Chapter 5
It was a ten minute ride to the garage and sure enough there was a hotel over the road.
"The car will be ready by tomorrow noon at the latest come over around then and pick it up ok?" said Gus the Tow guy.
"Yeah sure, thanks" Ryan nodded.
He and Summer head for the hotel, they could tell by the look of the hotel that it wasn't going to be the Hard Rock Hotel. Like the one in Vegas but it was better than the one they stayed at when they went to Tahiti.
Ryan walked up to the receptionist who had blonde hair that was shoulder length and was wearing her name pin. Her name was Michelle "Two single rooms please"
"I'm sorry sir but there is only one room available and it is a double, would you like that room?" Michelle asked as she looked at the computer screen.
Ryan looked at Summer and thinking that he could sleep on the couch or something. As long as Summer wasn't uncomfortable with it, neither was he.
"That ok with you?"
Summer nodded "fine by me" and it was, she had shared a room with Ryan before, when they were headed to Tahiti.
"Well take the room" Ryan added as he turned back to Michelle. Michelle handed over the key and gives them directions to their room. Summer noticed that Michelle was trying to flirt with Ryan, and that he had noticed too and was flirting in return, she wasn't sure why but she got a little protective of him.
"Come on Chino, I want to check out our room" Summer made sure that the 'our' stood out.
"Is there anywhere around here where we can eat or get a drink?" Ryan asked as he was about to walk away.
"Yeah, there is a restaurant and bar just through those doors" She pointed to a pair of double doors. Summer thanked her and followed Ryan to the hotel room.
Once they got in the room it had no couch only a double bed and a dresser with a TV propped up on top of it.
Ryan looked around and saw that there were no extra blankets and that there was no place for him to sleep, but on the floor.
Summer looked around and saw that the room had an adjoining bathroom and made a mental note that she would have to take a shower in the morning.
Just then Ryan's cell rang.
"Hello?" he said as he flipped it open.
"Hi Ryan" came Theresa's voice from the end of the phone
"Theresa? Is there a problem? Are you ok? Is the baby ok?" Summer could tell that there was evidence of worry in his voice. Theresa started to cry on the phone it was obvious to Ryan that everything wasn't ok.
"Theresa?" Ryan repeated
Theresa started to talk "I have to tell you something"
"Ok" Ryan was a little apprehensive of what he was about to hear.
Theresa took a deep breath "I was pregnant when I came to Newport to see you. I just… didn't know"
Ryan was confused "What do you mean?"
Theresa explained "I went to the doctors today and they gave me the due date and the date of conception, and it was before I came to Newport. (Silence for a few seconds) I'm sorry Ryan, the baby is Eddies not yours. I couldn't let you go on thinking that the baby was yours when it wasn't"
"So what is going to happen now?"
"I'm going to Atlanta with my mom, we both need a new start and I think it is best for both of us if we never see each other again. Ryan you know I love you and I always will but I am not a part of your life anymore. I am sorry. Bye"
"Bye"
Ryan hangs up the phone, feeling completely numb not knowing what to do. He sat on the edge of the bed with his head in his hands. Summer didn't know what to say or do so she just sat next to him and rubbed her hands in small circles on his lower back. This always comforted her.
"Ryan?" she asked as he was still silent.
Ryan didn't answer he looked up at Summer and looked into her eyes and saw that she felt pain for him, and that she was worried about him. It showed him that she cared for him.
"I… Theresa said that the baby is Eddie's not mine. She is going to live in Atlanta with her mom. She said that she never wanted to see me again"
Summer didn't know what to say to this so she simply sat with Ryan and kept her hand on his back to let him know that she was there for him, but what she didn't know that while her and was on his back, he wasn't thinking about Theresa and the baby. He always knew in the back of his mind that the baby wasn't his, but he just thought that it was hope never that it was his intuition. But now he knows, all he can think about is how he is having chills down his spine and how his stomach is in knots just because Summer was touching his back.
" Do you want to go and get something to eat or to drink?" Summer asked after a few minutes.
This brought Ryan out of his thoughts and back to reality. "Yeah a drink sounds good"
They both got up and went to the bar through the double doors that the receptionist had shown them. Ryan walked up to the bar and because he looked older than he was, no one asked him for I.D
"I'll have a beer and she'll have…"
He looked over at Summer to ask her what she would like to drink "I'll have a light beer please"
The bartender nodded and went to get their drinks. After a while Ryan and Summer started to mix their drinks, they had cocktails, vodka and by the end of the night they were drinking tequila before the bartender cut them off, and ordered them to their room. They did not protest and stumbled back to the hotel room.
Ryan sat on the bed while Summer went to the bathroom to get a glass of water and a few aspirin. "If we take these now we won't wake up with hangovers"
She handed Ryan the glass and two aspirin which he took and swallowed them. She then took the glass back and took her aspirin and set the glass down on the dresser besides the TV.
She looks at Ryan and even though his eyes were bloodshot from the drinking, she could see the hurt in his eyes
"Ryan?"
"Hmm?" was his reply.
"I'm sorry; about the baby and everything if I hadn't dragged you down here, you would have been with Theresa and found out while you were with her"
Ryan shook his head "No it's ok, I'm glad I found out while I was here … with you. You're the only one I feel I can talk to, which is something I never could have imagined. When I first met you, I thought you were a snob, even though you came onto me"
Ryan smiled at this comment remembering back to Holly's beach party where Summer came onto him. "I did not come onto you" by now she was now laughing too.
But then they both stopped laughing and looked into each others eyes and felt all the passion and sexual tension that they have both been trying to ignore for the past few days.
Ryan leaned into Summer feeling her breasts against his chest; they were now so close he could feel her warm breath on his face. They leaned in even closer and kissed, her lips felt so soft against his, their tongues exploring each others mouths. He could taste the flavour of her lip gloss it was peach.
Before they realised it they were in a full lip lock until Ryan realised he was kissing Summer, Summer was his brothers ex girlfriend he couldn't be kissing her. So he pulled back.
"I… I… I'm sorry I shouldn't have"
But Summer shook her head "its ok, I'm sorry too. We have both been through a lot we don't need any more… mistakes"
"Right. Well I'm going to sleep now, goodnight"
Summer nodded "Goodnight"
Ryan grabbed a pillow of the bed and settled it on the floor and lay down on the floor to sleep. "Ryan?"
"Yeah?"
"The bed is big enough for both of us, you don't have to sleep on the floor. We both know that nothing is going to happen"
Ryan thought about it for a few seconds "Ok"
Ryan got up and got into be next to Summer, both turned their backs to each other and turned of the lights and went to sleep.
During the night Summer had woken up, and found that she and Ryan and were spooning, and that their fingers were interlocked. She just smiled and went back to sleep.
Ryan had also awoken during to the night to see them spooning and he just smiled, watched summer sleeping for about twenty minutes before falling asleep again himself.
The next morning Summer was woken up by the feeling that she was being tickled. She opened her eyes and saw that she and Ryan were no longer spooning but he was laid on his back asleep and she had her head on his chest, their hands still intertwined. The tickling sensation she felt was Ryan unconsciously tracing small circles on her lower back, she looked at the clock and saw that it was 11.30am.
The car would be ready in half hour she just had time to grab a shower. She got of Ryan as slowly and carefully as she could so that she wouldn't wake him, but it was too late he was awoken by Summer moving her head to look at what was tickling her he just lay there and watched her, but she didn't know that. She just thought that she had woken him up by moving.
"I'm going to grab a shower" She walked to the shower a little embarrassed that she was lying all over Ryan.
Ryan sat up on the bed looked towards the shower when all of the memory's of last night came flooding back.
A/n: I am sorry about the wait. I will try and update more often.