Chapter 28

"A month!" Dwayne shouts spitting his drink out all over the place, the café goes quiet and he feels everyone looking at him. He pulls his cap down further over his face as he looks around as everyone goes back to their own conversations.

"It's not that long, it'll pass quickly enough" Stephanie says handing him a napkin so he can mop up his cup of ice tea which is now all over the table.

"A month is a long time for me, why cant he send someone else" Dwayne says crossing his arms and pulling a face, obviously not too happy about what he just heard. "Get him to let me go with you" He says taking her hand over the table.

"I already asked him, and besides you need to stay where you can get to the shows easily, I'm not having you flying to and from England three or four times a week for a whole month" Stephanie says as she strokes his hand.

"This sucks!" Dwayne says resting his head on his hand as he squeezes her hand tightly.

"You know I want you to come with me but your needed on the shows and I'm needed to do some promotion in England" Stephanie says looking at him, he just stares down at the table not saying a word. "Dwayne." Steph says running her finger down the side of his face so he looks at her.

"I don't want you to go, a months a long time for us to be apart you know. I'll miss you" Dwayne says before kissing her hand lightly.

"I know it is but it'll go real fast, I'll miss you too but it'll be fine. You wont even notice I'm gone" Stephanie says smiling at him "You are such a baby" She laughs as he sticks out his bottom lip and flicks pretend tears from his eyes. Dwayne pays the bill for their stuff and they head out to the car still talking about Steph's promotion trip to England. They climb in and Dwayne starts up the engine.

"I don't understand why he chose you to do it, why couldn't he send Shane or someone?" Dwayne says as they pull out of the café parking lot and head to their home.

"I don't know why he chose me, I suppose because I'm not doing a lot else right now. there is something else too" Stephanie says looking down at her hands, Dwayne glances across at her.

"Oh yeah, what's that?" He asks as takes the next turning towards their house.

"Umm, well the thing is, I leave tomorrow morning" Stephanie says, Dwayne slams on the breaks. Luckily the road is quiet and there is no one around, he pulls over at the side of the road.

"Tomorrow! That's so soon, you could have told me that when we were sitting in there, then I would have just spilt my drink and not have nearly crashed the car" Dwayne says "Look, let me just drive and you can tell me when we get home" Dwayne says, not meaning to snap but knowing that he sounded angry. He pulls back onto the road and carries on driving. They sit in silence for a while, neither of them wanting to say anything, neither of them knowing what to say. Dwayne puts his hand on her leg and smiles at her before pulling into the driveway.