While everyone was chatting and having a good time Ranma noticed Gar was just looking depressed from where he sat, all alone by the tree in the yard. "Hey, Shechan?"
Shelia turned to look at him, "Yeah what?"
"I'm gonna talk to Gar, he seems down."
Shelia looked at Gar and noticed as well, "Yeah go talk to him."
"Thanks." He gave her a quick kiss on the lips, smiled at her, got up and went over to Gar. "Hey Gar."
"Huh, oh Ranma."
Ranma noticed with a wince that his voice had a lot of self-loathing in it. "Say, do you want to got the dojo and talk?"
"'Bout what?"
"Nevermind that, c'mon." With that Ranma grabbed Gar's arm and drug him into the dojo, and closed the door, so that they would have some privacy. "How come you're acting so danmed depressed?"
Gar glared at him but answered, "Dammit, you know what's wrong, I'm going to be a father, and I might have gotten Brit pregnant, and I just don't know what to do if that's the case."
Ranma looked at him for a minute as Gar got even more depressed, then he went up to him and smacked him right in the jaw *CRACK*, with that Gar fell down on the ground and started rubbing his jaw, he looked at Ranma with confusion and anger. Ranma stared right back at him, "Is that all that's wrong with you, huh? Even if Britanny is having your child I don't think that she'll leave Strype or Strype will leave her. 'Sides, you should quit focusing on that and focus on what you got, a new wife, sister, and brother, as well as the fact you're going to be an uncle and father within the year. I hate to say it, but you're acting like a complete idiot, it happened, it's over, let it be. You can't change it, so you have to live with the expirence. There's no use dwelling on the past or worrying about the future, live for the moment. That's all I can say to you. Besides these things always work out in the end. So how bout it, you quit being so depressed and we go back and enjoy supper or not?"
Gar looked up at him, his jaw still hurt like hell, but now it wasn't so bad, and thought about what his Brother-in-law had just said, "You're right, I can't change the past, nor know what the future is, I just need to live for the now. I've got a family again, I mean Shelia was always family, but now I got more members." Standing up he grinned, "Thanks Ranma I needed that."
Ranma grinned back, "Hey no problems, that attitude's saved me a lot of grief."
"Yeah, but it probably caused you a lot more."
They both laughed at that, "Well, you ready to join the party, Gar?"
He nodded, "Yeah, let's go, and with that the two chuckled as they rejoined the group, Ranma sitting next to Shelia, and Gar sitting next to Luan.
Julia just smiled at those two, she didn't know what was going on, but she didn't care as long as everything was alright, hopefully everything would turn out all right.
See other episodes by Philip Weigel
(Posted Fri, 28 Mar 2003 15:16)
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