#i just finished my second adopt today! yippee!!
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In The Middle of The Ride (6/?)
Word Count - 4,028
Warnings - Underage drinking. I’ve Never. This is one of my favorite chapters guys~ All grammar mistakes are my own - so if something seems off, please let me know. Also if you read this and want to see where the story goes, send me an ask and I’ll tag you :)
Tagging - @lovetusk @dragongirl420 @mirajanefairytailmage
"Where are we going again?"
"We’re going to Agnes and Metz’s house remember?"
"Come on girls," Jack voice echoed through the silent house," It’ll take some time to get to their house "Ryuichi did you change yet?"
"Not yet Dad," Ryuichi said back and went straight upstairs. She shuffled through her closet and found a pair of faded blue jeans and a lavender shirt, which said, 'Save a horse, ride a cowboy.' Lucy rushed upstairs after Ryuichi.
"Ryu have you seen my flip-flops?" Lucy asked as she searched the upstairs. She was wearing a light purple kiddy shirt with Dora the explorer and Boots the monkey on it and a jean miniskirt.
"Are you gonna wear that?" Ryuichi asked incredulously, Lucy never wore skirts like that.
"Yeah, Lindsey's mom gave it to me, it was too small for her niece." She replied while digging through her stuff.
"Aha!" She shouted triumphantly and ran past Ryuichi down the steps.
"She's so weird." Ryuichi muttered under her breath and smiled.
"Alright girls, it's time to go," Elizabeth said while waiting at the front door.
"Hold on mom, I can't find my shoes," Ryuichi replied looking around her room and ran down the stairs with her sandals in hand. They had all their luggage in the car and left just enough space to sit.
"Dude..." Lucy suddenly said as they started to leave the city limits.
"What?" Ryuichi put her book down for a second to look at her cousin.
"We should totally flash or moon!" She said excitedly.
"Uh no thanks." Ryuichi replied and gave her a weird look.
"Not today girls. You need to behave Lucy, or your father will take you with us." Jack called from the front seat.
"Ah man..." Lucy grumbled and pulled out her gameboy.
"You’re so funny Luce." Elizabeth laughed and tossed them some water.
"Hey wanna play in the sprinkler later?" Lucy asked Ryuichi nonchalantly.
"Maybe..." she mumbled and started reading her book again.
"Oh hey! Can we have some friends over if Uncle Metz and Aunt Agnes say it’s okay?" Lucy asked you could say she was excited easily.
"Sure girls but keep it at most PG-13 okay?" Elizabeth replied before Jack could add his two cents.
"Yippee!" Lucy shouted jubilantly and Ryuichi laughed.
Jack and Elizabeth having a conversation, music from the radio, noises from Lucy’s GameBoy and Ryuichi turning the pages of her book were the only noises coming from the car. Everybody was silently hoping they would arrive soon. "We're here!" Jack called and rolled down the window to smell the fresh air. They pulled into a gravel driveway that led to a large white home surrounded by a small field and lots of trees. A few feet away from the house there was a two-car garage with a room above where the cars were parked. They had horses and a nice house even a pool and an old jungle gym. It brought back good memories for everyone in the car; they had all visited this ranch at one time or another.
"Yes it's great." Lucy replied; she looked very calm. Ryuichi sighed and breathed in the refreshing air.
"Well I thought I heard familiar voices," Agnes replied opening the screen door," Metz, the children are here!!"
"What children?? We never had any kids!"
"We did too have a kid... she was adopted because I couldn't have kids remember?"
"Yes dear I’m only pulling your leg."
"Come give your old uncle a hug girls." Metz called from the porch a cheery smile on his face.
"Metz!" They yelled and ran to the porch and hugged the old man.
"It's nice to see you girls, but we only have an hour to talk before we have to leave..."
"That's okay, I wanna tell you what happened at school!" Lucy chirped and pulled him onto the wicker bench with her.
"Me and Ryu got into a fight this year with some snobby girls!" she informed, he only smile and shook his head. Uncle Metz was always the wild one growing up and he enjoyed hearing that his great niece was keeping the tradition alive and bringing her cousin into it.
"I'm sure you didn't start it right?" he winked.
"No actually, this girl did and then her friend tried to double team Ryu!"
"Really? Gave hell did you girls?" he looked to Ryuichi who blushed a little embarrassed.
"Yeah I guess you could say that..."
The conversation carried on to politics and other monotonous things until the hour had passed.
"Well it was nice to see you girls." Agnes said as Ryuichi and Lucy helped her clean.
"It's so nice of you girls to watch the house while we go to Vegas." Lucy and Ryuichi's great aunt Agnes said she was a small older woman with greying red hair.
"Now you girls behave while we're gone and feed Geoffrey." Great uncle Metz added, he was their grandfather’s twin he had the same white hair and glasses too.
"Uncle Metz, can we have some friends over please... we'll be good!" Lucy pleaded to him as she loaded the elderly couple’s suitcases into the car.
"Sure, why not just make sure you clean up the place and remember Geoffrey." He smiled and tugged her cheek.
"Who could forget that horrible old parrot?" Ryuichi mumbled under her breath as she hugged each of them.
"Oh sweetie have fun and be nice to Geoffrey." Agnes whispered into her ear and gave her a very grandmother-like kiss on the cheek.
"Whelp we better go, see ya kids we love you, and be safe." Metz finally said as he got into the car, they drove off leaving a cloud of dust in the gravel driveway.
"He reminds me of Gramps..." Lucy smiled as she waved; Ryuichi shook her head 'yes' and waved with her.
"Alright let's get this house in party shape!" Lucy yelled and ran towards the house.
"Wait for me!" Ryuichi yelled and gave chase. They ran through the screen door into the kitchen and tripped over Geoffrey's cage causing him to squawk
"Damn bird..." Ryuichi hissed as she climbed off Lucy who was laughing hysterically,” weirdo..." she mumbled and walked back into the kitchen to get the snacks.
“Are you calling everyone or am I?” Lucy asked looking through the cupboards.
"You are," Ryuichi said while handing her the cell phone.
"When did you get a cell phone?"
"I got it for Christmas. I brought it with me in case we needed it," Ryuichi replied," Everyone’s number is in there except for Jamie and Lindsey’s. I’m not calling them, you can.”
"Wanker..." Lucy grumbled and took the phone. While Lucy was calling everyone else, Ryuichi decided to explore the house. Everyone room had a familiar smell to it and each room was unique in design. ‘Agnes was a interior decorator before she retired these rooms still look great.’ After her escapade of the house, she walked near the front of the house and went back onto the porch. She looked out to multitude of farmland that they had and then sat down on the porch swing.
"Alright," Lucy said opening the screen door and walking onto the porch," Everyone should be here in an hour or a time close to that Lindsey said he’d pick people up and Jamie is doing the same."
"That's cool..." Ryuichi replied from where she sat just staring and remembering. She used to sit with her grandfather on this swing, him and Uncle Metz would tell stories about their youth and albums of pictures where the two were dressed alike. She and Lucy could always tell them apart, Lucy was closer to Metz and Ryuichi to their grandfather... though it didn't often seem like it.
"Being here brings back so much." Lucy sighed and sat beside her. Her favorite pastime was sitting on this swing drinking homemade lemonade, Agnes old family recipe.
"Yeah, I can't wait to share this with my kids." Ryuichi said in an airy voice.
"Me too..." Lucy said and smiled; it was a relaxed smile one that did not often grace her face.
"Whelp! We better get some food out for when they come... you think they have any hamburger?" Lucy jumped up and spoke.
"Yeah I think I remember Metz mentioning something about killing a cow and a freezer." Ryuichi laughed Lucy was a spur of the moment person sometimes.
"Well I want to make hamburgers on the grill you in?" she asked and ran to the garage where the meat freezer was kept.
"Uh... is it safe to let you do that?" Ryuichi joked outwardly, but on the inside she was a little nervous Lucy and fire were not to be mixed.
"Of course I only caught the deck on fire once, and that was because my stupid brother threw the football at me." Lucy chirped as she opened the freezer and grabbed a couple packages of meat that were wrapped in butcher's paper. "What else should we have?"
"How about potato salad? And... fresh french-fries?" Ryuichi inquired
"Yes! And lemonade and some iced tea!" Lucy spoke and gathered the necessary items. She had lemon, potatoes, meat and other things she and Ryuichi had to prepare within an hour.
"You wanna start peeling potatoes while I thaw the meat and start up the grill?" Lucy asked as she reached for the matches in a cupboard.
"Sure then we can cut them and boil them and while that is going we can start the drinks.”
"Alrighty this is going to be fun!" Lucy skipped onto the deck that was on the side of the house to start the grill while the meat thawed in the microwave. Ryuichi put the potatoes in water and started to peel. It reminded her of when her and her grandpa would peel them for Agnes and grandma for dinner and they would sing or hum old Frank Sinatra songs even though grandpa wasn't that old.
"Hey Luce? Is that fire started yet?" Ryuichi asked as she finished the last potato, Lucy probably shirked the potato peeling for fire again.
"Yeah I was just staring into space, did you finish already?"
"Yeah get in here and help with the lemonade!" Ryuichi called out gathering the lemons off the counter and putting them on the table. Agnes had taught both of them to make her special lemonade and also taught Lucy how to make two different types of tea, green tea that tasted like blueberry muffins and southern sweet tea. The green tea was an accident that everybody liked.
"It's been like a year since I did this." Lucy said as she sat down to the table, Ryuichi handed her a knife to cut the lemons in half while she squeezed and added other ingredients.
"You get a lime?" Lucy asked when she finished the cutting and started on the tea.
"Duh, that's what makes it Aunt Agnes' family recipe." Ryuichi stated matter of factly while she shook the pitcher to mix the sugar in.
"That and the whole cup of rum..." Lucy mumbled, she was putting two kettles of water on the stove to boil and checking the potatoes.
"You think you should start on the burgers?" Ryuichi asked and motioned to the deck.
"Oh my gah! I almost forgot... tell Lindsey to meet me on the deck if he gets here early." Lucy yelled as she rushed to the deck with meat and grill kit in hand.
"Okay then... the potatoes are about done... all I need is to put the lemonade in the fridge to cool and wait for the gang." she told herself as the cell phone rang.
"Hello?" she asked into the phone.
"Hey Ryu!" Maddie said on the other line "Hey look out the window... we're at the end of the driveway.."
“Okay, I have to finish something so see you soon." she replied and hung up.
"Who was it!?” Lucy asked from the porch.
"Maddie! They're at the end of the drive so come in here and help me!"
"Can't gotta watch these or they won’t be perfect!"
There was honking coming from the driveway and loud shouting.
"Ryu go take care of that, I have to finish!"
Ryuichi made a face at the deck and walked to where her friends had congregated.
"Nice place you guys, now where is my woman?" Lindsey asked with a sly smile on his face, the others only laughed.
"She's grilling burgers.." Ryuichi informed and pointed to the deck while giving him a look, he was smiling way too well.. creepily.
"I love a sheila who grills!" He shouted and ran to the deck.
"Hey something smells good!" Mark said from beside Jamie.
"Hi uh.. Mister..uh" Ryuichi started to stutter.
"Just Mark today Ryuichi okay?" he said and winked.
"Oi Ryu! You make food just for plain ol' us?" Will teased.
Ryuichi was about to retort when they heard Lucy squeal and yell obscenities at her boyfriend, something about not touching her somewhere while she was working the grill.
"Let's head over to the deck before she hurts him." Jamie laughed they walked to the side of the house where the deck was and saw Lucy and Lindsey in a somewhat passionate embrace.
"Goodness kids can't you wait?" Lucas asked feeling that brotherly instinct kicking in.
"Oh shove off!" Lucy grumbled and separated from her partner.
"Yeah, will someone come in and help me with the drinks? I have to start up the fryer." Ryuichi walked into the house.
"I'll help!" Will and Mark volunteered and entered behind her.
"Hey what did you make?" Gavin asked while trying to steal a hamburger from the platter that was set on the table.
"Hamburgers, potato salad, lemonade, tea and soon French fries." Lucy said and smacked his hand with the spatula.
"Careful she's got good aim." Lindsey warned but everyone laughed when Lucy stuck out her tongue. "I think I'm in love." he joked.
"Oh yes you're quite the catch." Jamie said sarcastically and rolled his eyes. "What's taking you so long Ryu, you having an orgy in there?!" He shouted which made Ryuichi shoot out of the house with fresh potato salad in hand and Mark and Will following with the fryer and pitchers.
"Don't embarrass the girl like that Jamie." Mark said endearingly to Jamie and sat the stuff on the end of the table.
"Yeah yeah." he mumbled and pecked Mark on the lips.
"I would like to warn everybody about the small amount of rum in the lemonade... and not to allow Lucy around the fryer." Ryuichi announced and received a death glare from Lucy in which she replied with a shrug.
"Then let's party!" Maddie shouted and grabbed for the tea, she didn't like rum no matter how little there was.
"It'll be about ten minutes till the fries are edible." Lucy said and passed the hamburger platter to Mark.
"You guys this is great, food, drink and friends how much better could it get!" Cordelia complimented and the others muttered their approval.
"Well... how about when this is over a game of 'Strip I've Never' and if Mark allows us.. a couple of drinks." Lucy said from Lindsey’s lap, she was feeding him while he kept his hands in the back pockets of her skirt.
"Fine with me as long as it doesn't get out of hand." Mark agreed before taking a sip of lemonade and slipping his hand into Jamie's.
"Cool! I love that game, and I know who's gonna lose already!" Maddie teased and everyone looked to Lucy.
"Hey that's my sister, no ogling!" he shouted the girls only laughed.
"Dude, half of us are girls and taken." Cordelia reminded him while Lucy threw a fork at him.
Lucas only grumbled and bit into his burger. The meal progressed and they continued the friendly banter till the sun went down and they were all inside.
"The food was great sheila’s" Lindsey said as he put away the last dish. All the guys had offered to wash the dishes after the meal while the girls got the living room rearranged for the game.
"Who wants to sit where!" Maddie asked when after they pushed the furniture into a semi-circle.
"Linds and I get the love seat!" Lucy shouted and claimed the mini sofa. Lindsey swaggered over to her and promptly sat upon her making her giggle.
"Me, Gavin, Jamie and Mark, Maddie and Lucas call sofas!" Cordelia shouted and they sat on the two sofas that were pushed together.
"That leaves Ryu and Will with the futon." Lucy smirked when she saw Ryuichi flush bright red.
"Who doesn't know the rules?" Maddie asked, looking around at all of them no one objected so she continued. "Alright since Ryu and Lucy are the hosts they get first turn..er turns."
Lucy perked up and got a silly smile on her face. "I have never... worn an old person's dentures." when Ryuichi heard this she moaned in discontent and took off her shoes. Everyone turned to look at her silently asking 'What?'
"It was in kindergarten, Lucy dared me!" she huffed and thought of one.
"I have never... dated a teacher." Ryuichi said and smiled shooting a look at Lucy, it was obvious that Jamie had, little bit that Mark had, but Lucy bent over and took off her flip-flops, that was the shocker.
"What?" she asked many only rolled their eyes.
"Who was it!" Lucas yelled angry that some dirty old teacher dated his sister.
"You remember Miss Calvin's substitute for a month?" She asked Ryuichi, Maddie and Cordelia nodded their heads.
"Laird Smithers! You dated him!" Mark yelled eyes wide.
"You too huh?" Lucy smiled and leaned into the couch. "That was so long ago though, next!"
"Okay" Lindsey started " I have never made out with the same sex." Of course Jamie and Mark removed a piece of clothing plus Cordy and Maddie.
"Nina Abbot, last year." she said before they could ask.
"No way! That chick is totally hot!" Gavin yelled and got elbowed in the gut by Cordelia.
"Tina Abbot that same night..." Maddie mumbled blushing even though she had only taken off her shoes.
"No way! You both made out with the Abbot twins and didn’t tell till now!" Lucas gasped
"Next!" Maddie shouted too embarrassed to talk further.
"I've never been caught making out or having sex." Jamie said and smiled when he saw Mark take off his shirt but raise and inquisitive eyebrow at Cordelia and Gavin who had taken off their shoes. "I don't even want to know..." Ryuichi only coughed and then removed an article of clothing.
“Who exactly did you see Ryu?” Will asked then glanced around the room.
She only giggled slightly then pointed to Lucy and Lindsey, then Jamie and Mark,” Same day actually… “
"Alrighty, I've never dressed as the opposite sex." Mark said and laughed when he saw Cordelia, Lucy and Jamie take off and article of clothing, but Lindsey, Lucas and Gavin.
"I bet it was Halloween right?" he teased and Jamie only pecked him on the lips and humphed.
"Actually it was a family reunion for me and Lucas, Ryuichi didn't want to play!"
"Yeah well, it was dare alright!" Gavin said nervously, but Cordelia shook her head.
"No his older cousin did a full-on makeover on him when he was seven." she added and giggled slightly.
Will sat there silent and coughed. "I've never done a strip tease," he heard Lucas say. He looked over at Lucas then Will kicked off his shoes.
"I've never had a one night stand," Will said as Lindsey removed his shirt.
"Who did you have a one night stand with?" Ryuichi asked curiously. Lucy only stared at the younger girl.
"I believe her name was Tonya," Lindsey replied
"Was she an ice skater?"
"Not cool.."
"I’ve never slept with the opposite sex," Ryuichi said while turning red. At the same time Lindsey, Gavin, Lucy and Lucas all removed an article of clothing.
"Alrighty my turn again!" Lucy said with an evil smile on her face," I’ve never watched or looked at a porno in my life!" At the same time all the guys removed something.
"Umm let’s see.. I have never stalked my ex-boyfriend," Ryuichi said as Maddie and Cordy removed an article of clothing. Ryuichi had taken a look around the room and noticed all but a few people still had some articles of clothing left. "All right, those who are down to their skivvies, they’ll be helping out with those who are still in the game," Lucy said while taking a drink of Lindsey’s lemonade.
Ryuichi who was down to her bra and underwear walked over to her bag of clothes threw on a pair of black boxer shorts and a magenta t-shirt and then went out on the deck. She sat down on one of the deck chairs and let the rain sprinkle down on her. Even though Will was still in his boxers and muscle shirt, he excused himself for a few minutes and joined Ryuichi out on the deck. He smiled to himself then shook his head as he watched her for a few seconds. Before walking closer, he noticed she had been singing to herself.
"Hey there," Will said kissing her on her shoulder. She looked up at him and he pulled up a deck chair next to her as they listened to the rest of the game as it winded down.
"I have never threatened to assault someone with a horseshoe pole," Lindsey said as Lucy removed her final piece of clothing.
"I was protecting my brother what can I say?" Lucy said in defense of herself.
Everyone laughed while the game died down. The view from the deck was very picturesque. The way the colors of the sky blended together it made it seem like the night sky would never fade out. Will moved his chair closer to Ryuichi’s and he smiled at her. They intertwined hands while the sky started turning dark blue and little flecks of lights soon filled the night sky.
The grandfather clock in the hallway started chiming midnight. Ryuichi closed her eyes for a few seconds and instantly fell asleep. Will admired the view from where he was sitting and listened to all the noises from the country. He could hear crickets chirping and far off in the distance he heard an owl crying out in the deep forest. He stood up moving the deck chair back to where it was and stretched before turning back to where Ryuichi was fast asleep. He picked Ryuichi up with his free hand because she still had a firm grip on his other hand. With his free hand he opened the deck door and walked in sideways.
"Did she fall asleep on you?" Lucy asked quietly while sitting her on the futon. Ryuichi mumbled something before rolling on her side.
"Yeah but it’s all right," He replied sitting on the edge of the futon.
"I love you guys," Ryuichi mumbled," especially you Will."
He smiled and kissed her on the forehead," I love you too Ryu.." He placed a blanket over the sleeping girl. Will noticed everyone else was either fast asleep or wide-awake and talking. The clock chimed 2 a.m. and Will had finally fallen asleep beside Ryuichi. Ryuichi woke up for a few minutes to unfold the blanket that was on top of her and shared it with him. She immediately fell back asleep afterwards.
By the time everyone had woken up from last night’s events, it was almost two in the afternoon. Everyone else scrambled around the house cleaning up the odds and ends of the house that they dirtied up.
"Come on Ryu, we need your help cleaning up the rest of the house," Lucy said tugging on the younger girl's hand. She yawned then several hands pulled her off of the futon. After that, she sluggishly helped everyone straighten up the small country house. Once everything had been cleaned, those who brought extra clothes got dressed.
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