Still The Good Girl?

Chapter 17

We walk into the house and I put my bag down. Her house is so cozy and very welcoming.

"Clary, I would like you to meet my son-" Deb starts to stay but is cut off by her son.

"Clary! I didn't think you would be the spacial guest" Ryan says. I smile and crutch my way over closer to him.

"I didn't know that I was staying with your family..." I say smiling.

"Oh so you two already know each other?" Deb asks.

"Yea. We know each other from school." Ryan says and I nod. "Oh here let me get you your bags and show you to the guest room." He comes over and grabs my bags and starts to walk up the stairs.

And let me tell you, these are not good to go up when you have crutches. They are really steep and not much room to get the crutches up another step.

"You just gonna stand there all day or are you gonna come up?" Ryan says from the top of the stairs.

"Um, I would love to go up, but I kinda can't... The relationship between my crutches and the stairs is very complicated so they won't allow me to go up" I say simply which makes Ryan crack up. I am standing there watching him laughing his ass off tapping my good foot.

Finally when his laughter has died down he brings my bags into a random room that I can't see from the bottom of the steps. Finally he starts to walk down the steps.

He grabs my hands and places them on the railings "don't let go! And I'll take these." And he takes my crutches and goes up the stairs.

"Hey! Are you just gonna leave a crippled girl down at the bottom of the stairs where she could somehow mysteriously fall UP the stairs!" I say and attempt to hop up the stars. I put my hands up further on the railing and hop up. "One step down, one thousand and some odd to go!"

After about the 2nd step I see Ryan come out and down the steps. I stop and stand up straight. When he gets closer, about 4 steps he misses the step and slips. He falls down and crashes into me. I scream but he ends up twisting us so that he falls first and gets the most of the brunt.

"Ow!" I scream "I'm so sorry!"

"Are you okay?! And why are you apologizing? I'm the one who fell and tripped you!" Ryan said with a huge smile and sort of laughing.

"Yea I'm fine! I just fell on top of you! I should be asking you if you're okay."
I smile down at him.

"I'm fine! Have you seen my amazing muscles?" He asks.

"No..." I hesitate.

"Oh, you just have to look a little harder. I know they're their." He says and I giggle. "What's so funny?" I try to reply but the only thing that comes out is laughter. I roll off him and hold my sides laughing.

He gets up and walks away. I try really had to sober up from laughing so I can get words out "where are you going?! I need someone to help me up to my room!"

I was able to grab his ankle which causes him to fall but he has quick reflexes and is able to catch himself so he doesn't bash his beautiful face in... Wait did I just say beautiful?.. I have a boyfriend! Well a boyfriend who decides to go to a party instead of handing out with me... But still a boyfriend.

"Can you please bring me up to my room?" I beg pulling the puppy dog face.

"Ug! Fine! How could anyone resist that face?!" He says and gets up. He stands in front of me and starts to pull me up, but with a little too much force causing our chests to be flat agents each other's and our faces only centimeters apart.