I Appreciate
You Chapter 2
Sara's soft voice wakes me up. "Ryan?
Ryan?" I open my eyes and see her sitting on the edge of the
couch by my hip. After my little breakdown in the locker room Sara
waited for me while I gathered my things, we signed out, and then we
went to my place. Well, our place. Eric and I bought this place two
years ago. I sit up blinking my eyes a few times. "How long was
I asleep?" She smiles at me and says, "A couple of hours. I
asked my brothers to watch the kids so I could stay with you." I
smile, grateful that she's willing to give up what little free time
she has to spend it wih me. "I didn't want you to sleep through
dinner." she says. "I'm not very hungry." I say with
an apologetic smile. "That's okay. I wasn't going to make you
anything anyway." She winks at me and then starts laughing. "You
should have seen your face! Sweetie relax, I was only kidding!"
I rolled my eyes at her then grabbed her shoulders and pulled her down to tickle her as punishment for that very unfunny joke. Now I'm on top of her and she's laughing so hard she's crying. She screams out, "Okay, okay! I give up!" Her breathing goes back to normal and I let her up. As I'm leting her up, my eyes land on a picture of Eric kissing me at his birthday party. All of the days earlier events came rushing back to me. Calleigh KISSED Eric. Even though it was just on the cheek, his eyes were giving away what he was feeling. I get up from the couch and slowly walk over to the picture. I stared at it for a few minutes before I feel Sara's hand on my shoulder. "Come on darlin'. You might not realize it now, but you need to talk about what happened." I smile when she calls me darlin'. Her dad is an Irishman through and through. Even though she doesn't have the accent you can tell she's an Irish girl.
She wraps her arms around my waist and just waits for me to start talking. "When we finally admitted how we felt about each other, he would always look at me like I was the only person in the room. But when he looked at Calleigh like that, I didn't know what to do. It felt like he ripped my heart out and just walked away." Now there are tears streaming down my face again. Sara's arms tighten around me and I continue. "I just love him so much and I'm afraid that I'm going to loose him." Sara rests her chin on my shoulder and she says, "You know how much Eric loves you. He would never leave you for Cal or anyone else." I break away from her, wanting to be alone for awhile. "Ryan?" "I'm alright. I just want to be by myself." She smiles at me. "Okay sweetie. I'll be here if you need me." "Thanks." I turn and walk up the stairs to the bedroom. As I shut the door, I hear Eric come in and I freeze. Then I hear Sara's voice. "We need to talk Delko." Whoa. She only calls him Delko when she's really pissed off at him. This can not end well.
TBC
In the next chapter we get an insight into Sara's life and why she's so close to Eric and Ryan