Hey again! Sorry I haven't updated! I was going to strong and then….. Yaaaaa, but school got in the way and other stuff like work but I had to make time and I did! So in the last Chapter it was winter and it still is and I will probably be using a winter theme throughout a few more of these stories so if you don't like it….. oh well! just kidding! But really if you think I should change something then tell me and I will see if I can or even will! But if it's like, kill Andy off then no…. I am using him! So anyways back on the topic of the story I just realized that I totally left out Charlie! I was so mad at myself! But anyways you will be seeing a lot more of him!
Chapter 8:
The next day Ryan woke up to the sweet smell of hot chocolate and fresh pumpkin pie. The smell made him think of Christmas with his family before the rapture. He remembered his mom making hot chocolate for him and Ramie after they were done playing outside in the snow. The thought made him wish he could say he would get to see his parents again, but he knew he never would. Ryan didn't feel like remembering all these bad memorize so he got up and headed to the kitchen to where the wonderful smell was. He walked in to see Darrion taking out a hot pan of pie and hot chocolate on the table.
"What's this all for?" Ryan asked as Darrion rushed beside him to put the pie on the table.
"Oh nothing, I just felt like making something festive." Darrion said
"Well I'm grabbing a piece I haven't had pie since who-knows-when!" Ryan said while grabbing for the pie, but before he knew it Darrion came up behind him and slapped the back of his head.
"Ouch! What's with you and slapping me!" Ryan said a little annoyed
"Every time I slap you, you deserve it! Now, don't touch the pie!..It's not for you" Darrion said the last part in a whisper, but Ryan still heard it. Darrion ran off upstairs and closed the door to her room Ryan had figured.
"Ok, so if this is not for me, and it sure doesn't sound like it's for herself… who is it for…?" Ryan couldn't put his finger on it, who was the pie for. Darrion woke Ryan up from his deep thought when she bumped into him trying to grab the pie and hot chocolate. But Ryan wasn't going to let her go that easy; he put his arm between Darrion and the food.
"Ryan, move your arm." Darrion said not looking at him, but his arm.
"Tell me who the food is for then Dar." Ryan said to her simply.
"Ryan look, I don't want to get into a fight, just move before the coco gets cold." Darrion said still not looking up at Ryan.
"Oh Dar, come on it's just a question, is it for Charlie?"
"Ryan when do you ever listen! Ok you want to know who it's for, it's for Andy " Ryan just looked at her not thinking or saying anything so surprised at what she just said. "Will you move now" Darrion said in a very quiet voice
Ryan moved his arm without saying one word, he wasn't mad…but more just, surprised he just couldn't spite out words. When Darrion was walking down the hall to Andy's room Ryan decided to follow her, he didn't know why, but just did.
Darrion knocked on Andy's door a little pink from what happened with Ryan.
"Come in!" Darrion heard Andy yelling from inside the room. She opened it to see Andy where he always was. Darrion always wondered how-for being stuck on the bed almost 24/7-still could look normal. More of the people in the house looked like they were dying, his dark blonde hair was always brushed his clothes never looked dirty or slept in, and for being on bed rest for almost 2 months now, never looked like her gained any weight, always fit. Darrion blushed and looked even pinker then she already was thinking about this.
"Why are you all red?" Andy asked smiling at her one more thing about Andy that seem odd, his teeth were also always so white, he was nothing like the other people there.
"No-no reason, just… nothing" Darrion said looking down at her feet.
"Whatever, hey what do you have there?"
"Oh! This, well I just wanted you to feel the holiday spirit and have some pie and hot chocolate" Darrion said looking at the try in her hands.
"Cool! Come, sit!" Andy said patting the bed. Darrion walked over and sat on the bed and set the try by Andy.
"Hey what's wrong?" Andy said with a mouthful of pie.
"Nothing just, can I ask you something?" Darrion said readying herself for what she might say to him
"MMahhh ya shot" Andy said
"Andy I'm serious, stop eating for once in your life to listen." Darrion said a little upset.
"Oh, fine but do remember you're the one who keeps giving me the food" Andy said looking up at Darrion with his dark green eyes.
Darrion took a deep breath "Ok, so we have been talking for a while now and, well I think I trust you to tell you something, but you have to promise you will listen and not to tell anyone" Darrion said looking at Andy their noses inches apart.
"Ok? What is it?" Andy asked
"Well, first… my name isn't Rosemary"
"Really! I knew it! Nobody would name their child that!" Andy said
Darrion smiled a little knowing that her I.D was from a real person with that real name.
"And my real name… well, before I tell you, you have to know the reason I didn't tell you my real name."
"Ok and what may that be?"
"Promise me what is sad in this room won't leave until I tell you it can" Darrion said talking in her normal strict voice
"Ok, fine I do now tell me" Andy said
"Well, the first reason is because…well you know those people who believe that when all the people years ago went missing were taken by God?"
"Ya I do that they where something special and God took them and left the rest of us to die here" Andy said a little on an angry side.
"Well that's not the we totally believe but yes" Darrion said with a small smile across her face hoping Andy would get it.
"Ok whatever I still-…. Wait, you said we, does that mean you believe them!"
Ah, got it. He really was smarter them Ryan. "Yes Andy, I do mean us… I am one of them but its different then what you think we believe in"
"You're joking right? This is a Prank right?"
"No…I'm not…there's more too."
"Haha what is it now" Andy said jokingly
"Well, that's one reason I had to change my name because the GC hate believers and want to lock them up"
"No they don't!" Andy said
"Yes they do! I know for a fact! If not right now then later on!"
"You have gone mad" Andy said waving her off.
"Andy, it's true" Darrion cried out.
"Rosy I would never have thought you would have been one of them"
"I am… I just wanted to let you know, we are good friends, I just thought it was time that you knew the real me. It has always been me Christian or not Rosemary…or someone different, the same girl that became friends with you" Darrion said hoping he would calm down.
"I guess you're right, even if you're a nut, you still are you" Andy smiled
Yes, now…for the real truth. "Ok, so…when I told you I had a different name other then Rosemary, it was true."
"So… what's your real name" Andy asked
"Well, it's… it's… Darrion, Darrion Stahley."
"Wait! Darrion as in the daughter of Maxwell Stahley the one who died!"
"Yes, but… but before you say anything, I didn't do anything to him it was the GC guy and my mom never did anything to him either!"
"So you're telling me you are Darrion Stahley" Andy said with a grin on his face.
"Yes, I am… is that funny?"
"Oh, not at all! It's great! Mean, it's great that you told me, I feel loved" Andy joking
"Oh you should! You won't know how scared I was to tell you"
"Why?"
"Because, I thought you would turn me in and I would be locked up for good."
"Nah, why would I do that?" Andy winked
"Haha I don't know…"
"Well I can tell you one thing"
"Oh, and what is that?" Darrion asked
"I never would have thought any name could be worse than Rosemary!" Andy said stuffing his face again with a giant piece of pie.
"Hey! That hurts!" Darrion said pushing Andy and he fell back on his bed
"Hahaha can't take a joke I see?" Andy said
"I just told you my big secret and you're joking about me name!"
"But see, I was joking to make you laugh! I like it when you laugh" Andy said
"Thanks" Darrion said sheepishly
There was an awkward silent in the room. Until Darrion spoke up.
"I never laugh anymore, it's always too serious. Always have to be alert"
"Alert? For what?"
"Um, how about I tell you later I think I have told you plenty for today" Darrion said getting up
"Sure but now that you told I can help you any way you can, I mean if you guys need it"
"Really? Sure I am sure we need help with something "Darrion said standing up to leave.
Ryan fell back from the door and ran out of the hall so Darrion wouldn't see him. When he made it to his room and fell on his back finally got his breathe back he was finally able to think of what just happened.
Why would she tell him! I can't believe it he will rat her out and she will be back in jail. I just, why would she trust him! She has only known him for what? Maybe 2 months. No, wait, don't get mad it was her choice I guess, she trusts him for so sane reason fine, and besides if I do say something, she will know I was listening to her conversation with Andy. Ryan decided not to say anything to Darrion, at least not yet, hopefully she will tell him what she did and then he can tell her what a mistake it was.
Darrion walked out of Andy's room and walked to the window ceil looking outside thinking about what she just did, she felt that she could trust Andy with this big secret, at least she had hoped. Darrion pushed that thought aside and thought of something. This was her first Christmas, without a tree or decoration or presents or anything. She was going to miss that, the holidays, she knew that the group couldn't do holiday stuff like do Christmas or thanksgiving or ever the 4th of July, but she just thought it would have been nice to have done it once, with her new friends, more like her new family.
"Hey" Ryan said shacking Darrion up
"Oh Ryan, hey… question" Darrion thought she was asking a lot of questions today that made her smile.
"Um, did you ever celebrate any holidays with Vicki, Judd and Lionel you know, when it was just you 4?"
Ryan looked a little disappointed like he was thinking she was going to say something else.
"Um, ya… once, we had Christmas together, Haha it didn't turn out so good though"
"What happened?"
"Um, a mistake in thinking who gave a gift to someone, it doesn't matter… why did you ask?"
"Alright I guess, and oh… I don't know it being around the holiday season I just thought I would ask, I don't know… stupid question."
"What! Nah, you got to be joking it wasn't THAT stupid" Ryan said with the same old smile
"Thanks that makes me feel a whole lot better"
"But it's true do you miss all the holidays?"
"Na…ya I guess but I know how hard it would be to celebrate it and I know the real reason for Christmas and Thanksgiving or any other holidays isn't the food or present or the parites, but I mean… I miss the music, the smell, the tree"
"Ya, I do to at times" Ryan said
"But, I mean, I guess it's just one more thing I need to get use to not having, whatever"
"No…wait hold on… CHARLIE COME HERE PLEASE I HAVE TO TELL YOU SOMETHING"
"Ryan… what are you doing?" Darrion asked still not really trusting his ideas.
"Yes Ryan?" Charlie said walking into the room.
"I have something to say, I wasn't going to say anything but it's been on my mind and from today, I can't hold it in, I have to tell you guys…"
"Ryan…what are you talking about?" Darrion asked
"I was informed today about something…now it's been my idea for a while now and want to tell you guys." Ryan took a deep breath… "I want to do Christmas with just us 3"
The room fell silent for what seem forever until Charlie finally spoke up.
"Really? Oh Charlie loves Christmas! Yay will we have presents?"
"Yes Charlie we will… we will write names on a piece of paper and put it into a hat, then we will pick a name from the hat and after that we will make something for the person we got… but we have to make it…not buy it! Ok?" Ryan said proud of the great idea he had come up with
"I love it! Charlie will go and get some paper and a hat!"
While Charlie left Darrion just sat there looking at Ryan not taking her eyes off of him. But slowly she got up and walked up to Ryan, closer then what Ryan was use to. Like she was about to hug him… or scream at him. But no she just stood there looking up Ryan finally could tell how much taller than he was to her. It never was like that before Darrion, he was always the shortest; always the one to be the boy with no ideas but now.
"Ryan." Darrion said quietly
"Ya?" that's all Ryan could say
"Ryan, you would do that for us, for me? Throw a Christmas party?"
"Ya, I mean you said you wanted one really bad and well, I thought it was a good idea." He smiled
"Ryan I…" But she stoped and there by the fireplace she just stood staring and he did also for what seemed like hours, Ryan thought just for a secon-
POUND POUND POUND!
There was a giant knock at the door that made them both jump. They parted beat red not looking and one another and before anybody said anything Darrion walked to see who was at the when she opened it, and for who was there, she couldn't...wouldn't believe her eyes.
Yay! so some can tell I re-write it, just because there was grammer errors and other stuff but I changed it, not much but I did change a little bit. So anyways it was a lot longer then normal that was because of my poor updates. I am sorry about that I really was busy but because its a holiday I think I will have so time to write. SOOOOOOO what did you think of Darrion telling Andy? does that mean she likes him? or just feel he is a really good friend? And what about Ryan! And who is at the door? i am heartless I do know this, so like I said any ideas you can tell me and I might be able to do them? I hope I made u for what my bad updations!