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Chapter 11: Regaining An Old Friend

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"DEE! You came!" Carol squeals and swings her arm around me. Holy crap! I'm not even in the house yet and she's attacking me!

I look down at her and smile. "I told you I would." I say.

I look past Carol and see a stunned Ryo, sitting on the couch, in the living room. His eyes where wide and his mouth was slightly open.

Carol lets go and lets me enter the house. I shut the door, my eyes not leaving Ryo. "You ok over there, R-Randy?" I ask. He jumps like he was in a trance and clears his throat.

"I-I'm fine." He says and looks away from me. His eyes are so hard to read. I can't tell if he's nervous or pissed off. I walk over to the couch. I sit on the far end of the couch.

"If you guys need anything, holler for Bikky or me. Ok?" Carol asks. I nod and smile. She smiles back and winks at me. She skips out of the room.

I look down at my feet. What do I say? 'Hey, how are you? Is life better or worse without the love of your life in it?' I glance over at Ryo. He's fidgeting with his hands.

"Why are you here, Dee?" I hear Ryo's soft voice ask.

I look over at him. "I came to eat dinner for free. Why are YOU here?" I say, sort of snappily.

"Carol invited Bikky and me." He growls softly.

"So I'm guessing you want me to leave?"

He looks over at me with hard to read eyes. "Did I say that?" He snaps.

"I'm just getting this vibe that you don't want me here." I state.

He winces. "It's not that." I barley hear him say.

I look over at him with sad eyes. "I miss talking to you." I admit just as quietly.

His eyes meet mine. "So do I." He whispers. For some reason, I found myself getting closer to him. I notice that he's doing the same. Ryo closes his eyes and I do the same. I can feel his warm breath on my face.

"What do you want to drink, Dee?" I hear. My eyes shot open and I launch over to the other side of the couch.

"Um, w-water is fine." I say. My heart is pounding in my chest. What am I doing?! I belong to Berkeley!

Bikky comes in and hands me a bottle of water. I take the bottle with shaky hands. "I sense something was going on in here." He states slyly.

I look up at the blond. "What the hell are you talking about, brat?" I ask.

Bikky sits in-between Ryo and me. "I don't know. Maybe you guys where...I don't know...making out or something disgustingly gross like that?" He asks. He looks over at Ryo, and Ryo blushes. "I KNEW IT!"

"We weren't making out." I growl and slap the back of his head. "Did you forget that I'm with someone?"

Ryo looks away from me. His eyes look sadder than before. Maybe he does miss me. But he has someone who loves him 'oh so dearly.'

"Yeah and so am I!" Ryo grumbles, looking at his feet. I look at him sadly. We can NOT get this right.

Bikky looks over at him in question. "I thought Kr-" He starts but Ryo reaches over and covers his mouth. I eye Ryo.

Ryo grumbles something into Bikky's ear. Bikky is let go and he glares at Ryo. He stands up and huffs. He stomps out of the room, mumbling things under his breath.

I look away. Okay then...that was odd. "How do you like the new precinct your at?" I ask, trying to lighten the intensity in the room.

"It's ok. It's nothing like the 27th but it's a place to call home." He says, with a half smile.

"Anybody good looking up there?"

"DEE!" Ryo scolds me, turning bright red. I laugh and sigh. I miss getting him all worked up like that.

"You never know. It's always good to be on the prowl when your taken. You don't know when it could all end." I say. As soon as I said it I squeeze my eyes shut. "Moron." I scold under my breath. I always say the STUPIDEST things!!

I peak to see if Ryo was uneasy. He doesn't look like it fazed him. I sigh in relief. "Yeah, I do that a lot." He says with a smile. He and I pale. "When I'm with Kristen!!" he quickly adds. I hope so.

Well that topic didn't blow over too well. Let's try something else. "Was it easy adjusting to the next predict?" I ask. I've never changed precinct's before.

"Not really." He says and clears his throat. "Well...um...when I came to the 27th, I had you there to guide me the first 20 minutes I was there. I didn't have that this time." He says, blushing.

I smile. I'm happy he's opening up again. Even if the relationship part doesn't work, I'll still get my best friend back. "Yeah some people have all the luck. Not only did you have a guide when you came to the 27th but your guide was also, and still is, one hot piece of ass." I joke.

Ryo smirks. "Your just as coincided as the day I left." He says.

I half smile, trying to look at the bright side of the comment instead of the pain of our last day together at the 27th. Carol comes in. "Dinner is ready you guys." She says, sweetly and leaves. I smile at her and stand. I look over my shoulder and I see Ryo struggling to stand.

"Something wrong?" I ask.

Ryo looks up. "Oh, I got shot in my leg two weeks ago." He says. I felt the anger fill me. I wanted to yell, 'Who did it?' but I kept my cool. I give him and hand and help him up. When his hand touched mine, an electric jolt went up my arm and causes me to shiver. "Cold, Dee?"

I shake my head. "No I just had a chill." I say. I let go of Ryo and let him walk in front of me. He walks a little bit before he began to lose balance. I grab a hold of his waist and bring him close to my chest.

"D-Dee, what are you doing?" Ryo asks; half panicked, half relaxed.

I instantly let go of him and step away. "I was going to steer you there." I lie.

Ryo looks back at me with disbelief in his eyes. "I don't need any help." He says, sort of snappily. I don't know if he meant to be that harsh or not. I really can't tell with him anymore.

We walk into the dining room. I sit across from Ryo at the table. I begin to serve myself, trying not to look at the chestnut brown hottie that I just want to...NO! I need to keep my mind on Berkeley. My loving, caring, BOYFRIEND would never in a million years would leave me for a stupid reason like Ryo did.

"So Randy, are you guys still staying over?" Carol asks.

Ryo shrugs. "I think I might drive back. Bikky can stay. He doesn't have school tomorrow, right?" He says, glancing over at Bikky.

Bikky smiles. "Hell yeah!" He cheers and gives Carol a high five.

"Bikky watch your mouth." Ryo scolds.

"Sorry."

I look over at the clock. It's going on 9. "Do you have work tomorrow?" I ask.

"No..."

I smile. YES! Neither do I! "If you don't want to drive all the way back to your place, you can crash at mine." I offer.

Ryo drops his fork. "Um..."

"Just go, Ryo. That way you only have to make one trip back. It saves gas." Bikky says.

Ryo looks at him. "You called me 'Ryo.' I told you how I felt about that name, Bik." Ryo wines.

"Sorry, RANDY." Bikky sneers. I can tell he's fed up with that rule.

"Hey!" I jump in. "Don't talk that way to him. If it weren't for him..." I start.

"...I'd be living on the streets. Yeah I know." Bikky finishes, stressfully. He leans back in his chair. "Even when there not together, they still work in a pair." He grumbles. I'm not sure if Ryo heard it but I'm gonna let that one slide. I like that comment.

Ryo looks up at me. "I guess I'll stay at your place but you have to promise me you wont try to jump me." He says.

"Randy, I would never do something to you if I didn't think you'd like it."

"That's not promising, Dee, and that's not very assuring." Ryo says.

"I'm not gonna jump you, sheesh." I says.

"Ok good."

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Author's Note: Hey everybody! What's up? I don't know what's wrong with me. I can't stop typing and writing. I've already written another chapter to this story. I've been like this for 3 days. I can't believe how many people have reviewed this story. When you have over 60 reviews, it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside like you did a good job. (Smiles) Knowing how I've been updating so much I'll probably update really soon again. Oh and the next chapter is gonna have some 'fun' between two people. (I bet you can guess who. If not you'll find out.) And you wanna know the best part, I'M STILL FAR FROM FINISHING THE STORY!! This story will probably be over 15 chapters. Well I'd better go, Later!