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Introducing Nancy Thompson!

BIRTH NAME : Nancy Diana Thompson (nee Austin) ALIAS / NICKNAME : Nanc AGE : 53 DATE OF BIRTH : April 1, 1969 PLACE OF BIRTH : Bridgeport, ME RESIDENCE : Downtown TW : Death, divorce, injury

#bridgeportintro #nancy;about #death tw #divorce tw #injury tw

rickyxthompson:

Ricky nodded, knowing she was right. In the end his actions had just made things worse and caused more damage than if he would have just told the truth. “Okay,” he said. He didn’t want to end up here again, in this situation. “Yeah, but you at least answered the phone when I called. He didn’t.” Ricky had tried calling three times while he was there before he gave up. “I shouldn’t have to do that, he’s the parent.” he said, his voice getting angrier although he knew there was nothing his mother could do about it. He was just venting after spending months being hurt and angry towards the man. He wanted to believe her when she said things were going to be okay. Maybe they would, with time. “I do, too.” he said as he got back into the car.

He looked at her when she started to speak, not really sure what to expect. He suddenly remembered the man who she was referring to as he had talked to him once at her bar. “You mean the guy who looks like Jesus if he joined a biker gang?” he muttered. Ricky hadn’t particularly cared for the man at the time. Maybe it was just because he sensed he wanted more than to reconnect as friends with his mother and he was a little protective of her. “Yeah, I remember.” his eyes widened as he looked at her. “Wait, what? You’re dating him?” It came as a shock because as far as he knew she hadn’t dated since his parents divorce, at least nothing serious. Also because he wasn’t even home yet and he was realizing that he had missed out on a lot. “When did this happen?” he asked before he frowned. “He’s not going to be living with us, is he?”

x

Nancy sighed as Ricky talked about his dad. She had talked to Don after and told him Ricky was okay, but she knew the man was irritated and wasn’t going to be speaking to him. “I let him know you were okay.” She told him before shaking her head. “We can only do so much as your parents, Ricky. You’ve put us through a lot. You’re lucky I’m here.” It was because she wanted to see him that made her agree to come get him. She wanted to make sure he was actually okay, but even she was getting closer to her breaking point. Nancy knew her son was angry about it all, but so were they and he was going to have to prove himself first.

Hearing him describe Harrison, she laughed a little bit before nodding. “That would be him, yes.” She said, laughing a little to herself and making a mental note to tell him how Ricky described him. “Yes, I am. It happened around the beginning of July, I think. Maybe sooner. I can’t remember the exact date, but around then. And now he’s not going to live with us. Not now, at least. We’re just starting out, not getting married or something.”

#convo;ricky

miss-rubyaustin:

Ruby swallowed when her aunt squeezed her hand. She had cried many nights while Ricky was ‘missing’ blaming herself for not keeping him on the phone longer to find out where he was, in case someone was after him and it had been torture for weeks to know that if something happened to him she could have prevented it. She nodded and let out a breath. “I know. I just wasn’t thinking, and I should have been. I thought it was just him being weird, like usual.” she shook her head. “I’d never forgive myself if something happened to him. I love that kid, as much as he drives me crazy.” She loved both of her cousins as much as she loved her sister. They had all grown up together. She took a drink of her wine and nodded. “It’s good that she does. She’s a tough cookie.” she said chuckling a bit. “Yeah. I think you’re right.” she agreed as she could see something like that happening to Ricky. She knew they both wanted him to be happy so that he didn’t have to turn to unhealthy habits and ways. “But I do think he needs someone to talk to. Someone outside of the family maybe.” she said. She smiled looking down at her glass before she nodded. “Yeah. Thank god it wasn’t Graham. I need to just forget about that jackass.” she said of her ex husband.

x

“Ruby, honey, it’s okay. Don’t beat yourself up over this.” Nancy told her and hated that she was feeling this way. It was a hard time for them all and she wasn’t about to blame Ruby for anything. “I know. But nothing happened and that’s what’s important.” She told her. Nancy knew how close her kids were with their cousins and that they’d be torn up if anything happened to the other. “That she is.” Shelby always had been, but she was exactly like her mom. “That’s fine. I’m fine with that. I just don’t want him dependent on someone.” She was scared to death he was going to go back to his old ways, or be worse. “That you do. But how did things go? I ran into him a while back and may have given him hell for a little while I was just upset about Ricky.”

#convo;ruby

rickyxthompson:

“I know that now.” he said. Maybe it had been naive of him but Ricky didn’t think that he was actually going to have to go to jail when he was first arrested. He thought maybe he would have to pay a fine or something but he hadn’t been banking on being incarcerated for almost half a year over some pills. He gave a shrug when she asked what he would do. “I don’t know. I just..I didn’t want you to be hurt and ashamed of me, like you are now. I thought it was easier if you didn’t know. It was stupid. I know that, okay?” He knew now how it must have came across but he couldn’t go back and change what he did. If he did he wouldn’t have gotten pulled over and busted in the first place.

“He doesn’t even talk to me anymore. He didn’t call me once when I was in jail. Not even to lecture me.” Even since before he was arrested his relationship with his dad had been strained. Ricky hadn’t been to his house in more than a year. He had already lost people he cared about. If he lost his family too he would have nothing and it hurt to know that one day even his mother might get fed up and not be there for him anymore. He let out a deep breath when she said she was hesitant to believe him. He knew how easily he could slip back into his old ways now that he was out. He blinked as tears lined his eyes when she said she still loved him and he shook his head. “It’s not your fault, mom. I’m the one who’s screwed up. It has nothing to do with you.” He had always known how much she did for him even if he took it for granted. Some parents would have turned their backs and threw him out on the streets a long time ago. “Look, I know you think that I don’t care. Maybe before, I didn’t care enough. But I’ve had a lot of time to think about things.” Without all the distractions of the outside world, there wasn’t much else to do besides think in jail. He turned his body slightly to put his arms around her. “I love you, Mom. I do mean that.” he said it even if she didn’t want to hear it. He had spent months feeling like he might not get the chance to say it again. He let out a sigh as he let go. “So, did anything exciting happen while I was gone?” he asked, genuinely curious.

x

Nancy hated the fact that she was hurt and disappointed by him too. She wished things were different than they had been and it was clear that he did as well. “I understand you wanted to protect me from that, but it was worse than expected. You can’t do that again, okay? You can’t just disappear from me.” She said and hoped this wasn’t going to be a recurrence. The mother sighed as her son talked about his dad and she looked into his eyes. “None of us did, though, baby. We couldn’t handle it anymore. You can’t blame us for that. But you can reach out and try to fix your relationship.” She said. “It may take a little bit to build a relationship again, but it’s going to be okay.” Nancy promised Ricky. While she didn’t know for sure, all she could do was hope and try to help, even though she vowed she wasn’t going to help anymore. She could never turn her back on her son. She ran her fingers along his cheeks to wipe his tears away. “I should’ve helped you out of this more than I did.” She sighed before taking a deep breath. “I know you love me, baby. I love you too. And I really hope things work out now.” She said and nodded towards the car. “Let’s get back in and we’ll talk, okay?”

After getting back into the car, she put it back in drive and started heading towards Bridgeport. “You’re going to find out anyways, so don’t freak out, okay? You know my friend that came into town I dated in high school? Harrison?” She asked, knowing the two met briefly before Ricky went to jail. “Well, him and I started seeing each other again and he makes me happy. Really happy.” Happier than she had been in a long time, but she wasn’t going to say that.

#convo;ricky #jail tw

harrison-j-lee:

“Maybe.” he said, not wanting to flat out admit that she was probably right. Different experiences had shaped them in the time they had been apart, but Nancy reminded him of who he had been before the worst of his past trauma had caused him to make such poor choices. “I figured they did.” he said. “For all I know, I could very well have some out there. Knock on wood,” he added, rapping his knuckles on the table. He long since lost count of how many women he had slept with at the height of his career, as much as he tried to be careful. “Maybe that wouldn’t have been such a bad thing.” he admitted. “Though I might have retired a lot sooner.” He couldn’t imagine doing something like that, if he had a family to think about. “Also, speaking of which, I have a race coming up at the end of the summer in Austin. You should come.” he suggested since she had never been to one of his races. “The food and drinks are all inclusive. Why wouldn’t you?” He said and gave a snort. “If that’s your plan, you’d be shit out of luck. I’d push you off leave your ass, like Tom Hanks left the volleyball in Cast Away.” he joked before drinking some more wine. “I heard you. I just chose to ignore it, knowing that saying something would just encourage you to say it more.” he explained before he continued eating.

x

She raised an eyebrow. “Only maybe?” She teased and shook her head at him; taking that as an agreement that they felt the same. “Yeah I’m sure.” Nancy rolled her eyes and took a drink of her wine. “You wouldn’t know what to do if you did.” Honestly, it would be a true shock and she wondered how exactly he would react to secretly having a kid out there. “Maybe. But then you wouldn’t be here right now so...” She said and shrugged. “Austin? You want me to go to Texas with you? To a race? Wouldn’t someone see us and we’d be in some tabloid then?” She asked teasingly, though, she would probably go with him. It’d be a good break and she hadn’t actually be to a race of his since high school. “I think that’s just a perk of seeing the world.” The woman pointed out. “I don’t think Tom Hanks would’ve pushed an actually person off.” She said before grinning. “Oh, I think you underestimate how much I’d want to call you it either way, Harry.”

#convo;harrison

derrick-carter:

The alcoholic drink tasted different to the teacher that only drank on occasions. He took another small sip of the drink while the female bartender spoke. “Oh, dirt? So you saying you got all kinds of dirt on people in this town, huh?” He jokingly asked her. “Yes, ma’am. Not to brag too much on myself, but I’ve won a couple Best Teacher of the Year awards back in New York.” Derrick told her and gave her a grin. He was extremely proud of himself and figured there was no harm in bragging on himself sometimes. “Honestly, I taught 6th grade back in New York. However, there was an opening for 8th here and well, I figured I could manage that. I think that’s an important year for kids too, y’know?”

x

Nancy nodded. “Exactly. I’m sure most my bartenders do too. We’re free therapists basically.” The owner shrugged before smiling as he said he wont best teacher awards. “Hey, that’s something to brag about. I’m sure there’s plenty of teachers who haven’t won that.” She said honestly and could think of a few. “It is. Get them ready for high school. So did you move for the job then or was that just a peg that fell into place?”

#convo;derrick

miss-rubyaustin:

Ruby shook her head in frustration. “I don’t understand why he didn’t. I didn’t know what to think when he called me and said he was leaving. For all I knew that could have meant anything.” It was so out of character of Ricky to call her about something like that. He had insisted that he was okay and would only be gone a few days but something seemed off. She thought he was in danger, maybe someone was after him. “It’s always something with that kid.” she sighed and then gave a snort. “God, what a nightmare that would have been.” she said. She raised her brows when Nancy said that Shelby liked Harrison. “That’s a good sign, then. I figured it would take her some time to warm up to him. And Ricky, who knows. I have a feeling he won’t like not being the center of your universe anymore.” she said before finishing her pizza and refilling their wine. “But he’s got a lot to learn. Maybe he needs to find a partner. Someone who will keep him in line.” She suggested, though she understood he was still healing from what happened to his last girlfriend. “He is. He’s a lot softer than he looks, I think.” she said and nodded. “You deserve that, Aunty. I hope he continues to make you happy. Speaking of exes, though. Did I tell you that I hung out with one of mine the other night?” she wasn’t sure if it was big news, but it had meant something to her that they were speaking again.

x

Nancy took her niece’s hand and squeezed it for a moment while she stared into her eyes. “Ruby, it’s not your fault, okay? He didn’t want to disappoint me and while it happened anyways, it is not your job to try to analyze what was going through his head. You didn’t know what was going on and you just helped him get to where he was going safely. Its okay.” She reassured her and rubbed her hand for a moment before letting go. “It really would’ve been.” She laughed softly and took another bite of her pizza. “I thought so too, but I’m glad she supports it. And I’m sure, but we’ll see what happens.” She shrugged and took a deep breath. “Maybe, but I want him to be able to do it on his own. I don’t want things to go downhill again because of a breakup. He needs good habits before a relationship.” Nancy took a drink of her wine. “I’m sure he will be. And which one? Was it Finn?”

#convo;ruby

theharmonyjones:

Harmony was used to being around a million people, so there really wasn’t much of an excuse for her to be running into anyone. It seemed she had already gotten too comfortable with the amount of space that came with living in a small town. Something that she never thought that she’d be doing again. Harmony was just glad that the woman didn’t seem to be overly upset about any of it. “They really should. Those ones that let you see around the corner. They’d be perfect here.” She agreed with a small nod of her head. “Yeah, I am completely fine. It takes more than a small bump to take me down.”

x

“Exactly what I was thinking.” The woman agreed with the younger woman. While the town certainly wasn’t big and it was rare to run into someone like this, a mirror or something would be nice to prevent it. Or try to, at least. “That’s good. I’m glad it didn’t just knock you over or something. Though, I’m getting to the age a little bump can hurt for days.” Nancy teased before sticking out her hand. “I’m Nancy, by the way. Nancy Thompson. I own Nancy’s Tavern in town.”

#convo;harmony

elikapekaxortega:

“Oh, please,” she shook her head. “you never have to worry about me,” she grinned at Nancy, though she was feeling a warmth spread in her chest and to the pit of her stomach at the thought. She knew her own mother cared about her, but it was different. “You are too kind to me, really,” Elikapeka smiled softly at Nancy, “That’s good advice,” she nodded her head, “not settling. I mean for a long time I though that meant living in a place too long,” because that was settling in some way, but it was different now that she had been in Bridgeport for a few years. “I’m just trying to find my way, but I don’t know.” She shrugged her shoulders, “How did you know this was right for you?”

x

“You’re sweet to say that, but I worry about everyone I care about.” She assured the younger girl. Eli had quickly became one that she cared a lot about and that wasn’t going to change any time soon. “I am not. I’m as kind to you as you deserve.” Nancy told her before smiling as the girl was catching on to what she was saying. “When I was your age, I thought it meant on a relationship. And I did settle for a bit, but we were much better as friends and co-parents.” The woman told her honestly. At the question, she took a deep breath and shrugged. “I didn’t for a while. For a few years, I settled with an office job, but I wanted to be my own boss. So this place came up for sale right after my divorce and I took it up. I was thinking of turning it into a restaurant but couldn’t settle on what i wanted so after a night of drinking with a friend, we came up with a bar and that’s how it all happened. It was a lot of spontaneous decisions that felt right at the moment and still are right to this day.” She reached out and touched her arm. “Just find what makes you happy and go from there. Even if it seems crazy, your happiness is what matters most.”

#convo;eli

harrison-j-lee:

“True. But we’re not the same people we were thirty plus years ago.” He knew that their relationship was unique because they had spent so much time apart and they’d never know how different things would have been if they had stayed together. “I’m sure they are. They seemed like good kids when I talked to them. A little on the smart mouthed side, but so is their mother.” he joked. Harrison knew that they came first in her life. He wasn’t expecting them to become one big happy family but he understood how important it was that they approved of them. He shook his head when she said he would have been a good dad. “No, don’t even say that. It would have been far too much responsibility. I wouldn’t have got away with half the shit I did.” He had to admit he had thought about it when he was with his ex, and had almost become the step-dad to her son, but if it had happened when he was younger, he wouldn’t have even known what to do. “Well, it’s true. They just need to appreciate that more, maybe.” he said before he continued eating. “Everyone knows you only go on a cruise for the drinks and the food.” he said before giving a snort. “Like who? God?” he teased her giving a snort. “You would see it. I’d be floating on a door waiting for help because there wouldn’t be room for both of us.” he joked.

x

“That’s up for some debate.” Nancy teased him. While yes, they weren’t the same people and had changed through the years, there were some things that were the same and it was apparent in the way they could still banter with each other without getting butt hurt about things. She took a breath as Harrison talked about her kids and nodded. “They definitely got that from me.” She knew that more than well. Her kids were very close to being clones of her. She smiled a little before shaking her head. “Well, depending who you had them with, I think it would’ve been fine.” She told him. “But, you’re right. You probably wouldn’t have done all the stuff you did. Or most of it.” She shrugged before she looked down at her food. “Maybe.” Nancy said and took a bite of her food. She was getting into her head now and she didn’t want that. Not on a date with him. “Oh is that why? Here I thought it was to see some of the world.” She teased before shrugging. “I can think of some people. And fuck that. I’d be on the door. Your ass can push me to land.” She took a drink of her wine. “Also, you didn’t say anything to me calling you Harry. You okay?”

#convo;harrison

rickyxthompson:

“Yeah, because the battery is dead.” He let out a sigh as she said that maybe she should stop caring. “I don’t know what Shelby’s deal is, but I just meant that I didn’t think it would be that big of a deal if I was gone for a few days, which was why I told someone I was leaving. People go on spontaneous trips all the time. I didn’t think you would think I was dead. It just turned into more time than I thought it would.” He wouldn’t have been allowed to use the phone as soon as he arrived at the facility, but it did take him longer than necessary to reach out because he was afraid of how she would react. “I should have told you I had gotten a job on an oil rig or something.” he muttered, half-jokingly. In hindsight, he should have just called right away to avoid this mess. He was just tired of being a disappointment to his family.

“So that means he can just give up on me, because I’m not Shelby?” he questioned. He knew this was a conversation he should be having with his dad. They use to be a lot closer when Ricky was younger. Before the accident, he wasn’t the perfect son but he was at least on the right track, trying to work, and going to school, but everything spiraled out of control and it hurt that his dad wasn’t more supportive. He smiled a little when she said she would put the bird feeder outside. “I do. I want to do better.” he said. “I worked hard to get out so that I could have another chance. It’s not going to happen overnight, but I’m done with all of that shit.” he knew he had been dealing drugs as well as using them and the friend he was dealing them for had done nothing to help him while he was in jail, even though he didn’t give his name. However, he knew his criminal record was going to complicate things when it came to finding work. “I’m tired of feeling like a failure. I just want you and dad to be proud of me.”

x

“This wasn’t a few days and it wasn’t a spontaneous trip. And how could I not think that when I know what you do and I try helping you. With this lifestyle, of course I thought that.” But she had a growing feeling that he didn’t care. “A lie? What would you have done today?” She asked him and shook her head. “You think I don’t care and here you are not calling or will lie saying you were doing something else? I thought we had had a better relationship than that.” Her voice was full of disappointment, hurt, and sadness. Nancy didn’t know where she went wrong in parenting her kids, but was feeling it more and more these days.

“He’s not giving up on you. He just wants things to be better and isn’t sure how to help. I’m not sure how to anymore.” The woman kept speaking honestly with her son. It was hard to be supportive of anything at this point, but she had tried to just be there for him. “And I hope you mean it, but you have to understand if all of us are hesitant when you say that. I’m all for it, but I can’t keep doing all this.” There was too much hurt and she was so mentally and emotionally exhausted from it all. Hearing him, she sighed and reached out to touch his cheek and looked into his eyes. “I am proud of some things you have done. I want you to be better and I want to help, but I have to keep so much at a distance now. However, that does not change how much I love you. You are my first born, my boy. My little shadow.” She told him and fought back tears again. “I should’ve done better so you wouldn’t be here now.”

#convo;ricky

harrison-j-lee:

“Technically we haven’t been dating long,” he pointed out. He gave her hand a gentle squeeze and smiled softly. “The more you talk about them, the more grateful I am that I don’t have any.” he told her. “I’m sure I’d be worried sick about them, just like you are.” he said and chuckled softly. “Of course you did. You were obsessed with me.” he teased her. “Okay, but if you ever need to, I’m here to listen. I think their both very lucky to have you for a mom.” he said before he started on his food. “It would be like a private cruise. Less tourists, and fancy food maybe.” He laughed. “I would love to take you. But I give it maybe two weeks before one of us would push the other one off the boat. Probably me, because I’m bigger than you.” he added before taking a bite of his pasta. “All the more reason to.” he teased her. “You underestimate how fast I can drive. I happen to hold the current high speed record for a single time trial lap in the state of Texas. But that’s not on water, so who knows. We might just capsize and not make it there.” he added.

x

“You say that like it means something.” She told him. Since they had reconnected, it felt like almost no time had passed and there was a comfort in this that she had missed all these years. “They weren’t always like this. They were good kids. Still are. Just life got to them.” She said and shrugged. “I’m sure you’d be a good dad if you had a chance. I mean, I’ve heard good things about you with the kid of your ex.” Nancy said. Her niece talked him up and just from himself she knew he was good with them. She rolled her eyes and shook her head as she sat back. “I was not obsessed with you.” It was just more apparent now how much she missed him and how much she learned from his mom when she knew her. “Thanks, Harry. I’ve questioned that too much lately.” She wondered where she went wrong and if she could fix it. She took a drink of her wine and listened to him. “Fancy food, huh? Not like this?” She teased as she took some of the food and took a bite. “Please. I’ll convince someone to help me.” Nancy shook her head. “Exactly. We’ll end up seeing the actually Titanic if you take us out there tonight.”

#convo;harrison

rickyxthompson:

It took him by surprise when she slammed the brakes, the seat belt digging into his shoulder. “Jesus,” he muttered. He looked at the phone as she scrolled through it feeling the guilt sinking in. Part of him knew how worried she was going to be when he left, but he hoped that she wouldn’t be. That had been on his mind the entire long drive to the detention center but he half convinced himself in the end that she wouldn’t care. Maybe she’d believe that he was going off to find work or something and be proud of him. He had only told Ruby that he was leaving. Shelby would have asked too many questions and he knew Waverly was busy. His older cousin had always been like a big sister to him. “Stop it!” he pushed her hand away. “I didn’t know, okay? I didn’t have my phone. I told Ruby that I was leaving and I didn’t think you would care enough to worry about me.” Ricky had been held for a while before he found out he was going to jail. When he arrived it took a few days for him to work up the courage to call.

He wiped his eyes on his sleeve. “I’m sorry for what I put you through. But if you had known where I was would you have called then?” he stopped to take a breath. “You know, dad just acts like I don’t exist, and you’re always mad at me. You think I don’t know what a fuck up I am? What a burden I am to you?” he knew how different everything had been since the accident. How much pain it had caused him and in turn, his family. He saw her collapse on the steering wheel and felt terrible. He brushed away his own tears and reached out to put a hand on her shoulder after a moment. “Mom..” he said softly. “Mom, I’m sorry. Don’t cry, please.” He rubbed her back just wanting all of it to stop. Since he was little he hated seeing her cry. “Did you know that I’ve been working this whole time?” He said, as she knew how much he disliked hard labor. “Kitchen duty, landscaping. Cleaning the filthiest bathrooms you can imagine. Oh, and I made you something.” he turned in his seat to reach into his bag and pulled out a small wooden box he had built and painted. “It’s a bird house. I made it at the wood work station.It’s not that good,” he shrugged and handed it to her. “But I did learn things. And I’ve been clean and sober for, I guess almost six months now.” he let out a sigh. “I don’t want things to go back to how they were. I’m gonna try harder.” he assured her.

x

“Yeah, I know you didn’t have your phone. And apparently you haven’t checked since you got out either.” She said and shook her head as she put her phone down before she looked at her son again. “What has gotten into both you and Shelby to think that I don’t care about you both?” She asked him. “After everything I have done, especially for you, you think I don’t care? Maybe I should stop.” She told him before looking away. Having these conversations with her kids. She got Shelby’s more, but she still cared so deeply for her kids and it hurt her. “I mean, did I do something to you to make you think I wouldn’t?” She asked him as she still just looked away. “Don’t even. I wouldn’t called to see if you were okay, but you didn’t. Instead I was losing my mind thinking I’d never even hear from you again.”

Nancy stared at him as he said his dad acted like he didn’t exist and she was mad at him. “Your dad got tired of you wasting your life. And I haven’t been mad at you. I’ve been trying to get you to do something and no matter what I do, you don’t care. I’m at my end, Ricky.” She cried into her hands and against the steering wheel, even as her son touched her shoulder. She listened as he talked and knew he was trying to get her to stop. However, Nancy was surprised to hear that he had actually worked. She took a moment before she wiped her cheeks and looked at the birdhouse Ricky made. “I may need footage of this.” She said before she took it and shook her head. “It’s great, baby. We’ll hang it outside.” She told him and reached over to take this hand and stared at him. “I want that to be true. I do. And if it you mean it, I wanna help you. But I need to you really do it. If you go back to what you were doing, I can’t help you anymore.”

#convo;ricky #jail tw #drug mention tw

rickyxthompson:

Ricky put out his cigarette as she lectured him, already wanting another one. He had always used humor to deflect but it didn’t always work. With his dad it never did, but sometimes it was easier than saying what he truly wanted to say. He stared at her as she continued to get upset. He knew that she hadn’t deserved what he had put her through. “Why do you think I didn’t reach out right away? I knew you would be disappointed. Dad just gets pissed off, like he doesn’t expect any better from me, but you’ve never given up on me, mom.” he stared at the ground when his voice started to choke up. “All I did was get busted with some pills. I know it wasn’t right, but it’s not like a I robbed a bank or smuggled drugs across the border. You know what I learned while I was locked up? That if you screw up enough times in this family, nobody gives a shit about you. You’ve proved your fucking point.” He got into the car slamming the door. For months he had been left alone with his thoughts and the choices he had made. As much as he knew he was to blame, it had hurt that none of them had reached out. When he checked the post service every day and didn’t get a letter from his parents or his sister. It was like they had all turned their backs on him, and maybe he did deserve it but it damn well hurt. He sat in silence for a long time until she spoke again. He did want to know what everyone had been doing while he was gone after spending months wondering. He just shrugged his shoulders instead of answering and looked at her. “Yeah? Good. Don’t worry, we won’t be staying with you for long.” he said knowing that realistically it wasn’t going to be easy for him to just find a job and move out, but he had to try.

x

They weren’t even out of the parking lot when Nancy slammed on the breaks and threw the car in park. “Nobody cares for you? Are you fucking kidding me with that shit, Ricky?” She asked and nodded before she got out her phone and hit the call list. She scrolled and got to the time when he was missing and showed it to him. “Look at this. From the day you got arrested and we all thought you were missing. Look at this! There’s calls to the jail after just making sure you were okay. I wasn’t going to talk to you or let you know, but I fucking called!” She yelled and scrolled through every time she tried calling him and she called hospitals and his friends she knew. And then she got off that and clicked on her texts and his and threw the phone on his lap. “Look at those! Look at all the messages I sent you just begging you to write me. To tell me you’re okay and not dead in a fucking ditch somewhere or in the ocean or some shit.” She stared at her son. “I slept on the couch for weeks in the hope you’d walk through the front door. I was missing meals and had your sister worrying about me and she doesn’t need to be doing that. I was scared to death you were gone and I was never going to see you again. And then I finally get a call and you’re in jail. For what? Fucking drugs!” She screamed at him. “And you sit her thinking no one gives a fuck about you. I am your mother. I have always cared about you and I will for the rest of eternity. But I can not keep doing this shit, Richard Thompson. You have to grow up and do something with your life that’s more. You have to live.” She said as tears ran down her cheeks. “I can’t watch you waste everything and force you to still be here for me. I need you to care.” She put her face in her hands as she cried, leaning into the steering wheel as she sobbed.

#convo;ricky #jail tw #drug tw #death tw

harrison-j-lee:

He made a face. “Damn, you’re not supposed to know about my other job.” he joked. He set his glass down listening to her talk about her relationship with her kids. Although he couldn’t relate, as someone who wasn’t a parent, he did understand on some level. He shook his head and put his hand on hers. “It’s okay. You can talk about them all you want. They’re your kids.” Although it had been weird at first learning that Nancy was a mom now, he knew that if they were going to get more involved, that her kids were her life and he wanted to respect that. He gave a small snort before topping off their glasses. “Before you imply anything, I wasn’t anywhere near you twenty-eight years ago. Maybe we just have a few things in common.” he said. He didn’t know her son well but from how she talked about him, he could see a bit of his younger self. Harrison also didn’t care about who he hurt when he was constantly putting himself in danger, on and off the tracks. If he hadn’t had the salary he did, he might have been living a very different life. “I said a boat like this. Sailing is too much work.” he said. “Yeah, on second thought maybe it’s not such a good idea.” He opened some of the containers of food and started to dish them up. “I’m sure you do. You probably also want pearls expensive wine and a little chihuahua with a diamond studded collar.” he teased her. “It’s not like I haven’t driven a boat before, Nance. Just not one this big.” he told her. “We could take this boat anywhere, and have it back by morning. Where do you want to go? Mexico? Hawaii?” he joked.

x

“Like you can keep secrets from me.” Nancy said back. A sigh passed her lips as he touched her hand and she felt relieved that he didn’t mind her talking about her kids. She knew they were adults and this whole thing wasn’t like it was if they were younger, but there was part of her that was worried he wouldn’t want to be with her because she had kids, but that never was a problem and it made her happy. He made her happy. “Thank you. But I think I’ve said enough now.” As he topped off their drinks, she smiled and shook her head. “I know you weren’t, but apparently I just went and raised a mini you without realizing it.” Nancy teased him and played with the wine glass for a moment. “Yeah well, this, sailing, anything is fine if it’s not a cruise.” She laughed before creasing her eyebrows at him. “Why not? You don’t want to take me?” She pouted at him and batted her eyelashes for a moment before she scrunched up her nose in disgust of what he was saying. “Ugh god. If I get that way, throw me off the boat.” She said and shook her head. “Well, could you maneuver it?” She asked as she took a bite of her food. “I doubt we can make it to either of those places and be back in the morning.”

#convo;harrison

derrick-carter:

When the drink was placed before him, Derrick eagerly picked up one of his favorite alcoholic beverages and took a sip. He laughed after he had swallowed his sip and nodded in agreement. “I bet you do. Everybody gets very chatty when they’re drunk, huh?” The male wondered aloud, grinning. Lifting the old fashioned back to his lips, Derrick took another drink of the alcoholic mixture before he answered her. “I’m actually a teacher. I’ll be teaching 8th grade science next school year.”

x

She nodded. “That they do. And this is free therapy, so.” She grinned at him before shrugging. “You get used to it after a bit so it’s no big deal, but you get a little dirt on people you wouldn’t think about.” Nancy said as she started cleaning up a little. “Really? That’s great. We always can use a few more teachers around.” She smiled. “And I gotta hand it to you for eighth graders. That is definitely an interesting year.”

#convo;derrick

rickyxthompson:

Ricky knew that there wasn’t much he could say right now to reassure her. He knew that she probably hoped he would have got something out of the experience and learned his lesson. “Well, I guess I’m just a little disappointed I didn’t get shived while sitting on the can or something.” he joked, but there was some sarcasm in his tone. He didn’t know if she would have been more satisfied if he would have gotten hurt. He hadn’t expected for his parents to bail him out, which was why he didn’t ask right away, but part of them hoped his mother would have at least tried to help him or wanted him out. “That happened already. There was a trial a few days after my birthday. You’d know if you would have been there.” he muttered before taking a drag. He wasn’t shocked when he didn’t see her or anyone else in his family at his court hearing, but it stung a little. He didn’t say anything while she spoke. He knew this conversation had been coming and maybe it was better now than later. “Yeah.” he said simply. He knew he was on thin ice already and there wasn’t much he could say to make her feel better. “I’m still sorry, though.” he sighed. “I’m sorry I didn’t call you sooner and everything. I didn’t think I’d be gone so long and they’re kind of strict about the phones there.” he said. He flicked what was left of the cigarette to the ground and stubbed it out with his shoe before reaching for the car door. “So, did I miss anything while I was gone?” he asked, sitting down inside the car. “How’s Dio? I’ve missed that little fucker.” he said knowing that his dog might be the only one who was happy he was home.

x

“Richard.” She pointed at him as he joked and clenched her jaw for a moment to not just yell at him fully about everything and that he shouldn’t be joking about shit like that. Nancy continued giving him a look and shook her head as he tried putting blame on her. “Don’t you dare with that shit right now. I shouldn’t have had to be there in the first place. If you would’ve just thought before you acted, none of this would’ve fucking happened, but you have no idea the amount of shit I have done for you and you want me to be there? Grow up.” She said angrily at him as she threw open her door and stared at him. “It’s too late for apologies. Especially when you don’t mean them.” She said and got into the car; starting it while she waited for him. After he got in, she started driving. “Do you want to know?” She asked and looked over at him. “He’s good. Well taken care of. Spoiled.”

#convo;ricky #jail tw #injury tw

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