Am I the only one desperate for some Four Doors Down / Four Years Later By Emma Doharty fanfiction? But there isn't any and you serious NEED more of these characters. So yeah, I thought I would write some.

Note: These one-shots will mainly be about Becca and Ryan's college life separated, so pretty much in between Four Doors Down and Four Years Later. But I may write some set in the books, I don't know yet. Because let's face it, despite Four Years later being a heavy but amazing book, we all wanted simply some more of Becca and Ryan's love story.


Chapter 1: Becca visits Ryan for the first time at Cal State

The car feels stuffy with smiles, laughter, smirks and kissing. A lot of kissing. It has been four weeks since I last saw Ryan. Four whole weeks. And now I'm finally close to him again, staring into his mesmerizing blue eyes instead of the grainy pixels of my iPad. It doesn't feel real. We've never been apart for this long. We told ourselves a month would be a sensible length of time to settle into our designated college, make friends and lightly loosen the bond that if anything is too tightly wound around us. We survived the separation (barely) with the help of our phones, yet the scary thing is we have years left of this to endure.

"What are you thinking about?" Ryan's eyes flick to me before focusing back on the road and the maze of traffic we are trying to escape. It seems I'd zones out, breaking the flow of our conversation.

"Guess", I say with a smile as I gaze lovingly at him and place my hand on his that is resting on the hand break.

"I know what I'm thinking about" Ryan says with a smirk, giving me a look that makes my face darken in its colour and my stomach flip. Ryan increases the gear of his car and we speed back to Ryan's college accommodation.


All Ryan's housemates (or frat brothers as he proudly calls them) are out for the day, along with Jake. Sure, I'm disappointed not to be able to see Jake -one of my best friends in the world- again and not to meet the others (actually I'm more nervous than I would like to admit about that), but Ryan and I really appreciated the alone time.

Now I'm downstairs in their surprisingly large kitchen (what did I expect, as the home of football players this is going to be party central), stirring my cup of coffee and swarmed in what's one of Ryan's huge college football jumpers. I'm still tiered from the flight. I love Southern U, it has been everything I expected and so much more. But before making my decision I had always expected college would be with Ryan. I know he's still hoping deep down that I'm going to transfer over here, yet he hasn't mentioned it knowing I've just settled into Southern U. I have settled in, and by that I mean: I am on top of my course work, I'm getting the hang of the campus and I've befriended my roommate. I have a small circle of friends I'm mainly sticking to but really, I'm proud of my progress. I've never been the biggest fan of crowds and new faces.

Ryan on the other hand… Well, a super star quarterback that gives of more charisma and confidence than I will ever understand, kind, funny, popular and much to my dislike anyone can see how good looking he is. A small part of me is nervous to see his new life here, I don't want him to forget me in the start of what's going to be the triumph of Ryan's career.

"Yo, what r' you doing in here", a smug yet surprised masculine voice comes loudly at me from behind. I whip around in surprise, some of my coffee dripping out of its mug and landing on my bare feet. I curse as the hot liquid splashes all over me. Infront of me stands a crazy tall, black haired guy wearing a football jersey looking at me like I'm completely mad ( I mean I look a mess, have no makeup on, I'm wearing one of Ryan's Jumpers that ends just above my knee and I have coffee pored all over me). But also like he is 100% checking me out. Guess I've just met one of Ryan's 'frat brothers'.

Another guy, a fare bit shorter than the first one comes jogging over, shoving the first guy out the way and a bit more discreetly racking his eyes over me. He looks like he Is about to speak before a red head guy walks over, smiles at me and hands me some kitchen towel for now what are my burning coffee covered legs and stained jumper. Wow, this is embarrassing.

"I'm Marty. Sorry about these two", her rolls his eyes at the others and offers me a genuine friendly smile. "You are?"

"Becca!" Jake shouts, running up to me and throwing his arms around me. I place my coffee cup down (not really craving it anymore) and hug him back; wrapping my arms around him and burying me head in his neck, I've missed him more than I would like to admit.

"Yo Jake, you got a girlfriend over night or something", the black-haired housemate I can now identify as Jason from the writing on his sweater asks. "She's hot bro" he tells me, giving me a wink and a welcoming smile.

"No actually" I say quickly, "I'm-"

"My girlfriend" Ryan shouts playfully, coming down the stairs and wrapping his arms around me waste from behind.


"You know, you've got your boy totally obsessed" Dean tells me dramatically. Dean is the final of the four guys, and he turns out to be pretty nice. Ryan, his housemates and I are sprawled over the sofas in the fairly tidy living room with something we're not really watching on the TV and enjoying our take away. I laugh at Dean and snuggle closer to Ryan who has his arm slung around me. He kisses me on the head and pulls me even closer to him.

"Hell yeah I am!" Ryan responds loudly. Jason laughs and Marty smiles at us, our happiness seeming to be making him happy. Jake of course then proudly delves into the story of how he got us together and Ryan and I laugh at what I am delighted to call my 'new friends' reactions. If all the people Ryan's surrounded himself with here at Call State are like this maybe things won't be so bad after all.


I wake up with Ryan's badly assembled blinds allowing light to shine in on us. I'm lying on my side with Ryan's arms wrapped around me and I smile in the perfection of this moment.

"Good morning", Ryan's groggy voice says, the light clearly disrupting him to the same extent as it did for me.

Around an hour later I'm dressed, downstairs and eating breakfast with Jake and Marty. A guy I am getting to like more by the minute. Ryan comes down, his hair wet from the shower and looking better than ever. He kisses my strait on the mouth and Jake makes gagging noises like the child he really is, Marty laughs softly.

"You ready to go?" Ryan asks me. Jake and Ryan are showing me around the campus today, introducing me to some of their friends. Ryan (as expected) is buzzing to show me around the football fields, something I'm pretending to be a bit more excited for than I truly am.

"Yeah" I say smiling up at him and taking his hand. "Looking forward to getting to know some of your friends".

"Becca, half the campus knows who you are", I turn around at look at Jason who's just came through the door. He clearly spent last night somewhere else…

"And hey by the way", he tells me smugly.

"What' you mean?" I reply in confusion, glancing at Ryan and then Jake who kicks Jason lightly in the shin. Presuming I wouldn't notice.

"Ryan's just been keen to tell everyone about you", Jake tells me. I get the feeling that is a sort of half-truth. But I chose to ignore it. It seems at a college I don't even know go to I've been labelled as Ryan's Girlfriend. And sure, I love him more than anything and try and not to mind, but it can hurt when that's all I am to others. I don't want to be defined by someone else.

"Um, let's get going then", Ryan says running his hand through his hair and pulling me to the door. Jake follows. We shout our regards to the others and head of.


Despite it being a Saturday, the campus is pact; and it seems we can't get anywhere without people running up to give Ryan one of those man hugs, complementing him on one of his recent games or how good he was in training. No one pays that much attention to me (which I'm grateful for), despite the girls of course who are sending me quizzical glances. I'm standing in between Jake and Ryan and I trying not and send death glares to every girl who winks, smiles or preens with their appearance as Ryan comes there way.

A few fan girls run up to us, asking if Ryan's coming to the party tonight (a party I had not heard about). When I think we've escaped the adoring fans Ryan has somehow made in the first month of him being here, I hear a high-pitched seductive voice launch itself as us.

"Ryan!" A blond, annoyingly beautiful girl shout as she approaches us. I actually open my mouth in complete and utter shock as she links her manicured fingers through his own and pressed herself as close as she can against him. "Where have you been! I haven't seen you in what feels like forever!" Get a grip girl ,I think to myself, its only been a day. As Ryan tries to awkwardly create space between the two of them, probably sensing the daggers I am starring at him Jake finally clears his throat.

"This is Becca, Ryan's-"

"Ryan's girlfriends" I say as confidentially as I can handle, stopping Jake mid-sentence. My gaze lingers to her hand still wrapped possessively around Ryan's (that even now she is making no effort to let go of). I repeat myself again as if she had not heard me the first time; before she finally gets the message. She takes a step away from us. She looks me up and down judgementally before putting on the fakest smile I've ever seen.

"Oh hey, Becca is it?" she says dismissively, "Nice to meet you. I think Ryan mentioned you one time? " She offers her hand, which I ignore. "I'm Kelly. Kelly Taylor." She introduces herself as if she's told me she's Taylor Swift, not the desperate football groupie she really is. I stand there in complete bewilderment of her rudeness and arrogance.

"Kelly that's complete rubbish? Ryan mentions –"

"Kelly, I think you should go" Ryan says dismissively as he interrupts Jake. Kelly takes in his words and harsh tone before winking and walking away unfazed. The second her backs facing us Ryan starts apologising and explain himself like I expected.

"Save it" I interrupt as I glance over at Kelly now reunited with her friends. "They're not worth it I mutter", giving Ryan a small smile. Obviously, this isn't the first time I've came across this, but its still hurts and annoys me despite the fact I know to Ryan those girls mean nothing.


Jakes gone home and Ryan's taking me out for lunch.

"Is it like that all the time?" I ask, as we slam the car doors shut, me riding shotgun and Ryan behind the wheel. I act like I find it funny, but deep down I'm slightly concerned.

"What someone jealous?" Ryan asks, I see the hint of a smile on his face that he quickly covers up, remembering how much Kelly had got on my nerves.

"No! I'm just asking a question" I huff, thinking of the way that 'Kelly' girl pushed her way up against my boyfriend and how she looked me up and down distastefully as she discovered I was the girl who had managed to keep the 'all-star quarter back hooked' (as I quotes from Dean).

"It's not a big deal. People are just being nice and I'm glad to be welcome" Ryan responds with a shrug, reaching taking my hand witch I pull away much to Ryan's surprise.

"What? Becs, look if this is about those girls and Kelly its nothing. I'd already forgotten about it", Ryan tells me as we stop at a red light.

"What it's not a big deal because it's a regular these days?" I say scornfully. If I'm honest I'm not entirely sure why I'm getting so pissed off. Looks like Kelly's cruel words affected me than I first caught on. "Look I know you weren't keen on long distance but -"

Ryan silences me by kissing me passionately, his arms wrapping around me. I momentarily forget what we were bickering a second ago; before a car starts beeping behind us that makes me come back to the reality that we're making out. In front of a traffic light. That has now turned green.

"Go!" I shout, despite myself giggling as we drive off and Ryan starts apologising profusely to the driver behind.

"Becs" , Ryan says with a sigh, looking into my eyes with so much love I think I might melt. "I don't notice those girls because all I ever think about, every day is you".

And I don't have a doubt in my mind that's not true. "And all I think about is you. After all w'ere –"

"Becca and Ryan", he finishes. "And we always will be".


Thank you so much for reading and I hope you liked it. Please leave me a review (even a guest review) if you would like me to write more. I also had an idea of maybe writing a fanfiction of what would have happened if Becca had agreed to transfer at the start of book 2 when Ryan askes her. But that will only happen if people will read it! So please get back to me. Xxxxx