Rylann knocked softly on her bedroom door, seeing as Benji had locked it. She felt really guilty for everything that had happened between him and Billy. She talked to Amy, which she should have just done to begin with. Now Benji, trying to help her out, had gone and messed things up between him and one of his best friends. Rylann knocked again, a little harder this time. Still no answer.
"Benj, it's me…open up." Rylann called gently. She knew he must be pissed off, so she didn't want to make things worse by yelling. After several seconds, Rylann heard the latch turn. She turned the knob and pushed the door open slightly. Benji was sprawled, face down across the bed they shared. Rylann walked over to the bed and lay down next to him. She placed her hand on his back and gently rubbed, trying to calm his nerves. She moved her face closer to his. His eyes were still shut, not wanting to be around anyone. Rylann continued to rub his back; with no reaction, she knew what to do to make him look at her. She situated her lips on his and kissed him passionately. After only seconds, she felt his tongue enter her mouth and kiss her back. For several moments they stayed like this, neither knowing just what to say, so instead keeping their mouths occupied. Finally Rylann pulled back from their kiss.
"Joel told me what happened…I talked to Amy, everything's gonna be ok…"
"No everything's not ok…Billy's not gonna talk to me now, even if everything is fine between you and Amy. Ry, I was just trying to help you out. I didn't want you to have to worry about what him and Amy may or may not do, so I tried to count out any possibility. Besides him feeling like I was `controlling' him, I'm worried he may actually like Amy because of how badly he blew up…" Benji whispered to Rylann.
"Really? You think he actually likes her?" Rylann questioned. She was in a way surprised to actually hear the words, though she had her own suspicions. Benji just nodded in response. "Well, like I said I talked to Amy. We spent the entire day, just talking. She told me every detail of every minuet I missed in those two years. We ended up digging into everything that has affected us and made us the way we are…But in the end, I told her that's she's an adult, that she can make her own choices, and to follow whatever her heart tells her." Rylann sighed. "Then I asked her, just to know, how she felt about Billy." Benji sat up anxious to hear what Amy had said.
Rylann paused. "She told me…her heart wants to follow Billy around forever." Rylann smiled at Benji.
"Really?!?!" Benji exclaimed. "She really likes him?!"
"She really likes him…she told me she was so happy when he offered her to stay with him last night…then they apparently had such a great time and spent hours talking and getting to know each other. She said she has never been able to open up to someone so quickly. And then, when she asked him to stay with her, she told me she never felt safer. Do you think we're gonna be able to fix this thing with Billy?" Rylann asked wearily.
"I think once he finds out how Amy feel's, he'll be fine…" Benji smiled before wrapping his arms around Rylann. Now, in a much better mood than before, he leaned down and whispered…
"Where were we?" Rylann smiled briefly before Benji kissed her with every once of his being…
* 2 hours later *
Rylann slid herself from Benji's grip. She quickly found one of his hoodies near the bed and looked around for where her pants had last been thrown. After sliding into her clothes, she looked back at Benji before leaving the room. She quickly walked over to the bed and pulled the covers up over his naked, sleeping body. She glanced over at the clock shortly before leaving the room. "10:23, and already asleep, geez we're getting old" Rylann mumbled to herself as she pulled the door shut behind her. She walked down the hall toward the room Amy and Billy were sharing. She rehearsed just what she would say to Amy in her head. `Amy, look, we really need you to be the one to talk to Billy. Him seeing Benj right now won't help anything, but seeing you will. I think it may also be a good idea for you to fess up about how you feel. I know it's very sudden, but maybe he'll feel the same way. It'll at least put everything out there in the open.' Rylann kept changing and adding things to what she would say. Before she realized it, she was standing in front of their closed door. Rylann sighed briefly and placed her hand on the knob. She gently twisted the handle and pushed the door ajar. Rylann froze at the sight before her. Amy and Billy were sitting on the bed kissing much the same way she and Benji had been not too long ago. She couldn't pull her eyes away from the site; Amy and Billy were so wrapped up in each other that they didn't notice the audience. Rylann finally came back to reality and pulled the door shut quietly. She took off running down the hall back toward her bedroom. She burst through the door and jumped onto the bed, nearly giving Benji a heart attack. She smiled from ear to ear. Benji, still very groggy, blinked a few times to clear his eyes.
"What?" he asked, not understanding why Rylann was so happy.
"I went to talk to Amy, and…well, there is no need to talk to them because I found them making out!" She exclaimed. She was completely over any worry she may have had about her little sister getting involved with Billy. She was ashamed for even thinking such things. After all, she knew Billy was a good guy and would never hurt anyone. It was his turn to have someone to be with. Her real worries had rested on Amy and how she could hurt Billy. The sisters were very much alike. Much the way Rylann had hurt Benji when she left him, Amy could do to Billy. Rylann encouraged Amy to be completely honest with Billy from the beginning if anything were to evolve between them. Obviously, something is evolving, and Rylann was genuinely happy for the two.
"Seriously? Damn, he got over our fight fast…" Benji smirked.
"Uh, so did you if I remember correctly. We kissed, talked, kissed, and you know the rest…" she grinned at him.
"True" he smiled. "But that was different, for us that was like, makeup sex…for Billy and Amy it's like…not" he tried to justify.
"Uh-huh…just admit, you can't resist me!" She gloated, jokingly.
"You know it babe!" He grabbed her, pulling her close to him.
"It's 10:30 and we're in bed…how pathetic are we?" Rylann asked.
"Nobody said we had to sleep," he insinuated with a wide smirk.
"Umm, No." she smiled, before becoming more serious. "Benj…I think I'm ready to talk." Benji gave her a quizzical look. Rylann looked down lowly, "About my past…"