The Quarry - Aftermath - Rylan

8 ~ Boyfriends

- Dylan POV -

I've never felt so happy since the Hackett's Quarry incident. But now that I was with Ryan, everything was a distant memory... well, for now.

"Ryan?"

"Yes?"  He turns his head to look at me.

"What does this mean for us?"

"What do you mean?"

"Are we... like... boyfriends?" I look at Ryan as my cheeks turn a light color of pink.

"Oh! Of course. I've been waiting for you to ask me that for about 3 months." He smiles.

"God, can I just kiss you again?" I chuckle and start fidgeting with the grass by my knees. I zoned out a bit before I felt a pair of lips on mine.

I kissed Ryan back once I came back to my senses. It was a nice, soft, and quick kiss.

"Hm, you're cute." I smirked.

"Ohhh shut up." Ryan laughed and playfully rolled his eyes.

"Well, it's getting late, would you like to come back to my house, Ryan?"

"I mean, my grandparents are watching Sarah today, so sure, why not?"

I stood up and grabbed Ryan's hand to help him up. We dusted our pants off and walked back to my house, holding hands.

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7:43 PM

Once we finally got to my house it seemed my mother was gone. Probably went to get groceries.

"Well, what do you wanna do?"

"Uhm, not sure... want to just hang out and talk?" Ryan points to the couch.

"Sure! Sounds good to me." We both go and sit next to each other on the couch. We talked about a lot of things for almost an hour.

Before I knew it, Ryan leaned in to kiss me. This went on for awhile, lots of kissing and talking in between.

But, of course, there had to be an interruption. While Ryan and I were sharing a kiss, my mother walked into the room. She had some grocery bags in her hand.

"OH- oh my god- jesus." She dropped her bags and gaped her mouth.

Ryan pulled away from me and got all flustered. It was cute.

"Uh...- hey mom?" I scoot back into my spot on the couch.

Her mouth was still wide open, she was speechless.

"Mom, it's okay! Jeez... it's not like we were having.. you know..." Dylan laughs and rolls his eyes. He turns back to see a very quiet Ryan.

"Oh my god, Dylan? Are you having s-"

"JESUS- NO, NO- I was kidding!" I interrupt her as fast as possible.

"Hello, Ms. Lenivy. I'm Ryan, Ryan Erzahler." Ryan stands up so I stand up with him.

"Hello erm- Ryan..." she takes a few steps forward to shake his hand.

"Uhm, mom, this is my boyfriend." I smile and grab Ryan's hand tightly. I was nervous.

"Well obviously! You two were making out on the couch." She snickers.

"Mom, oh my god, we weren't making out." I laugh and my face turns red. At least she was supportive.

"Well, it's getting late, are you staying over, Ryan?" My mom walks back to the bags and sets them on the kitchen table.

"Yeah, if that's alright." Ryan was a bit nervous it seemed.

"Okayyy~ well, I'm off to sleep. Goodnight, mom." I trotted off to my room with Ryan trailing behind.

I grabbed some clothes to sleep in and tossed a sweatshirt and some shorts to Ryan for him to sleep in.

"I'll be back, I'm getting changed in the bathroom." I take my clothes and shut the bathroom door. Once I'm done changing I go and flop myself on the bed, Ryan heads off to the bathroom to get changed too.

I was already under my covers and my eyes were closed when I felt Ryan lay right next to me.

"Oh, hey." I whisper.

"Is it fine if I sleep with you?" He smiles.

"I'm sure my mom wouldn't be too happy with us doing that right now."

"Oh my god, Dylan. You know what I mean."

"Yeah, yeah"

He scoots closer to me and wraps his arm around the top of my waist.

"Goodnight... babe." The words slip right out of my mouth.

"Goodnight..."

- Ryan POV -

Holy shit - Dylan called me babe. Yeah, we were boyfriends but I just never thought I'd hear Dylan say that. It was like a dream come true.

Dylan was fast asleep in like 2 minutes, so I wrapped my leg around his waist and hugged him. I wasn't the most cuddly person, but with Dylan it was different. I could sit there for hours and just cuddle with him.

I guess the people you love really bring out the best in you, huh? I'm glad Dylan was the one who got to bring out the best in me. I rested my head on his chest to feel his soft breathing and heart beat.

I fell asleep a bit after that.

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- Dylan POV -

10:28 AM

I woke up to Ryan, asleep on my chest. I let out a small yawn and looked up at the ceiling. I couldn't move as I did not want to wake up Ryan. He looked so... peaceful.

A few minutes later I heard a small groan. Ryan had finally waken up. "Hey!" I smile.

"What time is it?" He blinks his eyes open and closed.

"Like... 10:30 or something."

"Oh, okay." Ryan sits up in bed and tussles with his hair a bit.

"Are you heading off?" I pout.

"Yes, Dylan, I have to go take care of Sarah. I will see you soon! Thank you so much for inviting me over." He stood up and stretched.

I walked over to Ryan and wrapped him into a hug.

"As much as I hate to see you go, I guess it's necessary." I roll my eyes and put the back of my hand on my head and fall back onto the bed.

"Drama queen!" He giggles.

"Noo, you loooove me." I stand up again. We head out of my room and walk to the front door.

"Can I... uhm..." Ryan had pauses in between his words.

"Hm?"

"Can I like... keep the... hoodie?" Ryan blushes and looks down at the ground.

I lift Ryan's chin up with my index finger.

"Of course! Isn't that what boyfriends do?" I laugh.

"Sure, sure. Thank you, Dylan." He stands on his toes and reaches up to kiss me on the cheek.

I blush and bring him into yet another hug.

"Bye Ryan!!" I pout as he walks out of the door.

"Don't act like we'll never see each other again! Bye, Dylan!" He gives me a little wave and walks on the sidewalk to his house.

I almost shut the door but something... or someone pounced on me and shoved me to the ground.

A little squeal could be heard when I hit the ground and the 'thing' toppled on top of me.