In his grasp 2

Never a happy ending

Ryan exhaled with frustration and jumped out of the bath quickly. There was a knock at the bathroom door before the handle turned and it opened slightly. Ryan was completely naked scurrying for a towel and I had to do something to stop her, but I couldn’t move fast enough. “Uh... no... don’t come in... it’s me!” I yelled desperately to stop her from coming in. The door stopped moving and it was quiet.

“Oh... uh sorry... Lauren” she stuttered with embarrassment. “I don’t suppose you have seen Ryan have you? His car is outside but I can’t see him anywhere” she suspiciously asked. I looked at Ryan for some help and he mouth words to go with his actions. He moved his fingers in a walking motion then clenched his fist and raised it to his chest as if he was lifting a weight. 

“Uh yeah he’s... gone for a walk... to the... gym?” I said with my tone trailing off as a question. Ryan nodded and Ashley hesitated to answer. There is no way she would believe me, especially when my tone changed like there. 

“Oh, okay then. Sorry I disturbed you” and she closed the door. We both sighed in relief and I started to giggle at how close that was.

“It is not funny” Ryan scoffed trying not to laugh. “She nearly caught me deep inside you” he continued. I gave his a look of seduction and teased him by saying “imagine if she was away on business, and we wasn’t disturbed”. He blushed slightly and his d**k that had slumped from the panic had regained its solidness. “I would destroy you” he growled like an animal. He got dressed and waited until the coast was clear before exiting the bathroom.

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The next few weeks went by and things were getting a bit heated in the house. Ashley and Ryan we’re constantly arguing and making the atmosphere extremely negative. Ryan was extremely stressed and was trying to get her to move out, but she had no where to go so for the time being, we were stuck with her and our s****l frustrations. Ryan didn’t want to have s*x until I was feeling better. He said that he wanted it to be special and he didn’t want me to feel restricted by my injuries. I still got the odd phone call from Joe asking me if I had thought about it and to go and see him. I obviously refused. Our friends were so busy with their new adult life that I didn’t really want to bother them, I hadn’t even bothered to speak to molly because she had a new hunk her life. He was older than her and they were happy in their own house. I was able to start my job tomorrow because my ribs were nearly healed. I was excited and anxious to get started. 

I had decided that I was strong enough to walk to the pharmacy. I had to get out of the house for a bit because Ryan and Ashley were doing my head in and I wanted to get some pain killers stocked for tomorrow. After I had grabbed the tablets I needed, I walked past the shelf that was stacked with pregnancy tests. I stopped suddenly and felt my heart completely stop for about 3 seconds. 

I realised that I still haven’t started my period since the month before last. I was completely frozen in fear of carrying a child in my stomach let alone knowing it would be Joe’s. I haven’t had s*x with anyone else,  it has only been foreplay. Even Arthur didn’t managed to get that far with me so no one else would be the father. 

Tears began to flood my eyes and I threw the medication on the shelf and rushed out. I didn’t know what to do, I didn’t know who to talk to and I certainly didn’t know how to bring up a baby. Do I talk to Ryan about this? No. You don’t even know if you are and Ryan is not the one you should be talking to if you are concerned about something like this. 

I knew exactly who I needed to speak to but I just couldn’t bring myself to ring him. I walked back to the house with my head fixated on the ground. I looked up as I got to the drive and saw Ryan in the window. He didn’t seem to be yelling but he was talking to someone. I stopped for a moment as I noticed his arms folded across his chest. He was nodding in reply to someone, I was guessing it was Ashley. My suspicion was confirmed when she appeared, walking up to him slowly and placing her hand to his face. No... he doesn’t want her and they’re broken up, she’s clearly just struggling still to accept this. He didn’t seem to fight it though. 

After a moment of muted words being exchanged she rested her lips to his. I was waiting for him to pull away, but instead he pulled at her shirt to lift it off and undress her. The pain that had shot through me was excruciating. He was about to f**k her, his ex that he has apparently dumped for me. Well, at least that’s what he told me a few weeks ago. He explained to me that the reason he had left her is because he didn’t want her. He wanted me, he wanted me for himself and that Ashley meant nothing anymore. Apparently they had grown apart and there was no excitement in their relationship. She was very controlling and demanding and he didn’t want that. He had also apparently told her when he went to her office to break up with her, that wanted someone else and that Ashley seemed to accept this at the time.

Clearly he was just like every other guy, just like Joe had said to me. He is a settler and he was settled with Ashley. I stormed off down the road and tried to figure out what to do from here. Everything was a mess and I didn’t know what to do anymore. I really thought that me and Ryan would be able to finally be happy together but this is me. There’s never a happy ending.

I decided finally on what to do. I grabbed my phone from my pocket and punched in the number.

It rang before the person on the other end of the phone answered.