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Chapter 15

"Seriously?" I hear.

I turn to the door and see Ryan standing there.

I blush and Zach flips him off. He goes to the door and closes it on him. Then he goes back to kissing me.

I try to get him to stop, but I really don't want him to. After a second, though, I push him off me. I look at his face and he's frowning.

"Zach, stop" I sign.

"Why?"

I grab the notebook off the floor because I don't know how to sign this.

Because Ryan is now mad at me. I didn't do what he asked.

What did he ask?

He looks kind of angry now.

To stop you from coming to Seattle.

Yeah, well, not his choice.

So what? He's right.

And?

And I don't really care I guess.

Good.

Then he goes back to kissing me again.

"WE SHOULD PROBABLY GO DOWNSTAIRS AND TALK TO RYAN" I sign after a minute.

He pouts put gets up and I follow him downstairs.

When we reach the bottom, Ryan is sitting on the couch on his phone. He looks up as we approach.

"Guessing you failed," he says to me.

"I tried" I respond.

"And failed."

Then he turns to Zach and starts signing really fast. I missed almost all of what they were saying. I pulled out words like 'stop' and 'dad' and 'Skylar.' I decide to turn away from them because I don't want to know what they were saying about me. After a while, I decide to interrupt.

"I'm sorry," I say and sign.

"It's not your fault, it's his" Ryan responds while giving a pointed look at Zach.

"It is though. But honestly, I don't care. We love each other. It's not your problem if we go to Seattle. It's ours. Now, I'm sick of you, so I'm leaving. Zach can come if he wants. It will be his decision" I say to Ryan angrily now. I don't know why I am so angry, I just am.

My little speech left Ryan speechless. Zach must've read my lips because he was smiling. I gave a little smile back. Then I walked out the door and he was behind me.

Once we are both in my car, him in the driver's seat since driving still sucked for me, he turns to me. Then he grabs 'our' notebook from the backseat of my car and starts writing.

You know, I really do love you. No one talks to Ryan like that. I couldn't even hear you and could still hear how passionate you were about what you were saying.

"I LOVE YOU TOO" I sign. Then he pulls out of his driveway and starts driving, though I don't know where he is going.

After a few minutes, he stops at the hospital. I look at him confused.

"FOLLOW ME" he signs.

So I do. I follow him into the building and through the halls. No one even questions why we were here. No one except me. Then he stops walking and I look around and realize where we are. At the vending machine where we met. I laugh a little and then turn to Zach.

"WHY ARE WE HERE?" I ask him in sign.

"BECAUSE I WANT TO BE SOMEWHERE HAPPY."

"AT A HOSPITAL?" I ask. I know what he means but seeing the look on his face made the joke worth it.