Chapter 2-morning surprise

“Morning Seth,” Sandy greeted his son.

“Morning dad,” Seth replied. “Uh... dad, I kinda need to tell you something”

“What is it Seth?”

“Um... well... last night-RYAN. Hey, did you have a good sleep?” Seth said as Ryan walked in looking very tired.

“Not really.” Ryan replied.

“Oh. Well have I got a surprise for you.” Seth said cheerily.

“What is it?” Ryan asked in an I-hope-this-is-important way.

“Well, like I was telling dad, last night-” Lindsay came downstairs in Kirsten’s pajamas, “oh hey Lindsay, how was your night? Good? Good. Oh yeah dad, Ryan Lindsay’s here.” Ryan stood there just staring at Lindsay. He was happy and angry at the same time. He was happy because he had missed Lindsay a lot. He was angry because she had just left him and when things with Marissa were getting better, she just shows up to ruin it all.

“What are you doing here?” Ryan asked in a happy yet cold way.

“Um... well...” Lindsay murmured.

“Does your mother know that your here?” Sandy asked.

“She showed up soaking wet last night, so I’m guessing no.” Seth said sarcastically.

“Is that true Lindsay?” Sandy asked.

“Well...kinda. I couldn’t live without the people here, so I wrote a note to my mom and left. My car broke down about a mile from here so I had to walk.” Lindsay said shyly.

“So that explains why your wearing my wife’s clothing. Look Lindsay, we’re going to have to call your mom telling her that you’re here. She must be worried sick. You can stay here for as long as you need though.” said Sandy.

”OK, thank you for your hospitality Sandy.” Lindsay replied. Ryan just glared at her.

Knock knock. Ryan got up to see who was at the door. It was Lindsay. Great. he thought. He opened the door and let her into the poolhouse. “Hey” he said.

“Hey.”

“So...how have you been?”

“Pretty good. It’s been OK. Really cold though.”

“So... you just decided to come back?”

“Yeah kinda, but I’ve been thinking about it for a little while.” Lindsay said, “ You know, I kinda lied about why I came back. I came back because I couldn’t live without you. I mean, I tried to get over you, but I just couldn’t. I kept wanting to be with you.”

“Lindsay, you can’t just come back and expect open arms. I mean... Marissa and I... we kinda started-”

“Going out.” Lindsay replied in a saddend way, ”It figures. Obviously it was easier for you to get over me than for me to get over you-”

“It’s not like that it’s just-”

“Yes it is Ryan, but you know... I really still do care about you.” And with that, Lindsay left the poolhouse to go to bed.

“So Lindsay’s back huh?” Kirsten asked.

“Yeah. I called Renee earlier today. She asid that it was OK for Lindsay to stay for a while and she’ll come down to visit and sort things out as soon as she can.” Sandy replied as he crawled into the bed with Kirsten.

“Well, that’s good I guess. Maybe I should invite Lindsay to go shopping with me this weekend.”

“That would be nice. Make her feel like she’s still welcome in this family.”
“I’m tired. Night Sandy.”

“Night.”