Chapter 10
So the day I had been preparing for all week had arrived and I was on my way to pick up my new outfit, all the bad things aside the week hadn't been that bad. Yeah I got punched in the face by Helmsley and I did nearly lose my chance with Stephanie, and ok they did nearly get away with the present I'd made her and I still hadn't explained to my father about the gold I had used from him. But one fact made all of them not matter anymore, Stephanie and me were a couple and it was official. She'd even gone and told that snotty nosed Deputy Test that we were together after he came over and started trying to get her to change her mind and go to the party with him. I really did hate that creep. "Well it's very white and new looking" I say admiring myself in the full length mirror, Edge drops the hat onto my head and I look at myself again "Wow this is great" I say grinning at my reflection in the mirror "She is going to love this" I say tipping my hat to one side of my head.
"You look very smart, your certainly be the best dressed lad at the party" Edges dad laughs taking the hat from me and putting it into a box for me to carry home "You make sure you tell people you got that here, might be good for business" he says as I walk behind the curtain to get changed.
"Your boyfriends behind the curtain in his underwear" I hear Edge laugh after hearing the bell of the shop ring, I peek through the gap in the curtains and see Stephanie standing in the shop talking to Edge. I pull on my trousers and my shirt quickly and pull on my boots.
"Good morning Princess" I say walking out tucking my shirt into my trousers and doing up the last couple of buttons on my shirt. I hand my new clothes to Edge's dad before walking over to Stephanie, picking her up and spinning her around making her laugh.
"Good morning to you too, are you picking up what your wearing tonight?" she asks, I sit her down on the counter in front of me and she puts her arms around my neck and kisses my forehead. I pick my new hat up out of the box and place it on my head and grin at her. "Very nice, is that all your going to be wearing this evening or are you thinking of wearing some more clothes" she laughs pushing it down over my eyes.
"Well I thought I would" I laugh and jump up onto the counter next to her and pull her up onto my lap, putting my arms around her.
"Eh we'll have none of that in our shop!" Edge laughs sticking two fingers in his mouth making out he's going to be sick, I just roll my eyes and hold onto Stephanie even tighter and laugh when she pokes her tongue out at Edge.
"Since when has it been anything to do with you, you hate this place and refuse to work here remember" I grin at him and kiss Stephanie's cheek before slipping off of the counter and putting the lid on the box of my new clothes and putting them under my arm. I hold out my hand to her and help her down and hug her tightly "I've got some work to do if I'm going to be going out this afternoon"
"I knew it, I knew you had another girlfriend and you'd let it slip that you were going to go somewhere with her" Stephanie laughs playing with my hair "I thought you loved me Chris Jericho"
"I do love you but you know, this other girl is stunning, she's the sheriffs daughter too! I'm very sorry an all but I'm taking her to the party" I say playing along with her, she puts her hands on her hips and looks at me.
"Uh-huh sure, like any other girl would want to go with you" she giggles. I grab her round the waist gentle and pull her closer to me.
"Well if you feel like that about me maybe you don't want to go with me after all" I say pulling away from her and going to walk to the door, she grabs my arm and pulls me back over to her and puts her arms around me neck. "Wanna go with Deputy Test?"
"Yeah sure, why on earth would I ever want to go with him, your hundreds times better than him. Besides I think he's ugly! Not like you with your stunning good looks and beautiful blonde hair" She laughs pulling me around the room with her as she starts dancing around, she lets go of my hands and I fall backwards straight into Deputy Test who must have heard our whole conversation because he doesn't look very happy, but then when does he. "Good morning Test" Stephanie coos sweetly before grabbing my hand and pulling me out of the door laughing.
"There he is!" I hear them shout as they come towards them on horseback again, we stop walking as they ride out in front of us stopping us moving. "Hunter wants to see you Jericho, he's back at your house" Billy the Kidd continues hooking back his jacket to show us that he had a gun.
"Tell Hunter that if he wants to see me he can come and fine me himself" I say wishing that I wouldn't keep trying to stand up to these guys and get myself hurt. I look at Stephanie and then back at DX "Let Stephanie pass and home and I'll come with you" she grabs hold of my arm tightly stopping me from making her go.
"We don't make bargains I'm afraid," Helmsley laughs as he appears on his horse; he rides closer to us and looks down at us. "I hope you'll still enjoy the party without Stephanie," he says nodding to the others who grab hold of me. Helmsley grabs Stephanie pulling her up onto the front of his horse before riding off taking her with him.
"Stephanie!" I scream thrashing my arms and legs around trying to get out of their grip, they drop me before riding off after him. I run as fast as I can after them trying to keep up with their horses, I try to knock Billy the Kidd off of his horse but he kicks at me sending me falling into the ground face first. "BRING HER BACK YOU BASTARDS!" I yell pounding my fists into the dirt as I lay face down on the floor. I pull myself up till I'm on my knees, people have gathered around after hearing my shouting and what had been going on.
"Chris!" Edge shouts running over to me and skidding down next to me and grabbing my shoulders "What's happened!" he pants shaking my shoulders as I sit with my head in my hands covered in dirt. He pulls me to my feet and guides me over to the porch where he sits me down. I look over to outside the saloon before pulling away from him and over to where three horses are tied up. "Chris where are you going!" He shouts after me as I run towards them, untying one and jumping up onto it.
"To get Stephanie back" I say before racing after them as fast as the horse would take me.
So the day I had been preparing for all week had arrived and I was on my way to pick up my new outfit, all the bad things aside the week hadn't been that bad. Yeah I got punched in the face by Helmsley and I did nearly lose my chance with Stephanie, and ok they did nearly get away with the present I'd made her and I still hadn't explained to my father about the gold I had used from him. But one fact made all of them not matter anymore, Stephanie and me were a couple and it was official. She'd even gone and told that snotty nosed Deputy Test that we were together after he came over and started trying to get her to change her mind and go to the party with him. I really did hate that creep. "Well it's very white and new looking" I say admiring myself in the full length mirror, Edge drops the hat onto my head and I look at myself again "Wow this is great" I say grinning at my reflection in the mirror "She is going to love this" I say tipping my hat to one side of my head.
"You look very smart, your certainly be the best dressed lad at the party" Edges dad laughs taking the hat from me and putting it into a box for me to carry home "You make sure you tell people you got that here, might be good for business" he says as I walk behind the curtain to get changed.
"Your boyfriends behind the curtain in his underwear" I hear Edge laugh after hearing the bell of the shop ring, I peek through the gap in the curtains and see Stephanie standing in the shop talking to Edge. I pull on my trousers and my shirt quickly and pull on my boots.
"Good morning Princess" I say walking out tucking my shirt into my trousers and doing up the last couple of buttons on my shirt. I hand my new clothes to Edge's dad before walking over to Stephanie, picking her up and spinning her around making her laugh.
"Good morning to you too, are you picking up what your wearing tonight?" she asks, I sit her down on the counter in front of me and she puts her arms around my neck and kisses my forehead. I pick my new hat up out of the box and place it on my head and grin at her. "Very nice, is that all your going to be wearing this evening or are you thinking of wearing some more clothes" she laughs pushing it down over my eyes.
"Well I thought I would" I laugh and jump up onto the counter next to her and pull her up onto my lap, putting my arms around her.
"Eh we'll have none of that in our shop!" Edge laughs sticking two fingers in his mouth making out he's going to be sick, I just roll my eyes and hold onto Stephanie even tighter and laugh when she pokes her tongue out at Edge.
"Since when has it been anything to do with you, you hate this place and refuse to work here remember" I grin at him and kiss Stephanie's cheek before slipping off of the counter and putting the lid on the box of my new clothes and putting them under my arm. I hold out my hand to her and help her down and hug her tightly "I've got some work to do if I'm going to be going out this afternoon"
"I knew it, I knew you had another girlfriend and you'd let it slip that you were going to go somewhere with her" Stephanie laughs playing with my hair "I thought you loved me Chris Jericho"
"I do love you but you know, this other girl is stunning, she's the sheriffs daughter too! I'm very sorry an all but I'm taking her to the party" I say playing along with her, she puts her hands on her hips and looks at me.
"Uh-huh sure, like any other girl would want to go with you" she giggles. I grab her round the waist gentle and pull her closer to me.
"Well if you feel like that about me maybe you don't want to go with me after all" I say pulling away from her and going to walk to the door, she grabs my arm and pulls me back over to her and puts her arms around me neck. "Wanna go with Deputy Test?"
"Yeah sure, why on earth would I ever want to go with him, your hundreds times better than him. Besides I think he's ugly! Not like you with your stunning good looks and beautiful blonde hair" She laughs pulling me around the room with her as she starts dancing around, she lets go of my hands and I fall backwards straight into Deputy Test who must have heard our whole conversation because he doesn't look very happy, but then when does he. "Good morning Test" Stephanie coos sweetly before grabbing my hand and pulling me out of the door laughing.
"There he is!" I hear them shout as they come towards them on horseback again, we stop walking as they ride out in front of us stopping us moving. "Hunter wants to see you Jericho, he's back at your house" Billy the Kidd continues hooking back his jacket to show us that he had a gun.
"Tell Hunter that if he wants to see me he can come and fine me himself" I say wishing that I wouldn't keep trying to stand up to these guys and get myself hurt. I look at Stephanie and then back at DX "Let Stephanie pass and home and I'll come with you" she grabs hold of my arm tightly stopping me from making her go.
"We don't make bargains I'm afraid," Helmsley laughs as he appears on his horse; he rides closer to us and looks down at us. "I hope you'll still enjoy the party without Stephanie," he says nodding to the others who grab hold of me. Helmsley grabs Stephanie pulling her up onto the front of his horse before riding off taking her with him.
"Stephanie!" I scream thrashing my arms and legs around trying to get out of their grip, they drop me before riding off after him. I run as fast as I can after them trying to keep up with their horses, I try to knock Billy the Kidd off of his horse but he kicks at me sending me falling into the ground face first. "BRING HER BACK YOU BASTARDS!" I yell pounding my fists into the dirt as I lay face down on the floor. I pull myself up till I'm on my knees, people have gathered around after hearing my shouting and what had been going on.
"Chris!" Edge shouts running over to me and skidding down next to me and grabbing my shoulders "What's happened!" he pants shaking my shoulders as I sit with my head in my hands covered in dirt. He pulls me to my feet and guides me over to the porch where he sits me down. I look over to outside the saloon before pulling away from him and over to where three horses are tied up. "Chris where are you going!" He shouts after me as I run towards them, untying one and jumping up onto it.
"To get Stephanie back" I say before racing after them as fast as the horse would take me.