A/N - Enjoy!
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It wasn't even daylight yet, the sky was still dark, but with hints of the early morning rays. Chris rolled over, only to find the other side of the bed empty. His hand moved over the empty space searching for what he could not find. Chris's eyes shot open. Where is she was his first coherent thought, his eyes roamed the room, but he could see nothing. He was a millisecond away from having a panic attack when he noticed his curtains blowing in the breeze that was coming in from his open window. Chris got out of his bed and sleepily stumbled over to it. As he pulled back his curtain, he saw her sitting there, on the roof just outside his window. He had sat out there many times before, wondering where his life would take him.
As Chris made his way out to join her, Stephanie turned around, smiled at him and offered him her hand, which he gratefully accepted. He took a seat next to her, never letting her hand out of his.
"What are you doing sitting out here at this time?" He asked her.
"I woke up and went to the bathroom, and as I was getting back into bed, I saw the sky through the window and I saw the stars. They are so clear here, you hardly ever see them like this back home. They're really beautiful," she told him softly.
Chris looked at her. She was such a romantic, enjoying looking at the stars, Chris couldn't help but find it cute.
"Yeah they are. When I was younger, I used to stare up at them for hours, wondering if I would ever become someone important," Chris explained with equal softness.
Stephanie turned her head to look at him. She looked him in the eye.
"Of course you are someone important Chris, you are so important! To so many people. Your parents, your friends, to the millions of Jerichoholics out there. They all love you. So much. You're important to me to Chris. If you hadn't got me away, I don't know what I would have done. You have helped me so much. Of course you're important," Stephanie told him sincerely.
Chris smiled brightly at her, she was important to him too. The last couple of days they had spent together, how could he not think she was an important part of his life?
"Thanks," he replied warmly.
"It's only the truth Chris, you know I only speak the truth," she replied honestly.
"Oh is that so?" He asked mischievously.
"Yeah, of course."
"So when you called me all those downright disrespectful names, you were being honest then right?"
He looked at her face and saw Stephanie's eyes go wide as she remembered all the stuff she had called him. He couldn't hide the amused smile that appeared on his face.
"Well...you know...back then...I didn't know you all that well..." Stephanie answered as she stuttered nervously.
As she looked at Chris's face and saw the smile he had, she couldn't help but giggle at the memories of their colorful past.
"True some of the names I called you were 'downright disrespectful' as you said, but to have a whole arena chanting 'Trash bag ho' isn't something I ever want to hear ever again. Oh and then there was the time you compared me to road kill, that's what a women really wants to hear. You can't go through life not having been compared to road kill, it's just not the same." Stephanie replied sarcastically.
They both looked at each other and simultaneously, burst out laughing. After the laughter had died down, Chris noticed Stephanie shiver. He lifted up his arm and placed it over her shoulders, pulling her to him, to share his body heat with her. She looked at him, then put her head gently on to his shoulder nearest her, and sighed contently.
"Those were good days Princess."
"Yeah they were, but we weren't friends back then, and I wouldn't trade that for the world," Stephanie told him quietly.
Chris smiled gently and leaned down and placed a soft kiss on top of her forehead.
"Neither would I Steph, neither would I," he told her in the same tone as hers.
They stayed there for what seemed liked hours, but was only a few more minutes, before Chris noticed that Stephanie seemed to be dozing, so he slid back inside silently and then reached out and gently pulled her to him, until she was securely in his arms and he carried her over to his bed that they shared, and put her down on to it. As he got onto the bed and lay down next to her, he noticed that Stephanie had fall back to sleep. He was on the brink of sleep when he felt her sliding up next to him, placing one of her arms across his abdomen and resting her head on to his chest. Chris smiled, wrapping an arm around her, pulling her closer, smiling as he once again fell back to sleep listening to her heavy breathing.
Oh, what tomorrow would bring, was his last conscious thought, before he slipped into oblivion.
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Hunter had been up for hours, and he wasn't in a good mood. Not that he had been since Stephanie had disappeared, not that he was concerned about her, he just wanted her back so he could control her again, so she wouldn't let slip all the things he had done to her.
He was pretty sure she was all alone, he had alienated her from all of her past friends, and to his knowledge she hadn't made any new ones since she had married him. He was still having no luck finding her whatsoever, he thought it would have been easy. A young woman, out there on her own, with little money and credit cards. He thought she would have used her credit card by now, in fact Hunter was hoping that she would, but she hadn't and that angered him even more.
Hunter was at a complete loss, maybe if he waited she would come back to him. He laughed at that thought, after all that he had done to her, he doubted it very much. He would just have to find her himself, and drag her back whether she liked it or not. He was not going to lose the power he had, not because of her.
He picked up his phone and dialed a number he had been given by a friend after drunkenly confessing about Stephanie going missing. He waited for the person to pick up.
"Hey, is this Ricky Park?"
"It is? Good, I heard you help find people that have suddenly went missing, is that right?" Hunter asked.
"Great, then I'll be needing your help, my wife suddenly went missing and I have no clue where she is or if someone has taken her. It's just I really miss her, and I just can't help thinking that she's out there somewhere hurt, God I couldn't bear it if she was hurt. She's my world. She means everything to me, please will you help me?" Hunter lied easily.
"Oh thank you! I'll pay you whatever you need, whatever please just find her!"
"Yeah, I'm at the Hilton Hotel, room 854, I'll be waiting. Thank you again, you have no idea how much I want her back, so she'll be safe with me. OK seen you then. Goodbye." Lie after lie was told.
He turned off his phone, with a sinister smile on his face. If he couldn't find her, then he would pay someone to find her for him. No matter what the cost, and when he found her he would teach her what would ever happen if she were to leave again.
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It was morning now, and the sun was bright and shining. Shining straight through Chris's bedroom window onto his closed eyes. He groaned as he lifted his arm to hide them from what had disturbed him, but try as he might, Chris just couldn't get back to sleep. He groaned again loudly this time and grumpily kicked his covers off of him. He noticed yet again that Stephanie wasn't beside him, he looked towards his window but she wasn't there either. As he sat up he heard laughter from downstairs and smiled to himself. He got out of his bed and made his way downstairs and into the kitchen where he knew he would find the source of the laughter. As he entered the kitchen he took in the sight of his mother and Stephanie laughing at something they had just shared.
"What's the big joke causing all this laughter?" Chris asked announcing his presence.
Stephanie and Loretta both gasped, not having noticed him come into the kitchen. As he lazily fell into the seat next to Stephanie, he looked at what they were looking at and his face turned from amused to horror.
"What are you doing showing that to Stephanie Mom?" He demanded.
"Well she asked, and I thought I would share it with her," Loretta replied very amused.
"You can't show her this, you can't, give it to me now!" Chris told them as he reached across to lift it up. Stephanie saw this and pulled it out of his reach.
"Awwwww come on Chrissy, you looked so cute when you were a little baby. I thought you looked so manly when you were playing with that Barbie, tell me Chrissy, did you have wittle tea party's too?" Stephanie asked barely containing her laughter.
Chris looked at her and his face was red with embarrassment. He folded his arms across his chest and sent an evil glare to his mother.
"Of all the photo albums you had to show her, you had to show her my baby pictures! Why do you hate me? Why?" Chris asked his mom dramatically.
Stephanie and Loretta collapsed in to a fit of laughter and this time Chris couldn't help but join in with them.
"Just you wait Princess, we'll see who's laughing when I look at yours, just you wait!" Chris told her.
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The rest of the day had Stephanie and Chris just lounging about in the front room watching television, making fun of old programs, trying to do silly impressions of them. After lunch Chris took Stephanie out around town. They went to a local restaurant, where they played pool, and where Stephanie surprisingly beat him 3 games to 2. What she had refrained from telling him was that she used to play against Shane all the time when they were younger.
As they walked back towards Chris home, Stephanie was walking closely to Chris, he looked at her and made a silent decision and slipped his hand along her back, along to her hip at the other side where he rested it gently and pulled her closer to him. She didn't say anything, so he took that as a good sign and continued on the way to his home.
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Hunter smiled as he closed the door behind Ricky, he had been a big help. He had given him a description of what Stephanie looked like and what her last movements were. He had done an outstanding job as the concerned husband. Pretending to be worried about his missing wife. Ricky had assured him that they would find her and not to give up hope.
Once he got that bitch, he was gonna do some major damage he thought to himself, then she'll be so sorry.
He smiled evilly, thoughts of his wife leaving his head as he stood up and got ready to go out. If he was lucky enough, he could find a fan and take her to his room.
As he opened his hotel room door,he chuckled as he thought, it's not like I'm gonna get caught, and the door closed in front of him.
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It wasn't even daylight yet, the sky was still dark, but with hints of the early morning rays. Chris rolled over, only to find the other side of the bed empty. His hand moved over the empty space searching for what he could not find. Chris's eyes shot open. Where is she was his first coherent thought, his eyes roamed the room, but he could see nothing. He was a millisecond away from having a panic attack when he noticed his curtains blowing in the breeze that was coming in from his open window. Chris got out of his bed and sleepily stumbled over to it. As he pulled back his curtain, he saw her sitting there, on the roof just outside his window. He had sat out there many times before, wondering where his life would take him.
As Chris made his way out to join her, Stephanie turned around, smiled at him and offered him her hand, which he gratefully accepted. He took a seat next to her, never letting her hand out of his.
"What are you doing sitting out here at this time?" He asked her.
"I woke up and went to the bathroom, and as I was getting back into bed, I saw the sky through the window and I saw the stars. They are so clear here, you hardly ever see them like this back home. They're really beautiful," she told him softly.
Chris looked at her. She was such a romantic, enjoying looking at the stars, Chris couldn't help but find it cute.
"Yeah they are. When I was younger, I used to stare up at them for hours, wondering if I would ever become someone important," Chris explained with equal softness.
Stephanie turned her head to look at him. She looked him in the eye.
"Of course you are someone important Chris, you are so important! To so many people. Your parents, your friends, to the millions of Jerichoholics out there. They all love you. So much. You're important to me to Chris. If you hadn't got me away, I don't know what I would have done. You have helped me so much. Of course you're important," Stephanie told him sincerely.
Chris smiled brightly at her, she was important to him too. The last couple of days they had spent together, how could he not think she was an important part of his life?
"Thanks," he replied warmly.
"It's only the truth Chris, you know I only speak the truth," she replied honestly.
"Oh is that so?" He asked mischievously.
"Yeah, of course."
"So when you called me all those downright disrespectful names, you were being honest then right?"
He looked at her face and saw Stephanie's eyes go wide as she remembered all the stuff she had called him. He couldn't hide the amused smile that appeared on his face.
"Well...you know...back then...I didn't know you all that well..." Stephanie answered as she stuttered nervously.
As she looked at Chris's face and saw the smile he had, she couldn't help but giggle at the memories of their colorful past.
"True some of the names I called you were 'downright disrespectful' as you said, but to have a whole arena chanting 'Trash bag ho' isn't something I ever want to hear ever again. Oh and then there was the time you compared me to road kill, that's what a women really wants to hear. You can't go through life not having been compared to road kill, it's just not the same." Stephanie replied sarcastically.
They both looked at each other and simultaneously, burst out laughing. After the laughter had died down, Chris noticed Stephanie shiver. He lifted up his arm and placed it over her shoulders, pulling her to him, to share his body heat with her. She looked at him, then put her head gently on to his shoulder nearest her, and sighed contently.
"Those were good days Princess."
"Yeah they were, but we weren't friends back then, and I wouldn't trade that for the world," Stephanie told him quietly.
Chris smiled gently and leaned down and placed a soft kiss on top of her forehead.
"Neither would I Steph, neither would I," he told her in the same tone as hers.
They stayed there for what seemed liked hours, but was only a few more minutes, before Chris noticed that Stephanie seemed to be dozing, so he slid back inside silently and then reached out and gently pulled her to him, until she was securely in his arms and he carried her over to his bed that they shared, and put her down on to it. As he got onto the bed and lay down next to her, he noticed that Stephanie had fall back to sleep. He was on the brink of sleep when he felt her sliding up next to him, placing one of her arms across his abdomen and resting her head on to his chest. Chris smiled, wrapping an arm around her, pulling her closer, smiling as he once again fell back to sleep listening to her heavy breathing.
Oh, what tomorrow would bring, was his last conscious thought, before he slipped into oblivion.
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Hunter had been up for hours, and he wasn't in a good mood. Not that he had been since Stephanie had disappeared, not that he was concerned about her, he just wanted her back so he could control her again, so she wouldn't let slip all the things he had done to her.
He was pretty sure she was all alone, he had alienated her from all of her past friends, and to his knowledge she hadn't made any new ones since she had married him. He was still having no luck finding her whatsoever, he thought it would have been easy. A young woman, out there on her own, with little money and credit cards. He thought she would have used her credit card by now, in fact Hunter was hoping that she would, but she hadn't and that angered him even more.
Hunter was at a complete loss, maybe if he waited she would come back to him. He laughed at that thought, after all that he had done to her, he doubted it very much. He would just have to find her himself, and drag her back whether she liked it or not. He was not going to lose the power he had, not because of her.
He picked up his phone and dialed a number he had been given by a friend after drunkenly confessing about Stephanie going missing. He waited for the person to pick up.
"Hey, is this Ricky Park?"
"It is? Good, I heard you help find people that have suddenly went missing, is that right?" Hunter asked.
"Great, then I'll be needing your help, my wife suddenly went missing and I have no clue where she is or if someone has taken her. It's just I really miss her, and I just can't help thinking that she's out there somewhere hurt, God I couldn't bear it if she was hurt. She's my world. She means everything to me, please will you help me?" Hunter lied easily.
"Oh thank you! I'll pay you whatever you need, whatever please just find her!"
"Yeah, I'm at the Hilton Hotel, room 854, I'll be waiting. Thank you again, you have no idea how much I want her back, so she'll be safe with me. OK seen you then. Goodbye." Lie after lie was told.
He turned off his phone, with a sinister smile on his face. If he couldn't find her, then he would pay someone to find her for him. No matter what the cost, and when he found her he would teach her what would ever happen if she were to leave again.
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It was morning now, and the sun was bright and shining. Shining straight through Chris's bedroom window onto his closed eyes. He groaned as he lifted his arm to hide them from what had disturbed him, but try as he might, Chris just couldn't get back to sleep. He groaned again loudly this time and grumpily kicked his covers off of him. He noticed yet again that Stephanie wasn't beside him, he looked towards his window but she wasn't there either. As he sat up he heard laughter from downstairs and smiled to himself. He got out of his bed and made his way downstairs and into the kitchen where he knew he would find the source of the laughter. As he entered the kitchen he took in the sight of his mother and Stephanie laughing at something they had just shared.
"What's the big joke causing all this laughter?" Chris asked announcing his presence.
Stephanie and Loretta both gasped, not having noticed him come into the kitchen. As he lazily fell into the seat next to Stephanie, he looked at what they were looking at and his face turned from amused to horror.
"What are you doing showing that to Stephanie Mom?" He demanded.
"Well she asked, and I thought I would share it with her," Loretta replied very amused.
"You can't show her this, you can't, give it to me now!" Chris told them as he reached across to lift it up. Stephanie saw this and pulled it out of his reach.
"Awwwww come on Chrissy, you looked so cute when you were a little baby. I thought you looked so manly when you were playing with that Barbie, tell me Chrissy, did you have wittle tea party's too?" Stephanie asked barely containing her laughter.
Chris looked at her and his face was red with embarrassment. He folded his arms across his chest and sent an evil glare to his mother.
"Of all the photo albums you had to show her, you had to show her my baby pictures! Why do you hate me? Why?" Chris asked his mom dramatically.
Stephanie and Loretta collapsed in to a fit of laughter and this time Chris couldn't help but join in with them.
"Just you wait Princess, we'll see who's laughing when I look at yours, just you wait!" Chris told her.
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The rest of the day had Stephanie and Chris just lounging about in the front room watching television, making fun of old programs, trying to do silly impressions of them. After lunch Chris took Stephanie out around town. They went to a local restaurant, where they played pool, and where Stephanie surprisingly beat him 3 games to 2. What she had refrained from telling him was that she used to play against Shane all the time when they were younger.
As they walked back towards Chris home, Stephanie was walking closely to Chris, he looked at her and made a silent decision and slipped his hand along her back, along to her hip at the other side where he rested it gently and pulled her closer to him. She didn't say anything, so he took that as a good sign and continued on the way to his home.
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Hunter smiled as he closed the door behind Ricky, he had been a big help. He had given him a description of what Stephanie looked like and what her last movements were. He had done an outstanding job as the concerned husband. Pretending to be worried about his missing wife. Ricky had assured him that they would find her and not to give up hope.
Once he got that bitch, he was gonna do some major damage he thought to himself, then she'll be so sorry.
He smiled evilly, thoughts of his wife leaving his head as he stood up and got ready to go out. If he was lucky enough, he could find a fan and take her to his room.
As he opened his hotel room door,he chuckled as he thought, it's not like I'm gonna get caught, and the door closed in front of him.