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My story. It turned into fanfiction. A Magnificent Seven (the
TV series) and The Losers crossover. Yes, there is some OCs in here but
I'm hoping it's still good.
Family is
Everything and Everywhere
by Aira Silver
The Beginning:
Sometimes I wonder
what would happen if I had been born into a different family. Not
that it would have made a big difference. I mean I wouldn't have met
the family I have now if I had been born into a different family.
I met my family when
I went with my friend/sister to her friend's wedding. She was in the
wedding and wanted me to come along with her. I agreed. So when it
moved from the venue in Pa to Colorado, I was reluctantly dragged
along.
Stepping off the plane,
Rie followed Mary through the airport. Alissa was lightly jumping
and Rie rolled her eyes. “Calm down Alissa. You said they be here
so they will. Whoever it is again.”
“My Uncle and his team
Rie, that's who are meeting us.” Alissa lightly answered.
Rie nodded and went to
grab her bags, Lissa' s and Mary's which she handed over to them.
Turning she screamed at the men that had just showed up. Alissa
gasped and ran to hug the oldest looking man. “Uncle Josiah!”
“Hi Alissa. Sorry my
dear, didn't mean to scare you.” Josiah Sanchez apologized to Rie.
Taking a deep breath,
Rie gave the men a shy smile. “It's fine. I shouldn't have
screamed, done enough of that at work.”
“Rie?” Mary
questioned.
“Nothing Mary. Um,
can we go now?” Rie glanced to the side and then back at Alissa.
Following Rie's gaze,
Alissa and Mary quickly moved to block the elder woman. “Let's
go.” Josiah ordered as two of the men moved off.
The women followed and
Alissa quickly started to question how Josiah was doing. Rie and
Mary followed not speaking. The men who had disappeared came back
and got into a couple of cars. Rie's phone went off making her roll
her eyes after she glanced at it. “Idiot, told him I call him
later tonight.” she muttered under her breath.
Mary giggled. “You
know he's impatient. You have the same impatience you do realize.”
“Yeah, Yeah. No, I'm
not answering it. I don't think you all want to hear me curse.”
Rie barely finished
speaking before Mary's phone went off. Before Rie could stop her,
Mary had answered. “Hey Addy. Yes, she's here. Told us she
doesn't want us to hear her curse.” Mary grinned. “I'll tell
her, hold on a second.”
“Hey, Rie, Addy said
to tell you that he's coming from the base and that you better not do
anything without him.”
Stealing Mary's phone,
Rie blushed at the look she was receiving from the men in the car
with them. “Hades, Addy tell us when you are close and we'll tell
you were we are.”
Hanging up the phone she
handed it back to Mary. “We almost there? I want to get settled in
before Addy comes.”
The blond driving the
truck, Chris Larabee, spoke as he changed direction. “We are here.
Call the others JD. Tell them to get comfortable. I want to meet
this Addy guy.”
The women glanced at
each but got out. “Think we should warn Addy?” Alissa asked
softly.
“Nope. It's his own
fault for not speaking to them. So let him deal with it himself.”
Mary smirked.
Rie and Alissa agreed as
they followed the men into the hotel. Inside their rooms the women
quickly put their suitcases away and then met up in the main room
again. Rie texted Addy and then shut it with a smirk. “Mr.
Larabee, if you are going to yell please do it when we are hiding
from Addy. He's going to bitch when he finds out we didn't warn
him.” Alissa requested.
Chris raised a brow but
agreed. Ten minutes later a call came up to the room. The three
women quickly disappeared, as the men got comfortable. JD opened the
door at the knock and got out of the way, staring. He wasn't the
only one. “Adam?” Buck Wilmington gaped.
“Uncle Buck? What the
hell? Okay, where are they? Rieann Elizabeth White! Mary Sarah Ann
Sage! Alissa Michelle Sanchez! This is not a time to be hiding! I
know you three are here, show yourselves.” Adam ordered darkly.
Rie walked into view
with the other two behind her. “Hey Addy.”
“You knew?”
“I just figured it out
when on our way here.” Rie admitted.
Adam rolled his eyes.
“Whatever. I'm staying the night. The others will be showing up
tomorrow. Where's Roy, Alissa?”
“He's coming tomorrow
also. Needed to get his cousin. Um, Rie...”Alissa looked at the
eldest.
Rie sighed. “I'll
worry about it tomorrow. Let's just spend the rest of the night
getting to know each other.”
The others agreed. For
the rest of the night they all talked. Chris yelled and the girls
watched, not hiding at all but with large grins on their faces. They
thought this was awesome while the other six men thought it wasn't
fun at all. “Oh calm down. Addy and his dad will get along.”
Rie sighed.
After that it was back
to normal. Well as normal as it could get with eight men and three
women sharing a three bedroom hotel apartment. Addy and Chris, after
they calmed down, slept in Rie's room. Josiah slept in Alissa's and
Nathan's in Mary's. Vin, Ezra, and JD slept in the main room.
Rie woke up to find
herself facing Addy. Chris, she noticed when she sat up was laying
across the bottom of the bed. Climbing out of bed, Rie smiled softly
at Chris who woke up when she moved. “Morning Chris. Addy, wake
up. The rest of your team is showing up soon.”
Addy woke up and rolled
over. “Morning Pa, Rie.”
Rie disappeared into the
adjoining bathroom as the men finished getting up. Chris and Adam
cleaned up when Rie came out and then joined the others in the main
room. Raising a brow at the men waiting for them, Adam spoke, a
dangerous lilt in his voice. “I don't care if you are here for the
wedding, hurt Rie or the others and I will kill you. Understand
Thomas?”
Thomas sneered. “Fine.
Roy, I'll go stay in another hotel. Don't want to dirty myself with
people underneath me.”
“Go do that. Jensen
makes sure he gets one far away from here. Larabee, nice to see you
again.” Franklin Clay strolled into view with his team.
Roque glanced around
before smirking at Rie as he moved over to Mary. “So this is where
you are staying. Nice. Sleep with anyone yet Rie?”
Blushing Rie flipped
Roque off. “Asshole.”
Jensen came back as Mary
was chastising Roque. Cougar was off to the side, watching
everything. He glanced up when Jensen joined him but then didn't
seem to pay attention. Jensen didn't care, he and the others were
used to Cougar's ways. Clay and Pooch were talking to Chris and Buck
as Roy was with Alissa. It was Rie who asked were Aisha was.
“Gone.” was the
short and cold answer Clay gave.
Rie hummed and before
anyone could stop her, hugged Clay. “It'll be fine. You'll see.”
Clay stared at Rie who
ignored him and plopped onto Cougar, after dragging him to the couch.
Cougar glared at Clay's look. Rie giggled as she got comfortable.
“So lets get to work on making sure everything is together awhile,
Alissa.”
Soon the girls are
talking about the wedding while the guys are just lounging around.
That and keeping an eye on Thomas who was going between staring at
Rie and the bedroom she had claimed as her own. Chris got fed up
when Thomas just watched the room Rie had disappeared into and
followed Rie.
Glancing up at the
shutting of her door, Rie raised a brow. “Everything alright?”
she asked.
“Thomas was looking
like he wanted to do something. Hoping this makes him back off.”
the blond answered as he went to sit on the end of the bed.
Rie hummed and grabbed
what she needed. Turning to Chris, she raised a brow. “Can I go
now please?”
Chris got off the bed
and opening the door followed Rie back into the main room. Thomas
was glaring at the door but turned back to face the others when Chris
glared at him.
The rest of the day was
without incident. Well except for Thomas trying to get on Rie's good
side but the males wouldn't let him.
Alissa squealed and
dragged Rie to a small area of the bridal shop. Pulling something on
the shelf, she pushed her companion to a dressing room. "Go try
this on Rie. It'll look awesome on you."
"I don't
think so but fine." Rie went to do as asked.
When she came
out, Mary had joined Alissa. Both of them grinned brightly. "Rie,
you need to get that dress. You look great in it."
The
dress they were talking about was a dark blue/green that flowed
against Rie's curves. It flared out a bit at the bottom but not
enough that Rie could trip on it. Rie glanced down and then in a
mirror. "I like it but what I wear it to or with? We already
got our dresses, just came in here for some shawls to go with the
dresses, remember."
"Rie, please tell me you noticed
how Addy's dad is watching you." Alissa gaped when Rie just
tilted her head in confusion. "Oh my God. You actually didn't
notice?"
"No." Rie shook her head.
Mary
groaned. "Lets just get the dress and the shawl. We can speak
more back at the hotel. The guys will all be out or at work so it'll
be safe."
Rie nodded and followed the other two to the
counter and then out of the shop. The three women were quiet as they
got into a cab to go back to the hotel. Once back inside the hotel
room Mary and Alissa talked to Rie. They tried to make Rie see what
they thought they saw but couldn't change her mind. At all. She
didn't believe them and wouldn't know matter what they said.
The wedding drew closer
and closer. Rie got closer to Adam, his father, and the rest of Team
7. Cougar and the others got an assignment and left, saying they
hoped to be back in time for the wedding but not really knowing. Rie
knew though that they wouldn't and just stuck closer to Buck, Chris,
and the others.
It worked, at first. Thomas left her alone so
Rie relaxed. The wedding was only two weeks away and Alissa was
freaking out. Roy and Josiah let Rie and Mary calm the bride down.
Mary's way of calming Alissa down was to let her do what she wanted,
change what she thought needed changed. Rie's way was to drag Alissa
out to see Denver. To get away from all the wedding stuff.
Alissa was grateful to
both of them and it showed when instead of a big bachorlette party
she just asked if the girls could hang out in their hotel room. The
rest of the bridal and groom party let Alissa do what she wanted.
Rie was concentrating so
much on the wedding that she totally forgot about Thomas. Two days
before the wedding and Rie decided to go out for a walk and to get
away from the chaos that was going on in the hotel room. She didn't
think of Thomas at all. She thought of nothing, just moved through
the streets. It was turning twilight when Rie decided to start back
to the hotel room.
The closer she got Rie
started to think. She wondered where Thomas had gotten to because
she hadn't seen him the last couple of days. Rie got her answer when
Thomas grabbed her. Rie screamed and struggled but couldn't get
free. She was dragged into a car which Thomas started up. Rie went
to open the door but Thomas locked the car. Slugging her, the male
disappeared with Rie.
Hours later Rie was
dropped off in front of the hotel. Maude Standish, who was meeting
Ezra and had come with the losers who were making it to the wedding,
found her. A call to 911 and then Maude was calling her son.
Rie awoke to Mary and
Alissa both asleep on either side of her bed. Moaning softly, Rie
closed her eyes when two shouts were heard. Calming down the girls
hugged her tightly. Rie returned the hugs as best as she could.
“Hey.” she whispered roughly.
Mary gave her some water
as Alissa pressed the button to bring the nurse. The nurse came and
disappeared to get the doctor as Rie asked how long she had been out.
The day of the wedding
had come and passed but Alissa and Roy had not gotten married. Rie
glared at Alissa when she heard that. “You can't get that church
for another four years, Alissa! You should have gotten married.”
“No. Thomas was
missing and you were in the hospital because of him. Besides, we put
everything to use.” Alissa pointed out.
Rie raised a brow and
Mary pipped up. “We let a couple from the base that wanted to get
married but couldn't since they were shipping off, today actually,
have and use everything except the wedding gifts. They were just
thankful to get married. It was beautiful.”
Rie didn't get to answer
because the doctor came and the other two women were asked to wait in
the hall. Once done with the check up, they were allowed back in the
room. Sitting on either side of Rie the trio of friends were told
that Rie was going to be allowed to go home. But it wouldn't be until
the next day because the hospital wanted to make sure that everything
was good before letting Rie go. The women thanked the doctor and
watched as he and the nurses left. Turning to Rie, Alissa grinned at
her friend. “Want to come to a wedding tomorrow?”
“What?” Rie gaped.
“Uncle Josiah was
going to perform our marriage. We can ask Chris but I don't think
he'll mind if we use his ranch. Especially since you'll be
recovering there for a while.” Alissa explained.
“Um, I don't think so.
I don't know him that well and I really don't want to intrude.”
Rie protested.
Alissa and Mary ignored
the elder's protests. Instead they changed the subject and kept Rie
occupied until Cougar and Jensen got there. They were going to be
her guards, Rie found out. Thomas was still gone and Chris and Clay
didn't want Rie to be by herself, even if it was a hospital. Alissa
and Mary were being escorted back by Roque who be taking over later
on. Clay was working with Chris to arrest Thomas so they wouldn't be
around until Rie got to Chris's ranch.
Thomas had impressive
rap. Besides kidnapping and rape, he had murder and assault on his
permenant record. Roy had known his cousin had gotten in trouble
with the law but not everything. He was doing everything to help
find him. “He's been after Rie since he first met her. She was
lucky the first time that I interrupted him because who knows what he
would have done. I wish she had been just as lucky this time.”
Roy thought Rie would
blame him for letting Thomas come to the wedding and see her again.
He regretted letting Thomas become fixated on Rie again.
Rie didn't blame Roy.
The only one she blamed was Thomas. Maybe herself also but Jensen
slapped her lightly and scolded her for thinking that. “The only
one at fault is that bastard. You went for a walk, you weren't at
fault for trying to take a breath from what was going on with the
wedding. The bastard wanted you to much and didn't care what he had
to do. He would have gotten you somehow even if we did our best to
protect you.”
Cougar agreed in his own
way. A nod and a light slap to tell Jensen to be quiet. Rie giggled
and fell asleep. She slept well that night. She never woke when the
nurses checked on her or when Chris came in. Cougar and Jensen went
back to the hotel, leaving Chris to watch Rie.
Thomas had been found.
Not in time to help the women he had with her but before he left the
city for good. Chris, left the paperwork for after the wedding and
went to spend the rest of the night watching over Rie. Adam joined
his father and shrugged at Chris's look. “I didn't feel like
staying with Uncle Buck and the others at the ranch or the hotel.”
He answered keeping his voice low.
Not that it made a
difference. Rie never woke up. Not even when Adam got in with her
and she rolled into him. Chris shook his head at his children and
fell asleep in the chair Alissa had been using. He pulled it close
and ended up with one hand in Rie's hair. The nurses thought the
trio were adorable and left them alone.
The next morning Rie
awoke to see Chris awake and watching them. Adam groaned and sat up
gently. “Thought I wasn't going to see you until later.” Rie
finally spoke to Chris.
“We got Thomas so I
came here. Adam decided to join me.” Chris answered.
The nurse came in and
smiled at Rie. “Ready to go? I know it's early but the doctor
said you can go whenever you want.”
Rie's smile got bigger.
“Yes please. I'm ready to go see the ranch.”
The nurse gave Rie the
discharge papers which she filled out and then handed to Chris.
Chris looked them over and updated them before giving them back with
a small thank you to the nurse. The nurse disappeared and then came
back with a wheelchair. Adam kept Rie off the thought of using the
wheelchair by telling her about the ranch.
The trio soon left the
hospital and went toward the ranch. At the ranch Rie was jumped on
with squeals from Alissa and Mary. She was dragged to a room where
the girls spent two hours changing. The rest of the house was
getting ready for the wedding of Alissa and Roy.
The wedding went
beautifully. Rie watched from beside Adam as Josiah married his
niece and her fiancee. The food was just barbeque food but no one
seemed to care. They were all just happy that they could witness
something so heart fully beautiful.
The day the wedding was
supposed to be on was a tragic day. The day the wedding happened
turned out to be a better day in it's own way. Rie didn't think
anything would top this day, at least not until Mary or her got
married in the future.
The End Or Is It The
Beginning?
I found my place,
my family. My father is the man my friends thought was interested in
me. He was but not in the way of a father/brother. He didn't see me
like Mary and Alissa thought he did. He saw me as he saw Addy. It
wouldn't have worked out anyways. I was Addy's age, just three years
older.
Addy, Addy was my strength. He still is. He stayed with
me as Clay ruined Thomas. He told me not to let Thomas win, to get
back up. I actually reacted, I screamed until my breath was gone, at
him. Addy let me and I love him for it.
I opened up more since
I came to Colorado. A lot more which I know I'm glad of. So is Mary
and Alissa and Roy. I think my shutting down scared them. I know it
scared me. It scared me so much but I was to out of it to try and
pull myself up and try and be myself again.
The wedding helped.
It let me meet Addy again and his father. His father who helped me
like Addy did and still is. I was pulled from my worse place and
brought back to my best, if not better place. I don't ever see
myself going back to that place. I have too many people who won't
let me.
For that I am grateful. For my family and the love they
show me every single day. For everything I have gone through and
still go through, I'm not alone. I know I can get through everything
with my family's help.
I might not think so
when I am down but I know someone will be there to bring me up. I
just got to remember, I'm not alone. I won't ever be alone.
TV series) and The Losers crossover. Yes, there is some OCs in here but
I'm hoping it's still good.
Family is
Everything and Everywhere
by Aira Silver
The Beginning:
Sometimes I wonder
what would happen if I had been born into a different family. Not
that it would have made a big difference. I mean I wouldn't have met
the family I have now if I had been born into a different family.
I met my family when
I went with my friend/sister to her friend's wedding. She was in the
wedding and wanted me to come along with her. I agreed. So when it
moved from the venue in Pa to Colorado, I was reluctantly dragged
along.
Stepping off the plane,
Rie followed Mary through the airport. Alissa was lightly jumping
and Rie rolled her eyes. “Calm down Alissa. You said they be here
so they will. Whoever it is again.”
“My Uncle and his team
Rie, that's who are meeting us.” Alissa lightly answered.
Rie nodded and went to
grab her bags, Lissa' s and Mary's which she handed over to them.
Turning she screamed at the men that had just showed up. Alissa
gasped and ran to hug the oldest looking man. “Uncle Josiah!”
“Hi Alissa. Sorry my
dear, didn't mean to scare you.” Josiah Sanchez apologized to Rie.
Taking a deep breath,
Rie gave the men a shy smile. “It's fine. I shouldn't have
screamed, done enough of that at work.”
“Rie?” Mary
questioned.
“Nothing Mary. Um,
can we go now?” Rie glanced to the side and then back at Alissa.
Following Rie's gaze,
Alissa and Mary quickly moved to block the elder woman. “Let's
go.” Josiah ordered as two of the men moved off.
The women followed and
Alissa quickly started to question how Josiah was doing. Rie and
Mary followed not speaking. The men who had disappeared came back
and got into a couple of cars. Rie's phone went off making her roll
her eyes after she glanced at it. “Idiot, told him I call him
later tonight.” she muttered under her breath.
Mary giggled. “You
know he's impatient. You have the same impatience you do realize.”
“Yeah, Yeah. No, I'm
not answering it. I don't think you all want to hear me curse.”
Rie barely finished
speaking before Mary's phone went off. Before Rie could stop her,
Mary had answered. “Hey Addy. Yes, she's here. Told us she
doesn't want us to hear her curse.” Mary grinned. “I'll tell
her, hold on a second.”
“Hey, Rie, Addy said
to tell you that he's coming from the base and that you better not do
anything without him.”
Stealing Mary's phone,
Rie blushed at the look she was receiving from the men in the car
with them. “Hades, Addy tell us when you are close and we'll tell
you were we are.”
Hanging up the phone she
handed it back to Mary. “We almost there? I want to get settled in
before Addy comes.”
The blond driving the
truck, Chris Larabee, spoke as he changed direction. “We are here.
Call the others JD. Tell them to get comfortable. I want to meet
this Addy guy.”
The women glanced at
each but got out. “Think we should warn Addy?” Alissa asked
softly.
“Nope. It's his own
fault for not speaking to them. So let him deal with it himself.”
Mary smirked.
Rie and Alissa agreed as
they followed the men into the hotel. Inside their rooms the women
quickly put their suitcases away and then met up in the main room
again. Rie texted Addy and then shut it with a smirk. “Mr.
Larabee, if you are going to yell please do it when we are hiding
from Addy. He's going to bitch when he finds out we didn't warn
him.” Alissa requested.
Chris raised a brow but
agreed. Ten minutes later a call came up to the room. The three
women quickly disappeared, as the men got comfortable. JD opened the
door at the knock and got out of the way, staring. He wasn't the
only one. “Adam?” Buck Wilmington gaped.
“Uncle Buck? What the
hell? Okay, where are they? Rieann Elizabeth White! Mary Sarah Ann
Sage! Alissa Michelle Sanchez! This is not a time to be hiding! I
know you three are here, show yourselves.” Adam ordered darkly.
Rie walked into view
with the other two behind her. “Hey Addy.”
“You knew?”
“I just figured it out
when on our way here.” Rie admitted.
Adam rolled his eyes.
“Whatever. I'm staying the night. The others will be showing up
tomorrow. Where's Roy, Alissa?”
“He's coming tomorrow
also. Needed to get his cousin. Um, Rie...”Alissa looked at the
eldest.
Rie sighed. “I'll
worry about it tomorrow. Let's just spend the rest of the night
getting to know each other.”
The others agreed. For
the rest of the night they all talked. Chris yelled and the girls
watched, not hiding at all but with large grins on their faces. They
thought this was awesome while the other six men thought it wasn't
fun at all. “Oh calm down. Addy and his dad will get along.”
Rie sighed.
After that it was back
to normal. Well as normal as it could get with eight men and three
women sharing a three bedroom hotel apartment. Addy and Chris, after
they calmed down, slept in Rie's room. Josiah slept in Alissa's and
Nathan's in Mary's. Vin, Ezra, and JD slept in the main room.
Rie woke up to find
herself facing Addy. Chris, she noticed when she sat up was laying
across the bottom of the bed. Climbing out of bed, Rie smiled softly
at Chris who woke up when she moved. “Morning Chris. Addy, wake
up. The rest of your team is showing up soon.”
Addy woke up and rolled
over. “Morning Pa, Rie.”
Rie disappeared into the
adjoining bathroom as the men finished getting up. Chris and Adam
cleaned up when Rie came out and then joined the others in the main
room. Raising a brow at the men waiting for them, Adam spoke, a
dangerous lilt in his voice. “I don't care if you are here for the
wedding, hurt Rie or the others and I will kill you. Understand
Thomas?”
Thomas sneered. “Fine.
Roy, I'll go stay in another hotel. Don't want to dirty myself with
people underneath me.”
“Go do that. Jensen
makes sure he gets one far away from here. Larabee, nice to see you
again.” Franklin Clay strolled into view with his team.
Roque glanced around
before smirking at Rie as he moved over to Mary. “So this is where
you are staying. Nice. Sleep with anyone yet Rie?”
Blushing Rie flipped
Roque off. “Asshole.”
Jensen came back as Mary
was chastising Roque. Cougar was off to the side, watching
everything. He glanced up when Jensen joined him but then didn't
seem to pay attention. Jensen didn't care, he and the others were
used to Cougar's ways. Clay and Pooch were talking to Chris and Buck
as Roy was with Alissa. It was Rie who asked were Aisha was.
“Gone.” was the
short and cold answer Clay gave.
Rie hummed and before
anyone could stop her, hugged Clay. “It'll be fine. You'll see.”
Clay stared at Rie who
ignored him and plopped onto Cougar, after dragging him to the couch.
Cougar glared at Clay's look. Rie giggled as she got comfortable.
“So lets get to work on making sure everything is together awhile,
Alissa.”
Soon the girls are
talking about the wedding while the guys are just lounging around.
That and keeping an eye on Thomas who was going between staring at
Rie and the bedroom she had claimed as her own. Chris got fed up
when Thomas just watched the room Rie had disappeared into and
followed Rie.
Glancing up at the
shutting of her door, Rie raised a brow. “Everything alright?”
she asked.
“Thomas was looking
like he wanted to do something. Hoping this makes him back off.”
the blond answered as he went to sit on the end of the bed.
Rie hummed and grabbed
what she needed. Turning to Chris, she raised a brow. “Can I go
now please?”
Chris got off the bed
and opening the door followed Rie back into the main room. Thomas
was glaring at the door but turned back to face the others when Chris
glared at him.
The rest of the day was
without incident. Well except for Thomas trying to get on Rie's good
side but the males wouldn't let him.
Alissa squealed and
dragged Rie to a small area of the bridal shop. Pulling something on
the shelf, she pushed her companion to a dressing room. "Go try
this on Rie. It'll look awesome on you."
"I don't
think so but fine." Rie went to do as asked.
When she came
out, Mary had joined Alissa. Both of them grinned brightly. "Rie,
you need to get that dress. You look great in it."
The
dress they were talking about was a dark blue/green that flowed
against Rie's curves. It flared out a bit at the bottom but not
enough that Rie could trip on it. Rie glanced down and then in a
mirror. "I like it but what I wear it to or with? We already
got our dresses, just came in here for some shawls to go with the
dresses, remember."
"Rie, please tell me you noticed
how Addy's dad is watching you." Alissa gaped when Rie just
tilted her head in confusion. "Oh my God. You actually didn't
notice?"
"No." Rie shook her head.
Mary
groaned. "Lets just get the dress and the shawl. We can speak
more back at the hotel. The guys will all be out or at work so it'll
be safe."
Rie nodded and followed the other two to the
counter and then out of the shop. The three women were quiet as they
got into a cab to go back to the hotel. Once back inside the hotel
room Mary and Alissa talked to Rie. They tried to make Rie see what
they thought they saw but couldn't change her mind. At all. She
didn't believe them and wouldn't know matter what they said.
The wedding drew closer
and closer. Rie got closer to Adam, his father, and the rest of Team
7. Cougar and the others got an assignment and left, saying they
hoped to be back in time for the wedding but not really knowing. Rie
knew though that they wouldn't and just stuck closer to Buck, Chris,
and the others.
It worked, at first. Thomas left her alone so
Rie relaxed. The wedding was only two weeks away and Alissa was
freaking out. Roy and Josiah let Rie and Mary calm the bride down.
Mary's way of calming Alissa down was to let her do what she wanted,
change what she thought needed changed. Rie's way was to drag Alissa
out to see Denver. To get away from all the wedding stuff.
Alissa was grateful to
both of them and it showed when instead of a big bachorlette party
she just asked if the girls could hang out in their hotel room. The
rest of the bridal and groom party let Alissa do what she wanted.
Rie was concentrating so
much on the wedding that she totally forgot about Thomas. Two days
before the wedding and Rie decided to go out for a walk and to get
away from the chaos that was going on in the hotel room. She didn't
think of Thomas at all. She thought of nothing, just moved through
the streets. It was turning twilight when Rie decided to start back
to the hotel room.
The closer she got Rie
started to think. She wondered where Thomas had gotten to because
she hadn't seen him the last couple of days. Rie got her answer when
Thomas grabbed her. Rie screamed and struggled but couldn't get
free. She was dragged into a car which Thomas started up. Rie went
to open the door but Thomas locked the car. Slugging her, the male
disappeared with Rie.
Hours later Rie was
dropped off in front of the hotel. Maude Standish, who was meeting
Ezra and had come with the losers who were making it to the wedding,
found her. A call to 911 and then Maude was calling her son.
Rie awoke to Mary and
Alissa both asleep on either side of her bed. Moaning softly, Rie
closed her eyes when two shouts were heard. Calming down the girls
hugged her tightly. Rie returned the hugs as best as she could.
“Hey.” she whispered roughly.
Mary gave her some water
as Alissa pressed the button to bring the nurse. The nurse came and
disappeared to get the doctor as Rie asked how long she had been out.
The day of the wedding
had come and passed but Alissa and Roy had not gotten married. Rie
glared at Alissa when she heard that. “You can't get that church
for another four years, Alissa! You should have gotten married.”
“No. Thomas was
missing and you were in the hospital because of him. Besides, we put
everything to use.” Alissa pointed out.
Rie raised a brow and
Mary pipped up. “We let a couple from the base that wanted to get
married but couldn't since they were shipping off, today actually,
have and use everything except the wedding gifts. They were just
thankful to get married. It was beautiful.”
Rie didn't get to answer
because the doctor came and the other two women were asked to wait in
the hall. Once done with the check up, they were allowed back in the
room. Sitting on either side of Rie the trio of friends were told
that Rie was going to be allowed to go home. But it wouldn't be until
the next day because the hospital wanted to make sure that everything
was good before letting Rie go. The women thanked the doctor and
watched as he and the nurses left. Turning to Rie, Alissa grinned at
her friend. “Want to come to a wedding tomorrow?”
“What?” Rie gaped.
“Uncle Josiah was
going to perform our marriage. We can ask Chris but I don't think
he'll mind if we use his ranch. Especially since you'll be
recovering there for a while.” Alissa explained.
“Um, I don't think so.
I don't know him that well and I really don't want to intrude.”
Rie protested.
Alissa and Mary ignored
the elder's protests. Instead they changed the subject and kept Rie
occupied until Cougar and Jensen got there. They were going to be
her guards, Rie found out. Thomas was still gone and Chris and Clay
didn't want Rie to be by herself, even if it was a hospital. Alissa
and Mary were being escorted back by Roque who be taking over later
on. Clay was working with Chris to arrest Thomas so they wouldn't be
around until Rie got to Chris's ranch.
Thomas had impressive
rap. Besides kidnapping and rape, he had murder and assault on his
permenant record. Roy had known his cousin had gotten in trouble
with the law but not everything. He was doing everything to help
find him. “He's been after Rie since he first met her. She was
lucky the first time that I interrupted him because who knows what he
would have done. I wish she had been just as lucky this time.”
Roy thought Rie would
blame him for letting Thomas come to the wedding and see her again.
He regretted letting Thomas become fixated on Rie again.
Rie didn't blame Roy.
The only one she blamed was Thomas. Maybe herself also but Jensen
slapped her lightly and scolded her for thinking that. “The only
one at fault is that bastard. You went for a walk, you weren't at
fault for trying to take a breath from what was going on with the
wedding. The bastard wanted you to much and didn't care what he had
to do. He would have gotten you somehow even if we did our best to
protect you.”
Cougar agreed in his own
way. A nod and a light slap to tell Jensen to be quiet. Rie giggled
and fell asleep. She slept well that night. She never woke when the
nurses checked on her or when Chris came in. Cougar and Jensen went
back to the hotel, leaving Chris to watch Rie.
Thomas had been found.
Not in time to help the women he had with her but before he left the
city for good. Chris, left the paperwork for after the wedding and
went to spend the rest of the night watching over Rie. Adam joined
his father and shrugged at Chris's look. “I didn't feel like
staying with Uncle Buck and the others at the ranch or the hotel.”
He answered keeping his voice low.
Not that it made a
difference. Rie never woke up. Not even when Adam got in with her
and she rolled into him. Chris shook his head at his children and
fell asleep in the chair Alissa had been using. He pulled it close
and ended up with one hand in Rie's hair. The nurses thought the
trio were adorable and left them alone.
The next morning Rie
awoke to see Chris awake and watching them. Adam groaned and sat up
gently. “Thought I wasn't going to see you until later.” Rie
finally spoke to Chris.
“We got Thomas so I
came here. Adam decided to join me.” Chris answered.
The nurse came in and
smiled at Rie. “Ready to go? I know it's early but the doctor
said you can go whenever you want.”
Rie's smile got bigger.
“Yes please. I'm ready to go see the ranch.”
The nurse gave Rie the
discharge papers which she filled out and then handed to Chris.
Chris looked them over and updated them before giving them back with
a small thank you to the nurse. The nurse disappeared and then came
back with a wheelchair. Adam kept Rie off the thought of using the
wheelchair by telling her about the ranch.
The trio soon left the
hospital and went toward the ranch. At the ranch Rie was jumped on
with squeals from Alissa and Mary. She was dragged to a room where
the girls spent two hours changing. The rest of the house was
getting ready for the wedding of Alissa and Roy.
The wedding went
beautifully. Rie watched from beside Adam as Josiah married his
niece and her fiancee. The food was just barbeque food but no one
seemed to care. They were all just happy that they could witness
something so heart fully beautiful.
The day the wedding was
supposed to be on was a tragic day. The day the wedding happened
turned out to be a better day in it's own way. Rie didn't think
anything would top this day, at least not until Mary or her got
married in the future.
The End Or Is It The
Beginning?
I found my place,
my family. My father is the man my friends thought was interested in
me. He was but not in the way of a father/brother. He didn't see me
like Mary and Alissa thought he did. He saw me as he saw Addy. It
wouldn't have worked out anyways. I was Addy's age, just three years
older.
Addy, Addy was my strength. He still is. He stayed with
me as Clay ruined Thomas. He told me not to let Thomas win, to get
back up. I actually reacted, I screamed until my breath was gone, at
him. Addy let me and I love him for it.
I opened up more since
I came to Colorado. A lot more which I know I'm glad of. So is Mary
and Alissa and Roy. I think my shutting down scared them. I know it
scared me. It scared me so much but I was to out of it to try and
pull myself up and try and be myself again.
The wedding helped.
It let me meet Addy again and his father. His father who helped me
like Addy did and still is. I was pulled from my worse place and
brought back to my best, if not better place. I don't ever see
myself going back to that place. I have too many people who won't
let me.
For that I am grateful. For my family and the love they
show me every single day. For everything I have gone through and
still go through, I'm not alone. I know I can get through everything
with my family's help.
I might not think so
when I am down but I know someone will be there to bring me up. I
just got to remember, I'm not alone. I won't ever be alone.