Chapter 2!
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treasure_geeksTitle: Blog Worthy
Pairing: Ben/Riley
Chapter: 2/3
Author: outkast_choir89
Rating: pg-13
Summary: Ben decides that he NEEDS a MySpace account.
Disclaimer: I don't own NT.
So after spending a well-deserved day in bed, here's the next chapter. Hope you guys and gals enjoy it.
“Abigail!” Ben calls with a sense of urgency in his voice. Not a minute later Abigail comes rushing into his study.
“What is it Ben? It’s almost 5 p.m. and I have a date with Connor at 5:45.”
“I need your help.” He replies somewhat reluctantly while focusing on his computer screen.
“The man who just found the City of Gold needs my help,” she teases.
“Yes, now would you be serious for a minute.” The smirk on her face disappears and she gestures for him to continue. “I need to make a MySpace account and I can’t figure out how.” Abigail hides her laugh.
“Why do you need to have a MySpace? You aren’t secretly one of those fangirls are you? Wait, why don’t you ask Riley for help? He’s better at that stuff than either of us.”
“What?! No! I can’t ask Riley. He can’t find out I have one until I add him as a friend. I thought he’d be impressed if I made one on my own.”
Abigail smiles, “Ah, but you wouldn’t be doing it on your own if I help and I don’t remember agreeing to help you with technology when I agreed to help you woo him.”
“Abigail please, I’m desperate! He didn’t even notice my love for him when I saved his life again. Maybe he’ll notice me if I’m more technologically advanced. I’m begging you! If all of this works you can have the whole house to yourself. Hell I’ll even help Connor move in.” Ben even bats his eyelashes hoping that’ll help. Abigail sighs before agreeing to help him.
“Fine, but I still stand by my original plan of just telling him.” She makes him move away from his desk and takes his place.
“I can’t just tell him. What if he doesn’t feel the same? Things like that hurt you know.” Ben finishes with a sigh and begins to pace waiting for Abigail to finish.
“You are completely oblivious aren’t you? You know, for a man who loves puzzles you sure are having a hard time figuring this one out.”
“What do you mean? My mom and dad said the same thing when I asked them for help.”
“Never mind, here’s your login info. I’ll let you figure out all of the other little stuff on your own. I have to go get ready for my date with Connor.” She hands him a little yellow post-it before heading to her own room.
Ben sits down and the first thing he notices is the search bar. “I should find Riley,” he mutters to himself. Ben types in Riley’s full name. “27 matches, how many Riley Poole’s are out there?” He shakes his head to get rid of that thought. He knows that other people have that name, but there will only be one Riley Poole. He goes down the list of names before finding the one he’s looking for. He clicks on the link and does a little dance while it’s loading. Then he catches himself and stops before Abigail comes in and sees it. She’d never let him live it down.
He has to laugh when the page finally loads. Of course Riley would have an X-Files layout. “Hey Abi! I found Riley’s MySpace page!” She yells something that he can’t quite make out so he just shrugs it off. He scrolls down to read the basic info and is shocked at what he finds. He didn’t know that Riley could sing, dance, and act. He makes a mental note to look up My Chemical Romance and Linkin Park later. How could Riley, the happiest guy he knows, like such depressing movies and books? Ben feels a warmth spread through his chest when sees his own name next to the heroes part. He scrolls down further and frowns, “Since when does Riley smoke?” Abigail chooses that moment to enter his study.
“Riley smokes?” She inquires while putting her ear rings in.
Ben nods, “That’s what his MySpace says.”
“Benjamin Gates! Did you not just hear me tell you to not look at his page?” She scolds him the way every woman does, with her hands on her hips.
“Oh is that what you said, my bad.” He clicks on something and then points to the screen. “Look, he posted a new blog after we got in this morning.” Abigail goes to stand behind him and frowns.
“No Ben. You should exit out of the page now. This is an invasion of Riley’s privacy.”
“If he wanted it to be private then he would have made it private.”
“How do you know about any of that stuff if you couldn’t even set up your own account?”
He looks down at his hands declaring them more interesting than Abigail. “I may have read a tutorial or two.”
“A tutorial? Ben, how long have you been planning this?”
“Well the idea came to me after Riley mentioned how addicted he was to it that one day we were all at that one internet café.”
“That was before Cibola.”
“Yeah well I hadn’t decided to put this plan into action until after we went through that whole ordeal. After all of that I realized that none of us have that much time.”
“All the more reason to tell him you’re in love with him.”
“I like my idea better,” he says and focuses his attention back to Riley’s most recent blog post. Abigail mutters something about doing her makeup and leaves the study.
About 10 minutes later Abigail is rushing downstairs to grab her coat and say goodbye to Ben before Connor arrives. She walks straight into the study and is startled by the look on Ben’s face. He’s looking at his computer screen like it just kicked his dog. She thinks she can see tears in his eyes, but she must be imagining things. “Ben?”
He looks up at her with heartbreak etched into his face. “He’s in love with someone.”
“Well duh, it’s about time you saw that. Wait…why do you look so distraught about that?” Abigail asks slightly confused. The last time she checked, Riley only had eyes for the treasure protector.
“He’s in love with someone who isn’t me. He blogged about it because apparently he can’t talk to any of us about it. He thinks my dad will hate him and he is afraid of losing my friendship. Oh and that person he’s in love with is a guy. How could I not know he’s gay?”
Abigail tries not to smile, “Ben think about it for a minute. Riley is in love with someone. He doesn’t think you’ll like the person he’s in love with. I know he talks to you about important stuff. Who would be one person who Riley would love, but also be terrified if you or anyone of us found out?”
Ben looks past her before saying, “Connor.”
“That’s absurd. Riley thinks he’s a stiff.” Behind her there’s the distinct sound of a man clearing his throat. She turns around and winces. “Hi sweetie, Riley doesn’t really call you a stiff. It’s just a generalized statement he uses for all people who wear suits on a daily basis.”
Connor smiles at her and then looks at Ben. “That’s alright I’m sure Mr. Poole finds his love elsewhere. I hope you don’t mind I let myself in. The door was unlocked.”
Abigail shakes her head. “It’s okay, besides if the plan goes alright then you’ll be living here anyway.”
“There isn’t a plan anymore, but don’t worry I’ll be looking for an apartment. The house is still yours Abi.” Ben gets up and heads to the door.
“Ben, wait.” Ben stops in front of the door and turns to look at his ex-girlfriend.
“Abigail ever since we ended it, you’ve done nothing but help me attempt to win the one I love over. That’s a hell of a lot more than most ex-girlfriends do. Thank you for all the help, but it’s over. It’s time for all of us to move on and for you to enjoy your spoils. No matter how much I dislike Connor, no offense, he doesn’t deserve to have only half of you while the other half is playing match maker. I give up. Now if you’ll excuse me I think I’ll go get plastered.”
“Ben.” This time it is Connor’s voice that stops him. “Before you fully give up, go talk to him. Hell since Abigail and I have been discreet he probably thinks that you two are still together.”
“I like my idea better.” Ben says before leaving the study to go drown the biggest sorrow he has at the moment.
Pairing: Ben/Riley
Chapter: 2/3
Author: outkast_choir89
Rating: pg-13
Summary: Ben decides that he NEEDS a MySpace account.
Disclaimer: I don't own NT.
So after spending a well-deserved day in bed, here's the next chapter. Hope you guys and gals enjoy it.
“Abigail!” Ben calls with a sense of urgency in his voice. Not a minute later Abigail comes rushing into his study.
“What is it Ben? It’s almost 5 p.m. and I have a date with Connor at 5:45.”
“I need your help.” He replies somewhat reluctantly while focusing on his computer screen.
“The man who just found the City of Gold needs my help,” she teases.
“Yes, now would you be serious for a minute.” The smirk on her face disappears and she gestures for him to continue. “I need to make a MySpace account and I can’t figure out how.” Abigail hides her laugh.
“Why do you need to have a MySpace? You aren’t secretly one of those fangirls are you? Wait, why don’t you ask Riley for help? He’s better at that stuff than either of us.”
“What?! No! I can’t ask Riley. He can’t find out I have one until I add him as a friend. I thought he’d be impressed if I made one on my own.”
Abigail smiles, “Ah, but you wouldn’t be doing it on your own if I help and I don’t remember agreeing to help you with technology when I agreed to help you woo him.”
“Abigail please, I’m desperate! He didn’t even notice my love for him when I saved his life again. Maybe he’ll notice me if I’m more technologically advanced. I’m begging you! If all of this works you can have the whole house to yourself. Hell I’ll even help Connor move in.” Ben even bats his eyelashes hoping that’ll help. Abigail sighs before agreeing to help him.
“Fine, but I still stand by my original plan of just telling him.” She makes him move away from his desk and takes his place.
“I can’t just tell him. What if he doesn’t feel the same? Things like that hurt you know.” Ben finishes with a sigh and begins to pace waiting for Abigail to finish.
“You are completely oblivious aren’t you? You know, for a man who loves puzzles you sure are having a hard time figuring this one out.”
“What do you mean? My mom and dad said the same thing when I asked them for help.”
“Never mind, here’s your login info. I’ll let you figure out all of the other little stuff on your own. I have to go get ready for my date with Connor.” She hands him a little yellow post-it before heading to her own room.
Ben sits down and the first thing he notices is the search bar. “I should find Riley,” he mutters to himself. Ben types in Riley’s full name. “27 matches, how many Riley Poole’s are out there?” He shakes his head to get rid of that thought. He knows that other people have that name, but there will only be one Riley Poole. He goes down the list of names before finding the one he’s looking for. He clicks on the link and does a little dance while it’s loading. Then he catches himself and stops before Abigail comes in and sees it. She’d never let him live it down.
He has to laugh when the page finally loads. Of course Riley would have an X-Files layout. “Hey Abi! I found Riley’s MySpace page!” She yells something that he can’t quite make out so he just shrugs it off. He scrolls down to read the basic info and is shocked at what he finds. He didn’t know that Riley could sing, dance, and act. He makes a mental note to look up My Chemical Romance and Linkin Park later. How could Riley, the happiest guy he knows, like such depressing movies and books? Ben feels a warmth spread through his chest when sees his own name next to the heroes part. He scrolls down further and frowns, “Since when does Riley smoke?” Abigail chooses that moment to enter his study.
“Riley smokes?” She inquires while putting her ear rings in.
Ben nods, “That’s what his MySpace says.”
“Benjamin Gates! Did you not just hear me tell you to not look at his page?” She scolds him the way every woman does, with her hands on her hips.
“Oh is that what you said, my bad.” He clicks on something and then points to the screen. “Look, he posted a new blog after we got in this morning.” Abigail goes to stand behind him and frowns.
“No Ben. You should exit out of the page now. This is an invasion of Riley’s privacy.”
“If he wanted it to be private then he would have made it private.”
“How do you know about any of that stuff if you couldn’t even set up your own account?”
He looks down at his hands declaring them more interesting than Abigail. “I may have read a tutorial or two.”
“A tutorial? Ben, how long have you been planning this?”
“Well the idea came to me after Riley mentioned how addicted he was to it that one day we were all at that one internet café.”
“That was before Cibola.”
“Yeah well I hadn’t decided to put this plan into action until after we went through that whole ordeal. After all of that I realized that none of us have that much time.”
“All the more reason to tell him you’re in love with him.”
“I like my idea better,” he says and focuses his attention back to Riley’s most recent blog post. Abigail mutters something about doing her makeup and leaves the study.
About 10 minutes later Abigail is rushing downstairs to grab her coat and say goodbye to Ben before Connor arrives. She walks straight into the study and is startled by the look on Ben’s face. He’s looking at his computer screen like it just kicked his dog. She thinks she can see tears in his eyes, but she must be imagining things. “Ben?”
He looks up at her with heartbreak etched into his face. “He’s in love with someone.”
“Well duh, it’s about time you saw that. Wait…why do you look so distraught about that?” Abigail asks slightly confused. The last time she checked, Riley only had eyes for the treasure protector.
“He’s in love with someone who isn’t me. He blogged about it because apparently he can’t talk to any of us about it. He thinks my dad will hate him and he is afraid of losing my friendship. Oh and that person he’s in love with is a guy. How could I not know he’s gay?”
Abigail tries not to smile, “Ben think about it for a minute. Riley is in love with someone. He doesn’t think you’ll like the person he’s in love with. I know he talks to you about important stuff. Who would be one person who Riley would love, but also be terrified if you or anyone of us found out?”
Ben looks past her before saying, “Connor.”
“That’s absurd. Riley thinks he’s a stiff.” Behind her there’s the distinct sound of a man clearing his throat. She turns around and winces. “Hi sweetie, Riley doesn’t really call you a stiff. It’s just a generalized statement he uses for all people who wear suits on a daily basis.”
Connor smiles at her and then looks at Ben. “That’s alright I’m sure Mr. Poole finds his love elsewhere. I hope you don’t mind I let myself in. The door was unlocked.”
Abigail shakes her head. “It’s okay, besides if the plan goes alright then you’ll be living here anyway.”
“There isn’t a plan anymore, but don’t worry I’ll be looking for an apartment. The house is still yours Abi.” Ben gets up and heads to the door.
“Ben, wait.” Ben stops in front of the door and turns to look at his ex-girlfriend.
“Abigail ever since we ended it, you’ve done nothing but help me attempt to win the one I love over. That’s a hell of a lot more than most ex-girlfriends do. Thank you for all the help, but it’s over. It’s time for all of us to move on and for you to enjoy your spoils. No matter how much I dislike Connor, no offense, he doesn’t deserve to have only half of you while the other half is playing match maker. I give up. Now if you’ll excuse me I think I’ll go get plastered.”
“Ben.” This time it is Connor’s voice that stops him. “Before you fully give up, go talk to him. Hell since Abigail and I have been discreet he probably thinks that you two are still together.”
“I like my idea better.” Ben says before leaving the study to go drown the biggest sorrow he has at the moment.
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Date: 2009-01-28 03:58 am (UTC)don't take this the wrong way, but it was a smidgened sappy, and for that, i loved it. (i am seriously addicted to sap. it's why i love Nathan Fillion so much xD)
anyways, i love the whole myspace culture you've added to it, and that Ben read a tutorial about navigating around the site. (^-^)
i am curious to see where your taking this *crosses fingers for a happy ending*.
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Date: 2009-01-28 05:14 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-28 03:37 pm (UTC)i am a huge angst addict myself, but am constantly trying to battle my own evil impulses. don't worry you're not alone. (i should start a angst!fangirl help group) :D
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