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Chapter 18

Eric eased himself down on the couch, pulling Ryan down with him. His lover laughed and made himself comfortable leaning on Eric. They were silent for a while, simply basking in each other's company when suddenly Ryan frowned. "That's odd."

Eric nuzzled Ryan's cheek. "What is?" He whispered and he could feel Ryan shiver. "Rowen… I haven't seen her all day. And it's Saturday." The young man said and Eric nodded. "Yeah, I noticed this morning, she wasn't banging around in the kitchen." Ryan nodded. "Yeah, I woke up and wondered why it was so quiet… and then I wondered why that bothered me so much."

Eric chuckled and Ryan smiled.

"I don't mind so much, the longer she stays away the longer I get to live. But it's just so odd that she isn't here." Eric said, softly stroking Ryan's hair and Ryan shivered slightly then blinked. "Wait? The longer you get to live? Did you tell her about you and Speed?"

"Are you insane? She'd kill me on the spot."

"Then why do you think she knows?"

"Well, when I ran into her the other day, when she was talking to H she seemed pretty pissed off."

Ryan frowned. "But how could she know? I didn't tell her." Eric blinked. "You didn't?" Ryan shook his head. Eric bit his lip. "Maybe she found out some other way." Ryan shrugged. "No body else… knows." Ryan trailed off and groaned. Rowen must have had a run in with Sarah, that was how she knew and now she'd be pissed at him for not telling her.

"What?" Eric asked but Ryan merely shook his head. "Maybe she won't show up today." Ryan said in thought.

Just then the door opened and a cheerful "Hello!" resounded through the air. Ryan rolled his eyes. "Spoke to soon." Eric shifted uneasily and made his move as to get up, but he moved to late, attested by the whack on the back of his head he received.

"Rowen!" Ryan said, sharply. Rowen rolled her eyes settled herself down in the armchair next to the couch. "I can see the two of you are alright." Ryan shifted. "Why wouldn't we be?" Rowen raised an eyebrow at Ryan. "Well, Eric and Speed did kiss. And I know you know Ryan. So why are you two so… fluffy?"

Ryan raised an eyebrow at Rowen. "Fluffy?" Rowen shrugged. "It's a good word." Ryan rolled his eyes and Rowen ignored him, instead turning her attention to Eric. "So? How come Ryan hasn't kicked you out yet?"

Eric sighed. "Because Speed kissed me, not the other way around and I pushed him away. Speed was just confused, he just wants to be friends, but he couldn't deal with the fact I was gay. I mean, I used to have a notorious ladies man reputation."

Ryan snorted and Rowen glared at him. Eric looked from one to the other then shrugged, he wasn't sure if he wanted to know all the inside jokes between them.

"Anyway, Speed thought that was the only thing we could still hang out and do stuff. I don't know, he was desperate I guess, but he just wants to be friends."

Rowen seemed to consider that for a minute then nodded happily and got up from the armchair, going into the kitchen and coming back with a box of ice cream. She sat on the armrest Indian style and plopped the box in her lap, tearing off the top and digging in with her spoon.

Ryan stared at her. "You're just going to accept that? No difficulties? Nothing? You're not going to yell at Eric? You're not going to yell at me for not telling you?" Rowen looked up at him and took a bite off her ice cream. After swallowing she smiled. "I guess I'm just in a very good mood today."

Ryan sat up straight. "Why?" Rowen merely smiled softly. "Oh, nothing special."

She grinned.

The End

St: And that my friends is the end of Fluo Green, the so far longest part of The Odd Colour Series. I'll see you at the next part: Shimmering Red

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