Title: How Love Works
Chapter 17: How Love Works
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the story.
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Paul ran out of the empty locker room searching for Chris' locker room. He smiled as he looked at all the doors, checking to see if one was Chris'. He hadn't felt like this since the night Steph stayed with him. This was love, he knew it, and now all he had to do was find Steph before it was too late. He stopped in the middle of the hall and looked down the hallway. He saw Trish come out of a locker room.
"Bingo!" Paul said running down to where Trish was. "Hey, Trish wait up."
Trish turned around and saw Paul running towards her. She stopped walking so he could catch up with her. When Paul finally got there he started talking immediately.
"Please, tell me Stephanie is in there?" Paul said pointing to the locker room which happened to be Chris'.
"Um, Paul she's not in there." Trish answered. "She left like ten minutes ago."
"Did she say where she was going?" Paul asked worriedly that he might lose his chance of telling Steph how he felt.
"Not really, all she said was that she had to go." Trish said.
"Thanks for your help Trish." Paul said then left.
Trish stood there watching Paul run down the hall looking for Steph. Trish smiled softly.
"Come on Paul, you got to find her." Trish said before turning around and leaving.
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Stephanie walked down the hall, on her way back to Chris' locker room. She walked down the halls saying hi to anyone who she passed. Steph got to Chris' locker room and knocked. She waited a minute until Chris opened the door.
"Hey, Chris." Stephanie said coming in. "Where did Trish go?"
"She went to go get something to drink." Chris said plopping down on the couch.
"When did she leave?" Stephanie asked another question.
"About five minutes ago." Chris said looking up at Steph. "Why? Are you afraid to be alone with me?" Chris joked.
"Ha, ha, you're funny Chris." Steph said sarcastically. "I was just curious to where she went."
Right after that was said Trish walked in. She saw Chris stretched out on the couch and glanced at Steph. She stood there for a minute until she realized Steph was there.
"Steph, Paul is looking for you." Trish said sitting down on Chris' legs.
"Why would he be looking for me?" Stephanie asked with a bit of an attitude, yet she was happy to here he was looking for her.
"I don't know why, but he looked as if you were going to disappear if he doesn't find you." Trish said taking a drink of her water.
"You're serious?" Steph questioned.
"No, she's Trish." Chris laughed.
"Shut up Chris." Trish said lightly punching him in the stomach.
"Ow." Chris mumbled with a smile.
"Anyways, I really think you should find him." Trish said to Steph.
"Yeah, I guess your right." Steph said with a big smile and left the room.
Stephanie walked out the locker room. Trish and Chris watched her leave. Chris spoke when the door was shut.
"This is it." Chris said putting an arm on Trish's leg.
"What's it?" Trish asked looking at Chris.
"Um, I kind of told Paul, Steph broke up with Randy for him." Chris said uneasily.
"What?" Trish said standing up.
"No, look he and Amy broke up and now he is going to get together with Steph." Chris smiled, getting a smile in return from Trish.
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Paul kept running up and down the halls. Still no sign of Steph, he was beginning to panic. What if he didn't find her? He stopped to think of where she could be. While he was thinking he felt a tap on his shoulder. He looked at the person and spoke with out thinking first.
"Could you leave me alone? I'm trying to find Stephanie." Paul said turning around.
Stephanie stood there for a minute until Paul realized who he was talking to.
"Oh, Steph, I am so sorry." Paul started. "I was to busy looking for you to realize that it was you I was talking to."
"That's alright, I heard you were looking for me." Steph spoke looking down.
"Yeah, can we..." Paul stumbled off. "Oh forget it, I'll say it here."
"Say what?" Steph asked looking up at Paul hoping he was about to tell her what she longed to hear.
"Steph…" He stopped again. The continued, "I love you, Steph." Paul looked at Steph to see some reaction.
"I love you too." Steph nearly cried.
Paul instantly hugged Steph and was hugged in return. Still hugging they both looked at each other. Then they both moved their heads inches towards each other until their lips met. They broke the kiss when they heard clapping. They both looked to their right to see Chris, Trish, Adam, Amy, and Jay howling at them.
"Finally, they get together after three years." Adam says clapping.
"It better last too." Jay said.
"I mean if you guys break up in a year or something that would be a waste." Amy smiled.
"I agree with Amy, all of this would mean nothing." Chris said.
"Gosh, you two went through hell just to get together." Trish added in.
"And you two better stay together." They all said in union to Steph and Paul.
Paul and Steph looked at each other and smiled.
"Yeah, we did go through a lot." Paul said. "And we'll stay together."
"Yep, I guess this is 'how love works'." Steph said and laid her head on Paul's shoulder.
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The End, that's it. That was the last chapter. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and read the story. Please check out my other stories. I should be putting up some new stories to.
~Citcat~
