First of all, thanks for all the reviews. I'm not overly happy with this chapter but I'm just gonna give it to you anyway. Just so you guys know I don't know anything about the Chicago Cubs or anything about the US. I don't really care if it's correct or not and I have no idea if you can visit the stadium or anything so I just made it all up. As I said it's not fabulous but I'd really appreciate your reviews and any ideas you might have to keep the story going.
Chapter 11
"Are you two decent?" Lucy called as she bustled into the room, the next morning.
Michelle opened her eyes and stretched. She pulled the sheet up to cover herself, then slipped out of bed and pulled on her bathrobe. She smiled at Tony's sleeping figure, kissed his face then went out into the living area.
"Hi, honey," Lucy said, quickly, "You have a press conference in forty minutes."
Michelle sighed, accepted the coffee that Lucy handed her and went back into the bedroom to get dressed and wake Tony. She got in the shower then came out into the bedroom to get dressed. After putting on jeans and a brown sweater, she went over to the bed.
"Baby," she whispered, kissing his face. Tony opened his eyes and smiled.
"I gotta go, just stay here, order breakfast, go for a walk if you like. I should be back at twelve-thirty for lunch, ok," she whispered.
"Ok," Tony smiled, "Have fun."
"I'll try."
Michelle and Lucy went down into one of the hotel conference rooms where Michelle was holding the press conference.
The reporters asked her all the usual questions about her movie but then the questions changed to one's about Tony.
"How long have you known him?" one asked.
"Two weeks," Michelle replied, truthfully.
"Where did you meet him?" another asked.
"Central Park in New York."
"Is he with you on this trip?"
"You all know that he is," Michelle replied, cheekily.
"Do you love him?" was the next question.
Michelle paused for a second before smiling and replying, "I thought we were here to talk about the movie but the answer to your question is yes. I haven't seen him for an hour and I already miss him."
There were a few more insignificant questions before Michelle moved onto one-on-one interviews.
Meanwhile Tony was up in the room, missing her as well.
He lay in bed for a while before dragging himself out and getting into the shower. Then he ordered his breakfast which was brought up to him. His mother rang him then and he talked to her and his dad for a while. By then it was eleven am and Tony turned on the tv and started flicking through the channels. He settled on a football game but his mind was wandering to Michelle and what she was doing.
Michelle wrapped up her final interview for the day and headed up to the room to have lunch with Tony before they packed up and left for Chicago. As Michelle walked into the room, Tony flicked off the tv and went over to greet her with a kiss on the lips.
"I missed you," Michelle whispered, leaning into him, snuggling into his chest.
"I missed you too, so much," Tony replied.
"What do you want to do for lunch? We have to be quick, our flight leaves at three," Michelle said.
"Well I'm kinda getting sick of this room, can we go somewhere, unless you don't want to," Tony replied.
"Is the hotel restaurant ok?" Michelle asked.
"It's fine," Tony smiled. "As long as I get out of this room."
They went down to the restaurant and were immediately seated in a more private area but were still interrupted by a few people wanting Michelle's autograph. She politely signed them even though she wanted to be alone with Tony and finally they were able to order. After eating they went back to the room, packed up, checked out and left the hotel. A few hours later they landed in Chicago.
After they arrived at the hotel Michelle asked Tony, "What are you going to do tomorrow? I have a day of interviews and won't even be able to have lunch with you. We'll be leaving the hotel about five o'clock so you have a whole day to yourself."
"I'm in Chicago, honey, think about it," Tony smiled.
"Cubs," Michelle simply laughed.
"You got it," Tony smiled.
Tony was obsessed with the Chicago Cubs and he wanted to go to the stadium where they played to watch one of there games, luckily there was one on tomorrow (he knew their playing schedule off by heart).
After a quick dinner they went to bed, curled up together.
The next morning Michelle left early and Tony had to eat breakfast alone again before leaving the hotel alone. He hired a car from the hotel and drove to the stadium, bought his ticket and went in. He'd been to the stadium twice before, once with his dad and brother when he was thirteen and again with a bunch of mates from collage. He would have loved to have brought Michelle there even though she wasn't big into baseball.
He watched the game, then left the stadium and went down to the gift shop. He bought Michelle a Chicago Cubs mug similar to his and each of them a Chicago Cubs jersey (his fifth). Then he drove to a shopping centre and wandered around for a while. He went into a jewellery shop after spotting something in the window that would be perfect for Michelle.
"Honey, I'm back," Michelle called, coming into their hotel room sometime later.
No Tony in the living room, no Tony in the kitchen, no Tony on the balcony. She noticed that Tony had packed up all their stuff ready to leave and it was piled near the door.
She checked the bathroom next, no Tony, finally she went into the bedroom to find him sprawled out on the bed asleep. She went over to the bed and kissed him, he stirred, opened his eyes and smiled at her, "hey, beautiful, how was your day?" he whispered.
"Busy," she smiled, "It's much better now," she kissed him again then lay down beside him on the bed, burying her face into his chest. "You?"
"Yeah, my day was good but lonely with you, I wish you could have come with me," he smiled.
"Me too, did you go to a game?"
"Yeah, it was great," he replied.
"What else did you do?"
"Wandered around a shopping centre, brought you a present, came back here, packed up our stuff…" Tony said.
"Wait, rewind… you bought me a present?" Michelle interrupted.
"Yeah…"
"Oh gimme, gimme, gimme," she squealed, sitting back on her legs, bouncing up and down on the bed like a child.
"I was gonna wait till later but ok," he laughed at her, sitting up, grabbing Michelle's hand, leading her out to the living room where he pulled out a bag. First he pulled out the mug and held it out to her.
"Very cute, honey," she smiled, "Now we have matching mugs."
"Yeah and we also have matching jerseys as well," he said, pulling out the two jerseys.
"Ah, the latest fashion," Michelle smiled.
"On you it will be," Tony grinned. "Do you want your real present now?"
"This wasn't the real present?" Michelle asked confused.
"Nope, this is your real present," Tony said, pulling out a small jewellery box.
Michelle gasped, "You bought me jewellery?" she asked.
"Yeah," he said, opening the box to reveal a beautiful white gold heart pendent on a delicate white gold chain, "Do you like it?"
Michelle gasped again, "Oh Tony, it's beautiful."
Tony took it out of the box and turned it around so that she could see the back that was had the inscription My Heart. Michelle had tears in her eyes as he fastened it around her neck.
"There's nothing in the locket yet, I didn't know what you'd want in it, your family maybe," Tony shrugged.
"Only you, baby," Michelle smiled, "This is the most special thing anybody's ever given me."
She kissed him again and pulled him into a hug. They stood there until a knock on the door caused them to break apart.
Tony opened the door to find a porter who had come to get their bags. He handed Tony a note before proceeding to load the bags into his trolley. Tony opened the note, read it and laughed.
"What?" Michelle asked, going over to Tony to read the note over his shoulder.
Don't care what you're doing and I don't want to know but hurry up and get down here or I'm going to New York without you. Lucy
Michelle laughed, "We better hurry up then."
Michelle scooped up her bag and they went down to the lobby where Lucy was waiting by the car.
"Bout time," Lucy smiled when she spotted them. She ushered them into the car and they were driven to the airport where they caught the plane to New York. By the time they landed it was getting very late so they went to the hotel and went to bed.
The next morning Tony woke to Michelle planting kisses all over his face. It was very early and he could see the sun starting to rise through the window. He smiled at her before kissing her properly. He flipped her over, pressing her into the bed, laying on top of her as he assaulted her mouth with kisses. He peeled off her skimpy silk night dress and she slipped off his boxers and he slid into her and they made passionate love.
A while later they were lying tangled together, basking in the aftermath of their love making.
"When do you have to leave?" Tony asked Michelle.
"Never, well, not until tonight and you're coming with me," Michelle smiled. "I don't have to do anything today except get ready for the premier tonight, tomorrow's a full day of interviews though."
"Good, so how long does it take to get ready for a premier?" Tony smiled.
"A couple of hours," Michelle replied.
"That gives us a few hours to ourselves," Tony smiled, kissing her forehead.
"Since we're in New York, we should go see your sister," Michelle suggested.
"Don't feel as though you have to, I can go and see her tomorrow when you're doing all those interviews," Tony offered.
"I don't mind, babe. I like your sister and I love seeing you with your niece," Michelle said.
"I'll call Laura and see if she wants to do lunch," Tony smiled, glad that his girlfriend liked his family and wanted to spend time with them.
"Sounds good," Michelle said, as Tony reached over to pick up the phone beside the bed. He punched in Laura's number and she answered.
"Hey sis, what ya doing for lunch?" Tony said, when his sister answered.
"Nothing…it's my day off," she replied, clearly confused.
"Good, wanna have lunch with your big brother and his gorgeous girlfriend?"
"What?"
"Michelle and I are in town for her publicity tour and were wondering if you, Reese and Lily wanted to have lunch with us today," Tony explained.
"Um sure, sounds good, I'll ring Reese at work, he has his lunch break at twelve, where do you want to meet?" Laura said.
"You know this place better than us, sis," Tony said.
"Um, there's a café near Reese's work that's really nice, how about there?" Laura suggested.
"Sure, sounds great," Tony said.
Laura told him the name of the café and they said their goodbyes before they both hung up.
"So, we have three hours before we have to leave, what are we going to do with all that time?" Michelle smiled, burying her face into Tony's shoulder.
"I can think of a few things," Tony said, kissing her hair.
"Me too," Michelle smiled against his shoulder.
They snuggled together for a few minutes and then they got out of bed, ordered breakfast and got into the shower together. They ate breakfast out on the balcony in their bathrobes, then spent the next hour lounging around the room before they had to get ready for lunch.
It was a chilly day so they rugged up, Michelle was wearing jeans, black boots and a long black coat and Tony was in jeans and a brown jacket. They left the hotel in a private car and were driven to the café.
How much detail do you want about the publicity tour?At the moment, there's a fair bit of detail but I can cut it down if you just want me to get on with it. Opinions please!
