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Chapter 9: An Interesting Visit

I slam the front door. Berkeley is the biggest asshole! I can't believe he fucking said that!! I throw my keys on the floor. I walk over to the table and collapse into one of the chairs.

I burry my head in my arms and groan. I hate to admit it; but he's right. I WOULD go back to Ryo the second he told me he wanted me again. I'm using Berk and I feel horrible for it. I can't keep him hanging on like this. I know how that feels.

I take off my shirt and throw it violently at my bookshelf, knocking over most of the books. I just want to scream; but instead, I sigh. What a choice I have; go back to winning Ryo back or stay with Berkeley and fake it all. Well there is a third choice. I could just stop with both of them. I lean back in the chair. Now that I think about it, being alone will only hurt me. Being with Berkeley is hurting Ryo and some part of me. If I go to Ryo, It will hurt Berkeley and some other part of me. There is no good way out of this. It the end, someone is bound to get hurt.

There's a knock on the door. I drag myself to the door and open it. It's the brats; Bikky and Carol. I groan.

"What do you rugrats want?" I growl.

Carol pokes my stomach. "We NEED to talk to you." She says. Bikky pushes past me and Carol follows him.

I shut the door and look over at Bikky. "I thought Ryo grounded you." I snap.

"'Grounded' is such a childish word. I like to call it 'house arrest.'" He says, sitting down in a chair. I roll my eyes and sit in the chair across from him. "And anyway, he thinks I'm out with Kristen."

"Why are you so grouchy, Dee?" Carol asks, sitting down on Bikky's lap.

"I had to go to Ryo's precinct." I tell them.

Carol gasps and her eyes widen. "How did that go?" She asks, a smile on her face.

I look at her with curiosity. "It went shitty. Why do you look like that?" I ask.

Her face falls. "Dee, what the hell did you do?" She asks.

"I didn't do any thing. He saw me kissing Rose and he-" I start.

"Wait a second. Isn't Rose the guy who use to hit on Ryo constantly and it pissed you off?" Bikky asks.

"Yeah he is." I say, hotly.

"DUDE! He's your enemy and your tonguing him!?" He yells.

"We've been seeing each other for a few weeks." I grumble.

"For someone who's Bi, you sure don't bang a lot of chicks." Bikky says, crossing his arms. I glare at him.

"So why do you need to talk to me so bad?" I ask.

"Ryo is so close to giving in!" Carol says.

"Well he WAS. Who knows what he's thinking now." Bikky grumbles. I roll my eyes.

"I went to visit him and we talked for, like, two hours. It was all about you. Dee, he told me he doesn't think he'll be worthy for you anymore. He thinks you'll take him as a joke and laugh in his face and blow him off." She says.

My jaw drops. "I would NEVER!" I say.

Carol shrugs. "That's what I told him. He doesn't believe me." She says.

"So what do I do?" I ask.

"Well FIRST you gotta break it off with Rose." Bikky growls.

I groan. "I was dreading that." I whine.

"Do you want Ryo back or not?!" Bikky snaps.

"That's a fucking dumb question." I growl.

"Well don't fucking complain about it!" He yells.

"BOYS!" Carol yells.

I glare at Bikky. Fucking punk. "I'll break it off with Rose this weekend. You keep working with Ryo." I say.

There was another knock on the door. Who is it now?!

"Bik, Randy just called. He's getting worried. We've gotta go." someone behind the door.

Holy shit! It's Kristen!

Carol opens the door. Kristen waves at me, blushing. "Hello, Mr. Laytner." She says.

"Call me Dee. 'Mr. Laytner' is so formal. I hate formal." I say. She still stands in the hall. "You CAN come in."

She turns a deeper red and she walks in. I stand up to give her my chair. She sits down. "We can't stay long." She says.

Carol sat back down on Bikky and I leaned on the wall. "Kristen, thank you so much for driving us here and all." She says.

"It's no problem." She says. She looks around. "Is that you and Randy, Dee?" She asks.

I look around. I'm not seeing it. "Where?" I ask.

She points to a picture on the wall. It was a picture of Ryo and I kissing on vacation this past summer. I remember when Bikky took that picture. Ryo and I where just watching the sunset and talking on the hotel balcony when I kissed him. While I did, I heard the brat take a picture of us. I was shocked that it turned out as good as it did.

I walk over to it and take it off the wall. "Yeah it is." I say. I frown at the happy couple and the pain swells in my chest. I hand her the picture.

"Randy didn't tell me about you. If it weren't for Bikky, I would have never known that you two ever knew each other." She says, looking at the picture. She hands me back the picture and I hang it back up. I take one last look at it before I look away from it. "Dee, I'm going to tell you now; I'm not helping your relationship with Randy for you or Bikky. I'm doing it for Randy."

Carol and Bikky squirm in the chair. Carol stands and yanks Bikky up. "Um, I think this is our cue to leave. Later purv." Bikky says and the two leave.

I wave to them bye before I turned back to Kristen. "Do you know how painful it is to see someone you care for cry himself to sleep every night? It makes your heart wrench and it hurts more than you could ever know." She says.

"I've been there. I know how it is." I say.

"Randy never came out and told me why. If Bikky didn't tell me, I probably would have been just a depressed as Randy." She says.

"Ryo tends to keep things inside of himself." I say.

"Who?"

I blush. "Sorry. I meant 'Randy.' I forgot that you don't use his Japanese name." I say.

She pales. "I didn't even know he was oriental." She says.

"Can't you tell?" I ask. She shook her head. I look at her strange. "What the hell HAS he told you?" Is he keeping everything about him a secret?"

"He told me about his parents being dead and about how he found Bikky." She says.

I eye her. "And he didn't mention a thing about me?" I ask.

She shakes her head. "He didn't mention you at all." She say.

I was about to speak when her cell phone went off. She stood up and walked across the room to answer it. "Hel-...Randy!...I-I'm on my wa-...Why are you yel-...Ra-...Will you let me tal-...QUIT CUTTING IN!...I'll see you in a hour...FINE! Goodbye!"

She slams her cell phone closed. "I'm sorry but I have to go. Randy's pissed. He has to know something's up." She says.

"Good luck. He's a dick when he's pissed." I warn.

"Tell me about it." She says and leaves.

I look at my clock. 9:24. Wow. This was an interesting night.

Author's Note: Hey everyone!! I got really bored and I wrote another chapter up last night. (NOTHING was on cable last night!) I don't have a clue where to go with this story. I don't know how I want to end it or anything. But I have a feeling that I'm far from being done with story. Whelp I hope you all enjoyed another chapter. Later.