I stood there staring at the two of them. I couldn't deal with this shit right now. All I wanted to do was crawl in a whole.
"Hi Hailey." Doc said.
I could tell she was nervous which was funny. We knew each other and got along real good but this whole in love thing was putting a shadow on that.
"Hi Doc." I managed to mutter.
"Hailey we'll be back about 11:00PM." Mark said.
He came over and gave me a kiss. "We'll talk tonight ." he said to me.
"Great I can't wait." I said. I don't guess he liked my sarcastic tone.
"You got something to say now?" Mark asked giving me a hard look.
"No daddy." I said. I didn't want to fight with him. I was just upset and it was putting me on edge. I put my arms around him and hugged him. He hugged me back.
"I love ya baby." He said.
"I love you to daddy." I said.
"Chris take care of my baby." Mark said as him and doc left.
"I will." Chris said as he closed the door behind them.
"So you want to go out or get room service?" Chris asked.
"Not hungry. I muttered staring at the floor so I wouldn't have to look at him. I was feeling like a real idiot. He probably thought I was stupid or something.
"Hailey you got 5 seconds to get your ass over here and talk to me." Chris snapped.
I was startled Chris never raised his voice or got mad at me. He must really be pissed I thought. I walked over to where he was sitting on the couch and sat down beside him. He lifted my chin and looked at me. I didn't want to meet his eyes but he didn't give me any choice. I felt flushed and knew I was red in the face.
"Hailey I love you kid." He said kissing me on my cheek.
"How can you love me? I'm an idiot. How can you even want to be around me?" I asked.
"Why are you an idiot? Because you love me. You're a wonderful girl Hailey. And you're beautiful and smart and funny." Chris said.
"But I like you. I mean don't you think that's stupid or something?" I asked.
"Hey you got good taste. I'm not surprised you fell under my considerable charm." He said grinning.
I lost it then and fell back laughing. "You and your ego." I said rolling my eyes. I realized that he cared about me no matter what and I loved him even more for making me feel okay about what happened. Hw smiled down at me and pulled me up.
"Remember Hailey, we're friends no matter what. That will never change." Chris said.
I looked at him with a smile. "Can I have a kiss?" I said. He leaned over and kissed my cheek.
"When do I get a real kiss?" I said. I thought maybe that might make him mad but it didn't. He just grinned at me.
"When your 18. I'll give you a real kiss." He said.
I suddenly turned serious. I will be waiting on my birthday. You'll be the first man I ever kiss." I said.
Chris looked at me. "I'm sure you'll kiss lots of boys before you ever kiss me. Pretty girl like you will have them chasing you all over the place." Chris said.
"I don't want any boys, just you." I said. I knew everybody thought I was being silly but I would wait for Chris forever.
"We'll see." He said. "In the meantime let's go eat. I'm starving.
"So what's up with Doc and Mark?" Chris asked as we ate. WE had decided to go out to a steakhouse.
"I don't know. It news to me too." I said unhappily.
"Want to talk about it?" he asked.
"In a couple months I'll be gone. He'll start a new life and forget all about me." I said feeling sorry for myself.
"Hailey stop the pity party. That's bullshit. You know Mark loves you and he would never forget about you." Chris said. I just looked at him. His tone was sharp. "Just be honest with yourself. You don't want to share him with anyone." Chris said.
"Why are you acting like this Chris? I just don't want to lose my dad." I said hurt at his tone.
"Hailey come on think about it. Do you truly think Mark is going to send you off somewhere and forget all about you? He loves you. You know that. Do you think that little of him?" Chris asked.
I guess I had needed a swift kick in the ass and Chris provided it.
"No. I guess your right. It's just weird knowing he loves her. He will probably marry her. What if she don't want me around?" I asked.
"Mark wouldn't put up with someone that tried to come between you and him. I wouldn't worry about it." He said.
Chris took my hand. "It will be okay Hailey. I promise." He said.
I looked up a Chris and believed him. I guess I would believe anything he told me.
"Now no more frowns or tears today. Things are going to work out. They always do. Huh?" He said.
"Okay." I said smiling up at him. He was right Mark was my dad. He wasn't going to dump me. Mark had promise me that a long time ago when I had ran away and Mark never broke a promise.