Staring at Ryan's angry face, Alec can feel his heart beating hard in his chest. What had happened? What had he done that was so wrong? Why was she yelling at him? All he wanted was to talk with her. He'd tried to be nice about it, but Tal was the one who had exploded. It didn't make sense. None of it did. The woman he'd seen just a couple days ago... seemed to no longer exist. The smile. The warmth. Gone.
As Ryan walks away, Alec's feet remained glued in their spot. Throwing up his hands, he intends to holler after her, but no words seemed to do justice. She'd thrown him for a loop and he was landing face-first on this one.
Hearing Ryan, Tal resists the urge to just get into his car and leave right now. Leaning against his car, his fingers strum nervously on the roof as he refuses to turn and look at her. Alec may not have had a right to say the things he did, but who was to say they weren't true? It was becoming more and more apparent that Ryan's heart was split. Maybe she'd made the conscious effort to pick Tal, but right about now, he wondered if it was even real.
Finally pushing off the car, he turns. Leaning one arm on the roof, his eyes lock with Ryan's, with a stare he'd never used before. It was dark. Confused. Hurt. His ears pick up the sound of Alec's bike leaving, and he ignores it, holding his stare.
Heading back down the hall, Rosalyn feels much better. She didn't have a change of clothes here, but at least she'd been able to wash her face, pull her hair back into a loose ponytail, and brush her teeth.
Still in her bare feet, she pads into the kitchen to find Chad at the coffee pot - he must have been the one to make it, and she was grateful. Smiling just a little shyly, she comes up to him and slips her arms around his waist, leaning her head on his chest and sighing deeply. "I wish I didn't have to work in here this morning... I'd rather just go hide somewhere with you."
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