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missmara13) wrote2018-12-17 08:03 pm
missmara13) wrote2018-12-17 08:03 pm
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12 Gifts Of 2018 - Hook Up (Ryan/Alex)
This one is random and most of it originally written YEARS ago (found it in my drafts folder of my email... dated 2013)... no real 'verse, and a lot of it comes from a faulty memory of how the infamous Ryan/Alex/Seth/Lindsay double date went... so we are gonna pretend I delibrately changed it so that the duos were Seth/Alex and Ryan/Lindsay for that disaster (because the hilarity of Seth someday realizing he hooked up with/wanted to hook up with his aunt is too good to pass up... lol)... I polished it up a bit, but here you go!
"He really knows how to charm a girl," Alex said to Ryan as she found him sitting at the bar. "First he goes on and on about how 'over' his ex-girlfriend he is, and now he's ditched me for your date."
"You should have seen him trying to charm his ex-girlfriend into taking him back," Ryan replied. "It was... painful."
Alex smiled and refilled Ryan's soda. "So, how'd you get talked into playing along?"
"How'd you?" Ryan countered.
"He made it sound like fun," Alex said. "I don't really get to just relax and see a band play. I'm usually working and can't just stop and listen. And he made it seem like he was doing you a huge favor, which I now believe is complete bull."
"He begged me to agree," Ryan said, nodding. "Seth's not so good with the whole 'honesty' thing. Or maybe he actually believed his own hyperbole, since he seems to think I'm miserable without my ex."
"Bad break up?"
"I caught her making out with another guy like 6 hours after she told me she was still single and wanted to get back together."
"Ouch. And I thought catching my ex flirting with some random chick was harsh," Alex said. "Did you ex try the 'well, you didn't pay enough attention!' angle?"
"No, she pulled the 'you left, what was I supose to do, wait?' angle, which is funny since before I left, she promised me she would wait. 3 months later, and she's screwing the yard guy."
"Sweet girl."
"I saved her life when she od'd," Ryan said. "I but myself in the path of a gun to protect her from this crazy guy she'd made friends with. I did everything I could to protect her from knowing that another ex-boyfriend of hers was screwing her mom. And this is what I get for my trouble. She dumps me for some guy who's probably just thinking of how cool it is to be screwing his boss' daughter."
"Ex-girlfriends suck," Alex agreed. She looked over at where Seth and Lindsay were flirting, and rolled her eyes. "You wanna get out of here?"
"Yeah," Ryan agreed quickly.
~~~
"So, she just told you not to bother coming back?" Alex asked as she pulled her keys out of her pocket and unlocked her door.
"Pretty much, yeah," Ryan said. "And then everyone keeps acting like I should just be relieved and get on with my life. My kid died, and they expect me not to feel anything."
"You should do what I do," Alex said as she finally got the door open and led him inside, dropping the bag that held she and Ryan's burgers and fries onto the makeshift coffee table and dropping down onto her couch.
"What's that?" Ryan asked, sitting down beside her.
"Stop giving a damn what they want. Feel what you want to feel and do what you want to do."
"Easier said than done," Ryan said with a sigh.
"Then tell em how you really feel. For once let it go."
Ryan was quiet for a long moment before speaking. "I hate Theresa. I hate her for showing up in Newport because she knew I wouldn't just let it go once I knew Eddie was hitting her. I hate her for coming to me when she found out she was pregnant. I hate her for letting me give up everything I had here to go back to Chino with her. I hate her for manipulating me so damn much into havign so little contact with Cohens and for resenting it when Sandy came to see me. I hate her for not letting me go home to her after the miscarriage. And I hate Sandy and Kirsten for not stopping me from leaving, and for only coming to see me because I was their last hope to get Seth back. I hate that I can never be as important to them as he is, because they are so much more important to me than my biological parents."
"Feel better?"
"Yeah, I think I do," Ryan said, offering her a smile.
"Now if only you could tell them all that stuff, huh?"
"I never would," Ryan said. "I couldn't hurt them like that."
"You are sickeningly nice," Alex said.
"It's a curse," Ryan agreed.
Alex laughed. "You need to work on your taste in music, but... since the idiot stole your date, how about stealing his?"
Ryan hesitated, then leaned in, kissing her. For a moment, he thought he'd misread her comment, then she kissed him back.
End
"He really knows how to charm a girl," Alex said to Ryan as she found him sitting at the bar. "First he goes on and on about how 'over' his ex-girlfriend he is, and now he's ditched me for your date."
"You should have seen him trying to charm his ex-girlfriend into taking him back," Ryan replied. "It was... painful."
Alex smiled and refilled Ryan's soda. "So, how'd you get talked into playing along?"
"How'd you?" Ryan countered.
"He made it sound like fun," Alex said. "I don't really get to just relax and see a band play. I'm usually working and can't just stop and listen. And he made it seem like he was doing you a huge favor, which I now believe is complete bull."
"He begged me to agree," Ryan said, nodding. "Seth's not so good with the whole 'honesty' thing. Or maybe he actually believed his own hyperbole, since he seems to think I'm miserable without my ex."
"Bad break up?"
"I caught her making out with another guy like 6 hours after she told me she was still single and wanted to get back together."
"Ouch. And I thought catching my ex flirting with some random chick was harsh," Alex said. "Did you ex try the 'well, you didn't pay enough attention!' angle?"
"No, she pulled the 'you left, what was I supose to do, wait?' angle, which is funny since before I left, she promised me she would wait. 3 months later, and she's screwing the yard guy."
"Sweet girl."
"I saved her life when she od'd," Ryan said. "I but myself in the path of a gun to protect her from this crazy guy she'd made friends with. I did everything I could to protect her from knowing that another ex-boyfriend of hers was screwing her mom. And this is what I get for my trouble. She dumps me for some guy who's probably just thinking of how cool it is to be screwing his boss' daughter."
"Ex-girlfriends suck," Alex agreed. She looked over at where Seth and Lindsay were flirting, and rolled her eyes. "You wanna get out of here?"
"Yeah," Ryan agreed quickly.
~~~
"So, she just told you not to bother coming back?" Alex asked as she pulled her keys out of her pocket and unlocked her door.
"Pretty much, yeah," Ryan said. "And then everyone keeps acting like I should just be relieved and get on with my life. My kid died, and they expect me not to feel anything."
"You should do what I do," Alex said as she finally got the door open and led him inside, dropping the bag that held she and Ryan's burgers and fries onto the makeshift coffee table and dropping down onto her couch.
"What's that?" Ryan asked, sitting down beside her.
"Stop giving a damn what they want. Feel what you want to feel and do what you want to do."
"Easier said than done," Ryan said with a sigh.
"Then tell em how you really feel. For once let it go."
Ryan was quiet for a long moment before speaking. "I hate Theresa. I hate her for showing up in Newport because she knew I wouldn't just let it go once I knew Eddie was hitting her. I hate her for coming to me when she found out she was pregnant. I hate her for letting me give up everything I had here to go back to Chino with her. I hate her for manipulating me so damn much into havign so little contact with Cohens and for resenting it when Sandy came to see me. I hate her for not letting me go home to her after the miscarriage. And I hate Sandy and Kirsten for not stopping me from leaving, and for only coming to see me because I was their last hope to get Seth back. I hate that I can never be as important to them as he is, because they are so much more important to me than my biological parents."
"Feel better?"
"Yeah, I think I do," Ryan said, offering her a smile.
"Now if only you could tell them all that stuff, huh?"
"I never would," Ryan said. "I couldn't hurt them like that."
"You are sickeningly nice," Alex said.
"It's a curse," Ryan agreed.
Alex laughed. "You need to work on your taste in music, but... since the idiot stole your date, how about stealing his?"
Ryan hesitated, then leaned in, kissing her. For a moment, he thought he'd misread her comment, then she kissed him back.
End