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Chapter 3
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Chris woke up before the alarm went off. The night had been a long one. Celeste had several nightmares which left her cling to him. He hoped that the nightmares hadn't bothered her too much.
"C," Chris said gently rubbing her shoulder.
"We've got to get up." She opened her eye slowly trying to let them adjust to the light that poured in from the window.
"Morning, sweetheart. How are you feeling?"
"I'm ok CJ. I'm really sorry I was so much trouble last night," she trailed off.
"It was no problem hun. Anytime you want to you can stay with me." She smiled weakly.
"I guess I should probably get in the shower, huh?"
"Yeah, after we get cleaned up we can go down to the lobby and get breakfast."
"Ok," the red head said just before she disappeared into the bathroom.
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Dave woke up to an empty room. This surprised him until he remembered the events of the night before. He almost regretted talking to Trish. He hated to see Celeste that angry, especially since it had been directed to him. He moved to the edge of the bed and sat there until he heard a knock at the door. He stood up and stretched for a moment before he answered the door.
"Oh, hi Trish," he said as the blonde stood in front of him in a pair of short pink shorts, a white tank top and a pair of tennis shoes.
"Hi Dave," she said as she ran a finger down his bare chest. "May I come in?"
"Uh, sure," he said moving out of her way. Trish walked into the dark room and sat on the bed with her legs spread.
"So big man... were you looking for a little Stratusfaction last night?'
"Maybe," he said. He wasn't sure he should get any closer to her at the moment with Celeste acting like she was.
"What do you mean 'maybe'," Trish asked as she spread her legs further. Dave walked closer as his hormones had began to take control.
"Come on Dave, you know you want some Stratusfaction," Trish whispered seductively as she took his hand and slid it under her tank top. Dave crawled over the blonde and pulled her top off. Just as he was about to kiss her Adam and Chris walked in the room.
"David, what the hell are you doing with that," Chris yelled. Dave instantly got off of Trish. His eyes were huge. Adam glared at Dave, then at Trish who was sitting on the bed with a smile on her face.
"What are you smiling about? You reek of skankiness!" Trish grabbed her top off the floor and used it to cover her chest.
"You bastard," she squeaked as she walked out the door.
"I can explain," Dave began, but he was quickly cut off by Adam.
"Don't bother. I am not even gonna tell Pyro about this. I think you've hurt her enough already. I don't give a damn if you want to be with that nasty whore, but you're hurting Pyro and that isn't something I am going to stand around and watch," with that Adam stormed out of the room. Chris stood there a minute to regain his composure before he began.
"Dave don't you fucking get it? C thinks of you are her best friend. I know that you and Adam both like her, but you're jealousy over her friendship with Adam does not give you the right to screw with C's emotions. I know you don't get a damn about that skank, so why don't you stop this shit now," Chris glared at the older man.
Dave sat on the bed in silence. Chris shook his head.
"You're fucking hopeless," he said just before walking back to his hotel room. Celeste was still in the shower when he returned to the room. He lay back on the bed and waited for her to finish. While he waited he forced himself to calm down. She came out of the room about 10 minutes later with a towel wrapped around her.
"CJ, do you have any hair bands," she asked.
"Yeah, hold on and I'll get them for you," he said as he moved from the bed to his bags.
"Any particular color," he said holding a bad that was stuffed full with hair bands of all colors.
"Um... black will be great," she said as she reached for a black Dickie's dress she had bought a few days before. "What do you think about this?"
"What's the occasion? You never wear dresses," Chris pointed out. She shrugged.
"I think it will be cute on you," he said after she shrugged. She smiled at him. She then bent down and grabbed her bra and panties. By the time she did this Chris had found several of the black hair bands. She picked up two of them and headed into the bathroom. After another ten minutes she came out of the bathroom with her hair in jeffy-tails. This time she was in the dress. Chris smiled.
"You're adorable!" She blushed at his compliment.
"Thank you very much CJ," she said as she hugged him.
"No prob C. Will you need the bathroom again?"
"Nope. I can do my make-up in here."
"Ok, I'll be out in a few," Chris said. Celeste nodded and began to put her make-up on.
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After Dave had taken a shower and dressed he decided to try and talk to Adam. He knocked on the door of his friend's hotel room. Adam was reluctant to answer at first. He knew that knock, but then he remembered that they traveled together. He walked to the door slowly.
"What do you want," he demanded.
"To say that I am sorry about what you saw. I was considering asking her out, but it wasn't for the reasons you may think..."
"I don't want to hear excuses. I just want you to stop hurting Pyro. You knew that the best way to get to Pyro was by Trish. I think it sucks that you would sink so low to hurt her. She's never done a damn thing to you."
"I didn't want to hurt her and I'm not here to make excuses. I was wrong. Chris helped me see that."
"I'm glad someone did, but I have to get ready. We'll be meeting at eleven in the lobby," Adam said just before he slammed the door.
Dave walked down to the lobby slowly. He hoped that Chris and Celeste wouldn't be in the lobby. He didn't think he could face them right then. Chris was right. He had fallen for Celeste. What had happened with Trish was his attempt to make Celeste jealous. He had known it all along, but this time he wasn't denying it. He just hoped that Celeste would understand.
When he reached the lobby he spotted Celeste and Chris. They were getting breakfast. He had hoped to avoid them completely until it was time to go to the next city, but as usual things didn't work out as he had hoped.
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A/N: Please, please review.... echoes... is anyone there?
