She shook her head "never heard of it" she blinked quickly to get the tears to stop flowing. Abby may or may not have turned her head just enough for his shirt to catch the tears without him noticing. "Why does she have to ruin it? Why does she WANT to ruin us? No. That's not how to think. She can try all she wants, but she can't break us. No. She can't. It will only bring us closer!" She looked up at him, then, with a soft voice she asked. "...right..?"

Ryker looked a little sad as she cried into his shirt- yes he noticed. He lifted a hand to twirl a strand of her hair around his finger as he thought. "She's not going to ruin anything." He whispered, waiting until she was finished speaking. "Of course. Then again, marriage is about 2 becoming 1, so I'm not quite sure we can get closer..." He trailed off with a small smile as he tilted her head to tenderly kiss her. "Nothing will ever bring is apart."

She curled up on his lap. "Sorry for the tears. Won't happen again" she gave a weak smile.

Ryker gently wiped a tear off of her cheek. "Don't be. Tears are a way to express ourselves. If we bottle up those emotions, they just explode later." He answered quietly. He was going to figure out why Adelle was doing this, and he was going to stop her. For Abby's sake.

Abby smiled "ok" she put her hand on top of his. "Thank you"

Ryker relaxed just the slightest bit as she calmed down. Good, it wasn't a mistake to tell Her. "That's why I'm here. That and a bunch of other reasons." He said with a small smile.

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(Okay, okay, so drama plot idea, what if while Abby and Ryker are out together somewhere some men try and steal Abby and it all ends in a big fight?)

Oooooo ok!)

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Abby smiled, squeezing his hand. "Adelle needs to keep her nasty hands to herself" she clenched her jaw

Ryker snorted. "I bet one look at your rather angry looking face would send her running for the hills." He joked, looking the slightest bit amused. "Now I have to put away groceries, get my tools into the garage, and ... oh yes." He smiled. "I believe this is for you." Ryker pulled out a jewelry (me totally NOT failing to spell jewelry and staring as the auto correct was like THAT IS WRONG lol) box, then opened it and showed her a silver necklace with a golden and black painted metal horse head hanging on the end. "I had to custom order this to look like Shadow. The groceries were an excuse to go get it." He winked with a small laugh.

Abby shot him a look, although she couldn't suppress a smile. "Ooo what did you get me?" She jumped up and stopped Infront of him as he pulled out a box. "It's so pretty! But I don't have anything for you." She gave a quick pouty face before throwing her arms around him. "Thank you! It's gorgeous!"

Ryker grinned a little at her reaction. "It is pretty." He agreed heartily before chuckling. "Having you happy is more than enough for me." He answered, hugging her back before turning her around to put it on- hey, he had to see how it looked. Managing somehow to get it to clip- why were the clips so small? He stepped back. "It is gorgeous. I agree."