I Appreciate You Chapter 3
Alright. That's it. Now I'm extremely pissed off. Oh, I'm Sara Brady by the way. Well, Sara Brady-Speedle. Yep, that's right. Tim Speedle was my husband. And ever since he died Eric and I are closer than ever and it's the same way with me and Ryan. But now I feel like shooting Eric for hurting Ryan.

Ever since Ryan started working at the lab I've been protective of him. I wasn't too fond of him at first because I was still so angry at Tim for leaving us. When I worked Ryan's first case with him I saw how much potential he had, so I took him under my wing and taught him alot of what he knows. I know Tim would have done the same thing because Megan did it with him and he did it with me.

Anyways, back to my ranting. Eric Delko is a dead man! He's my best friend, my kids' godfather, and I love him to death, but after what he's done I don't know how he'll make it up to Ryan.

When Eric came through the door he looked shocked to see me standing in the middle of his living room. "Hey Sara. Where's Ryan?" "He's upstairs. We need to talk Delko." Eric took a step backwards, looking like I had just slapped him. "Is everything okay?" I resist the urge to roll my eyes and slap him for real.

Taking a deep breath I start to talk. "What the hell is wrong with you? Are you crazy or are you just plain stupid?" "Sara wh-" "Shut up!" I yell. Eric closes his mouth and stands there as still as a statue. "How dare you let Calleigh kiss you and then tell her how much you appreciate her!" Eric's eyes widen. "How do you know about that?" "Ryan told me. That's right. He saw and heard everything. He almost ran me over in the locker room after he saw what happened."

Eric swallows and looks at me. "Is Ryan okay?" That when I loose it. "Of course not! He was clinging to me when I finally managed to pry it out of him. Don't you get it? He's scared to death of loosing you! Do you have any idea how hard this past year has been for him?"

Suddenly Eric's eyes are filled with anger and he's yelling at me. "Hard on him? Was he the one who got shot? He didn't have everyone in the lab staring at him and just waiting for him to mess up! I'm sorry Ryan saw that and I'm sorry that he got hurt, but he needs to get over it!"

I put my hand up to my mouth in shock. "Go to hell." Eric and I both turn around to see Ryan standing at the foot of the stairs looking furious. "Ryan-" Eric starts to say but Ryan cuts him off. "You want me to just get over it? Get over you? Fine. We're over. I gasp as he says this last sentence. Ryan walks over to me and asks me if he can stay with me. I nod slowly and say, "Of course you can sweetie. Why don't you go out to the car and wait for me okay?" He nods as I hand him the keys. As soon as he's out the door I turn to face Eric again. "I'm sorry Eric, but I can't say I blame him." I turn again and walk out the door. Once it's closed I look and see Ryan wiping the tears from his eyes.

I pulled my cell phone out of my purse, and dialed. "Hello?" "Hey Marisol, it's Sara. Can you call Alexx and tell her the three of us need to talk?" "Sure. What's up?" "I'll tell you later, okay?" "Alright. I'll let you know what Alexx says." "Thanks." I hang up and put my phone back into my purse.

It is time for some drastic measures and time for Eric to get a serious reality check.

TBC