Yes, I'm back with chapter 10!!!!!!! Let me start off by apologizing for shoving this story off to the side for so long, I really hated to do it but I had no choice. Now hopefully I'm back for a while. Anyway, I've kept you guys long enough from this story so let me stop running my mouth and let you read the chapter. Review at the end please!

Chapter 10:

"Stop that tickles!"

"I'm not doing anything!"

"Yes, you are--Ss-stop!"

"You're too touchy you know that?"

"John! Stop before someone hears us!" Cristina giggled as she pushed John away from her as she buttoned back up her top. John smiled and pulled Cristina back to him, "We better leave before everyone knows were gone," Cristina whispered as she ran a hand over John's face.

"I don't want to leave," John whispered back as he leaned down and captured Cristina's lips in another breathtaking kiss. Cristina once again melted into his arms as she felt his hands move back to the buttons of her shirt. She broke the kiss as she slapped John's hands away, "If you don't stop were gonna be in here forever," Cristina said sternly.

"That's fine with me," John smiled as he went to kiss her once again but Cristina turned her head, John sighed and leaned against the wall. Cristina looked over at him after straightening out her clothes.

"Come on John--don't be like that," Cristina said as she stood in front of him. "We gotta get back now."

John looked at Cristina and took her hand into his, "I love you," he said softly as he rubbed her hand with his thumb. Cristina smiled and leaned in to give him a small kiss, "I know," she whispered.

The door of the spare locker room opened just enough for Cristina to look out to see if the coast was clear, once she saw the hall was clear she pushed opened the door completely and stepped out. She looked both ways down the hall and motioned for John to come out, once John stepped out he walked over to Cristina and hugged her from behind, he leaned into her ear and whispered, "See you later."

Cristina nodded and watched as John headed towards catering to meet Laura, once he was out of sight Cristina sighed as she leaned against one of the trunks. One month. One month of sneaking around behind everyone's back, one month of lying to the people she cared most about. One month since her and John first slept together, of course there had been a few times since then.

Cristina closed her eyes as she replayed the events of the past couple of weeks in her mind, ever since that first night with John she swore to herself that's she come clean to Laura and tell her everything. She always told herself she'd do it tomorrow, but tomorrow always turned into the next day and then the day after that and the day after. Before she knew it a month had past and the encounters with John went longer and longer and the time spent with Laura had been shorter. Cristina found it harder and harder to have a simple conversation with her best friend, most of the time she'd just try to avoid her but Cristina knew she couldn't do it forever.

"Hey Cristy!"

Cristina looked down the hall and saw Jackie come towards her, "Hey," Cristina greeted. Instead of hanging out with Laura and John all the time, Cristina had made close friends with Jackie and the two became inseparable.

"Where have you been?" Jackie wondered.

"Umm--phone call," Cristina said quickly as she held up her flip phone.

"For an hour?" Jackie said curiously.

"You know moms--always talking your ear off," Cristina said lightly as Jackie nodded in understanding. "Well, Charlie was looking for you earlier--he's in the gym," Jackie said. Cristina nodded and followed Jackie down the hall, "Um I just came from catering and I saw Laura and John fighting about something," Jackie commented.

"Oh," Cristina said quietly as she looked down at her feet.

"You know he's been gone for an awful long time too," Jackie pointed out. Cristina stayed silent as she bit her bottom lip, her habit for when she was nervous. Jackie sighed and stopped in the middle of the hall, grabbing Cristina so she stopped as well. "Is there something you need to tell me Cristy? anything at all?" Jackie asked softly.

"No--why?" Cristina said as she crossed her arms.

"Cut the bull Cristy--I'm not stupid. Look I'm not gonna make any judgments but what you're doing is wrong and the longer you keep this up, the more harder it's going to be to fix things." Jackie advised. Before Cristina had a chance to reply back, she heard loud voices coming toward them. Jackie and Cristina looked down the hall and saw John and Laura standing outside catering.

"Why are you being like this!?" John said loudly.

"Why am I being like this!? John you're the one that's been practically ignoring me for the past month. you're the one that never wants to spend time with me, I mean damn have I done something wrong here? Did I say something to make you act like this?" Laura said. Cristina closed her eyes as she heard her best friend break into tears.

"Baby--it's not you. Please don't cry," John said as he pulled Laura into a hug. "You know I love you, I'm sorry."

"I--I'm just so scared that I'll loose you John, I can't think about being away from you, I love you so much," Laura cried into John's shoulder. Cristina looked over at Jackie, who gave her a stern look, she sighed and continued down the hall to meet with Charlie.

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"Charlie I don't know what to do anymore--I've dug myself into something that I can't get out of," Cristina said as she buried her face in her hands. Charlie sighed and put down the weights he had and turned to face Cristina.

"Well, to be honest Cristy, I don't know what to tell you. I've told you time and time again to stop all this and tell Laura but yet you continued to put it off and now there's no way you can get yourself out of this without hurting someone," Charlie explained.

Cristina nodded slowly and looked up at Charlie, her eyes glistened in unshed tears. "I can't do this Charlie--I can't. Please, jus-just tell me what to do I need you to tell me what to do!"

"Cristina I can't don't you see!" Charlie exclaimed as he stood up. "You want me to set here and tell you how to fix things but there's nothing that I or anyone else can tell you that will! This is something that you have to do on your own, I can't help you!"

Cristina looked up at Charlie, she stared at him for a few moments before standing up and saying, "No--you just don't want to help me." With that, Cristina turned and walked out of the gym, slamming the door on her way out. Charlie sighed and sat back down on the bench with his face in his hands, what the hell is gonna come next? He asked himself.


Well, what is gonna come next? Is Cristina going to tell Laura the truth? Is John going to tell Laura? Or are they just gonna keep lying to her? Well, there's only one way to find out and that's by reviewing!!! lol Let's hope it doesn't take me another two months to update so until next time:)