Reaping The Rest

Ethan impatiently paced the ground unsure why he was so nerve wrecked. Perhaps it had been the shared moment between he and Jordan upsetting him. Inhaling quietly he looked over at the waterfall and sat down near it dipping his head beneath the water then looking around everyone. "Christ." He said and kicked a huge rock into the water.

Finley frowned as a rock suddenly smashed into the ground beside her. Swimming to the surface, she looked at Ethan oddly. "You almost hit me." she said blankly.

"Sorry." Ethan responded and laid on his back staring up. "Just don't know what's up lately. Thought I was here alone." He admitted.

"Well you're not." Finley responded, surprised by her own snarky tone.

Ethan laid flat on his belly on the rock and his eyes drooped. "I was there was some type of potion Finley. To make me forget her completely, and I would have never bailed on us."

Finley rolled her eyes at him. "Don't lie to yourself Ethan, you never cared about me. Or Drew." she added.

Ethan looked at her discontented. "If I wasn't trying to sabotage her life everyday, you would have noticed." He said quietly. "Admit it you knew there was times where you saw I tried to leave her behind."

Finley nodded along halfheartedly.

"And I don't know how, I want to know how but there's nothing anyone could do to teach me." Ethan sighed.

"Maybe if you opened up your eyes, you would realize that you're not the only one who was never loved in return." Finley snapped, turning to swim away with flare.

"They can sure handle it better than I can." Ethan admitted looking over at her. Was it herself she was talking about? Could this be directed toward Liam or himself?

"Obviously." Finley grumbled beneath her breath, lowering her head back under the water to return to her place at the bottom of the lake.

Ethan sat up and edged toward the water looking over at her gently. "Finley."

Diamond sighed and looked around. "Damnit, Andy when are you going to be here?"

Finley looked up at him from the depths but didn't surface.

Drew sat down beside Diamond and yawned. "I was thinking the same thing. I'm kind of missing my best friend."

"And I'm missing my ex, God I would fuck her so hard if she were here." Diamond admitted and brought her hand over her mouth. "Oh goodness, please forgive me for saying that." She said quickly. "That was so rude." She shook her head.

Ethan looked away. "I'm really sorry."

Finley popped up in front of him. "For what?" she asked, confused.

Drew laughed loudly. "I'll make sure I tell her that as soon as she gets here."

Diamond rubbed the back of her neck. "Maybe my sisters are right I should learn how to keep my mouth shut." She grumbled.

"Everything I put you through, I was never really thinking rationally but I hope Im thinking rationally enough to tell you I'm sorry and sincerely mean it because I do with ever inch of my heart." Ethan responded and leaned over to hug her. Being this kind definitely warmed him, it made up for the anxiety and all the acts of aggression and hatred.

"Aw, come on. It was funny." Drew assured her, smiling.

Finley sighed and returned the hug. "It's alright." she told him. "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't of had the best thing in my life, so I guess I should thank you for your kind donation of sperm."

Diamond only gave him a small smile and pat his back. "You're great Drew." She told him affectionately.

Ethan looked at her with a sudden smirk. "You might find this hard to believe but I do love my son, and I think he's a better man than I'll ever be." He said and glanced over at him. "He's got a good head on his shoulders, he's handsome, and responsible, and everything I could've asked for. I do love Logan too, he probably hates me more than Drew."

"Drew doesn't hate you." Finley replied, looking at their son as well. "He's too kind for that. I don't think Logan hates you either, not even I hate my parents anymore."

"You're not too bad yourself." Drew returned, laying back in the grass. "What happened with you two anyway?" he asked, referring to her and Andy.

"I'll try to spend a little time with him soon, he deserves it." Ethan explained and exhaled through his nose. "What I did to him is worse, I was abusive at points I was fucked up."

"I messed up, I mean I fell in love with my nieces man." Diamond frowned. "It was a mistake because he always loved Koda way more than I could ever try to match myself up too."

"I know." Finley replied with ease. Although she had hated seeing her son come home from his father's with the occasional bruise, she'd had a lot of time to think about it. Ethan had been pretty fucked up.

"Wow, talk about family drama." Drew chuckled. "At least you admit your mistake."

"If your open about your mistakes they don't hurt as much as you think they do." Diamond answered.

"I deserved to die by his bullet." Ethan told her seriously. "Chase let me do the worst things to her and never once did he seek to kill me, but when she became his wife after a few years it was like he was going to go to hell and back for her if she asked." He suddenly pulled up an orb and looked at Chase. "He's always going to be better than I am."

"Mind telling Ethan that?" Drew joked, though deep down he was quite serious. All his father did was moan about Jordan.

"Maybe because he finally grew a pair and loved her." Finley explained, looking at the baby Chase. "Don't compare yourself to people, Ethan."

"They died together and went back together." Ethan said a bit in awe as he stared down at the orb. "I begged her to get with me again but she told me that she'd never settle for better only Chase." He allowed the orb to disperse. "I think I'll be okay now Finley." He grinned a bit.

"He'll figure out in time, besides I might be part of second generation but Ciel and I are probably the youngest ones." Diamond giggled.