Leaving The Past Behind {Ryan}

[clairebear]

10th June, 2009

Claire was excited, why was she excited? Because Peter was marrying Becca in two days time, and she was going to be a bridesmaid. She couldn't wait for the big day, finally something to be happy about. After everything which had gone wrong in the past few months, Claire felt like it was time for some love and happiness in the air. She was also trying to build a relationship with Ryan, who was her uncle, even though he was the same age as she was. So they were more like cousins, or brother and sister.

She knew that Ryan had never truly forgiven himself for stabbing her that day, but honestly, Claire had got over it long ago. She knew why he had done it, to get to the phasing bitch behind her. If the situation had been reversed, she knew she would have done the exact same thing.

So, earlier in the day she had sent a text to Ryan telling him she was getting West to fly her over to meet him, and now she was here. She knocked on his door and then shouted through the letter box to him. "Ry, it's me, are you in? You better be in, because there's no way I can get back to Washington until West is finished his work." She shouted and laughed. She had arranged it by text earlier, so she knew he would be in, but Claire liked teasing with Ryan, as much as she liked teasing when she was in Peter's company.

[rocky5]

Ryan got home late last night. He was working on what he thought might be a big scoop on this newly formed punks with abilities. They used there powers for evil but the funny thing was they never killed there victims or stole large amounts of merchandise. They were just basically having fun causing havoc. Ryan didnt go to the company about it yet as he wanted to file a complete report and have some suspects at hand before he opened the case. Ryan stumbled into his house around two in the mourning. He stumbled to his couch and passed out before he could take his muddy shoes off.

The vibration of Clairs text woke Ryan. He emiditly went to grab his pocket were his phone had remained since yesterday. He sliped his hand inside and pulled out the phone. Reading the message it said it was from Claire and that she would be flying down here with West. Ryan smirked after trying to focaus on the blury words since he had just woke up. He clicked reply, " Sure thing, come on by im just waking up." He told himself as he text back. He took a moment to lie down and collect his thoughts. He then got up quickly and stretched out his tense muscles. Hearing the bones crack and a sigh of relief.

Ryan decided to take a shower and wake up. He ran the hot water down his body massaging his joints. It was a very long night for him and he was so tired. But he slept for a few hours and felt like it was the best feeling in the world. He was up and now ready for anything. Ryan chose to wear his green button down shirt with a plan dark green shirt overlapping it. He had on stylish blue jeans to match. His shoes of course had to have the lime green color of the shirt with a blue swade niki check and white laces. If there was one thing Ryan knew how to do it was how to dress. He got that from his mother. He hard a Knock on the door. Figuring it must be Claire he finished lacing up his shoes and hurried over. He heard her joke around from behind the door as he made his way to it. " Coming." He called out. Ryan opened the door laughing at her. " Hey Claire." He greeted her with a small hug. Ryan figured that since there family they should be allowed to hug each other. He backed away giving them some space. " Want to come in for a sec? " He asked her. " Im just finishing getting ready I just need to put some deodorant on and then we can dash on out of here." Ryan told as he turned his back an walked inside.

(OOC: Argh i got used to the quick spell check back on TBE lol)

[clairebear]

{OOC I'll add the code in and if Mich isn't happy with it, she can take it back down I guess.}

Claire stood outside Ryan's door waiting for him to reply to her. She wasn't too bothered if he wasn't in, because even if West couldn't come and fly her back, if she told Nathan she was stranded he would fly her back. But she had got a reply text from Ryan telling her she could come over. He had said in his text he was just waking up however, and she had sent the text around eleven in the morning. She figured someone must have had a bad night last night.

However, she grinned when she heard Ryan's voice saying he was 'coming', so he was in. She was still laughing over joking with him before. She should have known he'd be at home, he wouldn't have told her to come over otherwise. As she waited for the door to open, Claire thought to herself, she was glad that Nathan had finally forgiven Ryan for what he had done. It took him long enough, and enough begging from Claire to see it from her point of view and he finally relented. Now all that needed to happen was for Nathan and Ryan to actually spend a bit of time to get to know one another.

When the door opened, Ryan was laughing also, which was cool in Claire's opinion. "Hey Ryan." She replied his greeting and hugged him back when he hugged her. He asked if she wanted to come in for a second while he finished off getting ready. "Sure, I can come in." She replied with a smile, now that she had stopped laughing, just. She stepped inside and followed Ryan to which ever room he was going to.

"Oh Ryan, I have to go for my final dress fitting today, do you want to come with me? It shouldn't take too much time away from what we want to do, and you get to see a sneak peek at my peach bridesmaid dress." Claire said with a grin, she really was quite happy about being Becca's bridesmaid, or one of them at least, she knew Molly was going to be one as well.

[rocky5]

Ryan and Nathan were two very different people. Dispute that Ryan could never forgive himself for what he had done to Claire he still would feel awkward talking with her father. That man just had a way about him that Ryan didn't like. He was the president for criss sakes. That was intimidating enough. Ryan thought Nathan took after his father to much. They enjoyed toying with people. Ryan had read his files in the company. Everyone had a file Ryan included. It was the quickest way to find information on specials. Ryan thought in time they would have to meet and at least try to get along.

Claire was smiling as Ryan opened the door. She decided to come in while he finished getting ready. " I'll be quick, It wont take to long." He told Claire. Ryan walked over to his stair case. He zoomed up to his bedroom were he scanned his surroundings for his Cologne. It was an Axe bottle that he had recently bought at wall mart. He just loved that store. You could find anything and everything there for low prices and the costumer service there was pretty good. Theres always some worker walking around with nothing to do. Ryan found his newly peachiest Cologne. He put it on and took a deep breath, smelling its sent. " Minimum" He hummed.

Ryan made his way downstairs as to not keep Claire waiting. Ryan saw Claire standing there waiting for him to finish. " All set Claire." He told her as he grabbed his house keys and wallet. Claire then mentioned something about getting her dress fitting or something. It was peach. Ryan thought to himself for a bit then answered as he cough himself staring in deep thought. " Oh yeah lets go. Just one question though," He Begin to ask. " Is there a color pallet that were spoused to go by?" And then he did. " My Tux is white with black designs. I had it laying around from a meeting I went to last year. Don't think it goes with peach though." Ryan explained. If so he would need a new tux himself.

[clairebear]

{Just to let you know, I am now also share playing Nathan as well as Peter - so if you want Nathan and Ryan to meet and get a relationship going - well anytime you're free}

Claire smiled as Ryan said he would be quick and it wouldn't take long. She knew he wouldn't keep her, but really Claire wasn't overly worried. It's not like she was in any hurry or anything, although she did say to the woman at the shop she would be there for her fitting around two in the afternoon and it was already getting on for one now. However, Ryan was back down into the living room before she knew it. She inhaled deeply as he went past her, and she couldn't help but think his aftershave, cologne or deodorant, what ever he was wearing was really nice. Of course she didn't get a chance to ask right away, since he spoke the minute he came in, saying he was ready. "Awesome Ry." She said with a smile.

"What is that you're wearing Ryan?" Claire asked, she couldn't help it, she wanted to know, because she might be tempted to buy it for West. "The scent I mean." She added just to clarify, in case he thought she was commenting on his dress sense, which she didn't have to comment on, because Ryan always looked very well dressed. Must be a trait in the Petrelli family she thought to herself, as she looked down at what she was wearing herself. Tightly fitting yellow cross over top and brand new unfaded jeans.

Claire was glad Ryan didn't seem to mind too much about her having to go for the final dress fitting, and then he asked about his tux and colour schemes. Claire wasn't completely sure whether there was a set colour scheme or not, and as much as the suit he described sounded flashy, she didn't think it would fit with the wedding party. "Hmm, maybe not Ry, I know West's suit is grey and I think Peter and his groomsmen are all wearing black, so maybe grey would go best with the peach, although I do believe Molly's dress is white with peach through it, not sure. I have a party dress for later though, and it's purple." Claire said and then took in a deep breath, realising she had said all of that without a break as such.

"So, yeah maybe a grey suit would be better." She finally added, as she made her way to his house door. Then she looked at him and winked, "Maybe I can help you choose one, I mean, you're going to have at least one dance with me, aren't you?" She asked him with a mischievous look on her face. She was teasing Ryan really, but she wouldn't say no to having a dance with him. I mean, he was damned handsome, just like all the men in her family.

[rocky5]

As Ryan told Claire that he was ready she responded. She called him Ry. Rebekah was the only person who used to call him that. Ryan didn't mind it. He actually smirked because he liked being called that. It made him feel like a close personal friend. Maybe they were bounding faster then he had thought at first. It was a good feeling to have he would have to think off a nick name for her. He joked around in his head for a moment. (Laire, Cla, Air he stoped at Air and realized there was just no use in calling her by a shorter name. Claire bear was a nickname given to her by her father from what Ryan over heard one night between a conversation between Noah and Angela. But he couldn't call her that. He also knew people called her the Cheerleader. Thats when Ryan got it.

He would tell her his new nickname for her soon enough as they were about to go. Claire then asked what he was wearing. Ryan shrugged, " Just some Axe dark chocolate spray. I like the way it smells." He replied. " Why you think I put to much on?" He asked her making sure he didn't over do it and smelled like a locker room filled with different scents. Ryan noticed Claire looked very cute today. He would just have to say something about it later on. As she answered Ryan's question he knew it was coming. He needed to bye a new tux after all. Ryan normally wasn't good at picking out outfits. Or well so he thought, He just picked anything he liked and throw it all together. Somehow everything worked and people even stop to compliment him. Its a hidden ability Ryan had. " Yeah guess ill need to bye a new one." He told her. Claire then told her that she wanted a dance with him at the party. Ryan bowed rolling his hand. " But of course my lady, At the ball we shall dance like theirs no tomorrow. " He replied in a British accent.

" Lets go Pom pom." He jokingly said to her. That was her new nickname and Ryan absolutely loved it. Weather Claire shared his enthusiasm for it or not. He made his way out the door. following Claire. He knew they would be taking his car since West flew her down she had no real ride. Ryan wondered what West was going to do now. " So did your boy friend just fly to another state to drop you off or dose he have something to do here?" Ryan asked her trying not to be to personal.

(OOC: Cool maybe one of them could come in later if you want. and also sorry its short. time management XD oh and ive got an update on my work hours. Apparently my boss got mad at me and my freind RJ for working all these hours and we cant get overtime anymore. So i should be active here agian for the most part.)

[clairebear]

Claire giggled slightly when Ryan asked if he'd put too much cologne on, just because she had asked him what he was wearing. "No, course you haven't, just liked the scent of it, wondered what it was, might buy some for West." She said and smiled at Ryan. Then they of course got talking about the dress code for the wedding. When Claire said that he would have to buy a new suit she wondered if he'd be annoyed by that, but she also figured, being a part of the Petrelli family, even if he did go by the name Linderman, he would have the money to do such a thing.

"I'm sure we'll get you a fantastic suit between us." Claire said with a smile and then laughed when Ryan put on his British accent saying that they would dance at the ball like there was no tomorrow. "Well, I'm sure West might want to dance with me sometime, but that's great." Claire replied and shook her head between laughter. He really was rather funny and Claire liked that, she liked that about most of the Petrelli family, most of them had a good sense of humour and enjoyed teasing the hell out of the other.

When Ryan called her Pom Pom, Claire just looked at him with a raised eyebrow, then grinned, rolled her eyes and laughed. "Well it's better than Cheerleader, and only Noah gets to call me Claire Bear." The nicknames that she could be called. She had to admit that Claire Bear was probably her best, because it was so like those bears she loved as a young child, The Care Bears. The only nickname she could say she didn't really like was Cheerleader, but that's only because it's what Elle calls her, and she says it in such a patronising way that Claire hates it. So really, Pom Pom was quite cute.

"Actually, I kind of like it." Claire then added in a soft voice, as she shook her head and continued to smile at him. It didn't take them long to reach Ryan's car and Claire immediately made her way to the passenger side, not that she couldn't drive, but well, this wasn't her car. Then Ryan asked her about West. "Actually, he's my husband Ryan, not just my boyfriend, have you forgotten that?" She asked and laughed, and then answered the rest of the question. "No, he had to get back to Washington, something going on over there with his job." Claire replied, and then waited for Ryan to start the engine and get them to where they needed to be.

{Alright, I guess I could bring Nathan in, he could be the one to come collect her and that's what gets Ryan and Nathan talking - but a bit later on in the thread, as I don't want to have too many double posts to make lol}

[rocky5]

Ryan blew out a sigh of relief as Claire had told him that it wasn't to much cologne. He smirked a bit and then told her were he had bought it. " Oh this is called dark chocolate made by Axe. I got it the other day while i was at wall mart." He explained to her. " If West would like it your in luck because its cheap. " He told her. You would never guess it was cheap tho because of how it smelled. Ryan Nodded at the dancing suggestion and that he knew West would get some time in with her. Ryan would have to dance with others also. He couldn't wait. " Yeah one dance wont kill anyone tho." He giggled " I should dance with my mom and sister Rebekah. " Ryan told her, " Oh yeah I'm not sure you to ever met. You would hit it off with her you guys seem like you'll get along relay well. " Ryan told her then he looked into a empty space talking to Claire still but more like saying it for himself. " Shes the one person that kept me sane threw my childhood."

It seemed Claire liked the little nickname Ryan had given her. He smiled as he felt like finally he had called someone something different without them getting offended. He was relay bad at nicknames. Ryan hadn't relay had that much practice. He hadn't had allot of Friends for a while because of his fathers name and because of his distant past. Ryan was always remembering his past when he tried so hard to forget it. But it was apart of him and something not easily forgotten. Ryan got in the drivers side of the car. He shut the door and started it up as Claire told him that West was her husband.

"Oh relay?" He asked surprised the wedding already happened. " I haven't relay been informed of that. Things were pretty busy with my life these past few years. I've been swamped with work." Ryan had to admit, He was a little embarrassed. " So how is the life of the wife?" He tried to cover up with corny comedy rhyming his words. They took off heading twords the place to get Claire's dress and a suit for Ryan.

[clairebear]

{ooc - just like it eh? When we start this thread, I had an active West - and now he's gone. I'm giving up trying to keep Claire and West together. Carry it on for the rest of this thread now I guess, but they wont be together in the end after all. Hoping for someone to make me a new guy for her.}

Claire grinned and rolled her eyes at Ryan when she saw him blow out a sigh of relief. He had really thought the cologne was too strong, or too much. He then went on to tell her what it was called and where he had got it. Even though Claire could afford much more expensive scents, she'd make sure to take a note of that one. "Thanks Ry, got it logged in my memory bank." She laughed then.

There was that name again, Rebekah. She'd heard it mentioned a few times now. Once or twice by Nathan and Peter, even though neither of them had met yet, and Claire hadn't either. But she knew that Angela had adopted her, and so, she figured if that was the case, she must have been a pretty nice girl to know and have around. "Of course you got to dance with your mom and sister. But like you say, one or two together wont hurt." Claire thought it would be cool to dance with Ryan. It was weird, they were the same age and he was technically her uncle. Weird.

"I'm sure we would hit it off, maybe one day we might be lucky enough to meet, you never know." Claire said softly, she liked the fact he was speaking so fondly of his sister, it was nice to hear a brother speak that way of his sister, whether she was adopted or not. He then said something else, Claire smiled at that, "Well it's nice to have someone on your side when you're growing up. Wished I had known Peter from a baby." She shrugged as she said that, because nothing could be done about it now.

Claire shook her head, "You probably weren't informed, because we've had nothing but problems since we first got married. He keeps doing these disappearing acts on me, although he's promised he wont do it again, but he was supposed to come with me today, and well, he wasn't able to." Claire said it in a rather annoying voice. She hated when West did these disappearing acts, and although deep down she really did love him in many ways, she wasn't sure she could put up with it for too much longer.

It hadn't taken them long to get to the shop where Claire needed to go to get fitted for her dress. Final fitting, she was really excited. "We're here." She wasn't sure if Ryan knew where she was to go, so thought she should let him know, so once he had pulled up at a decent parking spot, Claire got out and waited for Ryan before she went marching into the shop.

{ooc - another thing - I know it might be difficult for you to remember, but can you try and not leave a space between the " and your speech - as it makes it difficult for me to tell when you've started your character saying something.

Example:

One of you're speech lines
" Claire went into the shop. "

One of mine
"Claire went into the shop."

I know it might not be that much different to you - but it makes a helluva difference in amongst a lot of thoughts and description lol - thanks}