My Half Brother - A Ross Lynch/R5 Fanfic

Chapter 7 1/2 - Reactions and Talks (Pt. 2)

Chapter 7 1/2

Ross-

I feel Ashley go limp in my arms, so I look down and see she's fainted. My eyes widen.

"Could you get some water?" I look desperately at Mom and Dad and they run out grabbing water and things.

I lay Ashley down on the loveseat. "Ashley! Ashley, please wake up," I say quietly, just as her eyes open. "Ross?" She turns her head toward me. "Yeah, that's me," I sit her up, putting her in my lap. "I think I need some water..." She says. "Okay, babe," I say, trying to keep calm.

Mom walks in with a bottle of water, handing it to me, as I hand the bottle to Ashley. "Here, drink this, Ash." She takes it in her hands, opening it, taking a drink. I wrap my arms around her tighter, resting my chin atop her head.

"What happened? Did I faint?" Ash looks up at me, making me move my chin. "Yeah, you did babe," I say. "You feeling okay?" She nods. "Yeah. I guess it was just because of being worked up." I nod. "You wanna go eat now?" She nods, as I stand her on her own feet, taking her hand in mine, intertwining our fingers.

"So you guys are together now...?" Rydel asks quietly.

"Yeah," Ashley answers. "Is that alright will all of you?"

"Well, yeah, of course. If you're happy, we're happy." Riker smiles lightly at us, as we sit down at the dining room table across from each other. Rydel gets up as soon as we sit, storming out, then we all hear a door slamming.

Ashley-

"Where's Delly going?" Rocky asks no one in peticular.

I bite my lip. Is she mad at us? At me? I stand. "I'm sorry, I have to go." I walk out of the dining room, sitting on the staircase, head in my hands.

"Hey, what's wrong, babe?" I knew right away it was Ross, but didn't look up. He knew I heard, so sat down next to me, rubbing my back softly. "Is this about Delly?"

"What do you think, Ross? I bet she hates me now!" I cry, tears threatening to spill.

Rydel-

I sit on my bed, glaring down at my hands. How could Ashley hide that from me?!

"What do you think, Ross?! I bet she hates me now!" I suddenly hear Ashley cry, obviously talking to Ross. My eyes widen. She thinks I hate her? I don't hate her, it's just that  I'm in shock that she didn't tell me this earlier.

I walk out of my room quietly, watching Ashley and Ross on the bottom of the staircase. Ashley was leaning on him, crying softly, and Ross was rubbing her back softly, kissing her hair once and awhile. I watch for about 15 minutes, then walk down. The two of them look up at me.

Ashley-

 "Could I talk to you, Ash...?" Rydel asks hesitantly as I sniff. "Okay," I say quietly, getting up, following her to the kitchen.

"I'm sorry about storming out like that," Rydel starts. "I was just shocked. And I could never hate you."

I wipe my eyes. "Okay... You heard what I said to Ross?" I didn't realize she had. "Yeah," she nods. "C'mere." She wraps her arms around me in a hug, making me wrap my arms around her. We pull away after a few minutes.

"We're okay now?" Delly asks. "Yeah." I nod, smiling lightly. She smiles. "You can go see Ross now," she winks. "I have to help Mom with some stuff."

I nod, walking out, finding Ross still on the stairs.

"Everything good now?" He asks, as I sit. "Yeah," I smile. "I'm just glad Mom and Dad aren't mad." Ross sighs quietly, but a smile is still evident on his face. "I know. But even if they were, I think they'd still accept us."

Everything turned out pretty well...