Time to Bond

2. Flames and Fights

Ryan headed over to the kitchen sink after total defeat. He never lose at games. Agurements, yes, but Ryan had always been able to pull through when it came to games. How in the world could Darrion beat him? But when he thought it, he had always lost in whatever it was when Darrion was on the opposing side.

While Ryan was cleaning he thought how it will be like living here with all the new people while Vicki was away. He hoped nothing would happen, even though something already did. Not even a day into it and Darrion got hurt, he hoped nothing else would end up happening, deep inside Ryan just knew something else would end up happening. He just didn't know what it would be.

He hoped it wouldn't invoule to Darrion again. The last thing he needed was her to get injured even worse. He wished she would tell him what happened. He thought they were friends, what could be so bad that made Darrion not tell Ryan. Normally the trib-force would tell each other everything. It was a given, the times, you need to speak up if something or someone was bothering you. Ryan complipated what it could have been throughout washing the dishes, which surprisingly went quickly.

When Ryan was done he headed to find Charlie and Darrion, who was in the 'living room', or what the group ended up making into a living room. When he walked in, he found Darrion and Charlie sitting on the couch, watching, what he thought, was a 1960s movie. It was in black and white. It had cheesy graphics and the dialoge was quite different then in movie now a days.

"Who found this?" Ryan asked as he walked to the back of the couch his two friends were sitting on.

"Darrion did! She found it in the small dark house!" Charlie told Ryan

"Small, house? What small house?" Ryan asked looking at Darrion, but instead of Darrion answering hi, Charlie did. Darrion was too busy watching the movie.

"The small house outside, It's down the big hill"

"How did you find that?" Ryan asked Darrion

"Just now, I went while I went for a walk. When I went to look inside I found tons of movies."

"Wow really? I wonder why they were there." Ryan asked picking up one of the movies that was on the coffee table.

"I don't know, but if you don't stay quiet I am going to put a pillow over your face." Darrion said

"Okay, okay fine…you guys know what would go great with this? Popcorn!" Ryan said

"Yes your right, Do you want to go and get some?" Darrion said now looking at him. Ryan noticed her cut and the area around it, it was red and swollen. He wonder what he could do for help…wait there he goes again…get out! Get out! Why was he so worried. She was just a friend, a member of the group.

"Oh yeh sure, if I can fine any." Ryan said trying to get away from her.

Ok Ryan stop it man hold yourself together. Ryan thought

He walked into the kitchen and found, what he thought was popcorn. It was different though. It was the popcorn that had to be warmed up on the stove. He did what he guessed was right and turned on the stove and placed the popcorn directly on it.

When he was waiting for the popcorn to be done he walked into the downstairs bathroom and walked to the sink and put water on his face. This cold, clean water felt good on his dirty face. After he dried off he looked in the mirror. What was he doing, more like what was he thinking. Darrion had been through worse than just a cut on her head. They thing Ryan figured out, it really wasn't the cut that bothered him, it was not knowing how it happened. He thought they trusted each other. They were part of family, they needed to.

He headed out of the bathroom, when he smelled something, not normal. He knew the smell, it was the smell of something burning, from a fire.

Fire? Fire! He ran into the kitchen to see Darrion trying to put the fire that started from the stove. She was trying to stop it with a wet rag. Ryan just stood there not knowing what to do. That was shaken away when the rag Darrion had in her hand cot on fire. Ryan ran to Darrion, grabbing the rag from her and throwing it back in the fire. He then grabbed Darrion, who was frozen with fear. He moved her out of the way. When Ryan was about to let go and try to put the fire out, Charlie ran in pushing both Ryan and Darrion, which caused Darrion to stumble letting Ryan catch her. Charlie had brought the fire estingwiher, and used it, to stop the roaring kitchen fire.

"I did it! I did it, I stopped the fire!" Charlie said turning to look at Ryan and Darrion.

Darrion was wrapped in Ryan's arms her head on his chest and for that moment Ryan just stood. There, shocked and happy, he was brought back when Darrion finally stepped away from him.

"You guys ok?" Charlie asked

They both stared at each other till Darrion told Charlie "yes I think we're fine."

Darrion walk slowly to the stove to fine a burned popcorn bag, she picked it up and when she did she turned to Ryan who looked as surprised as she did.

"Ryan, why is this here?" Darrion said starting to get mad

"I don't know? I didn't do it" Ryan really not knowing paying attention as his mind was on how bad the kitchen was.

"Why would you heat up popcorn on the stove?" Darrion asked

"That's what the bag said. 'heat on stove' so I used the stove."

"Yes, but not directly on the stove! And you need to take out of the paper bag, the paper that is flammable!"

"What? I could I have known that?" Ryan said deflesivly

"You are soppose to read the directions, that is what they're there for!"Darrion yelled throwing the bag at him.

"Hey, looking I wasn't thinking, okay!" Ryan yelled.

"No, you weren't. What would have if you had burne the place down? What if we couldn't get out? What if we couldn't get everybody out? We all would have died! And on the off chance that we would have, Where would we have stayed? And what about the others? How would we have told they?

"Like I said before Darrion I wasn't thinking okay?" Ryan said turning around " It's not like I'm not the only one that makes mistakes. You're careless too" Ryan muttered

"What did you just say?" Darrion said louding

"Nothing never mind" Ryan muttered, looking hard at the ground.

"No, you said I was carless, what hve I done that makes you think I am carless? I have been carefully not to do, anything, that would harm me or others!"

"Maybe wanting to be the hero and brake someone out of jail." Ryan whispered

Darrion raised an eyebrow "Don't you dare tell me this is about that time I went to get Vicki! Look that was a mistake, I'll own up to that, but I did it to save someone I care for. It is different!"

"It still got a bunch of people in danger. And made us get mixed up with the GC even more! DO you know what we had to do to get you out!"

"Last time I checked, I wasn't the only one who you were trying to get out." Darrion told him

"It would have been easier. And you wouldn't now have a higher wanting poster over your head."

"I still would have no matter what I did! They wanted me and my mother died! Just like father, so don't you dare tell me it is my fault the GC is after me! Whatever Ryan do what you want" Darrion yelled as she passed Ryan and exited the kitchen.

"Oh Darrion's mad…she's not fun when she's mad" Charlie said

"Yeah Charlie I know…I know" Ryan said

Great what do I do know? Ryan thought to himself.

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