Chapter Forty Five
When Chris and Mandy arrived at the park snow was falling lightly and there was no one around.
"Chris are you sure this is a good idea? There is no way that the chair is going to work with all this snow"
"Not worry Mandy, I said I'd bring you here and I'm a man of my word. We can go and sit on that bench just over there." Chris said pointing to a bench which was about 10 meters away.
"You sure you don't mind carrying me again? Because we could always just sit in the car"
"There is no way that we are sitting in the car when we could be sitting outside in the … what did you call it, the peaceful park?"
"Actually I said tranquil"
"Yeah well I was close" he said with a laugh, "I'll just go and put a blanket down and then I'll come back to get you" Chris said before jumping out of the car and walking around to the back and pulling out a few blankets. Once he put them down he walked back to the car for Mandy.
"You better put you're coat of first"
"Do you think you could help me? It's still pretty painful to move"
***
After rugged up, Chris picked Mandy up and curried her across to the seat. They sat beside each other in silence with a blanket over their legs to keep them warm. Finally Mandy turned to Chris and said,
"Thank you so much for bringing me out here. It was just what I needed"
"Not a problem. Anytime you want or need to get out of the house just let me know and I'll bring you back."
"Thanks Chris" she said as she rested her head on his shoulder
"Oh and Mandy you know that if you ever want to talk I'm here for you right? I mean this would be the perfect place for you talk about whatever is on your mind because there's no one else around"
"Yeah I know and just well as I said before, I don't think I'm really up to opening up at the moment. But I'll remember what you said"
"We should probably be getting back." Chris said a few minutes later when he looked at his watch. The time had flown by so quickly.
"I guess you're right. Do you think when we get back, you could carry me upstairs? Because I'd really like to sit in the window seat and just look out on the wonderful whiteness."
"Of course," he said as he picked her up and carried her back to the car.
***
When they returned home Chris carried her inside and said,
"You look exhausted, are you sure you don't want to have a lie down?"
"No I'm fine really" she said trying to keep her eyes open and convince him
"Ok if you say so."
"I do … so sir, could you please do me a favour of carrying me upstairs?"
"It would be my absolute pleasure" Chris said with laughter as he headed up the stairs and across to the window seat, "here you go"
"Thank you"
"Do you want anything?"
"No I'm fine thanks"
"Ok well I'll be in my room reading if you need me"
"Rightio. Enjoy the book" Mandy said before Chris walked off towards his room.
***
A while later Chris got up to get himself a drink and was heading towards the stairs when he noticed that Mandy had fallen asleep. He walked over to her and noticed that she didn't look all that comfortable so he gently picked her up and carried her back to his room. He put her gently down on the bed and put a blanket over her to keep her warm. He then left her to rest while he got himself a drink.
When he got downstairs he saw Adam and was about to ask if he wanted a drink when he asked,
"Have you seen Mandy?"
"Yeah she's upstairs"
"What's she doing up there?"
"She wanted to sit by the window and look outside. But don't worry she's fine actually she's taking a nap now"
"What on the seat?"
"Well I found her sleeping there but took her back to my room because it's more comfortable"
"Oh that was awfully nice of you Chris" Adam said as he started to head towards the stairs
"Don't you think you should let her rest for a little bit?" Adam was about to answer when the doorbell rang. Seeing Adam was closest, he walked over and opened the door.
"Hey guys, we weren't expecting you so early"
"Sorry we tried ringing earlier but no one picked up and decided to come by to see if any of you where home, seeing Mandy is meant to be resting" Sandra said as Adam looked at Chris curiously because he thought he'd been home the whole time.
"Oh sorry that was probably when I went to get Mandy's chair out of the chair"
"Oh that's cool. This isn't a bad time is it?" Sandra asked
"No not at all. Please come in. Would either of you like a drink?" Adam asked
"I'd kill for a coffee," Matt said
"Oh so would I" Sandra added
"Alrighty then, if you guys make yourself comfortable, I'll make the coffees" Adam said as he headed off to the kitchen. As he left, the doorbell rang again so Chris walked over and opened the door and found Sue, Jeff, Kurt and Colette standing before him.
"Hey guys please come in," he said opening the door wider and gesturing for them to take a seat on one of the couches
"Sorry to just turn up like this man but Sue told Colette about what happened and we wanted to make sure Mandy's ok" Kurt said as he walked in from the snow
"Hey not a problem. I'm sure she'll be happy to see you all … and it looks like you didn't come empty handed which will make her happy" Chris joked
"Where is she anyway?" Colette asked
"She's sleeping upstairs in my room at the moment" Sue gave Chris a questioning look which made him annoyed and he said,
"What? She fell asleep upstairs on the window seat so I took her into my room as Adam was still sleeping … anyway you guys want some coffee?"
"Yeah sounds good to us" Jeff said, "do you want any help?"
"No it's ok Adam's already in the kitchen making a start so I should probably go and give him a hand"
"Oh hey bro, we're heading upstairs to see Mandy" Sue said with Sandra and Colette beside her
"You better not wake her. Oh and sis, keep your hands of my stuff"
"Why would I want your stuff anyway bro?"
"I know you too well and I know how much you love my CD collection"
"Don't worry we'll see to it that she doesn't touch anything" Colette said as the three headed up the stairs
***
As Mandy awoke she was totally shocked. Firstly for being in Chris's room and bed for that matter and also to see her friends sitting by watching her.
"Hey guys what are you doing here?" she asked sleepily
"Came to see you of course silly" Sue said with a smile
"And I have to do that check up a little later" Sandra added
"Well it's good to see you three. But really don't you think you couldn't waited till I awoke?"
"Why would we want to do a silly thing like that?" Colette said with a laugh, "and its not like we had to wait that long anyway"
"That's coz you guys woke me up from a really good dream"
"Oh a really good dream huh? Wouldn't have had a tall blonde Canadian in it by any chance?"
"Well it depends which tall blonde Canadian you are talking about … because if you haven't noticed, I live with three"
"Oh yeah where's Jay? I couldn't still be sleeping could he? I mean he's the one that had the most sleep between all of us"
"I don't know I haven't seen him since we got back. Why don't you go check it out, he's just down the hall"
"Oh that's not a half bad idea. You going to come with me girls?" Sue said looking at the others
"Ok" they both said in unison
"Just watch out, he might get a little annoyed. Trust me on that one"
"He couldn't be as bad as Chris"
"Oh that's for sure" Mandy said with a laugh, "Oh while your gone, can you ask him if he can carry me downstairs?"
"Yeah of course we will" Colette said as the three headed out of the room and down to Jay's room
When Chris and Mandy arrived at the park snow was falling lightly and there was no one around.
"Chris are you sure this is a good idea? There is no way that the chair is going to work with all this snow"
"Not worry Mandy, I said I'd bring you here and I'm a man of my word. We can go and sit on that bench just over there." Chris said pointing to a bench which was about 10 meters away.
"You sure you don't mind carrying me again? Because we could always just sit in the car"
"There is no way that we are sitting in the car when we could be sitting outside in the … what did you call it, the peaceful park?"
"Actually I said tranquil"
"Yeah well I was close" he said with a laugh, "I'll just go and put a blanket down and then I'll come back to get you" Chris said before jumping out of the car and walking around to the back and pulling out a few blankets. Once he put them down he walked back to the car for Mandy.
"You better put you're coat of first"
"Do you think you could help me? It's still pretty painful to move"
***
After rugged up, Chris picked Mandy up and curried her across to the seat. They sat beside each other in silence with a blanket over their legs to keep them warm. Finally Mandy turned to Chris and said,
"Thank you so much for bringing me out here. It was just what I needed"
"Not a problem. Anytime you want or need to get out of the house just let me know and I'll bring you back."
"Thanks Chris" she said as she rested her head on his shoulder
"Oh and Mandy you know that if you ever want to talk I'm here for you right? I mean this would be the perfect place for you talk about whatever is on your mind because there's no one else around"
"Yeah I know and just well as I said before, I don't think I'm really up to opening up at the moment. But I'll remember what you said"
"We should probably be getting back." Chris said a few minutes later when he looked at his watch. The time had flown by so quickly.
"I guess you're right. Do you think when we get back, you could carry me upstairs? Because I'd really like to sit in the window seat and just look out on the wonderful whiteness."
"Of course," he said as he picked her up and carried her back to the car.
***
When they returned home Chris carried her inside and said,
"You look exhausted, are you sure you don't want to have a lie down?"
"No I'm fine really" she said trying to keep her eyes open and convince him
"Ok if you say so."
"I do … so sir, could you please do me a favour of carrying me upstairs?"
"It would be my absolute pleasure" Chris said with laughter as he headed up the stairs and across to the window seat, "here you go"
"Thank you"
"Do you want anything?"
"No I'm fine thanks"
"Ok well I'll be in my room reading if you need me"
"Rightio. Enjoy the book" Mandy said before Chris walked off towards his room.
***
A while later Chris got up to get himself a drink and was heading towards the stairs when he noticed that Mandy had fallen asleep. He walked over to her and noticed that she didn't look all that comfortable so he gently picked her up and carried her back to his room. He put her gently down on the bed and put a blanket over her to keep her warm. He then left her to rest while he got himself a drink.
When he got downstairs he saw Adam and was about to ask if he wanted a drink when he asked,
"Have you seen Mandy?"
"Yeah she's upstairs"
"What's she doing up there?"
"She wanted to sit by the window and look outside. But don't worry she's fine actually she's taking a nap now"
"What on the seat?"
"Well I found her sleeping there but took her back to my room because it's more comfortable"
"Oh that was awfully nice of you Chris" Adam said as he started to head towards the stairs
"Don't you think you should let her rest for a little bit?" Adam was about to answer when the doorbell rang. Seeing Adam was closest, he walked over and opened the door.
"Hey guys, we weren't expecting you so early"
"Sorry we tried ringing earlier but no one picked up and decided to come by to see if any of you where home, seeing Mandy is meant to be resting" Sandra said as Adam looked at Chris curiously because he thought he'd been home the whole time.
"Oh sorry that was probably when I went to get Mandy's chair out of the chair"
"Oh that's cool. This isn't a bad time is it?" Sandra asked
"No not at all. Please come in. Would either of you like a drink?" Adam asked
"I'd kill for a coffee," Matt said
"Oh so would I" Sandra added
"Alrighty then, if you guys make yourself comfortable, I'll make the coffees" Adam said as he headed off to the kitchen. As he left, the doorbell rang again so Chris walked over and opened the door and found Sue, Jeff, Kurt and Colette standing before him.
"Hey guys please come in," he said opening the door wider and gesturing for them to take a seat on one of the couches
"Sorry to just turn up like this man but Sue told Colette about what happened and we wanted to make sure Mandy's ok" Kurt said as he walked in from the snow
"Hey not a problem. I'm sure she'll be happy to see you all … and it looks like you didn't come empty handed which will make her happy" Chris joked
"Where is she anyway?" Colette asked
"She's sleeping upstairs in my room at the moment" Sue gave Chris a questioning look which made him annoyed and he said,
"What? She fell asleep upstairs on the window seat so I took her into my room as Adam was still sleeping … anyway you guys want some coffee?"
"Yeah sounds good to us" Jeff said, "do you want any help?"
"No it's ok Adam's already in the kitchen making a start so I should probably go and give him a hand"
"Oh hey bro, we're heading upstairs to see Mandy" Sue said with Sandra and Colette beside her
"You better not wake her. Oh and sis, keep your hands of my stuff"
"Why would I want your stuff anyway bro?"
"I know you too well and I know how much you love my CD collection"
"Don't worry we'll see to it that she doesn't touch anything" Colette said as the three headed up the stairs
***
As Mandy awoke she was totally shocked. Firstly for being in Chris's room and bed for that matter and also to see her friends sitting by watching her.
"Hey guys what are you doing here?" she asked sleepily
"Came to see you of course silly" Sue said with a smile
"And I have to do that check up a little later" Sandra added
"Well it's good to see you three. But really don't you think you couldn't waited till I awoke?"
"Why would we want to do a silly thing like that?" Colette said with a laugh, "and its not like we had to wait that long anyway"
"That's coz you guys woke me up from a really good dream"
"Oh a really good dream huh? Wouldn't have had a tall blonde Canadian in it by any chance?"
"Well it depends which tall blonde Canadian you are talking about … because if you haven't noticed, I live with three"
"Oh yeah where's Jay? I couldn't still be sleeping could he? I mean he's the one that had the most sleep between all of us"
"I don't know I haven't seen him since we got back. Why don't you go check it out, he's just down the hall"
"Oh that's not a half bad idea. You going to come with me girls?" Sue said looking at the others
"Ok" they both said in unison
"Just watch out, he might get a little annoyed. Trust me on that one"
"He couldn't be as bad as Chris"
"Oh that's for sure" Mandy said with a laugh, "Oh while your gone, can you ask him if he can carry me downstairs?"
"Yeah of course we will" Colette said as the three headed out of the room and down to Jay's room
