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When Courtney woke up in the morning, Hayden was already awake, packing his suitcase. Today they were leaving to some city in Nevada, but she was sure it wasn't Vegas. She sat up in her bed and smiled, recalling the night before. The kiss she shared with Duncan was so fulfilling. There were fireworks, there was passion, there was, well just about anything that was needed to make a kiss perfect. Except for the fact that Courtney was engaged, and she did feel guilty about that, although maybe she would've felt a little more guilty if Hayden were a little more normal. However, Courtney was thinking about how she wouldn't have to feel guilty if she weren't engaged to him, and that could always be arranged. Although, not very easily. Hayden turned around and noticed Courtney sitting up in bed, staring off into space. "Morning, my dear." Hayden said, he came closer to her and leaned in for a kiss, but Courtney leaned away.
"Not now." Courtney said. She was in some deep thought. She was thinking that dumping Hayden and then running to Duncan would seem a little suspicious, almost like she had been having an affair with Duncan beforehand (not like that wasn't true). She thought, though, that it would make such a better story if in fact Hayden had dumped her, and then she ran to Duncan for support, and then they just fell back in love from there. Of course Cynthia would know that the whole thing would be BS, but who really cared about what Cynthia thought anyway? Courtney knew it wouldn't be easy to get Hayden to dump her, but she was going to give it a shot as best as she could.
Duncan was packing up all of his clothes into his duffel bag. He was glad that he was actually going to be able to be on the same plane as Courtney this time. Last night had been so perfect, he only wished that Courtney hadn't rushed out right after the kiss. She just didn't want to get caught, typical Courtney. When he finished packing, he went into the other room and took a seat on the couch before turning on the TV.
Courtney was sitting on the couch in her room watching the news on TV. Hayden had gone downstairs to get some coffee for the two of them before they checked out. She was glad he was out of the room. Lately his presence had done nothing but annoy her, and when he was gone it was like a gift. Hayden came into the room. He had a cup of coffee in each of his hands. He walked over to Courtney and handed her a cup. She took it and took a sip, making sure that she didn't thank him. It was a caramel flavored latte, her favorite. She stood up and placed the coffee on the table, thinking it was about time she put her master plan into action. "Blech!" Courtney shouted, giving the best grossed out look she could give. "I HATE caramel lattes! What the hell, Hayden?" She glared at him, and he seemed almost frightened as he looked at her. He was in shock.
"I thought caramel lattes were your favorite. That's what you always get." Hayden replied.
"Well, actually I've changed my mind, I don't like them anymore." Courtney lied, she was hoping she was making him mad.
"It would've been nice to know that before I went to get your coffee. Here, you can have mine. It's mocha." Hayden held out his coffee to Courtney. She pushed it away, and looked away from him, her head held up.
"I don't want your coffee, just get it right next time and we won't have this problem, alright?"
"Okay. I know how stressful all this moving around must be, I understand." Courtney turned and looked back at Hayden. What? He wasn't mad? What was his deal? If Courtney were Hayden, she probably would've ripped her head off. Courtney rolled her eyes and sighed, walking into the bathroom. It was going to be a long, hard battle against Hayden, but she wasn't going to give up so easily. Cynthia came into the room right when Courtney went into the bathroom. When Courtney left the bathroom, Cynthia put her suitcases down. "What's this I hear about you being in a bad mood? You can't be thankful about your fiancé being nice enough to go out of his way and get you some coffee?" Cynthia scolded. Hayden put his hand to his head, he must not have wanted Cynthia to bring that up. Courtney glared at Hayden, why did he have to tell her just about everything. Hayden tried to ignore Courtney's angry stare as best as he could. Cynthia knew Courtney wasn't going to respond to her question either. "Okay then, anyways, we really need to get a move on you two. We need to be in Reno by evening so we can prepare for the signing tomorrow. I hear there's going to be a lot of people. People coming in from all over Nevada." Cynthia picked up her luggage and headed for the door. "I have to go and get Duncan. Actually, Hayden, why don't you go and get him? Tell him to meet us in the lobby. I'm going to call a bellhop." Cynthia dropped her luggage again and walked over to the phone on the desk next to the TV. Courtney sat down on the couch angrily, she wanted Hayden and Duncan to go at it didn't she? Hayden left the room to go and get Duncan, he didn't look too happy himself.
Duncan was busy watching the weather forecast for Reno on the Weather Channel when he was interrupted by a knock at his door. He opened the door to see Hayden standing there, sipping his coffee. "Did you loose Courtney again?" Duncan asked, smiling.
"No, I've just come to tell you that it's time to go. Cynthia is calling a bellhop, and you can come bring your luggage into our room."
"So, you're actually going to allow me to be in the same room as Courtney then?"
"Would you just hurry? Cynthia's going to be really angry. I mean Courtney's already in a bad mood. I don't need two angry women all over my back." Duncan laughed. This guy was such a wuss.
"Afraid of angry women, are you?" Duncan asked as he turned off the TV and gathered his luggage. He came out of the room and closed the door, following Hayden down the hall to his room. Hayden hadn't responded to Duncan's question, so Duncan could only assume that he guessed correctly. Hayden was afraid of angry women. The thought made Duncan laugh, but then again...what man wasn't afraid of an angry woman to some extent? But Courtney? She'd always been so entertaining while angry. Duncan proceeded to follow Hayden into the hotel room. Cynthia was leaning against the wall by the door, arms crossed, and Courtney was sitting on the couch with and angry expression, staring at the blank TV screen. Due to the mood in the room Duncan wondered if someone found out about what happened the night before. "Good to see everyone in such a great mood." Duncan said. Cynthia rolled her eyes and Courtney looked over to Duncan and smiled before looking back away and putting on the same angry expression. Duncan was confused. Just then, the bellhop knocked on the door and Hayden opened it. Courtney got up from the couch and walked over to the bellhop, brushing shoulders with Duncan on her way purposely. She was hoping that small gestures as such would assure him that she wasn't mad at him. When everything was set, everyone walked down to the lobby, and into the limo. Courtney sat far away from everyone arms crossed, still looking angry. Cynthia was reading some kind of book, and Hayden just sat there looking guilty. Duncan sat across from Hayden, wondering what happened this morning to make everyone act so weird. Hayden was the one to speak up first. He looked over to Courtney. "Sweetie, are you still mad about the coffee?" Hayden asked. Duncan smiled, she was mad about coffee?
"No." Courtney replied. If looks could kill, Hayden would most certainly be dead.
"Then why don't you come over and sit by me?" Hayden replied, he seemed so desperate. Duncan looked over at Courtney and Courtney returned his glance. She looked back at Hayden.
"No." Courtney replied, and then she looked back at Duncan. Hayden sighed and gave up, turning to a book in his bag. Duncan felt like asking about what exactly happened earlier, but he let it go. He didn't want to make things worse than they already seemed.
On the jet, Courtney sat on the opposite side of Hayden, drinking a martini and staring out the window. Cynthia was sleeping, and Hayden was reading a book. Every so often, Duncan would notice Hayden take a glance over towards Courtney and then go back to his book. Duncan sat quietly listening to his ipod, glancing over at Courtney every now and then himself. It didn't seem like she was mad at him, so he didn't worry too much. He wanted to walk over and talk to her and ask her what was putting her in such a mood, but he knew as soon as he did Hayden would hover on over and break it up, making Courtney even more angry.
About an hour into the flight, Hayden fell asleep too, his book still in his lap. Duncan listened to Hayden's snores, and then looked over to Cynthia, seeing that she was still deep in sleep too. Courtney looked over at Duncan, who was now looking at her. They shared a long stare before finally Duncan stood up and sat next to her. "Go away." Courtney whispered to him. She had more worry in her voice than anger.
"You're not getting rid of me so easily, Princess. I'm not leaving until you tell me why you're in such a sour mood."
"I'm not in a sour mood." Courtney replied. So she was going to be difficult, but Duncan knew he could make her crack eventually.
"What's this whole coffee thing?" Duncan asked remembering the short conversation in the limo.
"Oh, it's nothing." Courtney said, she didn't want to tell him what really happened, because she didn't want Duncan to be in on her plan, not just yet. She was afraid if she told him the plan anyway that he might back out or something. She most certainly didn't want that. She knew that most of her plans did better when she was on her own. She was Miss Independent, and she knew that was how it had to be now.
"I know it was something, come on, tell me." Duncan said, putting his hand on hers. Courtney looked at their touching hands, oh how she wished they could stay like that forever.
"He just spilled some really hot coffee on my pants this morning. It burned really badly." Courtney lied. She was sure if she told him the truth he would know what she was up to.
"Do you want me to kick his ass?" Duncan asked pointing his thumb over to Hayden. Courtney laughed.
"Oh, no, no, that won't be necessary...this time. Don't tell him I told you this anyway." Courtney replied. She was carefully looking around to make sure that Cynthia and Hayden were ready to awaken.
"Alrighty then." Duncan said. He stood up, but their hands were still twined together holding him back. "I'm going back to my seat then, so we don't get caught."
"Oh, right" Courtney whispered taking her hand out of his and placing it in her lap. Duncan went back to his seat and then smiled at Courtney, who smiled back.
so...is hayden almost out of the picture for good? courtney sure has her whole plan worked out...but will her plan actually work? i wish i could tell ya but i don't wanna spoil anything! i already have the ending all planned out! please review, i wanna at least get to 100 reviews! :)