Page 49 of Molly: Part One
Wow, thanks for that one!
Ryan:I’m sorry that was mean, it’s just that I got questioned about everything for over an hour.
Oh no poor Ryan, boo fucking hoo!
Ryan:I should say I didn’t tell her anything about what is going on just fobbed her off.
Well there’s something I guess but I know she’ll try me next.
Ryan:Molly please come home so we can talk. I know I’ve been a huge dick. I’m sorry.
Yes Ryan, yes you have but no I’m not coming back yet.
Ryan:Molly please stop ignoring me, it’s killing me not hearing from you. I hate you being mad at me.
Well he really should have thought about that before pissing me off then.
Ryan:Molly I’m so so sorry please talk to me. I was just trying to protect you last night, I shouldn’t have jumped to conclusions and I was stupidly childish today. I’m sorry. Please come home, I hate it here without you. Love ya Molls x
Molly:Ry it’s obvious we both need time to cool off. I’ll be home when I don’t think the first thing I want to do is shout at you. And yes you were stupidly childish today you arse.
I send my reply, put my phone back in my bag and get back to work. I just sit down when the doer bell rings. I ignore it presuming it’s Ryan trying to talk to me but it rings again and again. I’m surprised when I hear a woman’s voice shouting my name. As I get closer to the door I realise it’s Susan. Yep, I was right, I am next in the firing line for interrogation. Fan-fucking-tastic, just what I need!
“Molly…Angel, I know you’re there, your car is here. Open the door.”
“Coming, hang on.”
“Hi Susan, what are you doing here?” I ask innocently.
“I think we need a chat don’t you?” I groan loudly.
“Come on in, do you want tea?”
“Yes please angel.”
I make the tea then go join Susan in the living room.
“I tried talking to Ryan after both you and Emma ran away but he just kept fobbing me off with rubbish. Emma has been even more distant than usual over the last week and she won’t talk either. What the hell is going on with you three?” Wow, Susan must mean business, hell's a swear word in her book.
“Er, I don’t know where to start.”
“How about the beginning, that usually works best.”
So I tell her everything about Ryan and me, leaving out the more x-rated bits, Emma and her opinion about us, Ryan and his binge drinking and the saga with Jax from last night. She sits and listens throughout the whole thing but doesn’t say anything. She grabs her cup of tea and drinks it whilst deep in though, I start to think she isn’t going to say anything when she puts it down on the coffee table and turns to face me.
“Exactly as I thought,” she says
“Excuse me?”
“Molly, all of you kids think we don’t see what is happening under our noses but we do, most of the time we just ignore it so you can all figure it out yourselves. It is obvious how you and Ryan feel about each other, it is there in your eyes when you look at each other or just talk about each other. I’m not going to lie. At first I wasn’t too keen on the idea but the more I see you both together the more I see how happy you make each other and that is all I want for both of you. We have all been through a terrible time and if out of that you two find each other, then I cannot complain.
“As for Emma, well…we all know how much she has struggled, is still struggling with losing Hannah. She isn’t as strong as you and Ryan but she will get there and when she does she will see that what is happening between the two of you is okay. She just needs time. I can’t say how much, it might be a lot but we have to let her heal in her own time.
“I do think that Ryan probably was trying to protect you last night even if it was a little misguided but I also think he was probably jealous. You go out with two different guys two nights on the trot, yes I know you work with one but he didn’t know that at the time. He was fighting for what he wants. Did he go the wrong way about it? Yes definitely, but he probably panicked that he was losing you. I would also hazard a guess that you having a date and moving on was the reason for his drinking and avoiding you. It probably hurt him.”
“Wow, that’s a lot of information to take on board at once.” I grab my tea and sip slowly while I think about everything she said.
“So you don’t have the same opinion about me and Ryan that Emma does, what about Pete, Lilly and Dec?” I ask.
