Something told me that I should go check on Ryan. I wasn't exactly sure if it was instinct or if it was just a feeling, but an overwhelming sense of fear and worry came over me. I got out of bed and opened my door, making me way down the hall towards Ryan's room.
I could hear him crying softly from inside in his room before I even knocked. When I did, his crying ceased and he didn't say anything. "Ryan? Can I come in?" I asked. When he still didn't respond, I opened the door and walked in.
He was laying on the bed, his back towards the door. I closed the door and walked over, sitting on the bed. I reached down and touched his back and I felt him tense up. "What happened?" I asked.
"Chris. He...he tricked me." Ryan said.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
Ryan rolled over and looked up at me. "He tricked me into sleeping with him. I didn't want too but he started saying stuff about how..."
"How what?"
"How...Josh didn't want to be with me anymore and that he wanted to be with Angelo. I got so mad and frustrated that I just gave into him. I feel so worthless." Ryan said, tears running down his cheeks again.
"Oh, Ryan. No, don't say that. You're not worthless. Chris is an asshole." I said, laying down beside him.
He curled into me. "I hate him. Why couldn't he have just died when the building collapsed? Why didn't he have to find us again?" he cried into my chest.
I didn't know how to answer that, so I didn't. Instead, I wrapped my arms around him and rubbed his back. When he finally stopped crying, and eventually fell asleep, I wiggled out of his hold and put a blanket over him.
I was going to go have a talk with Chris. If none of the other guys were going to stand up to him and tell him what we were all thinking, then I was. I closed Ryan's door and made my way down the opposite end of the hall towards Chris' room.
I stopped when I heard him talking to someone. I couldn't understand what they were saying, because they were speaking in Latin, but I had a feeling it was bad. I hesitated before knocking on the door. The voices got quiet and then I heard Chris speak. "Come in."
I opened the door and a huge grin appeared on his face. "Aw, Kerstin, how are you feeling? Much better I hope."
"Save it Cerulli," I hissed, walking in. He raised an eyebrow, looking at me. "How dare you."
"What did I do?" he asked, playing dumb.
"You know exactly what you did. How dare you take advantage of Ryan. How dare you manipulate him and get inside his head just so you could get something out of it. You are a sick individual." I said.
Chris laughed, one of his dark laughs that always scared me. I turned to leave but he stopped me, placing his hand on my shoulder. I froze up right there. "Do not try to stand up to me Kerstin. I'm a lot stronger than I was before and I could easily kill you right now if I wanted too."
"What's stopping you?" I asked, not looking at him.
"The child growing inside of you." he said.
I pulled away from him then and walked out of his room. I jumped as his door closed behind me. I sighed and made my way downstairs as Angelo and Josh were coming up them. "Hey, have you seen Ryan?" Josh asked.
"He's in his room." I said.
Josh nodded and walked past me, going for Ryan's room. I looked at Angelo. "Did you two have fun?" I asked.
"Yeah. You okay?" he asked.
"Yeah. I just had a talk with Chris." I said.
"Oh. How'd that go?" he asked.
