Gabby awoke the next morning to find Gracie sitting on the edge of her bed staring at her.
"Well?" Gracie said an expectant look on her face.
"Well what?" she replied still trying to wake up.
"Where the hell did you go? What happened?" Gracie was getting impatient.
"I got called into work and I had to leave. Sorry I didn't call you." Gracie knew she was lying; it was no use bothering to lie to her. Gracie could always tell when Gabby was lying.
"I don't care about your work Gabby!! You disappeared with CRISS FREAKING ANGEL! What the hell happened after that?! You left to go to work!?" Her last sentence was spoken with as much sarcasm as she could muster.
Gabby rolled her eyes and started to tell Gracie the events that followed their disappearance.
"So you're telling me he fed you and then you just got up and left?" she said knowing Gabby had left something out. "You're kidding me right?"
Gabby sighed "Well….we kissed" she said hesitantly. Gracie stared at her in disbelief.
"Gracie?...Gracie!!" Gabby sat up and shook her sister.
"I just…wow…and then you left?" Gracie questioned but said it in disbelief. Gabby nodded. "You are so…stupid."
"Wait what? Why am I stupid?" she questioned
"You left…CRISS FREAKING ANGEL to go to work!! TO GO TO WORK GABBY! I can't even believe we're related right now, I might have to disown you." Gracie always had a flair for the dramatics. Gabby debated on whether or not to tell her the rest of the story if she thought she was stupid now...
"Is that it? Or are you leaving out another very important part?" It was no use Gabby thought, she planned on meeting Criss if she had time this afternoon and didn't feel right about lying to Gracie.
"How the hell do you know me so well?" Gabby questioned, Gracie shrugged her shoulders and leaned in waiting to hear the rest of the story. Gabby told her about leaving her ring, going back to get it and the second kiss they shared.
"It's official." Gracie stated. "You are officially stupid. Not only do you get lucky enough to kiss Criss Angel ONCE." She emphasized the last word. "BUT TWICE!?" she paused as if a light bulb had went off inside and began to look around the room.
"What are you looking for?"
"Something to hit you with so maybe I can knock some sense into you." Gabby sighed she knew what she did was stupid. She was attracted to him and felt amazing when she had been with him, but for some reason she just couldn't give in to her emotions.
"You're going to meet him today." Gracie stated.
"Only if I can get off early."
"Oh, you must not have heard me right, that wasn't a question. You're going!" Gracie demanded. Gracie and Gabby were two very different people and always had been. Gabby on one hand had become so consumed with her work that she never had time for a social life. Gabby went to work, came home and went to bed. Gracie on the other hand never let anything stop her from having a good time. Gracie watched her sister become a hermit and quite frankly was tired of it, she needed to have social contact outside of work.
"I'll see what I can do, okay?" Gabby said. She truly wanted to go but she had to work. She sighed, work always came first for her, and she knew that maybe it was time to change that but something in her doubted she could.
"Whatever." Gracie said "I'll have your outfit picked out by the time you get home, and if your not home by 2 I'll come get you. And don't think I wont." She threatened.
Gabby looked at her sister; she knew she was only looking out for her. She leaned over gave her a hug and walked to the bathroom to get ready for work.
Gabby arrived home from work to find Gracie standing in the driveway about to get in her car. Gracie smiled to herself knowing Gracie was on her way to get her.
"I was just about to come get you."
Gabby got out of the car protesting, "Even if I leave now I'll be late." Gracie grabbed Gabby's hand, pulled her in the house and shoved her in the bathroom.
"Get in the shower now! Your clothes are on the bed…and HURRY UP!" Gabby stared at her sister shut the door and tried to remember when she had become so bossy. She hopped in the shower and was out in ten minutes. She dried her hair made a half assed attempt at putting on makeup and walked out of the bathroom to start getting dressed. She walked over to the bed and saw that Gracie had laid out a very low cut, red v-neck shirt and jeans for her to wear. Gabby didn't even remember owning the shirt but figured it was probably Gracie's and pulled it on anyway. She stepped out of her room ten minutes later fully dressed and ready to go.
"You look good!" Gracie smiled excitedly "I should dress you all the time!"
"You can almost see my boobs." Gabby said half-heartedly knowing that no matter what she said Gracie would not let her change.
"Hey, if you got em flaunt em." Gracie smiled.
Gabby smiled a half smile at her sister. "Thanks." Gracie walked to her sister and pushed her towards the door.
"Now Go." She said sternly. Gabby walked out the door got into her car and headed to meet Criss.
She pulled into the empty parking lot 15 minutes later, except it wasn't empty. Gabby got out of her car and looked around, there were two giant trucks parked at the end of the parking lot, one had a giant picture of Criss on the side and the other was white. Groups of people were running in and out of the trucks, most of which were speaking into headpieces. Gabby continued walking towards the trucks wondering what all the commotion was about. She reached one of the trucks and saw a large man guarding one of the doors. She walked up to him and asked for Criss.
"Your name?""Gabby." he pulled out a small piece of paper from his back pocket and searched the list for her name.
"Wait here." he said and disappeared into the truck. Gabby waited impatiently for him to return but after five minutes she started to wander around. She walked to the end of the lot and looked down into the street. At the entrance of the parking garage there were hundreds of people standing in a single file line. She soon realized she wasn't the only one here to see Criss. Had she been so stupid to think that she was here as his guest? She actually thought he wanted to see her again, not just be a member of the audience to oo and ah at his stunts. It was in that moment of realization that Gabby decided to leave as she turned around she came face to face with Criss.
"Hey." he said with his hands in his pockets.
"Are you ready?"
"For what?" she asked."
Well...today I'm going to get hit by a car while standing in front of a brick wall." he said in one breath "and I thought since you didn't think I could survive getting rolled over with a steam roller, you might enjoy watching me do this."Gabby stared at him in amazement; this wasn't what she had in mind when he asked her to meet him
"Your out of your mind." she said finally.He laughed; he actually laughed, "We'll see about that. Come on lets go sit down."
Criss led Gabby into one of the trucks; they sat talking for a while until Criss's phone rang.
"What?? Well get someone here anyway...we already have a full crowd, I'm not backing out on this now." Gabby watched him as he paced the length of the truck. He hung up the phone and cursed.
"Fuck." he sighed "Costa!" A tall dark haired man emerged from a curtain at the back of the truck and looked at Gabby."The medical team is stuck in traffic!..." Criss shouted.
"So...we'll wait a little longer, what's the big deal?"
"In California..." replied Criss. A look of disappointment and worry washed over Costa's face, he knew what was coming next and no matter how much he was going to oppose it he knew it would do no good.
"I'll just have to do it without them then, lets get an ambulance out here just in case anything goes wrong."
Criss said."No. Criss an ambulance is fine in theory but these guys don't know what's going on, they don't know you or your medical history and if something happens to you..." Costa protested.
"I'll be fine, I'm sure they will know what to do IF anything happens." Gabby watched the two men argue, she had her own advice but decided to keep it to herself. She sat there quietly until Criss looked over at her as if had just saw her for the first time.
"I'm sorry Gabby, this is my over protective brother Costa. Costa this is Gabby."
"Nice to meet you." Gabby replied and Costa smiled."You would think my irrational brother would have better manners." Gabby laughed. Criss stood looking at the two of them before he said"Tell them to get everyone up here, its time to go."
Costa hesitated but agreed and walked out the door.It was another thirty minutes before everything was in place. One of Criss's crewmembers was going to be the one driving the car. With everyone in place Criss took his stance in front of the wall, Gabby watched in anticipation from Criss's right side waiting to jump in if anything were to happen. Criss's crewman was given the okay and revved the engine before releasing the break and heading straight for Criss. Gabby's heartbeat so quickly she felt as if her chest would burst open any minute. BAM! The truck slammed into Criss and screeched to a halt as bricks crumpled to the concrete. The audience gasped in horror waiting for some sign that Criss was okay. After a minute Gabby realized something was wrong, she ran over to Criss and began pushing her way to him. He lay on the ground unconscious blood dripping from the top of his head. "Get out of the way! No one move him!" she yelled as she knelt down beside him. Gabby worked her way from the top of his head to his arms, stomach and down to his feet checking for broken bones and any swelling. The paramedics finally walked over to Criss stretcher in hand.
"Ma'am, step out of the way!" one of the men yelled as knelt down to examine Criss. Gabby looked up to see a man she had been working with for the past year.
"James" she said exasperated. "Call the hospital, tell them were on our way and to clear out an OR." James looked at Gabby in recognition.
"D...Dr. Stevens? I didn't know it was you...I...I'm sorry." he said not moving an inch. Gabby bit her lip in frustration.
"James!" she yelled, "GO NOW! We don't have time for this!" she said impatiently. James quickly got up and ran to the ambulance to make the call. Costa looked at Gabby with a mix of fear, confusion and impatience.
"Your a doctor?" he asked as he knelt down to touch his brother. "Is...is...he okay?" he said on the verge of tears.
Gabby looked at Costa, wishing she were somewhere else. Usually when she had to speak with the family members of the injured it wasn't at the scene of the accident "I'm pretty sure he just has a concussion but I need to get him into ex rays and I booked an OR just in case. " she said in her most reassuring voice.
James returned and helped Gabby lift Criss onto the stretcher they rolled him into the ambulance and raced to the nearest hospital. Gabby and Costa rode in silence to the hospital until they pulled into the parking lot and Costa broke the silence.
"Please take care of my brother." he said as a tear fell from his eye and rolled down his cheek.
"I will." Gabby said and hugged the man she had known for only a few hours.
This one is a little longer, please review. Thank you.
