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Strange Fire, Chapter eleven
AN: I'm trying to keep my timeline ok, but I'm skipping over days because nothing happens on those days. Just imagine Craig works and Coralie hangs out with friends or at the studio with Caitlin.
It was about two o'clock on Thursday when Ellie came over to hang out with Coralie. They sat around the living room, the only ones home. "Joey and Caitlin asked me something at breakfast today."
"What did they ask you?"
"If I could stay here when they honeymoon, so that Angie can stay home and still go to day-camp."
"Did you say yes.?"
"I did." Coralie sighed. "I don't know though, after what happened Tuesday."
"What happened Tuesday?" Ellie had been working, but she knew it was Craig's day off, so she assumed that something had happened involving him.
"Craig asked me to marry him."
"What?" Of all the things Coralie could have said, this was the strangest. Then again, this was Craig, and Ellie knew how much he cared about Coralie. He'd cried for weeks after she'd left. "Like married married?"
"Yes. He wants to marry me."
"Do you love him?"
"More than I should love him, and more than I can imagine loving anyone else." Coralie pictured Craig in her head, then, and then pictured the family they'd make together. "But its scary. He's eighteen. When I was eighteen..."
"You were married." Ellie finished. "He's not your ex."
"Now? You sound like Craig. He keeps telling me that. I do believe him, but I don't want him to end up getting hurt."
"Shouldn't you let him make his own choices about getting hurt."
"Yeah, I should. I'm really considering it. He mentioned getting married while Joey and Caitlin are out of town, to avoid confrontation until after-well, he didn't put it that way, but thats what he meant. So I have over a week to make my choice."
"Why do I think you'll take most of the time?"
"Because I need to weigh my options." It was hard, because Ellie didn't know the full story about why she'd come back to Toronto. As Coralie thought about if she could tell Ellie everything, Craig and Marco showed up.
"Don't you have to work?"
"Marco just got home, Joey let me leave early." He kissed Coralie then, a quick brush of lips. It was almost more to see her reaction to that sort of personal embrace than for the kissing-almost. "What, didn't you miss me?"
Coralie laughed softly. "I was so bored, but that wasn't just because of you. No one's around today."
"Now we're all here." Marco said. "So you can't be bored anymore."
Coralie laughed. "True, anyone up for the mall? I mean,we are going clubbing this weekend."
"Tomorrow." Craig said "Marco and I picked tomorrow, Ellie, I know you don't have to work."
"No I don't." Coralie nodded her agreement on going Friday, and they headed to the mall.
When they got there, Ellie and Coralie headed to get Orange Julius while Craig and Marco drooled in the music store-Craig over a guitar and Marco over the hot clerk. Ellie saw someone she knew, and gave Coralie the money while she went over to talk. Coralie ordered the drinks and stood, waiting for Ellie. Just then she saw someone she hadn't seen in years.
"Coralie, how are you?"
"I'm just fine Len." Coralie smiled at Len Carpenter. She had only seen him twice in the six and a half years since they divorsed. She noted to herself how ironic it was to see him days after someone had proposed marriage to her. "How's Stella?"
"Stella's good...we had a baby last year, his name is Jonathan." Len had remarried two years earlier, to another person they'd known in high school. Coralie was happy enough for him, she supposed.
Just then a voice spoke. "Hey, can I have my julius now?" It was Ellie, and Craig and Marco were with her. Coralie handed over the drink.
"I should go. Stella's waiting."
"Bye Len." She said goodbye and walked over to Craig. "Done drooling now?"
"I wasn't drooling. Ok, maybe I was. Its a nice guitar." The four of them set off. "Old friend?" Craig asked it in the sort of way that made Coralie realize he didn't know who Len was.
"Len? He's my ex."
"Husband? Who's Stella then?"
"Yes, exhusband. He remarried a couple years ago, they have a son."
"I see. You've never talk much about him or the marriage."
"We...we just weren't meant to be together, we couldn't live together. It only lasted a little over a year before we filed for divorse."
"What about the wedding? Was it fancy?"
Coralie knew what Craig was really asking. At least, she thought she did. "It was nice. But if you are asking if I'd want a fancy wedding with you, the answer is no. It wouldn't be...With you, it wouldn't be about the wedding, it would be about the marriage."
Craig smiled at Coralie. "Good, because I don't think I could afford a fancy wedding. Or even a fancy ring."
"Craig...if I marry you, which I am considering...It would be for love, not for a fancy ring or a fancy wedding."
It was the closest she'd ever come to talking about a future, and Craig decided to take what he could get. They went to join the others, shopping for clothes to wear the next night. Once everyone had outfits, the four of them decided that they would meet at Craig's at eight, and headed their separate ways.
Strange Fire, Chapter eleven
AN: I'm trying to keep my timeline ok, but I'm skipping over days because nothing happens on those days. Just imagine Craig works and Coralie hangs out with friends or at the studio with Caitlin.
It was about two o'clock on Thursday when Ellie came over to hang out with Coralie. They sat around the living room, the only ones home. "Joey and Caitlin asked me something at breakfast today."
"What did they ask you?"
"If I could stay here when they honeymoon, so that Angie can stay home and still go to day-camp."
"Did you say yes.?"
"I did." Coralie sighed. "I don't know though, after what happened Tuesday."
"What happened Tuesday?" Ellie had been working, but she knew it was Craig's day off, so she assumed that something had happened involving him.
"Craig asked me to marry him."
"What?" Of all the things Coralie could have said, this was the strangest. Then again, this was Craig, and Ellie knew how much he cared about Coralie. He'd cried for weeks after she'd left. "Like married married?"
"Yes. He wants to marry me."
"Do you love him?"
"More than I should love him, and more than I can imagine loving anyone else." Coralie pictured Craig in her head, then, and then pictured the family they'd make together. "But its scary. He's eighteen. When I was eighteen..."
"You were married." Ellie finished. "He's not your ex."
"Now? You sound like Craig. He keeps telling me that. I do believe him, but I don't want him to end up getting hurt."
"Shouldn't you let him make his own choices about getting hurt."
"Yeah, I should. I'm really considering it. He mentioned getting married while Joey and Caitlin are out of town, to avoid confrontation until after-well, he didn't put it that way, but thats what he meant. So I have over a week to make my choice."
"Why do I think you'll take most of the time?"
"Because I need to weigh my options." It was hard, because Ellie didn't know the full story about why she'd come back to Toronto. As Coralie thought about if she could tell Ellie everything, Craig and Marco showed up.
"Don't you have to work?"
"Marco just got home, Joey let me leave early." He kissed Coralie then, a quick brush of lips. It was almost more to see her reaction to that sort of personal embrace than for the kissing-almost. "What, didn't you miss me?"
Coralie laughed softly. "I was so bored, but that wasn't just because of you. No one's around today."
"Now we're all here." Marco said. "So you can't be bored anymore."
Coralie laughed. "True, anyone up for the mall? I mean,we are going clubbing this weekend."
"Tomorrow." Craig said "Marco and I picked tomorrow, Ellie, I know you don't have to work."
"No I don't." Coralie nodded her agreement on going Friday, and they headed to the mall.
When they got there, Ellie and Coralie headed to get Orange Julius while Craig and Marco drooled in the music store-Craig over a guitar and Marco over the hot clerk. Ellie saw someone she knew, and gave Coralie the money while she went over to talk. Coralie ordered the drinks and stood, waiting for Ellie. Just then she saw someone she hadn't seen in years.
"Coralie, how are you?"
"I'm just fine Len." Coralie smiled at Len Carpenter. She had only seen him twice in the six and a half years since they divorsed. She noted to herself how ironic it was to see him days after someone had proposed marriage to her. "How's Stella?"
"Stella's good...we had a baby last year, his name is Jonathan." Len had remarried two years earlier, to another person they'd known in high school. Coralie was happy enough for him, she supposed.
Just then a voice spoke. "Hey, can I have my julius now?" It was Ellie, and Craig and Marco were with her. Coralie handed over the drink.
"I should go. Stella's waiting."
"Bye Len." She said goodbye and walked over to Craig. "Done drooling now?"
"I wasn't drooling. Ok, maybe I was. Its a nice guitar." The four of them set off. "Old friend?" Craig asked it in the sort of way that made Coralie realize he didn't know who Len was.
"Len? He's my ex."
"Husband? Who's Stella then?"
"Yes, exhusband. He remarried a couple years ago, they have a son."
"I see. You've never talk much about him or the marriage."
"We...we just weren't meant to be together, we couldn't live together. It only lasted a little over a year before we filed for divorse."
"What about the wedding? Was it fancy?"
Coralie knew what Craig was really asking. At least, she thought she did. "It was nice. But if you are asking if I'd want a fancy wedding with you, the answer is no. It wouldn't be...With you, it wouldn't be about the wedding, it would be about the marriage."
Craig smiled at Coralie. "Good, because I don't think I could afford a fancy wedding. Or even a fancy ring."
"Craig...if I marry you, which I am considering...It would be for love, not for a fancy ring or a fancy wedding."
It was the closest she'd ever come to talking about a future, and Craig decided to take what he could get. They went to join the others, shopping for clothes to wear the next night. Once everyone had outfits, the four of them decided that they would meet at Craig's at eight, and headed their separate ways.