Chapter 21
May 29th 2003, A hotel room somewhere in New York City
"Just calm down! It's up to her what she does, if she decided to come to the show then that's up to her! Maybe she wanted to see us, it's closing night!" Duke yells back at Chris as KK and Kidd sit listening to the two argue for the past two hours with every attempt to stop them fighting ending in it getting worse.
"You sent her a ticket!" Chris yells back at him "I thought you were my friend Duke, didn't you think what seeing her would do to me! It's your fault the show was ruined!" He shouts throwing a pillow across the room in a rage.
"Chris the show wasn't ruined, no one even noticed..that was the best show and turn out we've had the whole time, it was amazing. No one ruined anything, it went great..please stop arguing over this. We've got the closing night party to get to" KK says calmly not wanting to add to the tension in the room.
"What do you mean no one noticed, I froze up! I completely forgot the words when I saw her, I was paralyzed and couldn't move or something just because I saw her standing all the way across the room from me! How can that go unnoticed, I think people are going to notice me going to jelly!" Chris grabs his jacket.
"Where are you going now?!" Duke asks him trying to calm himself down after the massive argument with Chris, Chris slips on his coat before picking up his room key and walking to the door.
"Out..you can stuff your stupid closing night party" Chris snaps back at him walking out of the hotel room and slamming the door behind him, Duke sits down on the end of the bed pushing his stuff onto the floor and laying back covering his face with his hands.
"He has caused us nothing but agro the whole tour" Kidd mutters "I'm gunna go back to my room and get ready, even if Chris isn't going to go to the party we should make an appearance after all the trouble people have gone through to organize it for us"
"Yeah your right, lets just all go get ready and meet down in the lobby in twenty minutes or so yeah, if Chris isn't back here in his room by then we'll just have to go without him agreed?" KK asks looking at Duke who is still laying on Chris's bed with his eyes closed.
"Yeah.." Duke replies sitting up and finding his own keys "see you both in twenty then" he says as the three of them head back to their own rooms.
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Chris walks around the hotel slowly dragging his feet, he walks into the bar and slumps down on one of the stools propping himself up against the bar. The bar tender walks over to him to ask him if he wants a drink.
"Can I get you anything?" The man asks, Chris just shakes his head and continues to stare at the floor "If your not going to order anything then I'm going to have to ask you to leave, it'll get pretty busy in here later once the party the hotel is hosting is over"
"I know..I'm supposed to be there" Chris sighs propping himself up on his elbows and leaning his chin into the palms of his hand "What've you got?" Chris asks as he's pointed out the list of drinks they serve and handed a cocktail menu "What the hell is a midnight fireworks?"
"I'll have on of those and he'll have a Bombay slammer but hold the pineapple" a voice says behind him as a women sits down next to him "Duke said I might find you here, he said that you had an argument earlier about me being at your concert. If it upset you that much I wouldn't have come, I just..I wanted to see you" Steph says quietly to him as their drinks are placed on the bar in front of them, Steph shows her room key and the drinks are put onto her bill as she picks it up and sips at it.
"It wasn't because you were there..It was more because I was surprised to see you" Chris mumbles pushing his drink to the side looking at it with distaste not liking the idea of having bits of fruit swimming in his Bombay slammer.
"Is that why you stopped singing? Because you were surprised to see me?" Steph asks, Chris just nods his head again and pokes at the olive in his drink with the cocktail stick. "Do you love me Chris Jericho? Simple answer yes or no, if you say no I'll leave right now and you'll never have to see me again"
"You know I do..What does it take for me to prove that to you?" Chris turns to look at her, she looks down at her hands nervously before looking back up to him and smiling a little.
"Ask me to marry you?" Steph blurts out before quickly covering her mouth with her hands realizing what she's said, Chris closes his eyes and puts his face In his hands before looking back up at her and shaking his head no. She sighs and looks like she's about to cry as she gets up and starts to walk away from him.
"I can't marry you..We agreed. I'd ask you to marry me when I got my memory back..I mean without my memory how would we ever plan it, if I didn't have my memory back I wouldn't be able to remember that you wanted a spring wedding when all your favorite flowers were in season. If I didn't have my memory back I wouldn't be able to tell you that you have a wedding list of people you want to invite tucked inside the picture frame with the picture of you and me on valentines day last year" Chris says quickly getting up off of the bar stool as Steph stops letting sink in what he just said, she turns to look at him.
"When?.." she stutters looking at him.
"Tonight..When I saw you at the concert, I just remembered. I remembered everything, I remembered you, I remembered every second we've spent together, I remembered KK, Duke, Kidd, I remembered everything and its all because you walked into the room just like you did when I first met you..It was like deja-vu or something and it just hit me like that and I remembered everything!" Chris says looking at her waiting for her to say something, when she doesn't he walks towards her "Marry me Steph?"
May 29th 2003, A hotel room somewhere in New York City
"Just calm down! It's up to her what she does, if she decided to come to the show then that's up to her! Maybe she wanted to see us, it's closing night!" Duke yells back at Chris as KK and Kidd sit listening to the two argue for the past two hours with every attempt to stop them fighting ending in it getting worse.
"You sent her a ticket!" Chris yells back at him "I thought you were my friend Duke, didn't you think what seeing her would do to me! It's your fault the show was ruined!" He shouts throwing a pillow across the room in a rage.
"Chris the show wasn't ruined, no one even noticed..that was the best show and turn out we've had the whole time, it was amazing. No one ruined anything, it went great..please stop arguing over this. We've got the closing night party to get to" KK says calmly not wanting to add to the tension in the room.
"What do you mean no one noticed, I froze up! I completely forgot the words when I saw her, I was paralyzed and couldn't move or something just because I saw her standing all the way across the room from me! How can that go unnoticed, I think people are going to notice me going to jelly!" Chris grabs his jacket.
"Where are you going now?!" Duke asks him trying to calm himself down after the massive argument with Chris, Chris slips on his coat before picking up his room key and walking to the door.
"Out..you can stuff your stupid closing night party" Chris snaps back at him walking out of the hotel room and slamming the door behind him, Duke sits down on the end of the bed pushing his stuff onto the floor and laying back covering his face with his hands.
"He has caused us nothing but agro the whole tour" Kidd mutters "I'm gunna go back to my room and get ready, even if Chris isn't going to go to the party we should make an appearance after all the trouble people have gone through to organize it for us"
"Yeah your right, lets just all go get ready and meet down in the lobby in twenty minutes or so yeah, if Chris isn't back here in his room by then we'll just have to go without him agreed?" KK asks looking at Duke who is still laying on Chris's bed with his eyes closed.
"Yeah.." Duke replies sitting up and finding his own keys "see you both in twenty then" he says as the three of them head back to their own rooms.
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Chris walks around the hotel slowly dragging his feet, he walks into the bar and slumps down on one of the stools propping himself up against the bar. The bar tender walks over to him to ask him if he wants a drink.
"Can I get you anything?" The man asks, Chris just shakes his head and continues to stare at the floor "If your not going to order anything then I'm going to have to ask you to leave, it'll get pretty busy in here later once the party the hotel is hosting is over"
"I know..I'm supposed to be there" Chris sighs propping himself up on his elbows and leaning his chin into the palms of his hand "What've you got?" Chris asks as he's pointed out the list of drinks they serve and handed a cocktail menu "What the hell is a midnight fireworks?"
"I'll have on of those and he'll have a Bombay slammer but hold the pineapple" a voice says behind him as a women sits down next to him "Duke said I might find you here, he said that you had an argument earlier about me being at your concert. If it upset you that much I wouldn't have come, I just..I wanted to see you" Steph says quietly to him as their drinks are placed on the bar in front of them, Steph shows her room key and the drinks are put onto her bill as she picks it up and sips at it.
"It wasn't because you were there..It was more because I was surprised to see you" Chris mumbles pushing his drink to the side looking at it with distaste not liking the idea of having bits of fruit swimming in his Bombay slammer.
"Is that why you stopped singing? Because you were surprised to see me?" Steph asks, Chris just nods his head again and pokes at the olive in his drink with the cocktail stick. "Do you love me Chris Jericho? Simple answer yes or no, if you say no I'll leave right now and you'll never have to see me again"
"You know I do..What does it take for me to prove that to you?" Chris turns to look at her, she looks down at her hands nervously before looking back up to him and smiling a little.
"Ask me to marry you?" Steph blurts out before quickly covering her mouth with her hands realizing what she's said, Chris closes his eyes and puts his face In his hands before looking back up at her and shaking his head no. She sighs and looks like she's about to cry as she gets up and starts to walk away from him.
"I can't marry you..We agreed. I'd ask you to marry me when I got my memory back..I mean without my memory how would we ever plan it, if I didn't have my memory back I wouldn't be able to remember that you wanted a spring wedding when all your favorite flowers were in season. If I didn't have my memory back I wouldn't be able to tell you that you have a wedding list of people you want to invite tucked inside the picture frame with the picture of you and me on valentines day last year" Chris says quickly getting up off of the bar stool as Steph stops letting sink in what he just said, she turns to look at him.
"When?.." she stutters looking at him.
"Tonight..When I saw you at the concert, I just remembered. I remembered everything, I remembered you, I remembered every second we've spent together, I remembered KK, Duke, Kidd, I remembered everything and its all because you walked into the room just like you did when I first met you..It was like deja-vu or something and it just hit me like that and I remembered everything!" Chris says looking at her waiting for her to say something, when she doesn't he walks towards her "Marry me Steph?"