missmara13

You're point about the age thing makes a lot of sense. I never really considered it that way, but it fits with Ryan's personality that he probably saw it that way. It may have also been, in some small way, about not wanting to admit how young he was...

I think I am gonna go back... lol... I wanna explore how it went down as far as others saw... I wanna see if Sandy acknowledged vocally how many mistakes he made, most critically lettign Ryan into that room... as you said, Seth never would have been allowed to step foot anywhere near that door once they knew Oliver had a gun, Sandy would have pulled Seth down the hall away from the situation. But no, Ryan he lets walk right into it... Ryan he lets step front and center, seperated from everyone who could protect him... Ryan he lets be the one who talks to this dangerous kid who's waving around a gun... I don't think Sandy has ever really acknowledged his true mistakes when it comes to Ryan... and bringing Ryan home most certianly wasn't one of them...

And yeah, I'm totally blaming you... gonna put it in the author's notes: 'Blame Beachtree for me writing another multi part fic...' lol