Save a Dance For Me. (Sequel to Love Suicide, a Ryder Lynn Love Story)

The One Where I'm Stalling.

  "Are you ready?" He asked.

I nodded and pulled the mic closer. "I just hope they like it."

Ashton gave me the thumbs up and I took a deep breath.

[Scarlet:]
I think I've had enough
I might get a little drunk
I say what's on my mind
I might do a little time
'Cause all of my kindness
Is taken for weakness

Now I'm Four Five Seconds from wildin'
And we got three more days 'til Friday
I'm just tryna make it back home by Monday mornin'
I swear I wish somebody would tell me
Ooh, that's all I want

[Ryder:]
Woke up an optimist
Sun was shinin', I'm positive
Then I heard you was talkin' trash
Hold me back, I'm 'bout to spaz

[Scarlet and Ryder:]
Yeah I'm 'bout Four Five Seconds from wildin'
And we got three more days 'til Friday
I'm tryna make it back home by Monday mornin'
I swear I wish somebody would drive me
Ooh, that's all I want

[Scarlet:]
And I know that you're up tonight
Thinkin' how could I be so selfish?
But you called 'bout a thousand times
Wondering where I've been
Now I know that you're up tonight
Thinkin' how could I be so reckless?
But I just can't apologize
I hope you can understand

[Ryder:]
If I go to jail tonight
Promise you'll pay my bail
See they want to buy my pride
But that just ain't up for sale
[Rihanna and Kanye West:]
See all of my kindness
Is taken for weakness

[Scarlet and Ryder:]
Now I'm Four Five Seconds from wildin'
And we got three more days 'til Friday
I'm tryna make it back home by Monday mornin'
I swear I wish somebody would tell me
Ooh, that's all I want

Four Five Seconds from wildin'
And we got three more days 'til Friday
Just tryna make it back home by Monday mornin'
I swear I wish somebody would tell me
'Cause that's all I want

They did not look impressed.

"So you don't like it?" I asked, digging my palms into my eyes and wanting to scream in frustration. Michael started to laugh and I left the booth, "Why are you laughing?"

Michael wiped a tear away and patted my shoulder. "Because, you are going to be very popular."

**

I pulled back the sheets on Ryder's bed and climbed in.

"So what did Cassandra say when you told her?" Ryder asked, closing the door to his room and dropped the towel around his waist. My eyes shot up and my cheeks burned, it had been awhile, but he wasn't fazed. Ryder quickly slipped on a pair of boxers and snuggled up to me under the covers. "Or did you run away?"

I playfully slapped his arm, "I did not run away, she invited me in and we had tea."

"At 3:30 in the morning?" He squinted his eyes and pulled the covers up to my shoulders.

"Yes, and she showed me pictures of my birth and when she was younger. She even told me about finding my mums and giving me over to them."

Ryder kissed my nose and wrapped his arm around my waist, pulling me impossibly closer. "It sounds like she likes you."

"Oh I know she likes me. I think she loves me." I whispered.

I could hear the other football guys in the kitchen and living room from Ryder's room. He'd moved into a frat house with most of the other guys on the team. Cheapest rent on campus and he gets his own room. Bonus for when I'm visiting.

"I think so too." He smiled, "Did she tell you about your father?"

I shook my head. "I asked, but she said that it was a story for another time. We made plans to go out for lunch when I get back. I'm hoping she'll tell me then. I've always wondered what it would be like to have a father."

Ryder nodded, I love that Ryder doesn't pretend to know what I'm going through, like with Katrina he didn't try to explain how I was supposed to feel. He just acknowledged that I was hurting. Though we didn't handle it well, with me almost getting pregnant and all. But he just helps me through it, and I like it. Yeah.

"Well, my father is your father-in law. Which means he's your father too." Ryder scrunched his nose up. "But not like your real father that would be wrong. So, you get what I mean."

I threw my head back in laughter, "I get it."