Characters in this chapter: Christian, Rebecca Curci
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Romantic Or Ruined?
The night after Christian, Becky and the kids got home to San Antonio, TX, Christian sent the kids to a babysitter and sent Becky to Fyre's house...in Florida...by car. Not one of Christian's best ideas, however it bought him time to get the romantic night ready. Christian started to clean up the house a bit, talking to himself. "Alright, Becky's gone, the kids are gone, now I just need to set everything up. Just remember what Fyre had told you, Christian...Candles, decorations, dancing..." Christian nodded to himself and swept up the floor. Christian soon put the broom away and mopped up the floor, continuing his conversation with himself. "She's going to LOVE this, I just know it! Probably take her mind off Shawn too, which is a huge bonus." Christian looked around, the house was spotless. Christian put the mop away and scrambled out the door without his jacket. Christian got into the car and drove around San Antonio. "Deli? No...Liquor store? Definitely not...Pharmacy? Hell no..." Christian shook his head. "Alright, lets get this together...I'll look for candles first..." Christian kept an eye out for stores and sighed, finally just stopping at a 99 cents store. Christian got out of the car and jogged his way into the store, looking around. Lighters? No. Wallets? No. An employee walked up to Christian, tapping him on his shoulder. "Sir?" Christian jumped and looked behind him, he was too focused on trying to make this night perfect for him and Becky to even notice anyone around him.
"What?" Christian didn't stop looking around though for candles. "Can I help you?" The employee tilted his head. "Uh...yeah, actually, you can. Do you sell candles here?" Christian looked around and rubbed the back of his neck. "Yes, follow me." The employee led Christian to the back of the shop, showing him different candles and candle holders. "Thanks...Hey, do you have any kind of decorations, like Valentine's Day decorations?" Christian picked up a few pink candles and white candle holders. "Over here." The employee leads him to a bunch of Valentine's Day things. Cards, banners, table cloths, balloons, and other things. "Thanks." Christian took a card, about 5 balloons, a table cloth, 3 banners, and some roses. After Christian bought everything, he stuffed it all in the back of his car and sat up front, ready to drive off to some other store. However, he figured he didn't have that much time before Becky would come back home so he drove back to Becky's house, grabbed the decorations, the candles and everything else and made his way into the house. Christian put everything to the side, dimmed the lights, and decided to put up the decorations first. Christian took some banners and grabbed a ladder, setting the ladder up and climbing it. "To used to doing this..." Christian shook his head and put one side of the banner on the wall. Christian jumped off the ladder, grabbed it, set it up right across from the other wall and put the rest off the banner. Christian did the same with the other three banners and wiped sweat from his forehead.
Christian grabbed the table cloth and put it across the table. The table cloth was red, with little heart decorations on it. Christian smiled looking around "I have no doubt that she'll love this..". Christian grabbed the candles and the candle holders anxiously and put them on the table. Christian quickly grabbed a red pen and the card, scribbling down a few words he'd want Becky to know. It read, Dear Becky, I know that you've been through a lot lately, and I don't want to get into details with it, but I just want to let you know that I really care for you and love you, babe. Love, Christian. Christian re-read what he wrote and was pretty happy with it, so didn't change on thing, putting it in a little pink envelope that in the front said "Whisper" Rebecca inside a well-drawn heart. Christian sat down for a few minutes and looked around, trying to remember what Fyre said. "Decorations? Check. Card? Check. Dim lights? Check. Candles? Check. Alright...now I just need to set up a little dance spot and the balloons." Christian took the five balloons and blew them all up, quickly out of breath with each balloon blown up. Christian tied strings to each one and set them in different spots. After that, Christian set up a decent sized part of the floor for him and Rebecca to dance. Christian let himself fall back onto the couch to breathe. Christian took a minute to look around, then took a minute to look at himself. Wait...himself...he needed to get dressed up! Christian sprang up off of the couch and ran up the stairs to take a shower and to dress up. After a while, Christian walked down the stairs in a great looking tuxedo.
Christian looked great in his tuxedo, all cleaned up, and so did the room. All decorated, clean, and set up. Shortly, he remembered that he forgot the most important part of this special night. The dinner! Christian went to go set up the dinner, but suddenly the door bell rang. Christian took a deep breath and answered the door. It was Becky, and she didn't look like she was in the greatest mood. Becky stormed into the kitchen, which was the room right next to the room he had set up which was the dining room. Becky didn't acknowledge anything he had set up yet. "I can't believe you sent me all the way to Florida, and by car! And the BEST part is, Fyre wasn't even home! Which means, I drove through a bunch of traffic to get from Texas to Florida, then drove through a bunch of traffic to get right back! Do you have any idea how aggravating that is, Christian? And right after Shawn gets hurt too! I can't believe this! I can't believe YOU!" Becky turned around and pointed at him, soon feeling guilty, seeing him all dressed up. Christian had a single rose in his hand along with the envelope in the other, tears coming to his eyes. "Christian, I'm sorry." Becky frowned. Christian shrugged, gave her the envelope and the rose, led her to the dining room and went upstairs to change. Rebecca saw everything he had done. The decorations, the dimmed lights, the candles. Becky shook her head and sighed, opening up the envelope and reading the card. Rebecca ran her fingers through her hair, put the rose and the card down and ran upstairs. Christian changed his clothing and opened the door, seeing Rebecca.
"What do you want, Beck?" Christian leaned against the wall and crossed his arms, trying to hide his sadness with the look of anger on his face. But, what didn't help his angry look were the tears still in his eyes. "I wanted to say I'm sorry Christian. I didn't mean to just walk in and scream at you like that. I didn't see what you had done when I came in, but then I looked around and read the card, thinking to myself. You didn't have to do that, Christian, and I also wanted to let you know that I really do like what you did." Becky managed to put a smile on her face as Christian put a smile on his. "Really? You like it?" Christian uncrossed his arms. Rebecca nodded, seeing that Christian got a lot happier seeing her nod. "I just got a little upset, you know? Having to see Shawn like that, then you making me drive out to Florida in traffic then drive BACK in traffic." Rebecca's smile turned into a small smirk. "And uh...how can I say this..." Becky looked a little nervous, her hands folded behind her back, looking down and to the side. "Say...what, Becky?" Christian raised an eyebrow. "I, uh...love you too?" Becky looked up at him. Christian smiled and they hugged each other. What was to happen with Shawn?