Chapter 3
"No, no be quiet" Jericho whispers grabbing the lap top as it blares out the sound he'd been waiting for ever since he'd logged back into his mail. "Your going to wake Christian!" He shouts at it slamming the screen down trying to get it to stop making so much noise.
"YOU'RE GOING TO WAKE CHRISTIAN!" Christian yells sitting up in his bed and throwing his pillow at Chris, Chris dodges underneath it and grabs his computer and runs into the bathroom locking the door. "IT'S THREE IN THE GOD DAMN MORNING CHRIS!" Christian shouts from inside the room. Chris puts the laptop down on the counter and opens the screen again, he clicks for the message to come back up onto the screen and reads it.
To: chris2j@aol.com From: stephymc@aol.com Subject: Re: Re: I'm sorry..
Ok, if your still awake then meet me down in the hotel lobby at 3.15am. I will wait for you till 3.30am but if your not there by then..Chris, just please be there. Love Stephy X
Chris looks at his watch, it was 3.20am already! She was in this building down in the lobby waiting for him and he had ten minutes to get down there before she left. Chris rushes for the bathroom door unlocking it and running out into the bedroom, ignoring Christian shouting at him to keep it down and that he didn't care if they all had to share rooms Chris wasn't coming back in. He grabs his jacket and runs out of the door and down the corridor towards the elevators.
"Going up sir?" The man asks him as the doors open to reveal a very empty elevator car. "Twenty third floor" The man says to the other passengers in the elevator, none of them move as the doors close again and it continues on it's way.
"Ok Chris, you have two choices you run down forty six flights of stairs in ten minutes or you wait for the next one to come along" Chris looks towards the stairs and then back at the elevator doors. He shakes his head "she is so definitely worth this" he mutters to himself heading for the stairs. He charges down four flights before hearing the lift stop at the floor he was just on, he curses to himself before carrying on taking three or four steps at a time. "I'm never eating pizza again," Chris wheezes stumbling down the last few steps into the lobby. He looks around him, his eyes darting all over the silent lobby praying that she would be there waiting for him. He looks at his watch..3.37am..Chris closes his eyes and feels his heart sink. He'd lost her forever now, if only he'd got there in time. There was that word he'd wished he didn't know..If only.
"May I help you sir? Is everything alright?" The lady behind the front desk asks him looking at him panting at the bottom of the stairs.
"Your lifts..They were going the wrong way" Chris mumbles walking towards the front revolving doors of the hotel, he walks through them and outside and onto the steps where he sits down. It was raining quite heavily and the rain was cool on his hot skin after running. He looks up letting the cold water run over his face as he runs his hands through his hair, his clothes starting to cling to his body.
"You like upset..Can I buy you a drink?" She asks walking towards him from where she was standing waiting for a cab. Chris puts his head in his hands and shakes his head "Well your polite aren't you..I didn't have to agree to meet you" Steph says standing above him holding an umbrella over her head.
"Steph.." Chris chokes looking up at her, she laughs and shakes her head "I thought..I thought you'd gone and I was never going to see you ag.." Steph puts her hand over his mouth and holds out her other hand to him, without any hesitation he takes her hand and stands up.
"Don't talk, just come with me" Stephanie says taking his hand and holding it tightly walking back into the hotel, she lets go of his hand and lets the umbrella down shaking off the rain "Wait here" She says leaving Chris by the doors as she walks over to the reception desk and asks for a towel to be brought down. Stephanie walks back over to Chris while she's waiting. "Why were you out in the rain?"
"Because I came down to meet you and you were gone, I had to run down forty six flights of stairs and you were gone and I thought I'd lost you forever so I went to see if you were outside" Chris says quickly almost having to spit some of the words out, whenever he was with Stephanie she had this affect on him. It was like he couldn't speak because he just wanted to let her talk and listen to her. A man walks over with a towel to them and hands it to Steph who wraps it around Chris.
"I would get you a drink but I don't think it's open this early in the morning, so it might have to be a case of raid the mini bar and put it on my dads account?" Stephanie says smiling at him making his heart leap; he nods his head unable to speak now. "Hmm, chatty aren't we?" Steph laughs walking towards the elevators taking Chris with her.
"No, no be quiet" Jericho whispers grabbing the lap top as it blares out the sound he'd been waiting for ever since he'd logged back into his mail. "Your going to wake Christian!" He shouts at it slamming the screen down trying to get it to stop making so much noise.
"YOU'RE GOING TO WAKE CHRISTIAN!" Christian yells sitting up in his bed and throwing his pillow at Chris, Chris dodges underneath it and grabs his computer and runs into the bathroom locking the door. "IT'S THREE IN THE GOD DAMN MORNING CHRIS!" Christian shouts from inside the room. Chris puts the laptop down on the counter and opens the screen again, he clicks for the message to come back up onto the screen and reads it.
To: chris2j@aol.com From: stephymc@aol.com Subject: Re: Re: I'm sorry..
Ok, if your still awake then meet me down in the hotel lobby at 3.15am. I will wait for you till 3.30am but if your not there by then..Chris, just please be there. Love Stephy X
Chris looks at his watch, it was 3.20am already! She was in this building down in the lobby waiting for him and he had ten minutes to get down there before she left. Chris rushes for the bathroom door unlocking it and running out into the bedroom, ignoring Christian shouting at him to keep it down and that he didn't care if they all had to share rooms Chris wasn't coming back in. He grabs his jacket and runs out of the door and down the corridor towards the elevators.
"Going up sir?" The man asks him as the doors open to reveal a very empty elevator car. "Twenty third floor" The man says to the other passengers in the elevator, none of them move as the doors close again and it continues on it's way.
"Ok Chris, you have two choices you run down forty six flights of stairs in ten minutes or you wait for the next one to come along" Chris looks towards the stairs and then back at the elevator doors. He shakes his head "she is so definitely worth this" he mutters to himself heading for the stairs. He charges down four flights before hearing the lift stop at the floor he was just on, he curses to himself before carrying on taking three or four steps at a time. "I'm never eating pizza again," Chris wheezes stumbling down the last few steps into the lobby. He looks around him, his eyes darting all over the silent lobby praying that she would be there waiting for him. He looks at his watch..3.37am..Chris closes his eyes and feels his heart sink. He'd lost her forever now, if only he'd got there in time. There was that word he'd wished he didn't know..If only.
"May I help you sir? Is everything alright?" The lady behind the front desk asks him looking at him panting at the bottom of the stairs.
"Your lifts..They were going the wrong way" Chris mumbles walking towards the front revolving doors of the hotel, he walks through them and outside and onto the steps where he sits down. It was raining quite heavily and the rain was cool on his hot skin after running. He looks up letting the cold water run over his face as he runs his hands through his hair, his clothes starting to cling to his body.
"You like upset..Can I buy you a drink?" She asks walking towards him from where she was standing waiting for a cab. Chris puts his head in his hands and shakes his head "Well your polite aren't you..I didn't have to agree to meet you" Steph says standing above him holding an umbrella over her head.
"Steph.." Chris chokes looking up at her, she laughs and shakes her head "I thought..I thought you'd gone and I was never going to see you ag.." Steph puts her hand over his mouth and holds out her other hand to him, without any hesitation he takes her hand and stands up.
"Don't talk, just come with me" Stephanie says taking his hand and holding it tightly walking back into the hotel, she lets go of his hand and lets the umbrella down shaking off the rain "Wait here" She says leaving Chris by the doors as she walks over to the reception desk and asks for a towel to be brought down. Stephanie walks back over to Chris while she's waiting. "Why were you out in the rain?"
"Because I came down to meet you and you were gone, I had to run down forty six flights of stairs and you were gone and I thought I'd lost you forever so I went to see if you were outside" Chris says quickly almost having to spit some of the words out, whenever he was with Stephanie she had this affect on him. It was like he couldn't speak because he just wanted to let her talk and listen to her. A man walks over with a towel to them and hands it to Steph who wraps it around Chris.
"I would get you a drink but I don't think it's open this early in the morning, so it might have to be a case of raid the mini bar and put it on my dads account?" Stephanie says smiling at him making his heart leap; he nods his head unable to speak now. "Hmm, chatty aren't we?" Steph laughs walking towards the elevators taking Chris with her.