Officially Tied (Ace Merrill/Stand By Me)

Chapter One: If You Close Your Eye

Authors Note: Hi! I just want to say a huge sorry for a delay in uploading this, if anyone is still intrested thank you so much :D also a huge thank you to anyone who voted/faved/commented on any of my stories. So here you go the final 'chapter' of rebecca and ace's story...

Officially Tied
TheGoofyCat

This chapter was inspired by Bastille's Pompeii (have a listen)

The open air hit her as she stepped out of her car, it had been a long journey and her head was beating an ache she was too familiar with, her heart pounded fast and she felt her knees quiver. Her knee high boots touched the ground, the ground that she had walked on throughout her whole childhood. She took a small breath and looked around taking in the all too familiar surroundings, nothing had changed at all. With fear and a strange excitement she smiled. She was back! Rebecca Chambers was back!

She quickly walked round to the other side of her Ford Mustang and opened the passenger side door. "We're here! Let's go! Don't forget to stretch your legs, it's been a long ride." She sternly told the seven year old child who looked up at her. She had been a mother for seven years now going on eight. It had been a hard time, forced to grow up at an age when she didn't feel like she could, but she managed, she had to she was now a mom whether she had wanted to become one or not.

She gave her son a smile, the kind of smile only a mother could give, a smile that was filled with slight amusement but mainly bossiness, as she watched him jump out of the car and childishly start to mess around with his legs, as if he were doing some kind of dance. "Stop messing around!" She commanded as she placed her hand on his shoulders, he listened and stopped before she changed the subject. "You hungry? You want something to eat?"

"Yeah."

"Yes, please." She gave him yet another stern look and he replied by rolling his eyes. "Now what would you like?"

"Candy!" He grinned from ear to ear.

"Candy? It's breakfast time!" She yawned, reminding herself of the early start they had.

"I can eat candy for breakfast!" He could eat candy all day.

"You're pushing your luck, kid!" She looked down at him before seeing his doe-eyes staring back at her. "Alright! You get one candy bar and you'll eat it after you eat a piece of fruit!" He groaned at the mention of fruit. "That's my final offer. What do you say?"

"Okay!" He agreed.

"C'mon," She grabbed his hand, "There's a convenience store round this corner," It was funny how quickly she remembered it all. They both walked at a slow pace and she watched her son take in his new surroundings. Sure enough after eight years the store was still up and running.

A bell went as the door opened and they both hurried in. She watched with a shake of her head as he shot off to the candy bar selection and she made her way to the fresh fruit, she picked up two apples and an orange, her stomach growling as she couldn't remember the last time she had ate. After picking up a carton of milk and placing it in a basket she then made her way to the newspapers, she watched her son, who still hadn't decided on a candy bar, and rolled her eyes at him yet again. Placing the basket on the floor she picked up a magazine and started to flick through the thin pages.

The bell rang again as the front door opened again. A chill ran through her as she felt a presence next to her, she brought the magazine down from her face and looked though the corner of her right eye, she was met with an all too familiar head of jet black hair.

And before she could stop herself she blurted out, "Billy?" And that's when she was met with Billy Tessio's brown eyes.

His forehead formed a thrown as he tried to figure out who this woman was and why he had recognized her voice? The penny soon dropped and then it dawned on him. "Why if it isn't Rebecca Chambers? Well I'll be dammed!" He swore his eyes widened with shock as he looked her up and down. "You haven't changed one bit! Still got the curls and skinny arms, I see! Nice mini-skirt!" He grinned as he admired her legs.