Meet Mary Ann
Meet Mary Ann
By: PrinceOfNewYork
I'm With You, I Love You
Summary: Prince is in love with Rylet, and lucky for her he loves her back. When her step mother starts playing games with her emotions, can the love of her life give her a second chance in the world? (Modern day, 1shot)
Disclaimer: Prince is mine, her father was created by the movie newsies, and his wife is my creation, as is Alex/Avalanche, and Gabriel Dina/G.D. Rylet belongs to a good friend of mine. The song titled "I'm With You" by Avril Lavigne.
A/N: A one shot story based on the relationship of my major character: Prince, and her long time boyfriend, Rylet. Rylet is a trade mark character of my friend, so I'm borrowing him. I also utilize her character Jester! Thanks to her for lettin' me borrow them! Enjoy all!
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I'm standing on the bridge
I'm waiting on the dark
I thought that you'd be here
By now
MaryAnn blinked from her position on the bridge. She gazed out long and hard at the water that was passing underneath her. It was raining pretty hard, and she was already soaked through. Her navy blue hoody hung heavy on her shoulders. Her jeans were weighing her down, and her tennis shoes wouldn't budge they were so full of water. Though Mary Ann wasn't sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing. By this time, she was certain she was beyond a mess. Her hair was soaked too. It had taken her a while to put up her hoody… it had been a rough night. Night was an understatement. It had been a rough week…
There's nothing but the rain
No foot steps on the ground
I'm listening but there's
No sound
Isn't anyone trying to find me?
Won't somebody come take me home?
Rylet was in a state of panic. He was driving all over the place looking for her. He'd already been to her house, and hadn't found her there, not in her room, on the roof, in the garage, not even the coffee shop. Mary Ann was no where to be found. He was calling everyone who might know where she was, from Avalanche to Jester, and back again. Most of them had come out to search for her too. And so far, no one had had any luck. The only people closest to Prince who had stayed in were her father and step mother number 7. Even her sister G.D. was out looking with them.
It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Won't you take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new?
I don't know who you are but I
I'm with you
I'm with you
That's when his phone rang again. He looked at the caller ID hoping against hope that it was his Prince, his Mary Ann. But sighed when it was Avalanche. "Found her?"
"No luck, I've called all over the Bronx, walked down every street and back alley, I swear man, she ain't in this city!"
Prince hated Manhattan, where her house was. They'd already tried everywhere in Queens, and she was no where.
"Thanks Ave, ummm… should we try Manhattan?"
"Dude…?"
"Right. Try Brooklyn. Let me know." And with that he hung up and turned the corner. His windshield wipers were going a million miles an hour. He hadn't seen such a terrible rainstorm in years. He tried her cell phone again.
Ring… ring… ring… no answer. The message service kicked in, "Hi! You're reached the phone of Mary Ann or Prince. Unfortunately you didn't reach Mary Ann or Prince… just her phone. But if you want, you can leave a message with me," Rylet heard his own laughter in the background, "and I'll give it to her! Promise! Okay… go!"
Rylet closed the phone and held back tears. Where was she?!
I'm looking for a place
I'm searching for a face
Is anybody here
I know?
Rylet played back the events of the last 24 hours in his head. So very much had just not gone right. Remembering the last week was the reason he was so worried for her…
'Cause nothing's going right
And everything's a mess
And no one likes to be
alone.
A week ago that night Prince's father had been coming home from his honeymoon with stepmother number 7. One would think women would stop marrying him after so long, but they were attracted to the money, and didn't care much beyond that.
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Prince told her sister, G.D., to cover for her, and went out to go and be with Rylet. The only time that Prince was really happy was when she was with Rylet. No one made her happy like he did. It was so special; their chemistry had been great from the start. And they loved each other so much.
Prince spent the couple of days with him, and had been pretty upset when she had to go home again on Sunday. Rylet had told her he was no farther than a phone call and a short car ride away. He said if she ever needed anything, all she had to do was text him the word, "Help." And he'd be right there.
Prince went home, and that was when it all started.
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G.D. had graduated, and was just home for the summer after her freshman year at college. So she was able to come and go as she pleased. Prince however was going to be a senior in the fall, and wasn't done with high school yet. So there for, she was still under the "My house, my rules" policy that her father had instated. Though G.D. tried to help her sister as much as she could.
The most recent choice for a mother figure/ wife was a wicked woman. Prince didn't even call her by name, she just called her stepmother. This one however, wasn't known for physical abuse, as it is easy to see. Prince, oddly enough, had not a bruise on her that her stepmother or father had put there. Though, after a few days, she had a few marks from herself…
Isn't anyone trying to find me?
Won't somebody come take me home?
Prince's stepmother played mind games with her. Every morning instead of calling her Mary Ann or Prince it was, "Oh, hello there girl." At first Prince didn't let it effect her, she just went out with Rylet, hung out with her friends, and ignored it all. But the insults were harsh, and cut deep, and before too long started to do some damage that her friends noticed.
Rylet clearly remembered the day Prince's parents came home, it had been a Sunday… by Wednesday Prince was acting different. It was now Saturday… everything had been fine a week ago.
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Prince had been quiet all day. And whenever any one asked what was up, she said nothing; she was just tired, and thinking. They gave her the benefit of the doubt, and left her alone about it. All of them had been sitting in the coffee shop. It was 9:00 at night and Prince stood up.
"Where you goin' babe?" Rylet asked putting an arm around Prince's waist, though he was still sitting.
"I'm… gonna go home. I'm tired," she said.
"How?" Avalanche asked leaning back. "You just drank half a pot of coffee…" which made the majority of the table laugh, and even made Prince smile.
"Yeah… but remember? My dad… his house his rules, and the last thing I wanna do is get grounded. But I'll catch you guys tomorrow?"
"Yeah," they said.
Rylet stood up and gave her a kiss. "G'night… love you."
"Love you too," she said with a smile, and then headed out.
Rylet called Prince the next morning, which was Thursday, but she didn't answer her phone, which he found odd. Maybe she was still asleep. He waited until noon and then called again. This time Prince answered.
"Hey! I called you this morning… were you asleep?"
"No… just cleaning a little."
Rylet about dropped the lemonade he had been drinking. "Cleaning?" Prince never cleaned… she liked to tick off her family by making her room as messy as possible. Usually worked too. Until G.D. cleaned it.
"So… you wanna go see a movie tonight? I saw a commercial for this one that looks really good, it's about-"
"No… I'm okay," she said quietly.
"…Huh? You don't wanna go?"
"I'm okay Rylet… thank you."
"Prince, what's wrong? You always like going to movies…"
"Nothing," she knew that wouldn't fly. "It's my step mother…"
"Okay… then can I take you to dinner?"
"Sure," she said quietly. "I think I can do that."
"Good, then I'll see you at 6:30, and I'll take ya out."
"Okay, see you then Rylet…" and she hung up the phone.
Rylet looked at the phone. "…love you," he said and then hung it up. Something was wrong. But what?
It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Won't you take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new?
I don't know who you are
But I
I'm with you
I'm with you
Rylet picked up Prince at 6:30. She was wearing a long sleeved t-shirt, and a pair of caprice with tennis shoes. "How was your day hun? Get the place clean?" he said chuckling.
"Yeah," she said with a nod.
Rylet looked at her. "Good," he said nodding back. "Where shall we go?" he asked.
"Wherever you want," she said back to him with a small smile.
Rylet sighed. "Prince what's going on? What's got you so down? You were alright a couple of days ago. I've never seen you so quiet…"
"I have nothing to say that's worth hearing," she stated simply.
"Huh? Where did you get that idea?"
"My step mom… and I thought about it, she's kinda right. It's usually sarcastic jokes, and… nothing important. That's why."
"No, no, no, honey, I wanna hear everything you have to say! Always," he said as he turned towards her. "Talk to me?"
"I told you… it's nothing important."
"Prince, you don't look happy. A girl like you should be happy all the time. You're so beautiful that a smile should be on your face, almost all the time not-"
"No I'm not."
"…what?"
"I'm not beautiful… haven't you looked recently?" she asked. Rylet was shocked, usually Prince could be told she was beautiful… it had taken him a while to convince her it was true, but some how she had slipped back into herself.
"Prince I can't stop lookin' at cha, you're absolutely-"
"Repulsive… I know. It's like watching a train wreck. You wanna look away but you can't."
"No, no, never! Prince you're beautiful."
"Thank you for the flattery Rylet, but I should be going if we aren't going to go anywhere."
"Don't go yet, stay here! Please!"
"Thank you for the dinner offer Rylet, but maybe some other time." She undid her seat belt and opened the car door. "Good night."
"Prince!" but before he could do anything she closed the door and ran back toward the house at full speed.
Oh
Why is every thing so confusing?
Maybe I'm just out of my mind
Yeah yeah yeah...
Rylet sighed, and got out of the car. When he rang the doorbell to her house her step mother answered.
"Can I help you?"
"I'm here to see Prince."
"You mean the child, Mary Ann? It's far too late for her to be going out."
"What?"
"What's your name boy?"
"...Rylet Masterson," he said. He didn't like the way she had called him a boy. "What's going on here? I wanna see her!"
"Good night Rylet." She slammed the door in his face.
Rylet was not going to give up that easily. He went over to the tree to climb into Prince's room or up to the roof, but G.D. stopped him.
"Rylet no!" she called.
"What?"
"Don't go up there!" she yelled out her own window.
"Why not?"
"If you're caught… they'll throw her in the closet…" G.D. confessed. And G.D. had tried to stop them before. She had given Prince food under the door, but that had been all she could do without getting in trouble herself.
"What?!"
"Go home, Ry, please."
Rylet looked up at the window and sighed. He climbed down the tree again and jumped to the ground. "Thank you Rylet," she said.
"I'll be back tomorrow…" he said over his shoulder. He was going to get Prince out of there yet.
But tomorrow came… Friday, today, and Rylet's father wouldn't let him leave the house. Something about disturbing the peace at the Saunder's residence yesterday. He wasn't allowed to be with Mary Ann anymore.
Rylet spent the majority of the day trying to call her, and get a hold of her, but her phone just rang and rang.
It was at midnight that Rylet received the text message from Prince. He hurriedly opened his phone. It was one word "Help."
Rylet jumped up and ran for the door. He didn't talk to his father, or anyone, but just grabbed his keys and ran to the car. He started it up and pulled away before his father could say a word. The rain was pouring, and he started calling people, and asking if they had seen Prince. All of them said no, but agreed to help look…
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It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Won't you take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I don't Know Who You are
But I
I'm with you
I'm with you.
Just then, out of the blue his phone received another text message. Opened it up and saw that it was from Prince! He quickly opened it and read, "I love you. Help."
He stopped to think for a moment. He loved her… but where on earth would she be? That was when he realized…
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"Mary…I love you. I've loved you since the sixth grade"
She just seemed to stand there letting what he said sink in before, finally wrapping her arms around his neck , bringing his head down to her, kissing him. A small grin came to his lips and he put his arms around her waist pulling her closer as he kissed her back. After a few moments she pulled back.
"Promise?" she asked.
He nodded. "Promise"
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He turned the car around and sped off towards the Brooklyn Bridge.
Take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I don't Know Who You are
But I
I'm with you
I'm with you
He stopped his car in the rain and got out. "MARY NO!" he yelled.
Prince was standing on the edge of the Brooklyn Bridge, watching the water pass under her. She gripped a support beam to hold on, but she was one slip away from falling into the river to her death.
"Mary please hold still…" he said keeping his distance. "Come talk to me, please!"
"No…" she said quietly. "You don't love me, but I love you… I'm all alone in this world, and everyone close to me deserves to be out of their misery. I just wanted to say goodbye…"
"NO MARY!"
"So goodbye, Rylet." Rylet sprinted forward just as she let go. He grabbed her hand and held on tight.
"Mary! Prince, please please don't let go, just hold on… I love you Prince, please don't let me go!"
Prince looked up at him, her face scared, sad, but the spark of her and the love she had for him was still in her eyes. And it was for that reason she didn't let go.
He held on tight and took her hand in both of his as he pulled her up. He scraped up both of their hands pretty badly getting her back on the safe side of the bridge, but eventually, despite all the weight from the water in her clothes, pulled her back to safety onto the ground of the bridge.
Take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are
But I
I'm with you
Prince fell onto the bridge beside Rylet and just started to cry, and Rylet right along with her. They held each other on that bridge for what felt like years until Avalanche finally came. He had been heading to Manhattan from Brooklyn and saw Rylet's car. He pulled over and found them both in tears on the bridge.
"What the hell happened here?"
Rylet looked up at Avalanche and shook his head and then turned back and held onto Mary Ann tighter. Avalanche restarted Rylet's car and called Jester and G.D. to come and help him out. He turned on the heat and put the two of them in Rylet's backseat.
G.D. and Jester arrived a few minutes later. G.D. took Rylet's car and Jester took her own and Avalanche took his.
Rylet's car was silent until they reached Mary's house. It was now exactly 5:13 a.m. G.D. got out and let them be alone. Mary looked at him. "I'm sorry," she said quietly.
"You're alright," he said. "Trust me; I'm just glad you're alright. You scared me so badly!" he said shaking his head and hugging her again. "I love you, Mary. Please, please never leave me. Never scare me like that again."
"Rylet… I love you too… I'm so sorry.
I'm with you.
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