Red Flag

Chapter 16

Three weeks and a couple more days had gone by, Matt has been very busy planning out his tour, doing all that he could so Ryan could ho with him to a couple of states. And she had only been setting foot in her apartment to feed Salem. They hadn't been able to talk as much and that was destroying them, truly.

Ryan's relationship with Blake kept deteriorating gradually, she was sad but she didn't want to lose Matt. He was more important, of course she was breaking the 'bros before hoes' code but she had finally found her happiness. She wanted to keep her life that way.

Boden had been on her back about a life guard job offer in L.A. . She wanted to take it but leaving the 51 meant leaving people who were like family to her. On the other hand she'd be closer to Matt, since she would have to move up there.

Besides, he didn't even apologize for what he said. Maybe their friendship didn't mean that much to him if he couldn't even see he had hurt her by saying something like that.

Ryan was confused for a while, going back and forth between him and Matt but she had given Gallo up as soon as she realized Matt was the right choice and her feelings for him wouldn't go away any time soon. This few weeks without talking to him much more than a few text here and there had been awful, it made her miss the endless FaceTime calls and late night conversations about stupid things.

They even had group calls with her siblings and the brunette had confessed to had watched movied with Sawyer through FaceTime as well.

Today was a big day for the 51, Kelly and Stella were getting married. Since it was all very last minute they had to rush through every process, all before sun down.

They were currently gathered in the kitchen as duties were being assigned. Violet and Gallo were on flower duty and Darren would take care of the food, Ryan should be available to help any of them as well as she would be attending the bachelorette party Sylvie was holding for Stella.

"Alright, if anyone has any questions y'all can shove them up your ass okay?" Stella joked and everyone got up and started walking away.

Emma came in the room and looked around confused as everyone but her was in the kitchen.

"What did I miss?" She asked Gallo and Darren as they walked by.

"Nothing, Kidd and Severite are getting married" Gallo said and Darren shrugged with a smile.

"Oh, what do I do?" She asked, the innocent smile plastered on her face not tricking anyone.

"Nothing cause you're not invited" Ryan smiled at her, squeezing herself in between both boys before walking out of the kitchen. Porpusely pushing Emma with her shoulder.

As she was heading to the doorms she head Stella calling for her so she stepped aside, letting everyone else walk by without having to duck her standing int the middle of the hallway.

"Evans, there you are" Stella said, grabbing her arm softly.

"What is it, Kidd?" The short haired girl smiled at her friend.

"I'm sorry everything is so rushed and you can't have Matt here with you for the wedding, I would've loved to see you two slow dancing." She pressed a hand to her chest and pouted at Ryan with puppy eyes.

"I-it's fine, I told him about it but he wouldn't have been able to make it. He's been very busy, we barely even spoke this past few weeks" She said, patting the woman's shoulder

"But...you're okay right?" Stella asked, worried.

"Yeah! Better than ever" Ryan exclaimed and calm washed over her friend.