Title: What Happened To Your Arm?
Summary: A little missing parenting from The Nana.
Disclaimer: I own nothing related to The O.C. No profit is taken from this story.
Author's Notes: This takes place during The Nana at the end right before the Seder starts.
Sandy put his arm around Ryan's shoulder. "How was everything at home?"
Ryan looked at him and smiled. "You tell me. I was in Chino."
Sandy smiled back.
As they exited the pool house, Sandy used his arm on Ryan's shoulder to slow him down. He pulled them both to a stop, letting Seth, Summer, and Marissa enter the main house ahead of them.
Ryan stopped and turned to Sandy, wondering what he wanted to talk about.
Sandy looked down at Ryan's right arm. "What happened to your arm?"
Ryan backed up a step, and brought his arm up in front of him, pushing up the sleeve of his shirt to further expose the scrape on his arm.
"It's nothing, it's just a scratch." Ryan lowered his arm.
Sandy just looked at him, waiting for an explanation.
"I fell."
Ryan looked away, feeling a little guilty, knowing that Sandy had asked him, again, after the Oliver thing, not to get into any more fights.
"Uh-huh. And did you have any help, falling?"
Ryan continued to look away from Sandy. He blinked his eyes a few times. Sandy, knowing Ryan so well, knows that this means yes.
"You were fighting? Again?"
Ryan looked back at Sandy and said quickly, "No, no, I wasn't fighting."
Ryan looked away from Sandy again.
Sandy looked down at Ryan's arm and back up at Ryan's face.
"You mean you didn't fight back, right?"
Ryan blinked a few times. Again, Sandy knows this means yes.
"Are you hurt anywhere else?"
Ryan looked back at Sandy. "No. That's it."
This time Ryan didn't look away. He wanted to see if Sandy was mad.
But Sandy just smiled at him. "OK. Well, let's go. The Nana's waiting."
Sandy put his arm back around Ryan's shoulder, and they walked into the main house together.