Well she doesn't like her family all that much."
"Really."
"Yeah."
"So, why doesn't she like them?"
"I am not going to tell you that. That is her business. If she ever wants you to know then she will tell you."
"Well I thought you said you would tell me anything?"
"I would but if it isn't about me, if I do I would want to do it with that person's permission."
"Well I have two more questions for you."
"Ok, what are they?"
"Well when you came here from Chino you said that you tried all of your friends and they all said no. Cat does look like she would have told you no if you asked her. Why did you not ask her? And tell me the truth."
"I couldn't ask, her."
"Why?"
"She wasn't home, she was on a family vacation, when it happened."
"Ok, second question."
"You already asked two." Ryan told him
"Only because you didn't answer the first one fully. Anyways, answer this truthfully, ok."
"Ok."
"Do you care for Cat?"
"Of course I do, I grew up with her, in Chino, we are best friends."
"Well one thing I thought that I was your best friend, and I meant if you cared for her as more then just a friend."
"Well you are one of my best friends, in Orange County, and I don't know if I care for her more then that."
"Explain please."
"Well, when she was hurt, I never wanted to leave her side, even when she was in the hospital I didn't want to leave her. I broke up with Marissa and Cat convinced me to go back to Marissa, but I wasn't sure I wanted to. But when Cat told me she had a boyfriend I was upset and jealous I think and I didn't want it to be true, but it was, and I wanted to hurt her boyfriend. But when she told me how to get Marissa back, I still wasn't sure I wanted to go back to her. I was mad at her for hurting Cat and I wanted her to pay. But I also didn't want to hurt Cat's feelings so when she told me that I should get back with Marissa, I did but I think that was a mistake. On New Years, when we got locked in the pool house, thanks to you aunt, all I could think about was Cat and that I wanted to be there with her. Marissa was with Oliver, and I didn't care, but by the end of the night I went to Marissa and kissed her, when I really want to kiss Cat, but after that I stopped caring for Cat that way and only wanted to protect her from her demons, and I wanted to protect Marissa from Oliver. Then she broke up with me and I didn't want to go back to her. I didn't tell Cat that I broke up with her. I don't even think she knows about Oliver, but I think that I still care about her like I cared about her before. You don't know man how badly I wanted Marissa to be the one that was hurt that day. I wanted Marissa to be the one with the metal rod through her chest. The doctors said that Cat was lucky that the rod hadn't been an inch over. It would have killed her instantly. Gone right through her heart. Maybe then Marissa would have had to get out of that car and come to get help. I was so angry with her. Then when Cat was dead, I wished hell on Marissa, I wanted her to be there to see how pale Cat was, to see and feel all the pain she was in. I wanted her to be the one that was dead. I cannot believe I would wish that on anyone."
"Ryan, you were mad, someone that you cared for was hurt."
"That wasn't just it. I wanted Marissa to be hurt because she was always hurting me. She drove drunk and I was scared that something like that would happen. She was acting like my family, like my mom, drunk and driving. I was so scared when Cat came to the door, white as a ghost and blood everywhere, with a pole through her hand and arm. I wanted to scream. I was hoping it was a dream. But you know what, man?"
"What?"
"I knew something like that would happen. I knew that someone was going to be hurt that night; I had a bad feeling that it was going to be Cat. "
"I know man."
"RYAN!!" Sandy called from the kitchen.
"Coming." Ryan called back getting up off the floor.
"Hey can we continue this later?" Seth asked
"Sure."
Seth was amazed that Ryan would really wont to tell him this, or anything. Ryan was always a mystery, he never shared. "I guess he just wanted it off his chest." Seth said to himself just before he went back to the game he was playing.
Ryan made his way to the kitchen, scared of what might have been said there.
"Don't look so scared Ryan. We were just talking." Sandy said
"I know." Ryan said
"We were discussing what would be happening in the coming weeks." Sandy said
"So what is going to be happening?" Ryan asked
"Cat is going to be staying here, until she thinks that she should go. You don't mind sharing your room with her do you?"
"No not at all."
"I think I am going to go to bed, I am tired." Cat said as she stood up.
"See you in the morning, it will be good to have another girl in the house for a change." Kristen said
"Thank you again." Cat said as she started to walk to the door.
"Yeah, I think I am going to go to bed too. Goodnight." Ryan said as he walked to the door with Cat.
They walked to the pool house in silent. Slowly but surly they made it, Ryan holding Cat up all the way there. Since she was still hurting. (strange but she did died and broke a lot of bones.) Ryan directed Cat to the bed and told her that the bathroom was around the corner if she needed it.
Cat laid down still thinking about what tomorrow would bring. She fell asleep listening to one of the CD's that Ryan had. Not noticing that Ryan hadn't gone to bed yet and was watching her sleep.
The morning came. Cat and Ryan both walked to the house, but still sleepy from just waking up. No one else was in the kitchen so Ryan started making breakfast. He was making eggs and bacon, since that was mostly what they had in the fridge since it was the day they usually go shopping. Kristen and Sandy came down the stairs and sat down as Ryan put plates in front of them. Finally when most of them were done with the food Seth came down. Everybody was in the Pajamas still; Cat was in one of Ryan's wife beaters and in some shorts that he had.
"Morning everybody." Seth said a little to joyful for one person to be.
"Morning Seth." Everybody mumbled
Seth took what was left of the eggs and bacon and sat down with the family. They all looked tired and he was sure he knew why. ; )
"So what is going on today?" Seth asked
"We are going to be picking up some of Cat's clothes from her house." Sandy said in monotone.
"Can I come, I don't have anything to do today." Seth asked
Everyone looked to Cat.
"If you really want to, it is only going to be for like 10 minutes probably." Cat told him.
"Well if you don't mind, I would love to come. I want to at least say I did something, this weekend." Seth told them
"It doesn't matter to me." Cat told all of them
"Sure why not we can take the whole family out and about in the town after we are done." Sandy said
"Sounds good." Seth said
"I am going to go get dressed." Cat said
"You can wear some of my clothes." Ryan said as he got up and brought the dishes to the sink and washed them. Then headed out with Cat to the Pool House to get Cat some clothes.
By the time they came back in everybody else was dresses. Cat came in wearing some of Ryan's pants with a belt, and one of the shirts that Kristen had bought him. To Seth she looked like the perfect girl for Ryan.
"So are we ready?" Sandy asked
"Yeah." Cat said
They piled into the SUV and made their way to Cat's house, which wasn't to far away. They pulled into the driveway to see no cars there.
"Where is everyone?" Seth asked
"My parents are in Chino right now." Cat said as she got out of the SUV and made her way to the door. Ryan followed, followed by Sandy, Kristen, and then Seth.
Cat's house was huge. It had three floors and looked like a castle.
Cat opened to door to be greeted by the nanny for her sister, who wouldn't have gone back to Chino since she always a little car sick.
Everybody looked in and saw the entry room it was huge. The stairs were big too. They kind of were spiral with a decorative rail on the outside. The stairs were covered by a red carpet.
"Hey Katie." Cat said
"Hey there, I didn't know you were getting out of the hospital. But shouldn't your arm still be in the sling?" Asked Katie, the Nanny, after the seeing Cat with out the sling to hold her arm in place.
"Yeah, but you know me, I hate slings." Cat said
"You never change." Katie said.
"Nope." Cat said as she walked in followed but she parade. "Katie, I am going to be staying with these people for awhile. You know Ryan, but this is Sandy, Kristen, and Seth." All of them raised their hands at their name.
"Nice to meet you all, you better be taking care of my Cat." Katie said
"They are, don't worry." Cat said with a smile in her voice. To Ryan it was a wonderful sound.
Cat made her toward her room, which was on the third floor. They made it to the landing at the top of the second floor and made their way to the opposite side of the house, only to run into a little girl running away from something screaming her head off.
"Help me, keep it away from me." Cried the little girl as she clang to Cat's legs.
"Let's go check out that boogeyman shall we." Cat said to the little girl.
The little girl looked up and saw who it was. "Cat!!!!" Cried the little girl
"Hey there stranger." Cat said as she picked up the little girl, even with her bad shoulder.
"Where have you been? I haven't seen you in like, forever." The child said in her little kid voice.
"I was hanging out with some people. I am sorry, I didn't call." Cat said as they made their way to the kid's room.
"That's ok, I guess, Hey Ryan." The little girl said
"Hey there Canan." Ryan said
"I haven't seen you since longer then me not seeing Cat." Canan said
"I know it's been awhile, I moved here over the summer." Ryan told her
"I know I saw your mommy leave. But you weren't with her, I saw you come back I little while later with that guy." Canan said pointing at Sandy
"That's right he came back with me." Ryan said
"Is he your new daddy?" Canan asked
"Sort of but I live with them, and he is married to her." Ryan told her looking toward Kristen.
"Then where is your real mommy?" Canan asked
"I don't really know right now. She took a trip somewhere."
"Oh" Canan said
"So the boogieman is in your room?" Cat asked
"Yes." Canan said to her sister
Cat handed Canan off to Ryan and went into the room.
"Canan where is this boogieman, I don't see him?" Cat called out.
"He was in the closet, but he likes to hide under the bed." Canan said
"Are you sure there's... AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH." Cat called out
"Oh no, the boogieman got her." Canan said
The Cohen's weren't sure what to do. They couldn't see in the room since it was around the corner. Ryan could see in but he wasn't moving. Canan had her head turned away from the room, not wanting to see the boogieman again. They started to move forward. Ryan saw them and shook his head. They watched as hands came out of the room and grabbed Canan. Ryan let go.
"NO, I don't want to go boogieman, let me go." Canan cried out.
"You know you should really clean under your bed you know that." They heard Cat's voice saw.
"Cat!" Cried her sister as she turned around to hug her. "The boogieman didn't get you?"
"Nope, but your teddy bear that was under you bed, and the one in your closet tried to." Cat said.
"I am sorry, I thought they were the real boogieman."
"I thought so too, until I touched their soft fur." Cat said with a wink
"Yay, no more Boogie man." Canan said. "But why are you here?"
"I came to get some of my clothes."
"Oh, yeah Ryan's clothes don't fit you very well, they are a little big, like usual."
"Yeah well Ryan always was a little bigger then me." Cat said. "Hey do you want to help me pick some of my clothes out."
"YEA.H" Canan said to her sister
Cat and everybody headed up to her room. It was the only room on the third floor.
"Why are you living in the attic?" Kristen asked
"I like it, I am as far from my parents, and I can to whatever I want up here unlike if I was down stairs. I can play my music as loud as I want and they don't hear it. It's a good thing for me." Cat said
Canan jumped out of Cat's arms and landed on the bed. "She likes it up here, we used to have little talks about stuff up here."
"Oh, really, like what?" Ryan asked
"I will tell you later." Cat said
Canan jumped off the bed and went to Cat's closet. Pulled out what little clothes she had in there and then headed for the drawers. Pulled the small amount of stuff that was in there and threw it on the bed.
"Well that will fit in one suitcase." Canan said
"Well I don't always have money and I don't shop with mom and dad like you do." Cat said to her sister.
"I know." Canan said, and went back into the closet to get the suitcase that Cat used to move here. "Can I pack for you?"
"Sure just don't throw everything in there like last time." Cat said
"I promise." Canan said.
"Why don't you grab some of our things so you can have them and not have to come back." Kristen said
"Sure why not." Cat said as she went to the closet. "Ryan can you help me here?"
"Yeah." Ryan said as he entered the closet.
"Pull right there when I push, I used to be able to do this alone, but my shoulder hurts now." Cat said to Ryan
He did what he was told with out asking why. He soon discovered the reason why Cat loved this house so much. In the closet was a secret passageway, to a little room that Cat had found one day. She went through and entered the room. Everything she cared about was up her, her pictures, CD's and CD player. Everything she owned even a couch.
"This place is amazing." Ryan said
"Now you know why I choose this room." Cat said
"I do now."
"So help me out some."
"Sure."
Ryan grabbed some of the things that he thought she would want and walked out.
The Cohen's took the stuff and brought it down to the car. With help from Canan.
Ryan and Cat where alone in the secret room. "Cat I have to ask you something." Ryan said
"What?" Cat asked
"Now I know you and you don't like to come in between people, but I want you to answer me truthfully."
"Ok." Cat said as she looked at Ryan
"I was thinking a lot about the last 8 weeks. Marissa and I aren't together anymore because of this kid Oliver. And I really don't want to go back to her, not after her not trusting my judgment, about him. She doesn't trust me, and I want to be with someone who trusts me. I was wondering do you trust me?"
"Of course I do. Where is this going?"
"Last night when I was watching you sleep, something hit my, not literally but figuratively..."
"Okay, what did you do to the Ryan I know. You sound to smart for your own good." Cat said with a slight laugh behind it.
"I like you a lot and I want you to know that."
"I like you too."
"I am glad, but the thing is... "Ryan didn't know how to express himself. He didn't know what to say to her. So he did the only thing that he could think of he kissed her. His lips met hers and felt something he never had felt from any other kiss he had received. Her lips were warm and didn't reject the kiss. When they broke apart Cat was the first to speech.
"That is what the thing was." Cat said as she looked into Ryan's eyes. He was now against her. They could feel each other's body heat through the clothes they had on.
"Yeah, that was it." Ryan said in a whisper. "I know I shouldn't have done that but I want you to know how I truly feel."
"Than let me show you how I truly feel." Cat said as she close the distance between their lips and kissed once again, this one longer and seemed deeper. Ryan had thoughts of Cat and him growing up. He realized that he always cared for her. Even the day he met her. That is why he stood up for her. The kiss ended and Ryan was starting to miss the feeling.
"What about your boyfriend?" Ryan asked remembering now that she had one
"I don't have one. We broke up a while ago, about a year. He cheated on me, with his ex. I just told you I had one to make you more willing to go back to Marissa"
"So you lied to me." Ryan said
"I guess, you know me better than anyone, I just didn't want to hurt you."
"I think I understand it now."
"Good." Cat said as they kissed again.
"Cat are you done in there?" Came a small voice from the other room.
Cat ended the kiss much to both of their remorse. "We're coming Canan." They grabbed what else was felt in the room and exited. They walked to the door, both with smiles on their faces. When they exited, Ryan put the panel back into place. "Now Canan you cannot tell anybody about that room ok?"
"Of course I wont, it will be our little secret. But if I want to hide can I go in there?"
"Only, if you are running from a Boogieman, ok."
"Ok."
"Promise me Canan."
"I promise."
"Good. Now lets go and finish packing the car." Cat said as she started for the door.
"Can I help?" Canan asked
"Sure, here take this." Cat said handing her sister a stack of CD's.
They walked to the car and said good-bye to her sister, Cat promising to come home to see her whenever she could get there. They packed into the SUV and headed to town to do some shopping. Cat's stuff wasn't very much, she never had anything much, just a few things. They went to a shopping center and while the boys were grocery-shopping Kristen had taken Cat for clothes shopping. They met back at the car and once again packed in. They were heading home to drop off the stuff in the car. Then out again to eat something. They found a restaurant and ate there. It had good food. After Lunch they once again headed home.
Cat and Ryan were in the Pool House getting Cat's stuff in order and out of the various packaging.
"So what happened in your room..." Ryan started to say
"I meant it all. I have like you that way for a while. But you were with Teresa, and then Marissa. I didn't want you to know. I was afraid you wouldn't want to be my friend after that. So I didn't want you to know."
"But in not telling me you hurt yourself."
"Ryan I am always getting hurt, that is not one thing that you can change."
"I really like you too." Ryan said as he finished putting Cat's CD's on top of his. He then came closer to her. They had shut the blinds so no one would see them, since they Cohen's just thought they were friends. He put his arms around her waist. She had just finished putting the last of her clothes in the closet that they would share. She turned in his arms to face him. She put her arms around his neck and looked into his eyes.
"Can I help sir?" Cat asked him in a loving voice.
"Yeah, you can." Ryan said as he bent his head down and kissed Cat.
End of Chapter
It doesn't end there, if you read one of my other stories you would know that, I have to warn you now, this story doesn't end happy, at least this part of it, I might make a sequel if I feel up to it. You can stop reading now if you want.
Sorry if you don't like how I made Ryan be, but I had to make him open up, I had space to feel, if you want you can pretend that he never talked to Seth, you could think it was all in his head. I have learned that if you have lots of emotions it is better to say them out loud, even if you are alone and talking to yourself, than it is to keep the thoughts running through your mind.
I mostly likely will post the next one tomorrow, but on the chance I don't do it till late or don't get a chance to, I will definantely post before the end of the week. I think I spelt that wrong, oh, well. I might be very busy tomorrow, with school, Tech, My flute lesson, than homework, it will be a blast. yay...joking. I hate busy days
Random Ranting and writing
Just to let you know, I am no longer depressed at the moment since I feel special, though my friends found somethings out, which I wish they didn't since they all decided to attack me at once and were hugging me, (which I hate, I hate hugs, well most of the ones I get), and f they felt bad, which made me feel bad for letting them find out. Though that is not the reason I feel happy, I just feel happy that I made a new friend that is in England and he is really nice to talk to. Though he might end up reading this, I don't care at the moment.
Okay, I would write something about Baseball but I don't watch it. I am a Hockey Girl. But who ever wins the World Series I will say I rutted for, though I don't care, though most of my friends do. It is all very strange. They all watch Baseball, and I watch J Hockey. I kind of don't want to stop typing at the moment, since I am enjoying it, don't ask why, lets just say I am insane on that part of my life. I am taking a Psychology class at my school, and I have to make a powerpoint, so either me and my partner are going to do OCD or Borderline. I find Borderline lots of fun, since no one knows about it. But my partner and I had such a hard time coming up with the subject and we ended up writing the things on paper, and then throwing them in the air, and had my other friend, one of the ones how attacked me, to pick up the paper closet to her. So we might be doing OCD at least we are going to have more of a chance to do that than Borderline.
Well I am not sick of typing, not really, but i think i wasted enough of your time, I really do think i have problems, but this typing thing helps me feel better and no it is not because I pound on the keys, since I don't, it is because I can write this and then get most of it out of my system, until my brother comes along and says, you have been on all day same as yesterday get off in five minutes. I hate it when he does that. I really hope this is the next chapter, since i messed up my Mutant X story when I posted the last chapter way before I had to have it up, so I hope i don't mess this one up. Well I am now done, if you read this part thanks, but you really don't have to, it is just me ranting and raving, I don't care any more about spelling, I am going to go watch the Lunar Eclipse right now, and yes I am going to go sit outside in the freezing cold on my lawn in my clothes with nothing to keep me warm but the gears turning in my mind. It should be fun. Really I don't get as cold anymore since my windows are still open since this summer, I should really close them since I make it really cold in my room, someday soon it will be below freezing and you know what they will still me open. Well I am really done now.
Time to Watch the Moon.
bye