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Post by just like gravity on Jun 13, 2006 11:49:53 GMT -5
ahh!! this is so intense!
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Post by smile♥ on Jun 13, 2006 14:38:19 GMT -5
The next morning, I packed everything and everyone back into my 4Runner and decided to head to California. I didn't like that the person I was trying to get away from knew where I was.
My phone began ringing as I began to get on the freeway. "Hello?" I asked as I put the phone between my shoulder and ear.
"Hey Ave, it's Tiff." She began. "I think Ted might possibly pay you a visit this morning."
"Why would you think that?"
"Well, he was over here when I was talking to you on the phone and he might've overheard us." She lied. "I didn't tell him where you are, though."
"You mean where I was?" I corrected her. "He stopped by around three. And I'm heading to California now."
"Why are you running from this?" She asked me curiously.
"What do you mean?"
"You've never ran from your problems, not even Corey. So why now? Why when the one person who you need more than anything disappoints you? I just don't get it. This isn't like you." I heard a dog bark in the background.
"I don't know. I can't explain it, but I can't go back right now." I told her. "Where are you?"
"I went over to your house to check on Ted, but he's not here, so I'm feeding Bullet for you guys." I missed Bullet. He always liked to hang around me. We had got him when I was eight months pregnant. "He won't eat, either, though. Must be something in the air." She laughed as I heard her tell him goodbye and close the door. "I think maybe you should come back. For everyone's sake."
"I can't. I have to go though, this traffic is starting to get pretty bad, so I'll call you when I get there, k?"
"Ok." I heard her sigh. "Bye."
I hung up as I turned the radio on and kept driving.
"...On the stereo, listening as we go, Nothing's gonna stop me now, California here we come..."
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Teddy woke from the only five minutes asleep he had acheived through the night. He pulled on the clothes he had had on the night before and checked out before climbing into his SUV. He headed towards her hotel, but stopped when he noticed her car was gone, and assumed she had checked out. He went to the desk and asked the same impatient lady if Avery had checked out.
"Sir," She began. "You're starting to look suspicious. But since I've seen you around here before, I won't call the cops. Yes she checked out this morning."
"Thank you." He said quietly as he headed back outside. He pulled his keys and cell phone out of his pocket and called Tiffany. "Tiff, don't hang up. It's Ted again. I just need to know where Avery is going."
"I.. um. I don't know." She lied again.
"Come on. Lying so much can't be good for the baby," he joked, involuntarily. "Please?"
"Ted. She's confused now. She doesn't know what to do." She told him. "But I have to go, I'm meeting up with Jess in California, and I have to pack." she hinted, hoping he would realize Jesse left for California in a week. "I'll talk to you later." She hung up with him and he sat his phone down in the seat next to him. His stomach began grumbling for the first time since before she left, and he stopped at a McDonald's to get some food.
He could hear tons of whispers as he walked in a ordered his food, fixed his drink, and sat down. A girl, looking to be about his age, but extremely tall and skinny, with short red hair and an approachable - looking face sat down at the small table next to his.
She turned towards him. "Excuse me, but aren't you Teddy Geiger?" He nodded. "I saw you in concert when I was seventeen. It was amazing."
"Thanks."
"So how is your family?" He really didn't know how to answer that question.
"Good." He lied and she nodded.
"That's good." She said. "I'll let you finish your food. I just wanted to say hi." She walked off to join her group of friends that looked to be fans themselves.
He walked to his car and sat in the driver's seat. "Jesse doesn't leave until next week." He knew what Tiffany was talking about, but Avery had told him to go home, which meant she didn't want to be chased. Maybe if he didn't follow her, she would come home on her own.
He turned the key and maneuvered his car to the freeway, headed for New York.
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I kept telling myself I was right in doing this as I checked into the hotel and took the sleepless Braydin and Cohen up to the room. They refused to sleep, no matter how tired they were. They rubbed their eyes and yawned, but nothing could get them to sleep. I layed them down on the second bed in the room, each between two pillows so they could roll off, and rubbed their foreheads. Soon, their eyes began to close and they fell asleep.
I went to stand on the balcony, with the door open, just in case they cried out for me, and looked out at the ocean. It was so much different than anywhere else I had ever seen.
My phone began to vibrate and I picked it up a tears started forming in my eyes. "Hello?"
"It's me." I heard him say. "I just want to tell you that I know you went to California, but I'm not following you. I want you to come back more than anything, but it's up to you. When you decide to come back, I'll be here waiting for you."
"Teddy..." I whispered as I started crying. I noticed he wasn't.
"Shh. Everything will be ok in the end." He told me. "I'll always be in love with you. I'll see you... whenever. Bye." He hung up and I sat down in the chair behind me and curled my knees up to my face.
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Two days went by, and I couldn't get my mind off him. I wasn't focusing so much on what he did anymore, but what I had done. Tiffany was right. I was the type to face my problems as I came to them, but for some reason, this time, I ran.
"Hello babies," I said in a baby voice to Braydin and Cohen. "What do you guys think? Is Mommy wrong?" I asked and they looked at me. Cohen hiccupped and Braydin looked at him and began babbling something.
"Da.. eee... o." He paused between each sound and looked at me then screamed it all together. "DAEEEO!" He smiled and then threw his pacifier to the gorund. I smiled at him and sat the both of them in their carriers.
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Teddy sat on the back porch of Tiffany and Jesse's house with a coke can in one hand and his cell phone laying next to him. He heard someone exit the house and make their way towards him.
"Hey man," Jesse said as he sat down next to him.
"I met her on a back porch," He said. "It was Tiffany's too." He smiled as he remembered that day. "She wasn't in a very good mood, either."
"She'll be back." Jesse told him as Tiffany came out of the house also.
"I just tried to call Avery and she's not answering." Teddy picked up his phone and began calling her and got no answer.
"She's probably not wanting to talk to anybody." He said sadly as it started to rain. "I'm going to head home," He stood up.
"You're going to walk all the way back?" Jesse asked him and he nodded. "In the rain?" He nodded again. "I can't give you a ride."
"I know, but I'd rather walk."
"Ok, man. See ya." Teddy waved over his shoulder as he began walking up the hill that led to his house in the pouring rain.
By the time he reached his house, he was completely soaked. He searched his pockets for his keys. He fumbled to find the right one and noticed headlights coming up the long driveway. He looked at them as they stopped and Avery jumped out to get the boys out of the back and into the house quickly. She didn't notice him standing on the porch, though.
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I pulled up to the house and quickly shut off the engine as I jumped out to take the kids in the house as fast as I could. I didn't want them to get too wet since it was still winter, so I draped a blanket over each carrier and then walked quickly up to the door.
"Avery." I heard Teddy say from his position a few feet away. He was propped up against the railing, watching me. I sat the kids down and walked towards him and wrapped my arms around his neck. I felt him put his hands on my back and dig his face into my neck. His warm breath reminded me of how could it was outside. I shivered and Cohen began crying. "Let's go inside." He said and he carefully unlocked the door and grabbed Cohen's carrier.
The warm air greeted me and gave my feet and hands that feeling like they're frozen meat being thawed out for cooking. He sang both boys to sleep after we fed them and then put them in their beds for the night.
"What made you come back?"
"It's not like me to run from a problem. Tiffany made me realize that, and I missed you. I couldn't sleep because I knew that I shouldn't be there. That night you called me and said you weren't coming after me again... I realized it was my responsibility to come back."
"I'm glad you're back, baby," He smiled and tucked my hair behind my ear and kissed me. "I've missed you too."
"I'm going to take a shower." I told him as I grabbed a towel and entered the bathroom joined to our room.
After I had rinsed out my hair, I heard him enter the room. He pulled the glass door open and stepped in to join me. He pulled me towards him and kissed me on the lips, and then moved towards my neck.
"I love you." He whispered in my ear as he kissed my neck again and pulled me closer to his body.
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A while later, we stepped out, our skin wrinkled and water-logged and headed to bed. He faced me and kissed me again.
"Don't ever leave me again." I heard him say just as I fell asleep with my arms around him.
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Post by crazy4teddy15 on Jun 13, 2006 14:53:49 GMT -5
awwwww! SO CUTE! more please?
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Post by Durr Its Lizzz on Jun 13, 2006 15:54:14 GMT -5
ah soo cute, soooo good! post more please? [:
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Post by live.love.laugh on Jun 13, 2006 16:48:29 GMT -5
oh my goodness more please!!
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Post by [.j.a.i.m.i.e.] on Jun 13, 2006 17:53:02 GMT -5
awwwwww...too good! more more more
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Post by Carie on Jun 13, 2006 18:08:42 GMT -5
this is so good! post more soon
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Post by just like gravity on Jun 13, 2006 19:37:25 GMT -5
aww! omgosh!! its kinda like this book, flipped, that im reading. ah, i love it!
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Post by smile♥ on Jun 13, 2006 20:50:33 GMT -5
^really? what all happens in the book and who is it by?
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Post by just like gravity on Jun 13, 2006 21:09:38 GMT -5
events in the book are written about first by the boy bryce, how he thought about things. and then the girl, julianna writes aboutthe same thing, except from her point of view. its really awesome. and its by wendelin van draanen.
it just remined me of how your story switches off between teddy and avery. =]
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Post by smile♥ on Jun 14, 2006 8:43:27 GMT -5
Teddy sat in the floor watching with his two boys, who were almost exact replicas of him, play with two little Playskool guitars that he had bought them about a month ago.
Three months had passed since the whole incident with Jaimie. It was still hard sometimes, but things were getting better. Teddy had put her picture at the front entrance to the neighborhood so that if she did try to get in, she wouldn't get very far unless she climbed the security fences on the very outside of the neighborhood.
Braydin picked his guitar up in both his hands while Cohen banged on his with both his hands. "Avery, come here real quick." He called down the hallway to his wife. "Bring the camera."
She sat down next to him on the floor and snapped the picture and gave him a kiss before resting her head on his shoulder.
"I love you." He told her as the phone began ringing and she stood to answer it.
"I love you." I paused before I answered the phone. "Hello?"
"Hey Avery, it's Jesse. We're at the hospital now and she's going to have the baby anytime now." He informed us. "She's asking for you."
"Ok. We'll be there." I told him and placed the phone back on the receiver before explaining what was going on.
"Let's go then." Teddy said to me.
"What about the kids?"
"They'll be fine in a hospital." He told me as he picked up Cohen and began putting him in his carrier.
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Jesse met us in the lobby and took us back to the room. She wasn't actually in delivery yet, but the nurses said they would be back in twenty minutes to take her.
"Avery!" She called, sounding heavily drugged. "I am SO glad you're here." She said as another contraction came.
I couldn't help but laugh at how the drugs had affected her. "Was I that bad?" I asked Teddy and he shook his head.
"No, you just sat there really. You were kind of mad at me." He informed me.
"Oh. Yeah."
The nurse walked in and told us they were taking her to delivery now and that it wouldn't be too long after that. Jesse suited up in scrubs and followed while the rest of us sat in the waiting room.
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"I think it's taking longer than it did with you," Teddy stated as I began rummagging through my purse for change to buy a soda.
"I noticed that too, but I was trying to be optimistic."
I stepped over Cohen, who was sitting in the floor chewing on his finger. He loved to sit up. Brayding was more of the sit down and play with his toys that way type, which was exactly what he was doing.
Jesse came out a few minutes later. "I'm a Dad now." He said with a shocked tone to his voice. "We're all parents."
We followed him back to the room. "What did you name her?" Teddy asked.
"Ashlyn Michele." he said. "She's really got a set of lungs on her." He laughed as he opened the door and entered the room.
She was a very pretty baby. Tiffany was holding her all wrapped up in a pink blanket. It took a picture, which woke her up a little before she fell back to sleep.j
"Finally another girl," I laughed to Tiffany's Mom and Step-Dad who couldn't produce another girl for anything. Everyone laughed and began talking. I held Braydin towards her. "Look Bray, it's another little friend for you guys to play with when she gets big enough."
"You can keep her safe from all the other boys in high school who are going to be very jealous of how close you all are," Teddy laughed as he held Cohen the same way.
"Aiaygh."
"That's right," I laughed as I put him back down in his carrier. He was getting very heavy.
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Here we are now, two years later. Braydin and Cohen are, of course, two years old, and we have a girl, Rachel Love. She just turned one.
Jesse and Tiffany were waiting to have another one until Ashlyn got a little older.
"Moom." I heard Braydin say from behind me. The was what he called me. Moom.
"What is it Bray?"
"Duice." He held his sippy cup out to me for something to drink and then ran off towards the living room to join Tiffany and the other kids who were all over for the Fourth of July. I laughed at his goofiness and put some more juice in his cup as I looked out the window to watch Jesse and Teddy grill the hot dogs and hamburgers.
Regan was coming over tonight, which was surprising since none of us had seen her in a while. The doorbell rang and Tiffany offered to get it.
"Hey." I heard her say as she walked in and I walked to the living room to see Regan standing there alone. I figure she would've at least had a boyfriend.
"Where's your man?" I asked curiously.
"Well, Matt and I broke up a while ago. Now I'm just going single for a while." She explained.
"Food's ready!" Jesse called from outside and we all laughed as we went outside.
All of our families were over, which was quite a crowd. We all sat down to our food before deciding to set off tons of fireworks just to alienate the neighborhood.
Teddy came and sat down next to me. "Having fun with the fireworks, baby?" I asked and he nodded.
"Very. But not as much fun as I'll have later," He joked and kissed me on the lips.
"Well I'm glad we're all on the same page." I smiled before he stood to join Jesse in shooting off even more fireworks. You'd think they bought out the whole store.
I smiled to myself as I looked down at Braydin, Ashlyn, and Cohen, who were staring up at the lights like it was the most amazing thing they had ever seen. Rachel was sound asleep in her carrier despite the loud noise.
It was the perfect way to celebrate the holiday. My closests friends and family, and even one I hadn't seen in a while. We were all exactly where we were supposed to be in our lives and I was the happiest person alive.
Ok so that was the last part. . . how did you guys like it?? It's a little late for a title, but I've decided that it shall be called "Look Where We Are Now"
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Post by live.love.laugh on Jun 14, 2006 9:31:04 GMT -5
yay! that was awesome!!! perfect ending!!! hehe! are u gonna start another one?? cuz u really should!!! i love ur fan fics! oh yes i do! they are awwmazing!!!
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Post by ohhh ashley on Jun 14, 2006 9:55:59 GMT -5
The titles perfect. And this story = obbsession. Amazing. And yes, moremoremore would be nice. Lmao.
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Post by just like gravity on Jun 14, 2006 11:18:14 GMT -5
oh my gosh, i love it. you really have aknack for writing. great job. =]
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Post by Carie on Jun 14, 2006 12:46:44 GMT -5
wow that was so good!
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