Chapter 16
"Are you sure I enjoy this, this doesn't really sound like the kind of thing that a person like me would enjoy. Are you just saying that so that I don't refuse to come with you and so you can drag me around all day making me carry your bags?" Chris laughs stopping walking and pulling Steph back to him "Your not trying to trick me are you Stephy?"
"No of course I'm not Chris, why would I want to do that?" Steph smiles innocently at him and puts her hands on his shoulders "Trust me honey, you just LOVE shopping" Steph laughs grabbing his hands and dragging him through the mall doors "Besides if we don't go shopping we'll all starve, no one bothered to get anything in to eat"
"But I don't think im going to enjoy this, why couldn't I have just stayed with the others, had some Fozz bonding time, maybe help me get my memory back" Chris whines dragging his feet along the floor, stopping Steph from dragging him into a shop.
"Well this might help you get your memory back too, what's so wrong with spending the day with me shopping anyways? Don't you want to spend time with me?" Steph pouts putting her hands on her hips "You would always come shopping with me before you lost your memory" she says sulkily looking at him.
"No I wouldn't! Stop lying, I bet I never went shopping with you!" Chris laughs grabbing her round the waist "You can't fool me that easy, but as it's you I'll keep my mouth shut..But only for one hour and then I moan till we get to leave ok" Chris says tilting her head looking her in the eyes "We got a deal princess?"
"W..What did you just say?" Stephanie stutters her eyes wide and staring at him, he scratches the back of his head trying to remember what he could have said, "Chris, what did you just call me?"
"Erm..Princess? Yeah sorry about that, if you don't like it I wont call you that anymore. I just..Well I don't know why I did it, it just slipped out I guess. I said it last night too and it suits you, means I get to.." Chris starts saying.
"Treat me like a princess.." Steph finishes his sentence for him and throws her arms around him nearly knocking him off his feet, Chris stands in total confusion, he hugs Steph back and shakes his head not understand what's going on. Steph pulls away and looks at him with tears in her eyes.
"Oh I'm sorry, if it upset you that much I'll never say it again, I didn't mean to upset you honestly" Chris says grabbing her hands and holding them tightly "I wont say it again I promise, please don't cry" Chris says wiping the tears off her cheeks with his thumb.
"No, say it as much as you like" Steph says hugging him again "You always called me that, you always told me by calling me it you could treat me like a princess" Steph sobs "I thought I was never going to get you back again, maybe your starting to remember" Steph half laughs and cries into his shoulder.
"If this is just your way of getting me to let you stay here for more than an hour then..ok I guess It's working we can stay for another hour" Chris laughs, she pokes him in the stomach making him laugh even more "Ok, ok maybe a few hours at the most!" Chris says taking her hand and walking into the shop with her "Just..Don't buy too much" he sighs as she runs off into the clothes section.
"Is that him?" Hunter asks peering around from behind a pillar in the centre of the mall at Chris and Stephanie.
"Yeah that's him alright, but I have no idea what's going on. He should be all memory-less and evil by now and he's not he's walking around a mall like nothings happened, anyway who is that woman with him?" Test asks looking around the pillar too "They seem pretty close"
"Any sign of his friends around or is it just them?" Hunter asks sitting down on the bench, Test sits down next to him after scanning the area for the rest of The Fozz.
"Nope it looks like it's just them, do you think she's the one he always went on about when he was with us. She kinda matches what he said about her, but I don't have any rays of sunlight and shimmering stars to compare her hair and eyes to right now" Test laughs "Shall we go talk to him while he's on his own or do we just go back to Edge?"
"Lets talk to him, see if he even remembers us.." Hunter says getting up and walking over to Chris "Chris..Chris Jericho, Hey..How've you been?" Hunter asks shaking Chris's hand and smiling at him. Chris looks at Hunter blankly and then at Test, he narrows his eyes as if trying to remember something.
"Do I know you?" Chris asks puling his hand away from Hunter
"Yeah sure you do buddy, it's me Hunter, remember?" Hunter asks nodding his head and still smiling at him, Chris continues to look at him obviously not remembering him from just a few days before.
"No sorry, you look a little familiar but I don't remember you or your name, sorry" Chris says walking away from them and over to Steph, every now and then looking over his shoulder back at them. "These two strange looking guys just started talking to me like we were best friends or something, do I know them?" Chris asks her putting his arm around her and nodding his head in their direction.
"Do you know who, which ones?" Steph asks turning around to see who Chris was talking about, she turns back to him not seeing anyway "Who?"
"Those two guys over.." Chris turns around to point them out to her but they are gone, he looks around the mall looking for them but can see them anywhere "They were standing right there, they came and spoke to me. Shook my hand, acting all friendly. Hunter was his name, I don't know about the other one" Chris mumbles still looking for them.
"Ok sure Chris, I think you need something to drink. Your starting to see things.." Steph laughs walking away from him to continue shopping.
"They were just there.." Chris whispers to himself before shaking his head and following her, maybe he had imagined it.
"Are you sure I enjoy this, this doesn't really sound like the kind of thing that a person like me would enjoy. Are you just saying that so that I don't refuse to come with you and so you can drag me around all day making me carry your bags?" Chris laughs stopping walking and pulling Steph back to him "Your not trying to trick me are you Stephy?"
"No of course I'm not Chris, why would I want to do that?" Steph smiles innocently at him and puts her hands on his shoulders "Trust me honey, you just LOVE shopping" Steph laughs grabbing his hands and dragging him through the mall doors "Besides if we don't go shopping we'll all starve, no one bothered to get anything in to eat"
"But I don't think im going to enjoy this, why couldn't I have just stayed with the others, had some Fozz bonding time, maybe help me get my memory back" Chris whines dragging his feet along the floor, stopping Steph from dragging him into a shop.
"Well this might help you get your memory back too, what's so wrong with spending the day with me shopping anyways? Don't you want to spend time with me?" Steph pouts putting her hands on her hips "You would always come shopping with me before you lost your memory" she says sulkily looking at him.
"No I wouldn't! Stop lying, I bet I never went shopping with you!" Chris laughs grabbing her round the waist "You can't fool me that easy, but as it's you I'll keep my mouth shut..But only for one hour and then I moan till we get to leave ok" Chris says tilting her head looking her in the eyes "We got a deal princess?"
"W..What did you just say?" Stephanie stutters her eyes wide and staring at him, he scratches the back of his head trying to remember what he could have said, "Chris, what did you just call me?"
"Erm..Princess? Yeah sorry about that, if you don't like it I wont call you that anymore. I just..Well I don't know why I did it, it just slipped out I guess. I said it last night too and it suits you, means I get to.." Chris starts saying.
"Treat me like a princess.." Steph finishes his sentence for him and throws her arms around him nearly knocking him off his feet, Chris stands in total confusion, he hugs Steph back and shakes his head not understand what's going on. Steph pulls away and looks at him with tears in her eyes.
"Oh I'm sorry, if it upset you that much I'll never say it again, I didn't mean to upset you honestly" Chris says grabbing her hands and holding them tightly "I wont say it again I promise, please don't cry" Chris says wiping the tears off her cheeks with his thumb.
"No, say it as much as you like" Steph says hugging him again "You always called me that, you always told me by calling me it you could treat me like a princess" Steph sobs "I thought I was never going to get you back again, maybe your starting to remember" Steph half laughs and cries into his shoulder.
"If this is just your way of getting me to let you stay here for more than an hour then..ok I guess It's working we can stay for another hour" Chris laughs, she pokes him in the stomach making him laugh even more "Ok, ok maybe a few hours at the most!" Chris says taking her hand and walking into the shop with her "Just..Don't buy too much" he sighs as she runs off into the clothes section.
"Is that him?" Hunter asks peering around from behind a pillar in the centre of the mall at Chris and Stephanie.
"Yeah that's him alright, but I have no idea what's going on. He should be all memory-less and evil by now and he's not he's walking around a mall like nothings happened, anyway who is that woman with him?" Test asks looking around the pillar too "They seem pretty close"
"Any sign of his friends around or is it just them?" Hunter asks sitting down on the bench, Test sits down next to him after scanning the area for the rest of The Fozz.
"Nope it looks like it's just them, do you think she's the one he always went on about when he was with us. She kinda matches what he said about her, but I don't have any rays of sunlight and shimmering stars to compare her hair and eyes to right now" Test laughs "Shall we go talk to him while he's on his own or do we just go back to Edge?"
"Lets talk to him, see if he even remembers us.." Hunter says getting up and walking over to Chris "Chris..Chris Jericho, Hey..How've you been?" Hunter asks shaking Chris's hand and smiling at him. Chris looks at Hunter blankly and then at Test, he narrows his eyes as if trying to remember something.
"Do I know you?" Chris asks puling his hand away from Hunter
"Yeah sure you do buddy, it's me Hunter, remember?" Hunter asks nodding his head and still smiling at him, Chris continues to look at him obviously not remembering him from just a few days before.
"No sorry, you look a little familiar but I don't remember you or your name, sorry" Chris says walking away from them and over to Steph, every now and then looking over his shoulder back at them. "These two strange looking guys just started talking to me like we were best friends or something, do I know them?" Chris asks her putting his arm around her and nodding his head in their direction.
"Do you know who, which ones?" Steph asks turning around to see who Chris was talking about, she turns back to him not seeing anyway "Who?"
"Those two guys over.." Chris turns around to point them out to her but they are gone, he looks around the mall looking for them but can see them anywhere "They were standing right there, they came and spoke to me. Shook my hand, acting all friendly. Hunter was his name, I don't know about the other one" Chris mumbles still looking for them.
"Ok sure Chris, I think you need something to drink. Your starting to see things.." Steph laughs walking away from him to continue shopping.
"They were just there.." Chris whispers to himself before shaking his head and following her, maybe he had imagined it.