The Unexpected

The Dinner

A/N: Here's the forth chapter of The Unexpected. I hope you enjoy it. I don't know how good it is since it's longer than usual...

Fantastic 4 (C) Marvel
Allyson Richards (C) Me

It was evening in the city of Manhattan and dinner time for the Fantastic Four but they were waiting on Allyson to arrive... with Victor.

Sue looked at Reed, "You can't be serious..." she was in disbelief that Victor and Allyson were on their way, expecting Allyson but not Victor.

Reed was putting a couple of pots of food on the towels that were placed on the table, "I am. She threatened that if I didn't give Victor a chance then she wouldn't come and I would never see her again." His tone was full of disbelief, setting the last of the pots down on the table without looking at Sue.

She had her arms crossed, "He really has her reeled in, doesn't he?" she asked in a soft but a sealed fated tone.

Reed nodded a little, his side to her while looking toward the side in the opposite direction of Sue, "Yeah..." he was at lost for words right now.

That's when Sue came up to him, turning him around, "We'll get her to listen, somehow." She whispered confidently, holding his face in her hands.

He nodded, "I hope so," he lowered his eyes to the ground but she bent down to look into them, "We will," then she stood up straight, holding him close to her form as his arms wrapped around her with his hands on her shoulder blades.

In the living room, Johnny and Ben were talking about Allyson and her newly found boyfriend, Victor Von Doom.

Johnny was pacing back and forth, throwing his hands up in the air, not looking at Ben who sat on the couch, "I can't believe Allyson would actually love that overgrown piece of metal!" he looked toward Ben as he stopped pacing, "Especially after all he's done to us." He put his hands on his hips, looking down as he shook his head.

"Allyson rather believe a good-lie than the bad-truth." Ben sighed, "I've known her longer than you have, Johnny. That's the way she has always been." He spoke in his gruff voice.

Johnny shook his head, holding it with his middle finger and thumb, "That's what makes her so naïve, though!" he took his hand from his head, like he was throwing it and sat down across from the couch on the table that's in front of it, frustration all over his face.

Ben looked at him, "Are you sure this is about Allyson or you?" he asked, completely out of nowhere.

He was looking down at his hands, inhaling through his nose but it sounded like a sniffle, "What do you mean?" he looked up at him, slightly confused.

"With the Frankie issue," he totally changed the subject but still concerned about his well-being even though he gets on his nerves.

Johnny looked at Ben, "I'm over her." He stood up, turning away immediately.

"You don't make a very good liar, Johnny," Ben stated, looking at Johnny who didn't speak.

He had his hands on his hips, walking a couple steps forward before looking ahead out the doorway, "I do, don't I?" his voice was soft as he paused for a moment before walking away, confirming what everybody knew... that he was still hurting over Frankie.

Ben let out a big sigh, looking to the side, thinking of how much Johnny reminded him of how he was when Debbie couldn't accept his transformation and how broken he was over that...

Reed and Sue were still holding each other when the elevator dinged and they loosened their hold on each other as she held his face, "Let's go," she said softly with a tiny smile.