Random Oneshots I write when I'm bored

With Every Page and Every Chapter

I zoned out staring at the wall, man my life sucks. How much longer can I sit here imaging I live in some fantasy world? I love my family and friends but I just feel like I'm missing something. I reach below the couch and grab the battered copy of Boys and Neighbors. This book has gotten me through so much. The main character Ryan is a boy who is desperately searching for someone he loves. He never tells you her name or where she is but he just thinks about her so much. The way he talks about her struggles and how he wishes he could be there for her makes my heart sing. Too bad he's just a character in a book.

    I sigh as I get off my couch and saunter into the kitchen for some tea. I glance across the counter so see the slip of paper given to me by a man at the bar last night. He asked for a date, nothing big just dinner but for some reason, I just don't feel right. He was nice but he just felt off. I continue to think about it before coming to a conclusion. I can't pretend that Ryan is going to show up at my door, he's a fictional character. It's time to start my actual life so, I might as well go. I pick up the paper and start to dial the number on my phone, just as I was about to hit call the doorbell to my house rings.

"Just a second," I yell

I abandon my phone in the kitchen before I walk out and down the hall towards the front door. I look out the peephole of my apartment's door and almost fell back in shock. There was a boy at my door, his hair was ebony black and his eyes were strangely blue. He looks exactly like how I've always imagined Ryan. I crack the door open to reveal my face. His eyes widen with what I guess is excitement.

"Hello, um can I help you," I ask nervously

"H-Hi are you Darcy Gallagher?" the boy asks

"Uh yeah and you are" I smile

"Holy shit I can't believe it's you! Oh my god, I did it! My name is Ryan and you are my favorite book character! I've been searching for you for so long! Look I know how your book ends and I'm here to change it!" he basically screams.

I stare at his face before the world around me sways and I feel myself hit the ground. 

***

    Everything is blurry as I open my eyes. Man, that was a crazy dream, as I slowly come back into consciousness I feel a cold towel across my forehead. Wait, I live alone how did that get there. I begin to sit up and let out a small groan. I nearly faint again as I see Ryan still here sat by my feet on the couch. He's slowly flipping through Boys and Neighbors, a look of confusion on his face.

"R-Ryan?" I whisper.

"Oh man thank God you are okay I was so worried, I'm so sorry are you okay?" he says freaking out and scouring over to me.

"You're real?" I asked placing a hand on the side of his face to ensure his presence.

"I'm real? I am real? You, Darcy, are real and now I can finally stop searching I found you" he smiles pushing a piece of hair out of my face.

"I'm so confused, you-you are my favorite book character, you were just reading your own book," I say scrunching my brow.

"I don't understand how anyone could make a book out of my life, I'm so boring" he laughs

Oh man, the way he laughs, his eyes squint at the sides, his smile makes my heart beat just looking at him. He really is here, Ryan from Boys and Neighbors is sitting in front of me telling me, me, of all people that I'm who he has been looking for.

"Wh-why did you come find me, Ryan?" I ask remembering him telling me that he wanted to change the way my "book" ends.

"Darcy please tell me you haven't called that sick man," he panics

"No just as I was about to you rang my doorbell," I said tilting my head to the side.

"Oh thank god, I made it in time" He cries latching himself onto me.

"Ryan, what do you mean?" I ask extremely confused.

"I'm here because that man killed you, he ended your story and I couldn't allow it," Ryan said while grabbing my hand.

"What, how is that even possible all he wanted was to go to dinner" I whisper in complete shock.

"He took you for a walk after and when he did he shoved you into his car, h-he kept you in a basement for days Darcy! In the end, you were never saved, you died" he elaborates while tears seep from his eyes.

I take a moment to take in this information, my favorite book character just showed up at my door because I was meant to die in a book from another dimension. None of this makes sense how is this possible.

"I have spent the last 5 years of my life searching for a way to find you, Darcy because with every page turn and every new chapter, I fell in love with you. I couldn't let you die and I know its extreme, I should have just talked to the author but, when we found the technology and I learned that I could be with you, it became my only option. " Ryan says his blue eyes looking into mine.

"I-I love you too Ryan, with every page and chapter, I love you and you saved me"

My eyes dropped to his lips then back to his eyes, he got the message and leaned in. Our lips collided and that was the moment I knew. I knew that the gaping hole I felt in my chest was gone. He was what I was missing and I was never going to let him go.