Chapter 29

"Dad is sending a car to pick me up around 8.30 tomorrow morning so I can get an early flight out" Stephanie says as she walks into the lounge and collapses on the couch.

"Man that's early, you'll call me as soon as you get there though right?" Dwayne says picking her up and pulling her onto his lap as he sits down too.

"Of course I will ring you, I'll ring you every night and check that your ok" Stephanie laughs "Check that you haven't curled up in a corner somewhere like a poor little lost poodle" Dwayne looks at her and starts laughing.

"Me a poodle, are you insane! I'm no poodle honey, I'm something big and scary" Dwayne says winking at her.

"What like a... Dachshund!" Stephanie shouts as she bursts out laughing, Dwayne stares at her and rolls his eyes.

"That's it woman, your gunna pay this time!" Dwayne yells as he jumps up, Stephanie runs round the back of the sofa and out of the lounge; Dwayne jumps over the sofa and runs after her. He tackles her knocking her off her feet and pushing her gently to the floor, he pins her down and looks at her.

"Knock knock, not interrupting anything am I?" Chris says as she walks into the hallway and sees them on the floor "Sorry, you left the door open" Chris says sheepishly as Dwayne helps her up.

"Chris, what the hell are you doing here, it's great to see you!" Dwayne says walking over to him and pushing him into the lounge.

"I got a call from Vince this morning" Chris sits down on the couch and puts his bag down "I'm supposed to be going out to England for a week or something with Stephanie because the original guy cant get out there till next Monday" Chris says waving his plane ticket. "Vince wanted there to be two of us out there the whole time so I'm just filling in for a week or so"

"He could have asked me to go, I would have gone!" Dwayne says sitting down too, Stephanie goes off to pack her things for the trip.

"He said you were needed at the moment, I'm only going to be missing a couple of TV shows and a house show or two so it's ok. Besides maybe he thought you'd be too much of a distraction" Chris laughs pulling his jacket off.

"I wouldn't, I'm great at promotion and I'd be great at the whole England thing!" Dwayne says grinning.

"Do you think you'd be able to put me up for the night, I tried to get a hotel but it seems pretty pointless if we're leaving that early.besides you have a much better TV than all those hotels!" Chris says grabbing the remote and switching on Dwayne's TV.

"Yeah ok, I don't see why not. Unlike you we have a spare room for our guests too!" Dwayne says as he watches Chris flick through the channels till he finds the sports channel. Chris pulls his boots off and sticks his feet up on the coffee table. Dwayne rolls his eyes and goes to help Stephanie pack her things.

Dwayne runs up the stairs, he can hear the sound of NHL blasting through as Chris screams at the TV cheering for his team. He walks into the bedroom; Steph is busily packing everything into a couple of suitcases. He sits down on the bed watching her; 1 month wasn't that long was it? It would go quickly wouldn't it?