Re: A very OP Christmas Part 2...

[Jabberwocky]

Ashley:"I've got a now permanent tie to a family who 'ates me with every inch of their souls, and there is nothing that I can do about that.
Me and a man who would rather kill me then ever consider (not actually do but consider) fergiving me are both now grandfathers to the same children.
I find out that the one person...the one person that I 'ad a falling out with would 'ave taken me back as a friend and I didn't even fecking call 'im in over twenty years; and 'es now dead...
And on top of all that, I 'ave a son laying in that room who moit not even know who the feck I am...
...No, Micah, I am not alright..."

[Cryonix]

Micah: Ashley...you don't get it man. Stu....did take you back as a friend. He stayed away...because he thought it was his pennance. He thought that....with me and Colin being best friends...it was the repair you two always wanted.

And something I've never understood. If you think they hate you....why is it that you continue to ask their thoughts on matters? You love Alexis....you know Alex will take care of her. Most of all...you know Alexis wants to repair you two's relationship, right? What the hell else matters?


Ben: Amanda...I've known how you felt for a while. Alex....don't you feel better, at least a bit, vocalizing what you've always wanted to say?

[Jabberwocky]

Ashley pauses for a moment

Ashley:"Micah...do wot I did all those years ago, then in 20 years come back to me...and see if you still 'ave to ask that fecking question."

[Cruel Britannia]

Alex: Yeah.... but I shouldn't get used to it.... it's not like it'll ever really be ok for me to feel that way.

[Cryonix]

Ben: Wait a second, Alex. Didn't....didn't Alexis tell you that she wanted you to be honest with her? You have to be careful, kiddo. If you put up a front just to make her happy...because you're afraid she might leave...

...it might seem like you don't trust her.


Micah: Don't forget Ashley....I was a receiver of most of the stuff that happened over those twenty years. Here I am...talking to you. So yes...I think you do need to answer the 'feckin' question.

[Cruel Britannia]

Alex: You know it's not that I don't trust her..... but how the hell are you supposed to tell the woman you love that you despise her family to your very core and the thought of having them come anywhere near your children makes your skin crawl?

[Jabberwocky]

Ashley:"Receiver?...No no...Not when it came to wot I did to Jillian and Ewan. No. With wot 'appened between me and Stu per'aps aye. But those two things are NOT the same. Please do not act like you know one thing because you experienced something else....You honestly want to know the answer?"

[Cryonix]

Ben: Be honest with her. Tell me....would it worry you more if she knew you don't like her family....or that you possibly have been lying to her about your true feelings?

Micah: Yeah, I would....because if you hadn't noticed...the entire reason Colin is where he is...is because he's wasting his life....defending YOU. He feels obligated to hold YOUR family together. That is my best friend in there...and he won't remember me, or you, or his sister....because of this crap all of you KEEP HANGING ON TO! So yes...I'd like an answer....and for Colin's sake...it better be a fuckin' good one.

[Cruel Britannia]

Alex: Of course I don't want to lie to her.... but I don't want to hurt her either..... all this is so hard on her.... I don't want to be the one who makes it harder....

[Jabberwocky]

Ashley:"Because I don't want to become your Father!! I'm...I was scared that if I never tried...If I just...gave up...I would just end up loik....him....."

[Cryonix]

Micah grabs Ashley and puts him against the wall...

Micah: That's GREAT, O'RYAN! But...in your fear....take this into consideration. The whole time you've been 'afraid' to turn into my father.....YOU'VE TURNED COLIN INTO YOU! Think about it! Feeling he has to create a bridge between the two 'great families'....and running himself ragged and getting hated by the Edwards and being a source of stress to Alexis while doing it! YOU could have prevented that. YOU....

....you chose not to....because...your afraid....

....and the lot of you wonders why we created the fuckin' saints in the first place.


Ben: Alex...she loves you. You love her. These babies in your arms are your family. That's all that matters. Just remember that. She is madly in love with you.

[Cruel Britannia]

Alex just stares at the children in his arms.

Alex: ..... yeah..... I..... I guess you might be right.

[Cryonix]

Ben: Alex....you're a father now. Your legacy is them...and your relationship with your wife. Love and trust and honor. You made a vow...honor it....and you have at least two 'granddads' that will want to help you spoil these kids rotten.

[Jabberwocky]

Ashley:"Colin was FREE to make his choices. 'e made that clear to me! You think I wanted 'im to do all that?! You think I didn't TRY to get 'im to stop?!!"

Ashley pushes back, sending Micah into the wall

"Need I fecking remind you that Colin was the first of you Saints to spit in me face and say 'e wanted NOTHING to do with me when 'e returned from 'is little trek? It was HIS CHOICE to accept me back. It was HIS choice to go against the wishes of EVERY OTHER ONE of you. It was HIS choice to defend that choice and me when those he considered friends turned on him because he suddenly went against the grain in the thinking on me. It was 'is choice to want to foit to 'ave both 'is father and all of you as friends. THAT WAS ALL HIS CHOICE. Do I regret that? Of course I do! But Colin was always to stubborn to listen to me. Especially when it came to things like these! And I couldn't force 'im...
Now...there is no guarantee who or wot 'e will remember. So 'ow about instead of getting in MY FACE telling me all the things that I SHOULD 'AVE DONE loik EVERYONE ELSE; you go see yer fecking brother."

[Cruel Britannia]

Alex hands Elizabeth to Ben.

Alex: Thought you said they weren't your grandkids....

[Cryonix]

Micah: Not once did I tell you what you should have done....I just told you what you DIDN'T do. And by the way....the Saints NEVER turned on Colin....ever. It's not what we do. It was a burden he felt he had to take. He and he alone.

Micah shrugs him off....

Micah: IF we turned on him...why would he still be calling himself my best friend? Why would he feel more of a father to Alexis then you? Why Ashley? Because...ever since we were kids...running backstage in the FWA...all he ever wanted to be....was you. Don't you see that? If HE can make nice with the Edwards, the YOU can. If HE can be a father to Alexis, then YOU can. If YOUR marriage failed because of bad decisions....why do you think he's so hesitant to marry Amber? And stop using Colin's accident as an excuse for sympathy. He may not remember....but the fuckin' rest of us do.

Now.....let's go see your son...my best friend....and see how he is....for once.



Gabe: Yeah, I think we need a new waitress.

Ben: Meh...who am I kiddin? I'm going to love them to death....but....

[Cruel Britannia]

Alex smirks.

Alex: They deserve to have you in their lives..... plus I think this technically makes Moira a GILF..... just saying....

[Jabberwocky]

Ashley:"Oh you motherfu....I'm not looking for sympathy you arrogant...I WAS NEVER LOOKING FOR SYMPATHY!! Thats what you, Ewan, Jillian, Amanda, Alex, NOBODY ever gets. But of course I'm sure there are a million ways to tell me 'ow wrong I am isn't there? To tell me that all I was out for was myself? How DARE you assume I would use my son like that."

He walks past Micah, into the room

[Cryonix]

Micah smiles....

Micah: You were right dad...if you want an O'Ryan to do something pertinent....make them mad.

[Pockets]

Alexis and Moira both look over as Ashley walks in. Alexis is eyeing her father curiously and Moira is almost smirking. It's clear they've heard the whole thing.

[Jabberwocky]

The anger all but fades as he sees Colin. He looks at both Alexis and Moira

Ashley:"...Wot?"

[Pockets]

Moira: Ain't seen you this rilled up in a while.

Alexis: I think he's waking up, dad.

[Jabberwocky]

Ashley looks at Moira for a moment, then shifts his attention to Colin

Colin stirs more

Colin:"Mmmfu uhhh...no....mmmii...no..."

he stirs a bit more

Ashley looks at Moira
Ashley:"Always the same when 'e has a bad dream.."

[Pockets]

Moira nods.

Moira: Maybe it's ain't as bad as we were worried about... it's still Colin.

She walks over and strokes Colin's hair the way she did when he had nightmares as a child.

Moira: Come on, wake up. It's alroit, nothin' bad is gonna 'appen... you're safe... it's jus' a dream... wake up....

[Jabberwocky]

Colin:"...M...mom?"

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