SS: Lucky: The Story of Reagan & Christopher

[FearlessLeader19]

Overview:
Christopher and Reagan happened to have briefly saw each other they were quite younger. However, she does not remember this and thought that the first time she met her older brother's friend was during Koen's wedding. Christopher and Reagan, much like her own parents, did not get off on the right foot with their first interaction.

Characters:
Christopher Michael Carter (Kolyander)
Reagan Aurora Anders (FearlessLeader19)

SPOILER!!: List of Scenes

Scenes 1 and 2 were completed prior to the cyber attack on Snitchseeker. Unfortunately, they could not be found on the internet's archives. Scene one comprised of the two meeting at Koen's wedding while scene 2 comprised of them meeting for a second time during the summer of 2108 at one of Reagan's play auditions.
Scene 3: The summer play of 2108 has now come to an end and the cast had a meet & greet with the audience.
Scene 4: Meeting at the bakery - Summer of 2109
Scene 5: An Important Realisation - Summer of 2110
Scene 6: A Date In the Park - Spring of 2113
Scene 7: A Weekend Getaway at Lake District - Mid June 2114

[FearlessLeader19]

Scene 3:
The summer play of 2108 has now come to an end and the cast had a meet & greet with the audience.

Another successful play down! This also meant this was another bit of experience that could be added to her ever growing list of acting accolades. Her future was looking bright, exactly as radiant with happiness her face currently was lit up. Someone had put a bouquet of roses in her arms after the play but she hadn’t paid attention to who it had been in her excitement of hugging Davet and finding the family. Except she couldn’t get to them right now because there were so many others who wanted to offer their congratulations. She heard it all: she had done a great job, she was going to go places, she was going to be a star, she looked beautiful etc. Reagan was quite used to it but each compliment was appreciated and for each she received, she gave a smile followed by enthusiastic words of gratitude. But would everyone hurry up? Rea really wanted to go share her happiness with her parents and siblings.

[Kolyander]

Christopher hadn’t really wanted to come to this play. It wasn’t high up on his list of things to do but Cassie insisted that he would enjoy it. She also got him to dress proper for the night as one would when attending one of these plays, where she had gone off to though now, he had no clue. Leave it to her to drag her to these things and then leave him standing around on his one waiting for her to come back. No doubt she was off congratulating the stars of the play, whom he recognized immediately, how could he not? Especially when Cass led them to their seats, right near Reagan’s family. Curse his older sister and all she stood for. Well this was uncomfortable, maybe he could uhhh.. Slip away and go wait outside and no one would notice?

[FearlessLeader19]

Reagan didn’t see him until it was too late. Even if he was difficult to miss because of his height, she had been completely distracted. As it was, the happy young lady had made it to close proximity to her family and she was aiming to hand these flowers off to Jude and Keighley because they always seemed to have some sort of love for flowers. Her gaze shifted from her parents to Christopher. To his shoulders, to be exact. She knew EXACTLY to whom those muscular shoulders belonged to even before her gaze touched his face.

What was HE doing here? A few weeks back, he had demonstrated no interest in even seeing the play. And was it just her or did he not look pleased? Reagan took pleasure in the latter thought, even as it occurred to her that Cassie might have been the one who convinced him to attend the event. Reagan stuck her nose in the air and resumed to proceed in the direction of her family, quite ignoring Christopher. She had been the one to try conversing with him first both times they had met before. Not this time!

[Kolyander]

The urge to slip away and wait outside was so strong, the entire atmosphere was uncomfortable. This wasn't the place for him and everyone around them could probably see it all over his face and from just by how he was standing there looking completely lost. Yeah, it was time for him to go now. Cass could find him when she was ready.

Christopher was about to turn and head outside when an all too familiar face headed his way. The star of the play. He was all too happy to let her pass him right by but.. at the very last second he found himself reaching out and lightly touching her arm before he could even realize what he was doing. "Hey, you were really great up there." Really. He wasn't lying. This whole play thing might not be his scene but he would give credit where it was due and she deserved it.

[FearlessLeader19]

Reagan was one hundred percent sure that she was going to sidle by without a single word exchanged between her and Christopher. The thought did not bother her. That man really was the most irritating person she had come across, after all. So just imagine her surprise when the tap on her arm had her looking up into his face. Reagan did not bother to hide the feeling and immediately, she felt herself turning frosty towards him.

The girl arched a perfect eyebrow. “Thank you?” Her tone was not as warm as it usually was and there was a hint of skepticism in her voice. Catching sight of Keighley, she held out the flowers to her sister. Rea wanted to ask him what he was doing here but decided not to. It would mean striking up a conversation which she was sure Christopher cared nothing about. His compliment most likely was just out of politeness, anyway.

[Kolyander]

Geeze, Reagan. Could she appear anymore cold towards him right now? He had hardly said anything and the look she gave him was enough to shut him down. Really what was her issue with him? It wasn't like he was mean to her or anything. In fact it was the complete opposite tonight. He didn't even want to be here and yet he was complimenting her on a play he didn't really enjoy but couldn't deny that she wasn't fabulous in. Where was the fairness in that?

Christopher ignored the arched brow skepticism in her voice. "You're welcome. I mean that. You made it look really easy, natural." See, he was not only being nice but honest too. Not always was he a jerk. And Cass had been right, the girl was going to go really far in her career once she finished with school. He gave a small nod of his head towards her family that was nearby, Keighley happily accepting the flowers her older sister had handed off to her.

[FearlessLeader19]

Did he really want to find out the answer to that? Because yes, she could be more frosty than she was right now. Not that he would care, right? Other than the fact that he seemingly purposely went out of his way to annoy her, the last time they interacted, she felt as though she were the only one making an effort with the conversation. So… you know… this girl went where her energy was reciprocated and it clearly wasn’t around Christopher Carter.

Her arms free of flowers now, Reagan covered her confusion at the words by pretending to smooth out a wrinkle in her forest green dress. Part of her wondered if Cassie had told him to say something nice. That thought did not improve her mood towards him but the other part was trying not to be rude by saying something sarcastic. “Do you though? Mean it, I mean.” Then Rea shook her head. “It doesn’t matter. Thank you, anyway.”

[Kolyander]

No, no he did not care to find out because he was sure that she could be and he didn't quite feel like being on the receiving end of her anger this evening. But yes, he very well would care. He didn't need to be complained at by a young lady that was nearly half his age. Excuse her?! Last time he actually wasn't unfriendly to her and he did his best to be nice to. It wasn't entirely his fault that she took everything he said and did the wrong way, all of the time.

Christopher arched a brow at her. "If I didn't mean it, I wouldn't say it." He wasn't raised that way. "I meant what I said, Reagan. You really do belong out there on the stage." Whether or not she chose to believe him was on her now. He wasn't going to keep repeating himself over and over again and making himself sound like a goof.

[FearlessLeader19]

What a surprise, that he actually cared. Or was this just an ego thing on his part? Because he couldn’t bear the thought of Cassie giving him an earful on Reagan’s behalf? Yes, Rea would chalk it up to Christopher’s ego. Okay, he wasn’t unfriendly but he had made her feel as though she were pestering him. Did he not realise that her asking him continuous questions and him simply answering had given off the vibe that he didn’t want to talk? And that he wasn’t interested in her play or her? Can you blame her, Christopher, that you annoyed her for the most parts? Surely she wasn’t the only one you drove insane?

Rea was silent for a considerable amount of time, oblivious to all the bustle around her as she stared hard at Christopher. She was trying to read his face, an attempt to determine how truthful he was being with her. Apparently his face passed her scrutiny for she nodded. “Okay, I believe you. And thank you again.” A slow smile crept onto her face. “Well, I do plan on going on to being a VERY successful actress someday. Maybe you’ll come to see those too.” There was a shrug on her to indicate that there was no pressure on him to show up to those movies.

[Kolyander]

Geeze. Did she really think so lowly of him? He wasn't nearly half as bad as she was making him out to be. In fact he wasn't even close to it. If she gave him a quarter of a chance she would realize that. Despite the fact that he didn't always go into great detail with all of his replies to questions, he was a really decent guy. Believe it or not Reagan, no he didn't annoy everyone else. It seemed like it was only really her. Maybe she just didn't understand him all that well. Or was it that big age gap between them that made things so problematic for them?

She was welcome to study him all she wanted, she'd see nothing but honesty tonight. There was no lying on his part. Every word that had come out of his mouth had been the truth. Christopher nodded. "You're welcome. When that day comes and there's no doubt in my mind that it will, let me know and I'll be there." He meant that. What made him say this to her, he wasn't sure when he wasn't really a fan of plays and things but.. for some reason if she was the star of them, well he wanted to cheer her on. There was nothing wrong with cheering for a friends younger sibling. Plus, Cassie was likely to drag him along to the plays anyhow.

[FearlessLeader19]

Well… yeah. But in her defense, Rea had tried multiple times to give Christopher the benefit of a doubt. In her mind, he hadn’t lived up to her expectations. Maybe it was because she was so many years his junior. Maybe it was because he saw her as nothing more than Koen’s little sister. Whatever. She didn’t want him to see her as anything more, anyway. She was so done giving him chances. Christopher would have to work rather hard to show her that he wasn’t just another man with a giant attitude. Rea doubted that he would have any such intentions, anyway.

Christopher really was making her emotions go all over the place. At one point she was being cold to him then another, that coldness was thawing off. Reagan clutched desperately at it, which was a difficult task when he was saying such nice things. The young actress resisted the urge to eye him suspiciously at the next words; what did cross her face was surprise. Very, VERY stunned surprise. “Do you… mean that? All of it?” Was this reverse psychology in play? Her being cold to him had made him be nice and proper to him in turn?

[Kolyander]

Multiple? Twice. And the previous time as pre-mentioned he hadn't been mean nor rude towards her. If anyone had asked him he hadn't been that way the first time either but if that's how she wanted to keep seeing it, fine. Perhaps it was. He was nearly a preteen by the time she had been born. They had grown up in completely different worlds almost. Actually they had for the most part, his entire time up until the time Cass had turned eleven everything had been completely muggle for him. Not that it had much to do with anything but little things could matter sometimes. Maybe it was the other way around, she was the one with the attitude? Had to even stopped to consider that thought at all? He wouldn't be surprised if she hadn't.

Whatever was going on in that young teenage head of hers, hadn't been his goal. All he had wanted to do was compliment her. Okay, well no. What he had really wanted to do was get the heck out of there before he had been seen but that hadn't happened. "I only say what I mean and I always mean what I say. So yes, I meant every single word, Reagan." Christopher spoke surely and quietly with a light gentle smile that reached his blue eyes. Nah, this was him, being him. No messing about or being a jerk or whatever she thought he was.

[FearlessLeader19]

Multiple meant more than once, didn’t it, Christopher? Unless Reagan has suddenly lost her head and forgotten the meaning of words. Yes, she would continue seeing their first meeting that way, thank you very much! And even if she had attitude well… Christopher had it far more. Uh huh! Rea was going to stay stubborn on that topic.

Or try to?

Because like she thought… Christopher was messing with her head. ‘Focus, Reagan Aurora Anders!’ she chided herself. ‘He’s still cocky and infuriating. A few compliments doesn’t make him your friend.’ His… smile. Reagan tried not to stare. This was the absolute first time that he had smiled at her in that manner. It even seemed to be a genuine smile. Before Rea knew it, she was smiling back. “You should smile more often. You’re less likely to get anyone annoyed, including your sister if you get her that way.’' The young woman really meant that. “Anyway, you probably should take the time to go see Koen’s band at some point otherwise he’ll think you’ve only got time for plays.” There was a small smirk playing her lips just because.

[Kolyander]

Blah, blah, blah. There she went doing it again. Getting all technical and nit picky with every little thing. Of course she was going to be stubborn. And you know what, he would let her be. If she wanted all of their encounters to be unpleasant because she needed to keep having an attitude with him, then so be it.

Whether or not Christopher was aware he was being stared at, remains unknown. He appeared completely calm, his hands now clasped lightly behind his back as he stood there, very much aware that she was now smiling back at him. Well, would you look at that! A compliment from the stubborn one herself. "So should you." Smile that is. There was a small chuckle from him now. "No need to worry about that. I've been to a few." Typically during the school year but he's seen his fair share of those too.

[FearlessLeader19]

Well, well, well.

Reagan would say that he was learning because leaving her to be stubborn during one of her ‘stubborn phases’ was the best thing that anyone could do. She would climb out of that funk when she was ready but by the way things were going between her and Christopher.

Frankly, she didn’t care if he knew she was staring. Reagan let out a snort. “I smile often enough, just not at you.” That was a fact! She nodded. “I’m sure Koen appreciates that.” Rea had been on the verge of saying that Christopher was a good friend but had rapidly changed tactics. There was no need to swell his head. “Well, thank you for coming. I’d better get to my parents. I can literally see my dad getting impatient because he wants to suffocate me with hugs.” Here, she actually laughed in amusement at the thought.

[Kolyander]

Learning? That was one way to look at it. Another would be, that he was actually getting to know her a bit. Whatever it was she was free to do her own thing as long as she stopped taking all her little tantrums out on him.

Christopher lifted a shoulder in a slight shrug. "I'm sure that you do." Yeah, he was so done with their little back and forth games or whatever those were. "Sometimes it's the little things that are important." It was nice to have someone that did their best to build you up. Here he nodded, glancing over at her family. They all looked like they were ready to hug Rea until the end of time. [B]"You're welcome. Yeah, I won't keep you any longer. I'll see you around some other time. Enjoy the rest of your night." Chris smiled lightly.

[FearlessLeader19]

Too bad Christopher didn’t know that Rea wouldn’t stop taking out her tantrums on him. Too bad he didn’t know that he would grow to love her and her tantrums dearly. Too bad she didn’t know that she would fall just as hard for him and that she’d try to ease up on her tantrum throwing just for him. For now, she would say goodbye to him and in her mind, they were neither friends nor enemies. Acquaintances maybe. “Bye, Christopher! Thanks for coming to see the play even if you didn’t want to!” Rea returned his smile then turned in the direction of her parents.


Scene 4:
It’s the summer of 2109. Rea has found herself at the bakery owned by Cassie - Christopher’s sister. Another meeting between the giant and the little lady!

Characters:
Christopher Michael Carter (Kolyander)
Reagan Aurora Anders (FearlessLeader19)


Rea hadn’t anything to do in particular that day. The theatre group would be meeting until tomorrow, which left the young woman with the first day of summer free. As a matter of fact, she would be free for the next year because she had only just graduated from Hogwarts. That year would fly by quickly though, given the fact that she was due to tag along with Koen on his tour during that time.

Wanting to be out and about, the seventeen year old had found herself at Cassie’s bakery, and after chatting with the other woman for a bit, Rea bought herself several chocolate churros then took up temporary residence at one of the tables in the bakery. She’d just hang out for a bit to pass the time by eating and doing her wordsearch puzzle. With her fancy purple and yellow pen in hand {it even had a matching unicorn stuck at the top}, Rea opened her puzzle book to a fresh page and got to work.

[Kolyander]

Christopher frequented his sisters bakery quite often. Whether it was to help out, hangout or actually purchase something depended on the day. Today he was on his way there to drop off his nephew who he'd spent a few hours with that morning. They'd had a great day at the park and doing a little shopping, Issac had even picked out a new stuffie for his little sister.

Entering the shop, Chris set the young boy down on the floor watching him immediately run around behind the counter to his mum, chatting excitedly about his morning. Grins at his sister, only then noticing the shop wasn't empty and actually realizing he knew who was sitting at one of the tables. "Hello, Reagan." Yup, he was being simple but polite and greeting her. Didn't want her claiming that he was 'rude' or whatever she might do.

[FearlessLeader19]

The sound of hurried footsteps had Reagan looking up from the work she had just struck off the list in her book. The footsteps belonged to someone she immediately recognised. Where there was an Isaac, there was bound to be a certain giant. A quick search confirmed this but she hurriedly looked back down at her book before he could notice her. Don’t ask her why, she didn’t know that answer. It was possible that she wasn’t in the mood for another one of their bickering sessions. The day was too perfect for such a thing.

Isaac’s chattering had her sneaking a glance at him, a tiny smile playing on her lips. She found the child to be quite the cutie. Startled at suddenly hearing her name from Christopher, Rea shifted her attention. Imagine the surprise she felt when she realised her smile had increased by a fraction. Since when did HE have that effect on her? “Hi, Christopher,” Rea remarked cautiously. And… she was not annoyed to see him…

Huh?

This was baffling and unusual.

[Kolyander]

Was his eye still somewhat on his nephew even though the young boy was perfectly okay with his mum? Yes, yes, it was. This was merely done out of habit and nothing more. Cassie was a phenomenal parent to all of her children. It was simply that Christopher enjoyed watching the interaction between the two of them. Something Issac had said made him chuckle lightly but his attention shifted back onto Reagan when he heard her return greeting.

Well would you look at that, there was a small smile from her too. Chris returned it with one of his own. "How is your summer going? Busy, I'm sure or are you taking it easy for a bit now that you've graduated?" He had heard about that from Koen. His friend was very proud of her, which he was sure that she already knew. That Anders bunch was a close nit family for sure.

[FearlessLeader19]

It was so clear that Christopher cared for his nephew deeply. This was something Rea had recognised the first time she saw the two together but it wasn’t until now that she really let the fact sink in. Like… REALLY sink in. The way Christopher kept his gaze on Isaac spoke volumes. It was heartwarming, and Rea being an older sister to Jude and Keigh could understand fully the nature in which it took to care for someone that special.

Um…

WHAT was happening?

She was smiling, he was smiling… they were smiling at each other. Had the world gone MAD?

Reagan blinked but kept the friendliness chat going. Okay, so Christopher knew she had graduated now, which was more than likely that Ko had told him. “It’s not that busy at the moment,’’ Rea responded, tapping the unicorn against her book. “Taking it easy is exactly what I plan on doing. Ko’s invited me to go on tour with him and the band as I’m taking the next year off. Did he tell you about that?” Honestly, Rea wouldn’t mind if Ko had, and this came as another surprise to her.

[Kolyander]

Indeed he did. It wasn't only Issac that he cared for either. Christopher cared for all of his nieces and nephews even if it appeared that young Issac might be the one whom he currently spent the most time with. That wasn't entirely the case, he did his best to divide his time between them all whenever they weren't away at school.

And yes, Reagan, they were smiling at one another. Something they had done before however fleeting it may have been.

The tapping of the.. what was that? A.. unicorn? Against the book, gave him the impression that he was either bugging her or that she was confused by his conversation. Either way, she had answered his question so he was going to keep it going as well. "That's good, nothing at all wrong with taking it easy and taking some time off and enjoying yourself for a little while." Taking a year off and traveling sounded like a whole lot of fun to him. "He may have mentioned something like that to me. That's got to be something you've been looking forward to?"

[FearlessLeader19]

Reagan had already deduced that Christopher was a family man and spent time with his other family members. She figured he was just extremely fond of Isaac. There was nothing wrong with that; it was quite normal - sort of like how she was super fond and protective of Jude. She had even grudgingly accepted that this trait of being close to one’s family had scored Christopher a point in her book.

When was the last time they had smiled at each other? Last year at the play? Rea couldn’t quite remember. It didn’t matter because the fact that he hadn’t annoyed her as yet was weirding her out. To hide her confusion, she flipped to the back of her word search book where the answers to the searches were printed. The thing was, the wordsearches printed by this book company printed their answers upside down. Naturally the book had to be turned that way. Her eyes zoned in on wordsearch number 15, the current one she was working on. Her attention was focused on Christopher too. “I plan to.” A frown crossed her face as she tried to locate the word that had been eluding her since she sat down here at the bakery by reading through each word.

When Rea had asked about Ko mentioning her traveling to Chris, she had been joking. But hearing the confirmation that it was something that actually happened, she lowered her book with interest. “I am looking forward to it. I always wanted to see as many places as I possibly could. Does Ko talk a lot about me, Keigh and Jude?” she asked. Actually, she only really wanted to know if Koen also mentioned her constant outbursts at him and how childish she could be. But then again…

Why did she care what Christopher thought of her?

[Kolyander]

This hadn't always been the case. When he was younger, Chris had wanted nothing more than to do things on his own and be his own person. Not be the middle child and have to live up to his older sisters name or have things handed to him being the youngest. It was true he was close with his siblings but they got even closer the older they got. Things could be strange like that sometimes. And yes, truth be told, maybe he did have a small soft spot in his heart for little Issac. How could he not though, when that boy was as adorable as he was?

"There's nothing like a nice relaxing summer. Best to make the most of it while you can." Soon enough she would have a whole lot of adulting ahead of her and no time for anything else. He would know. Blue eyes watched the unicorn pen tap against the table even as Reagan flipped the book over and seemed to be searching for something? What he wasn't sure since he hadn't moved closer to her at all from where he had been standing. "Having a problem?" He gave a small incline of his head towards her book. Perhaps he could help?

Chris smiled a bit. "And what better way to see a bunch of places than to travel around with your brothers band?" To him it sounded like a cool idea. Site seeing and sibling time. Double win. Hear he had to think about this question for a minute or so. Over the years he had heard plenty of things about all of the Anders siblings, it came with being friends with Koen. As they got older he didn't get all of the news as often but he still heard stuff from time to time when they got to chat or saw each other. "Not constantly but he does talk about the three of you."